Being pushed and getting blown out on the road are two diffferent things. The Celtics were blown out more then once. I can hardly put them in a conversation about greatest champions for that reason.

Back to the basket - Garnett is no match for BIg Mo!

The teams from the 50’s 60’s and 70’s wouldnt have the speed or strength to compete today. If you took those teams and applied modern technology to their training and defence it may be a different story.

The lakers, Celtics and 76ers from the 80’s would also struggle. Again I doubt these teams could keep up or score against todays celtics.

Jordans Bulls (any of them) never had to face defence like the 2008 Celtics play. Pippen would be invisible and Jordan would be lucky to score 25 per game. Boston also has much more depth in their roster. The Bulls had Jordan and Pippen - that is it. The celtics have 3 superstars plus a really strong bench!

Kobe and shaq’s Lakers would also get smashed. They dont have the scoring depth or defence. Phile Jackson had no ansers this series! Remember what happened to the Lakers against a Detroit team with great defence? They got smashed 4-1! And Boston is much better than that Detroit team.

true that

It’s sad when the hopes of a major city with 4 major sports teams looks to a horse to boost fan morale.

To quote Miss Celie: Until you do right by me…

Keep your Phile bias… Right City, wrong team: The 66-67 Sixers. Wilt had real teammates and he drastically adjusted his game. Wilt probably put together the most dominant all-around season by averaged 24 points, 24 rebounds, and 7.8 assists (no misprint) while shooting a ridiculous 68%. Hal Greer… Chet Walker… and a young Billy Cunningham coming off the bench… In the semifinals they dethroned the Boston Dynasty in 5 games as Wilt averaged 22 points, 32 rebounds, and 10 assists.

While they won 68 games, they had to face the 60-win Celtics and 9 other teams nine times each. The 72 win Bulls were a product of a super light eastern conference where they faced each team 4 times at most and the tougher west teams only 2 times each.

I look at how they look at the Cubs fans and America’s heart goes out to those guys.

They look at us and it’s like “Yeah they deserve it.”

Philadelphia Sports Fans - America’s stepchild!

Stuck right between New York and Washtington - no longer the political or economic center of the nation - and stuck with a large immigrant population characterized by their venom and their unwillingness to move on - geographically or ideologically.

During the primary, some of the demographers talked about how Pennsylvanians who are born in the state tend to stay in the state (work and live and die) more than any other state in the union. I’m not entirely hating on Philly - after all, I went to high school outside of Philly. I recognize that Philly has some incredible unique characteristics that are worthy of national notoriety.

Philly always gets the short end of the stick - and part of that is because they’re “authentic” champions are always eclipsed by someone else. Wilt was eclipsed by Russell. Frazier was eclipsed by Ali. Even Pete Rose had his greatest moments in Cincinnati. Moses was an import - and didn’t stay long. Doc was Philly - but he was also New York and New Jersey.

Aside from Villanova and Rocky, it’s been a long, hard walk.

Perhaps the hockey teams have been the best embodiment of the city. The Broad Street Bullies symbolized the city - and when Philly hoped for a rebirth with those huge front lines led by Eric Lindros, they were routinely bitch slapped by Scott Stevens and the New Jersey Devils.

I do feel your pain. I can’t say it’s going to get better…but I feel it. It won’t get any better until Philly learns to do better by its native sons - starting with lots of unconditional love for Maurice Cheeks. We’ll see. You probably get it when you deserve it…or you could just make a deal with the devil like we do in New York.

You know I had to do it!

But if you really want to see some bias come out, let me point you in the direction of some more recent Knicks teams that went to the Finals but came up short: the 94 Knicks with Pat, Oak, Mase, Walker, and umm that light skinded dude who shot 2-17 and whose name I still cannot utter; and the 99 Knicks who were Black America’s team led by Spree, A Houston, and Camby.

Remember when Spree amazingly found redemption in Gotham after choking that white dude? Who has ever gotten away with choking a white man like that? I know he suffered, he left the league prematurely, and now he is reportedly broke… but for a while there, damn! Brothas could actually choke the shit outta whitefolk and live to tell about it!

That’s got to be worth a GOAT vote or two!

OUCH!

It’s that damn Rocky Statue, it was built in 1983. Nuff said!

Philly’s greatest sports hero is a friggin’ tomato can!!!

I ain’t mad at y’all. What are you supposed to do? Concede the point? Hell no. Fight for yours. Big up!

That still don’t change a thing. One hunnit and countin’ - damn!!

The glow of a ring makes mediocrity invisible. Clemon Johnson, Earl Cureton, Marc Iavaroni, Mark McNamara. You gotta be kidding me!

Andrew Toney and Moses killed the Lakers. They had no answers and without their depth, they couldn’t match the firepower of that team - and still, most of those games were very competitive.

You better believe I’m biased