06-21-2017, 08:33 AM
(06-21-2017, 06:50 AM)xxlt Wrote: A smaller league means more good or great players on every team. A bigger league means players who wouldn't be good enough to ride the bench on an 8 team league end up starting on a team in a 30 league team. 8x12= 96. You can be one of the best 100 players in the whole country and not make a team! 30x12=360. Suddenly guys from 96 to 150 aren't just in the league but starting (5 starters on each team). So your argument that a smaller league was a weaker league is exactly backwards. A smaller league is a tougher league, which demonstrates that Russell and the other guys ahead of Jordan and Horry on the list were light years ahead of them in terms of talent.
That would be correct if all things were equal but basketball was still not as widespread or popular as it has been in the 90s and now.
It's not like there were hundreds of all-stars sitting at home that couldn't get into the league.
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