Notice those players who got whacked and fell hard on the ground went up quickly? Today's players woulld have stayed on the ground for 5 mins and some may need a stretcher.
Three thing the NBA must do: 1.) Remove Flagrant Fouls(it should be assesed a technical foul rather) 2.) Remove Defensive three seconds 3.) Remove hand-checking fouls..
In this Era i dont think Dennis Rodman would bother trying to block Lebron James, he would punch him in the stomach on his way up for a dunk and only get a technical.
They called less fouls, and were a little more...for lack of a better word...violent, but the NBA defense was nothing compared to what it is today. Now they actual have strategy, game planning and sets. Not to mention they are stronger, faster and overall more athletic. LeBron would have steamrolled through everybody in that decade.
They had strategy then too. It is ludicrous to say they didn't. Everyone today seems to believe LeBron would be such a machine back in the day, but everyone who played back in the day recognises so many of his weaknesses, so in that case he would still be a machine, just a weak one. LeBron would be in the top 20 of the day, perhaps just in the top ten, but most definitely not in the top 5. The reason, LeBron lacks tenacity. Once a "big guy" gets smacked upside his psyche, it doesn't matter how athletic he is, that athlete is broken! LeBron is tough of body, but weak of heart. And that makes all the difference between star player, and super star player back in the day. George Carl said "You'd have to cut Michael Jordan's heart out to beat him". No one has ever been inspired to say anything remotely close to that about LeBron.
Veng Kong 1) This idea that LeBron isn't fundamental is nonsense. People think that the older, less athletic players were more fundamental just because they weren't as athletic. But that's just an assumption. Yes, SOME of them were. But to act like James wouldn't be able to handle their assumed super-human mastery of the game just because he's bigger and stronger is stupid. LeBron understands the game very well. 2) "Mind games"...please. Stop watching ESPN. Let's see how much those "mind games" help Larry Bird and Kevin McHale when LeBron is charging at them full speed down the paint. Nonsense.
"we refer to that as a Good hard foul." Not in today's NBA, these hard fouls would warrant an ejection, suspension, and probably time at a local jail. Things have changed.
I think a guy like Lebron James have the physic and talent to play good basketball at that time. But the cramp will keep him from playing more than one quarter .
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2:53 Cooper literally punched a man and only got a TECHNICAL FOUL! Players today would get arrested for some of these fouls! No one from today’s soft NBA could hang with these types of Bad Boys ☠️😏
It's just called defensive 3 seconds nowadays. When it was still called "illegal defense" you would get 1 warning before the opposing team was awarded a technical FT.
Nba did get softer. But it’s not like they didn’t eject players back then. If you played dirty you would get penalized and the other team cud hit you back. Nba talent in today’s game is beyond good tho. Would dominate in any era
i miss this era....todays players are weak and complain all the time about tickky tac fouls and miss games because they have a tiny bruise and they complain that they play to many games for which they are being paid millions...i have no sympathy for todays players ...they are so weak
Hey, you guys know Lebron, the 6’8, 250 pound machine who is faster, quicker, more explosive, and has a better passing ability than nearly every guard in nba history, who finished with the finesse of guys like curry and Jordan, but also with the power of guys like Malone and shaq? The guy who despite his massive size and post presence, is also a great shooter from deep? The guy who has 4 mvps, and more all nba first team selections than anybody in nba history? The guy who is well on his way to pass kareem in all time scoring? The guy who every time he steps on the court, people look completely helpless guarding him? Yeah, he wouldn’t survive 80s basketball because he only has 3 rings and doesn’t have a “killer mentality”.
+Getachew Bo If the defense in general was horrible back then, it's damn sure not any better in this era. And before you or any one calls me an old fart, I'm 23.
This is the reason why the NFL league is so huge today and the NBA has lost its appeal outside of Lebron-Kobe. Fans go to see athletes COMPETE, getting physical, not to see crybabies and whiners of the players to the refs, not to see fouls so soft that they have to be analyzed in slo-mo by the announcers to confirm.
in 82-83 The great Lakers made 10-3pt shots all season, Magic made ZERO GS makes 10 per/game now Was life more difficult in the paint? Yeah sure...but these 80's guys could not cover the entire floor. Let alone shoot from deep. Hire a few more untalented thuggish "bigs" to bully inside, commit fouls, ect...and watch Steph, Klay, Dramond, Harrison, Iggy destroy with shooting, ball movement, spacing ect The Lakers would be holding their shorts, gasping for air and wondering "who on Earth is Magic going to guard"
Are u stupid if u look at the stats teams didn't shoot 3s like they do now and teams back in the 80s where so much better mid range shooters back then the game was centered around big men , that's why they were so physical in the paint , the game is centered around wing players now which is why u see so many good guards and Small fowards and a dying breed of bigs and it's also the reason why the game is soft , and ur crazy if you think the Lakers teams from the 80s would get killed by the Warriors coming from a Celtics fan , the Warriors are good but they wouldn't beat any championship teams from 1980-1993
i agree. 100% I'm a freakin' Chicagoian for the love of God! Love, love, those late 80s/early 90's Bull Teams. Warriors are so great....so fun. Must see TV Of course it is illogical, but I would love to see the ' 96 Bulls vs the '16 Warriors!!!!!
Guys, this shit still happens in the NBA today. You're all acting like these fowls in this video were every foul in every game. these are cherry picked for the sake of the video.
My man.. I was born in the 70's and raised through the 80s and 90s this really happened in every single game during the season... Your are just watching short video clips on youtube.. this is not the full game or season this was real basketball this really happened the physical play fights and also large brawls really happen in the 80s and 90s I witnessed it going to Sixers games.. it was just like watching a NFL football game on a basketball court it wasn't no where soft like today basketball.. I don't understand your generation yall just can't give any respect to the past NBA players that made this game so popular for your generation to enjoy basketball..
Because of the todays era's dribbling the player much harder to defend so today play looks softer,. in 80's 90's era only in the paint is so though so if you drive inside u will taste hell out of u, but if they dribble like today,pass like it probably the same game , that's how magic so good in that era.
It's easy to cherry pick one game to try and make it seem like the 80s and 90s was some tough era that todays players "wouldn't stand a chance in." Last time I checked fighting and hard fouls have nothing to do with basketball. Watch the film nobody except the bad boys played defense, and that was maybe half the time too. The NBA now is more evolved, the defense is complex, the scouting, rotation, moving your feet. The game has evolved, 80s/90s NBA lovers have not.
Of all things i predicted you would say this is the least one i expected. He sure would , the nba in 60's was all running and stamina , this today is a joke .
To everyone that talks shit about players now a days Lebron complains cuz the league lets hit Imagine Lebron hitting guys as hard as they did back in these days he would play the same way he cries now cuz the league lets him
GTFOH... The NBA nowadays is soft as hell. All this boring slow euro style 3 point shooting... I live in Eurpe and we would watch the NBA for the action, dunks , hard nose defending, out of this world super human atlethes. Now you have small ball and 3 point shooting.... BORING.
joricardinho lol? gtfo you a european... ur not even in this discussion you dont know shit. ur making fun of the NBA when u have euro ball which isnt better than college basketball here???? lmaoo GTFO. ur best players come here and are BUSTS because they cant make it here its the best players ever.
unorthodoxHD stupid dumb Fuck. Learn to read. I am a fan of the NBA and not of Euro basketball. But the League has changed. All your former greats acknowledge this ( Barkley, Shaq, Malone etc. ).
joricardinho will did you know that barkley, played 0 defense, he was 6'4 playing PF which is impossible today, he was also fat. shaq played in the modern day NBA so he can be used in my arugement too. also karl malone had very little offense, i know hes no2 on scoring list but he had 0 moves. the Defense in the 90s was so bad he just ran over everyone. they all acknowledge it, but admit its better now. barkley said the NBA is better right now than ever from top to bottom.
unorthodoxHD BS..YOU live in the us of a .. watch an average episode of inside te he nba or whatever show the analyst who used to be former bigs or even guards are on. They all complain and confirm the current NBA is soft. It is a cardinal sin to play physical. Only during the playoffs they will allow some... The NBA is by far the best league in the world but it is less entertaining than say 25 years ago.
So this is what y'all call defense 🤔 how many of these dudes are in the hall of fame or can score more than 15 points this is disgusting this ain't basketball
Man today's so called greatest players ever wouldn't be able to do half the shit they do back in this day.james being better than Jordan lol case closed on that bullshit
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Today's NBA makes the 80's and 90's look like prison ball.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSE
Notice those players who got whacked and fell hard on the ground went up quickly? Today's players woulld have stayed on the ground for 5 mins and some may need a stretcher.
Three thing the NBA must do:
1.) Remove Flagrant Fouls(it should be assesed a technical foul rather)
2.) Remove Defensive three seconds
3.) Remove hand-checking fouls..
You were right with the 1.) and 3.), but they shouldn’t remove three second violations.
This was when NBA basketball was a real man's game.
Even the commentators were tough in these eras, man the NBA has gotten soft.
the golden eras of basketball, God I miss this!!!!!
In this Era i dont think Dennis Rodman would bother trying to block Lebron James, he would punch him in the stomach on his way up for a dunk and only get a technical.
Real man's game back then.
...and some people say that defenses during 80s-90s weren't tough like today's and that LeBron would have been unstoppable back then...I disagree!!!!
You are entitled to disagreeing, but disagreeing won't make you right ;-)
They called less fouls, and were a little more...for lack of a better word...violent, but the NBA defense was nothing compared to what it is today. Now they actual have strategy, game planning and sets. Not to mention they are stronger, faster and overall more athletic. LeBron would have steamrolled through everybody in that decade.
They had strategy then too. It is ludicrous to say they didn't. Everyone today seems to believe LeBron would be such a machine back in the day, but everyone who played back in the day recognises so many of his weaknesses, so in that case he would still be a machine, just a weak one. LeBron would be in the top 20 of the day, perhaps just in the top ten, but most definitely not in the top 5. The reason, LeBron lacks tenacity.
Once a "big guy" gets smacked upside his psyche, it doesn't matter how athletic he is, that athlete is broken!
LeBron is tough of body, but weak of heart. And that makes all the difference between star player, and super star player back in the day.
George Carl said "You'd have to cut Michael Jordan's heart out to beat him". No one has ever been inspired to say anything remotely close to that about LeBron.
Kornelus Alexander EXACTLY! Amazing reply! Thanks namesake!
Veng Kong 1) This idea that LeBron isn't fundamental is nonsense. People think that the older, less athletic players were more fundamental just because they weren't as athletic. But that's just an assumption. Yes, SOME of them were. But to act like James wouldn't be able to handle their assumed super-human mastery of the game just because he's bigger and stronger is stupid. LeBron understands the game very well.
2) "Mind games"...please. Stop watching ESPN. Let's see how much those "mind games" help Larry Bird and Kevin McHale when LeBron is charging at them full speed down the paint. Nonsense.
i bet Draymond Green would be the best fit for the late 80's and early 90's era.
hell no
He’d get dropped in a heartbeat. He’s great but not as tough in the court as people think he is
Manny Patrick more like Ron Artest
Manny Patrick agreee lol
Manny Patrick not even close lmao
I wish I was born in the 80s I hate this gerneraration
Man the lakers had so much beef back in the day ha!
This is Real basketball
"we refer to that as a Good hard foul." Not in today's NBA, these hard fouls would warrant an ejection, suspension, and probably time at a local jail. Things have changed.
I think a guy like Lebron James have the physic and talent to play good basketball at that time. But the cramp will keep him from playing more than one quarter .
He lacks both stamina and endurance to play this ki d of physical game. And he would have to be tougher mentally aseell.
Lebron would of retired his first season in this era
Dyshawn Stevens Exactly I'm A Die Hard Fan Of The Cavs Fan Since Mark Price Brad Daugherty Etc
Donald Davis Jr Wow you're a legit fan then
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Donald Davis Jr bronsexuals lol dude that's one of the funniest things I have ever read lol.good one
Why do you hate the guy so much, what did he do to you
best era in basketball
2:53 Cooper literally punched a man and only got a TECHNICAL FOUL! Players today would get arrested for some of these fouls! No one from today’s soft NBA could hang with these types of Bad Boys ☠️😏
Was there even ejections for the punches? Damn
This is more like Lakers in the 80s & 90s
It's just called defensive 3 seconds nowadays. When it was still called "illegal defense" you would get 1 warning before the opposing team was awarded a technical FT.
I would like playing in the 80's and 90's era because that's how me and my people's play everyday lol no fouls just get payback
Same
same
u prolly average 6 points on the Jv team
Nba did get softer. But it’s not like they didn’t eject players back then. If you played dirty you would get penalized and the other team cud hit you back. Nba talent in today’s game is beyond good tho. Would dominate in any era
@snoopjan
na basketball is about you make a shot i make a shot
u hit me i hit is a boxer mentality
My kind of game
Manute bol and Ralph Sampson on the court at the same time that would never in today's game
i miss this era....todays players are weak and complain all the time about tickky tac fouls and miss games because they have a tiny bruise and they complain that they play to many games for which they are being paid millions...i have no sympathy for todays players ...they are so weak
Tommy Heinsohn. God, that guy was a such a bias homer
"jOrDaN cOuLdN't dO ThAt iN tOdAyS gAmE"
The NBA NEEDS to get rid of David Stern.
Hey, you guys know Lebron, the 6’8, 250 pound machine who is faster, quicker, more explosive, and has a better passing ability than nearly every guard in nba history, who finished with the finesse of guys like curry and Jordan, but also with the power of guys like Malone and shaq? The guy who despite his massive size and post presence, is also a great shooter from deep? The guy who has 4 mvps, and more all nba first team selections than anybody in nba history? The guy who is well on his way to pass kareem in all time scoring? The guy who every time he steps on the court, people look completely helpless guarding him? Yeah, he wouldn’t survive 80s basketball because he only has 3 rings and doesn’t have a “killer mentality”.
haha Stu Lantz still sounds the same...RIP Chick
‘Bout to get me a Cooper jersey.
Wow, I didnt know that manute bol was so damn thin!
nice vid... thanks
Smh horrible defenses. Plus they played like savages. They couldn't stick their man so they resorted to throwing elbows and fists
How was the defense horrible?
+random person compared to the last 20 years most teams in the 80's allowed over 103 ppg including championship teams.It was the offensive explosion
+Getachew Bo 12 years old?
+Getachew Bo If the defense in general was horrible back then, it's damn sure not any better in this era. And before you or any one calls me an old fart, I'm 23.
Miltonman100 That's not a lack of defense. Like you said, it was an explosion of offense.
This is the reason why the NFL league is so huge today and the NBA has lost its appeal outside of Lebron-Kobe. Fans go to see athletes COMPETE, getting physical, not to see crybabies and whiners of the players to the refs, not to see fouls so soft that they have to be analyzed in slo-mo by the announcers to confirm.
So it's basically everyone in the league beating the shit out of the Lakers. LOL
suiken had to try and take out the best team somehow
I dont get how if teams can play both zone and man to man on defense how they can call defensive 3 seconds and illegal defense. Doesnt make any sense
scott got wwf'd
A LAKERS VIDEO
80s > 90s.
@TheBdavis231 AMEN, and Stern needs to take Roger Goodell with him.
Laker homer refs at the end saying there was no intent..haha yeah sure.
in 82-83 The great Lakers made 10-3pt shots all season, Magic made ZERO GS makes 10 per/game now Was life more difficult in the paint? Yeah sure...but these 80's guys could not cover the entire floor. Let alone shoot from deep. Hire a few more untalented thuggish "bigs" to bully inside, commit fouls, ect...and watch Steph, Klay, Dramond, Harrison, Iggy destroy with shooting, ball movement, spacing ect The Lakers would be holding their shorts, gasping for air and wondering "who on Earth is Magic going to guard"
Are u stupid if u look at the stats teams didn't shoot 3s like they do now and teams back in the 80s where so much better mid range shooters back then the game was centered around big men , that's why they were so physical in the paint , the game is centered around wing players now which is why u see so many good guards and Small fowards and a dying breed of bigs and it's also the reason why the game is soft , and ur crazy if you think the Lakers teams from the 80s would get killed by the Warriors coming from a Celtics fan , the Warriors are good but they wouldn't beat any championship teams from 1980-1993
+Mark Price lmao Kareem would put 42 PPG in a league like today's...
jaretgee warriors today would kill any team who played in the 80s
i agree. 100% I'm a freakin' Chicagoian for the love of God! Love, love, those late 80s/early 90's Bull Teams. Warriors are so great....so fun. Must see TV Of course it is illogical, but I would love to see the '
96 Bulls vs the '16 Warriors!!!!!
+Hector Zeroni you stupid if you think that.
Guys, this shit still happens in the NBA today. You're all acting like these fowls in this video were every foul in every game. these are cherry picked for the sake of the video.
My man.. I was born in the 70's and raised through the 80s and 90s this really happened in every single game during the season... Your are just watching short video clips on youtube.. this is not the full game or season this was real basketball this really happened the physical play fights and also large brawls really happen in the 80s and 90s I witnessed it going to Sixers games.. it was just like watching a NFL football game on a basketball court it wasn't no where soft like today basketball.. I don't understand your generation yall just can't give any respect to the past NBA players that made this game so popular for your generation to enjoy basketball..
Because of the todays era's dribbling the player much harder to defend so today play looks softer,. in 80's 90's era only in the paint is so though so if you drive inside u will taste hell out of u, but if they dribble like today,pass like it probably the same game , that's how magic so good in that era.
It's easy to cherry pick one game to try and make it seem like the 80s and 90s was some tough era that todays players "wouldn't stand a chance in." Last time I checked fighting and hard fouls have nothing to do with basketball. Watch the film nobody except the bad boys played defense, and that was maybe half the time too. The NBA now is more evolved, the defense is complex, the scouting, rotation, moving your feet. The game has evolved, 80s/90s NBA lovers have not.
youre an idiot .
Lemme guess, Michael Jordan's the greatest and today's NBA doesn't compare to the 80s/90s. Sound about right?
Nope Wilt Chamberlain , would destroy todays nba literally . I do think Jordan was great but overrarted since he is considered the greatest .
No he wouldn't and he damn sure wouldn't be playing 48 mpg.
Of all things i predicted you would say this is the least one i expected. He sure would , the nba in 60's was all running and stamina , this today is a joke .
igualita a la nba de hoy
Lebron wouldn't make it out of the east I'll tell you that!!
you are just a hater
he’s not outshooting bird and parish and Mchale would make sure he knows better than to drive in the paint
To everyone that talks shit about players now a days Lebron complains cuz the league lets hit Imagine Lebron hitting guys as hard as they did back in these days he would play the same way he cries now cuz the league lets him
So it's all the crybaby lakers?
They cant play defense lmao. Nba was a joke. Nba is wayy better now better players etc
GTFOH... The NBA nowadays is soft as hell. All this boring slow euro style 3 point shooting... I live in Eurpe and we would watch the NBA for the action, dunks , hard nose defending, out of this world super human atlethes. Now you have small ball and 3 point shooting.... BORING.
joricardinho lol? gtfo you a european... ur not even in this discussion you dont know shit. ur making fun of the NBA when u have euro ball which isnt better than college basketball here???? lmaoo GTFO. ur best players come here and are BUSTS because they cant make it here its the best players ever.
unorthodoxHD stupid dumb Fuck. Learn to read. I am a fan of the NBA and not of Euro basketball. But the League has changed. All your former greats acknowledge this ( Barkley, Shaq, Malone etc. ).
joricardinho will did you know that barkley, played 0 defense, he was 6'4 playing PF which is impossible today, he was also fat. shaq played in the modern day NBA so he can be used in my arugement too. also karl malone had very little offense, i know hes no2 on scoring list but he had 0 moves. the Defense in the 90s was so bad he just ran over everyone. they all acknowledge it, but admit its better now. barkley said the NBA is better right now than ever from top to bottom.
unorthodoxHD BS..YOU live in the us of a .. watch an average episode of inside te he nba or whatever show the analyst who used to be former bigs or even guards are on. They all complain and confirm the current NBA is soft. It is a cardinal sin to play physical. Only during the playoffs they will allow some... The NBA is by far the best league in the world but it is less entertaining than say 25 years ago.
So this is what y'all call defense 🤔 how many of these dudes are in the hall of fame or can score more than 15 points this is disgusting this ain't basketball
Man today's so called greatest players ever wouldn't be able to do half the shit they do back in this day.james being better than Jordan lol case closed on that bullshit
True plumber basketball. Too unskilled to play actual defense so they have to foul
4:22 Kareem flopping ass!!! Whussy ass center
80s is by far, the most overrated era. Hitting, elbowing, punching is not basketball.