66/67 76ers time traveled to today

[Marchesk]

In place of whatever Philly is putting out there this season. What would their record be? They have from now until the regular season to prepare for the modern game. How far could they go in the playoffs?

[KembaWalker]

Top 3 draft pick tbh

[Marchesk]

Top 3 draft pick tbh

Knicks would no doubt be like the Celtics in the 60s, right?

[KembaWalker]

Knicks would no doubt be like the Celtics in the 60s, right?

Robin Lopez>Russell no doubt :roll:

[Marchesk]

Robin Lopez>Russell no doubt :roll:

Melo would be like Sam Jones + John Havlicek. Porzingis would be Kareem before Kareem. Knicks would never lose. LA would have to form a super team to stop them.

[Gotterdammerung]

Simulated a matchup between the 67 Sixers and the 2015 Warriors at What if Sports:

https://www.whatifsports.com/nba/boxscore.asp?gameid=11281531&teamfee=-1

Steph Curry exploded for 33, but Wilt hauled down 28 boards and the Sixers won running away 119-91.
:kobe:

[LoneyROY7]

Old heads would get their shit PUSHED in. Deep.

[TheMarkMadsen]

40 wins and first round exit out east

[Marchesk]

Old heads would get their shit PUSHED in. Deep.

I'm wondering how most modern teams would handle Wilt and Luke Jackson down low. If Cousins can have back to back 20/20 and Whiteside can have a great PER rating, then ...

[LoneyROY7]

I'm wondering how most modern teams would handle Wilt and Luke Jackson down low. If Cousins can have back to back 20/20 and Whiteside can have a great PER rating, then ...

Wilt would still be strong in today's game, especially b/c the center position is so weak (Cousins :oldlol:). But the '66-'67 Sixers guards and wings wouldn't fare well in today's NBA.

[PHILA]

http://i.imgur.com/Io9s8kW.png

[senelcoolidge]

They would be one of the top teams in the East easily. I have to agree that their back court would suffer. But Wilt would be the best player in the league and their front court of Jackson and Chet Walker/Cunningham would be really good. Hal Greer was known for his mid range shot but he would be undersized at only 6'2" without shoes. Costello was nearing the end of his career by 66-67. Wali Jones could handle the point if guys like Chalmers, Barea, and Derek Fisher could for championship teams than why not him. They would have to get used to modern rules, especially the 3pt. Their inside game would be too much for any other team. They would out rebound everyone. I would have them as favorites to win it all, they are one of the greatest teams ever after all.

[Psileas]

I'd rather hear opinions on how certain teams would fare with more gradual time travel, like the '67 Sixers facing the '80 Lakers, the '80 Lakers facing the '92 Bulls, the '92 Bulls facing the '08 Celtics, etc.
Some seemingly love to believe that basketball had been evolving through the decades up to the 80's or 90's, then starting falling behind, which makes no sense, since coaching, medicine and technical knowledge improve all the time. If they believe that a Lakers' Showtime team from the 80's could time travel to today and beat the Warriors, why stop at them and not believe the same for teams like the '67 Sixers or the '70 Knicks, '71 Bucks, '72 Lakers, the Celtics' Dynasty and so on?

[aj1987]

Simulated a matchup between the 67 Sixers and the 2015 Warriors at What if Sports:

https://www.whatifsports.com/nba/boxscore.asp?gameid=11281531&teamfee=-1

Steph Curry exploded for 33, but Wilt hauled down 28 boards and the Sixers won running away 119-91.
:kobe:
:roll: :roll: :roll:

A team that never shot 3 pointers is going to make 46% of them and arguably the GOAT 3pt shooting team is going to shoot only 32%?

The Warriors would probably win by 40+.

[StephHamann]

Simulated a matchup between the 67 Sixers and the 2015 Warriors at What if Sports:

https://www.whatifsports.com/nba/boxscore.asp?gameid=11281531&teamfee=-1

Steph Curry exploded for 33, but Wilt hauled down 28 boards and the Sixers won running away 119-91.
:kobe:

Wilt 0 FTs

http://media.giphy.com/media/O5NyCibf93upy/giphy.gif


Kerr would just Hack-a-Wilt and beeing the mental loser that he is the Warriors would win.

[Showtime80']

You can have all the technical advancements and medicine all you want, the present day Warriors aren't touching the mid 80's Celtics or Showtime Lakers! Go down the rosters and it is a mismatch all the way through besides the fact that NO soft jump shooting team gave either of those two powerhouses trouble, you had to muscle them inside or run them off the court, the 2015 Warriors don't have either of those abilities!

The Warriors are the best 3 point shooting team in a league were EVERYBODY tries to play like them. Against the well-oiled offensive machines of the 80's they would get exploited! They would have to shoot 50% from deep just to keep it close and that ain't happening.

Like the Brazilian national soccer team analogy I always use. In a country were soccer is practically a religion and the resources and population have exploded in the last 15 years how come they can't field a team even half as decent as their 90's teams let alone their 60's and early 70's teams?

Some generations are just better than others and the 80's early 90's NBA had the greatest one professional basketball has EVER seen! Today's league is in a downturn

[TheBigVeto]

They'll be champs.