Modern Era will sure defeat the old era

[Mr.Kite]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buYB75cMehY

[Prime_Shaq]

Era with prime Shaq would win

[Marchesk]

Era with 67 Wilt would win.

[LAZERUSS]

Finally...a refreshingly new topic...

[Mr.Kite]

Finally...a refreshingly new topic...

Gotta watch the vid bro

[G0ATbe]

Wow, he can make free throws:eek: .

[RightTwoCensor]

Is that supposed to impress people? What kind of damage is he gonna do shooting mid range shots against current snipers that take three pointers?

[LAZERUSS]

Gotta watch the vid bro

What's the point?

The "era-bashers" will scoff at Cousy, Russell, Oscar, Wilt, and West...despite the fact that they generally dominated the next era of greats...who would then dominate their next era of greats...etc. etc.

If I told you that a prime 6-10 245 lb Moses Malone, who was not a great leaper, nor did he have exceptional range, was wiping the floor with a 7-4 DPOY...you would probably laugh me off the forum...

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/h2h_finder.cgi?request=1&p1=malonmo01&p2=eatonma01

Or that this same Moses was routinely crushing a near-prime Kareem...a Kareem who at ages 38-40 was slaughtering a 23-25 year old Hakeem...you would probably call me deranged.

Moses is just ONE example of a great player who dominated in the 70's and 80's, and who dominated players that would be great in the 90's.

But "era-bashers" will never accept REALITY. That the greats of previous eras, would be great today.

[LAZERUSS]

Is that supposed to impress people? What kind of damage is he gonna do shooting mid range shots against current snipers that take three pointers?

I won't be around but maybe you will...when a 75 year old Lebron is laughed at by that generation.

[RightTwoCensor]

I won't be around but maybe you will...when a 75 year old Lebron is laughed at by that generation.
Unless the NBA adds a four point line then I'll take this era.

There might be one supercharged Steph Curry prospect coming in the future that could average 10 3PA and shoot over 50% from the 3. Then I might reconsider.

[Dr.J4ever]

A 75 year old or whatever shooting effortlessly..Now that is a knockdown shooter in any era.:applause:

[LAZERUSS]

It's too bad that we can't transport a prime Moses to this era. I would have enjoyed watching him going up against the likes of Jordan, Drummond, Whiteside, Cousins, Gasol, and Dwight.

IMHO...he would wipe the floor with all of them...

[RightTwoCensor]

I'm not looking to get into arguments with you old timers because I usually ignore your ignorance, but your great players of the past wouldn't be nearly as "dominant" as they were in their era compared to today's era.

It's no secret, nor argument that today's defenses is the most sophisticated as it has ever been in league history. Pace and space is required to become a contender, and if you don't have that or have the skills to support that then you won't succeed in today's game. I love Moses, he's from my home state, but he wouldn't ever be considered the best player in today's league because he wouldn't win in today's league. His career high 1.8 APG isn't impressing anyone, he'd make a good second option for an All-Star perimeter player, but nothing more if he would look to be successful.

[Dr.J4ever]

I'm not looking to get into arguments with you old timers because I usually ignore your ignorance, but your great players of the past wouldn't be nearly as "dominant" as they were in their era compared to today's era.

It's no secret, nor argument that today's defenses is the most sophisticated as it has ever been in league history. Pace and space is required to become a contender, and if you don't have that or have the skills to support that then you won't succeed in today's game. I love Moses, he's from my home state, but he wouldn't ever be considered the best player in today's league because he wouldn't win in today's league. His career high 1.8 APG isn't impressing anyone, he'd make a good second option for an All-Star perimeter player, but nothing more if he would look to be successful.

I beg to disagree.

Maybe posters here know me as objective, and I don't really root for the any era and appreciate both old and new, but Moses would dominate. Gasol would be in foul trouble guarding him before the 1st quarter.

Put Moses on a team with 4 players capable of shooting 3s, spread it out, and watch Moses go to work in a wide open paint. He wasn't a very good passer, true, but he made it up with paint dominance that you don't see from any center in today's league.

Sorry.

[bobopenguin]

wow. i bet no one in this board can shoot like this 75 years old grandpa.
u shoot like him now, u gonna get paid 15mil a year in future.

[dubeta]

It's too bad that we can't transport a prime Moses to this era. I would have enjoyed watching him going up against the likes of Jordan, Drummond, Whiteside, Cousins, Gasol, and Dwight.

IMHO...he would wipe the floor with all of them...

Neither he, nor Wilt would be able to adjust successfully to this era

[jongib369]

Neither he, nor Wilt would be able to adjust successfully to this era
https://youtu.be/ueiPqata-KE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viXdSc2XJQM

Link the times either Wilt or Moses wouldn't score in place of that big

[3ball]

Al Jefferson, Lopez, and Valcunious lead the league (http://stats.nba.com/playtype/#!/post-up/?dir=1&sort=PPP&CF=Poss*GE*200) in points-per-possession (PPP) on the post, and they're all at the universally-recognized standard for elite efficiency of 1.00 PPP.

Accordingly, we know that at least 10 bigs from 1996 would be ahead of these guys - so instead of Al Jefferson and company being at the top, none of them would rank higher than #11, behind all these guys:

Hakeem, Shaq, Robinson, Ewing, Alonzo, Sabonis, Barkley, Malone, Webber, and Kemp.

This proves it's easier than ever to score on the post - the only reason post-ups aren't used as much as before, is because the NBA changed the rules to increase efficiencies on penetration and ball movement (http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/04/09/stujackson/index.html), so the viability of these options has now surpassed post-ups.

[jongib369]

I'm not looking to get into arguments with you old timers because I usually ignore your ignorance, but your great players of the past wouldn't be nearly as "dominant" as they were in their era compared to today's era.

It's no secret, nor argument that today's defenses is the most sophisticated as it has ever been in league history. Pace and space is required to become a contender, and if you don't have that or have the skills to support that then you won't succeed in today's game. I love Moses, he's from my home state, but he wouldn't ever be considered the best player in today's league because he wouldn't win in today's league. His career high 1.8 APG isn't impressing anyone, he'd make a good second option for an All-Star perimeter player, but nothing more if he would look to be successful.

https://youtu.be/ueiPqata-KE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viXdSc2XJQM

Link the times either Wilt or Moses wouldn't score in place of that big

Want to give it a try?