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

[BraedenG33]

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I don't think that's a picture of the Philadelphia Warriors, he's playing against Nate Thurmond who played for the San Francisco Warriors after they moved from Philly. He was Wilt's teammate before Wilt moved to play for the Sixers. Therefor it seems as though, since they are playing against each other, that it was when Wilt played for the Sixers.

Also I don't believe the "The City" jerseys were around until late 60's early 70's.. So that is likely even farther into his career, shortly before he moved to the Lakers..

That Phila jersey Wilt is wearing looks to be a late 60's-early 70's style as well. Probably from the championship season in '67 as the jerseys prior to that had a contrast color along the bottom under the numbers.


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Oh, I don't know I guess your right but it looks like the same jersey as the one he wore for the 100 point game which was '61-'62. I could be wrong I was just going off what it looked like.

Oversight on my part, I suppose.

[ufsports]

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Holy crap! You guys inspired me to Wikipedia Wilt, and his career sounds incredible I think he has a place in the GOAT argument now

[AlexBrady]

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Some of these power forward/center pairings wouldn't be functional. You want to run high screen/rolls with Karl Malone? OK, but what is Shaq's function on that sequence?

[Dice]

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Some of these power forward/center pairings wouldn't be functional. You want to run high screen/rolls with Karl Malone? OK, but what is Shaq's function on that sequence?

I would probably run the offense around Shaq more than Karl Malone since I believe Shaq would be the more effective and dominate player if you centered your offense around his talents. Maybe you could run the famous triangle offense with Shaq but that diminishes Malone's ability.

[BraedenG33]

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

Some of these power forward/center pairings wouldn't be functional. You want to run high screen/rolls with Karl Malone? OK, but what is Shaq's function on that sequence?

That's why I took Dirk to put next to Wilt because he could space the floor and they have synergy. I think Dirk and KG are the best choices of the group if you pick anybody other than russell because everyone else is a low post guy and for the purpose of floor spacing it's much more useful to have Dirk and KG who can shoot it out to the long two (or even the three with dirk).

Holy crap! You guys inspired me to Wikipedia Wilt, and his career sounds incredible I think he has a place in the GOAT argument now

He's absolutely number 2 on my list, followed closely by Russell. My top 5 is Jordan and the top 4 centers (Wilt, Russell, Kareem, and Hakeem) though if someone said Wilt was ahead of MJ I wouldn't question it, because a strong case could be made.

[BluFu]

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PG: Magic
SG: Jordan
SF: Pippen
PF: Dirk
C: Shaq

beauty.

[ImReady77]

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Magic
Jordan
Pippen
Duncan
Olajuwon

[sram444]

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Frazier/Jordan/James/Duncan/Olajuwon is the best combo

[Bradster224]

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Finally, people who recognise Wilt's dominance. I told my friends a year ago (15 years old) that Wilt and Bill Russell are top 5 players of all time and could make statements for GOAT. They laughed in my face and said I was stupid. People gotta read up on NBA history..


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[AlexBrady]

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I would probably run the offense around Shaq more than Karl Malone since I believe Shaq would be the more effective and dominate player if you centered your offense around his talents. Maybe you could run the famous triangle offense with Shaq but that diminishes Malone's ability.

You saw Karl Malone in the triangle in 04 and he had no idea what he was doing. He played the high post and usually just looked at the basket and fired away.

Too many of these lineups are loaded with primary scorers and are short on role players. You need the Scottie Pippen and Bill Russell type players who can dominate without the ball.

[Dice]

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You saw Karl Malone in the triangle in 04 and he had no idea what he was doing. He played the high post and usually just looked at the basket and fired away.

Too many of these lineups are loaded with primary scorers and are short on role players. You need the Scottie Pippen and Bill Russell type players who can dominate without the ball.

Yeah, Malone and Payton didn't look good at all in the Triangle that season. But I do think that a guy like Karl Malone would be viable in the Triangle offense if he worked with it for more than a year. I feel his role in the Pick-and-Roll offense as the role man proves he could be successful working off the ball.

Payton on the other hand would take sometime to get adjusted to it. He's always been the center of the offense for all teams he has played for and playing off the ball would be foreign to him

[AlexBrady]

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Yeah, Malone and Payton didn't look good at all in the Triangle that season. But I do think that a guy like Karl Malone would be viable in the Triangle offense if he worked with it for more than a year. I feel his role in the Pick-and-Roll offense as the role man proves he could be successful working off the ball.

Payton on the other hand would take sometime to get adjusted to it. He's always been the center of the offense for all teams he has played for and playing off the ball would be foreign to him

Rolling to the basket isn't what the power forward does in the triangle. The power forward plays the weak side near the foul line and is expected to read the action on the strong side and react to it.

Gary Payton would never have success in the triangle. He needs to dominate the ball and be allowed to back into an open middle which you can't do with a guy like Shaq down there. Payton was great running those low screen/rolls with a mobile Shawn Kemp.

[ewing6]

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PG: Frazier
SG: MJ
SF: Lebron
PF: KG
C: Wilt

Very strong defense. Offense runs through MJ and Wilt with Lebron and Clyde distributing the ball. KG and his midrange ability gives Wilt space.

[Grillsmash]

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PG: Frazier
SG: Jordan
SF: Pippen
PF: Duncan
C: Olajuwon

I spend my leftover $4 on some Starbucks and watch as the other team scores 0 every night.