Kevin Garnett, Lamar Odom, and Dirk Nowitzki are the three easiest answers. I can't think of anymore right now.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lakaboy42 @ May 29 2006, 09:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Kevin Garnett, Lamar Odom, and Dirk Nowitzki are the three easiest answers. I can't think of anymore right now.</div>Agreed, allthough I'm not sure about Odem much.I do know Dirk can play SF/PF/C pretty effectively...especially on the offensive side of the court.KG is just as good, I bet, at those positions too.Lebron would be the other answer to me.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marvinmartian @ May 29 2006, 08:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Agreed, allthough I'm not sure about Odem much.</div>Lamar is much more versitale than Dirk and almost as versitale as Garnett. He can play every position except Center and against some teams he can even play that.
Umm, you put Lamar above Dirk?I don't think so...I don't think Lamar can play the PG, and probably not the SG position either...Dirk can play C/PF/SF against every team...not just "some" teams.Maybe you're letting your Laker bias cloud your comments.
Lamar can play the 1 and 2 position.He can run the offense and can be played as a guard, I would say hes more versatile then Dirk.He can play any position except center really.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marvinmartian @ May 29 2006, 11:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Umm, you put Lamar above Dirk?I don't think so...I don't think Lamar can play the PG, and probably not the SG position either...Dirk can play C/PF/SF against every team...not just "some" teams.Maybe you're letting your Laker bias cloud your comments.</div>God, you Dirk fanboys have got to stop.First of all, I would love to say, I am a big Dirk Nowitzki fan.Now...Dirk can not play the PG position. He'll be broke down. He can not play SG, he will be stripped like a bi*ch.He can not play Center on elite stars, he will be blocked out of his house.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kevin Garnett, Shawn Marion, Lamar Odom, LeBron James, Boris Diaw.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AirBlaze @ May 29 2006, 10:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>God, you Dirk fanboys have got to stop.First of all, I would love to say, I am a big Dirk Nowtizki fan.Now...Dirk can not play the PG position. He'll be broke down. He can not play SG, he will be stripped like a bi*ch.He can not play Center on elite stars, he will be blocked out of his house.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kevin Garnett, Shawn Marion, Lamar Odom, LeBron James, Boris Diaw.</div>First off, I don't have to stop, when I can make a legit arguement, and I don't think most Mav fans are that bad, except for a few :Swoon: .And I never said Dirk can play the PG or SG position.I said that Lamar couldn't play either of those...Lamar is a PF/SF at best...and he may be able to play some center, as lakaboy said.I think Dirk is more versatile as he can play Center against all teams, even if he wouldn't be great guarding the likes of Shaq or Yao...he could still play center, and he sure as hell can play PF/SF...With that being said, I'm not dissing Lamar...but he's never really lived up to his potential, and saying he's more versatile than a guy that's in the MVP discussion is a little off in my book.And then you go and have him, Marion(who isn't a real bad choice, I think Dirk is more versatile still as marion CAN'T play center), and Diaw(who had 2 good games as a center, allthough in that offense a Center is a glorified PF/SF anyways.)KG, James, and Marion I agree with...but having both Odom and Diaw over Dirk is ridiculous.
Yeah, Dirk is one of the best players in the NBA. But he isn't more versatile than Odom. Odom can do more things offensively and defensively. I'm not saying Odom is better, because he hasn't even proven he's better than Boris Diaw yet... But he has a better arsenal at his hand.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marvinmartian @ May 29 2006, 09:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>First off, I don't have to stop, when I can make a legit arguement, and I don't think most Mav fans are that bad, except for a few :Swoon: .And I never said Dirk can play the PG or SG position.I said that Lamar couldn't play either of those...Lamar is a PF/SF at best...and he may be able to play some center, as lakaboy said.I think Dirk is more versatile as he can play Center against all teams, even if he wouldn't be great guarding the likes of Shaq or Yao...he could still play center, and he sure as hell can play PF/SF...With that being said, I'm not dissing Lamar...but he's never really lived up to his potential, and saying he's more versatile than a guy that's in the MVP discussion is a little off in my book.And then you go and have him, Marion(who isn't a real bad choice, I think Dirk is more versatile still as marion CAN'T play center), and Diaw(who had 2 good games as a center, allthough in that offense a Center is a glorified PF/SF anyways.)KG, James, and Marion I agree with...but having both Odom and Diaw over Dirk is ridiculous.</div>Lamar has played Point Guard for large stretches in the tri, he can play the 2, the 3, the 4, and if we're saying Dirk can play Center, than we might as well say Odom can because Odom is just as good a Center as Dirk is (both of them are pretty lousy).
You said Odom can play center against "some" teams.I'm not saying Dirk is a great center...but he can play the position, and is getting much better in the low post, on both sides of the ball.I still don't see Odom as a PG. I mean, I'm sure he can pass the ball, so can Dirk, that doesn't make either of them a PG>
Odom can play every position except C. He has played PG before. He played some PG when he was on the Heat. He is a pretty good shooter and can drive to the lane without losing the ball so he can play SF and SG. He can also rebound pretty well and back down some people so he can play PF. KG can really only play PF and SF and maybe C. Same with Dirk. LeBron can play anything and he'll still be great even though putting him at C would be really stupid. and Diaw can play all 5 positions even though he'd be a lousy C. So my list isiawOdomLeBron
KG and Tim Duncan are two guys that come to mind. Both can shoot the jumpshot, defend players of any size, score in the post, score off the faceup, dribble, drive, etc. THey can play any position under any circumstance
