Cool NBA challenge. what say you guys?

dnc

Tequilla said:

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)

Frazier, Jordan, Pippen, Duncan, Russell starting lineup has 29 rings but even more impressively has a 29-2 record in the Finals. Unless I'm forgetting something Walt's Knicks losing to the Lakers in 72 and Duncan's Spurs losing to the Heat in 13 are the only blemishes. Walt avenged that loss the next year, could Duncan do the same?

Edit: I guess Russell lost one. Too lazy to look it up but I bet he avenged it at some point.

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For me I started with Lebron/MJ then went from there. I feel like those two can do so much offensively and defensively they give you so much versatility. Plus I had Stockton, Dirk and Olajuwon who are all shooters and high basketball IQ.

Another shell to start with is MJ/Russell who are IMO the two greatest players to ever play the game.

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As for Lebron-Bird. For offense yes they are comparable but when you factor in defense Lebron has surpassed him IMO.

There was nobody better than Bird from 1981-1986 problem is he broke down after 1987 and was never the same.

HeretoBeatmyChest

Pippen, MJ, LBJ, Shaq & Ossai at PF.

Tequilla

He_Needs_More_Time said:

As for Lebron-Bird. For offense yes they are comparable but when you factor in defense Lebron has surpassed him IMO.

There was nobody better than Bird from 1981-1986 problem is he broke down after 1987 and was never the same.

I would say he was the best '83-'84 to '87-'88 before he broke down. You could argue his best year in the league was '88 when he averaged 29.9 points per game.

No question that LBJ was the superior on ball defender. I do think that Bird is often under appreciated as a defensive player. 4 times he led the league in defensive win shares.

LBJ has probably passed Bird for 5th all time at this point. I don't think he's passed Magic yet. Still a long way to go to get to Kareem.

dhdawg

6 players, 1 coach, 20 dollars

dhdawg

Westbrook, Harden, Lebron, Duncan, Noah, Pop, George

Tequilla

Curry, Johnson, LBJ, Durant, Aldridge, Noah, and Pop

Let LBJ play with the ball in his hand ... surround him with shooters ... Aldridge can play the 5 in a small ball lineup ... Noah gives a strong defensive force in the middle.

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Tequilla said:

He_Needs_More_Time said:

As for Lebron-Bird. For offense yes they are comparable but when you factor in defense Lebron has surpassed him IMO.

There was nobody better than Bird from 1981-1986 problem is he broke down after 1987 and was never the same.

I would say he was the best '83-'84 to '87-'88 before he broke down. You could argue his best year in the league was '88 when he averaged 29.9 points per game.

No question that LBJ was the superior on ball defender. I do think that Bird is often under appreciated as a defensive player. 4 times he led the league in defensive win shares.

LBJ has probably passed Bird for 5th all time at this point. I don't think he's passed Magic yet. Still a long way to go to get to Kareem.

I wasn't trying to say Bird was a bad defender. Just with Lebron's versatility defensively that puts him above anyone when it comes to defense talk among wing players/forwards.

Anyways sounds like we have similar top 6.

Mine is

1A. Jordan
1B. Russell
1C. Kareem
4. Magic
5. Lebron
6. Bird
7. Wilt
8. Duncan(has a big finals this year with a title I might put him ahead of Wilt)
9. Shaq
10. Kobe

Doogles

Magic, Jordan, Durant, Shaq, Ossai.

The front court would average 350 and be ready to rumble night in and night out.