"In fact, the NBA Old School only exists in weird places like Miami and Dallas."
And in the memories of people like me. I stopped watching the NBA shorty after Magic and Bird retired.
(How could I forget Elgin Baylor?)
Ditto. On those rare occasions when I come across a game on TV nowadays, I am always convinced that the Lakers or Celtics from the 1980s would mop the floor with whatever team I am watching.
You're not alone, brother. Seattle's only sports championship was the 1979 Sonics, which was really a team of non-egos led by Fred Brown controlling Dennis Johnson, with the perfect supporting cast and bruising big men.
I haven't watched a full NBA game since Jordan hung it up, and, even then, the differential officiating ticked me off.
They have some soul searching to do.