NBA teams that sucked in previous eras that would easily make the playoffs today.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Lamar Odom's early 2000s Clippers: Prime athletic Lamar Odom, prime Quinton Richardson, Darius Miles fresh out of highschool, and prime athletic Cory Maggete would easily make the play-offs in today's league with no hand checking.

1995-1996 Timberwolves: Prime Jr Rider, and prime KG sucked in the 95-96 season, but they almost beat the 72-10 Bulls, so they would of course be a high seeded play-off team in today's era of basketball, and Tom Gugliotta in 95-96 was a much better player than current Draymond Green.:oldlol:

97-98 Toronto Raptors. Prime offensive scoring Marcus Camby, with prime Damon Stoudamire with a young Tracy Mcgrady coming off the bench, and they had prime athletic Doug Christie when he had hair, and could actually knock down a jumpshot back then, and could create off the dribble a tad bit back then. Popeye Jones would easily avg 10 rebounds a game in today's league against today's soft ass powerforwards that wanna camp out on the three point line all the time. That Raptors team would easily make the play-offs in today's league. They would be a 5 through 7 seed in today's league.

Early 80s San Diego Clippers: Bill Walton World B Free, and prime Joe Jelly Been Bryant would easily take this Clippers team to the second round of the play-offs in today's league if Bill Walton was a 100% healthy, and would take a team in the second round of the play-offs to 7 games with ease.Bill Walton World B Free, Nick Witherspoon, and Swen Nater would take both the current Clippers and Lakers to 7 games, and would easily knock the current small ball Houston Rockets out of the play-offs.

Kobe's first laker post shaq team that didn't make the play-offs: Kobe would average 40 ppg and make the post season easily in today's no hand checking league.

Jason Kidd, Jamal Mashburn, and Jimmy Jackson's 94-95 Mavericks: The three J mavs would dominate in today's league easily just off of prime Kidd's passing alone. Jimmy Jackson's jumper was money back in 95, and he would be a 25ppg scorer in today's era, and nobody plays defense in the post anymore, and Jamal Mashburn would dominate avg 28 ppg.

Herb Williams's mid 80s Pacers: Herb Williams was an underrated beast at center in the 80s, and Ricky Sobers is one of the most underrated role playing point guards in NBA history. Ricky would beast in today's league.

Steve Francis's Rockets: Franic and Mobley's rockets would 40 some games, and still missed the play-offs in the very early 2000s, so they would definitely be a play-off team in today's era, and Francis would probably damned near avg a triple double in today's soft ass defensive league.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Gerald Wallace and Jason Richardson's Bobcats would easily make the play-offs in today's era of basketball.

[SouBeachTalents]

The Blazers are better than all those teams and they’re currently not in the playoffs

[MiseryCityTexas]

The Blazers are better than all those teams and they’re currently not in the playoffs

Jr rider's 1996 Timberwolves would body that current Blazers team. All JR Rider gotta do is back CJ Mocollum down and score over him, and KG started at small forward on that Timberwolves team back then, so he would easily stop both Trevor Ariza and Mello.

[fsvr54]

The Blazers are better than all those teams and they’re currently not in the playoffs

The Blazers are ass.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Majority of them scrub teams from Jordan's three peat seasons would be play-off teams today. Abdur Rahim's Vancuver Grizzlies would dominate easily if they played in today's eastern conference. Big Country Bryant Reeves was better than alot of today's current eastern conference centers not named Joel.reeves would avg 20 and 10 against a player like soft ass Brook Lopez.

[MiseryCityTexas]

steve francis's rockets won 40 plus games in the early 2000s western conference and still didn't make the play-offs. francis's rockets would tear the league up in today's era of basketball.

[MiseryCityTexas]

and mediocre 90s play-off teams like glen rice's late 90s hornets teams would go to the eastern conference finals against the bucks in today's era.

webber and howard's washington bullets teams would go to the finals in today's era.:oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

Ray allen and rashard lewis's MID 2000 sonics would be an eastern conference FINALS powerhouse darkhorse play-off team in 2020.:oldlol::oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

that 95-96 denver nuggets team beat the 72-10 bulls in the regular season, yet didn't make the play-offs that season. if you put that same nuggets team in today's 2020 nba season, they would take the current clippers, lakers, rockets, raptors, bucks 76ers to 7 games just off of mutombo's post defense, abdul rauf's shooting, bryant stith's perimeter defense, laphonso ellis's post scoring, and jalen rose' young athleticism alone.

[fsvr54]

and mediocre 90s play-off teams like glen rice's late 90s hornets teams would go to the eastern conference finals against the bucks in today's era.

webber and howard's washington bullets teams would go to the finals in today's era.:oldlol:

Glen Rice would honestly be the best or second best player in the East. He's an underrated legend.

[ArbitraryWater]

God forbid, I never thought being so stupid was possible.

All of Blazers/Spurs/Kings/Pelicans would be making the playoffs almost every other year.

Loaded ball clubs.

[ArbitraryWater]

that 95-96 denver nuggets team beat the 72-10 bulls in the regular season, yet didn't make the play-offs that season. if you put that same nuggets team in today's 2020 nba season, they would take the current clippers, lakers, rockets, raptors, bucks 76ers to 7 games just off of mutombo's post defense, abdul rauf's shooting, bryant stith's perimeter defense, laphonso ellis's post scoring, and jalen rose' young athleticism alone.

You have successfuly transcended to a different level of "basketball stupidity" previously not known.

[MiseryCityTexas]

if that one sonics play-off team that had ray allen and rashard lewis played against curry's first championship warriors teams, the sonics would easily take them to 7 games with no problems, because that sonics front court in the early to mid 2000s was a lot better than curry's warrior team. danny fortson, would box the shit out of draymond green for rebounds, and jerome james, that one year in seattle was better than warriors era andrec bogut.

[MiseryCityTexas]

this is damned near the same nuggets team that knocked prime payton and kemp's sonics out of the play-offs A YEAR AGO. that 95-95 nuggets team would be a play-off team today. nba competition was alot better in the 90s and early 2000s compared to 2020. you just don't respect the old school.

[MiseryCityTexas]

You have successfuly transcended to a different level of "basketball stupidity" previously not known.

this is damned near the same nuggets team that knocked prime payton and kemp's sonics out of the play-offs A YEAR AGO. that 95-96 nuggets team would be a play-off team today. nba competition was alot better in the 90s and early 2000s compared to 2020. you just don't respect the old school.

[SouBeachTalents]

You have successfuly transcended to a different level of "basketball stupidity" previously not known.
this is damned near the same nuggets team that knocked prime payton and kemp's sonics out of the play-offs A YEAR AGO. that 95-95 nuggets team would be a play-off team today. nba competition was alot better in the 90s and early 2000s compared to 2020. you just don't respect the old school.

[MiseryCityTexas]

bryant stith contained jordan for a regular season win, you don't think he can lock down klay thompson's one dimensional ass three point shooting game for one or two quarters??

[MiseryCityTexas]

Bucks got eric bledsoe and wes matthews starting in the backcourt, the 97-98 raptors would destroy the current bucks backcourt.

[MiseryCityTexas]

the 97-98 vancouver grizzlies would blow out the current 76ers in a regular season game. joel embiid's a much better player than big country bryant reeves, but joel embiid is soft as shit and can be contained in the post, and shareef abdur rahim, would destroy the current 76ers front count with his post midrange/outside game. today's nba is soft as shit.

[MiseryCityTexas]

that 97-98 raptors team had raw athletic chauncey billups on their squad too. billups was trash in the 90s, but inexperienced era chauncey billups would dominate in 2020.

[MiseryCityTexas]

God forbid, I never thought being so stupid was possible.

All of Blazers/Spurs/Kings/Pelicans would be making the playoffs almost every other year.

Loaded ball clubs.


you call me stupid then turn around and say the sacramento kings, and san antonio spurs are loaded.:oldlol::oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

God forbid, I never thought being so stupid was possible.

All of Blazers/Spurs/Kings/Pelicans would be making the playoffs almost every other year.

Loaded ball clubs.

you call me stupid, then turn around and say an nba team with role playing ass bryn forbes being in the starting lineup as a "loaded team".:oldlol::oldlol::oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

mark jackson, ron harper, ken norman, and danny manning's 93, clippers would reach the western conference semi finals in todays era.

[MiseryCityTexas]

That 97-98 new jersey nets team that had prime sam cassell, prime jayson williams, and keith van horn before that injury destroyed his athleticism would go to the eastern conference finals against giannis's bucks if they played in 2020. Jayson williams alone would destroy boston celtics and atlanta hawks, and 76ers front court defensively and would avg 20 rebounds a game in this league.

[MiseryCityTexas]

the blazers are better than all those teams and they’re currently not in the playoffs

96 timberwolves were better than current portland trailblazers.

Young raw athletic high flying kg
prime jr rider
prime tom gugliotta
prime christian laettner.

96 TOM GUGLIOTTA WAS WAAAY BETTER THAN 2020 MELLO.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Deron williams, ak-47, and carlos boozer's jazz teams would make the western conference finals easily in 2020.

[MiseryCityTexas]

That 70s knicks team that had spencer haywood bob macadoo aqnd walt frazier that didn't make the play0ffs.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Eastern conference in 2020 is the weakest it's ever been. 90s teams from both conferences would destroy today's eastern conference teams.

[scuzzy]

ITT hard dose of nostalgia trauma

[SouBeachTalents]

ITT hard dose of nostalgia trauma
Nah, it's just straight up nostalgia retardation. Literally every team from the 90's would be a playoff team today, what a clown :oldlol:

[scuzzy]

Nah, it's just straight up nostalgia retardation. Literally every team from the 90's would be a playoff team today, what a clown :oldlol:
some people can't let go of their childhood

[MiseryCityTexas]

nah, it's just straight up nostalgia retardation. Literally every team from the 90's would be a playoff team today, what a clown :oldlol:

nba was more competitive back then. Grant hill and allan houston's pistons would probably beat giannis's bucks.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Tim duncan won a championship in his late 30s. That let's you know how weak today's era is.

[MiseryCityTexas]

majority of you idiots never seen any of these teams play and i did, so how would you all know?:oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

nah, it's just straight up nostalgia retardation. Literally every team from the 90's would be a playoff team today, what a clown :oldlol:

defense was better in the 90s you stupid ****.. They even said it on espn.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Larry johnson's hornets were better than today's pelicans. At least mugsy bogues knew HOW to run an offense.

[iamgine]

OP's opinion is duly noted.

[MrFonzworth]

OP what caused this 5 hour meltdown? The celebrity game?:biggums:

[MiseryCityTexas]

that mid 90s miami heat team that had that scoring duo of glen rice and steve smith would easily take giannis's bucks to 7 games just off their shooting alone, and prime ronnie seikley would avg 20 and ten on soft ass brook lopez. and that miami heat team would easily take leonards clippers to 7 games because rony seikley is basically zubac on steroids. miami heat era's steve smith alone was better than current clipper's whole entire backcourt. why you think they move kawhi to the shooting guard position? because Clipper's back court outside of Patrick Beverly is trash. Lou Williams is too inconsistent, and Shamet is flat out trash.

[LakersFan626]

I think the only team you may have a point about is the Rockets (Francis and Mobley would put up huge numbers in today's league, but then again so do Devin Booker, Trae Young, and D'Angelo Russell, and none of them are game changers yet and the 45 wins they got in 00-01 was the most they got together, which is not the sign of a game changer, and the vast majority of them were against the eastern conference, as they struggled heavily against all the contenders in the west like the Lakers and Spurs), but outside of Francis and Mobley there really wasn't much else. Shandon Anderson would still be a 3 and D player, Walt Williams would still be just a three point sharp shooter, Hakeem was past his prime, Kelvin Cato had range of an inch, Kenny Thomas was a big man who spread the floor, etc. And while Francis and Mobley were the best players, they still turned the ball over A LOT and Francis was never a good defender and didn't play a winning style of basketball (Mobley matured later in his career). They may be better than the Grizzlies in the west in today's league but they would probably still be below the Thunder right now, and they would probably be 6th or 7th seed in the east (no way would they be better than the Bucks, Raptors, Celtics, Heat, or Sixers). However, the Clippers (I remember that specific team even... yes, they were very athletic but also VERY low bball IQ and I can't picture a Lamar Odom led team making the playoffs in any era)? Grizzlies (Abdur-Rahim was an empty stats player, like Love, Cousins, and Towns and couldn't make the playoffs on a "superteam" with Jason Terry and Glenn Robinson)? Nuggets (Mutombo was known for his defense only, Stith would be like Kent Bazemore or KCP today, etc.)? Raptors (that team had rookie T-Mac, Damon Stoudamire who was like the 4th or 5th best player on the Jail Blazers teams, and nothing else)? Wolves (rookie KG and Isaiah Rider is not a winning formula!)? Come on... that Lakers team MIGHT as Kobe in today's era would be unstoppable, but that supporting cast is TERRIBLE (Lamar Odom was his #2 option, and then it was a YOUNG Caron Butler) and that Bobcats team was extremely offensively challenged, which would make it a struggle to make the playoffs in today's NBA.

Just look at the lineups of a lot of those 90s Clippers, Warriors, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Kings, Mavs, Nets, Bullets/Wizards, Bucks, Sixers, Celtics, Wolves, and Raptors teams and tell me with a straight face that they'd compete with the Lakers, Clippers, Bucks, Nuggets, Celtics, etc... one or two good players does not make a good team and never will, in any era.

[Phoenix]

OP has like 80% of the posts in this thread.

[Uncle Drew]

https://i.imgur.com/96VKRkr.png

Where does it hurt?

[Reggie43]

Most of those teams never made the playoffs because they were young ,raw and lacked experience despite the obvious talent. Rule changes wont speed that up but they would obviously have better numbers playing today .

[Phoenix]

"1995-1996 Timberwolves: Prime Jr Rider, and prime KG sucked in the 95-96 season, but they almost beat the 72-10 Bulls, so they would of course be a high seeded play-off team in today's era of basketball, and Tom Gugliotta in 95-96 was a much better player than current Draymond Green."

Umm what? KG was a rookie in 95-96. Prime KG?! I can't believe nobody has called that out yet( unless I missed it somewhere inbetween the OPs 50 other posts in this topic).

[SouBeachTalents]

"1995-1996 Timberwolves: Prime Jr Rider, and prime KG sucked in the 95-96 season, but they almost beat the 72-10 Bulls, so they would of course be a high seeded play-off team in today's era of basketball, and Tom Gugliotta in 95-96 was a much better player than current Draymond Green."

Umm what? KG was a rookie in 95-96. Prime KG?! I can't believe nobody has called that out yet( unless I missed it somewhere inbetween the OPs 50 other posts in this topic).
Too many retarded statements to keep track of, but nice find :lol

And tbf, he described like 30 other players as being "prime" too

[Phoenix]

Too many retarded statements to keep track of, but nice find :lol

And tbf, he described like 30 other players as being "prime" too

Yeah I tuned out pretty quickly but I caught that immediately. The other funny part in that post is 'prime JR Rider' as if that's supposed to mean something lol.

[MiseryCityTexas]

"1995-1996 timberwolves: Prime jr rider, and prime kg sucked in the 95-96 season, but they almost beat the 72-10 bulls, so they would of course be a high seeded play-off team in today's era of basketball, and tom gugliotta in 95-96 was a much better player than current draymond green."

umm what? Kg was a rookie in 95-96. Prime kg?! I can't believe nobody has called that out yet( unless i missed it somewhere inbetween the ops 50 other posts in this topic).

i meant prime kg as in athletic prime

[MiseryCityTexas]

too many retarded statements to keep track of, but nice find :lol

and tbf, he described like 30 other players as being "prime" too

you said the 2020 spurs and kings are loaded teams. That was the most ignorant statement in this entire thread. Any sport's team with bryn forbes and dejonte murray in the starting lineup is not a loaded nba team. Then you said the kings are a loaded team. How is that when sacramento's front court is trash?

[MiseryCityTexas]

prime jr rider was solid in the mid 90s, and easily could compete against today's shooting guards.

[MiseryCityTexas]

"1995-1996 Timberwolves: Prime Jr Rider, and prime KG sucked in the 95-96 season, but they almost beat the 72-10 Bulls, so they would of course be a high seeded play-off team in today's era of basketball, and Tom Gugliotta in 95-96 was a much better player than current Draymond Green."

Umm what? KG was a rookie in 95-96. Prime KG?! I can't believe nobody has called that out yet( unless I missed it somewhere inbetween the OPs 50 other posts in this topic).

kg was in his athletic prime in 96. if you watched basketball back in the mid 90s, you would know this. if kg and jr rider's wolves beat hakeem and drexler's rockets back in 96 regular season, then they would easily make the play-offs in 2020. i actually watch these games of older eras, while you just read stats, while swallowing the new school era's ***, and act like today's generation of basketball IS the only generation that matters.

[MiseryCityTexas]

yeah i tuned out pretty quickly but i caught that immediately. The other funny part in that post is 'prime jr rider' as if that's supposed to mean something lol.

jimmy butler's miami heat team would struggle in 90s era basketball. Especially with kendrick nunn starting at point.

[MiseryCityTexas]

too many retarded statements to keep track of, but nice find :lol

and tbf, he described like 30 other players as being "prime" too

you didn't even know that kg started at small forward at the beginning of his career because he needed to hit the weights. I actually watch these games while you just read stats. Today's nba players are knocking down so many threes today, just off the simple fact that the nba took the hand checking rule, and defense in today's nba is as weak as it ever been. Today's nba fanS absolutely hate reading these facts. Today's nba is soft.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Jason kidd's mid 90s dallas mavericks team would make the play-offs just off their talent alone. Jamal mashburn in 95 was better than every current small forward in the nba not named lebron and leonard. Jamal was a third tier nba star in the 90s/early 2000s, but would be an nba superstar in 2020.

[Phoenix]

i meant prime kg as in athletic prime


kg was in his athletic prime in 96. if you watched basketball back in the mid 90s, you would know this. if kg and jr rider's wolves beat hakeem and drexler's rockets back in 96 regular season, then they would easily make the play-offs in 2020. i actually watch these games of older eras, while you just read stats, while swallowing the new school era's ***, and act like today's generation of basketball IS the only generation that matters.

It doesn't matter what prime you're referring to, athletic or overall prime. The 96 Twolves with a rookie Garnett,Gugliotta, Laettner and Rider ain't doing a damn thing in 2020. I grew up on 80s and 90s ball so GTFO with the 'you just read stats' bullshit. Just your premise that the Wolves would be anything in this era because they took some meaningless regular season game off the Bulls is retarded as fukk. The Bulls also lost to the expansion Raptors that year. So what? That translates to the 96 Raptors being a finals contender in 2020? Just stop.

[MiseryCityTexas]

it doesn't matter what prime you're referring to, athletic or overall prime. The 96 twolves with a rookie garnett,gugliotta, laettner and rider ain't doing a damn thing in 2020. I grew up on 80s and 90s ball so gtfo with the 'you just read stats' bullshit. Just your premise that the wolves would be anything in this era because they took some meaningless regular season game off the bulls is retarded as fukk. The bulls also lost to the expansion raptors that year. So what? That translates to the 96 raptors being a finals contender in 2020? Just stop.

i never said the 96 raptors and 96 timberwolves would be finals contenders in 2020, but i did say that they could easily compete in the play-offs in 2020 even though they were lottery teams back then.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Play-off upsets existed a lot more in the 80s and 90s because play-off competition was a lot better in the 80s and 90s. Almost everybody knew the raptors were going to the finals last season because the east last season was extremely weak. The best regular season team TODAY is the bucks, and the majority of the players on that team outside of giannis is ****ing trash. Almost everybody knows that either the clippers or lakers are going to the finals. Today's nba is so predictable due to lack of competition. Outside of the clippers and lakers, 8th seeded play-off teams, and scrub teams from previous eras could easily come into today's league and take a lower seeded play-off team in 2020 to 7 games. Pelicans and spurs current backcourt is trash compared 90s era backcourts who didn't even make the play-offs. Early 80s san diego clippers with a healthy bill walyon could beat most nba play-off teams today because mjority oif today's nba centers are garbage.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Washington bullets had a front court of prime webber prime juwon howard and rasheed wallace that didn't even make the play-offs. You don't think a team like that could go to the eastern conference finals in 2020?:oldlol::oldlol: I THINKTHAT BULLETS TEAM COULD EVEN GO TO THE FINALS IN 2020 IF 96 CHRIS WEBBER IS HEALTHY, BECAUSE THE 2020 BUCKS ARE TRASH WITHOUT GIANNIS. HELL THE 96 BULLETS CAN BEAT THE 2020 RAPTORS IN 5 GAMES.:oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

97 sixers team with iverson stackhouse clareance weatherspoon and derrick coleman would easily be play-off contenders in 2020. Hell 76ers era jerry stackhouse alone was better than 85% of today's starting eastern conference shooting guards.:oldlol::oldlol:

[Akeem34TheDream]

When you put the word peak or prime in front of someone's name it doesnt make the player better than he was.

[Phoenix]

i never said the 96 raptors and 96 timberwolves would be finals contenders in 2020, but i did say that they could easily compete in the play-offs in 2020 even though they were lottery teams back then.

Nah. The 95 Wolves ain't magically jumping from 26 wins to the 40+ they'd need to crack an 8th seed in the 2020 West. I mean you can spot them 10 more wins for shits and giggles to take them to 36-46. That ain't close to getting into the West playoffs. How about we be real generous and give them 15 wins and they're 41-41? The Grizzlies are probably going to end up with 42-43 wins if they hold pace so again, nope. The 96 Raptors won 21 games. The 8th seed in the east this year is probably going to need 38 wins. You gonna spot them an extra 17 wins for the sake of your argument?

And that's with me agreeing with the general idea that the modern league is coddled, catered, and charmin-soft.

[MiseryCityTexas]

96-97 76ers backcourt of iverson and stackhouse compared to 2020 nba backcourts;

Ai and stackhouse were better than.................................. Markell fultz and evan fornier, better than terry rozier and devante graham, BETTER THAN KEMBA AND JAYLEN, BETTER THAN ERIC BLEDSOE AND WESLEY MATTHEWS:oldlol:, BETTER THAN KYLE LOWRY AND FRED VAN FLEET WHICH IS ****ING LAUGHABLE. 90s era nba would dominate today's eastern conference.

HELL, THAT MID 90S 76ERS TEAM IS BETTER THAN SOME 2020 WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS. I'D TAKE A BACK COURT OF PRIME IVERSON, AND PRIME JERRY STACKHOUSE OVER LONZO BALL AND JRUE HOLIDAY ANYDAY. I'D TAKE A BACKCOURT OF IVERSON AND STACKHOUSE OVER DAME LILLIARD AND CJ MCCOLLUM ANYDAY OF THE WEEK. HELL, I WOULD TAKE AI AND STACKHOUSE OVER WESTBROOK AND HARDEN'S ROCKETS. A WASHED UP WIZARDS ERA JERRY STACKHOUSE DROPPED 30 PLUS ON PRIME KOBE BRYANT. I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT 76ERS ATHLETIC PRIME ERA JERRY STACKHOUSE WOULD DO AGAINST NO DEFENSE PLAYING ASS JAMES HARDEN.:oldlol: AND IVERSON IN 97 WAS JUST AS GOOD AS RUSSELL WESTBRICK TODAY. AT LEAST IVERSON SINGLE HANDEDLY LEAD A TEAM FULL OF SCRUBS TO THE FINALS. WESTBROOK HAD VICTOR OLADIPLO AND DOMANTIS SABONIS ON HIS TEAM AND LEAD THEM TO A FIRST ROUND EXIT.:oldlol:

[MrFonzworth]

Jerry Stackhouse was a ****ONG BUM STFU YOURE JUST LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND SAYING THEYRE GOOD WASTEMAN

[MiseryCityTexas]

jerry stackhouse was a ****ong bum stfu youre just looking at numbers and saying theyre good wasteman

in have stackhouse's wizards vs. Kobe's lakers with no shaq on dvd. Jerry stackhouse killed kobe in that game.

[RRR3]

OP OD’ed on nostalgia.

[Phoenix]

OP OD’ed

Fixed that for ya.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Alot of people in here claimed that 90s lottery teams would struggle in 2020 era basketball, yet alot of them shitty teams from the 90s ended up being play-off teams in the early to mid 2000s after Jordan's retirement.:oldlol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=28&v=L__mLQyxBQ0&feature=emb_title

majority of the players on both of the teams in this video ended up being allstars and superstars playing on play-off teams that used to be trash back in the 90s = competition in the 90s was waaay better back then.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Fixed that for ya.

If you take that 97-98 Toronto Raptors team, and put them in today's era of basketball, they would make the post season off of Prime Damon Stoudamire, prime athletic Marcus Camby when he had a solid offensive post up game, prime Doug Christie when he had a hairline, raw athletic Tracy Mcgrady, and raw athletic Chauncey Billups coming off the bench alone, but if you take Derrick Rose's current Pistons, or Devante Graham's Chartlotte Hornets and put themn in 90s era basketball, and play them under 90s rules, they would still be a lottery team.:oldlol: matter of fact, they would have a shittier winning record in the 90s than they currently have now.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Damon Stoudamire woulda been a 4 time allstar if he woulda played his whole career in Toronto. Rick Adleman in Portland fu7cked his playground game and tried to turn him into the black John Stockton in Portland, and Tornoto were kinda dumb trading away Damon Stoudamire and Marcus Camby, because that team was still a lottery team regardless if they were on the team or not, and the Raptors woulda ended up still getting Vince Carter anyway.

early 2000 raptors starting lineup if they woulda kept Marcus Camby and Mighty Mouse era Damon Stoudamire:

Center Marcus Camby
power forward: doesn't really matter
small forward: Tracy Mcgrady
shooting guard: Vince Carter
point: Damon.

This roster would have made a couple eastern conference finals appearances, and nba finals appearance if they woulda kept this team together instead of trading camby for a washed up charles oakley.

[MiseryCityTexas]

96 bullets with chris webber, rasheed wallace and juwon howard didn't make the play-offs in 96. That same team would go to the finals in 2020.:oldlol::oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

jerry stackhouse was a ****ong bum stfu youre just looking at numbers and saying theyre good wasteman

jerry stackhouse avg 29 ppg in 2001 stackhouse was FAR FROM A SCRUB. Competition back in the early 2000s was shitloads better than 2020.

[MiseryCityTexas]

It doesn't matter what prime you're referring to, athletic or overall prime. The 96 Twolves with a rookie Garnett,Gugliotta, Laettner and Rider ain't doing a damn thing in 2020. I grew up on 80s and 90s ball so GTFO with the 'you just read stats' bullshit. Just your premise that the Wolves would be anything in this era because they took some meaningless regular season game off the Bulls is retarded as fukk. The Bulls also lost to the expansion Raptors that year. So what? That translates to the 96 Raptors being a finals contender in 2020? Just stop.

GIANNIS'S LOTTERY BUCKS TEAM BEAT THE 73-9 WARRIORS BACK IN THE DAY, AND NOW THEY'RE THE BEST REGULAR SEASON TEAM IN 2020.:oldlol::oldlol::oldlol: = COMPETITION WAS BETTER BACK THEN

[MiseryCityTexas]

It doesn't matter what prime you're referring to, athletic or overall prime. The 96 Twolves with a rookie Garnett,Gugliotta, Laettner and Rider ain't doing a damn thing in 2020. I grew up on 80s and 90s ball so GTFO with the 'you just read stats' bullshit. Just your premise that the Wolves would be anything in this era because they took some meaningless regular season game off the Bulls is retarded as fukk. The Bulls also lost to the expansion Raptors that year. So what? That translates to the 96 Raptors being a finals contender in 2020? Just stop.

timberwolves became a play-off team after 95-96. upset regular season wins from lottery teams are an indication of what the nba's future is gonna look like. rookie era garnett's wolves bodied play-off caliber hakeem the dream and drexler's rockets in a regular season game, and garnnet's wolves became a play-off team that following year, and the raptors became a play-off team right after jordan's retirement.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Eddy curry and tyson chandler's bulls with ron artest and jamal crawford would be a 6TH THROUGH 8th seed in 2020.:oldlol:

[SouBeachTalents]

Jeez, this dude STILL melting down :oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

prime jordan's bulls would win just as many championships as bill russell in 2020.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Jeez, this dude STILL melting down :oldlol:

i post truth while you post petty insults.

[72-10]

This team, whose best defender is Ridnour, is sorely lacking in defense, but they would outgun just about any team in NBA history.

[72-10]

Ray allen and rashard lewis's MID 2000 sonics would be an eastern conference FINALS powerhouse darkhorse play-off team in 2020.:oldlol::oldlol:

This team, whose best defender is Ridnour, is sorely lacking in defense, but it would outgun just about any team that's played except the 1991-92 Bulls. Oither teams that could simply outgun other teams: 2001 Mil Bucks, mid-90s MIami Heat.

[MiseryCityTexas]

That Bucks team that had Sidney Moncrief, Marques Johnson, Paul Pressey and Terry Cummings would go to the finals easily in 2020 eastern conference. Hell, just look at today's 2020s Bucks. Bucks without Giannis is a lottery team. early to mid 80s Bucks without Sidney Moncrief is still a play-off team.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Vince and T-Mac's Raptors would go to the finals easily in today's NBA. Especially in the eastern conference.

[andgar923]

Forget the names. Teams and players back then were constructed differently and players knew their roles with specialized positions.

Today most players are wing players, most play the same way, most offensive systems break down into undisciplined 1 on 1 matchups from the perimeter.

Zion is slowly exploiting this era, what makes ya’ll think Derrick Coleman won’t kill the league.

Shaq said Big Country Reeves killed him every time.

CWebb Bullets would be contenders every season today.

[AlternativeAcc.]

prime jordan's bulls would win just as many championships as bill russell in 2020.

But won half that in the watered down 90's where his toughest comp was 10ppg Stockton

But he'd double that in 2020 for sure man, go pop a few more pills and give us another riveting take soon

[MiseryCityTexas]

But won half that in the watered down 90's where his toughest comp was 10ppg Stockton

But he'd double that in 2020 for sure man, go pop a few more pills and give us another riveting take soon

Stockton was too busy leading the league in assist to score you idiot.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Forget the names. Teams and players back then were constructed differently and players knew their roles with specialized positions.

Today most players are wing players, most play the same way, most offensive systems break down into undisciplined 1 on 1 matchups from the perimeter.

Zion is slowly exploiting this era, what makes ya’ll think Derrick Coleman won’t kill the league.

Shaq said Big Country Reeves killed him every time.

CWebb Bullets would be contenders every season today.

BULLETS WOULD HAVE REACHED THE nba FINALS ALMOST EVERY YEAR IN THE EARLY 2000S IF THEY WOULDA KEPT WEBBER, HOWARD, AND SHEED TOGETHER ON THE SAME TEAM.

AND BRYANT REEVES WOULD EASILY BE THE 3RD OR 4TH BEST CENTER IN THE LEAGUE TODAY. HE LIKE THE 20TH BEST CENTER IN THE 90S

[MiseryCityTexas]

Randolph Childress was a bum in the 90s in the NBA. He would be a 20ppg scorer in 2020 because the defense today is so weak,

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

[KD7]

This thread :roll:

[warriorfan]

MiseryCity is bullying these nerds

[MiseryCityTexas]

Prime Jerry StackHouse and prime Clyde Drexler would both be better than James Harden if they both played in Harden's era.

[AlternativeAcc.]

Stockton was too busy leading the league in assist to score you idiot.

Ironically LeBron is leading the league in assists yet manages almost triple the scoring output as Stockton

90's was littered with one-dimensional specialists, including MJ himself. He wouldn't win dick in this era

[MiseryCityTexas]

A washed up Jerry Stackhouse had a 29 point game against prime Kobe Bryant. What in the hell you'd think Stackhouse would do to James Harden?:oldlol:

[Manny98]

96 bullets with chris webber, rasheed wallace and juwon howard didn't make the play-offs in 96. That same team would go to the finals in 2020.:oldlol:
Might be the dumbest statement I have ever heard :facepalm

Webber was injured for the majority of that season and Rasheed Wallace was a f*cking rookie

So your telling me a team led by sophomore Juwon Howard and rookie Sheed Wallace is going to beat a Bucks team that is on pace to winning 70+ games and having the highest SRS for a team ever :facepalm

[MiseryCityTexas]

Might be the dumbest statement I have ever heard :facepalm

Webber was injured for the majority of that season and Rasheed Wallace was a f*cking rookie

So your telling me a team led by sophomore Juwon Howard and rookie Sheed Wallace is going to beat a Bucks team that is on pace to winning 70+ games and having the highest SRS for a team ever :facepalm

Tim Legler and Brent Price would destroy the shitty defense in 2020. If Webber was healthy, they would go to the finals every season in this shitty league. Wouldn't be shocked if Brent Price gets 20 and 10 on a player like Eric Bledsoe.

[MiseryCityTexas]

That's how bad the eastern conference is this year. Jordan's Wizards would be the second best team in the standings behind the Bucks in today's era.

[MiseryCityTexas]

That's why NBA teams are so quick to play "small ball" these days, because post defense in today's league is non existent. I bet if Darryl Morey, and Bobby Webster tried that small ball crap in the 90s/early 2000s, their guards would get body slammed in the paint, and that 14 seconds on the shot clock rule after getting an offensive rebound is ****ing pathetic. put the 24 seconds back smfh.

[72-10]

yeah 96 Washington 1 of those teams, clearly among the best teams to not grace the postseason

ah yes, Muresan MIP that year

that's just too tall