The NBA players PANTHEON (1 Viewer)

[JMon348]

Robert Horry or Ben Wallace or Rasheed Wallace

Derek Fisher or Byron Scott or Michael Cooper

Kevin Garnett or Charles Barkley

James Worthy or Clyde Drexler

Steve Nash or John Stockton

Ray Allen or Reggie Miller

Patrick Ewing or Robert Parish

Scottie Pippen or Julius Erving

Kobe Bryant or Larry Bird

Created this from you asking if Ben Wallace was a HOF.I went with

Horry

Fisher

Barkley

Worthy

Nash

Allen

Ewing

Pippen

Kobe

The only one I agreed with you is Ewing. You realize that your list has a WAY OVER THE TOP Lakers bias, right?

Says the Celtic fan who took Bird, Allen, and Garnett. You also agreed with me on Nash. Who did you pick for Horry, Wallace x2? You said you had Ben 3rd.

Bird was a no brainer.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....

If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

 

[JMon348]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

Definitely a defensive center. Probably would need a low post player at the 4 or 5. This team would get a lot of easy buckets with two of the greatest passers in NBA history.From todays gameG-MagicSG-Raja BellSF-BirdPF-Paul MillsapC-Kendrick PerkinsSomething like that could win a title.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

Paul Mokeski, Jim Les, and Granville Waiters.

 

[Pat Patriot]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

Definitely a defensive center. Probably would need a low post player at the 4 or 5. This team would get a lot of easy buckets with two of the greatest passers in NBA history.From todays gameG-MagicSG-Raja BellSF-BirdPF-Paul MilsapC-Kendric PerkinsSomething like that could win a title.

PG - MagicSG - Terry DurodSF - BirdPF - Rick RobeyC - Greg Kite

 

[Pat Patriot]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

Paul Mokeski, Jim Les, and Granville Waiters.

Paul Mokeski is one of the guys I thought of.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

Definitely a defensive center. Probably would need a low post player at the 4 or 5. This team would get a lot of easy buckets with two of the greatest passers in NBA history.From todays gameG-MagicSG-Raja BellSF-BirdPF-Paul MillsapC-Kendrick PerkinsSomething like that could win a title.

I guess they'd need someone fairly quick at the off-G spot who's a spot-up shooter - maybe a Dumars/Scott type? Ben Wallace or George Johnson in the middle. I'd like a slasher, too, at the 3 - like a Paul Pressey.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

Definitely a defensive center. Probably would need a low post player at the 4 or 5. This team would get a lot of easy buckets with two of the greatest passers in NBA history.From todays gameG-MagicSG-Raja BellSF-BirdPF-Paul MilsapC-Kendric PerkinsSomething like that could win a title.

PG - MagicSG - Terry DurodSF - BirdPF - Rick RobeyC - Greg Kite

Good Lord, you're giving LAGIC a bigger edge than I would. Are you being serious?

 

[Spartans Rule]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

Love this question.Going to need one other scorer, preferably a PF. Defense totally unnecessary from that spot.At C, I want a good defender who offers little on offense.At SG, I want a spot-up shooter and respectable defender who can't do much with the ball. Typical of a guy teaming with stars.So my team, using some contemporaries of Magic and Bird is...PG: Magic JohnsonSG: Trent TuckerSF: Larry BirdPF: Orlando WoolridgeC: Andrew LangI think there's just enough help there at both ends without taking anyone too good.

 

[JMon348]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

Love this question.Going to need one other scorer, preferably a PF. Defense totally unnecessary from that spot.At C, I want a good defender who offers little on offense.At SG, I want a spot-up shooter and respectable defender who can't do much with the ball. Typical of a guy teaming with stars.So my team, using some contemporaries of Magic and Bird is...PG: Magic JohnsonSG: Trent TuckerSF: Larry BirdPF: Orlando WoolridgeC: Andrew LangI think there's just enough help there at both ends without taking anyone too good.

You said exactly what I said, same type players too.

 

[Jewell]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight

I once read a super interesting article about how the whole dynamic of that that LA/Boston slapfight could have been forever altered. For those that don't know, the Celtics drafted Bird in 1978 despite Bird committing to play another year at Indiana State. The rule allowed the Celtics to own Bird's rights and sign him anytime up until the following year's draft. The Celtics obviously signed him. That rule is no longer in place.The article suggested that had that rule been illegal in 1978 as it is now, the Lakers likely would have taken Bird and not Magic Johnson with the first overall pick in the 1979 draft. The Lakers had drafted Norm Nixon as their future point gurad in 1977, and Nixon had blossomed to 17.1 pts/gm and 9.0 ast/gm by the '78-'79 season. The author suggested that the Lakers already had the best center in the game and their futue point guard so they likely would have taken the forward Bird over the point guard Johnson to round out the team. The Lakers ended up taking Johnson despite having a point guard because the divide between Johnson and the next closest player was too much to overlook. The divide wouldn't have been so great if that next player was Larry Bird.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight, but what the hell....If Magic & Bird were on the same team in their primes, who are the worst 3 players they could be paired with (also in their primes) & still win a title in an average year?

Love this question.Going to need one other scorer, preferably a PF. Defense totally unnecessary from that spot.At C, I want a good defender who offers little on offense.At SG, I want a spot-up shooter and respectable defender who can't do much with the ball. Typical of a guy teaming with stars.So my team, using some contemporaries of Magic and Bird is...PG: Magic JohnsonSG: Trent TuckerSF: Larry BirdPF: Orlando WoolridgeC: Andrew LangI think there's just enough help there at both ends without taking anyone too good.

I like that team better than mine.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This will probably get lost in the LA/Boston slapfight

I once read a super interesting article about how the whole dynamic of that that LA/Boston slapfight could have been forever altered. For those that don't know, the Celtics drafted Bird in 1978 despite Bird committing to play another year at Indiana State. The rule allowed the Celtics to own Bird's rights and sign him anytime up until the following year's draft. The Celtics obviously signed him. That rule is no longer in place.The article suggested that had that rule been illegal in 1978 as it is now, the Lakers likely would have taken Bird and not Magic Johnson with the first overall pick in the 1979 draft. The Lakers had drafted Norm Nixon as their future point gurad in 1977, and Nixon had blossomed to 17.1 pts/gm and 9.0 ast/gm by the '78-'79 season. The author suggested that the Lakers already had the best center in the game and their futue point guard so they likely would have taken the forward Bird over the point guard Johnson to round out the team. The Lakers ended up taking Johnson despite having a point guard because the divide between Johnson and the next closest player was too much to overlook. The divide wouldn't have been so great if that next player was Larry Bird.

Isn't it strange to imagine Bird as a Laker and Magic as a (?; I have no idea who would've been able to draft him)?

 

[Mr. Retukes]

Isn't it strange to imagine Bird as a Laker and Magic as a (?; I have no idea who would've been able to draft him)?

Bulls had the #2 pick. If they pick Magic in 1979, then they probably don't end up with the #3 pick in 1984......

 

[Spartans Rule]

You said exactly what I said, same type players too.

 

[JMon348]

My Updated Pantheon(tiers are not in order)

Tier 1:

Michael Jordan

Tier 2:

Bill Russell

Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Magic Johnson

Kobe Bryant

Tier 3:

Wilt Chamberlain

Larry Bird

Shaquille O'Neal

Tim Duncan

Lebron James

Tier 4:

Oscar Robertson

Jerry West

Hakeem Olajuwon

LeBron is climbing......fast!

 

[Abraham]

My top 10 ever forever and ever list.

1. Magic

2. Jordan

3. Russell.

4. Kareem

5. Bird

6. DUncan

7. Wilt

8. Lebron

9. Shaq

10. Kobe

Admittedly I overlook West and Roberston since I didn't see them play. And it pains me that Hakeem isn't in my top-10, but the longevity of Duncan and Bryant make that a hard sell.

 

[JMon348]

My Updated Pantheon(tiers are not in order)

Tier 1:

Michael Jordan

Tier 2:

Bill Russell

Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Magic Johnson

Kobe Bryant

Tier 3:

Wilt Chamberlain

Larry Bird

Shaquille O'Neal

Tim Duncan

Lebron James

Tier 4:

Oscar Robertson

Jerry West

Hakeem Olajuwon

LeBron is climbing......fast!

Only edit is moving Duncan up to tier 2. Lebron goes up to tier 2 very soon, in all probability after this year.