I am just wondering what peoples thoughts are on the make-up of a basketball team. Do you prefer what seems to be the trend in the west which is 1-2 superstar and three "others" in a lineup, or do you prefer a solid 5 man team?I guess I just cant wrap my mind around all this crazy Kobe talk because I don't want to see Detroit getting burned again like they did with G. Hill and Stackhouse.
I like a 5 man team because they're more fun to watch, but if that 1-2 superstars team has other good players in the lineup that know their role and do it well, then I don't mind that either. Five man teams usually have a few years of glory then a few players get frustrated over sharing the ball and leave.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (noballer07 @ Jun 6 2007, 02:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I like a 5 man team because they're more fun to watch, but if that 1-2 superstars team has other good players in the lineup that know their role and do it well, then I don't mind that either. Five man teams usually have a few years of glory then a few players get frustrated over sharing the ball and leave.</div>Yeah, the 5 man team doesn't seem to last as long, because if one, or two players leave, it ruins the whole team chemistry. While teams with a superstar usually lasts longer, because with one role player leaving, you can find another one to give you the same contribution.
If the Cavs win the title, it will be the first one man team to win since the '94 season.Look at the past champions:Miami Heat: 2 Man Team (Wade and Shaq, everyone else is a role player)San Antonio Spurs: 3 Man Team (Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker)Detroit Pistons: 5 Man Team (Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Wallace x 2)Los Angeles Lakers: 2 Man Team (O'Neal and Bryant)Chicago Bulls: 2 Man Team (Jordan and Pippen)Houston Rockets: 1 Man Team (Olajuwon)Detroit Pistons: 3-4 Man Team? (Thomas, Dumars, Laimbeer, Rodman/Aguirre?)Los Angeles Lakers: 3 Man Team (Johnson, Abdul-Jabber, Worthy)
Boobie Gibson isn't a star, but hes getting the job done. I'd throw him in there if we win the title. Thats a big if though.
The NBA seems to have adjusted and the 1-2 superstar model is obsolete. The goal now is to put 3 competent players around the all-world talents. And with the way the defenders are isolating the 2-man game it is becoming harder to hide specialists.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SunnyD @ Jun 7 2007, 04:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If the Cavs win the title, it will be the first one man team to win since the '94 season.Look at the past champions:Miami Heat: 2 Man Team (Wade and Shaq, everyone else is a role player)San Antonio Spurs: 3 Man Team (Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker)Detroit Pistons: 5 Man Team (Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Wallace x 2)Los Angeles Lakers: 2 Man Team (O'Neal and Bryant)Chicago Bulls: 2 Man Team (Jordan and Pippen)Houston Rockets: 1 Man Team (Olajuwon)Detroit Pistons: 3-4 Man Team? (Thomas, Dumars, Laimbeer, Rodman/Aguirre?)Los Angeles Lakers: 3 Man Team (Johnson, Abdul-Jabber, Worthy)</div>I'd argue the last two-man team the NBA saw was the 2002 Los Angeles Lakers. 2006: Jason Williams, James Posey, Alonzo Mourning, and Antoine Walker were playing all over the court. It was Williams that got the Conference Championship for them. Udonis Haslem, a role player, in terms of variety of skills, dwarfs the Lakers' bigs next to Shaq in any of their postseason runs. Dallas, the runner-up was a 3-man team (Terry, Howard, and Nowitzki). 2005: This is as close to the two-man model as the NBA has gotten in the last five years. Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan, and Tony Parker ran the show, but they had a lot of depth with their role players (Brent Barry and Robert Horry would suppliment Bruce Bowen and Nazr Mohammed/Rasho Nesterovic off the bench). The runnners-up were a five-man assault with specialists McDyess and Hunter coming off the bench. 2004: The Pistons had variously-skilled players at all-five positions. Lindsey Hunter was really their only specialist off the bench. The runners-up had a tandem of four most of the season (O'Neal, Bryant, Payton, and Malone with Derek Fisher, Devean George, and Kareem Rush their major role players). 2003: The Spurs were loaded with Tim Duncan, Stephen Jackson, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, and David Robinson with specialists like Speedy Claxton, Malik Rose, and Bruce Bowen. The runners-up were a 3-man team: Kidd, Jefferson, and Martin.
