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[QUOTE="Col. Bleep, post: 127805, member: 1023"]
This is always a good subject for debate.

At the end of the day...I think you have to look at each team as a unit and toss out how they finished the season and how many guys made the NBA.
Competition is different every year.

With that perspective, I'd say the 5 best teams are '86-87 (instead of '87-88 because of Greg Monroe at shooting guard))...'89-90...'02-03...'09-10  and the current team.

What were the weakest links each year?

'86-87 - arguably the bench
'89-90 -the backcourt
'02-03- center
'09-10 - arguably the talented but relatively inexperienced backcourt
'11-12-  offensive production inside

A big plus for more recent teams is the experience and maturity amassed by the head coach.

So...which team would I least like to face as an opponent?

Right now I'd say '09-10...with the current team a close second. In large part it's because of the suffocating defense they both could play.
This year's experienced backcourt and unprecedented bench strength could make it #1.
I'd rank '02-o3 third (better depth) ...slightly ahead of '86-87 (best point guard and PF ever)...and not BECAUSE they went to the national title games.
But the fact they advanced that far is some reflection of how good they were.

'95-96 was a team of overachievers.
Fun, exciting team that almost won the National Championship.
But not close to being as good as the other teams.
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