All under 6' 6" Built Like a Brick Shithouse Team: Could they win a title any year?

[CavaliersFTW]

Guys that with or without weight training were built like football players that your favorite tall, gangly basketball players might be able to shoot over, but don't want to step in front of on a drive, nor run into on a pick, nor fight out for a rebound.

PG Oscar Robertson:
6-4.75" without shoes
205-220lbs

SG Dwyane Wade:
6' 3.75" without shoes
212-231lbs

SF Elgin Baylor:
6' 5" without shoes
214-236lbs

PF Charles Barkley:
6' 4.75" without shoes
253-300lbs

C Wes Unseld:
6' 5.5" without shoes
245-270lbs
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PG (bench) Jason Kidd:
6' 2.75" without shoes
205-215lbs

SG/SF (bench) Mitch Richmond:
6' 4" without shoes
215-222lbs

SG/SF (bench) James Harden:
6' 4" without shoes
220-225lbs

SF/PF (bench) Gus Johnson:
6' 4.75" without shoes
230-235lbs

SF/PF (bench) Larry Johnson:
6' 5.5"
250-263lbs

PF/C (bench) Jason Maxiell:
6-5" without shoes
258-270lbs

Feel free to round out the bench if I missed any obvious candidates.

[LosBulls]

Wouldn't get past 2nd round.

Charles Barkley and Dwyane Wade are the only good players. Like seriously, DWade had Prime LeBron and Bosh and still couldn't guarantee a championship, plus they didn't have a 6'5 C.

[CavaliersFTW]

Wouldn't get past 2nd round.

Charles Barkley and Dwyane Wade are the only good players. Like seriously, DWade had Prime LeBron and Bosh and still couldn't guarantee a championship, plus they didn't have a 6'5 C.

The entire starting line up save for Dwyane Wade are NBA 50th anniversary 50-greatest HOF legends. Dwyane Wade of course is a 75-greatest caliber player if they decide to make a 75th anniversary team.

Don't be scared to contribute serious input for a change.

[KobesFinger]

No. In past eras where teams played inside the front line is too short. In todays game where players play smaller, they don't have the shooting

[ralph_i_el]

Wouldn't get past 2nd round.

Charles Barkley and Dwyane Wade are the only good players. Like seriously, DWade had Prime LeBron and Bosh and still couldn't guarantee a championship, plus they didn't have a 6'5 C.

Wes Unseld is a HOF championship level franchise player....

Team would need more shooters in this era, but you didn't list the bench and there are a million shooters under 6'6" and thick (Mitch Richmond? Future Brad Beal?)

[scm5]

The entire starting line up save for Dwyane Wade are NBA 50th anniversary 50-greatest HOF legends. Dwyane Wade of course is a 75-greatest caliber player if they decide to make a 75th anniversary team.

Don't be scared to contribute serious input for a change.

Wade is definitely Top 25 All-Time, minimum.

[CavaliersFTW]

Wes Unseld is a HOF championship level franchise player....

Team would need more shooters in this era, but you didn't list the bench and there are a million shooters under 6'6" and thick (Mitch Richmond? Future Brad Beal?)

Gotta be built like a brick shit house though - that's the team gimmick (Just for the hell of it.)

[CavaliersFTW]

Wade is definitely Top 25 All-Time, minimum.

Calm down.

35th anniversary team = 35 greatest

Those players all carried over to the:

50th anniversary team = 50 greatest (15 guys were added)

Those players all carry over to the:

75th anniversary team = 75 greatest (25 guys would be added)

Wade qualifies. I'm not ranking Wade. I'm just saying he'd be part of the 75th anniversary team if the NBA decides to make one.

[ralph_i_el]

Gotta be built like a brick shit house though - that's the team gimmick (Just for the hell of it.)

Mitch is too skinny?

The team in the OP would be super hard to score against and would.be dominant in transition. If they ran an aggressive D like the heat did two seasons ago they would be able to keep getting into transition, and in the half court they have the talent to get by in a cramped spacing situation.

[CavaliersFTW]

Mitch is too skinny?

The team in the OP would be super hard to score against and would.be dominant in transition. If they ran an aggressive D like the heat did two seasons ago they would be able to keep getting into transition, and in the half court they have the talent to get by in a cramped spacing situation.

I think he qualifies actually, draftexpress says 215lbs at about 6-5 (they don't list if that's a measurement or list info)

[CavaliersFTW]

Okay I added Richmond, and Jason Kidd to the bench after looking at their physical data they qualify.

What else does this team need?

[Jameerthefear]

there are a couple guys on that team who shouldn't be in the nba in this era.

[CavaliersFTW]

there are a couple guys on that team who shouldn't be in the nba in this era.

No, all of those players could play in any era.

And even if your 15 year old prejudice thinks otherwise I specifically asked:

"All under 6' 6" Built Like a Brick Shithouse Team: Could they win a title any year?"

[Jameerthefear]

maxiel should probably start over unseld tbh

[CavaliersFTW]

maxiel should probably start over unseld tbh

Unseld won an MVP when Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell were in the league, and won a title when Jabbar and Bill Walton were in their prime. He's one of the greatest passing centers of all time, a tremendous rebounder, and one of the most brutal pick setters that ever played. Like, him setting a pick looks like a highlight he's so good at it.

Maxiell is lucky to even be on the list, I only added him because he's the only player I've seen capable of playing minutes as a center in the NBA outside of Gus Johnson that is legitimately under 6 foot 6.