You have $15 to make a NBA All Time starting line up

[Sinner]

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Stockton
Jordan
Bird
Duncan
Hakeem

[plumplylumpkin]

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John Stockton
Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen
Tim Duncan
Bill Russell

[19LloydBanks82]

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Stockton
Jordan
Bird
KG
Wilt

[ERA]

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PG: John Stockton
SG: MJ
SF: KD
PF: Karl Malone (PnR)
C: Hakeem

I have a question... Why in the world is Hakeem only $1? Best two away center of all-time.

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[AlexBrady]

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I have a question... Why in the world is Hakeem only $1? Best two away center of all-time.

Not quite. Wilt Chamberlain was a dreadnought scorer and an overwhelming defender. I believe he was the most complete center in history.

[ERA]

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Not quite. Wilt Chamberlain was a dreadnought scorer and an overwhelming defender. I believe he was the most complete center in history.

I'm not trying to get OT or argue with your post but Hakeem had much better competition and was far more athletic than Wilt. When it comes to Wilt, don't get me wrong, he's a great player, one of the GOATs, but scoring doesn't really matter when you're the only big man in the league.

Just my two cents.

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[Dice]

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I'm going to put a special twist to this one. Here is my team:

PG - Scottie Pippen $1
SG - Michael Jordan $5
SF - Lebron James $5
PF - Tim Duncan $3
C - Hakeem Olajuwon $1

Yes I know. I don't have a pure shooter nor a traditional PG. But who needs one when you:
- Got the greatest player of all time in Jordan
- Three legit post options in Jordan, Duncan and Olajuwon
- Three players who can handle the ball in Scottie, Jordan, Lebron
- If you count Scottie as a SF, all above average passers for their positions
- Everybody in the starting five as lockdown defenders.

[AlexBrady]

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Hakeem's passing was far below average. Duncan is about average in that department.

I've seen a few people say that lockdown defender thing about LeBron and Duncan. It isn't true. Duncan's man to man defense has always been well below average. His team defense is what is extraordinary.

LeBron? Can't keep up with super quick players on a man to man basis. His hustle and anticipation make him a fine team defender though.

[The 24th Letter]

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Hakeem's passing was far below average. Duncan is about average in that department.

I've seen a few people say that lockdown defender thing about LeBron and Duncan. It isn't true. Duncan's man to man defense has always been well below average. His team defense is what is extraordinary.

LeBron? Can't keep up with super quick players on a man to man basis. His hustle and anticipation make him a fine team defender though.

I was certain your were coming here to state you'd spend all $15 on Dave DeBusschere...

[JODYE]

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I was certain your were coming here to state you'd spend all $15 on Dave DeBusschere...

But does he set great off ball screens though?

[Dice]

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Hakeem's passing was far below average. Duncan is about average in that department.

I've seen a few people say that lockdown defender thing about LeBron and Duncan. It isn't true. Duncan's man to man defense has always been well below average. His team defense is what is extraordinary.

LeBron? Can't keep up with super quick players on a man to man basis. His hustle and anticipation make him a fine team defender though.

You must not have watched the Houston Rockets in the mid-90's when Houston was running that 4-out 1-in offense to perfection. Olajuwon was the focal point of that offense where he would basically read the defense to see if the double team was coming and if it was to just kick it to the open man. Sounds simple but it wasn't. Olajuwon helped run that offense to a two championships.

Not sure if you know but among bigs(C/F) Duncan is right behind Chamberlain, Jabbar and Russell in regards to all-time assist category. That counts for something in my book.

You also didn't see the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals when Lebron locked up Derrick Rose in key moments of the game. So I'm not sure what your talking about when he mention that Lebron can't keep up with super quick players.

[AlexBrady]

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I remember those Rockets teams well. Hakeem was decent passing out to perimeter shooters. He couldn't hit cutters in close quarters though. When he was on the move he would have trouble picking up his dribble and making an efficient pass.

Tim Duncan has played 1254 games in his career so it is no surprise he has compiled assists. The truth is that today's post players can be double-teamed at any time, so they are forced to make more passes. Duncan is better passing out to shooters than he is hitting a cutter in tight quarters.

Rose did too much dribbling and the Bulls had nothing going on with their offense. He forced too many shots in the paint. In screen/rolls I gave high marks to Udonis Haslem and Chris Bosh for not allowing him to turn the corner.

[ThreeKing]

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PG: Isiah Thomas
SG: Michael Jordan
SF: LeBron James
PF: Kevin Garnett
C: Hakeem Olajuwon

That was pretty easy. Some of the players' "worth" is pretty off if you ask me.

[midwestking100]

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Stockton - All time leader in assists and steals. Great mid range and shooter. Hell of a competitor on the court.
Jordan - GOAT. The ultimate competitor.
Lebron - Freak of nature. Can guard 1 to 5. Gonna finish in the top 3 of all time. An athletic version of Magic Johnson.
Dirk - One of the greatest international players to ever play our game.
Hakeem- The only center that I know that is in the top ten out of 5 categories. Won MVP and defensive player of the year in the same season. Top 3 center of all time.

[Control-X]

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Stock ($2) @ PG
His Airness ($5) @ SG
Pip ($1) @ SF
Mailman ($5) @ PF
Superman ($2) @ C

Got a pair of the Greatest NBA Duos of all-time in MJ-Pippen, Stockton-Malone
+ with arguably the most dominant center of them all, Big Shaq Daddy.