The 2008/2009 NBA season thread

[D]

I love the Lebron hate

those people are so full of shit. I think they are nervous because Jordan's precious legacy may actually be challenged

Jordan is the GOAT but let's be real. He didn't win shit till Magic,Bird and the Pistons got old and he won against a very watered down NBA.

D, you are crazy man.  The NBA in the 90's is superior to today's NBA in every possible way.  You do watch the NBA don't you?

Why?

I think people get caught up in nostalgia whether it is sports,music or whatever.

This year's Laker team would murder those early 90's Portland teams that lost to Chicago.

Terry Porter over Fish I give u that
Kobe over Drexler
Lamar over Jerome Kersey
Pau over Buck Williams
Bynum over Duckworth

[faldor]

I love the Lebron hate

those people are so full of shit. I think they are nervous because Jordan's precious legacy may actually be challenged

Jordan is the GOAT but let's be real. He didn't win shit till Magic,Bird and the Pistons got old and he won against a very watered down NBA.

D, you are crazy man.  The NBA in the 90's is superior to today's NBA in every possible way.  You do watch the NBA don't you?

Why?

I think people get caught up in nostalgia whether it is sports,music or whatever.

This year's Laker team would murder those early 90's Portland teams that lost to Chicago.

Terry Porter over Fish I give u that
Kobe over Drexler
Lamar over Jerome Kersey
Pau over Buck Williams
Bynum over Duckworth

That's a great trip down memory lane reading the Trail Blazers starting lineup.  Where's my boy Clifford Robinson?  Was he a 6th man?  Damn good one if he was. 

Anyway, why are we comparing todays Lakers to a Portland team that never won anything?  Just wondering.

[D]

Just saying LA would've won a title back in the early 90s also



Plus in the 'EARLY" days, there were no zone defenses.

Imagine how many pts Lebron would score in an era where teams HAD to play man to man?

[faldor]

Just saying LA would've won a title back in the early 90s also



Plus in the 'EARLY" days, there were no zone defenses.

Imagine how many pts Lebron would score in an era where teams HAD to play man to man?

They may have beaten Portland, who again never won anything, but I'm not sure they would've beaten the Bulls, Rockets, or Spurs.

[D]

I don't know about the Bulls, but they would've beat the Rockets and the Spurs IMO

Hakeem is awesome but I think LA had too much firepower. who on Houston could've came close to hanging with Kobe?

[faldor]

I don't know about the Bulls, but they would've beat the Rockets and the Spurs IMO

Hakeem is awesome but I think LA had too much firepower. who on Houston could've came close to hanging with Kobe?

Nobody can hang with Kobe now, but the Lakers don't win every year.  Plus with Hakeem clogging up the middle that would take away Kobe driving to the hoop.  And the Spurs have pretty much proven they can beat the Lakers, they were the tale end of the 90's anyway.

It's always tough to compare teams from different eras, even if it's only a decade apart.  I'll agree that whatever way the scales tip though, they're not too far off.

[AxlsMainMan]

It sounds like Iverson will have his answer this week, and that answer will be for him to move to Charlotte and rejoin his former coach in helping lead the Bobcats to their first-ever playoff appearance. Don't be surprised, though, if Bell's name comes up more and more in the rumor mill once Iverson's deal is consummated.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=13659

[Bodhi]

Just saying LA would've won a title back in the early 90s also



Plus in the 'EARLY" days, there were no zone defenses.

Imagine how many pts Lebron would score in an era where teams HAD to play man to man?

They may have beaten Portland, who again never won anything, but I'm not sure they would've beaten the Bulls, Rockets, or Spurs.

Maybe Portand, but Ill tell you who they would not have  beaten...  The Pistons, Bulls, Knicks, Pacers, Jazz, Spurs, Sonics, Rockets and Suns.  Or the '95 Magic..and possibly that Laker team that made the finals in 91. 
D, nostalgia has NOTHING to do with it, the NBA was a better game back in the 90's.  Tell me how is today's NBA better when a team that was 10 games below .500, the 08 Hawks  first of all makes the playoffs and takes the eventual NBA Champion to 7 games???  Jordan's Bulls would have pissed all over the Hawks and swept them out of the first round by about 30 points a game.  The way it's supposed to be.  And no offense I know you are a Mavericks fan, but can you name me an MVP from the 90's who got bitchslapped out of the first round like Dirk did?  That series wasn't even competitive.

[AxlsMainMan]

Allen Iverson will be a fan attraction for the Memphis Grizzlies -- from the very beginning. The Grizzlies confirmed Wednesday they have agreed in principle to a contract with Iverson, hours after the guard tweeted he was heading to Memphis. And the team scheduled a Thursday news conference open to the public at FedExForum. Iverson would become the highest-profile player ever to put on a Grizzlies' uniform. "We anticipate signing him to a contract very soon," Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace said. Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley wants Iverson to provide a big-name attraction for a team that struggled to attract fans to the plush FedExForum to watch a young team rebuilding through the draft. Iverson, the first overall draft pick in 1996 and the league MVP in 2001, can provide valuable minutes and scoring off the bench needed by a franchise that went 24-58 and tied for the fifth-worst record in the NBA last season. The 34-year-old free agent said on his Twitter feed that he met Monday with Heisley, general manager Chris Wallace and coach Lionel Hollins in Atlanta. "I feel that they are committed to developing a winner and I know that I can help them to accomplish that. I feel that I can trust them," Iverson tweeted.

http://tvsportsdaily.com/article.php?story=20090910012737285