All-Time Greatest Team: NBA

this one is a little different given the limited number of positions. so for this, list your starters and follow that with a full bench (7 on the bench, totaling 12 players) the bench must consist of a back-up for each position with 2 miscellaneous players with no position requirement. here we go.

Starters:

PG: Magic Johnson: 19.5 PPG, 11.2 APG, and 7.2 RPG, 12 time All-Star, 3 time MVP, 5 time NBA Champion

SG: Michael Jordan: 30.1 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 5.3 APG, 2.4 SPG, 14 time All-Star, 5 time MVP, 10 scoring titles (most ever), 6 time NBA Champion, 5 time Finals MVP, 9 time First Team All-Defense

SF: Larry Bird: 24.3 PPG, 10 RPG, 6.3 APG, 12 time All-Star, 3 MVPs, 3 time NBA Champion, 2 time Finals MVP

PF: Tim Duncan: 21.4 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 2.3 BPG, 11 time All-Star, 2 MVPs, 4 time NBA Champion, 3 Finals MVPs, 8 time First Team All-Defense

C: Wilt Chamberlain: 30.1 PPG, 22.9 RPG, 4.4 APG, 50.4 PPG in a single season, most points (100) and most rebounds (55) in a single game, 13 time All-Star, 4 MVPs, 2 Championships

Bench:

PG: John Stockton: 13.1 PPG, 10.5 APG, 2.2 SPG, all-time leader in assists and steals, 10 time All-Star, led league in assists 9 times including an NBA record, 14.5 APG one season

SG: Kobe Bryant: 25.1 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 4.6 APG, 11 time All-Star, 2 scoring titles, 6 time First Team All-Defense, 1 MVP, 4 time NBA Champion

SF: Julius Erving: 22 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 11 time All-Star, 1 MVP, 1 NBA Championship, including 5 years of outstanding play in the ABA which aren't in the NBA record books, and he also revolutionized the sport with his high-flying dunks.

PF: Karl Malone: 25 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 13 time All-Star, 2 MVPs, second most points in NBA history (36,942 pts.)

C: Bill Russell: 15.1 PPG, 22.5 RPG, 12 time All-Star, 5 MVPs, 11 NBA Championships

C: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 24.6 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 2.5 BPG, 19 time All-Star, 6 MVPs, 6 NBA Championships, 2 time Finals MVP, NBA's all time leader in points scored

SG: Jerry West: 27 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 6.7 APG, 14 time All-Star, 1 NBA Championship, and is famously known as the silhouette of the NBA logo.

debate on gentleman.

PG: Oscar Robertson. It's a toss up between him and magic in my eyes so I chose him instead.

SG: Michael Jordon: Really not much of a debate here.

SF: Dr.J. Terrific scorer and a much better athlete than Larry so I give him the nod

PG: Tim Duncan the most underated player in the history of basketball.

C:Wilt Chamberlain argubally the greatest player to ever live

Bench

PG: Magic Johnson

PG: Stockton

C: Kareem

C: Russel

SF: Larry Bryd

PF: Garnett

SG: Kobe Byrnat

I'll go with a big lineup and take...
Magic
Jordan
Bird
Kareem and
Wilt

PG: Magic Johnson

SG: Michael Jordan

SF: LeBron James

PF: Tim Duncan

C: Wilt

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----Bench----

PG: Oscar Robertson

SG: Kobe Bryant

SF: Larry Bird

PF: Kevin Garnett

C: Shaq

and I honestly believe my Bench would handle its own against the starting lineup...it'd be interresting to see.

Shaq shouldn't be on anyone's lists. he can't be above Wilt, Kareem, or Russell. and i completely forgot about Oscar Robertson. I would take Stockton off and put in the Big O. and for the guy who put in Kareem and Wilt in the starting line-up, come on now, you can't do that. neither of those guys ever played PF in their careers. Wilt was 7'2" and Kareem is 7'3"!

o and LeBron cant be on this team.....yet. he'll definitely get there though. but he doesn't have a championship yet. just got his first MVP. and just hasn't been in the league long enough yet. he will be, just give it 4-5 years.

Dude you're taking this a little too seriously. Shaq is and was a great center.

Lebron is the most dominating offensive player inside the paint other than a few people. How you guys dont have him as a starter let alone bench player is beyond me.

and Oscar Robertson never won any titles...I dont see you ripping on that pick.

i'm not taking it seriously at all. i'm just trying to create a little bit of debate is all. Shaq is the 4th best center of all-time. at best. LeBron is great, no doubt, i just don't think he has the accomplishments yet to be on such a team.

PG - The Big O
SG -MJ
SF - Bird
PF - Duncan
C - Hakeem

I'm going to only include players that I got to see in my life time.

PG- Stockton
SG- Jordan
SF- Reggie Miller
PF- Duncan
C- Shaq

PG-Magic
SG-Jordan (el numero uno)
SF-Bird (the 2nd greatest player of all-time. Really.)
PF-Duncan
C-Russell

Bench

PG-Big O
SG-Kobe
SF-LeBron (he deserves it and in a couple yrs, it wont even be a debate)
PF-Moses Malone would eat Karl "Choke" Malone for lunch
C-Wilt over Kareem the big ninny

PG- Magic, Oscar
SG- Jordan, Kobe
SF- Bird, Dr. J
PF- Barkley, McHale
C- Wilt, Hakeem

how about a college starting 5?

Give me Len Bias, Joe Smith, Juan Dixon, Chris Wilcox, and Steve Blake.

I'll do a recent college one since I've been following in about the mid 90s rather than go back to Alcindor, Walton, Big O, etc

PG- TJ Ford
SG- Juan Dixon
SF- Ed O'Bannon
PF- Kenyon Martin
C- Emeka Okafor


Opposing teams wouldn't be able to get a shot off within 10 feet of the basket with Okafor and Martin out there

PG - Kidd
SG - Kobe/Jordan
SF - Kobe/Jordan
PF - Duncan
C - Hakeem

If Hakeem would be ok playing a little PF I'd put him there and put Kareem at C. It'd be a Dream Shake/Kareem Sky Hook clinic...

95 rockets just when everyone counted them out they came from behind to win it all. I know its a little off the topic.

PG - Magic, Stockton, Robertson, Cousy, Kidd
SG - Jordan, Bryant, West, Havlicek, Drexler
SF - Bird, Erving, Baylor, Gervin, Worthy
PF - Duncan, K. Malone, Barkley, Hayes, M. Malone
C- Chamberlain, Russell, Jabbar, Olajuwon, O Neal

PG - Bob Cousy
SG - Paul Pierce (I know he's a SF but he can play SG too)
SF - Larry Bird
PF - Kevin Garnett
C - Bill Russell

Bench

PG - Jo-Jo White or Rajon Rondo
SG - Sam Jones
SF - John Havlicek
PF - Kevin McHale
C - Robert Parish

/Homered

Jruq wrote:

PG - Bob Cousy
SG - Paul Pierce (I know he's a SF but he can play SG too)
SF - Larry Bird
PF - Kevin Garnett
C - Bill Russell

Bench

PG - Jo-Jo White or Rajon Rondo
SG - Sam Jones
SF - John Havlicek
PF - Kevin McHale
C - Robert Parish

/Homered

At least you admit it.

PG- Magic Johnson
SG- Michael Jordan
SF- Larry Bird
PF- Bill Russell
C - Shaquille O'neal

Bench

PG- Isiah Thomas
SG- Kobe Bryant
SF- Scottie Pippen
PF- Tim Duncan
C - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

freakzilla wrote:

PG- Magic Johnson
SG- Michael Jordan
SF- Larry Bird
PF- Bill Russell
C - Shaquille O'neal

Bench

PG- Isiah Thomas
SG- Kobe Bryant
SF- Scottie Pippen
PF- Tim Duncan
C - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

thats right, i dont see any OKC players on there... just sayin

Lol.