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2732687, This is an enduring myth that doesn't hold water
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Feb-24-21 01:08 PM
The idea that "teams record used to matter" is revisionist. Players from teams with lousy records have always been all-star reserves. Just looking at games from the '80s, players like Michael Ray Richardson, Bernard King, Reggie Theus, Larry Nance, Norm Nixon, and Marques Johnson all got named to all-stars teams during years when their teams weren't very good at all.