I think it's just not the way it used to be. When somebody won the NBA championship, you go WOW, damn. Chicago Bulls were legends. Early Pistons were legends. Everybody got into basketball. Even the Lakers can be argued into history. I dont see Lebron James or anybody else leading the NBA to a respectable level. I see the Miami Heat or Dallas Mavericks winning the 2006 NBA Championship, fans cheering on that night, and forgetting about it a week later while the players giggle and hehe all the way to the bank. People care more about getting drunk instead of making references on how great the Spurs were that one year. It just doesnt have any meaning to people outside of Miami and Dallas. You never hear people talking about how great the Pistons defense was when they won the Champioship or how great Parker and Duncan played for the Spurs on their run.
LivingOffGamblingMoney said:
I think alot of that is because back when Jordan and Magic and Bird were playing, they were the exciting players and their teams were winning a ton.
Now, the exciting players don't advance because teams focus more on D. No one likes the defensive teams for the most part and Lebron and Nash and Iverson and Kobe and others don't have any hope of beating a good defensive team in the playoffs unless they retool their team to be geared heavily toward D. Wade and Shaq are the biggest star power in a bit now but they still play a decent amount of D which slows the game and makes those star-power performances harder to come by.
