OT: Brian Kenny show (NBC Sports Radio): 3-man all-time NBA draft

For example, what about Bob McAdoo in '75, Moses Malone in '82, Kevin Garnett in '04? Hell, even if you take Kareem from '72, the guy's gotta be a top five pick in that "draft."

 

didn't Wilt lead the league in Assists one season?

What I see this boiling down to is that LeBron can't be guarded by Bird (team 2) or Magic (3) at all as both were at best passable defenders, and neither team has anyone else his size. So team 1's PG would be able to initiate offense with relative ease. I see them having a complimentary mix with Duncan on the High Post, the Big Dipper down low and Doc & Bryant on the wings... they'd be nasty on D too

btw, this OP is a great concept for debate... I've actually been mulling over a similar question of where the greatest ever would go in an All-Time draft. Of his picks, the one that made the least sense to me was Bird @ #2

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was Walton at his peak better then Sabas at his?

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I honestly don't think Kobe, Frazier, Shaq or Dr J should be on these teams. I'd replace them with Drexler, Pippen, Walton(if you don't consider how injury prone he was), and wow...so many guards I'd take over Walt Frazier.

 

If you had to put together a team with the goal of going 82-0, who would it be? Thinking about chemistry rather than the best player at every position. I'd have

PG: Stockon
SG: Jordan
SF: Drexler
PF: Bird
C: Olajuwon

 

Team 2, almost easily I say. That is the best "team." Teams 1 and 3 are great for fantasy leagues, but Team 2 would make a great team.

Team 1 with Wilt and LeBron and Kobe - all need to dominate the ball.

Team 3 is close, with Russ and Magic and the Big O, but for me, a team with Bird, Frazier, Jerry, and Shaq & Kareem in the middle would dominate offensively, defensively, and would move the ball the best.

It's also got the highest basketball IQ of them all.

 

Team 3 beats both teams 9 times out of 10.

Not even close.

 

Hmm..but your replacements aren't better distributers. Bird, Drexler and Stockton were better passers than Lebron, Pippen and Duncan.

 

Duncan or Shaq. Walton dominated the paint more than both of them combined.

In the original post, none of the teams are optimal because none have 1 center, 2 forwards, and 2 guards.

 

Frazier was a top-5 PG for about 3 years late in his career. His doings were exaggerated because of 20 million New Yorkers who, ignoring Oscar and Lenny, said he was top-2 with West. Every time he played against West, West was way better. This writer must be from New York.

 

I don't think so.

 

I don't know if cherry picking seasons is the point of this, and if it is, that kinda ruins it.

 

he made David Robinson look like Meyers Leonard

[video=youtube;PWAD7jwoqG4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWAD7jwoqG4[/video]

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Was Drexler really a better passer than LeBron and Pippen..? I find that extremely hard to believe.

 

Drexler was really good at passing the ball. I think he usually averaged around 5 or 6 a game, if I'm not mistaken. That's pretty damn good if you ask me.

EDIT: I just looked it up. He averaged 5.5 his entire career. There was a point in the early 90's where he scored 24+, 6.9 rebounds, 2 steals, 6.7 assists and shot 49% from the field. That's hella good!

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/drexlcl01.html

Pippen was really good too. He was averaging around the same throughout his career.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pippesc01.html

 

I know he was good, but better than LeBron and Pippen? There's no way he was a better passer than LeBron. No way at all.