This decade is NBA at its finest, better than 80s, 90s.

**AJ2k8** · 10-24-2009, 06:14 AM

Originally Posted by KG5MVP

59, started watching during the 70s

(Whisper) Your profile says 22yrs old...

**spree43** · 10-24-2009, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Glide2keva

80's

Dr. J
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Magic Johnson
Moses Malone
Larry Bird
The Chief
Michael Jordan
Isiah Thomas
Patrick Ewing
Charles Barkley
Karl Malone
John Stockton
Orlando Woolridge
James Worthy
Akeem Olajuwan
Clyde Drexler
Mark Price
Terry Porter
Maurice Cheeks
Adrian Dantley
Bernard King
Dominique Wilkins
Gerald Wilkins
Chuck Person
Reggie Miller
Doc Rivers

Too many to name.

90's

Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen (He grew as a player in the 90's)
Dennis Rodman (Same as pippen)
Shaquille O'neal
David Robinson
Derrick Coleman
Larry Johnson
Alonzo Mourning
Steve Smith
Nick Van Excel
Latrell Sprewell
Sean Elliot
Mario Elie
Drazen Petrovic
Vlade Divac
Allen Iverson
John, Brent, and Drew Barry (they were all pretty good in their own way)
Jerry Stackhouse
Rasheed Wallace
Wesley Person
Grant Hill
Dikembe Mutumbo
Karl Malone
John Stockton
Jeff Hornacek
Toni Kukoc
John Starks

again too many to name.

Not to dismiss your point, but Wesley Person? THe barry's? Kukoc? Elie? and pretty much half the players you mentioned were role players at best ... I hope these were meant to be a joke

Back on point though, the first half of the decade was terrible, terrible basketball ... with grossly one sided conferences

But, the next decade is shaping up to be one of the best ever, penty of youngsters will be in their prime in the first five years;

Lebron, Wade, Howard, CP3, Deron, Durrant, Rose, Oden, Bynum, Lopez, Roy, Griffen, Rubio, Bosh, Granger, Melo, John Wall etc. there's a lot of potential for greatness in that group

There's a lot to be excited about

**snipes12** · 10-24-2009, 06:24 AM

the 50's are way better ****ers

**andgar923** · 10-24-2009, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by spree43

Not to dismiss your point, but Wesley Person? THe barry's? Kukoc? Elie? and pretty much half the players you mentioned were role players at best ... I hope these were meant to be a joke

Back on point though, the first half of the decade was terrible, terrible basketball ... with grossly one sided conferences

But, the next decade is shaping up to be one of the best ever, penty of youngsters will be in their prime in the first five years;

Lebron, Wade, Howard, CP3, Deron, Durrant, Rose, Oden, Bynum, Lopez, Roy, Griffen, Rubio, Bosh, Granger, Melo, John Wall etc. there's a lot of potential for greatness in that group

There's a lot to be excited about

Some in that list are overrated, haven't proved anything yet and still too early to tell.

**JtotheIzzo** · 10-24-2009, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by KG5MVP

No other decades have had so much superstars and spectacular players as the 2000s:

Shaquille O'neal - Goat center?
Tim Duncan - Goat PF?
Dirk Nowitzki - one of the best PF's ever
Kobe Bryant - second best SG ever
Wade - MJ's true successer?
Kevin Garnett - also one of the best PF's ever
Chris Paul - really really good PG
Steve Nash - one of the best PG's in history
Jason Kidd - also oneof the best PG's in history
Lebron James - Goat SF?
and so much more

plz stop saying the 80s or 90s were better, the 2000s truly is the golden era of NBA, no other decades have had so much talent

You for got KG5MVP, GOAT ISH poster.

lets look at the eighties and nineties shall we:

Magic Johnson - GOAT PG
MJ - GOAT SG
Bird - GOAT SF
Malone - GOAT PF
Jabbar - GOAT C

Barkley, Stockton, Olajuwon, Thomas, Pippen, Robinson, Ewing, Miller, Wilkins, Worthy, McHale, Parish etc...

Tell me which is better.

**Manute for Ever!** · 10-24-2009, 06:47 AM

Which decade did a team of NBA talent get a bronze medal in the Olympics?

**lakerfreak** · 10-24-2009, 06:55 AM

I have to agree with the OP.

This generation of guys are all guys that have the chance to finish within the top 25.

The basketball era got a little bit weak for sometime but I think its picking up finally. The only problem with nowadays is injury prone players. If every player sucked it up and played, the league would be more competitive.

**spree43** · 10-24-2009, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by andgar923

Some in that list are overrated, haven't proved anything yet and still too early to tell.

That was the point, if they had proven their greatness they would be contributing to the 00's talent

But there's a solid base of established talent, coming into their prime (Lebron, Wade, CP3 etc.) and a good group of talent that will be around until the end of the decade ... not to mention a few more years of Kobe, and that generation of players

And some really high level teams at the top

**Abraham Lincoln** · 10-24-2009, 07:10 AM

The 1993-94 team under '94 rules would still defeat any collection of talent from the 2000's, as would the 1987-88 team.

**allball** · 10-24-2009, 08:41 AM

Bird
Magic
Jordan
Erving
Kareem
Moses
Hakeem
Marques Johnson
Moncrief
Gervin
Isiah
Drexler
Dantley
Michael Ray
Bernard King
Ewing
Pippen
Toney
McHale
Parish
Aguirre
Dumars
Vandeweghe
World B Free
Ron Harper

the only reason the guys of this decade are even half the players they are is because of the guys above.

**Glide2keva** · 10-24-2009, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by spree43

Not to dismiss your point, but Wesley Person? THe barry's? Kukoc? Elie? and pretty much half the players you mentioned were role players at best ... I hope these were meant to be a joke

Back on point though, the first half of the decade was terrible, terrible basketball ... with grossly one sided conferences

But, the next decade is shaping up to be one of the best ever, penty of youngsters will be in their prime in the first five years;

Lebron, Wade, Howard, CP3, Deron, Durrant, Rose, Oden, Bynum, Lopez, Roy, Griffen, Rubio, Bosh, Granger, Melo, John Wall etc. there's a lot of potential for greatness in that group

There's a lot to be excited about

Of course I put some role players up there, they were great at their jobs and made watching enjoyable, just because they weren't superstars doesn't mean they suck.

There were tons of players I didn't mention because as I said there were too many to name.

**Shep** · 10-24-2009, 10:14 AM

90's>00's>80's

**Silverbullit** · 10-24-2009, 10:45 AM

The average NBA player nowadays is better than the average players in the 80s and 90s.

**JohnnySic** · 10-24-2009, 10:58 AM

Any decade > 90's, especially late 90's

**Bigsmoke** · 10-24-2009, 11:02 AM

it depends how u look at it. I'm not sure about centers in the NBA but people need to know that the NBA usually improve year by year. If u take out Jordan from the 90's, then i can see no doubt that the 00 more the more advanced decade.

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