Looking at this thread I realized one thing. If you were to make an all-time NBA team, any player from any era, how many players from these two eras would be on it? Looking at the 80s team I know that Magic, Bird, and Jordon are without a doubt starting on my all-time team, the rest of the guys from the 80s would probably make it too. Then you look at the combinations that have been thrown out there for today's team, Shaq makes it, but he just barely gets in with the competition at center from Abdul-Jabbar, Russell, and Chamberlain. I think that's the difference between the two teams, the guys from the 80s are the ones always brought up in "greatest ever" discussions, while only 4-5 guys from today even look like they have the potential to be among that elite group by the time their career ends.
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