It's a fair question. I tend to thing it has more to do with how impactful LBJ can be on a team. But I see what you're saying. LBJ has been to 6 straight Finals because he's good, his teams have been good, and the rest of the Eastern conference has been pretty mediocre. But just saying the league is of poor quality dismisses these really strong teams that have battling it out in the Western Conference for the past decade.
No it doesn't. I don't dismiss any team, I just judge take them for what they are. Sure there are some "strong" teams in the league but no great teams. There are always going to be teams that battle it out for the championship. Somebody has to win. Toronto made the esteem conference finals, does that mean that they're a great team? No it doesn't. Sure teams battle it out every year, I'm saying that they aren't that good in comparison to previous eras.
It also makes it seem like this era is unique in that there are really own 6 legit contenders vying for a championship. That's always been the case. There's a part of me that thinks the league is just as competitive and good as it's always been.
Again, how competitive these current teams are with each other has nothing to do with what I'm saying. I'm saying that the quality of play across the board has dropped. Yea, there's always only been a handful of teams that are true contenders for the championship and that's probably always how it's going to be. My point is that the best teams of today don't compare to the best teams of previous eras. Take this Cleveland team that just won the ring, they really aren't that good. Especially in comparison to championship teams from previous eras. I'm just not overly impressed with their quality of play.
Gotta remember that there were a lot of bad teams in the 90s as well as the 80s--and I would probably have made a similar thread if posting in those eras about how the best player in the era being able to almost instantly make any team a contender.
Well you'd be wrong then because you wouldn't have been able to put Magic or Bird on just any team in the 80s to make them contenders. Mike was the clear best individual player for years before he was on a true title contending team. See, back then you had better players on better/deeper teams playing a higher quality of basketball. The talent at the front court positions has completely fallen off. Post play as a whole has completely fallen off. People ignore this but it's crucial. It's why the quality of play just doesn't compare that if previous eras. The two finals teams had one somewhat decent post player between them, and that was Lebron. "Somewhat decent" is a generous description of dude's post game. Just think about that.
