Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Why the Golden Age of Basketball Wont Be Topped by the Modern Era

Maybe it's just the polarity between two generations'�ideologies�and reasoning. Maybe it's modern technology that revamped the weight training systems to produce GI-Joe clones. Or maybe it's the media gobbled stars that receive an influx of raw criticism from every possible social or�professional�media outlet. Whatever "it" is, there is clearly a difference between the Golden Age of the NBA and the Modern Era.

It wouldn't be foolish to say that we are embarking upon our second Golden Age of basketball. After all, the modern era seems to be constructed so that we are in position to watch breathtaking competition like it's the 80s all over again: The Knicks just plucked two all-stars in the same season in response to Miami's establishment of the Heatles. The Oklahoma City Thunder have used the draft as a launching pad poised to catapult them into the league's elite this coming season. The Nets have a blood-thirsty owner with pockets so deep they run all the way down...

Via: http://bleacherreport.com

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