2007-11-15 12:43:08 · 18 answers · asked by Alpha Wolf(Bringer of Rain) 5 in Sports ➔ Basketball
1. there was no salary cap and no expansion teams. teams could load up as much talent as they could.
2. elite of the 70s. guys like jabbar, erving and moses malone where still around.
3. bird and magic rivalry. if you were an NBA fan, you rooted for bird or magic but not both.
4. emergence of young talents that would eventually dominate the 90s. hakeem, ewing and jordan made sure that the NBA is in perfect health when the 90s came around.
5. boston massacre. greatest game ever played.
2007-11-15 16:10:21 · answer #1 · answered by m33p0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It introduced the triumvirate of the best players to ever play ball: Jordan, Bird and Magic.
Honorary mentions are: Scottie Pippen (though not yet as polished as he was in the 90's) Shawn Kemp, Clyde Drexler, James Worthy, Isiah Thomas, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Dominique Wilkins, Kevin Mc Hale, Robert Parish plus some of the best in the 70's thrived in the 80's like Dr. J, Moses Malone, Kareem Abdul Jabbar etc.
2007-11-16 00:32:19 · answer #2 · answered by Darth Revan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
during the 80's almost every team had a real superstar that everyone wanted to see. Magic, Bird, MJ, Olajuwon, Ewing, Barkeley, Malone, Isiah, Nique. It was a great time. I miss the 80's NBA. The watered down 90's sucked and now today's ESPN and media hyped stars have almost made the league unwatchable. Case in point. Lebron's horrible Finals ratings.
edit: Yes I know some of those played in the 90's but what I was saying that most of the teams had stars on them in the 80's. By the time the 90's rolled around only a few teams had stars on them. So the term watered down is appropriate.
2007-11-15 21:52:43 · answer #3 · answered by locojt1 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The 1980's was the greatest era of Basketball because
Magic Johnson was at the Playboy mansion with Jerry
Buss sleeping with Porn Stars!!! those were the days!
Off-course there was that little bug called the HIV virus.
Maybe Hollywood is not that great after all....LMAO!
2007-11-15 23:27:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it was more for the satisfaction of the win instead of the pay check in the 80's Ben Wallace would have stayed a Piston (what a loser)
2007-11-16 10:14:41 · answer #5 · answered by luscious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jordan(the greatest player to ever play the game)!!
2007-11-16 11:53:58 · answer #6 · answered by Retta B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it was really the 1980s-early 1990s, not just the 80s. You lack perspective or proper knowledge in this discipline.
2007-11-15 23:02:06 · answer #7 · answered by iknowball 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
of the Lakers and Celtics (Magic vs Bird).
2007-11-16 04:21:49 · answer #8 · answered by Nickster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 90's were better! MJ ruled!
2007-11-16 14:16:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bird and Magic
2007-11-15 20:46:39 · answer #10 · answered by MARK B 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋