I like Webber's team the most. Or maybe Kerr's. It's interesting that some teams are filled with the same kinds of players: Webber's has great scorers, Kerr's have multi-talented guys, etc. Iverson at #1 overall... that's shameful. And/or a joke. And/or a shameful joke. Ed O.
Barkley picked AI because he thought it was a fantasy team playing in an All Star game. His logic was that the PG in All Star games had the ball in their hands the most and created every thing. He didn't understand that it was a fantasy team of the best possible players available (that had 5 or more All Star appearances). He goofed.
I'm talking first-year-with-Lakers Shaq. Dude was a quicker, bigger, stronger Dwight Howard. He would hold his own against Hakeem, Wilt, Kareem etc.
Kerr or Miller had the best teams. I think this era is pretty underrated due to pace, talent pool, vague beliefs that aren't true (teams average less free throws per shot attempt).
I agree. I don't know that I'd take Shaq first among centers all-time, or first in a draft of all players in history, but I do think he was in a class with Olajuwon, Chamberlain, Russell, Robinson and Abdul-Jabbar. A definite top-ten of all-time guy.
So Miller picked MJ and the Dream to be on the same team? Nuff said; I didn't even need to see the rest of his roster (though it's pretty damned good too).
Hmm, if we're talking fantasy sports then no I would choose Jordan or Lebron first (or Hakeem depending on how every stat is valued), but if we're talking a player to build around, I'd choose Prime Shaq over anyone. The only big man who I think could have had a chance with him was Wilt, but I always thought his athleticism was a little overrated due to the era he played in.
God, Kerr was such a moron in the first two picks though. Could have been a rout if he knew what he was doing.
I agree, if he chose someone like Wilt with that pick along with Kobe and Lebron (available at his 3rd and 4th pick? wth?), that would have been a runaway.
Am I supposed to be impressed the Celtics locked up a bunch of titles when there were 8 teams in the league?
Gosh that might make his pick even stupider. So he wants a PG who has the ball in his hands to create for talented teammates, and Chuck chooses AI over Magic, Big O, Kidd, Stockton. What an idiot.
Teams are made up of individual players. If those "individual players" aren't truly great within the team concept, they don't win titles. Some guys are big stat guys, but don't get it done as far as winning as team players (D. & A. Stoudamire, Nowitzki), they end up with nice stats but no rings and known as selfish, "me" players.
Yeah, in today's watered down NBA, where teams with a losing record can make the playoffs, and a team like Orlando can make the finals, it would be a nice team. Your reasoning doesn't take that into account. It's not close to as great as it was a couple of decades ago. And you're comparing role players to Hall of Famers. Duh! Also, Sam Jones, Cousy, Havlicek and Heinson have 32 those titles between them that they won in a 13 year stretch, including a run of 8 straight. And by the way, they beat down the lakers 6 out of 6 along the way. And c'mon, Grant "Dr. Sholls" Hill?!
