Which decade of the NBA was the best?

50's-Pettit, Cousy, Russell

60's-Cousy, Russell, Chamberlain, Robertson, Baylor, West, Greer, Reed

70's-Lanier, Havlicek, Barry, Maravich, Unseld, Frazier, Walton

80's- M Johnson, Bird, Wilkins, Jabbar, English, Wilkins, Jordan, Worthy, McHale, Thomas, Parish, Erving

90's-Jordan, Ewing, Robinson, O'neal, P Hardaway, Hill, Olajuwon, Stockton, Malone, Kemp, Miller, Payton, Drexler, Barkley, Webber, Mullin, T Hardaway, Brandon, Mourning, Pippen, Payton

00's- Bryant, Carter, Iverson, Duncan, Kidd, S O'neal, J O'neal, L James?, R Allen, Garnett, B Davis, Mcgrady, Marion, Marbury, Wallace, Webber, Francis, Walker, Pierce

Gotta go wit the 2000's, it's the new millenium, gotta be now.

Oh and for the 2000's. what about nash, nowitzi and finley, they are some of the best right now. Plus Jamal Mashburn oh and Big Z. Like u put in Lebron, but not these guys?

well il have to say the 90's.....
there the years i got to know and the love the nba, the bulls winning ways, stockton & malone, kemp & payton, the knicks playoff battles with the pacers..... gotta love it.

I'm a Bulls fan, so I have to say 90s. That's not to say the other decades aren't great in their own right, but the 90s was my favourite era.

The new Millenium baby! The game is very competitive now and alot of star players are being born, more than in any other decade.

I voted 90's too. The greatest player ever to play in jordan, plus the greatest power forward and centre in Hakeem and Karl Malone, and no lack of depth in the small forward or point guard positions.
Hehe i wonder if anyone will vote 50's?

I'd have to go with the 90's as well. So many good players and even better teams and rivalries like Knicks-Heat, Knicks-Pacers, Bulls-Knicks, Jazz-Lakers, Rockets-Suns, Rockets-Sonics, Rockets-Jazz, Blazers-Jazz, and many more.

90's.

The 90's. It was more organized and professional back then. The Jordan Era was the best. Watching top players such as Hakeem Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Reggie Miller, and John Stockton in their prime doing what they do best was very entertaining. I miss those days. There were so many great rivalries between teams.

The 90s also featured more balanced conferences. Most of the talent is out West these days, whereas only a few years ago you could pick any one of the top teams in both conferences to win the title and still make a fairly good prediction. It made things a little more interesting all around.

I'd say the 90's for the competition and for Michael Jordan We can feel lucky to saw him playing.

And above all, it's far too early to say if the millenium decade was one of the best one. Players drafted now as Melo and Lebron James will contribute a lot of the success of this decade.

I would say 90's just because it was more competitive and also because of Micheal Jordan

Nobody who saw the 90s only, would say the 70s.

In the 90s we also had the worst teams ever in Dallas & Denver, teams who were allowing 120 ppg.

Those who stated the 90s had the best players, duh, they were the best coming from the 80s so that's not the reason why, lol.

90's Jordan, Barkely, and T. Hardaway r my vote

90's-Jordan, Ewing, Robinson, O'neal, P Hardaway, Hill, Olajuwon, Stockton, Malone, Kemp, Miller, Payton, Drexler, Barkley, Webber, Mullin, T Hardaway, Brandon, Mourning, Pippen, Payton

U put Gary Payton twice unless their is another payton im missing