All-NBA All-Time starting 5 and Dreamteam

[Flex]

Since camaro's last thread gave me such a boner, i um, mean um, thrill, i decided to do this thread since its an arguement me and my boys have all the time.

So, who's your All-NBA All-Time starting 5? i think this is a no-brainer (this is the ONLY thing in sports me and my boys can agree on). And who would fill out the rest of your 12 man roster?

Starting 5......
PG- Magic Johnson (w/MJ and Bird, rounds out the top 3 players in history)
G- Michael Jordan (nuff said)
SF- Larry Bird
PF- Wilt Chamberlain
C- Shaquille O'Neal (all my friends agree Shaq is the #1 center, so i had to put Wilt at PF)

that was the easy part. i don't think you can possibly substitute any player in that starting 5, but should be interesting to get some different opinions.

Now comes the tough part.......
This was so tough, but Here's the other players i'd put on, in no particular order....

Lou Alcindor
Julius Erving
Jerry West
Oscar Robertson
Bill Russell
John Havelchick
and i really don't know the 12th pick.....could be a boatload of guys...
Karl Malone
Isaih Thomas
Elgin Baylor
Scottie Pippen
Willis Reed
Bob Cousy
Kobe Bryant

 

[x~factor]

Starting 5
SG- Michael Jordan
PG- Magic Johnson
SF- Larry Bird
PF- Dennis Rodman (he's crazy but he gets the job done)
C- Shaquille O'Neal

Reserves
Julius Erving
Kobe
Hakeem
Moses Malone
Karl Malone
Isiah Thomas
Bernard King (don't hate)

 

[austinite]

My Five:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Magic
Bird
MJ
Dr J

 

[KiDNotorious]

hey X, BK was on the frontpage of nba.com

 

[camarosuper6]

Ah.... looks like I have a partner on thinking up creative and interesting ideas for the NBA


Ok... my starting five would be


PG Magic Johson
SG Michael Jordan
SF Larry Bird
PF Karl Malone or Tim Duncan (hard pick for me)
C Wilt Chamberlain

Bench

G Isaiah Thomas
G Oscar Roberston
F Scottie Pippen
F Earl Monroe
C Hakeem Olajuwan
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar

 

[I'm Trying]

Are we going with past performance or can we go with potential??

 

[camarosuper6]

Id just say go with past performance in their prime. If I were rating by potential I would have included Sampson, and Robinson.

 

[Flex]

Originally posted by camarosuper6
Ah.... looks like I have a partner on thinking up creative and interesting ideas for the NBA


Ok... my starting five would be


PG Magic Johson
SG Michael Jordan
SF Larry Bird
PF Karl Malone or Tim Duncan (hard pick for me)
C Wilt Chamberlain

Bench

G Isaiah Thomas
G Oscar Roberston
F Scottie Pippen
F Earl Monroe
C Hakeem Olajuwan
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar

WOW, you don't even have Shaq on your squad?

i put Wilt as PF, cuz he's kinda skinny, and Shaq as my starting center........no one pushed around The Big Aristotle

 

[camarosuper6]

I know Shaq is super dominant, but he is dominant during a time where finding another good center is scarce. He came in the league during a time where NBA centers where probably the most dominant figures in the league at the time, and then when Shaq hit HIS prime, all the older dominant ones were way past theirs. That is one of the reasons he is so dominant, not to take anything away from him, but he wouldnt be AS domiant if he were playing in say... 1994 or 1995.

Wilt is the best center ever, Kareem the second and IMO Hakeem the third. Shaq is just big and strong, not much else to him, all those other guys were big, strong as well, and had many other talents that seperate them IMO from Shaq.

BTW.. notice how Yao Ming is getting the best of Shaq?? Thats cuz Shaq isnt used to playing against someone nearly as big as him. If Shaq played against Wilt, I think it would be great, but Shaq wouldnt know what to do with a guy as dominant as him. Shaq happens to be in his prime when NBA centers are far a few.

 

[I'm Trying]

What I ment was including Lebron and Melo'.

 

[aztecwolf]

i think i would want pistol pete on there somewhere, that guy could just put the ball in the hole from anywhere and anyway

 

[Flex]

Originally posted by aztecwolf
i think i would want pistol pete on there somewhere, that guy could just put the ball in the hole from anywhere and anyway

wow, i forgot about the pistol. that guy was GREAT

 

[aztecwolf]

Originally posted by Flex
wow, i forgot about the pistol. that guy was GREAT

i love when they show highlights of him, i mean he used every way possible of putting that orange ball into that orange circle

 

[gr81]

Starting five

G- Magic
G-Jordan
C- Chaimberlain
F- Malone
F- Bird

Bench

Isaiah
Hakeem
Kareem
Wilkins
Barkley
Maravich
Gervin
Erving
Baylor
Robertson
Drexler
Iverson

(ok so I know theres more than 12 there but thats tha list right there don't ya think fellas!)

 

[effang]

lol.

pg magic
sg MJ
sf LEBRON
PF duncan
c shaq

they could not lose. except hack-a-shaq, so you would sub yao ming in the 4q

 

[spstan29]

PG Magic
SG Jordan
SF Bird
PF Duncan
C Russell

Great defense and great team play, no one would score on the inside.

 

[ronmexico29]

Duncan and Russell would be dominant in the paint.