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burninmylight on 20 June 2016
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Chris Hu said:
burninmylight said:

The '96 Bulls had the advantage of playing TWO expansion teams that year and shared a division with one of them (and lost a game to that one, the Raptors).

I wish someone who says the NBA was a lot better then than it is now would explain to me in a quantifiable or factual sense.

Those two expansion teams where still better then this years 76ers and Lakers.  Also the Warriors lost to the Lakers in the regular season and since it happened late in the season it was the biggest differential in total wins by a team with a losing record beating a team with a winning record.  The '96 Raptors where actually a lot better then both the 76ers and Lakers they had the rookie of the year Damon Stoudamire.

Those two expansion teams were in it to win it. The Sixers and Lakers were not. Philly's former GM felt the need to write a 13-page memento explaining why his philosophy and plan to tank year in and year out was justified. The Laker's took the entire year off to dedicate it to a long washed up Kobe. The '96 Grizzlies and Raptors were just plain bad with no way around it. Damon Stoudamire didn't do shit with his career after padding stats on a horrible team. That team had Zan Tabak starting at center, FFS. Stoudamire is comparable to Brandon Jennings at best.

Also, please explain what makes the NBA better then than it is now.