Recommended AssociatesThe Best Era In The NBABy The Dream at rootzoo.com Aug 18, 2008 - 1:12:35 PM
I created three different teams from three different eras in the NBA to
see which era would win if they played each other. The games were
simulated through whatifsports.com.
The player were chosen based on the best individual seasons of that era not based on an entire career. 50-60's Team Starting Lineup PG Oscar Robertson (1961-1962) Stats-31.9 Points 12.5 Rebounds 11.4 Assist 2.6 Steals SG Rick Barry (1966-1967) Stats-36.7 Points 9.2 Rebonds 3.6 Assist 1.7 Steals SF Elgin Baylor (1962-1963) Stats-34.9 Points 14.3 Rebounds 4.8 Assist 1.8 Steals PF Spencer Haywood (1969-1970) Stats-30 Points 19.5 Rebounds 2.3 Assist 1.4 Blocks C Wilt Chamberlain- (1961-1962) Stats-50.4 Points 25.7 Rebounds 2.4 Assist 5 Blocks Bench PG Jerry West (1965-1966) Stats-32.5 Points 7.1 Rebounds 6.1 Assist 1.8 Steals PF Connie Hawkins (1967-1968) Stats-26.7 Points 13.4 Rebounds 4.6 Assist 1.5 Blocks SG John Havlicek (1969-1970) Stats-25.1 Points 7.8 Rebounds 6.8 Assist 1.8 Steals PF Jerry Lucas (1967-1968) Stats-21.9 Points 19 Rebounds 3.1 Assist 1.3 Blocks PF Bob Petit (1961-1962) Stats-31.7 Points 18.7 Rebounds 3.7 Assist 1.4 Blocks C Walt Bellamy (1961-9162) Stats-31.6 Points 19 Rebounds 2.7 Assist 3.5 Blocks C Bill Russell (1959-1960) Stats-18.2 Points 24 Rebounds 3.7 Assist 3.5 Blocks 
 70-80's Team Starting Lineup PG Magic Johnson (1986-1987) Stats-23.9 Points 6.2 Rebounds 12.2 Assist 2.6 Steals SG Clyde Drexler (1988-1989) Stats-27.2 Points 7.9 Rebounds 5.8 Assist 2.7 Steals SF Larry Bird (1984-1985) Stats-28.7 Points 10.5 Rebounds 6.6 Assist 1.6 Steals PF Kevin Mchale (1986-1987) Stats-26.1 Points 9.9 Rebounds 2.6 Assist 2.2 Blocks C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971-1972) Stats-34.9 Points 16.6 Rebounds 4.6 Assist 3 Blocks Bench SG George Gervin (1979-1980) Stats-33.1 Points 5.2 Rebounds 2.6 Assist 1.4 Steals PG Isiah Thomas (1984-1985) Stats-21.2 Points 4.5 Rebounds 13.9 Assist 2.3 Steals SF Julius Erving (1974-1975) Stats-27.9 Points 10.9 Rebounds 5.5 Assist 2.2 Steals PF Charles Barkley (1987-1988) Stats-28.3 Points 11.9 Rebounds 3.2 Assist 1.3 Blocks PG Walt Frazier (1973-1974) Stats-21.5 Points 6.7 Rebounds 6.9 Assist 2 Steals C Artis Gilmore (1971-1972) Stats-23.9 Points 17.8 Rebounds 2.7 Assist 3.3 Blocks C Moses Malone (1981-1982) Stats-31.1 Points 14.7 Rebounds 1.8 Assist 1.5 Blocks 
90-Present Team PG Gary Payton (1999-2000) Stats-24.2 Points 6.5 Rebounds 8.9 Assist 1.9 Steals SG Michael Jordan (1990-1991) Stats-31.5 Points 6.8 Rebounds 5.5 Assist 2.7 Steals SF LeBron James (2005-2006) Stats-31.4 Points 7 Rebounds 6.6 Assist 1.6 Steals PF Kevin Garnett (2003-2004) Stats-24.2 Points 13.9 Rebounds 5 Assist 2.2 Blocks C Shaquille O'Neal (1999-2000) Stats-29.7 Points 13.6 Rebounds 3.8 Assist 3 Blocks Bench PG Jason Kidd (1998-1999) Stats-16.9 Points 6.8 Rebounds 10.8 Assist 2.3 Steals SG Kobe Bryant (2005-2006) Stats-35.4 Points 5.3 Rebounds 4.5 Assist 1.8 Steals SF Grant Hill (1996-1997) Stats-21.4 Points 9 Rebounds 7.3 Assist 1.8 Steals PF Karl Malone (1990-1991) Stats-29 Points 11.8 Rebounds 3.3 Assist 1 Block PF TIm Duncan (2001-2002) Stats-25.5 Points 12.7 Rebounds 3.7 Assist 2.5 Blocks C David Robinson (1993-1994) Stats-29.8 Points 10.7 Rebounds 4.8 Assist 3.3 Blocks C Hakeem Olajuwon (1992-1993) Stats-25.8 Points 13 Rebounds 3.6 Assist 4.1 Blocks    To determine the 2 Finalist each team first played 6 games against each other. Each team plays 3 games at home and 3 on the road. The 2 teams with the best records would then advance to the Finals. Starters play 30 Minutes and backups play 9 or 18 minutes depending on the depth at each position. 90-Present vs. 50-60's Game 1 122-99 (90-Present Wins) Michael Jordan 22 Points 11/14 Field Goals 2 Blocks Game 2 116-97 (90-Present Wins) Gary Payon 22 Points 9/12 Field Goals 7 Rebounds Game 3 118-107 (90-Present Wins) Shaquille O'Neal 21 Points 12 Rebounds Game 4 93-124 (90-Present Wins) Kevin Garnett 11 Points 13 Rebounds 5 Assist 5 Blocks Game 5 96-103 (90 Present Wins) Kevin Garnett 20 Points 8 Rebounds 2 Steals Game 6 107-105 (50-60's Wins) Oscar Robertson 19 Points 5 Rebounds 5 Assist 90 Present vs. 70-80's Game 1 107-93 (70-80's Wins) Kareem Abdul 15 Points 14 Rebounds 3 Blocks Game 2 127-130 (90-Present Wins) Kareem Abdul 29 Points 20 Rebounds Game 3 117-108 (70-80's Wins) Kareem Abdul 30 Points 8 Rebounds 4 Blocks Game 4 112-103 (90-Present Wins) Shaquille O'Neal 19 Points 9 Rebounds 3 Blocks Game 5 114-96 (90-Present Wins) LeBron James 19 Points 8/12 Field Goals 3 Steals Game 6 132-101 (90-Present Wins) Shaquille O'Neal 20 Points 14 Rebounds 9/12 Field Goals 50-60's vs. 70-80's Game 1 112-102 (50-60's Wins) Spencer Haywood 14 Points 14 Rebounds Game 2 106-97 (50-60's Wins) Wilt Chamberlain 19 Points 13 Rebounds Game 3 107-128 (70-80's Wins) Larry Bird 23 Points 5 Assist 3 Blocks Game 4 100-118 (50-60's Wins) Rick Barry 39 Points 12/18 Field Goals Game 5 109-98 (70-80's Wins) Larry Bird 14 Points 12 Rebounds Game 6 108-114 (50-60's Wins) Elgin Baylor 28 Points 12 Rebounds 4 Steals Records 90-Present 9-3 50-60's 5-7 70-80's 4-8 The Finals is a 7 game series NBA Finals format with 90-Present having home court advantage because they had the best record in the first round. Finals 50-60's vs. 90-Present Game 1 104-90 (90-Present Wins) Kevin Garnett 18 Points 14 Rebounds 3 Blocks Game 2 88-98 (50-60's Wins) Wilt Chamberlain 18 Points 14 Rebounds 4 Blocks Game 3 88-110 (90-Present Wins) Shaquille O'Neal 12 Points 14 Rebounds 4 Blocks Game 4 90-108 (90-Present Wins) LeBron James 22 Points 11/14 Field Goals Game 5 105-104 (50-60's Wins) Wilt Chamberlain 23 Points 12 Rebounds 6 Blocks Game 6 105-90 (90-Present Wins) Michael Jordan 23 Points 4 Steals The 90-Present Team are the champions!  In my opinion I think the 90-Present is actually the best team. They have great defense with Garnett, Payton and Jordan. LeBron and Shaq can score. They also have good bench scoring with Kobe, Malone, and Grant Hill. Hakeem and David are great defensive centers who can also rebound and Kidd can play good defense off the bench. I think the 50-60's team and 70-80's team did not have a defense that could beat the 90-Present team. Box Scores Round 1 90-Present vs. 50-60's Game 1 Box Score Game 2 Box Score Game 3 Box Score Game 4 Box Score Game 5 Box Score Game 6 Box Score 90-Present vs. 70-80's Game 1 Box Score Game 2 Box Score Game 3 Box Score Game 4 Box Score Game 5 Box Score Game 6 Box Score 50-60's vs. 70-80's Game 1 Box Score Game 2 Box Score Game 3 Box Score Game 4 Box Score Game 5 Box Score Game 6 Forgot To Save Boxscores Finals 90-Present 50-60's Game 1 Box Score Game 2 Box Score Game 3 Box Score Game 4 Box Score Game 5 Box Score Game 6 Box Score About the author: The Dream originally published this article at rootzoo.com where he's very involved in the online sports community. He's very well known for the creative sports polls he always creates. Link to this article:Share:
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