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statum71 · 10-09-2010, 08:37 PM

Are the classic teams so popular because basketball was better?

Or can we appreciate them more because gamers are older?

canes21 · 10-09-2010, 08:37 PM

I think it is both.

PAPERNUT · 10-09-2010, 08:38 PM

Both for me.

jmarcguy · 10-09-2010, 08:47 PM

I think there are more athletic players today. Maybe not as well rounded. The league seemed more popular during the 80s & 90s. Healthier. Then you had Jordan, Magic, Bird, Wilkins, Erving, Ewing, Barkley, Kemp, Malone, Thomas, Mullin & more that I won't list. Today the best players, Lebron & Kobe, are the most hated! Lot of great players today don't get enough exposure.

For people who played games back then it's cool to see the players finally look & play like themselves. Graphics stunk back then! I can finally drive with Magic & whip a behind the back pass. Back then you could only imagine you were.

VDusen04 · 10-09-2010, 08:56 PM

I'm not sure my feeling was represented as a poll option. I don't love them because I think basketball was better back then and I don't like them because I'm getting older. I just like them because I like basketball. I like it now and I liked it then. What's cooler than having the option of playing with 30 NBA teams? Playing with 31 NBA teams!

Classic teams just add another dynamic. On one hand it can take me back to those days, but in many instances, I wasn't even around, yet I'd still love to roll with. . .say. . .the '68 Seventy-Sixers. It's just too cool.

youvalss · 10-09-2010, 08:57 PM

It's like old music, old cars, old TV shows. It's a little bit of both I guess: they were better to some extent, but it's also about nostalgia and memories. People aren't only driven by logic, so many times feelings/memories drive people as well.

To me, the mid 80's to early 90's was the best NBA era. But I guess I'm also affected by memories/feelings. It's all opinions, it's subjective. I do think that MJ is the GOAT, but then again, you can't prove it, you can just argue.

statum71 · 10-09-2010, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jmarcguy


	For people who played games back then it's cool to see the players finally look & play like themselves. Graphics stunk back then! I can finally drive with Magic & whip a behind the back pass. Back then you could only imagine you were.

Exactly. I've been saying for years that I wish games were this good back when the legends played. Well now we get to see that.

tomriddle · 10-09-2010, 09:21 PM

I grew up watching MY KNICKS go neck to neck against Jordan's Bulls and not flinch

that to me is the "golden age", I'm 31 now and honestly the NBA today has changed so much it sickens me in a way..

I think back of the Bulls-Knicks battles and any single play EITHER team would do would land almost the entire team in an 8 game suspension in today's nba

hell.. honestly.. they'd probably suspend the knicks/bulls/these classic teams if they played in today's nba

today's nba has gone so soft.. it sickens me

it's not even dirty play

no sir

basketball back then was PURE AND TRUE.. PHYSICAL

when the Knicks said no layups.. they meant: NO LAYUPS

whoever you were, you drove that lane and you gonna hit the floor..

I miss it, truly

and thank god for NBA2K11 cuz it's brought it back.. in some ways..

View Poll Results: Why are the classic teams in NBA 2K11 so popular?
Basketball was better back then	38	28.79%
Gamers are getting older	11	8.33%
A combo of both plus Jordan	83	62.88%
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10-09-2010, 08:37 PM	#1
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10-09-2010, 08:37 PM	#2
canes21 Hall Of Fame OVR: 41 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Tennessee Blog Entries: 2	Re: Why are the classic teams so popular? I think it is both. __________________ “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.” ― Plato

10-09-2010, 08:38 PM	#3
PAPERNUT Gaming Fool. OVR: 8 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Big Stone Gap, Virginia Posts: 1,691 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Why are the classic teams so popular? Both for me. __________________ PSN/XBL: PAPERNUT Steam ID: Papernut4991 https://go.twitch.tv/papernut4991 Twitter YouTube

10-09-2010, 08:47 PM	#4
jmarcguy MVP OVR: 3 Join Date: Dec 2009	Re: Why are the classic teams so popular? I think there are more athletic players today. Maybe not as well rounded. The league seemed more popular during the 80s & 90s. Healthier. Then you had Jordan, Magic, Bird, Wilkins, Erving, Ewing, Barkley, Kemp, Malone, Thomas, Mullin & more that I won't list. Today the best players, Lebron & Kobe, are the most hated! Lot of great players today don't get enough exposure. For people who played games back then it's cool to see the players finally look & play like themselves. Graphics stunk back then! I can finally drive with Magic & whip a behind the back pass. Back then you could only imagine you were.

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10-09-2010, 08:56 PM	#5
VDusen04 Hall Of Fame OVR: 18 Join Date: Aug 2003	Re: Why are the classic teams so popular? I'm not sure my feeling was represented as a poll option. I don't love them because I think basketball was better back then and I don't like them because I'm getting older. I just like them because I like basketball. I like it now and I liked it then. What's cooler than having the option of playing with 30 NBA teams? Playing with 31 NBA teams! Classic teams just add another dynamic. On one hand it can take me back to those days, but in many instances, I wasn't even around, yet I'd still love to roll with. . .say. . .the '68 Seventy-Sixers. It's just too cool.

10-09-2010, 08:57 PM	#6
youvalss Greatest caddie ever! OVR: 42 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 16,600	Re: Why are the classic teams so popular? It's like old music, old cars, old TV shows. It's a little bit of both I guess: they were better to some extent, but it's also about nostalgia and memories. People aren't only driven by logic, so many times feelings/memories drive people as well. To me, the mid 80's to early 90's was the best NBA era. But I guess I'm also affected by memories/feelings. It's all opinions, it's subjective. I do think that MJ is the GOAT, but then again, you can't prove it, you can just argue. __________________ My Specs: ZX Spectrum CPU: Z80 @ 3.5 MHz GPU: Monochrome display RAM: 48 KB OS: Sinclair BASIC

10-09-2010, 09:21 PM	#8
tomriddle Banned OVR: 25 Join Date: Nov 2004 Blog Entries: 101	Re: Why are the classic teams so popular? I grew up watching MY KNICKS go neck to neck against Jordan's Bulls and not flinch that to me is the "golden age", I'm 31 now and honestly the NBA today has changed so much it sickens me in a way.. I think back of the Bulls-Knicks battles and any single play EITHER team would do would land almost the entire team in an 8 game suspension in today's nba hell.. honestly.. they'd probably suspend the knicks/bulls/these classic teams if they played in today's nba today's nba has gone so soft.. it sickens me it's not even dirty play no sir basketball back then was PURE AND TRUE.. PHYSICAL when the Knicks said no layups.. they meant: NO LAYUPS whoever you were, you drove that lane and you gonna hit the floor.. I miss it, truly and thank god for NBA2K11 cuz it's brought it back.. in some ways..

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