wow Early 2000s really was GOAT Era basketball.. check out their all star game

[unbreakable]

http://i.imgur.com/gTPH7Jd.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxrT97urZoE

check out that score at halftime!!!!

amazing competitiveness... KG, Kobe, Ivo, Duncan SHAQ Zo.. everyones going hard af , RESPECT and TALENT everywhere!

shaq/duncan/kobe on another level.,,, they make the real mount rushmore with MJ,

rip goat era .. never forget fellas . :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[SouBeachTalents]

http://i.imgur.com/gTPH7Jd.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxrT97urZoE

check out that score at halftime!!!!

amazing competitiveness... KG, Kobe, Ivo, Duncan SHAQ Zo.. everyones going hard af , RESPECT and TALENT everywhere!

shaq/duncan/kobe on another level.,,, they make the real mount rushmore with MJ,

rip goat era .. never forget fellas . :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

Nah

[feyki]

Also ; Ray,T Mac,Pierce,Dirk,Nash,Kidd,V-Carter,

[Showtime80']

Not GOAT era by any means specially with guys like Glen Robinson, Dale Davis, Eddie Jones and Jerry Stackhouse involved but definitely one of the last competitive all-star games before it went to sh!t in the mid 2000's during the beginning of the LeBrick era!

You can start seeing the beginning of the East downturn in this game with their only big guys being Mutombo and Mourning and best perimeter players in chucker Iverson and Wince Carter!

The West on the other hand was LOADED!!! Hell Stockton, Malone, Rasheed and Webber were coming off the bench!

[unbreakable]

Not GOAT era by any means specially with guys like Glen Robinson, Dale Davis, Eddie Jones and Jerry Stackhouse involved but definitely one of the last competitive all-star games before it went to sh!t in the mid 2000's during the beginning of the LeBrick era!

You can start seeing the beginning of the East downturn in this game with their only big guys being Mutombo and Mourning and best perimeter players in chucker Iverson and Wince Carter!

The West on the other hand was LOADED!!! Hell Stockton, Malone, Rasheed and Webber were coming off the bench!

i think 2000 had most legendary players at one time ... tho watered down in the middle and lower tiers due to expansion etc..

[SouBeachTalents]

i think 2000 had most legendary players at one time ... tho watered down in the middle and lower tiers due to expansion etc..

That was the 80's imo. That decade featured

Jordan
Magic
Bird
Hakeem
Moses
Dr. J
Malone
Barkley
Isiah
Stockton

By any measure 10 of the 25-30 greatest players of all time

[unbreakable]

That was the 80's imo. That decade featured

Jordan
Magic
Bird
Hakeem
Moses
Dr. J
Malone
Barkley
Isiah
Stockton

By any measure 10 of the 25-30 greatest players of all time

i agree its close but 00 much better defense era.. half your list were very average on d including legends bird/magic/barkley/ drj

[TheMarkMadsen]

I love how they were actually trying and playing defense, players played with more a chip on their shoulder back then in these type of games.

[senelcoolidge]

Not the GOAT era, but the All Star game was entertaining. The ASG has gotten worse and worse so the further back you go the better it seems. Now it's just a 3pt contest..:facepalm .

[buddha]

ah back when men weren't beta *******.

[90sgoat]

What strikes me the most is the diversity in personality and play style.

KG - sort of a bad boy, do everything forward

Duncan - calm, composed, Mr. Fundamentals

Shaq - most dominant, most loud personality

Vince - showman, tune in for a show

AI - David vs Goliath, first combo-guard

Kidd - true pass first point guard, only one on Magic level in pure passing

Mutombo - the big African Mount Mutombo, defensive juggernaut

Kobe - new MJ on the block

And that's just some of them.

How can anyone claim today's 'stars' are anywhere near as interesting playing wise or personality wise. They're all clones of each other's lame swag culture and lame 3-and-dish play style.

[G0ATbe]

Greatest era ever. The Kobe era:applause:

[Dr Hawk]

I wish the ****ing ******s of current all stars would learn something out of these guys on how to play an actual all star game

[Straight_Ballin]

I wish the ****ing ******s of current all stars would learn something out of these guys on how to play an actual all star game

They can't. Their beta mindsets don't allow them learn such things.

It's analogous to what can be seen at your average work place. A bunch of beta 20-25 year olds waiting to be told what to do by your average alpha mindset 35+ year olds.

When I was 20-25, we figured out our own solutions instead of asking the 35+ guy for the solution unlike today's typical workplace.

[Dr Hawk]

They can't. Their beta mindsets don't allow them learn such things.

It's analogous to what can be seen at your average work place. A bunch of beta 20-25 year olds waiting to be told what to do by your average alpha mindset 35+ year olds.

When I was 20-25, we figured out our own solutions instead of asking the 35+ guy for the solution unlike today's typical workplace.


****ing betas

[72-10]

This is a misguided blanket statement if there ever were one.