The NBA 10 years ago....

TORaptor4Ever · 03-25-2012, 02:23 PM

Some good memories in this vid...

pzabby · 03-25-2012, 03:29 PM

Is it just me or was the NBA exponentially more exciting back then? Maybe it's just my childhood memories getting to me. Yao, Nash on dallas, Sacramento, touched me the most. Miss those days. Do you guys remember Finley?!

JDMtors · 03-25-2012, 03:52 PM

Who doesnt rmb Finley with thoes days with the Mavs! I used to rmb the playoffs being really exciting as well especially in the west with Portland, Lakers, Kings and Spurs

th1 · 03-25-2012, 04:27 PM

i remember Shaq owning my hero Sabonis, and of course one of the most amazing teams to ever happen in nba - The Kings.

JDMtors · 03-25-2012, 05:06 PM

The Kings with Webber, Divac, Stojakovic, Christie and Bibby were beast. And also the emergence of the Pistons too when they won the title over the Lakers with Shaq, Malone, Kobe and Payton. Funny thing after that lost, I think Jacskon retired then came back, and this past year when they lost to the Mavs he retired again. And there were talks he might come back. Seems like everytime he loses in the finals he needs to retire to recover himself Lol

Toby · 03-25-2012, 05:37 PM

Damn crooked officials, Blazers almost made a run at it.

pzabby · 03-25-2012, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDMtors

The Kings with Webber, Divac, Stojakovic, Christie and Bibby were beast. And also the emergence of the Pistons too when they won the title over the Lakers with Shaq, Malone, Kobe and Payton. Funny thing after that lost, I think Jacskon retired then came back, and this past year when they lost to the Mavs he retired again. And there were talks he might come back. Seems like everytime he loses in the finals he needs to retire to recover himself Lol

or rather waits until the lakers become strong again and win another chamoionship. The guy's an opportunist.

JDMtors · 03-25-2012, 05:49 PM

Well every team he coached had either a MJ or Kobe and were dynasties

MikeToronto · 03-26-2012, 04:27 PM

I cried a little...

Ammo · 03-26-2012, 04:43 PM

What's missing now is that for the most part, superstars were pitted against each other. There would be some mingling, but everyone had their own camp and their own team.

JDMtors · 03-26-2012, 07:50 PM

For sure there werent 3 superstars contacting each other to team up and make a dynasty like there are now

Someguy again · 03-26-2012, 10:49 PM

bet clipper fans would like to forget the 2000s

**Ball Don't Lie** · 03-26-2012, 11:54 PM

The 2000s were great as the early 2000s is when I really started getting in to ball, but todays game just has a better flow and ball movement overall. The early 2000s were better in terms of individual matchups because there was a lot more iso ball as it was early in the new zone age where most teams didnt scheme to zone a side of the floor that the star was on and play these crazy defences they play nowadays so you saw Tmac and Iverson go at it everytime down. Most teams were still running the same stuff pre zone implimentation days as they did after for a few years anyway then things started to change and the defences became more active and more about covering an area of the floor.

The great teams back then though were probably more fun to watch though just because they're some of the better teams built in the last 20 years. The 2001 Lakers especially were unbelieveable. My favorite team though was the Kings. Their offensive system was pure magic. Bibby Christie Peja Webber and Divac with their tough gritty bench with Jackson and an aggressive Turkoglu, just by far the most fun team ever to watch for me anyways. Their high post offence was the best run offence ever with the pieces they had, everything just clicked and they were so smooth and seemed to always make the right, and great, passes. Its just too bad the refs robbed them of what was rightfully theirs, the title.

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03-25-2012, 03:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
pzabby is COYS! gotta get meself into lawschool after 3 years of undergrad Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: toronto Posts: 5,670 Representing:	Is it just me or was the NBA exponentially more exciting back then? Maybe it's just my childhood memories getting to me. Yao, Nash on dallas, Sacramento, touched me the most. Miss those days. Do you guys remember Finley?!

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JDMtors is The Man Who Does Everything Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,138 Representing:	Who doesnt rmb Finley with thoes days with the Mavs! I used to rmb the playoffs being really exciting as well especially in the west with Portland, Lakers, Kings and Spurs

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th1 is most uncool person around there Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: denmark atm Posts: 108 Representing:	i remember Shaq owning my hero Sabonis, and of course one of the most amazing teams to ever happen in nba - The Kings.

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JDMtors is The Man Who Does Everything Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,138 Representing:	The Kings with Webber, Divac, Stojakovic, Christie and Bibby were beast. And also the emergence of the Pistons too when they won the title over the Lakers with Shaq, Malone, Kobe and Payton. Funny thing after that lost, I think Jacskon retired then came back, and this past year when they lost to the Mavs he retired again. And there were talks he might come back. Seems like everytime he loses in the finals he needs to retire to recover himself Lol

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Ball Don't Lie is praying Drummond doesnt haunt us forever. Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 9,028 Representing:	The 2000s were great as the early 2000s is when I really started getting in to ball, but todays game just has a better flow and ball movement overall. The early 2000s were better in terms of individual matchups because there was a lot more iso ball as it was early in the new zone age where most teams didnt scheme to zone a side of the floor that the star was on and play these crazy defences they play nowadays so you saw Tmac and Iverson go at it everytime down. Most teams were still running the same stuff pre zone implimentation days as they did after for a few years anyway then things started to change and the defences became more active and more about covering an area of the floor. The great teams back then though were probably more fun to watch though just because they're some of the better teams built in the last 20 years. The 2001 Lakers especially were unbelieveable. My favorite team though was the Kings. Their offensive system was pure magic. Bibby Christie Peja Webber and Divac with their tough gritty bench with Jackson and an aggressive Turkoglu, just by far the most fun team ever to watch for me anyways. Their high post offence was the best run offence ever with the pieces they had, everything just clicked and they were so smooth and seemed to always make the right, and great, passes. Its just too bad the refs robbed them of what was rightfully theirs, the title.