The 2010s NBA Superteam Era, & It's End (NBA 2010s)
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The NBA Superteam era is over for now. Let's recap what this was like during the 2010s. - Спорт
That Kawhi/Thanos picture had me cryin 😭😭😭😭
🤣🤣
when i saw the cornrows i lost my shit🤣
LOL. 😁😁😁😂😂🤣🤣
alex reyes *He brought New Balance to the NBA as it should be
@@isaiahcampbell3992 He brought New balance to the NBA as all things should be *
Toronto Raptors still a superteam. Patrick McCaw still reigns supreme.
Raptors in 5
raptors in 3
Raps to 3peat
Patrick McCaw is the next unanimous mvp
The Suns should go after Patrick McCaw
Egos are always the downfall of great teams unfortunately
Dawati or injury, cause that can really mess up a player and thus their team
Egos, Age and/or injury
And melo
Why is it unfortunate?
I deadass read this as "Eggos"
“Balanced, as all teams should be.” - Kawhinos
This comment is underrated
Kawhainos
EqualsPro LMAO
New balanced*
Nah doesn't hit the same as lethanoz
Never forget when DRose said that the 2017 Knicks were a superteam 💀💀
Seba Rivera lmao thanks for reminding me
I thought Phil Jackson said that
If that team happened in 2011 no doubt will be talking about them also...
Shut the fuck up
Ryan Justin Dancel imagine 16 year old Porzingas and drose together on the same team 😳😳
Kawhi Leonard, restoring balance to the league since 2014
Actually since 2010 tbh
"Fine. I'll do it myself."
It's not only khawi tho
Since Miami big 3*
People think it's Kawhi lol. GSW themselves restored balance by getting injured.
Im proud of you for recognizing that The 73-9 was not a Superteam until Kevin. They were just a perfect fit of complimentary players
And that made them dangerous KD just put them in a whole nother atmosphere
Here's how I look at it, they were a Big 3. Say what you want, but 3 All-NBA players on your team is 10000% a Big 3. The reason i respect it is bc all of the three star players were drafted by the Warriors. A superteam would be more of 3 great players of which 2 are MVP worthy or have at least made an All-NBA first team like twice in their career
@@anonymoustangerine I would gauge a big 3 by if all three stars could lead a team by themself in that sense, the 2016 Warriors weren’t a big 3. A superteam is a team with 2 MVP caliber players and two all-star caliber players
Lebron cannot have a team like that because of his Too ball dominant style.
This is the first decade in the NBA that I actually witnessed.
Same
Still got a whole decade bruh
Same
G Bendicion same I’m only 12 so I’m ready for the future of the nba
Oh shit your right
Not all heroes wear capes
Some rock cornrows
Stash Ketchum and new balance shoes
Jesus Kawhist
Cornrows
Dude said braids 🤦🏿♂️
Stash Ketchum Lmaooo 😂😂😆😆😆
*There was an idea. To bring together a group of remarkable super stars. To see if they could become something more. To see if they could fight the battles that regular teams never could...*
I know what’s it’s like to lose, turns the legs to jelly. Dread it run from it but destiny still arrives
Can you imagine being in a locker room with cp3 and kobe? 💀💀💀
That shit would be so toxic if u ain't scoring or miss a game winner
plus dwight
Rip kobe
Clash of egos, injuries, limited team depth, and lack of cap space are the main reasons why superteams implode and dont last very long.
The Copycat Ninja look at the 2019 warriors. They fit one of those scenarios. They had the injuries and no bench to back it up because they were capped out.
@@FlyingV555 and they still almost won
NBA is good until a young Superstar is mismanaged by his original Franchise and gets tired of carrying a team and getting taken out, or a Superstar who is in a good situation but is getting deep into his prime without a ring decides he needs a couple easy ones again.
What's weird about this is that players leave and form these super teams, but they aren't satisfied. They know that they could win a few championships, but they know its value is far lower than others. I can assure you most players would rather win in a 2011 Mavs or 2016 Cavaliers scenario than the 2017 or 2018 Warriors
Yes hopefully 17 and 18 are telling enough to the athletes. By 18 the Warriors had forced grins on their face and their GM was dissing one of the players at the parade joke or not.
I can live with a Superteam if it is counterbalanced with 2-3 other strong teams that can keep up. But the Team USA shit kept me away from the sport for a couple years other than videos like on this channel.
It’s because you’re at the height of the professional basketball world. You get here through hard work and competitiveness your entire life. Sure the super team rings feel good, but deep down, it’s like taking candy from a baby, it’s a handicap, it doesn’t feel as good. Everyone’s inner competitor knows this and wants it. We got a little taste of uncertainty this year with Kevin Durant out and this is what makes the league great. Real fans don’t want to see super teams, unless they’re bandwagon fans who follow players to every team.
The original balance was broken. 1 superstar for each team and if you got 2 you are a championship contender. If your team has chemistry or somewhat decent tactics, you can survive without superstars just fine.
He had a ring tho... That he was equally responsible for... I like your take tho
Honestly a return of superstar duos for a whole decade would be heaven
Lebron would win most years he starts to slow down and ad right there
honestly I like duos the most but I also like when teams just have one superstar and build a perfect team around them. teams I can think of like that are the Dwight's Orlando magic, AI's 2001 76ers, Lebron's first cavs, JKidds nets, Dirks Mavs, Nashs suns, KGs timberwolves, spurs. Also when a team has no superstars at all but just play solid as a team like the 2000s pistons, early 2000s Sacramento kings, early to Mid 2000s Pacers, early 2000s blazers. basically I like everything except what the warriors did. I can tolerate big 3s as long as there are multiple teams that can at least compete with them. like the heat yeah they had 3 great players but there were still legitimate contenders that could push them to the limit.
@@cjvaye99 one of the things in common between all of those teams is not winning a ring
@@cjvaye99 your talking about some of the worst teams in nba history. That 2001 sixers are widely considered to be the 2nd worst finals team in nba history behind LeBron's first cavs which I'll get to later but that squad was one shot away from being solo squadded by Vince Carter then should have lost to the bucks in 6 (The 2001 Bucks oddly enough actually fits your assessment) until the refs decided to make poor decisions in game 5-7 even keeping some Bucks players and most of their bigs out for the entire series for a lot of weak shit that David Stern himself said weren't deserving of series bans. Then the first cavaliers who you said were "perfectly built" around LeBron was really just LeBron, other than Ilgauskas the Cavs didn't even have anyone else that were remotely close to being good, 2009 vs Magic is a perfect example, LeBron Put up herculean efforts of 40 pts a night, 9 rebounds and 5 assists per game for that entire series and they still lost in six, then when LeBron left cleveland the squad still had the same exact roster they surrounded around the LeBron and they were a lottery team, and yeah I know what your gonna say that that team was built around LeBron so when he left they weren't gonna be as good, yeah obviously but there's also teams like the 2011 bulls who when losing their superstar DRose decided to run it back and became a perennial top 5-2 seed consistently, there's also the Raptors who when Kawhi left were still a 50+ win 2 seed after he left, then there's the Boston Celtics who were literally going through a rebuild this entire decade and still were always top seeds in the east. Those are perfectly built rosters as you can see even when they lost their star they could still fend for themselves, the Cavs could not. And JKidd nets I know they made back 2 back finals but come on they were never winning.
Warriors superteam was the rose that grew from concrete
Could've said the same thing about the Oklahoma City Thunder with drafting 3 future MVP'S why they broke them up was stupid
I wonder what the 2020s will bring us.
TheNazar123 Greatness
Bronny james getting dunked on by zion
Probably one year of parity and then one of these duos will have chemistry issues and one of them will demand to be traded to for another Big 3 somewhere. Enjoy it while it lasts
The 1st guy to play NBA at four different decades
Sergeant Supreme Vince?
And we back
"We're out of the superteam era"
*Nets have entered the chat*
*Nets have left the chat*
They failed…….horribly. They aren’t a super team without harden anymore
@@Lucas-vr1qr I think I posted this before they exploded lol
“The 2020s are off to an amazing start”
Kawhi is the chosen one, be brought balance to the league. (Can we start calling him the chosen one???)
We could but we already call Lebron that, so maybe in another Universe
@@ky5059 Lebron isn't the chosen one, he's the king.
Battle Form people called him the chosen one when he was a rookie..
Brayden Wormer Lebron is The Chosen one, kahwi is The Klaw and dynasty killer
You can start calling him the 2x Injury Opportunist that he is if you'd like!
IDC what anyone says Kawanos will always be the GOAT in my eyes for both saving the NBA and creating some spectacular memes
Boston Hunter U act like the Warriors weren't injured.
kabagema yannick yeah but you act like that didn’t balance it out tbh, 1 real allstar on each team kawhi and curry, not the raps fault that 2/3 All Time Players got injured that series
@@kabagemayannick5097 look dude the Raptors would've destroyed that Warriors team if it wasn't for KD
@@messimanuel1076 sure bud
@@kabagemayannick5097 the Raps were already up 3-1 with the Warriors core playing, let me say it again the Raps were already up 3-1 with Curry, Klay, and Draymond, when the Warriors broke the wins record that was basically their squad that was the same core that got them 73-9 and now they had Cousins at their disposal so they were still the same squad from 2016 actually they were even better than 2016 the Raps just really played better
Who’s here after nets have kd Kyrie James harden (plus deandre and Blake)
I will make a superteam with 2friends from school
Yeah... have fun.
“The 2020s are off to an amazing start”.
Corona: u sure?
60s were the real superteam era. Not free agency style superteams though.
Brayden Wormer I agree 👌
Brayden Wormer if not superteams it was still the most stacked era
i mean there were way less teams, not much player choice and less popular teams had way lower cap space unlike today
GodzillaFreak lowkey yes. Especially because there were so few teams so each team was stacked. The 60’s are so underrated and low key my fave era.
To be fair it was guys like Wilt and Russell playing against much less athletic guys who worked summer jobs.
I am a huge laker fan, but I’m glad Leonard chose the clippers, I know he did it because he wants to stay competitive, and even though a title isn’t promised, the competition is now back in the nba!
Jarek Hernandez it’s more interesting now.
wdym “back in the nba”?
Lol one year late Brooklyn is like we’re out here
Don’t forget that in four years with LeBron, K-Love was a three-time all star.
I dont think he saw kd, kyrie, and harden coming
video didn't age phenomenally
and now we say... *kawhi laugh*
LeBeautiful dude I see you EVERYWHERE
@@raymondmassenburgii902 He's a cancer.
What it do baby
a-heu-HEU-*HUA*-hue
Nah...not last year
2000 - 2007 duo era
2008 - 2014 big three era
2015 - 2019 superteam era
Correct
The warriors weren’t a superteam before 2016
@@kohsmoger1567 Yes they were they still had three all-stars
Dominic Mathis Do you know what a superteam even is? Its not homegrown talent that develops to be all stars and 1 mvp. Its a mvp that joined another mvp with a 3rd star or a already stacked team. Otherwise you can pretty much call every good to great team a superteam. Like the 2007 Spurs by that definition they were a superteam or any of Jordan’s bulls teams. You could also call 2009 and 2010 Lakers superteams. Just stop.
@@kohsmoger1567 Jordan's bull teams weren't super teams. The entire league was crazy talented so it was common to have 2 allstars
The 2017-18 OKC Thunder tried to built a superteam too
Caio Guilherme and got knocked out in the first round
@@FlyingV555 he talked about teams who tried to built a superteam and failed... the thunder were one
Thanks you Dom2k for inspiring me to keep making nba videos and I hope I become big as you one day🙏
Superteams aren't done. They'll be back in 2021.
Jordan Dennis ok then are u a time traveler
@@dayzonmurray8880 it's not far fetched, realistically whichever team reaches the conference finals or finals and loses will have a case to go out and get another superstar who go's there with the hope of a garunteed ring
@@dayzonmurray8880 I don't need to be a time traveller. It works. Teams and players are always going to try to do it.
@Carmelo Anthony Everyone got shot.
About that....
Been waiting for this topic 🔥
2020: we finally get a good competitive season in the NBA
*Coronavirus enters the chat*
That Drose part of the intro is so sweet everytime 😍
Nice vid bro. Love this series. Some ideas for future vids in this series: The Grizzlies playoff run, the hawks failed super team, and lob city
The team doesn’t milk the 08 title run by the Celtics but the city of Boston does
lol wut? take away that 08 title, we still have 16 titles.
@@carlosguevara3206 11 of them are cause bill Russel played in the weakest era of all time by far
Have you ever actually LISTENED to Paul Pierce or Kevin Garnett?
A double plug??? Oh you know this sponsorship gave Don a BAG
FR FR
I really enjoyed that one season of no superteams. Oh well.
Been with you for years, I'm glad you growing. Keep it going!!
Spurs with Kawhi is being underrated by Dom. The Spurs teams before that weren't on that level though
On paper and at the time no one was calling them anything close to a super team. I remember everyone calling them too old and washed up before the most beautiful team display in NBA history that was the 2014 finals (yeah, I'm a Spurs' fan).
I don't think you remember how limited Kawhi was offensively. Yeah, he was crazy efficient in 2014, but that was really his 1st season of being an offensive threat. I love Timmy D but he had lost many steps and Ginobili had 1 or 2 seasons in the early teens that I'd rather forget. And Boris Diow had all kinds of shade thrown at him.
First off the spurs was not manufactured like those other teams. Manu rarely started, Timmy was not in his prime, and pop played a huge role in the success which separates them from the superteams.
@@haonanzhang6759 just saying that they are being underrated by Dom. They are definitely a devestating team in the history of the NBA
Golden State's Dynasty aint over mate, its on pause.
Yellow it’s over
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh shut the fuck up yellow
It’s over “mate”
Can confirm it’s over
so that aged good, nets have kd,kyrie,harden and for griffin two days ago :)))
Really well put together video and I was also watching in the early 2000’s everything you said was on point bro.
This 2010s series is the best dom came up so far. Its so relatable and nostalgic since i only really got into basketball around 2010 as a 6th grader
James Harden: it’s rewind time
I pray 2020s NBA to better than this era from next year. It's glad to see Jeremy Lin being the first Asian to win a championship, with The Raptors.
There was that one Asian guy on the lakers during the 2009 or 2010 season
Why does it matter if someone of a certain race wins an NBA title?
@@donnyg9993, no-one cares
@@donnyg9993 it doesnt it's just something new ig
CadenDATboss nobody said it did bitch
Great video, Dom!! You're the man, MVP of video editing!
Last videos have been amazing man! Great job
2011 still the biggest choke job in NBA history by an all-time great 👀
Maulen. IDC Florez Exactly! That team had no business coming back down 2-1 to win that chip.
Honestly. And I'm his fan
Edgar Gordillo That series will always get me heated. Lebrons choke robbed Wade a FMVP. Wade was the best player in that Finals, but nobody remembers that since they lost.
Ethan Centeno He took a huge hit on his legacy for what he did in 2010 vs the Celtics and 2011 vs the Mavs.
Ethan Centeno this comment is pretty stupid and self contradicting. If lebron didn’t chock, he would’ve been the best player on the team, bron would’ve won fmvp
LA Clippers just built a super team, so it’s not over yet. They already had developed a great core with rising stars, and then you bring in Kawhi + PG.
Not actually, just a duo which is common even before 2010.
“The 2020s are off to an amazing start” the dog curse strikes again.
Been watching your videos for a while now. You're, in my opinion, the best out there. Really enjoy the content. Keep up the good work.
One man ended the super team era kawhi Leonard
Gavin 2 Nah that one man was KD. If he stayed, they’d return to being the best or 2nd best team in the league once KD returned based on how the Lakers and Clippers turn out next season.
Lol but he created a super team with the clippers
Superteam Era was garbage? That Decade had five different Teams win. That's the 2nd highest after the '70's.
Actually 7. Raptors, Warriors, Cavs, Heat, Spurs, Mavs, Lakers.
The 80s had true two superteams coz they kept their players and not plagued with injuries until later in their career.
I mean the East was somewhat Uncompetitive during the decade
. Heats had only seen 7 games in the East Twice and no one really had a chance to beat them exception of a declining Celtics and if u wanna reach The Pacers?
.Kyrie, Bron, and Love never seen 7 games out East and the East has really only been competitive since 17-18 (And there were no iconic Eastern Matchups against this big three if were being honest)
.In 16-17 Warriors swept the West in pretty much a guaranteed championship and the Finals was arguably one of the Worst going 4-1 and the next year sweep on a Cavs team that really had 0 chances of winning the title (I will admit the East Was exciting in 2018 tho)
.Bad Matchups and A LOT OF REMATCHES in the finals and not good ones to boot
1)Spurs v. Heat Rematch was bad due to the lack of competition the 2nd time around (Although 12-13 was one of the best finals ever imo which makes 13-14 worst imo due to hype)
2)Warriors v. Cavs lost all competitiveness and allure after KD situation and Warriors went 3-1 and won 15/22 (68%) of games against the Cavs not to mention it had a sweep and Gentleman's Sweep
3)Raptors v. Warriors wasn't bad in terms of the play but the controversy left such a bad taste in my mouth and played on the fact the Raptors title was strongly influenced by the Duns misfortune
4)Thunder v. Heats is hard to talk bad about considering how much I liked those teams but the only reason they were even able to hang around was KD and even with him they were hanging by a thread the Heat had the better players Matchup wise, better coaching, and more experience and basically had a field day getting 4 straight wins after the one loss at Oklahoma.
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Although we had 7 different teams win toward the middle of the decade a lot of those wins are bathed in controversy or general Uncompetitiveness mainly the last 5 titles with 2 being completed decimations on the Warriors end and 3 being dictated by injury (& a Draymond Green ejection) And of course it's not gonna change the Championship meaning a title is a title but when I look back on it I'm not gonna see those playoffs as must see Hardwood Classics. In fact the only ones that fot that criteria are Cavs 3-1 comeback and Raptors 1st title and that's mainly because of story not the level of basketball played competitively.
The 2010 's also have the second most game 7's through out the decade in NBA History
I'd like to see a video of the top 3rd options ever, or from the modern era. Great channel btw
Probably your best analysis video
There’s still a superteam. Tony Snell and Thon Maker are a superteam by themselves.
I know too well about that.
Gavin Power the future mvp of the league
@@LeBronJames-gq3zc with a 40 inch vertical
Dude, I need someone to help me meme Sterling Brown.
@@ultibolt3286 why are we going after former bucks players...
Man this lasted about a year
Dom, you're making such interesting videos, bro, keep it up. 👍👏
Brother, i could not agree more. This next season is up in the air and i couldnt be happier
The current super team era started with:
*Ray Allen , Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett*
Mental Mind and rondo
I dont agree personally. As dom said they were in their prime or getting out of it. I can agree they were really talented and locked up the east but in the same way lebron did, the east was absolute trash and their competition was essentially the lebron lead cavs. No other teams had a star and supporting cast so of course the celtics ran thru the east.the west they werent going to no finals. Whats made the heat a superteam was the fact they had 3 the top 5-15 players on the squad. Where as the celtics were 3 great players on a great team. Yes it started the idea but didnt come to fruition till lebron took his talents to south beach.
Arenas, Butler, Jamison
Nash, Marion, Amar'e
@@Neglected-Nostalgia both *FIRE* teams but 2 big problems
1. Those teams were subpar defensively
2. Neither of them appeared in the finals
NOPE NOPE NAH, the Celtics got carried by
Brian Scalibrine
Well this aged well
I love this channel so much
Great video. I'm so glad the super team era is over.
“Our lord and savior, Kawhi” fr 😂, and that’s coming from a Spurs fan
"2020s are off to an amazing start"
Big oof.
yo I love this series
THIS YEAR GON BE LIT!!!!! 😤😤
@@JinjaOnHere Nope. Brown
As controversial the 2010s were or have been bc of super teams and the newly founded disloyalty players have towards teams, I think it was very entertaining era and one of the most influential
Screw super teams NBA needs to be competitive again
Congrats on 300k
Great video dom. My thoughts exactly. Damn i’m hyped for xmas. Cant wait for the clippers and lakers to face off 🔥
18:30 Kevin Love really just got bullied by KD. Rip 😭😭
Durant is 240 pounds and is lowkey strong for his lanky body
Kd got bullied by GSW so he joined em lmao “rip 😭😭”
2021-22 Nets and Lakers watching this video like 😅😅😂😂😂
And those 2 teams failed
I've watched the NBA since 1990, and boy has it changed!
Another smooooooth ad intro Dom! 😂
Shaq and Kobe era would smack 2017-2018 Golden State Warriors. No one could guess shaq especially since it is harder to play defense due to the rules today.
We need a Westbrook harden video ASAP
dam sounded really dope when you started dropping "false equivalency" at the end there
Dom2k produces the best basketball content 🏆
The definition of a super team is a team with three or more players that have multi all NBA selections
that are still in their primes
and stars are of their own teams....you know superstar nba players
That term "superstar" is thrown around too loosely imo. Right now we only have 4 in the league: Kawhi, Bron, KD, Steph.They've all either been Champions, league & final mvp's or in some cases fit all three of those criteria.
Curry hasn't won Finals MVP
Mr. Success he’s saying any three of those criteria
How u gonna say giannis or AD arent superstars
From 04-07 I was a casual basketball fan since 2008 I watch basketball faithfully I think UA-cam helped with my basketball fandom around that same time
Thank you for the non bias commentary
Lakers, Heat, Warriors: The Top 3 best teams of the 2010s
Gamioz Instead of the lakers You mean spurs?
Fidh Gat I never considered the Spurs a super team. They just had a ton of talent playing team ball. Nobody had them winning the championships outright before the season started like the Warriors and Heat. The Celtics made the finals twice but their fans and some players act like they won multiple championships. They weren’t the same after KGs injury in the ECSF in 08-09. The Warriors imo are the only super team we’ve seen the past 10 years. Heat won 2 titles but they easily could’ve gone 1-3 if Kawhi Leonard doesn’t miss his free throws in Game 6. Then Dwade started to fall off after 2011. The Warriors are the only top team the past 10 years to even have 4 all stars in their primes without major injuries or just starting their prime. The 08-12 Celtics were late prime. The Spurs were really past their primes. The 2011-2012 season you could tell Dwade was slowing down.
Spurs?
Lakers? Lmao, the only good year they had this decade was 2010.
Gamioz Warriors the best.
And then, Brooklyn
Yeh, that didn't happen, Brooklyns now a superteam, welp, it only took a year haha
It's naive to think that the superteam era is over.
Remember the 2000s? When young Wade carried his team to a title? When Kobe was the only superstar (not star, superstar) on back to back title teams?
Ask yourself this: could a single superstar win a title by himself next season, or in the next few years? The answer is no. Kawhi did do it, yes. But you all saw the incredible luck that the Raptors had. Down 2-1 to the Sixers, and won Game 7 on a ridiculous buzzer beater. Down 2-0 to Milwaukee, and Game 3 went to overtime! One bounce the wrong way, and it's 3-0 Bucks and goodbye Raptors. And the Finals? KD gone, Klay injured, Cousins recovering, Looney injured, Iggy injured. Unbelievable. The Raptors were SO close to losing in 3 different rounds. Nothing like this is even remotely likely to happen again.
Nothing resembling 2019 will happen in the upcoming future. You think a single superstar team is geeting past the Lakers, with 2 Top 5 players in the league? Past the Clippers, with 2 Top 10 players in the league? Past the Sixers, with (hopefully) 2 Superstars and one more star? Hell no.
And this brings me to my real point: for now, yes, we do not have a 2017 Warriors-style 4 star superteam. But we do have teams with 2 megastars and great role players/secondary stars. And players haven't suddenly decided not to team up. Heck, Kawhi recruited PG specifically so that they will form the best team in the league. What can possibly stop 3 stars from teaming up next year, or 2 or 3 years from now, if they so choose? Just last year, Boogie made the unprecedented decision of taking just 5 million to win a ring. It didn't work out, but boy did they come close and 99 out of 100 times, the Warriors win that title. The injuries to them were unbelievable.
Don't be naive, this is my point.
It’s a new era
2 stars and great role players are not a super team. A super team is 3 stars. Its extremely rare for a team to be successful at any point I history without 2 stars and a good support system. So I dont get your point? Were the Bulls with Scottie a super team? Were the Lakers in 2000 a super team?
@@uglygod7930
2 stars and role players are 1 star way from a super team.
Imagine this (not impossible) scenario: Kawhi fails to win a title with LAC, opts out after 2 years and signs a contract with the Lakers. This is all it takes for the Lakers to become a nigh-unbeatable superteam, even with LeBron being 36/37 (still Top 10 by that time). It won't take convincing 2 or 3 stars to join your team, just 1. Much, much simpler.
Or imagine if the Clippers or a similar team packages role players and young up-and-comers for another star. Bam, you got a superteam.
Do you understand my point now?
The league is more like it used to be, meaning there isn't just 1 team that is so much better than everyone.
2 star teams are historically common. The bulls had Jordan and Pippen, the lakers had Kobe and Shaq, before that they had Magic and Kareem, you had Kobe and Gasol, Malone and Stockton for example
He spent the whole video saying it's over *for now*
I only just started watching basketball around this year's eastern conference semis when Kawhi made the shot, and I'm glad I started watching when I did. This upcoming season's looking to be really exciting.
So, *Kawhi Leonard is Keanu Reeves* of the NBA now?
Lebron created the superteam era and tried to continue it in the 2020s. God bless you Kawhi for being the saviour we needed.
Larry Ukandu I hope he goes 3-10 in the finals
the Celtics created the super team before him. I dunno if this changes your mind or not but just thought you might like to know.
@@FlyingV555 take this L
Great video man make a vid on the teams in the 2010s that nearly made the finals but were stopped by super teams such as Indiana, Celtics in 2017 and Portland
Declan Tominey I was thinking about that
Boomer Sooner yeah as in the 2010s a lot of superteams stopped pretty good teams from gettin to the finals
Dom I love your quality content and in particular this series, that's why I'd like to ask you to correct the title (ITS instead of IT'S). One love from Italy.
Well this aged horribly
Not really
I hate the Lakers so much. I’m glad Kawhi didn’t join. I’m a longtime Nets fan (since 08 roughly) and as of now, I hate LAL more than the New York Knicks.
Joshua Buell Your nets and the clippers are gonna be great. In that past y’all and the clippers were the little brothers to the Knicks And lakers now it’s even between LAL and LAC while y’all gonna be big dogs of Brooklyn, NY while the Knicks are bunch of puppies
Joshua Buell is it cause lebron is there or do you just hate the lakers that much?
Same I hate the lakers
Damon snacks Harrison nah I actually like Lebron believe it or not. I respect his greatness. Same with Kobe. I actually have a number 8 Kobe jersey. It’s not even because LAL beat the next in like 2002. It’s kinda how ppl hate the Cowboys.
Boomer Sooner I think so too. I feel like even if Brooklyn don’t win a chip, I’m cool with that because the fact that we beat out our instate rivals to two star free agents, something we’ve never done, and although it’s a risky move, it’s better than mediocrity.