Was 2011-2016 the greatest era of NBA basketball?

[1987_Lakers]

[1987_Lakers]

[RRR3]

LeBron won 3 rings during this period so yes.

[1987_Lakers]

People don't understand how big this game was in 2012. This was the definition of "legacy on the line" after what happened in 2011 and being down 3-2 vs the Celtics the next year. No other player in history faced this kind of pressure before.

[SouBeachTalents]

[Axe]

Remember that we got a braindead casual in here who called the 2016 warriors 'overrated' but now thinks that stephen curry is the 'best player of his generation'. Smh. Can't have it both ways.

[ArbitraryWater]

Remember that we got a braindead casual in here who called the 2016 warriors 'overrated' but now thinks that stephen curry is the 'best player of his generation'. Smh. Can't have it both ways.

Calm down bro, dont have to turn every thread into that

[AussieSteve]

People don't understand how big this game was in 2012. This was the definition of "legacy on the line" after what happened in 2011 and being down 3-2 vs the Celtics the next year. No other player in history faced this kind of pressure before.

Agree. The pressure was, to some extent, self imposed because of prior underperformance, though.

But for sure, this moment and Lebron's 2016 finals are arguably the two greatest individual moments in NBA history.

[ImKobe]

2006-16, it tailed off after 2013 but had a resurgence in 2016.

[StrongLurk]

2006-16, it tailed off after 2013 but had a resurgence in 2016.

Agreed

[StrongLurk]

2006-16, it tailed off after 2013 but had a resurgence in 2016.

Agreed

[1987_Lakers]

2006-16, it tailed off after 2013 but had a resurgence in 2016.

Kobe was a monster in '06 & '07, but it was kinda wasted for being on a bad team. Spurs were probably the best team during those years, but they were a snooze fest to watch, nothing like they later became in 2014.

If I was going with a 10 year period I would go 2008-2018. In the '08 & 09 seasons that's when you saw guys like CP3, Wade, LeBron, & Dwight really take their game to another level. KD basically ruined the 2017 season, but I guess we can say we witnessed the GOAT team that year, 2018 had LeBron's crazy playoff run and a great Warriors-Rockets series.

[90sgoat]

It was definitely entertaining with the storylines, the Heatles, the young OKC, the Spurs making the Heatles break up, Lebron back to Cleveland and then the rise of GSW, Curry-ball and Durant dagger.

Very good 5 years. I would say for me, 1992 to 1997 beats it.

[1987_Lakers]

It was definitely entertaining with the storylines, the Heatles, the young OKC, the Spurs making the Heatles break up, Lebron back to Cleveland and then the rise of GSW, Curry-ball and Durant dagger.

Very good 5 years. I would say for me, 1992 to 1997 beats it.

It gets disqualified for MJ being absent in '94 and most of '95. Early 90's was good ball, but by the mid-late 90's lots of the superstars that dominated the late 80's & early 90's started to get old and there wasn't enough young talent to combat that issue. '96 was a great draft, but guys like Kobe, Nash, & Jermaine O'Neal didn't make an impact in this league till the 2000's rolled around.

To me the '84-'88 era and the '11-'16 era have the discussion for the best eras.

'84 Finals (That era's version of the 2016 Finals, historic)
'84 draft
Magic vs Bird rivalry
Insane talent by 1988, superstars pretty much everywhere

That era basically saved the NBA and put it back on the map with the other major sports.

[Full Court]

Remember that we got a braindead casual in here who called the 2016 warriors 'overrated' but now thinks that stephen curry is the 'best player of his generation'. Smh. Can't have it both ways.

Shocking. The consensus dumbest poster in ISH history doesn't know the difference between the rating of an individual and the rating of a team.

What a moron.