[kyrifle]

Lets go back past 15 years..the '77-'78, '79-'80, '83-84, '85-'86 teams would beat this years team. The '92-'93 would beat this team by 15+ and the '95-'96 team would beat this team by 25-30. If those players 40-50 years ago had the technology, equipment, camps, and rules of todays players, theres maybe a handful of players today that would have been able to play back then. Maybe.

I think you hit the nail squarely on the head TH32. Today basketball is a year long process for these players. The shoes of today's players are light years ahead of the old Converse All-Stars that weighed a ton. Today's shoes and uniform materials are ultra light and more comfortable than the old days. I don't want to disrespect other posters opinions about talent but great players can play in any era.
Ralph Beard, Alex Groza, Wallace (Wah Wah Jones), and Bill Spivey could play today and not miss a beat. They were great athletes as well as great players. I'll get out of the 40's & 50's and just give a few examples of players from the 60's on up. Dan Issel, Louie Dampier (maybe the best guard of all time) Kevin Grevey, Cotton Nash, Kyle Macy, Rick Robey, Dirk Minniefield, Kenny Walker, Rex Chapman, Derek Anderson, Tayshawn Prince, Tony Delk there are so many great players from the past that could play today. I will say that this years team is probably one of my favorite teams of all time to watch. I think because some of these players are one and done it will be really hard to compare them to the great players that stayed 4 years and really became great players.