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Who's your all time NBA/ABA starting 5

TopCatCal

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Dec 10, 2012
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The 5 I would choose, would be

LeBron James - 6'8"
Larry Bird - 6'9"
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 7'2"
Magic Johnson - 6'8"
Michael Jordan - 6'6"
 
Bill Russell. Indidually not the best but best team player
Oscar. Controlled the game
MJ.
Tim Duncan
Larry Bird

 
Players to consider: Wilt, Kareem, Shaq, Olajuwon, Duncan, Dirk, Malone, Elgin Baylor, Bird, LeBron, Durrant, Jordan, Kobe, West, Big O, Magic, Curry. Some may add Russell, Garnett, Barkley.

I'll go:
Wilt
Bird
Kobe
Jordan
Curry
 
The only variance I accept is depending on how you want to play.

Jordan
Magic
James
Bird
One of Kareem, Russell, or Duncan

That’s the modern lineup. If you wanted to be super big, then you’d throw another big guy in there instead of James, Magic, or Bird.
 
If you can choose players from across generations, then you have to decide on which era you'll be playing in.

Personally, I prefer to play in the rough-and-tumble 80s. That would mean I'd add Lebron. He's got the body to take and deliver the contact. He'd whine about it, of course, but he'd be effective. Jordan is on the team, of course. And Shaq would've been great in that era.

1 -- Magic
2 -- Jordan
3 -- Larry
4 -- Lebron
5 -- Shaq
 
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