Your team's All-Time White Starting Five

[Findog]

Question: Do we limit it to white, American-born players or are Canadians and Germans eligible?

White Mavericks:

PG: Steve Nash
SG: Tim Legler
SF: Detlef Schrempf
PF: Dirk Nowitzki
C: Bill Wennington

[Warlord23]

The Jazz ought to win this one by a mile

[mogrovejo]

The Celtics are ridiculously good:

Cousy
Hondo
Bird
McHale
Walton

They'd sweep any other team. Five of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players.

[mogrovejo]

The Jazz ought to win this one by a mile
:lmao

[Blake]

krofl this thread

[Blake]

Manu > dirk

[JoeTait75]

I went for strictly All-American crackers.

All-Time White Cavaliers Team:

PG: Mark Price
SG: Craig Ehlo
SF: Dick Snyder
PF: "Gentle" Ben Poquette
C: Luke Witte

Other candidates include Jon Crotty, Scott Brooks, Kent Benson, Steve Kerr and Bob Sura.

[Findog]

My American Cracker Version:

PG: Brad Davis
SG: Tim Legler
SF: Keith Van Horn
PF: Raef LaFrentz
C: Shawn Bradley

Look at that long front line!

[LnGrrrR]

I think the All-Time Black starting Five would be a more interesting discussion, to be honest... I'm pretty sure the Celts have this one locked down.

[Findog]

Okay, Black Starting Five:

PG: Jason Kidd
SG: Michael Finley
SF: Mark Aguirre
PF: Roy Tarpley
C: James Donaldson

[mogrovejo]

Celtics All-White big man rotation:

McHale/Cowens/Heinsohn
Walton/Macauley/Lovellete

Six HoFers.

All-Black:

Tiny Archibald/Johnson
Sam Jones/KC Jones
Pierce/JoJo
Russell/Garnett
Parish/Cornbread

[Warlord23]

The All-time white Spurs team would be frontrunners for the # 1 draft pick:

G: Steve Kerr
G: Brent Barry
F: Manu Ginobili
F: Dave Corzine
C: Billy Paultz

[Warlord23]

All-Black for the Spurs:

G Alvin Robertson
G George Gervin
F Sean Elliott
F Tim Duncan
C David Robinson

[nkdlunch]

Tony Parker
Manu Ginobili
Hedo Turkolu
Tim Duncan
Fabricio Oberto

[Indazone]

My All-time Black Rockets would crush your all time white any team.

Drexler
Olujuwan
Steve Francis
Vernon Maxwell
Carl Landry

[JMarkJohns]

All-Time White Suns

- Starters -
Nash (18.8 ppg at peak)
Jeff Hornacek (20.1 ppg at peak)
Westphal (25.2 ppg at peak)
Chambers (27.2 ppg at peak)
Adams (19 ppg at peak)
- Bench -
Ainge (17.9 ppg at peak)
Majerle (17.1 ppg at peak)
Dick Van Arsdale (21.9 ppg at peak)
Louis Amundson

Majerle and Amundson are the only decent defenders of the bunch, and they are going to get slaughtered on the boards, but that team is putting up 135 per night, easy... Great shooters, unbelievable versatility across the board...

[YoMamaIsCallin]

All-Time White Suns

Dick Van Arsdale (21.9 ppg at peak)


his identical twin Tom played for the Suns too, for one year they played together. It was bizarre watching those games (I was a Knicks fan then). Dick broke in with the Knicks but I don't remember why they traded him to the Suns.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

on the Spurs, Duncan and Parker have black fathers and white mothers, so they should be able to go on all the lists, right?

(ps -- this is a totally bogus exercise -- basketball is basketball -- who cares about skin color)

[Indazone]

For that matter so could Shane Battier.

[resistanze]

Yup, All-White Jazz in landslide:

PG: Stockton
SG: Maravich
SF: Hornaceck
PF: Malone
C: Eaton

[Findog]

Hmm, I might have to put some more thought into this:

PG: Steve Nash
SG:
SF: Detlef Schrempf
PF: Keith Van Horn
C: Dirk Nowitzki

Need to find a better SG candidate than Tim Legler. Sasha Danilovic?

[lefty]

Hmm, I might have to put some more thought into this:

PG: Steve Nash
SG:
SF: Detlef Schrempf
PF: Keith Van Horn
C: Dirk Nowitzki

Need to find a better SG candidate than Tim Legler. Sasha Danilovic?
Hornacek, Havlicek, Maravich

[lefty]

My All-time Black Rockets would crush your all time white any team.

Drexler
Olujuwan
Steve Francis
Vernon Maxwell
Carl Landry
Too bad Ginobili is not black, or we beat the shit out of those black Rox :lol

But wait


Landry instead of Otis Thorpe, WTF ??????

[Findog]

Hornacek, Havlicek, Maravich

None of those guys ever played for the Mavs.

[baseline bum]

G Brent Barry
G Manu Ginobili
F Mark Olberding
F Billy Paultz
C Swen Nater

Turkoglu would be the obvious choice for a SF if we're going to count his 1 season as enough to put him on an all-time team, but if that's allowed, then the Spurs all-time black team would be George Gervin/Dominique Wilkins/Tim Duncan/Moses Malone/David Robinson :lol

[Findog]

Yup, All-White Jazz in landslide:

PG: Stockton
SG: Maravich
SF: Hornaceck
PF: Malone
C: Eaton

Que?

[lefty]

None of those guys ever played for the Mavs.
Ooops I didn't read the whole page

Sorry :D

[lefty]

Que?
Well, Malone was a redneck

[Findog]

Well, Malone was a redneck

He'd also be the #1 pick on the All-Time "Guys who got 13-year-old girls pregnant" Starting Five.

[JMarkJohns]

All-Time White Suns

- Starters -
Nash (18.8 ppg at peak)
Jeff Hornacek (20.1 ppg at peak)
Westphal (25.2 ppg at peak)
Chambers (27.2 ppg at peak)
Adams (19 ppg at peak)
- Bench -
Ainge (17.9 ppg at peak)
Majerle (17.1 ppg at peak)
Dick Van Arsdale (21.9 ppg at peak)
Louis Amundson

Majerle and Amundson are the only decent defenders of the bunch, and they are going to get slaughtered on the boards, but that team is putting up 135 per night, easy... Great shooters, unbelievable versatility across the board...

I think the claiming team should only be able to claim the player that team had and not the peak of the player when said player was on different team.

So the Suns are getting the Suns Ainge and not the Celtics Ainge, and the Celtics are getting the Celtics Walton (role player) and not the Blazers Walton (HOFer)...

This makes it way more interesting.

Suns are still kicking some serious ass as beyond Ainge's average listed above, all those career highs came as a Sun.

[Findog]

I think the claiming team should only be able to claim the player that team had and not the peak of the player when said player was on different team.



Agreed. If the Mavs want to claim Steve Nash, then they get All Star Steve Nash, not franchise player Steve Nash.

[lefty]

Barry
Manu
White Elliott
Ed Nealy
Will Perdue


Bench: any white guy who has played for the Phoenix Suns

[JMarkJohns]

I think this is very interesting...

1. Celtics... Damn tough to beat this team.
2. Suns... Versatility and depth give them advantages over most.
3. Utah... Hurt by not having Chambers and Hornacek until after Suns peaks.
4. Dallas... Find a SG and your up there with Utah.

Not sure about Lakers. West and Goodrich is a great foundation, and if their frontcourt has skill, they could be #2.

[Killakobe81]

Lakers
PG Goodrich
SG West
SF Rambis
PF Divac
C Mikan

not great but a good team inside passing and FT's would be great ...athleticism even for a "white" team would be lacking ...

[lefty]

Lakers
PG Goodrich
SG West
SF Rambis
PF Divac
C Mikan

not great but a good team inside passing and FT's would be great ...athleticism even for a "white" team would be lacking ...
What about Mike Penberthy ?

[JMarkJohns]

If Davac's best years were as a Laker, then that's a solid frontcourt. It's a little light in scoring up front, but the passing is amazing. Rebounding and defense could be a problem.

[Killakobe81]

If Davac's best years were as a Laker, then that's a solid frontcourt. It's a little light in scoring up front, but the passing is amazing. Rebounding and defense could be a problem.

i agree.
I stuck Vlade their because he made his only Finals appearance as a Laker BUT you could argue he belongs to Sacto as well ...

Rebounding would be ok against most normal title teams ....but against the Celtic or suns squads could be an issue but the lack of athleticism ESPECIALLY AT SF ...would be the biggest problem Celts have Bird though not a great athlete better one (much) than Rambis .

[MiamiHeat]

PG -Jason Williams
SG -Jason Kapono
SF - Dan Majerle
PF - ???
C- Rony Seikaly

[JMarkJohns]

PG -Jason Williams
SG -Jason Kapono
SF - Dan Majerle
PF - ???
C- Rony Seikaly

Doleac?

[Galileo]

The 5 best white players in NBA history, in order, are:

Bird

Bob Cousy

Hondo

Bob Pettit

Jerry West

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

My All-time Black Rockets would crush your all time white any team.

Drexler
Olujuwan
Steve Francis
Vernon Maxwell
Carl Landry


Gee, a team full of black players would crush a team full of white players. I'll bet you put a lot of thought into that one.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Since JMark already took care of the Suns, I'll give my all time oreo lineup:

Tim Duncan
Karl Malone
Grant Hill
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Johnson

[JMarkJohns]

Since JMark already took care of the Suns, I'll give my all time oreo lineup:

Tim Duncan
Karl Malone
Grant Hill
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Johnson

Haha...

[JMarkJohns]

Gee, a team full of black players would crush a team full of white players. I'll bet you put a lot of thought into that one.

On top of it all, his All-Time Rockets is a pretty average team after Hakeem and Drexler (which was a shell of his HOF self with Houston), and he left off Moses Malone, Calvin Murphy, etc...

[jacobdrj]

I am going to allow Pau types and Okur types to be 'white' for purposes of this thread:

Okur
Laimbeer
DeBusschere
Delfino
Pepe Sanchez :)

[Bob Lanier]

Gene Shue
Dave DeBusschere
Kelly Tripucka
Bailey Howell
Bill Laimbeer

[JoeTait75]

Kelly Tripucka

Dead-solid lock for any All-Mustache team as well.

[Ashy Larry]

All-Time .....

Nash
West
Bird
Dirk
Laimbeer




For the Lakers ......

Goodrich
West
Rambis
Vlade
Mikan