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Love the lineup but you have all retired players except for Lebron. Have to swap out one of those retirees for an active player to perform this exercise.
With this you have size, great defense, great shooters and 3 elite passers. And all five are very clutch when it counts. I believe there are 26 titles between them. I think Kareem would have adapted better to today's game than Wilt, Russell or Shaq. He had an excellent shooting touch and would have mastered the 3 if it been part of the NBA while growing up.
1. Tynus Edney, he did make the league but it is for the UCLA title run.
2. Walt (Clyde) Frazier even with the flashier on court presence of Earl the Pearl Monroe in his back court he came with style.
3. Jimmy Butler at times he seems to just gut out games for his the Heat.
4. Pascal Siakum, during Toronto's title run his slashing to the rim just caught my eye more than Kwahi Leonard while breaking the Golden State dynasty.
5. Hakeem Olajuwan
PG: Luka Doncic
SG: Reggie Miller
SF: Larry Bird
PF: Dirk Nowitzki
C: Nikola Jokic
This would be a good offensive team that wouldn't be able to guard a phonebook.
Larry Bird made 2nd Team All Defensive, 3 times.
And probably would have made it 5 or 6 times if he didn't try to fix his mother's driveway....
In the most physically violent era ever, Bird was strong and dirty, and could defend the low-post superbly.
So even though he was too slow to defend some of the Small Forwards, he was a great defender at the Power Forward position.
Dirk was not All Defensive but was not a bad defender, used his strength well, and Jokic has tremendous advanced stats defensively so his IQ makes up for his slowness. Jokic also has tremendous footwork, so his slowness is not the same as other people's slowness.
Larry Bird made 2nd Team All Defensive, 3 times.
And probably would have made it 5 or 6 times if he didn't try to fix his mother's driveway....
In the most physically violent era ever, Bird was strong and dirty, and could defend the low-post superbly.
So even though he was too slow to defend some of the Small Forwards, he was a great defender at the Power Forward position.
Dirk was not All Defensive but was not a bad defender, used his strength well, and Jokic has tremendous advanced stats defensively so his IQ makes up for his slowness. Jokic also has tremendous footwork, so his slowness is not the same as other people's slowness.
True on all this. Bird, in particular, was a great defender. I'm talking the team as a whole compared to the other teams posted. For an all-time team it is a slow team, but they're my type of players as I like high IQ guys who can shoot.
True on all this. Bird, in particular, was a great defender. I'm talking the team as a whole compared to the other teams posted. For an all-time team it is a slow team, but they're my type of players as I like high IQ guys who can shoot.
At least Reggie Miller was quick. Very fleet of foot (off the ball). I always consider Miller a more athletic version of Klay Thompson. Though Klay was known more for defense, so I'm not sure how to rate Miller's defense. That 1998 Bulls-Pacers series was very physical, and I thought Miller did a good job defensively and showed a lot of toughness.
This is not who you think the 5 best players are, but just your favorites....
And if Dwight Howard is signed by an NBA team this season then:
C. Karl-Anthony Towns
PF. Larry Bird
SF. Dominique Wilkins
SG. Anthony Edwards
PG. Michael Jordan
You’re going with Edward’s and Towns over your boy Ben Simmons?
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