http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380&cpage=1#comment-48744 Wed, 04 May 2011 21:20:36 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380#comment-48744 jason J - yea you're right. boston looks past its prime thus far, getting nothing out of the o'neal's...
well i know this series doesnt fit the time parameters, but the 1987 Finals had 11 all-stars, 4 season MVPs (jabbar, bird, johnson, walton) and 6 playoff MVPs (same 4 + DJ & worthy). hard to beat that total...
as for all-stars boston had bird, mchale, parish, DJ, ainge, walton and wedman...LA had jabbar, johnson, worthy, green. cooper and scott were also close to being all-stars at one point, as was mychal thompson.
unfortunately for boston, walton and wedman were too hurt to contribute and mchale was also hobbled with a broken foot.
the boston/LA 84 & 85 finals were also star-studded. wilkes was with LA as was former MVP mcadoo, while maxwell could have been an all-star. kupchak would have been too if he hadnt been hurt, and i think laker backup center in 84 swen nater may have played in 1 all-star game as well as in the aba.
im sure some of the boston/LA finals of the 1960s were loaded with all-stars, as were the laker/knick finals in the early 1970s (NY 6, LA 3 in 1973). boston (5)/milwaukee (4) in 1974 too...

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380&cpage=1#comment-48740 Wed, 04 May 2011 17:56:22 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380#comment-48740 And what we've seen so far in the Heat v. Celtics series is the difference between having four All-Stars pre or post prime going against three All-Stars in their prime.

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380&cpage=1#comment-48739 Wed, 04 May 2011 17:20:19 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380#comment-48739 Could also look at total all-star appearances. Thats where Boston's numbers get ridiculous (especially if you include Shaq).

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380&cpage=1#comment-48738 Wed, 04 May 2011 16:49:43 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380#comment-48738 And those numbers don't include Shaq cause he hasn't played yet!

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380&cpage=1#comment-48736 Wed, 04 May 2011 15:31:01 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380#comment-48736 I thought of that as well, mid-way through the process. I might be able to look at that at some point.

]]> http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380&cpage=1#comment-48735 Wed, 04 May 2011 15:23:16 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9380#comment-48735 What about only present and past All-Stars? To remove the bias for past games, I mean.

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