I think Rivers does make a fair point about the nostalgia getting the better of people in certain aspects. The WC was very good though, but at the same time for ex., KG carried that T-Wolves team in a very Lebron-ish fashion with Troy Hudson and Wally Szczerbiak being their next best players; it was more so KG's greatness than his squad being that legit. The Trail/Jail Blazers were one of the more overrated teams b/c of the names of their roster (half of those names being flabby or malcontents).
It was pretty much 4 teams. Lakers, Spurs, Kings and Mavs.
And of those 4, ppl used to say how Duncan was pretty much carrying a buncha role players and a past his prime D-Robinson. Hence why Lakers demolished/swept them back2back until '03 when the Lakers own roster got a bit flabby.
I actually feel the top 4 in the west that year match up well with the top 4 of the '11 East (Heat, Bulls, Celtics, Magic). Shame injuries and flabby'ness crippled most of those teams afterwards.
04-05 season was prob when the WC was the most stacked of that era, after the Lakers disbanded.
It wasn't even 4...it was just those 2. The one star per team era was still going strong. Thats the problem with comparing then to now. Teams that arent that great now would beast then. Lakers aside, who back then is beating today's Clips? And even that would be a battle. Teams that were elite then would be middle of the pack now. As great as Tim was, I just don't see him carrying a squad without another good, let alone great scorer, to chips in today's league.
And still got more MVPs, FMVPs, and rangs as da 
