The best NBA Team of the 80's??? (win, game, Boston Celtics)

[JackTheRipper]

which was the best nba team of the 80's in your opinion?

[McGowdog]

This post right here best describes my favorite of the Laker teams from the 80's, as I was a big Laker fan back then.

[nevergoingback]

"Showtime" baby!!

[maf763]

For a single season, I'd go with the 1983 'fo,fo,fo' 76ers. Overall for the decade, I'd take the Lakers over the Celtics by a small margin.

[JackTheRipper]

Originally Posted by McGowdog

This post right here best describes my favorite of the Laker teams from the 80's, as I was a big Laker fan back then.

nice post

i have a question, anyone can answer...

what the hell is a nugget? (denver nuggets).

i know a nugget is those small chicken tenders, but it has another meaning, if anyone know please feel free to reply .

[Blue Grass Fever]

Originally Posted by JackTheRipper

i have a question, anyone can answer...

what the hell is a nugget? (denver nuggets).

i know a nugget is those small chicken tenders, but it has another meaning, if anyone know please feel free to reply .

Something about a gold-rush and being a prospector in the western U.S. and the nugget is commonly referred as a rough gold piece found in crude form.

Just my thought...

[Blue Grass Fever]

First Place: Detroit Pistons (biased here..)

Second Place: LA Lakers

Third Place: Boston Celtics

All three were exciting to watch!

[ogre]

For one season? Well, like a couple of others on here, I'm biased, but being that I once saw a sports mag's ranking of greatest NBA teams ever, not just for a particular decade, and their number-one team of all time was the '85-'86 Celtics, I'll go with that one. They had to be right up there at least. The Big Three, DJ and Ainge at guard, and that team was deeper than even the other two Celtics' championship teams of the '80's. I mean, Bill Walton was the BACKUP center on that team.

[CHIP72]

Originally Posted by ogre

For one season? Well, like a couple of others on here, I'm biased, but being that I once saw a sports mag's ranking of greatest NBA teams ever, not just for a particular decade, and their number-one team of all time was the '85-'86 Celtics, I'll go with that one. They had to be right up there at least. The Big Three, DJ and Ainge at guard, and that team was deeper than even the other two Celtics' championship teams of the '80's. I mean, Bill Walton was the BACKUP center on that team.

Bill Walton was the backup center (and a very good one too) because he couldn't play that many minutes/game, due to his dozens of foot surgeries. He was actually healthy the entire year in 1985-86, which was a big reason why that was the best Celtics team of the 1980's, despite having largely the same cast of key characters most of the decade.

[Buckeye in SC]

How can this even be a debate? The Lakers won 5 of the 10 titles (80, 82, 85, 87 & 88), the Celtics only won 3 (81, 84 & 86)...last I checked, the scoreboard usually tells the story.

The real debate would be who is the team of the current decade (what do you call it by the way?? the 0's!?)...San Antonio & LA both w/3 championships a piece...obviously if the Lakers win their 4th this season, gotta give it to them, but that's a tough call.