OT: Brian Kenny show (NBC Sports Radio): 3-man all-time NBA draft

[Sinobas]

I'd prefer to have get two-way players who could share the ball as well as score. So I'd probably go:

PG: Lebron
SG: Jordan
SF: Pippen
PF: Duncan
C: Walton

Hmm..but your replacements aren't better distributers. Bird, Drexler and Stockton were better passers than Lebron, Pippen and Duncan.

 

[jlprk]

Between Duncan, Shaq, Olajuwon, Russell, Kareem, and Wilt--which big of the 6 picked would you replace with Walton?

Duncan or Shaq. Walton dominated the paint more than both of them combined.

In the original post, none of the teams are optimal because none have 1 center, 2 forwards, and 2 guards.

 

[jlprk]

Frazier was a top-5 PG for about 3 years late in his career. His doings were exaggerated because of 20 million New Yorkers who, ignoring Oscar and Lenny, said he was top-2 with West. Every time he played against West, West was way better. This writer must be from New York.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Hmm..but your replacements aren't better distributers. Bird, Drexler and Stockton were better passers than Lebron, Pippen and Duncan.

I don't think so.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

For example, what about Bob McAdoo in '75, Moses Malone in '82, Kevin Garnett in '04? Hell, even if you take Kareem from '72, the guy's gotta be a top five pick in that "draft."

I don't know if cherry picking seasons is the point of this, and if it is, that kinda ruins it.

 

[STOMP]

I never got to see Sabonis at his peak. Walton himself has said that Sabonis was better and I've heard the stories but we don't know how good he was against NBA competition in his prime.

he made David Robinson look like Meyers Leonard

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STOMP

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Hmm..but your replacements aren't better distributers. Bird, Drexler and Stockton were better passers than Lebron, Pippen and Duncan.

But I said two-way players, ie, strong both offensively and defensively. Lebron, Pippen, and Duncan are all first-class defenders, which would give my 5 a significant advantage over yours, even if you replaced Jordan with Kobe two make two unique sets.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

But I said two-way players, ie, strong both offensively and defensively. Lebron, Pippen, and Duncan are all first-class defenders, which would give my 5 a significant advantage over yours, even if you replaced Jordan with Kobe two make two unique sets.

Was Drexler really a better passer than LeBron and Pippen..? I find that extremely hard to believe.

 

[magnifier661]

Was Drexler really a better passer than LeBron and Pippen..? I find that extremely hard to believe.

Drexler was really good at passing the ball. I think he usually averaged around 5 or 6 a game, if I'm not mistaken. That's pretty damn good if you ask me.

EDIT: I just looked it up. He averaged 5.5 his entire career. There was a point in the early 90's where he scored 24+, 6.9 rebounds, 2 steals, 6.7 assists and shot 49% from the field. That's hella good!

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/drexlcl01.html

Pippen was really good too. He was averaging around the same throughout his career.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pippesc01.html

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I know he was good, but better than LeBron and Pippen? There's no way he was a better passer than LeBron. No way at all.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I know he was good, but better than LeBron and Pippen? There's no way he was a better passer than LeBron. No way at all.

For me, that was just a throwaway argument on Sinobas' part. Who cares if you have the best team of passers? I think he just misinterpreted "two-way", because I mentioned that they could share the ball. But the main thing was that I picked five guys who are great scorers and are also great defenders, that also happen to be good and willing passers.