Gaeilge1 said:
MRR was selected first team all defense at least once and possibly twice! You can argue you want about how much better athletically the league is today as compared to yesteryear, but let's not forget that Sugar played in the same era as Magic, Bird, Isaiah and Kareem! All of them would certainly stand out in today's game.
1st team all nba > 1st team all defense.
Is this really that hard to understand?
We will likely never see another first teamer from the BSC again. Never again.
Hell I would be shocked if we got a 2nd or 3rd teamer (awards Dame previously received).
Like the contemporaries of Sugar you named, Dame actually made the list with the best, and did not just “play in the same era.”
You old dudes are arguing nostalgia and your dislike for the modern game, not really the merits. If you put your bias aside, you might realize not only that Dame is the best nba player from, but also the best ambassador of, the BSC. He speaks very highly of Weber and the BSC, unlike MRR’s 30-for-30 story. I don’t get it