90s vs Today

mikefly3113 · Post #1 » by **mikefly3113** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:26 am

Just curious who you guys think would win?
90s starting 5,
PG- John Stockton
SG- Michael Jordon
SF- Scottie Pippen
PF- Karl Malone
C- Hakeem Olajuwon
bench- Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Grant Hill, Reggie Miller

VS

Today,
PG- Steve Nash
SG- Kobe Bryant
SF- Lebron James
PF- Dirk Nowitzki
C- Dwight Howard
bench- Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Amare Stoudemire, Dwyane Wade.

I personally think the 90s was the best decade of basketball so I'm going to go with them.

nevetsov · Post #2 » by **nevetsov** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:30 am

Not sure but it would be a hell of a game.

sunskerr · Post #3 » by **sunskerr** » Mon May 30, 2011 11:36 am

Assuming the today's era players would all be in their primes, how in the world did Derrick Rose make the team over Tim Duncan or Chris Paul.

SunsRback4Good · Post #4 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Mon May 30, 2011 12:07 pm

90's because of one man, Michael Jeffry Jordan.

Calvin Klein · Post #5 » by **Calvin Klein** » Mon May 30, 2011 12:16 pm

90s everyday.

Post #6 » by **rsavaj** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:55 pm

Surely you can put together a better "00s" team than that.

Replace Rose, Wade, Durant, Stoudemire with Paul, T-Mac, KG, Duncan. Replace Howard with Shaq

Nash/Paul
Kobe/T-Mac
LeBron
Dirk/KG
Shaq/Duncan

now that's a much closer comparison if they're all in their primes.

YFZblu · Post #7 » by **YFZblu** » Mon May 30, 2011 5:38 pm

rsavaj wrote:Surely you can put together a better "00s" team than that.

Replace Rose, Wade, Durant, Stoudemire with Paul, T-Mac, KG, Duncan. Replace Howard with Shaq

Nash/Paul
Kobe/T-Mac
LeBron
Dirk/KG
Shaq/Duncan

now that's a much closer comparison if they're all in their primes.

Why tmac over Wade?

Post #8 » by **rsavaj** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:26 pm

T-Mac's peak (02/03) was one of the greatest seasons put together by a wing not named Michael Jordan. He hasn't done much since, but he went supernovae for a while and that's the version I take over Wade.

YFZblu · Post #9 » by **YFZblu** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:36 pm

rsavaj wrote:T-Mac's peak (02/03) was one of the greatest seasons put together by a wing not named Michael Jordan. He hasn't done much since, but he went supernovae for a while and that's the version I take over Wade.

I still think Tmac is one of the most overrated players in quite some time...I'll take Wade over Tmac. But the bigger issue here: How were Shaq AND Duncan left off the OPs list??

JasonDaPsycho · Post #10 » by **JasonDaPsycho** » Mon May 30, 2011 6:39 pm

90's because of Hakeem and prime Shaq. Otherwise, it could have gone either way.

DirtyDez · Post #11 » by **DirtyDez** » Mon May 30, 2011 7:21 pm

90's team is much better defensively and they have the goat.

ma_falaa_50 · Post #12 » by **ma_falaa_50** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:06 pm

mikefly3113 wrote:Just curious who you guys think would win?
90s starting 5,
PG- John Stockton
SG- Michael Jordon
SF- Scottie Pippen
PF- Karl Malone
C- Hakeem Olajuwon
bench- Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Grant Hill, Reggie Miller

VS

Today,
PG- Steve Nash
SG- Kobe Bryant
SF- Lebron James
PF- Dirk Nowitzki
C- Dwight Howard
bench- Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Amare Stoudemire, Dwyane Wade.

I personally think the 90s was the best decade of basketball so I'm going to go with them.

90s team has played together and will win. what rules though? 90s nba rules or today? its a lot easier to be a perimeter player nowadays than jordan's time.

Post #13 » by **TASTIC** » Tue May 31, 2011 5:41 am

Some awesome matchups...I'd love to see MJ vs Kobe and Hakeem vs Howard...and Shaq v Shaq haha

I'll take 90s.

mikefly3113 · Post #14 » by **mikefly3113** » Tue May 31, 2011 9:11 am

When I say "Today" I'm talking about this past season.

I don't know about you guys but I'm not going to have this seasons Duncan, Tmac, or KG on my squad. Chris paul was tough but I would probably go with Rose

MrMiyagi · Post #15 » by **MrMiyagi** » Tue May 31, 2011 10:48 am

mikefly3113 wrote:When I say "Today" I'm talking about this past season.

I don't know about you guys but I'm not going to have this seasons Duncan, Tmac, or KG on my squad. Chris paul was tough but I would probably go with Rose

Well that's not too fair now is it? Primed greats vs. this past season's allstars? I'd take the greats. It would be better to do both in their primes, as long as their best seasons were in the 90's and 00's respectively.

Never Fear 33 Is Here · Post #16 » by **Never Fear 33 Is Here** » Tue May 31, 2011 12:12 pm

90's and regardless of rules. Think about it. If 00's played with the same set of rules they would be hammered and whinging all the time, where as if the 90's played with the rules today MJ, Scottie and GH would DESTROY.

Calvin Klein · Post #17 » by **Calvin Klein** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:56 pm

Where is Duncan?

Sun Scorched · Post #18 » by **Sun Scorched** » Tue May 31, 2011 6:42 pm

I mean, you're really just talking about the '92 Dream Team vs. the best of what we had over the last decade.

PG - Magic Johnson / John Stockton
SG - Michael Jordan / Clyde Drexler
SF - Scottie Pippen / Larry Bird
PF - Karl Malone / Charles Barkley
C - Patrick Ewing / David Robinson

What do you match up with that?

Nothing, really.

Maybe:

PG - Jason Kidd / Steve Nash
SG - Kobe Bryant / Dwayne Wade
SF - LeBron James /
PF - Tim Duncan / Dirk Nowitzki
C - Shaquille O'Neal / Dwight Howard

raczej1980 · Post #19 » by **raczej1980** » Tue May 31, 2011 8:04 pm

clyde "the glide" my all time favorite player ... and one of the most underrated. To be honest I'm watching NBA since 90/91 (first broadcast available in Poland:) and Today rules/players are realy soft comparing to 90's... they would destroy 00> "dream team"

b-ball forever · Post #20 » by **b-ball forever** » Wed Jun 1, 2011 8:46 pm

The team of the 00's would be :

Nash/Kidd
Kobe/Wade
Lebron/Pierce
Duncan/KG
Shaq/Dwight

And they'd still get their asses handed to em by the 90's team of :

Gary Payton/Stockton
MJ/Clyde Drexler
Scottie/pre-injury Grant Hill
Malone/Barkley
Hakeem/David Robinson