Outside of Durant that Golden State team was essentially home grown and they turned some players that were thought done into good role players.
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True to a point, but the Warriors were pretty much built through the draft. But back to your Superstar point - That's why I loved the Rockets 1st NBA Championship team that consisted of only one true Superstar in Olajuwon, and other very good drafted role players.

Otis Thorpe
Robert Horry
Kenny Smith
Mario Elie
Vernon Maxwell
Sam Cassell

Very good role players, but Olajuwon was the only true Superstar - but he was something else!
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I don't know if the nba thinks it's cute or entertaining for games to basically become three point prayer ball shootouts, but that shit has got to stop. Bring back handchecking and enforce illegal picks. Move the three point line back. I cringe at the thought of young kids not learning how to drive or post up, but just spending hours heaving up three point shots. And what that will eventually do to the game of basketball.
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...yet Bundy still whines and pisses his pants every game
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6 of the 10 were won by 1 team and if Jordan hadn't gone to baseball they would have won 8.
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They may have but Rockers would have given them all they could handle.

Bulls weren't close to as dominating as the current Warriors are. Durant is the Warriors best player, he gets hurt and they haven't missed a beat. Imagine if MJ got hurt what would happen to the Bulls.
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That's what many think, but we'll never know for sure. That '94 Rockets team was very good and mentally tough. Just ask Phoenix. The Bulls may have beaten them, but it would have gone the distance and the Rockets just might have won it. However, what we do know that Jordan was back with the Bulls for the Rocket's 2nd Championship in '95. He missed most of the season, but he did play that year from March on.
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Even if you changed those rules teams would still shoot a bunch of 3's, it's an analytical shift in the game.

When you have teams that can just rain 3's like Golden State for example, it goes a long way to making having a big man or even playing one not as important. The style that is being played in the NBA today probably would have made someone like Shaq not as important, it's a style that is not going to go away.
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Idk Shaq may have been an exception unless you double him his FG% would be ridiculously high. Pretty sure he would dominate in any era.
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Golden State would still be the best team, but they would be huge curtailed by actually calling illegal picks. They do it more than any team I've ever seen. If you also account for the fact that any other player that acted like Draymond would be tossed from every game, officiating does help them substantially.

I like the idea of moving the line back to 25 feet and getting rid of the corner three altogether. When players are so ingrained to shoot threes that they're passing up lightly contested layups for a kick out, there's a problem.
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This decade has had 6 different champions.
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All I am saying is if you want to have a chance to beat GS you have to be physical with them especially Curry. We have seen that in the series against the Rockets and Cavs. You can't do what Portland did last night and not make them work, I don't think they even broke a sweat.
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The Warriors draft really well and exist under the same salary cap rules as everyone else.

You’re going to be super disappointed when you find out the Chiefs added Clark and honey badger.
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The Warriors were, literally, built through the draft.
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I agree with this. It's getting way out of hand. NBA is turning into a glorified 3-pt contest. It's pretty bad.
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