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PG - Nash (2)
SG - MJ (5)
SF - KD (2)
PF - LBJ (5)
C - KG (1)
Yeah, Hakeem at 1 point is a crime. KG vs the Dream was my biggest decision... Hakeem was the better player overall, but I thought KG offered a little more versatility and I thought would be a better fit for the type of team I had in mind (a little more pace and space). I think KG would have been a monster on a team with more talent (such as this one), and could have really shown more of a perimeter game at the 5 spot, but no qualms with Hakeem here.That is very close to mine, except I have Hakeem at C.
PG - Nash (2)
SG - MJ (5)
SF - KD (2)
PF - LBJ (5)
C - HO (1)
You’re over budget.I thought Wilt at $3 was the biggest steal
Lebron and MJ greatest of all time.
This team is the winner!
Wilt
Garnett
Lebron
MJ
Nash
You’re over budget.
But seems we has the same gameplan.
Wilt is the best bargain.
If I have wilt, lebron, and Jordan-
I only need the point guard to distribute and defend- so Paul is a bargain.
Garnett’s length and versatility help.
It’s a high compete level team who can both score and defend at elite levels.
No room on your team for the best overall player of all time?PG - Magic (5)
SG - Steph (4)
SF - Bird (4)
PF - Scottie (1)
C - Hakeem (1)
How about this team that consists of greats not listed above?
PG - Oscar Robertson
SG - Jerry West
C - Dwight Howard
PF - Elvin Hayes
SF - Reggie Miller
And then, like Bob Nutting, I get to keep the money instead of paying out players' salaries!
Stupidest decision: whoever put Bill Russell on the $2 line.
Easiest decision: take Bill Russell for $2.
Yep. Biggest bargain on the board considering he is the greatest winner of all time.Stupidest decision: whoever put Bill Russell on the $2 line.
Easiest decision: take Bill Russell for $2.
I think he is something like 24-0 in final games for the championship (Game 7 playoffs, NCAA championship games, Olympic gold medal).Yep. Biggest bargain the board considering he is the greatest winner of all time.
Could a team consisted of the 5 guys at the $2 level beat a team consisting of the guys at the $3 level?How is a future top 10 player in KD only $2.
I think that's probably the biggest steal.
I won’t even pick a list. The Big O is arguably the best player EVER and is not on the list. And how about the LOGO, Jerry West. You could take West, Oscar and Wilt and Bill Russell at power forward and you have an all time 4 man team with 10 bucks left.How about this team that consists of greats not listed above?
PG - Oscar Robertson
SG - Jerry West
C - Dwight Howard
PF - Elvin Hayes
SF - Reggie Miller
And then, like Bob Nutting, I get to keep the money instead of paying out players' salaries!
Your budget is $15 to pick 5 players. Who ya got?!
I won’t even pick a list. The Big O is arguably the best player EVER and is not on the list. And how about the LOGO, Jerry West. You could take West, Oscar and Wilt and Bill Russell at power forward and you have an all time 4 man team with 10 bucks left.
-I always look at peak of career stats followed by career stats.
-If you look at Chamberlain, his peak was 51 points per game and 26 rebounds per game for the entire 1962 season. Russel put up 19 points per game and 23 rebounds per game the same exact season, and averaged 15 points per game for a career. Russel has the rings, but Chamberlain at peak is untouchable and was flat out unstoppable.
-Big O. 31 points per game, 13 rebounds per game, 12 assist per game in 1962 season. The numbers are video game stats and so superior to every one else its comical. This stat line will never be matched in NBA history, ever. Magic Johnson after looking at his stats isnt even close to this time of dominance.
-Jordan Peak. 37 points per game, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals per game in 1987. Again, insane numbers.
-West Peak. 35 points per game, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and averaged a whopping 42 points per game in the playoffs that year. West averaged 29 points per game in the playoffs for his entire career, 3rd best All Time.
-Yea, Big O and West are criminally underrated. Starters on my team easily.
Let’s not get crazy about 31 12 and 12. It’s not as out of this world as you suggest. We saw a dude average 31 10 and 10 just a year ago.
An actual team that is distributed in a way that makes sense in role distribution?
G: Curry ($4)
G: Durant ($2)
F: Lebron ($5)
F: Dirk ($3)
C: Hakeem ($1)
That team built around Lebron penetrating could not be stopped. The spacing would be incredible and you couldn't play off of any of those shooters. You can post 4 of the players up and not be stopped. Defensively you have an elite rim protector and 2 guys who can defend as well as they want.
Durant is 7ft and more athletic. He wouldn't get close to slaughtered.-Durant trying to guard Jerry West would be a slaughter. If Curry is considered a great shooter, and if West had a 3 point line back in his day, his point per game numbers would be jacked through the roof and better then just about everybody not named Wilt. Jerry West finished in the top-10 in FG% 4 times in his career, and twice in the top-4. That's UNHEARD of for a guard. Good luck with Durant stopping him. Although I like these all time player debates.
Durant is 7ft and more athletic. He wouldn't get close to slaughtered.
-Jerry West is fast and has the fastest jump shot release in NBA history. He also had killer range.
And he did so in about 30 less possessions per game than in 1962, which makes it arguably even MORE impressive.
Even if you think that, the problem is that they are going to spend half the game on the other end of the court. And West would have no chance, and I mean quite literally no chance, to ever guard Durant. Durant could post him up and dunk over him all night long. Durant could stand at the three point line and essentially shoot uncontested jumpers all game long. If that was a matchup you'd try to play you'd have to get West off the court asap because if you didn't your team would get completely and utterly destroyed on the defensive end.
Which is, of course, the problem with just looking at the raw numbers. Robertson's numbers from 62 aren't unmatchable because it was the greatest season ever, it's unmatchable because they don't play the game the same way anymore. It's unmatchable because the difference in talent between the top guys, like Robertson, and the average and bad players in the league was substantially greater 50 or 60 years ago. It was easy for Robertson or Chamberlain to exploit those kinds of guys and the pace of play to put up numbers that simply aren't possible today. That doesn't mean those guys were better, or for that matter worse, but you have to do something that steel has never understood, and that's put things in their proper context.[/QUOTE
This is the exact same issue as when measuring baseball pitchers from 100 years ago. The difference between the good and not good players was so measurable that pitchers only had to really bear down a certain few times a game, that’s a major reason they could throw so many innings a year.
Sometimes you’ll hear people say how many more teams there are now but that’s even a faultier argument. Due to the massive difference in population it was a lot easier to become a major leaguer than it is now percentage wise.