The press would dub this the "Chinese wall". This would be a lot of fun - the media following would be like Yao's first season.
The Spurs are not as offensively challenged as the Rockets. The Rockets desperately need consistent offense. They have three starters who are not offense threats, and TMac can go 0 for 20 at any time. When you are that desperate for offense you can't afford a defensive specialist to start and play major minutes.
PM/PG Ridnour SG J.Johnston SM F Yi PF J.Smith C Yao Ming Trade Mc Grady, Battier, Alston,Mutombo and draft picks, for younger faster and more consistant players who can put the ball in the basket.[& play defence] .
that team would not make the playoffs and would have the defensive force of a paper plate in a tornado.
'93 Barkley? Pfft. This would be WAY better. And WAY more of a fantasy team. Center - 1995 Playoffs Dream Power Forward - 1991 Len Bias Small Forward - 1981 Julius Erving Shooting Guard - 1996 Jordan Point Guard - 1962 Oscar Robertson BENCH Center - 1965 Bill Russell Power Forward - (Pick a Year) Magic Johnson Power Forward - 2002 Tim Duncan Small Forward - 1986 Larry Bird Shooting Guard - 2007 Kobe Bryant Point Guard - 2006 Steve Nash MY TEAM WINS.
Geez, your KG dream should stop right now. Les will not let this happen. So please replace Les first. Period.
C: Yao PF: Tmac SF: Battier SG: Bonzi PG: Bibby/Francis I cannot put Howard into the lineup next year, he would hurt the team too much. Tmac is tall enough and can defend the 4 well enough to play there. Tmac, Battier, and Bonzi can all be interchangeable 2-4. That's how I'd do it.
Since we are looking at a team outside of the realm of possibility: 1987 Magic Johnson 1990 Michael Jordan 1987 Larry Bird 1993 Charles Barkley 1962 Wilt Chamberlain
Any lineup with Alston, Howard, or Hayes as starters can not be taken seriously. Actually, I would prefer Battier as the sixth man. How this is going to be achieved is beyond me and probably the Rocket's organization.
Battier is not a microwave type player. You waste his defensive skills if he only plays 20 minutes from bench. Spurs don't put Bowen on bench though he's not good at offence.
Rockets Dreamn Squad PG Francis/Alston/Vspan SG T-Mac/Head/JL3 SF Artest/Battier/Novak PF Sheldon Williams/McDyess C Yao/Big Jake or better yet PF/C Collison
Yao Ming Shane Battier Matt Barnes Tracy McGrady Mike James James: traded for Howard Barnes: signed for full MLE
Bibby McGrady Battier -insert strong inside presence here- (Chuck Hayes, Kurt Thomas) Yao Bibby is a free agent, I think. He loves Adelman. It's late enough in his career that he favors winning over money. We need a better point guard. He wouldn't mind taking a paycut to sign with us. We have midrange money to offer him. As for the strong inside presence, we need someone ferocious, who can score inside by pushing people around. Perhaps Chuck Hayes could develop his game, but as much as I love him, he's better off as the primary sixth man rather than as the starter.
