NBA Playoffs 2008 Discussion

[Bigdog]

Originally Posted by cajmoyper

There's no reason to think that either of these teams are worse than their 80's counterparts. If anything, they're better. Why? There were so many more good teams in the league this year than in any years past. There are way more really good players in the league today than there has ever been, pace in the games is so much faster. The only thing teams of the past can claim to be better than either of these teams is that they could bang down low better. The western conference was deep as hell this year and the Lakers got through (8 50-win teams!?!?!?) and then the Celtics (66 regular season wins, top 10 ever?) beat them. This was probably the best season of NBA basketball ever. <- that's a period

It's really impossible to compare era's these day's, hell if the 80's lakers and celtics played last night with those refs, both teams starters would be all fouled out within the first half. It's just a completely different game now compared to decades past.