Can MJ

[Vino24]

You had 5 game series, shortened 3 point line, good defenses consisted of packing the paint, 3 point game was extremely weak and offenses were predictable (hand the ball to the star) I don

[bison]

The modern era started with magic and bird and ended when lebron went to collude with Miami. Since 2011 we’ve had the ‘post modern’ era where basketball has nothing to do with fundamentals, where flopping is considered defense, where the aau teaches you to dribble like a retard and jack up threes, where snakes like Durant are more concerned with their ‘legacy’ than making any significant contribution to basketball, where idiots like mozgov get 70 million dollar contracts, where Pride parades are more important than championship parades, where ‘analytics’ supercedes skill, where players now have corporate logos on their jersey. But yes prattle on about five game series and a shortened 3 point line.

[3ball]

[QUOTE=bison]The modern era started with magic and bird and ended when lebron went to collude with Miami. Since 2011 we

[Real14]

Mods?

[Hey Yo]

Its known as the Modern Expansion Era.

6 expansion teams in 8yrs.... all in MJ's prime.

[Marchesk]

Reminder that Westbrook has an MVP in the modern era.

[StrongLurk]

Reminder that Westbrook has an MVP in the modern era.

And that was well deserved and a huge outlier season for Westbrook, even including his many clutch moments.

You can't think of the "standard" Westbrook and compare it to his '17 season...

It's kind of like how Curry's 16 season was such a massive outlier compared to the rest of his regular seasons.

Make no mistake, Westbrook's 17 season was simply legendary.

[305Baller]

Oh, no Dr.J era?
Post ABA merger is not the modern game?

Sure looks like the "modern game" if not the "post-modern/contemporary" euro -styled game

[Bawkish]

[QUOTE=bison]The modern era started with magic and bird and ended when lebron went to collude with Miami. Since 2011 we

[GimmeThat]

the number here in question is most likely the amount of scoring titles.

in the 84-85 season the ORTG was 107.9, FGA average 89.1
currently, with the 18-19 season being higher than the past decade, ORTG 110.4, FGA 89.2

intellectually, can you play the same role over and over again in the modern era and accomplish the same success?

[Cleverness]

MJ's career is considered GOAT

that means any "era"

including collusion era

[bullettooth]

[QUOTE=bison]The modern era started with magic and bird and ended when lebron went to collude with Miami. Since 2011 we

[tanibanana]

[bullettooth]

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[stalkerforlife]

[QUOTE=bison]The modern era started with magic and bird and ended when lebron went to collude with Miami. Since 2011 we

[ImKobe]

[QUOTE=bison]The modern era started with magic and bird and ended when lebron went to collude with Miami. Since 2011 we

[Kblaze8855]

All a matter of perspective. He wasnt modern in that the game he played was similar to how people play now. But that will always change. In 15 years when all young guards have grown up trying to play like Harden and Steph Lebrons game wont be "modern". Neither will Kobes. Its been 20 years. The way guards in the 60s played wasnt "modern" when Jordan came in.

The modern vs post modern thing isnt really saying anything. If today is post modern and people keep playing like this(and they will for some time) what.....is "modern" gonna get further and further into the past till we are splitting it up into the live and dead ball era like Baseball and calling the last 110 years the same era?

Its just changes. The natural changes in sports that will never end.

[Phoenix]

[QUOTE=bison]The modern era started with magic and bird and ended when lebron went to collude with Miami. Since 2011 we