put together your best 5 ( NBA TEAM )

[somerfrost]

Really hard to pick just five:
C...Wilt
PF...Bird
Sf...Jordan
SG...Robertson
PG...Magic
The Big O might play a lot of point here, as would MJ.

[alysheba4]

great team somer, great passers on that ball club.

[Seattleallstar]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Your inclusion of Cassell into the same sentence with those others makes me feel like this is a trick question.

I could of busted out with Robert Horry if you like then that would of really made it a trick question.

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Really hard to pick just five:
C...Wilt
PF...Bird
Sf...Jordan
SG...Robertson
PG...Magic
The Big O might play a lot of point here, as would MJ.

Definitely would go to the hack a Wilt
against this team.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Really hard to pick just five:
C...Wilt
PF...Bird
Sf...Jordan
SG...Robertson
PG...Magic
The Big O might play a lot of point here, as would MJ.

You cheated too. Jordan was never remotely considered a forward.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

You cheated too. Jordan was never remotely considered a forward.

Ok, Ok.....put MJ at SG, the Big O at the Point and Magic at SF

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Ok, Ok.....put MJ at SG, the Big O at the Point and Magic at SF

He hardly qualifies there either. it is like putting Babe Ruth as your catcher in the all time baseball team.

[somerfrost]

I saw all these guys play and I'm quite comfortable with my lineup, geez...Magic played all five positions, MJ played 3 as did the Big O, your analogy is faulty.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

I saw all these guys play and I'm quite comfortable with my lineup, geez...Magic played all five positions, MJ played 3 as did the Big O, your analogy is faulty.

Magic was a PG 99.99% of the time. MJ never played SF. Ever. You may make a case for the big O but I am not that old.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Magic was a PG 99.99% of the time. MJ never played SF. Ever. You may make a case for the big O but I am not that old.

I think that again, you are placing too much emphasis on what a player's listed position is. If you watched those Bulls teams during the second three-peat (which I'm sure you did), you should be aware that positions were irrelevant. The Bulls would start Harper, Jordan, and Pippen and those three guys were interchangable as far as positions. Any of the three of them could grab a rebound and push the ball up the court to lead the break. Any of the three of them could fill a spot on the wing. Any of the three of them would play the wing or the post on offense. And the best part was that they didn't have to search out their specific player on defense. They would just pick out the closest one to them. Ron Harper was listed as the point guard but do you really believe that Harper was a point guard? It's like a guy like Gasol with the Lakers. When he and Bynum are in there together, Gasol is a forward. When Bynum goes out, Gasol plays more center. Magic may have been listed as a point guard but I remember there were plenty of times early in his career where Norm Nixon would be the one handling the ball and Magic would go down to the post. LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant......none of them are point guards but they all handle the ball probably as much or more than the point guards on their teams do.

I think Magic played center against the Sixers, scored 42 points mostly in the paint against Caldwell Jones. Bunch of rebounds and a few assists. Jabbar was injured. Think that was the final game of the series that LA won.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I think that again, you are placing too much emphasis on what a player's listed position is. If you watched those Bulls teams during the second three-peat (which I'm sure you did), you should be aware that positions were irrelevant. The Bulls would start Harper, Jordan, and Pippen and those three guys were interchangable as far as positions. Any of the three of them could grab a rebound and push the ball up the court to lead the break. Any of the three of them could fill a spot on the wing. Any of the three of them would play the wing or the post on offense. And the best part was that they didn't have to search out their specific player on defense. They would just pick out the closest one to them. Ron Harper was listed as the point guard but do you really believe that Harper was a point guard? It's like a guy like Gasol with the Lakers. When he and Bynum are in there together, Gasol is a forward. When Bynum goes out, Gasol plays more center. Magic may have been listed as a point guard but I remember there were plenty of times early in his career where Norm Nixon would be the one handling the ball and Magic would go down to the post. LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant......none of them are point guards but they all handle the ball probably as much or more than the point guards on their teams do.

I think if you are listing an all time team you should do it by position. Magic was always a point. The fact he would post up smaller guards didn't mean he wasn't a point guard, just smart. If you never made an all NBA team at a position then how can you make an all time NBA team at that position? I mean Nolan Ryan would probably have been the best closer in the history of baseball and did actually pitch from the bullpen earlier in his career but that doesn't mean that i can make him a closer in an all time great baseball team.