All-Time Starting Fives

[peskypesky]

Artis was a gross oversight, you're right about that. But I'd still put Butterbean in there over the Rodmonian.

glad you agree about Artis. He was my favorite player when I was a little kid. and he's just grossly overlooked...because he never got a championship, the poor bas .

but I don't know how you can pass up Rodman. the dude was a rebounding MANIAC...led the league in rebounds for SEVEN seasons in a row....and he was a starter on FIVE Championship teams...He was a Two-time Defensive Player of the Year...and SEVEN time NBA All-Defensive First Team.

the guy used to defend Shaq one-on-one fer chrissake!

you're wrong to pass up Rodman.

[JoeTait75]

glad you agree about Artis. He was my favorite player when I was a little kid. and he's just grossly overlooked...because he never got a championship, the poor bas .

but I don't know how you can pass up Rodman. the dude was a rebounding MANIAC...led the league in rebounds for SEVEN seasons in a row....and he was a starter on FIVE Championship teams...He was a Two-time Defensive Player of the Year...and SEVEN time NBA All-Defensive First Team.

the guy used to defend Shaq one-on-one fer chrissake!

you're wrong to pass up Rodman.

I could very well be. Butterbean got the nod because he spent all of his prime years in Chicago, while Rodman didn't.

[peskypesky]

Denver

PG- Lafayette Lever
SG- David Thompson
SF- Carmelo Anthony
PF- Alex English
C- Dan Issel

Alex English was a SF I think.

I think I'd choose:

PG Fat Lever
SG David Thomson
SF Alex English
PF Kiki Vandeweghe
C Dan Issel

Bench would be quite good, with the likes of Carmelo, Antonio McDyess, Dikembe Mutumbo and Chauncey Billups.

[cobbler]

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

Cause its just too hard to leave West off. Kobe does play SF at times and in Baylors time it was just forward. They really didnt talk in PF SF terms so i put Baylor at PF.

[sook]

Who's still missing?

Orlando Magic
PG - Penny Hardaway
SG - Tracy McGrady
SF - Hedo Turkoglu
PF - Horace Grant
C - Shaq

Maybe Grant Hill over Hedo at the 3? Obviously Dwight belongs somewhere in here, so let's get creative and find a way of making a Howard/O'Neal combo work. In that case, you probably start Dennis Scott. If I were a coach, I would also consider Scott Skiles or Darrell Armstrong for this team.

i think that is fairly accurate, but orlando has never had a better SF than that??!

I think T-Mac's natural position is SF and that is what he played, move Penny to the 2 and tmac to the 3, making Jameer the point

[Obstructed_View]

you mean the '83 team with Moses, Dr. J, Andrew Toney and Maurice Cheeks?

How many '83 76ers teams were there?

[Biggems]

Fair enough.

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

Backups

PG- Johnny Moore/Avery Johnson
SG- James Silas
SF- Mike Mitc
PF- Sean Elliott
C- Artis Gilmore

C - Robinson, Gilmore, ?
PF - Duncan, Kenon, mings
SF - Elliott, Bowen, Mitc
SG - Gervin, Manu, Robertson
PG - Parker, Silas, Avery

[Obstructed_View]

Cause its just too hard to leave West off.

You don't leave West off. You leave Kobe off.

[peskypesky]

How many '83 76ers teams were there?

I'll have to check at basketball-reference.com and get back to you.

[peskypesky]

Man, choosing a team for the Lakers is just about impossible. I can choose a PG easily, as that's gotta be Magic Johnson. After that, I'm totally flustered. Too many great SG's, too many great SF's and too many great C's. The only position they seem somewhat weak in is PF. Gasol is really good, Lamar Odom has been good, but in the past, who were the best PF's for the Lakers? Give me 3 or 4 names from the past.

[Obstructed_View]

Man, choosing a team for the Lakers is just about impossible. I can choose a PG easily, as that's gotta be Magic Johnson. After that, I'm totally flustered. Too many great SG's, too many great SF's and too many great C's. The only position they seem somewhat weak in is PF. Gasol is really good, Lamar Odom has been good, but in the past, who were the best PF's for the Lakers? Give me 3 or 4 names from the past.

Karl Malone was there about the same amount of time as Gasol and his team had about the same postseason success.

[peskypesky]

Karl Malone was there about the same amount of time as Gasol and his team had about the same postseason success.

So you can't think of a great Lakers PF from the 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s either?

[cobbler]

Kurt Rambis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[baseline bum]

i think that is fairly accurate, but orlando has never had a better SF than that??!

I think T-Mac's natural position is SF and that is what he played, move Penny to the 2 and tmac to the 3, making Jameer the point

I'd move pre-4-free-throws Nick Anderson to the two and McGrady to the three on their all-time team. He was a of a player before that choke of all chokes.

[Chieflion]

Charlotte Bobcats

PG - D.J Augustin
SG - Raja Bell
SF - Jason Richardson
PF - Gerald Wallace
C - Emeka Okafor

A bench of Felton, Diaw, Herrmann, Mohammed.

Damn.... quite depressing.

Hey, how the could you forget their rookie point guard, who is way better than Knight ever was.

[Obstructed_View]

So you can't think of a great Lakers PF from the 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s either?

Yeah, basically. It's likely that the best power forward the Lakers have ever had is already on the team as the point guard.

But my point was if Gasol's going to be getting votes at this point, then maybe Malone should get some as well.

[JoeTait75]

So you can't think of a great Lakers PF from the 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s either?

Bob McAdoo, but he was past his prime by the time he got to LA.

[Agloco]

OKC Thunder:

PG- Russell Westbrook
SG- Kevin Durant
SF- Jeff Green
PF- Joe Smith
C- Nenad Kristic

[peskypesky]

Bob McAdoo, but he was past his prime by the time he got to LA.

yeah, McAdoo was great in his prime, but as you said, he was past that prime when he became a Laker. Same thing with Wilt. Same thing with Malone.