Originally Posted by
DOM-Ganador
We will never know how players from different eras would compare. Good, fun discussion, but fruitless.
My strong belief is that the TOP players from the early eras could play with the TOP players from any era.
All training, nutrition, travel and support being equal , I would take a team comprised of 80s/90s guys over a current make up.
They were simply tougher. The AAU culture turns out more entitled pussies/frontrunners than hungry, well rounded players.
I get the analytics, but passing on an open lay-up to a guy hanging on the 3 point line in the middle of a game sucks.
Not having guys like Hakeem shaking baking guys in a blender sucks.
Clothes lining a dude going for an open lay up in a playoff game, AND not getting ejected is something I miss.