Nash
Reggie
Larry
Dirk
Robinson
Of course a team with that much star power would force the powers that be into changing the rules to accommodate them. The return of hand check! The NBA wouldn't let that group lose in the first round.
Nash
Reggie
Larry
Dirk
Robinson
True, but LeBron would be a much better pick than Timmy at the 4.
He didn't say Tim was top 5. He filled out a team by position. Two different things, best 5 ever and best at position. You couldn't have a great team with the top 5 all time players. You'd be hard pressed to find a team that could beat the Warriors when they were at full strength.
NO Reggie. Where's the defense on that team other than Dave?
Teams have to play at both ends. It's not a shooting contest.
Defense my ass. Nobody stops stars. Dirk put up like 40 on prime Duncan in 06. They score 2 I will score 3. Play zone and make them shoot jumpers
So putting up 40 means jack if your opponent puts up 50. Nash and Dirk on the all time list... played together couldn't do . Nash 0 and forever.
Duncan was rarely paired up against Dirk in that series... T'was defense by committee - mainly Horry and Bowen.
Bc Duncan couldn’t guard Dirk. If he could then he would’ve but he would’ve been in foul trouble the whole game. Dirk got 28 free throws in one of those games. Magic is the most overrated player ever. Dude can’t shoot or defend and he gets all this praise bc he was a winner. Dude had a cupcake conference his entire career. Magic trying to defend a pick n roll is hilarious to me.
I would have young MJ as my guard tbh bc him with a whole buncha players that can space the floor would be deadly. But I went for Reggie just to be a little different bc it’s boring to always have MJ.
Btw these all time teams are glorified all star teams so this whole he doesn’t play defense nonsense is a nonstarter to me. Nobody plays defense in all star games.
Magic was carried by James Worthy
There , I said it
Tim could guard Dirk better than Dirk could guard Timmy - that's a fact. And no sane coach would've paired them against each other to avoid foul trouble for either player - that's a fact too.
It’s not who is better to me. I just prefer spacing. Like Hakeem, Tim, and Magic would get in each other’s way. Magic is also a fast break guy and Tim really wasn’t. I was watching the Stockton game winner game vs Houston and the reason the Rockets lost was bc Charles and Hakeem and Drexler all got in each other’s way. It was horrible offense to watch. I agree my defense is not the best but my offense I believe is way better than ty 90s ball. It’s like a combo of the old and the new.
Tim wasn't a fast break guy? The NBA quarterback named Tim Duncan with some of the prettiest full court outlet passes ever?
IKR......TD and Wes Unseld are the 2 best outlet passing big men ever.
Bah have you seen magic Johnson play? He takes the ball from rebound on and runs with it. Yeah Tim can pass the ball to Magic but he better be running his ass off every play bc that’s what the Lakers did. It’s why Worthy worked so well with him bc he was a rim runner. Magic is looking to push it. Then if that doesn’t work he will slow it down and dump it to Kareem (in this case Hakeem).
Tim was absolutely a fast break person. Magic was a point guard.
pre-knee duncan was fast as
Duncan up until the '06-'07 season had pretty good speed. That was the season where started to decline.
Man, I hate reading takes from people that seem to me never watched a younger Tim Duncan. Tim was much quicker and could jump higher than a lot of people think. They either never saw a younger/prime Tim Duncan or their memory is that bad, they only remember the recent stuff (2008 onward).
What drives me nuts is that people don't really understand Duncan's knee injury. The injury didn't effect his athleticism or quickness immediately. The injury didn't start to effect him until his 30's. Wade had the same injury when he was in college and didn't lose his athletic abilities until he hit his 30's. Westbrook had the same injury several years ago and now it's starting to look like he's slowing down. What it really did deprive Duncan of was the ability to play at an MVP level throughout his 30's like we see with Lebron.
I think the legs were gone by 04. Earlier in his career he used to shoot around 80 percent from the foul line. In 04 was when he started to flatline his free throws, oh god I remember that one Sunday day game against the Iverson-era Sixers where he went like 1-17 from the free throw line and they were lucky to graze the front iron.
All-time team I'd start a season with (assume all players are in their primes)
Starting lineup:
-PG: Nash
-SG: Curry
-SF: Thompson
-PF: James
-C: Olajuwon
Bench:
6. -PF/C Duncan (could start depending on matchups)
7. -SG/PG Jordan (I like him better off the bench than as a starter, since he's more ball-dominant)
8. -PF/SF Durant (so much versatility)
9. -C Russell (if needing extra shot blocking and defense, rebounds etc)
10. -SF/PF Bird (excellent distributor and scorer)
11. -PF/C Nowitzki (best big man shooter)
12. -C/PF Robinson (again very versatile player and great defender)
13. -SF/PF Kawhi Leonard (in case you need extra defense off the bench)
--INACTIVE--
14. -C Wilt Chamberlain (Dead)
15. -SG Kobe Bryant (Dead)
As head coach of this Team, my game plan would be to begin games by blowing teams off the court with extreme amounts of points in the first 6-7 minutes, then bring in more defensive, ball-controlling reinforcements off the bench to protect and expand the lead.
+1
He came along 25 years too soon.
for any era tbh Shaq got away with a lot of bs because of Donaghy referees
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