I couldn’t agree more with Robert D. Novak’s “72 Wins? Big Deal” (June 3). What the Chicago Bulls have done this year is impressive but must be regarded in light of the current dismal condition of pro basketball.
As Novak points out, the league’s talent has been grossly diluted by expansion. Also, since salaries and endorsement income flow disproportionately to hyped players rather than more talented ones, popular college players, and now high-school kids with visions of millions dancing in their heads, are leaving school early to enter the big leagues. These players are long on flash and short on fundamental skills.
The Los Angeles Lakers of the 80s, as well as that decade’s Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons teams, even the Bulls’ three-peat team of the early 90s, would have trounced the current Bulls. The best team ever? That’s like saying if Clinton wins reelection he’ll be the greatest president ever.
GREGG M. TURNER, KEENE, NH
