Most enjoyable NBA season

[inclinerator]

For me it has to be 2007-2008.

1. The return of the Celtics as a power house was fun to see.
2. Big time trades(Kidd to Dallas, Shaq to Phoenix, Gasol to LA)
3. Great individual play(Kobe, Lebron, Paul etc.)
4. Crazy ass Western Conference
5. So many memorable/meaningful games in the regular season.

Just a great season of NBA basketball.

[SCdac]

For me it was 2005. Had graduated HS a year earlier, Spurs won their third championship putting that .4 debacle in the past, Manu (my fav player) broke out as an AS, beat the #1 seed in the whole league (Phoenix) and league MVP (Nash), Pistons were my favorite Finals opponent and the Larry Brown-Pop relationship was rich, Horry had some big moments. Just a great year.

[Mr. Jabbar]

2010, aka the big dump on the celtics

[T_L_P]

For me it was 2005. Had graduated HS a year earlier, Spurs won their third championship putting that .4 debacle in the past, Manu (my fav player) broke out as an AS, beat the #1 seed in the whole league (Phoenix) and league MVP (Nash), Pistons were my favorite Finals opponent and the Larry Brown-Pop relationship was rich, Horry had some big moments. Just a great year.

The '05 Finals was the best. I know a lot of people hate it, but literally every basket meant so much to the game. The definition of a grind-it-out series :bowdown:

[SCdac]

The '05 Finals was the best. I know a lot of people hate it, but literally every basket meant so much to the game. The definition of a grind-it-out series :bowdown:

It was intense. Two best defensive teams in the league, and all time great D. Pistons trying to defend their title (a season later, 4 pistons were picked for the All Star game: Billups, Rip, Big Ben, and Sheed). Both teams won close games and both teams won in a blowout. Score was tied 57-57 going into the 4th quarter of Game 7... that's as close as it gets. Prob a soft spot for Pistons fans, naturally.

[Rose'sACL]

2004-05

[red1]

2010, aka the big dump on the celtics
lakers barely beat the celtics that year. I honestly feel that the celtics may have been the better team

[livinglegend]

2012-2013, that Lakers team made me laugh the whole season.:oldlol: :oldlol:

[livinglegend]

lakers barely beat the celtics that year. I honestly feel that the celtics may have been the better team

They were. Lakers beat them without Perkins and with 20+ FTA in the 4th quarter of game 7. Most the fouls were BS. Celtics were hacked on the on the hand and they couldnt get any calls.

[ABfor3]

2000-2001 because it was really my first year actually being serious about the NBA and statistics and all that stuff... Since MJ wasn't around and Hakeem was pretty much done I found a new favorite player in Tracy McGrady after watching him come up out of no where and become one of the best scorers in the game. Since then I've been a loyal Tracy McGrady fan, and it's also the year I got to see another player I liked make it to the Finals ..that boy Allen Iverson

[SCdac]

another reason 05 was badass was because it was my first season doing fantasy bball. Looking at my 4 teams now (thanks to yahoo's profile) and it's funny seeing guys like Nenad Krstic, Troy Murphy, Kenny Thomas, Andres Nocioni, T.J Ford, Brevin Knight, etc, on some of my teams. Their (statistical) value changed so much not long from then, relative to some All Stars, yet they were worthwhile and decent at the time.

[dannysc305]

2012 Heat proving doubters wrong and shutting up the critics :applause: :cheers:

[T_L_P]

2012 Heat proving doubters wrong and shutting up the critics :applause: :cheers:

As if they didn't deserve every bit of criticism they got.

[J Shuttlesworth]

As if they didn't deserve every bit of criticism they got.
Did he say they didn't deserve? Even LeBron admits 2011 was on him. 2011 made 2012-13 that much sweeter

[inclinerator]

damn a joke thread has more views than the original

[CelticBaller]

2010

[mr.big35]

2004 season first time seeing Detroit Pistons winning

[Genaro]

2008 was the best for me too. Until the finals of course.
Kobe had his best season, Lakers went back to contation, got Gasol, Bynum blosomed, Fisher came back.

The NBA in general was good as well 48 win Warriors didn't make the playoffs, great games, CP3 and Lebron playing very good basketball, Celtics big 3 dominating.

[T_L_P]

Did he say they didn't deserve? Even LeBron admits 2011 was on him. 2011 made 2012-13 that much sweeter

I don't really see how it's shutting up the critics then.

[Andrei89]

2006 when Miami won the championship.

[jzek]

1995-1996

In the previous year, the GOAT, MJ, returned to basketball mid-season but wasn't at his top form. At the end of the season, the Bulls were swept by the Orlando Magic. Jordan vowed revenge on the league and his Bulls ended up winning 72 games overall. Would have won more but Phil sat down the starters for the last two games.

And that Orlando team that swept them previously? Bulls promptly swept them as payback. That Bulls team not only won the championship but virtually swept all individual awards (save for DPOY and ROY). Bulls players even dominated during the All-Star event.

In all, that season was the single most dominant season by a team and an individual player.

[3243]

For me, it was the 1993-94 season, because I got to see my Houston Rockets finally win their first NBA Championship, and the first major league sports title for Houston.

Second place was 1985-86, because along with the Celtic and Laker dynasties at their peak, I got to watch the rise of the Twin Tower-era Rockets and I thought that despite their loss to Boston in the Finals, they were now a dynasty-in-waiting. And if Ralph Sampson had not injured his back in Boston in March 1986, and if our backcourt guys had been more concerned with dominating the baselines on the court than the white lines off of it, maybe we would have won a couple of more championships.

Plus in both seasons, the NBA let the players play ball. Physical play and hard fouls were just part of the game (even more so in '85-86), and when a fight broke out, it was not the end of the world.

And all of the great players in the league during both seasons. Along with seeing young and older versions of Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, Kevin Willis, and John Stockton in both seasons, it was also a joy to watch Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Sidney Moncrief, Dominique Wilkins, Isaiah Thomas, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kevin McHale, Tom Chambers, Maurice Lucas, Alex English, Moses Malone, George Gervin, Spud Webb, Mark Aguirre, and Larry Nance all in or near their prime in 1985-86. And 1993-94 featured Shaquille O'Neal, David Robinson, Kevin Johnson, Reggie Miller, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, Dikembe Mutombo, Larry "Grandmama" Johnson, Alonzo Mourning, Penny Hardaway, and Chris Webber among others.

And all of this with arguably the greatest player, Michael Jordan, missing most of '85-86 with an injury and '93-94 with a gambling problem--oops, desire to play baseball.

[stephanieg]

2008, 2000 (until the finals...), and '96.