Triumph in a 7 games series against this 5 without using any of them:

[Lebronxrings]

Shaq
Duncan
Durant
Wade
LeBron

dammit this was mine...

[Carter_17]

All Prime:

Bill Russel
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Scottie Pippen
Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson

Wilt
Le bron
Durant
Kobe
Penny

[Suguru101]

Easy:

Shaq at center, who would be guarded by Kareem. Shaq also guards him.

Dirk at pf, who would be guarded by Russell. Dirk would also guard Russell.

Durant at sf, who would guard Pippen. Durant would also be guarded by Pippen(the fouls being called on him would be hilarious).

Ray Allen at sg, who would be guarded by Jordan. Allen would also guard Jordan.

LeBron at pg, who would be guarded by Magic. LeBron would also guard Magic.

Basically, Shaq and LeBron(who is also a high percentage spot up 3-point shooter) are surrounded by the greatest shooters are their position. Shaq posting up skinny KAJ and being able to kick out to Allen, Durant or Dirk? LeBron driving and being able to kick out the them too?

The problem in your line up is Russell, who as good defensively as he was, would kill the spacing and be the only non all-star offensively. So you are playing 4 on 5 offensively against Shaq, Dirk, Durant, Allen and LeBron in their prime.

Night night.

[AintNoSunshine]

Hakeem
Duncan
Bird
Ray
Lebron


Front court advantage to me because neither of my guys is an offensive liability like Russel. Both GOAT level 2-way players.

Bird one of 2 greatest SF in history, and the other one's on my team too, Pippen can bother Bird but Bird's swag is too much.

You had the advantage of picking first and got MJ, but Ray along with Bird provides the outside threat which your team has none to speak of LOL at your team's spacing.

Bron beasts on Magic on offense and has a great chance of slowing him down on the other end, whether on the perimeter or down in the post


I win, by a landslide, because I have the much greater TEAM.

[raiderfan19]

Dream
Lebron
Bird
Durant
Gary Payton

2-4 are interchangeable at the positions.

Considered putting kg at the 4 and Lebron at the 3 as well. Either way that lineup has size, rebounding, insane athleticism for the size, passing, and d

[TheMarkMadsen]

but lebron is not PG
jordan is better than kobe
pippen locks bird
wilt vs kareem...mmm...
and russel is the goat defensive C.

im winning 4-1

Lol Jordan cancels out Kobe because he's better yet Pippen locks down Bird even tho Bird is better

Follow your own logic..

[robert_shaww]

Lol Jordan cancels out Kobe because he's better yet Pippen locks down Bird even tho Bird is better

Follow your own logic..

pippen is the greatest perimeter defender ever....and bird is slow...

jordan is too much for kobe...ita really simple...jordan is the GOAT SG

[Threethrows]

Monta Ellis.

Nikka have it all.

[Milbuck]

I think this team wins.

Lebron James
Kobe Bryant
Larry Bird
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal

Lebron = Magic
Kobe < MJ
Bird > Pippen
Hakeem = Kareem
Shaq > Russell

The only clear-cut advantage for OP's team is MJ > Kobe. And it's not that huge of an advantage. I honestly think peak Kobe is anywhere from 90-95% of peak MJ. On his level on his best days.

As an overall basketball player you could make the case for Lebron > Magic or vice versa, so there's no clear advantage there. Magic is obviously the better the floor general and passer/playmaker, but Lebron is a far better scorer and defender. He's a more complete player on both ends of the floor, and you could argue that with guys as dominant/skilled as Kobe/Bird/Hakeem/Shaq, that extra passing ability Magic provides doesn't quite compensate for Lebron's advantage in scoring and defense.

Bird > Pippen, and it's not even close. And that's the correct usage of "and it's not even close", if there ever was one.

I think Hakeem v Kareem is just about an even matchup. Especially considering that Kareem would be playing a bit out of position, while you could argue Hakeem's natural position is PF. I think they neutralize each other.

I respect the hell out of Bill Russell, but there's absolutely NOTHING he's doing against peak Shaq circa 2000. Considering that the vast majority of his impact comes defensively and he can't stop Shaq, he's the weak link on that team (aside from Scottie of course).

Where this really comes down to is the MJ-Kobe gap and Russell-Shaq gap. I think the gap between Shaq's unstoppable offensive impact and Russell's capabilities defensively is far greater than the difference between peak MJ and peak Kobe. Obviously MJ > Kobe, but it's really not as big a gap as people make it out to be. Every other matchup is either neutralized or an advantage for my team.

[TheMagicMan]

PG: Bob Cousy

SG: Hal Greer

SF: Elgin Baylor

PF: Jerry Lucas

C: George Mikan

/ethered

[Prometheus]

I think this team wins.

Lebron James
Kobe Bryant
Larry Bird
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal

Lebron = Magic
Kobe < MJ
Bird > Pippen
Hakeem = Kareem
Shaq > Russell

The only clear-cut advantage for OP's team is MJ > Kobe. And it's not that huge of an advantage. I honestly think peak Kobe is anywhere from 90-95% of peak MJ. On his level on his best days.

As an overall basketball player you could make the case for Lebron > Magic or vice versa, so there's no clear advantage there. Magic is obviously the better the floor general and passer/playmaker, but Lebron is a far better scorer and defender. He's a more complete player on both ends of the floor, and you could argue that with guys as dominant/skilled as Kobe/Bird/Hakeem/Shaq, that extra passing ability Magic provides doesn't quite compensate for Lebron's advantage in scoring and defense.

Bird > Pippen, and it's not even close. And that's the correct usage of "and it's not even close", if there ever was one.

I think Hakeem v Kareem is just about an even matchup. Especially considering that Kareem would be playing a bit out of position, while you could argue Hakeem's natural position is PF. I think they neutralize each other.

I respect the hell out of Bill Russell, but there's absolutely NOTHING he's doing against peak Shaq circa 2000. Considering that the vast majority of his impact comes defensively and he can't stop Shaq, he's the weak link on that team (aside from Scottie of course).

Where this really comes down to is the MJ-Kobe gap and Russell-Shaq gap. I think the gap between Shaq's unstoppable offensive impact and Russell's capabilities defensively is far greater than the difference between peak MJ and peak Kobe. Obviously MJ > Kobe, but it's really not as big a gap as people make it out to be. Every other matchup is either neutralized or an advantage for my team.

Notice how similar our teams are? The only difference is Hakeem vs. Wilt. Milbuck = genius. Prometheus = genius. OP = f[COLOR="Black"]aggot[/COLOR].