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Mt Rushmore of Seattle SuperSonics???

El_K
El_K Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,486 Swaye's Wigwam
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For me it is Gus Williams, Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Ray Allen.

Hard to keep Lenny Wilkins or Freddie Brown off though.



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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,209 Founders Club
    El_K said:

    For me it is Gus Williams, Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Ray Allen.

    Hard to keep Lenny Wilkins or Freddie Brown off though.



    Race will find a way to get Spencer Haywood on there


    For me, it's Dennis Johnson, Gary Payton, Xavier McDaniel and Ray Allen
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,009
    edited October 2023
    RaceBannon said:

    Ray Allen is a Celtic who retired in Miami

    Judges accepting of Kevin Durrant?!?

    I kid.

    Dean Tolson? Rod Derline?

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  • El_K
    El_K Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,486 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited October 2023
    PurpleThrobber said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Ray Allen is a Celtic who retired in Miami

    Judges accepting of Kevin Durrant?!?

    I kid.

    Dean Tolson? Rod Derline?

    . Well at least you don’t come in with Vladimir Stepania and Robert Swift and Johan Pedro.

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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,703 Founders Club
    Gus, Jack, Gary, Shawn

    Finals only
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,009
    RaceBannon said:

    Gus, Jack, Gary, Shawn

    Finals only

    That leaves Detlef, the Big Smooth or Lonnie filling the fifth spot.

    No love for Scheff. Sad.

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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,745 Founders Club
    edited October 2023
    I have Gus, Airplane, Jack, Shelton and Durant... with Paul Silas as my 6th man and Fred Brown as my 3rd Guard Rotation.



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  • theknowledge
    theknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,620 Founders Club
    TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:

    I have Gus, Airplane, Jack, Shelton and Durant... with Paul Silas as my 6th man and Fred Brown as my 3rd Guard Rotation.



    Too many heads to carve!! Fred Brown, Dale Ellis, Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,209 Founders Club
    Kemp is one of my favorite Sonics and I loved him dearly. But if we're talking Mt Rushmore, he just didn't do enough in his career.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    I'll go Sikma, Payton, Kemp, Allen
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,209 Founders Club
    dnc said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    Kemp is one of my favorite Sonics and I loved him dearly. But if we're talking Mt Rushmore, he just didn't do enough in his career.

    And McDaniel did?

    Sonic Kemp v Sonic McDaniel
    All-Star teams: 6 to 1
    All NBA teams: 3 to 0
    NBA Finals: 1 to 0
    WCF: 2 to 1
    Playoff appearances: 8 to 4
    Playoff series won: 8 to 3
    Cameos in a movie: 0 to 1

    I don't know if Kemp belongs on Sonic Rushmore (he's on mine) but he definitely belongs before X Man. And I loved X.

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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,623
    Gus, Jack, Gary, Lenny…
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    dnc said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    Kemp is one of my favorite Sonics and I loved him dearly. But if we're talking Mt Rushmore, he just didn't do enough in his career.

    And McDaniel did?

    Sonic Kemp v Sonic McDaniel
    All-Star teams: 6 to 1
    All NBA teams: 3 to 0
    NBA Finals: 1 to 0
    WCF: 2 to 1
    Playoff appearances: 8 to 4
    Playoff series won: 8 to 3

    I don't know if Kemp belongs on Sonic Rushmore (he's on mine) but he definitely belongs before X Man. And I loved X.
    But still
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  • Baseman
    Baseman Member Posts: 12,369
    Starters:
    Gary
    Gus
    Spencer Haywood
    Kemp
    Sikma

    Bench
    Forwards: X-Man, Detlef
    Guards: DJ, Dale Ellis, Nate Mac-10
    Center/PF: Lonnie Shelton
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    Baseman said:

    Starters:
    Gary
    Gus
    Spencer Haywood
    Kemp
    Sikma

    Bench
    Forwards: X-Man, Detlef
    Guards: DJ, Dale Ellis, Nate Mac-10
    Center/PF: Lonnie Shelton

    You still have a bench spot left. Could go to Big Smooth or Derrick McKey or DJ (ILTCHDJ) or Fred Brown or Tom Chambers or Rashard Lewis. Lots of options.
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  • Baseman
    Baseman Member Posts: 12,369
    edited October 2023
    dnc said:

    Baseman said:

    Starters:
    Gary
    Gus
    Spencer Haywood
    Kemp
    Sikma

    Bench
    Forwards: X-Man, Detlef
    Guards: DJ, Dale Ellis, Nate Mac-10
    Center/PF: Lonnie Shelton

    You still have a bench spot left. Could go to Big Smooth or Derrick McKey or DJ (ILTCHDJ) or Fred Brown or Tom Chambers or Rashard Lewis. Lots of options.
    I'll go with Smooth. He can play 3-5. DJ is already on the Squad. Chambers was amazing. D was sus, tho. McSpleef had tools but disappeared far too often. Nate and Det are the better options. Both have all-around games, ball-handlers, and GOOD defenders. I'd rather have Dale than Freddy even though I watched Freddy help win it all. Rashard was a GOOD player but not GOOD enough to win.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    Baseman said:

    dnc said:

    Baseman said:

    Starters:
    Gary
    Gus
    Spencer Haywood
    Kemp
    Sikma

    Bench
    Forwards: X-Man, Detlef
    Guards: DJ, Dale Ellis, Nate Mac-10
    Center/PF: Lonnie Shelton

    You still have a bench spot left. Could go to Big Smooth or Derrick McKey or DJ (ILTCHDJ) or Fred Brown or Tom Chambers or Rashard Lewis. Lots of options.
    I'll go with Smooth. He can play 3-5. DJ is already on the Squad. Chambers was amazing. D was sus, tho. McSpleef had tools but disappeared far too often. Nate and Det are the better options. Both have all-around games, ball-handlers, and GOOD defenders. I'd rather have Dale than Freddy even though I watched Freddy help win it all. Rashard was a GOOD player but not GOOD enough to win.
    Not sure how I missed DJ on your list, my bad.

    I agree on Smooth btw. I think he'd be even more valuable in the modern NBA. He'd be firing up 7 triples a game now.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,148 Standard Supporter
    To be on the list you gotta have played on a team that mattered. Ray Allen did not matter.

    Kemp, Payton, Brown, Sikma.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,209 Founders Club
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    To be on the list you gotta have played on a team that mattered. Ray Allen did not matter.

    Kemp, Payton, Brown, Sikma.

    Cortez Kennedy only played in one playoff game his whole NFL career. He's a Mt Rushmore Seahawk
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,209 Founders Club
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    To be on the list you gotta have played on a team that mattered. Ray Allen did not matter.

    Kemp, Payton, Brown, Sikma.

    Ernie Banks never played in the postseason
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,148 Standard Supporter
    OK, but Ray Allen was not equivalent to Tez and Ernie Banks. He was in Seattle for a cup of coffee.
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:

    I have Gus, Airplane, Jack, Shelton and Durant... with Paul Silas as my 6th man and Fred Brown as my 3rd Guard Rotation.



    Were you in a coma during the 90s?
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  • animate
    animate Member Posts: 4,245
    Michael Cage for the Jheri curl Mount Rushmore.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,209 Founders Club
    animate said:

    Michael Cage for the Jheri curl Mount Rushmore.

    Plus he was a dog lover
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  • TurdBomber
    TurdBomber Member Posts: 20,034 Standard Supporter
    edited December 2023
    Joe Hassett, obviously.

    And Tommy Burleson, of course.
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  • El_K
    El_K Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,486 Swaye's Wigwam
    We could also talk about those long lost Sonics we kind of remember??

    Dick Snyder
    Dennis Awtrey
    Danny Vranes
    Jon Sundvold
    Bob Rule
    "Jammin" James Bailey
    Greg Kelser
    Bill Hanzlik
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  • EsophagealFeces
    EsophagealFeces Member Posts: 13,045
    If your list doesn’t have Shawn Kemp on it, you can fuck right off. I grew up in the 90s tho, so there’s that.
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