Why the 90's weren't "watered down."

[CODE_BLUE56]

Yeah, but its easy to say all of these things in retrospect. At the time, the NBA was booming with talent and good teams. The Jordan media circus has done a lot for the Bulls, but it has maybe blurred the reality of what happened.

well...ya..that's what i said at the end...there's a lot subjectivity that comes from exposure and perspective...and the early 90s did have alot of very good teams...

 

[BNB]

yes the 90s had some damn good teams...but not many that were as stacked with hall of famers as the 80s imo....stars were starting to become more spread out on teams with expansion...

If anything, I think that made the NBA better, not watered down. A lot of the great 90's teams had great players, along with other solid players. It was Jordan's Bulls going against Ewing's knicks... and Olajuwon's Rockets going against Robinson's Spurs... Malon'es Jazz going agains't Barkley's Suns, etc. etc.

In the 80's, the Lakers teams and the Celtics teams were crazy stacked. like 4 hall of famers stacked. So when they went against teams with only 1 hall of famer, or none at all, you knew who was gonna win. That's why the combined for 12 finals appearances. If it wasn't for Moses Malone, the sixers and rockets would have sucked in the 80's. And those 2 teams were the biggest threat to the Lakers and celtics in the first half of the 80's. Then came the pistons later on... the only other real threat.