In the NBA we often talk about "eras", what era do you the NBA is in now?

I'm thinking more along time lines of the:

LeBron James, Overpaid Players, and Rigged Games Era?


Anybody thinks that sounds right?

Its the miami heat era

Hand check era?

It's the "I don't wanna be with a small franchise" era.

Its the 10's.

Nick C wrote:

It's the "I don't wanna be with a small franchise" era.

lol good point, it's so true.

it's the era of "Big threes"

Boston kinda kicked it off with Allen, KG, and Pierce. Lakers kinda have one with Kobe, Gasol, artests defense.. or bynum/odom together. Miami now has one. Atlantas hoping JJ/Smith/Horford become the next big three. New york is gunning for a Melo/Amare/CP tandem..

Bear Down wrote:

it's the era of "Big threes"

Boston kinda kicked it off with Allen, KG, and Pierce. Lakers kinda have one with Kobe, Gasol, artests defense.. or bynum/odom together. Miami now has one. Atlantas hoping JJ/Smith/Horford become the next big three. New york is gunning for a Melo/Amare/CP tandem..

agree with that

Its the era of fans whining constantly...

Bear Down wrote:

it's the era of "Big threes"

Boston kinda kicked it off with Allen, KG, and Pierce. Lakers kinda have one with Kobe, Gasol, artests defense.. or bynum/odom together. Miami now has one. Atlantas hoping JJ/Smith/Horford become the next big three. New york is gunning for a Melo/Amare/CP tandem..

THIS big 3 thing has been going on

west,chamberlain,goodrich
Kareem,oscar,dadridge
jordan pippen rodman
russell,havilicek,sam jones
magic,jabbar,worthy
bird parish mchale
russel,cousy,tommy
malone, earving,cheeks
Isiah,dumars,laimbeer
frazier,reed,debusschere

to recently

nash, Marion, Stoudamire
Garnett, Allen, Pierce
Williams, Boozer, Kirilenko
Duncan, Ginobli, Parker
Nowitzki, Terry, Howard
Ming, McGrady, Battier
Camby, Iverson, Anthony
Billups, Hamilton, Wallace
Carter, Kidd, Jefferson
Arenas, Butler, Jamison

people called of of those "big 3's".that cant be this era

yeah that's kinda true.

but I wouldn't consider some of those "big threes" hahaha

YS wrote:

Its the era of fans whining constantly...

+1

The spoiled superstars era

Chosen One wrote:

The spoiled superstars era

I actually agree with that in a way...

Good Players today have more power than ever.

The Dark Ages

Everybody is money-hungry and jumping teams, everybody is friends so there's barely ever any competition in games (a team could be getting blown out by 30 and they'll be joking around with the other team's players), half the PGs cant shoot a free throw, there are 3 true big men max, and you don't need to be good anymore, you just need to be able to run fast and jump high.

Running fastand jumping high IS being good..I bet you cant...

Era of LeBron James,future dynasties like the Heat,Blazers,OKC,overpaied players and so on

Omg.


its the 10's.

thats all we refer to eras as lol

LeBron needs titles wrote:

Era of LeBron James,future dynasties like the Heat,Blazers,OKC,overpaied players and so on

blazers arent a future dynasty!

I guess we can safely say we're out of the Western Conference Domination Era? lol.

And wow. Darko... Heat, Blazers, OKC? I mean I can see the Heat... and OKC.. But really, BLAZERS? C'mon now. I'd take an old and weary Celtics team 2 years from now over Portland. Orlando, Chicago, Denver, all have wayyyyy better futures in the next 5 years than POR.

Denver? better future than Portland?

Carmelo...

That's if he doesn't leave.

Up There wrote:

I guess we can safely say we're out of the Western Conference Domination Era? lol.

And wow. Darko... Heat, Blazers, OKC? I mean I can see the Heat... and OKC.. But really, BLAZERS? C'mon now. I'd take an old and weary Celtics team 2 years from now over Portland. Orlando, Chicago, Denver, all have wayyyyy better futures in the next 5 years than POR.

Roy is 26 aldridge is 25 and oden who is only gonna get better...there future is look OK

Oooh. Carmelo.


kmart is 32
chauncey is 33
Nene is 27(way younger than i thought he was. wow.)
harrington is 30


if carmelo leaves(as of right now, looks like he will. could change)

they have lawson, jr smith and afflalo and nene for the future. not bad, but i'd say portlands young core is better than that.

Holy crap Visa you're not being negative for once... lol.

Eh, let's say Melo stays.

Melo, Lawson, Smith, Nene, Afflalo > Roy, Oden, Aldridge, Fernandez, Bayless IMO

Wait. Nvm. I just realized they were kinda good. lol.