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90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Thu Dec 7, 2023 9:21 pm
by durantbird
90s with Steph/LeBron:
Steph Curry / John Stockton
Magic Johnson / Clyde Drexler
LeBron James / Scottie Pippen
Karl Malone / Charles Barkley
Hakeem Olajuwon / David Robinson
10s/20s with MJ/Duncan:
Chris Paul / James Harden
Michael Jordan / Kawhi Leonard
Kevin Durant / Giannis Antetokounmpo
Tim Duncan / Anthony Davis
Nikola Jokic / Joel Embiid
Which team wins in a series? One year peaks of these players from each decade
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Thu Dec 7, 2023 9:31 pm
by AEnigma
How are you going to make a ten man all-NBA roster where Lebron is one of the three or four best shooters

Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Thu Dec 7, 2023 11:48 pm
by MyUniBroDavis
Steph isn’t the second best player on his team btw
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 2:02 am
by Colbinii
MyUniBroDavis wrote:Steph isn’t the second best player on his team btw
Neither is Jordan
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 2:08 am
by MyUniBroDavis
Colbinii wrote:MyUniBroDavis wrote:Steph isn’t the second best player on his team btw
Neither is Jordan
I’m confused what you mean here
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 2:15 am
by Colbinii
MyUniBroDavis wrote:Colbinii wrote:MyUniBroDavis wrote:Steph isn’t the second best player on his team btw
Neither is Jordan
I’m confused what you mean here
It's a tongue-in-cheek comment about how if you don't think Steph going back in time wouldn't be a Top 2 player here [especially with a potential reduced 3P line, teams having little idea how to actually defend him on/off ball] then Jordan would suffer a similar fate.
I think it is far more likely a player in today's league is better in a previous era than the inverse.
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 2:24 am
by MyUniBroDavis
Colbinii wrote:MyUniBroDavis wrote:Colbinii wrote:
Neither is Jordan
I’m confused what you mean here
It's a tongue-in-cheek comment about how if you don't think Steph going back in time wouldn't be a Top 2 player here [especially with a potential reduced 3P line, teams having little idea how to actually defend him on/off ball] then Jordan would suffer a similar fate.
I think it is far more likely a player in today's league is better in a previous era than the inverse.
I think I get lumped in with the Jordan Wrecking crew cuz they and one my posts a lot so I wasn’t sure which direction you were going when u were saying he wasn’t 2 lol
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 2:56 am
by Rishkar
durantbird wrote:90s with Steph/LeBron:
Steph Curry / John Stockton
Magic Johnson / Clyde Drexler
LeBron James / Scottie Pippen
Karl Malone / Charles Barkley
Hakeem Olajuwon / David Robinson
10s/20s with MJ/Duncan:
Chris Paul / James Harden
Michael Jordan / Kawhi Leonard
Kevin Durant / Giannis Antetokounmpo
Tim Duncan / Anthony Davis
Nikola Jokic / Joel Embiid
Which team wins in a series? One year peaks of these players from each decade
I'd be a little worried about the Hakeem-Jokic matchup, so I think I'd slide Duncan to center, KD to shooting guard (guarding Malone), and Kawhi to SF (especially because of Lebron) and have Jokic as a crazy microwave offensive engine. I'd move MJ to point guard (as I think he'll do better on Steph) and add Giannis at PF (to guard Magic).
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 6:37 am
by dygaction
The second unit of 10s/20s can give the 90s team a run
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 1:01 pm
by durantbird
MyUniBroDavis wrote:Steph isn’t the second best player on his team btw
He wasn't supposed to be
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 9:55 pm
by OhayoKD
Colbinii wrote:MyUniBroDavis wrote:Colbinii wrote:
Neither is Jordan
I’m confused what you mean here
It's a tongue-in-cheek comment about how if you don't think Steph going back in time wouldn't be a Top 2 player here [especially with a potential reduced 3P line, teams having little idea how to actually defend him on/off ball] then Jordan would suffer a similar fate.
I think it is far more likely a player in today's league is better in a previous era than the inverse.
Giannis is the 2nd best player for both teams so this is moot

Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Sat Dec 9, 2023 9:55 pm
by McBubbles
Team 10/20's bench destroys team 90's bench. They win easily.
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Sat Dec 9, 2023 10:32 pm
by dygaction
durantbird wrote:90s with Steph/LeBron:
Steph Curry / John Stockton
Magic Johnson / Clyde Drexler
LeBron James / Scottie Pippen
Karl Malone / Charles Barkley
Hakeem Olajuwon / David Robinson
10s/20s with MJ/Duncan:
Chris Paul / James Harden
Michael Jordan / Kawhi Leonard
Kevin Durant / Giannis Antetokounmpo
Tim Duncan / Anthony Davis
Nikola Jokic / Joel Embiid
Which team wins in a series? One year peaks of these players from each decade
If Murray can work with Jokic, so can Jordan. I would switch out CP3 for Kawhi in the starting lineup to leverage the proven KL/Duncan combo against LeBron.
Michael Jordan / Chris Paul
Kawhi Leonard / James Harden
Kevin Durant / Giannis Antetokounmpo
Tim Duncan / Anthony Davis
Nikola Jokic / Joel Embiid
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:30 am
by Ol Roy
I might rearrange the 90s starting lineup to significantly improve the defense. Given that Curry is a point guard, and Pippen and James are both point forwards, I don't think Magic's facilitating would be missed as much.
Curry
Pippen
James
Olajuwon
Robinson
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:06 am
by iggymcfrack
I feel like if we assume everyone's at 100% health going into the series, the modern team with MJ and Duncan wins due to their deeper bench. But if we assume this happens at the end of a 100 game run where everyone's playing hard, all of a sudden, the team with CP3, KD, Kawhi, Embiid, AD, and Giannis doesn't look so deep any more.
Re: 90s with Steph/LeBron vs 10s/20s with MJ/Duncan
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:49 am
by youngcrev
Which eras rules are we playing by?