Cool NBA challenge. what say you guys?

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dhdawg said:

6 players, 1 coach, 20 dollars

I think you gotta start with Durant($4), Lebron($5) and Pop($2) so that leaves me with $9 for four players.

Will go Tony Parker for $2, Noah for $2, I'll go with Harden($3) and Aldridge($2)

Damn that's a sick roster don't see how they would lose.

dnc

dhdawg said:

6 players, 1 coach, 20 dollars

Parker 2
Johnson 1
James 5
Duncan 3
Noah 2
Durant 4
Pop 2

I'm starting Parker at the 1, James at the 2, Durant at the 3, Duncan 4, Noah 5 with Johnson coming off the bench. Defense, rebounding, unselfish.

CuntWaffle

Uhhh is that Kobe in his prime for $5 or now?

dnc

CuntWaffle said:

Uhhh is that Kobe in his prime for $5 or now?

Has to be somewhat current, no way prime Dirk goes for $1.

I'm guessing it was maybe last year before the achilles?

RoadDawg55

Tequilla said:

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.

This is the team. No one's fucking with them. I might take Dirk over Aldridge. Tough call though.

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RoadDawg55 said:

Tequilla said:

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.

This is the team. No one's fucking with them.

We have basically the same team only he has Curry/Johnson combo over Harden/Parker. His combo is better shooters. Mine is more slashers although with Lebron that seems redundant.

I give Tequilla slight edge.

I think any team that doesn't have Lebron-Durant-Pop is going to be shit.

CuntWaffle

RoadDawg55 said:

Tequilla said:

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.

This is the team. No one's fucking with them. I might take Dirk over Aldridge. Tough call though.

I would take Dirk. He is the guy who stopped the Miami dynasty happening earlier than it was suppose to.

Tequilla

He_Needs_More_Time said:

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

I agree that Jordan/Russell is really a 1A/1B kind of thing ... they are the only 2 acceptable answers to me when it comes to greatest players of all time. I put Kareem 3rd back a bit from Jordan/Russell and ahead of the next group. Magic, Bird, and LBJ form the next pack.

Wilt and Oscar are probably 2 of the toughest guys for me to rank because they put up huge numbers, didn't really win titles, but how much of that was due to them versus the Celtics/Russell being such a great power?

I would probably move Duncan over Wilt at this point given Duncan's longevity.

I'd include Jerry West right behind Kobe.

I have a really hard time separating Shaq, Hakeem, and Moses Malone (who I think always gets slighted when talking about the greats).

I think that there's a big drop from the Top 14 back to guys like Hondo, Baylor, Dr. J (who probably gets a bit of a bad rap at times).

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He_Needs_More_Time said:

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

Hey @DNC sorry that I didn't "Nut up" and post my top 10 rankings. Oh wait I did...........

dnc

He_Needs_More_Time said:

He_Needs_More_Time said:

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

Hey @DNC sorry that I didn't "Nut up" and post my top 10 rankings. Oh wait I did...........

When I said "would love to see your top 10" the first time you could have just said "look in the NBA challenge thread" instead of ignoring. I don't memorize everything everyone poasts here.

Interesting ranks. I don't disagree much other than I think you have Bron where he'll eventually end up as opposed to where he deserves to be on acocomplishments thus far. Why do you hate the Big O?