RHODEY wrote:robillionaire wrote:RHODEY wrote:
Detroit did it in 2004
True, I wouldn't say no shot, just more like a once in every 30-40 years shot if you pull off a miracle. The Heat almost got there. But now they need some sort of Lebron or AD freak injury and even then idk. Point stands though. It's a stars league.
even then, the game is different now than 16 yrs ago, you can't build around defense like they did anymore. So who knows if it's possible in the modern game. So far it hasn't been and with the advent of the super team era it seems more unlikely than ever
Its never possible until its done. I dont what happened in Detroit as a miracle, They were the better team. Trends are are made and changed constantly. Now with he Lakers success teams might start looking away from small ball and back to big (but skilled) front lines...
I think Miami needs it's own "Rasheed Wallace"- if they had that they could contend with anybody right now. I also think they were ahead of the curve but you can see that with how the youngins (like Herro)are finally starting to show that they human.
Detroit was the better team but I think if you built a team like that today, with that same framework of defensive top priority, it would fail. They held the lakers to 68 and 75 points in a couple of those games and they never cracked 100. You just aren't doing that in the modern game, the refs call the games too tight and the shooters are too good
Also they were fortunate that Karl Malone got that knee injury during the season and then again in game 3 of the finals
like you said though the game and trends do change and something like what happened in 04 is bound to happen again eventually. but when it does I will see it as a rare anomaly and not a model that gives you the best chance to win
