PG: Magic Johnson SG: Michael Jordan SF: Larry Bird PF: Bill Russell C: Wilt Chamberlain You can have 12 players to rotate and I will just play these 5 guys at their prime.
To start, I'd go with Oscar Robertson, Kobe, Dr. J, Hakeem and Shaq. Those alone would give your team a run. Give me 7 more bench players and I'd easily come up with a team to beat yours.
Oscar Robertson/John Stockton Tracy McGrady/Joe Dumars Julius Earving/Dominique Wilkins Charles Barkley/Tim Duncan/Kevin Garnett Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Moses Malone/Hakeem Olajuwan Yeah, I think my team would win.
Magic Michael A healthy Tracy Tim Duncan Hakeem Olajuwon They would be bad ass on the offensive end as well as the defensive end.
PG: KG SG: Dirk SF: Ralph Sampson PF: Olajuwon C: Shaq The SIZE and ATHLECISM of this team will prevail. 99 pts, 91.. I win!!!! Olajuwon MVP.. 24 pts, 13 rebs, 5 assist, 5 blks, 5 steals..
Im not sure Wilt and Russell would be so dominant if they played in this era. In their time there were no Ben Wallaces, KGs, Tim Duncans, etc... And a guy like Pippen or Bowen could cause all kinds of problems for Bird. Magic couldnt keep up with scoring PGs on offense although he could post them up but that negates the whole point of having Johnson lead the team. That team is great but it could be beaten. And id get Ray Lewis to guard Jordan...
Stockton Kobe McGrady Duncan Hakeem that team would own you because Bill and Wilt couldn't handle Duncan and Olajuwon
i can't belive u mention Ryan Bowen with Wlit, Bill Russel, Ben Wallace, KG and Tim Duncan. hhahaahhaahahhahahaahhah j/k
i tried to put mine together based on matchups and who would play well together. oscar vs. magic - i would have taken stockton, but size wise i think o matches up better vernon maxwell vs. michael jordan - nobody could defend m.j. like mad max. james worthy vs. bird - always steped it up when it counted. and he played bird so much in the finals that he would be the best match-up. duncan vs. russell dream vs. wilt waterboy - scottie pippen
Pf - Hakeem Olajuwon ( Bill Russell would NOT be able to keep up with Olajuwon's post moves.) Sf - Kevin Garnett ( Faster and taller than Larry Bird, and can keep a hand in his face to prevent him from shooting at a high percent. One of Bird's many advantages was that he was taller than his defender...not here.) C - Shaquille O'neal ( Push) Sg- Kobe Bryant Pg - Steve Nash ( Greatest passer and PURE point guard in NBA history.) 5 - Shaquille Oneal 4 - Hakeem Olajuwon 3 - Kevin Garnett 2 - Kobe Bryant 1 - Steve Nash 6th man - James Worthy
Where are the advantages? Wilt would run Shaq to exhaustion, Russell would contain Hakeem, Bird and T-Mac would be interesting but I have to give the advantage to Bird, Jordan would destroy Kobe, same with Magic against Nash.
