Being from Michigan I remember those days well. I am a fan of the Bad Boys forever and there wasn't much love between our two teams. I stopped watching the NBA a long time ago. After the officials scandal about twenty years ago and then just the lack of defense, I can't stand to watch it. I'll take those old days and old players over the current ones any day.
The game is different but I still enjoy it. It's definitely more fun when your team is winning... although being a Chicago fan I can barely remember what that feels like. I've never seen anything like Nikola Jokic.
Yeah, there are some good players out there, but I would still be interested to see how they would stack up against the old players. I'd love to see some kind of AI comparison based on stats and other metrics.