Who will be the Jordans, Barkleys, Olajuwons, etc..Of the future?

Steve Francis
Kobe Bryant
Tracy Mcgrady
Elton Brand
Tim Duncan

 

Gotta add Nowitski in there somewhere

 

Steve Francis
Tracy McGrady
Dirk Nowitzki
Kevin Garnett
Tim Duncan

coach: Doc Rivers

 

Steve Francis
Cuttino Mobley
Eddie Griffin
Maurice Taylor
Kenny Thomas

 

francis
bryant
garnett
nowitzki
duncan

 

PG's:
Francis, Miller, B. Davis

SG's:
Bryant, McGrady, Carter.

SF's:
Garnett, Odom (IF less pot, more play), Rashard Lewis.

PF's:
Brand, Chandler, Griffin.

C's:
Duncan. He will be the only player left worth putting at the 5.

 

if it's who will be the next jordan's or olajuwon's... i'd have to say maybe nobody

shaq and duncan are the closest thing to turning around an entire team no matter who they're playing with into a finals contender. that was what jordan could do and what olajuwon showed during the rockets championship years.

for the rest of the guys... even though they're super skilled and athletic, there are too many other guys just as skilled and athletic entering the nba nowadays. the thing bout jordan and olajuwon is simply that they stood head and shoulders about the rest for years no matter who was drafted.

... maybe i'm reading the thread title too closely ...

 

I would go with the flashiest players with a flare for the dramatic

5. Francis
4. Garnett
3. McGrady
6. Chandler
1. Bryant
2. Carter

 

1. Francis
2. Thomas
3. Griffin

 

What about Shaq, he's already better then Hakeem used to be... Then offcourse Duncan and Garnett, and Francis and Bryant make it complete. Then we musn;t forget McGrady and Nowitzki.

 

Guy's (and girls??) we're talkin about really good (potential) players in the NBA, who are gonna dominate the leugue!!! Zo we arn't talking about: Chandler, Odom, Lewis etc.. And don't be selfish and put all rockets' players together..

 

How old are you?

 

Hakeem during his best two years was far better than Shaq. Unfortunately, it now looks like Shaq will surpass Hakeem in total career value. Unless that big toe gets in the way.

And he's not getting any better, so I don't know why you would say "already better." If he's not better now... he never will be. IN fact, I'd say Shaq peaked two years ago. Last year Kobe and Shaq were more of a partnership, but during the first Laker championship... Kobe was a sidekick.

Still, go watch some tapes of 93-94 and 94-95. I guarantee you that you'll never speak such blasphemy again.

 

I agree completely. Even further, I think Shaq, in his early years, was even better than Shaq now. He didn't know the game as well, but he was just so new and so big. He dominated, his stats show it, and when he and Penny got going, they should have won a championship for that year, and many years. And, the reason he didn't, was because Hakeem outplayed him in the Finals, just as he would outplay him today if he was in his prime.

As for coaching, don't forget about Rick Carlise, my candidate for coach of the year. There really isn't too much talent there in Detroit.