Why There Were NO DYNASTIES in the 1970s

Will we ever see another decade without a dynasty team? NOTE: It was brought to my attention that Uncle Hays did a video on this exact same topic 3 weeks ago. Feel bad now knowing that I posted this so soon after his, so I'll just plug his channel. Go check out Uncle Hays, and get his perspective on the 70s as well!

I actually like the parity of the 70's and imo the 2020's looks to be following a similar path with the same team winning at most two chips, and new teams winning championships.

2020's has the potential for being an era of parity as well. One reason could be superstars holding their teams hostage and threatening to leave very quickly and not getting a chance to build a competitive roster. Though the Nuggets are in a good position to buck that trend.

70s an underrated era, would’ve been cool to see if 2k24 could’ve added the 70s era and let you choose if you want to run teams in the NBA or ABA

Thank you Jonny, 70s was underrated era for NBA basketball!

Thanks for showing love and breaking down the least-talked about era outside of the 1950’s

Hey Johnny, thank you for the increase in content!!! Daily videos have not gone unnoticed so I definitely appreciate the work you got in and to maintain the high quality while doing it!!!!

70s basketball is probably the one most people wish they saw the most.

You should make a video one day ,where you talk about era biases, like how people discredit older players like wilt and bill saying their competition was weak and then talk about how people arent consistent about weak competition argument because no one criticizes lebron for playing in a weak east or magic for playong in a weak west , i think you would KILL this topic , what you think?

Was thinking about this since you made the 2k eras video. Thanks for anwsering the question Jonny

The 70’s has always been my favorite era for the league. So many underrated players who get really slept on nowadays. Guys like Bob Lanier, Wes Unseld, Maurice Lucas, Charlie Scott, Paul Westphal, Lou Hudson, Jo Jo White, Artis Gilmore, Bob Dandridge, Paul Silas and Phil Smith were great players in their day who rarely get talked about nowadays. I never have been much of a fan of dynasties, as I feel as if they make the league a lot more uncompetitive and one-sided. The 70’s to me feels the most balanced and competitive which is why it’s always going to be my favorite era. It’s a shame about all of the personal stuff that was going on at the time.

I love the parity of competition. Having multiple championship contenders keeps the fans more engaged.

This is my favorite time period in NBA history. The ABA merger; the parity; and just the nutty 70s, period. It wasn't the best but among the most colorful and definitely unsung.

So basically no one won consistently cause everybody was consistently too good. Must have been a great decade for those who witnessed it.

Salute to you and your work ethic, bc you've been hammering these out lately. That said, I've been thinking about this lately: imagine just how deep the league would've been im the 70s if there was no ABA. Imagine if among others Dr. J, Artis Gilmore, George Gervin, Dan Issel, Roger Browne, Spencer Haywood, David Thompson, Marvin Barnes, Louie Dampier, Larry Kenon, Rick Barry, & a rookie Moses Malone all were in the league between 1967 -1976. Doc, for example, would've been on the 1972 Bucks with veteran Oscsr Robertson and a stratospherically ascend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar that in the real timeline makes the 74 Finals. Does Cap stay there a little longer now that Doc is there to lighten the load? Remember, Doc and Kareem were bar none the 2 best players of th 1970s. So much would change and IMHO this would've been the deepest era ever in terms of talent in such a short span of time.

Crazy how every time a team got on a roll, something happened that ruined it

Good video. I think the 2020s might be another decade of parity. We've had four different winners in four years so far. Lakers and Warriors have old stars. The two defining 2020s players are Giannis and Jokic so far. The Bucks seem to be on the general decline at the moment so they'll need to seriously retool if they want another ring this decade. The Nuggets are really in the best position at the moment to be the dynasty of the 2020s. We'll see if they capture the 2024 title; if they don't, we could see the legends of the 2010s retiring and giving room for new talent to start winning like Tatum, Doncic and Shai.

Because Bill Russell decided to let others have a chance 😂

I can't front...u really did your HOMEWORK..u Broke da NBA 70'S down likkah Shotgun. Good Work.

Jonny Arnett has quality AND quantity