Add one player to one team in history to beat this one in a series.

You raise an excellent point. Go far enough back, and the officials would completely destroy modern basketball players attempting to play modern basketball. But you have the opposing issue of going too far back leaving lesser athletes who would be blown off the floor when they have to play the 2019 game. Those old guys are used to having to play tight but hands off defense but the handles would piss them off. They wouldn’t even consider modern guys to be playing real ball. The modern NBA is loser than what Earl Monroe was doing on the streets.

They would be totally out of their element having to defend shit they literally couldn’t imagine being allowed. What do they do with people taking 4 steps when they naturally take and defend 1.5?

[QUOTE=John8204;14886480]Lebron James to the 1970-71 Los Anegeles Lakers

G - Gail Goodrich
G - Jerry West
F - Elgin Baylor
F - Lebron James
C - Wilt Chamberlain[/QUOTE]

West and Baylor were both injured and DNP for the 70-71 playoffs... hopefully you bring LeBron's designer syrums, german doctors and trainers with him for the season to share with West and Baylor

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855;14886862]You raise an excellent point. Go far enough back, and the officials would completely destroy modern basketball players attempting to play modern basketball. But you have the opposing issue of going too far back leaving lesser athletes who would be blown off the floor when they have to play the 2019 game. Those old guys are used to having to play tight but hands off defense but the handles would piss them off. They wouldn’t even consider modern guys to be playing real ball. The modern NBA is loser than what Earl Monroe was doing on the streets.

They would be totally out of their element having to defend shit they literally couldn’t imagine being allowed. What do they do with people taking 4 steps when they naturally take and defend 1.5?[/QUOTE]

I think the advantage there goes to the older teams. It’s easier to adjust defensively than it is to learn new offensive skills. And it’s easier to loosen up your offense (allowing an extra step, eg), than to tighten it up. As for athletic ability, I’m not so sure. That Knick team played in17 back to backs, and an additional 7 stretches with three games in a row. They averaged more minutes per game than these teams, and six guys on that team played in 75+ games. Pace was quicker, and that Knick team was especially known for its defense. (The 69 Knicks might have been a better choice, but I think Monroe would adapt especially quickly to the modern game.). But yeah, this illustrates why it’s especially hard to try to compare teams from different eras.