Who's the better team, 04' Pistons, 08' Celtics, or 12-13 Heat or Lakers

You mean the 29-30 Bobcats?

 

Where's the poll

 

04 Pistons. The defense was nuts.

 

Whichever team has the best player since Michael Jordan.

 

So, the one with Scalibrine?

 

Those Pistons teams were highly overrated. Worst champion of the last 20 years (not necessarily anything to be ashamed of) besides perhaps the 2006 Heat. They caught the Lakers imploding during an ego battle (i.e. Kobe trying to take over while ignoring Shaq in the Finals). If the Lakers played like they did to get to the Finals, they win or at least certainly don't get blown out like they did.

Think I'm wrong? Why else did they, after making the Finals in 2005, get on a treadmill and start maxing out in the conference finals? They were a cohesive unit that played well as a team and maximized their parts but to get over the hump, you generally need at least one superstar and to be honest, they're the only team to do it without one since the 70's.