Who's your all time NBA/ABA starting 5
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Oscar Robinson
Magic Johnson
Wilt chamberlain
Larry bird
Michael Jordan
Hard to keep out LeBron and Jerry west
Magic Johnson
Wilt chamberlain
Larry bird
Michael Jordan
Hard to keep out LeBron and Jerry west
There is a great one. To piss off the Millenials who think he is the greatest ever.
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.
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.
Dwight Howard
Robert Horry
John Starks
Caitlin Clark
Reggie Miller
Robert Horry
John Starks
Caitlin Clark
Reggie Miller
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
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
The most disagreement I see at a position is at C.
So how do the top 4-5 at each position look (from newest to oldest)?
C: Jokic, Shaq, Olajuwon, Kareem, Wilt, Russell
PF: Giannis, Duncan, Dirk, Garnett, Malone, Barkley
SF: Anthony Edwards, Durrant, Lebron, Pippen, Bird, Dr J, Elgin Baylor
SG: Wade, Kobe, Iverson, Jordan
PG: Curry, Stockton, Thomas, Magic, Oscar Robinson, West
So how do the top 4-5 at each position look (from newest to oldest)?
C: Jokic, Shaq, Olajuwon, Kareem, Wilt, Russell
PF: Giannis, Duncan, Dirk, Garnett, Malone, Barkley
SF: Anthony Edwards, Durrant, Lebron, Pippen, Bird, Dr J, Elgin Baylor
SG: Wade, Kobe, Iverson, Jordan
PG: Curry, Stockton, Thomas, Magic, Oscar Robinson, West
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It’s not hard to make the argument he’s the greatest forward ever…
It actually is easy to say he's not.
All he really has is longevity records and that is due to the pansfication of the league allowing him to player longer than others. MJ would put up 40 a game in this era, Bird would dominate and have much less injuries. Big O basically invented the triple double in an era it was unheard of.
LeBron has had to jump from team to team joining or bringing in other superstars to win titles and that hasn't worked super well for him (4-6 in the finals). Could you imagine Bird, Magic, or MJ with another top ten talent on their team like AD not making the playoffs??? Or a team with Bird, Magic and MJ together not setting every record? No chance that team only wins 2 titles.
I'll go further and say he's not the best forward of his era as Tim Duncan was. Duncan has more titles and didn't have to jump around or draw in top tier players like LeBron. Duncan's cast was also not what LeBron had.
Not saying LeBron is a bad player at all, he is a great player. He's just not as top tier as the media pushes down everyone's throat. GOAT? No chance. Top 10? Maybe.
