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watered down in the 90s?? You high son???
MJ, I.Thomas, Magic, Olajuwon, Barkley, Ewing, Robinson, Pippen, Dominique, Payton, Shaq, R.Miller, McHale, Bird, Stockton, K.Malone, Rodman, Parish, M.Malone, Drexler, Worthy... not to mention many others like Kemp, Grant, Starks, Hardaway, Mourning, Mutombo and young Kobe, Kidd, Duncan, Garnett, T-Mac, VC etc...
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T-Mac said it perfectly
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...-nba-players-two-years-college-140820214.html
MJ, I.Thomas, Magic, Olajuwon, Barkley, Ewing, Robinson, Pippen, Dominique, Payton, Shaq, R.Miller, McHale, Bird, Stockton, K.Malone, Rodman, Parish, M.Malone, Drexler, Worthy... not to mention many others like Kemp, Grant, Starks, Hardaway, Mourning, Mutombo and young Kobe, Kidd, Duncan, Garnett, T-Mac, VC etc...
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T-Mac said it perfectly
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...-nba-players-two-years-college-140820214.html
I think you're confusing the 90's with the 80's. Also, you're just mentioning names to mention them and you're mentioning players that in the mid 90's nobody would mention but because this is 15 years later you can mention them because you know how they performed.
Also, mentioning Moses Malone who had his peak in the early 80's and T-Mac who started his peak in the beginning of 2000's is like a 20 year difference in era bro.
Also, mentioning Moses Malone who had his peak in the early 80's and T-Mac who started his peak in the beginning of 2000's is like a 20 year difference in era bro.
MJ, I.Thomas, Magic, Olajuwon, Barkley, Ewing, Robinson, Pippen, Dominique, Payton, Shaq, R.Miller, McHale, Bird, Stockton, K.Malone, Rodman, Parish, M.Malone, Drexler, Worthy... not to mention many others like Kemp, Grant, Starks, Hardaway, Mourning, Mutombo and Duncan
Were all present in the 1990s. Back then every team had like 2 stars. Jordan dominated the era because he was Jordan, but the playoffs were pretty competitive.
Were all present in the 1990s. Back then every team had like 2 stars. Jordan dominated the era because he was Jordan, but the playoffs were pretty competitive.
They played in the 90s did they not? I said nowhere that they all played at the same time or during the whole 1990s.
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and 2nd best player of the era was obviously Olajuwon.
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and 2nd best player of the era was obviously Olajuwon.
Then out west you had Houston, Spurs, Suns, Jazz.
Being present and actually competing on the highest level is two different things. It's pretty known that the league was weak during the mid 90's after Magic, Bird and the bad boys got old.
Magic, McHale, Isiah, Bird, Moses, Worthy were not even present or good enough in the mid 90's while the rest were not even in the league or not established enough.
Magic, McHale, Isiah, Bird, Moses, Worthy were not even present or good enough in the mid 90's while the rest were not even in the league or not established enough.
Nah, more players are being lured at a younger age, while earning more than their predeccesors and thus maybe not having such a drive to work more and get better. Plus it's probably more beneficial for players to spend those years in college developing their skills rather than having to adapt in the NBA.
Back then, players rarely left college early or didn't go unless they were a serious talent. Now you have college players leaving after 1 year, getting drafted in the top ten, paid top ten money, and thereby starting their NBA career before they are ready. Thanks to modern technology players look really good in high school and college, get an enormous about of hype and end up jumping ship early and becoming highly paid mediocre ball players. Add in the influx of European players with similar hype and it isn't surprising to see the drop in quality.