What happened to the NBA that I know and love? During the 2009-2010 season saw the Washington Wizards play the Boston Celtics and witnessed an amazing sight: the Wizards do not rebound in the second quarter over! They did not defend well either, and Boston shot 60% from the field for the quarter. There rebounds to be had, however, the Wizards simply is nothing of them. What is even more surprising was that the Wizards lost by only two points! They could not recover from a quarter of the game and still had a chance to win! What is wrong with the NBA? In the 70's and 80's, actually prefer professional basketball college basketball. The NBA will fall, Kareem, Bob Lanier, Pete Maravich, Connie Hawkins, Rick Barry, Nate Archibald, Elvin Hayes, Bob McAdoo, and other great players. The 70's gave us the Lakers with Wilt, Jerry West, Gail Goodrich (and Pat Riley)Knicks Willis Reed appear, Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe (and Phil Jackson), the great Celtic teams of Dave Cowens favorite, Paul Silas, John Havlicek and Jo Jo White, the Milwaukee Bucks boasted Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson and Bob Dandridge, the Detroit Pistons said Dave Bing and Bob Lanier and the Baltimore / Washington Bullets were amazing with Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld and Phil Chenier.Those were good days for the NBA, and when the older players old retired four ABA teams were allowed into the league.
Suddenly, we saw the talent of the lower league players known as Artis Gilmore, Julius Erving, George McGinnis, George Gervin, Maurice Lucas and others who now struggled with the established stars. The excitement grew in the 80's brought us Showtime Lakers, with Worthy and Magic running the break, while patrolling the center Kareem, Moses Malone, Dr. J and Charles Barkley together as a team and the original Twin Towers (which would have been fun to watch Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon faced off against their counterparts from the 90, David Robinson and Tim Duncan), and a surprising team of the Celtics Larry Bird, Robert Parrish and Kevin McHale. In the mid-80's introduced a type that alone would change the landscape of the NBA named Michael Jordan. Despite his offensive brilliance, his teams were not yet ready to compete with the upper echelon of the NBA. It was fun to watch, however.
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