All-Time Starting Fives

[baseline bum]

San Antonio

PG - Tony Parker
SG - Manu Ginobili
SF - George Gervin
PF - Tim Duncan
C - David Robinson

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Detroit Pistons:
PG - Chauncey Billups
SG - Dave Bing
SF - Grant Hill
PF - Bill Laimbeer
C - Bob Lanier

It is blasphemy to put Billups over Thomas, but I think his size and ability to make others better is more than Thomas could offer at times.

That's insanity. Isiah was a dominant point guard, and one of the great clutch players in NBA history. Billups > Isiah is like saying Gasol > Shaq.

[JoeTait75]

How could you not have Bob Pet at the PF spot for the Hawks?

I only included the Atlanta years, not the St. Louis years.

[cobbler]

Wow, me and killakobe got the same squad. Great minds think alike

or that you're both delusional You cheated by putting Kareem at PF. Shaq is the 3rd best center and shouldnt be on the list period.

PG: Magic
SG: West
SF: Kobe
PF: Flip a coin Baylor/Worthy
C: Flip a coin Wilt/Kareem

[baseline bum]

Agreed. Isaiah was a near-elite player, just a notch below Bird & Magic during his time, equal to Sidney Moncreif.

Moncrief was nowhere close to Isiah. Isiah was an elite player under any definition of the word. He's gotta be one of the most underrated players in NBA history. Thomas has some of the most legendary playoff performances in the history of the league. It's too bad he never got to be on the Dream Team due to Jordan getting revenge on him for the freeze-out in the All-Star Game though.

[baseline bum]

Most of the list is pretty good though. I'd definitely swap Kenny Smith out for Drexler in H-Town, and I'd take Okur over Mark Eaton in Utah. Eaton may have good block numbers, but he was a really awkward player who didn't do much else.

[Pelicans78]

Hornets

PG CP3
SG Glen Rice (reach, but couldn't find a real SG)
SF Jamal Mashburn
PF Larry Johnson
C Alonzo Mourning

[JoeTait75]

Most of the list is pretty good though. I'd definitely swap Kenny Smith out for Drexler in H-Town, and I'd take Okur over Mark Eaton in Utah. Eaton may have good block numbers, but he was a really awkward player who didn't do much else.

- I wasn't so sure about Kenny Smith either. My thought was of bumping Murph to PG and sliding Robert Reid into the SG spot.

- I know Mark Eaton wasn't much of an offensive player, but he was a game-changer on the defensive end. Personally, I think Okur is a stiff.

[IronMexican]

or that you're both delusional You cheated by putting Kareem at PF. Shaq is the 3rd best center and shouldnt be on the list period.

PG: Magic
SG: West
SF: Kobe
PF: Flip a coin Baylor/Worthy
C: Flip a coin Wilt/Kareem

Didn't you argue last time that even Mikan was better?

[cobbler]

Didn't you argue last time that even Mikan was better?

Yes.. I argued that Mikan could be considered better in that he dominated the league in his time and won more championships so i stand corrected.

[BobcatsDynasty]

Bobcats

PG - Knight
SG - Richardson
SF - Morrison
PF - Wallace
C - Okafor

[Bob Lanier]

Then you never saw Thomas play. He was better in every phase of the game, and that's not a slam on Billups.

More likely, he's trolling. Nice bite.

[Obstructed_View]

What about Rodman. 5 rings, one of the greatest rebounders in the game.

Putting Rodman on that team is debatable. Putting Isiah on it is not.

More likely, he's trolling. Nice bite.

Unlike you, at least he's on topic.

[Ghazi]

Mavs PG should be Devin Harris

[Girasuck]

Utah

PG- John Stockton
SG- Darrell Griffith
SF- Adrian Dantley
PF- Karl Malone
C- Mark Eaton

Darrell Griffith over Pete Maravich? You got the other 4 right though. Maravich 1, Hornacek 2, Griffith 3.

and I'd take Okur over Mark Eaton in Utah. Eaton may have good block numbers, but he was a really awkward player who didn't do much else.

Wow. Mark Eaton is one of the 5 greatest defensive centers of all-time. The amount of points he took away on the defensive end far outweigh any of Okur's offensive numbers. If they kept the stat for altered shots, Eaton would be the all-time leader by a mile. The only thing I can come up with for you saying Okur over Eaton is that you didn't watch Eaton play.

[DAF86]

PG- Tony Parker
SG- George Gervin
SF- Mike Mitc
PF- Tim Duncan
C- David Robinson

WTF man?

Parker
Ginobili
Gervin
Duncan
Robinson

That's the Spurs best 5. 99% of Spurs fans will tell you that. Even though I would put Sean over George.

[samikeyp]

WTF man?

Parker
Ginobili
Gervin
Duncan
Robinson

That's the Spurs best 5. 99% of Spurs fans will tell you that. Even though I would put Sean over George.

You think Sean Elliott was better than George Gervin?

[JoeTait75]

Darrell Griffith over Pete Maravich?

Same reason I left Bob Pet off the Hawks' five. Location. I stuck with guys who played in Utah, not in NOLA.

[JoeTait75]

WTF man?

Parker
Ginobili
Gervin
Duncan
Robinson

That's the Spurs best 5. 99% of Spurs fans will tell you that. Even though I would put Sean over George.

You know, the only issue I had with the Spurs was putting Mike Mitc in front of Sean. Manu I never considered. I know he's a great player, but I couldn't put him in front of the Iceman.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

or that you're both delusional You cheated by putting Kareem at PF. Shaq is the 3rd best center and shouldnt be on the list period.

PG: Magic
SG: West
SF: Kobe
PF: Flip a coin Baylor/Worthy
C: Flip a coin Wilt/Kareem

I don't understand how Kobe is at SF over Baylor considering Baylor is better career wise and Kobe isn't even a SF.

[peskypesky]

SPURS

PG Tony Parker
SG George Gervin
SF Bruce Bowen
PF Tim Duncan
C David Robinson

You gotta have Gervin, but he wasn't a great defender, so you're going to need Bowen to defend the other team's best perimeter player. Remember kids, defense wins championships.

Bench:
PG James Silas
SG Manu Ginobili
SF Larry Kenon
PF Dennis Rodman
C Artis Gilmore

[baseline bum]

Darrell Griffith over Pete Maravich? You got the other 4 right though. Maravich 1, Hornacek 2, Griffith 3.



Wow. Mark Eaton is one of the 5 greatest defensive centers of all-time. The amount of points he took away on the defensive end far outweigh any of Okur's offensive numbers. If they kept the stat for altered shots, Eaton would be the all-time leader by a mile. The only thing I can come up with for you saying Okur over Eaton is that you didn't watch Eaton play.

I saw him 3 or 4 times a year live for most of his prime when Utah came to town, and I was never impressed by Eaton.

[baseline bum]

You know, the only issue I had with the Spurs was putting Mike Mitc in front of Sean. Manu I never considered. I know he's a great player, but I couldn't put him in front of the Iceman.

Ice played at the SF early in his career, so it makes sense to put him at the three and Manu at the two.

[Josepatches_]

First agree you can not exclue Isiah as for Lakers ...Magic HAS to be the PG

So just to make a sensible lineup ...
PG Magic
SG West
SF Kobe
PF Kareem (this is the duncan at PF slot)
C shaq

If you made that kind of changes to put all the players in the team then I would put Manu at the SF of the Spurs too.

Parker
Gervin
Manu
Duncan
Robinson

[Josepatches_]

Something obvious but I always think about. To be a championship team or have dynasty potential, you need 3 starters that are the best in their position in the league.

Look at spurs...
Duncan, Parker, Ginobili

Lakers
magic, Kareem, Worthy


Boston, boston...

In 1999,2003 or 2005 we didn't have that 3 players.Tp or Manu were far away to be the best in their position in the league.
To win a championship you need good players.To have a dynasty potential you need at least good players around the best player of the league.
(Shaq,TD,Jordan,Russell..)