All-Time NBA Team

marc · 03-02-2006, 07:22 AM

Alright guys, give me your lineup for the All-Time NBA team.

Here's mine:

G Magic Johnson
G Michael Jordan
F Larry Bird
F Karl Malone
C Wilt Chamberlin

Just make sure that the lineup makes sense. I wouldn't necessarily rank my lineup as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th best players of all time but you can't have a lineup with 5 centers or 5 point guards.

Terpripken · 03-02-2006, 07:27 AM

G John Stockton
G Michael Jordan
F Magic Johnson ( I know he isn't a Forward per se)
F Larry Bird
C Wilt Chamberlin

Goody · 03-02-2006, 07:40 AM

With the talents of the players involved (high shooting %, 2 dominant big men, and guys who aren't really limited to one traditional positional role) I'd run a 1-2-2 wing offense.

PG - John Stockton
W - Magic Johnson
W - Michael Jordon
F - Shaquille O'Neal
F - Wilt Chamberlain

Edit: Hard to leave Bird out, but I went with Shaq because I wanted to 2 huge paint dominators down low so all 3 guards could be there. Here's what I almost went with.

PG - Stockton
SG - Jordan
SF - Magic
PF - Bird
C - Wilt

(Magic and Bird can be out of position and pull it off on this team)

Craig S. · 03-02-2006, 12:43 PM

Guess I'll be the first to leave Wilt off my team:

G - Michael Jordan
G - Magic Johnson
F - Larry Bird
F - Elgin Baylor
C - Bill Russell

atarizx3 · 03-02-2006, 12:52 PM

PG - Cousy
SG - Jordan
SF - Magic
PF - Bird
C - Wilt

QuestGAV · 03-02-2006, 01:05 PM

Oscar Robertson
Michael Jordan
Larry Bird
Bill Russell
Wilt Chamberlain

My team would pwn all of yours.

His Own Bad Self · 03-02-2006, 02:01 PM

I'll go a couple steps better: First, second, and third teams.

First Team
PG: Stockton
SG: MJ
SF: Bird
PF: Russell (yes; I don't care if he played center, he was only 6'9", 215)
C: Wilt

Second Team
PG: Magic
SG: Oscar Robertson
SF: Dr. J
PF: Tim Duncan
C: Kareem

Third Team
PG: Jerry West (check out his career assist #s if you don't buy it)
SG: Elgin Baylor
SF: Kevin Garnett
PF: Mailman
C: Hakeem

His Own Bad Self · 03-02-2006, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig S.

Guess I'll be the first to leave Wilt off my team:

G - Michael Jordan
G - Magic Johnson
F - Larry Bird
F - Elgin Baylor
C - Bill Russell

I hope you're putting Baylor at SF and Bird at PF. Baylor's the shortest guy in that lineup.

blgoblue2 · 03-02-2006, 03:58 PM

G Isiah Thomas
G Michael Jordan
F Larry Bird
F Magic Johnson
C Bill Russell

KurtBevacqua · 03-02-2006, 05:40 PM

1st Team
1 Oscar Robertson (the guy averaged a triple double for a whole season)
2 Michael Jordan
3 Karl Malone (I know he's really a 4, but he is the NBA all-time win-shares leader)
4 Elgin Baylor (career average 27.4 ppg, 13.5 rpg, and 4.3 apg)
5 Chamberlain

2nd team
1 Magic
2 Jerry West (career 27.0 ppg, 6.7 apg, 5.8 rpg, and averaged over 40 ppg for 11 games during the 65 playoffs)
3 Bird
4. Bob Pettit (career 16.2 rpg and 27.0 ppg)
5. Russell, just because of the rings

marc · 03-02-2006, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdawgsenior

I'll go a couple steps better: First, second, and third teams.

First Team
PG: Stockton
SG: MJ
SF: Bird
PF: Russell (yes; I don't care if he played center, he was only 6'9", 215)
C: Wilt

Second Team
PG: Magic
SG: Oscar Robertson
SF: Dr. J
PF: Tim Duncan
C: Kareem

Third Team
PG: Jerry West (check out his career assist #s if you don't buy it)
SG: Elgin Baylor
SF: Kevin Garnett
PF: Mailman
C: Hakeem

Probably a good idea since no matter what 5 guys you put on the first team there's about 4 or 5 inexcusable snubs.

I'll think about it some more and put my 2nd and 3rd teams up.

XxCardinal42xX · 03-02-2006, 06:13 PM

Jordan-Stockton
Oscar-Baylor
Magic-Malone
Bird-Duncan
Wilt-Russell

Those would be my 1st-2nd teams.

His Own Bad Self · 03-02-2006, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marc

Probably a good idea since no matter what 5 guys you put on the first team there's about 4 or 5 inexcusable snubs.

At this level, I don't know if "inexcusable snub" is accurate. It's merely a judgment call as to who was better. You can make arguments for about a couple dozen guys, but if you're only going to pick five, or ten, or fifteen, that means the rest have to take a back seat, regardless of how great they were.

I had trouble leaving Moses Malone off in favor of Karl. I could have bumped Garnett, but neither of the Malones is a 3, really. I wanted to put David Robinson on here, but Hakeem was not only better, he crushed the Admiral in the '95 playoffs.

molarmite · 03-02-2006, 11:00 PM

First Team:
Stockton
MJ
Magic
Bird
Wilt

Second Team:
Oscar
Kobe
Baylor
Garnett
Russell

darkhorse · 03-03-2006, 02:38 AM

PG: Jason Williams
SG: J.J. Redick
SF: Adam Morrison
PF: Andrew Bogus
C: Wilt Chamberlain

Craig S. · 03-03-2006, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdawgsenior

I hope you're putting Baylor at SF and Bird at PF. Baylor's the shortest guy in that lineup.

I could live with either of those guys playing out of position, but I think that Bird in the 4-spot makes sense.

abailey3313 · 03-03-2006, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 9lives

PG - John Stockton
W - Magic Johnson
W - Michael Jordon
F - Shaquille O'Neal
F - Wilt Chamberlain

I like that line-up.

KurtBevacqua · 03-03-2006, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdawgsenior

I hope you're putting Baylor at SF and Bird at PF. Baylor's the shortest guy in that lineup.

But Baylor averaged 16 boards a game career. Size has nothing to do with it. Would you put Bird at 4 and Barkley at 3 just because he's 4-5 inches taller? Bird was a 3 to McHale's 4 and Baylor was definitely not a 3 in his day. By this reasoning Magic should be a 3 or a 4 and not a 1.

His Own Bad Self · 03-03-2006, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KurtBevacqua

Size has nothing to do with it.

But the pace and the number of missed shots Baylor had available sure as all heck did.

I don't want to discuss this anyway, so I'm just going to assume I don't know what I'm talking about. S.O.P. for this forum, as far as I'm concerned.

andjbock · 03-03-2006, 06:30 PM

Larry Robinson, who was on 8 teams in 7 years.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...robinla01.html

After that

PG - Magic
SG - Jordan
SF - Bird
PF - Malone
C. - Chamberlain

Malone is the only one in question for me. Most of the great PF are from before I knew of them.

03-02-2006, 07:22 AM	#1
marc Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,505	All-Time NBA Team Alright guys, give me your lineup for the All-Time NBA team. Here's mine: G Magic Johnson G Michael Jordan F Larry Bird F Karl Malone C Wilt Chamberlin Just make sure that the lineup makes sense. I wouldn't necessarily rank my lineup as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th best players of all time but you can't have a lineup with 5 centers or 5 point guards.

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Goody Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Korea Posts: 3,530	With the talents of the players involved (high shooting %, 2 dominant big men, and guys who aren't really limited to one traditional positional role) I'd run a 1-2-2 wing offense. PG - John Stockton W - Magic Johnson W - Michael Jordon F - Shaquille O'Neal F - Wilt Chamberlain Edit: Hard to leave Bird out, but I went with Shaq because I wanted to 2 huge paint dominators down low so all 3 guards could be there. Here's what I almost went with. PG - Stockton SG - Jordan SF - Magic PF - Bird C - Wilt (Magic and Bird can be out of position and pull it off on this team) __________________ In the past: Laseron Baseball Association creator. Present: I am Rezulm on PT and OOTP Discord. Future: I wish it was the past. Last edited by Goody; 03-02-2006 at 07:53 AM.

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Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	G John Stockton G Michael Jordan F Magic Johnson ( I know he isn't a Forward per se) F Larry Bird C Wilt Chamberlin

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Craig S. Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 114	Guess I'll be the first to leave Wilt off my team: G - Michael Jordan G - Magic Johnson F - Larry Bird F - Elgin Baylor C - Bill Russell

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QuestGAV Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,008	Oscar Robertson Michael Jordan Larry Bird Bill Russell Wilt Chamberlain My team would pwn all of yours.

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His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	I'll go a couple steps better: First, second, and third teams. First Team PG: Stockton SG: MJ SF: Bird PF: Russell (yes; I don't care if he played center, he was only 6'9", 215) C: Wilt Second Team PG: Magic SG: Oscar Robertson SF: Dr. J PF: Tim Duncan C: Kareem Third Team PG: Jerry West (check out his career assist #s if you don't buy it) SG: Elgin Baylor SF: Kevin Garnett PF: Mailman C: Hakeem

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XxCardinal42xX Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 76	Jordan-Stockton Oscar-Baylor Magic-Malone Bird-Duncan Wilt-Russell Those would be my 1st-2nd teams.

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darkhorse Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: fort worth, tx Posts: 10,850	PG: Jason Williams SG: J.J. Redick SF: Adam Morrison PF: Andrew Bogus C: Wilt Chamberlain __________________ "The Human Torch was denied a bank loan."

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andjbock Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somerville, MA, USA Bats: Right Throws: Left Posts: 3,637	Larry Robinson, who was on 8 teams in 7 years. http://www.basketball-reference.com/...robinla01.html After that PG - Magic SG - Jordan SF - Bird PF - Malone C. - Chamberlain Malone is the only one in question for me. Most of the great PF are from before I knew of them.