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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    edited May 2014
    Yeah I have no idea why anyone would choose Malone or even Barkley for that matter at that price. Best to go cheap at PF to save for either magic, Jordan, Lebron or kareem
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    Truthfully I feel like a fucktard going $5 on Lebron when I can get Bird for $4 or shit even Durant at $2.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,231
    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    Truthfully I feel like a fucktard going $5 on Lebron when I can get Bird for $4 or shit even Durant at $2.

    The debate recently seems to be whether or not LBJ has passed Bird as the greatest SF ever. It's close. You really can't go wrong with either and which one you prefer probably has as much to do with personal preference as anything else.

    At this point, LBJ has played 842 games in his career over 11 years. He's averaging 27.5 points per game (shooting splits of .497 FG%, .747 FT%, and .347 3 point %), 7.2 rebounds per game, 6.9 assists per game, 1.7 steals per game, and 0.8 blocks per game. He has a career usage rate of 31.6%. He's a devastating slasher to the rim with a shooting percentage this year of 80% of the shots he takes within 3 feet of the basket and 55% from 3-10 feet (which prior to this year he'd never broken 50%).

    For Bird's career, he played in 897 games (which included a 6 game '88-'89 season and his last year playing 45 with a brutal back), so this is actually a good time to compare the two. For his career, he averaged 24.3 points per game (shooting splits of .496, .886, and .376), 10.0 rebounds per game, 6.3 assists per game, 1.7 steals per game, and 0.8 blocks per game. He had a career usage rate of 26.5%. While LBJ is one of the best slashers to ever play the game, Bird is one of the best shooters to ever play the game.

    To me, it's not that one is better than the other. They are just different types of players. If you want more of a slasher and someone that has the ability to purely dominate the game with his athletic ability, then you take LBJ. If you want someone who is going to make the big shots when needed but can have a profound impact on the game without taking 20 shots, than you go with Bird. LBJ was probably the better on the ball defender but Bird was a very underrated weakside defender.

    In the end, I expect that LBJ will be viewed as the better player than Bird simply because the numbers will eventually dwarf Bird's. But the primary difference in my eyes when you look at these two players offensively is that LBJ has a slightly higher usage rate, takes on average 1 extra shot per game, and gets to the line just a little bit more often. Otherwise, while they are dramatically different players, the results are incredibly comparable.

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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,500
    edited May 2014
    He_Needs_More_Time said:

    Truthfully I feel like a fucktard going $5 on Lebron when I can get Bird for $4 or shit even Durant at $2.

    I feel like you pretty much have to start with a MJ/Duncan shell. Jordan for obvious reasons and the value of Duncan is too much of a steal.

    So that leaves $7 for the PG, PF, C. I thought about going Stockton... but I think I would have chosen KD over Dr. J and Shaq over Chamberlain anyways.

    I have a bias towards IT... loved the way he use to play.

    Bottom line... the squad I chose has 16 cumulative rings, (MJx6, Duncanx4, Shaqx4, ITx2)... enough said on that.
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,500
    All Ring team: Frazier, Jordan, Pippen, Duncan, Kareem

    24 rings.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,231
    CuntWaffle said:

    All Ring team: Frazier, Jordan, Pippen, Duncan, Kareem

    24 rings.

    Nope - not the all ring team:

    PG: Magic = 5 rings ($5)
    SG: Kobe Bryant = 5 rings ($4)
    SF: Scottie Pippen = 6 rings ($1)
    PF: Kevin Garnett = 1 ring ($1)
    C: Bill Russell = 11 rings ($4)

    Team Total = 28 rings ($15)
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,500
    Tequilla said:

    CuntWaffle said:

    All Ring team: Frazier, Jordan, Pippen, Duncan, Kareem

    24 rings.

    Nope - not the all ring team:

    PG: Magic = 5 rings ($5)
    SG: Kobe Bryant = 5 rings ($4)
    SF: Scottie Pippen = 6 rings ($1)
    PF: Kevin Garnett = 1 ring ($1)
    C: Bill Russell = 11 rings ($4)

    Team Total = 28 rings ($15)
    Haha gdi don't know how I forgot Russell on the list. Didn't cross my mind not to put Jordan on their either. Nice work.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    Wrong again
    Pg Frazier 2 rings 1$
    SF Jordan 6 rings 5$
    Sf pIppen 6 rings 1$
    PF Duncan 4 rings 3$
    C Russell 11 rings 4$
    14$ 29 rings
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,231
    The Magic, Wade, Bird, KG, and Russell team has 23 total rings (5 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 11) and 32 NBA Finals Appearances (9 + 4 + 5 + 2 + 12)
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    edited May 2014
    dhdawg said:

    Wrong again
    Pg Frazier 2 rings 1$
    SF Jordan 6 rings 5$
    Sf pIppen 6 rings 1$
    PF Duncan 4 rings 3$
    C Russell 11 rings 4$
    14$ 29 rings

    Some classless motherfucker already picked this team, though it's actually 30 rings because I have KG on my bench.

    The ultimate all rings team is my starting five with Wade's 3 rings coming off the bench. 32 rings.
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