The NBA lived the era of the 'super team' in the 1980's with the Lakers and Celtics. We're back to worshipping the team over the player in today's NBA, writes LZGranderson.
The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 7 of the 1966 NBA Finals, the same year David Stern began working with the league as outside counsel.
Less Lakers versus Celtics and more Magic versus Bird. Isiah Thomas and the Pistons. The Chicago Bulls playing The Supremes to Michael Jordan’s Diana Ross. The change not only made for great TV, it made for compelling media coverage. Unfortunately, it also paved the way to today’s halfwit notions that superstar players win championships by themselves and “super teams” cheapen the game.
As with most things in life, the truth is nestled in the bosom of nuance. While shades of gray may be great for a book title, most Americans find it useless in the realm of public discourse.This is particularly true with sports debates, which admittedly is a topic saturated with quantitative arguing points but should still be ran through the filter of context for accurate portrayal.
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