Yes you had Magic, Bird, and Jordan.. But there were alot of bad teams in the 80's and 90's breh. I love those eras myself but the league now in these 2010's era is up there. Like others have said even the teams that aren't stacked to the rafters with talent are even fun to watch. You couldn't say shyt like that for the 80's and 90's. It was about the Lakers, Celtics, Bulls, Pistons, Knicks, Rockets and so forth. You rarely checked for anything else unless you lived in that particular city
I disagree.
Philadelphia had Dr. J/Moses/Barkley/Moe Cheeks/Andrew Toney
Denver had Fat Lever/Alex English and one of the highest scoring most exciting teams ever.
Dallas had Mark Aguirre/Rolando Blackman/Roy Tarpley/Detlef Schrempf/James Donaldson
Houston had Olajuwon/Ralph Sampson twin towers who beat L.A. in West Finals
Portland had Drexler/Porter/Kersey and a fun team
Golden State had Run-TMC & Manute Bol and scored a TON of points
Seattle had Shawn Kemp/Gary Payton/Tom Chambers/Xavier McDaniels and were pretty much fun to watch throughout the '80s and '90s
Phoenix had Tom Chambers and Kevin Johnson
I mean, pretty much all the teams were fun to watch except the Clippers in like the mid to late '80s.
It really wasn't until they added the expansion teams in the late '80s that shyt just over time got worst and worst until the late '90s where the NBA was just awful for like a decade.
Every team in the league besides Milwaukee has a star on it's roster. The league has never had it this good.
When was the NBA better overall than it is now?