Decade Review

We Take ESPN’s 2000s Poll

December 23, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber 8 Comments

A few months ago, we took a look at the All-2000s team and some of the other notable issues of the decade. Now ESPN.com is turning to the end of the decade and has its own poll of its burning questions of the 2000s. Just for fun, let's run through our choices, as limited by ESPN's ballot: 1) Which is the franchise of the decade? -Lakers -Spurs We addressed this question in the summer and previously chose the Lakers, even though they weren't as consistently good (the Spurs … [Read more...] about We Take ESPN’s 2000s Poll

Decade Review: 1980s

September 12, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

We now turn to the 1980s, the first huge decade for the NBA in terms of popularity. The decade is remembered as the time the Lakers and Celtics battled toe-to-toe for the title every year and Magic and Bird ran the show. This isn't an incorrect perception but is it really that simple? Wasn't there more to it? Well...maybe. Let's take a closer look at the 1980s and see. -Team of the Decade: While not as dominant as the Bulls in the 1990s, the Lakers do seem like the best of the 1980s, … [Read more...] about Decade Review: 1980s

Decade Review: 1990s

September 3, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber 4 Comments

Since there isn't much going on in NBA land and we had so much fun picking the team of the 00s, I thought that we could do the same thing with the other decades. Working backwards, we'll start today in the 1990s. Remember from last time, that our decade spans from 1989-90 through 1998-99. So let's go through the analysis: -Team of the Decade: Unlike the 00s, the team of the 1990s has no debate. The Bulls dominated the field, going 6-0 in the NBA Finals and looking pretty good in the … [Read more...] about Decade Review: 1990s