I don't see much tv but this one I'm liking so far. The bulls were awesome but I remember really wanting Barkley, and KJ, and Thunder Dan Majerle to beat them. I really love basketball but NBA today is tough to watch although as much as I'd like to agree with the reasons you guys gave I just cant. The fact is there just isn't enough court for these guys now, too crowded for these dudes. They are so much bigger, faster, stronger, athletic than even 10 years ago, forget about 20+years ago. The ways guys score like they do now almost always well contested is unreal. Things that woulda made me come out of my chair in 1996 are now routine buckets. Case in point in episode 4 I think when there were talking about John Paxon getting open, cool guy btw, that just doesn't happen any more. Those shots are made completely over top of someone now, no one who can shoot gets left open now, too much speed. Shaq "in his prime" isn't among the top 10 strongest guys in the game today and they are all quicker and can score from anywhere. That's why we don't compare eras for anything other than entertainment value, it just doesn't make sense. MJ is the best to ever do it though, not even close, no need to want a magic time machine to compare because the basic human being stats don't lie.
I kinda disagree with this. NBA today is 90% me ball. All one on one. Drive and kick. 80s-90s was more team oriented for most part. Did I read you right? Shaq wouldn't be in top strongest guys?? NO way. Shaq would score 50 a game now days. NBA today is small ball. There are very few big men anymore. Who do think is stronger than shaq? He was 7'1 320lbs in prime and could run and jump like a deer. Go look at his highlights. There is no one that would stop him in todays game. Guys seem faster and quicker and maybe are a tad bit but it mostly just looks like it because of lack of today's D. Those years it was tough man 2 man with help side D. When Boston had a nice run they always had 3 guys on the court who were pushing 7'0. They could run, physical D and more important..guys could shoot back then. Now they talk about shooting as a specialization. WHAT? You're a pro bball player...shooting should be first mastery. That is biggest difference I see is overall shooting. Those days guys any size could shoot. Now you have specialist like Curry etc. Those old boys were competitive hit men and I think would kick the sh!t out of todays boys.