Kobe reveals his all-time starting five.

[Johnny Jones]

This. When Karl Malone came out with a team that clearly took chemistry to mind, some people on this board killed him. Granted, he left off their God, best-at-everything-with-no-faults-Jordan, but still.

Um, Karl Malone's starting 5 is this:

Stockton
MJ
Pippen
LeBron James
Wilt Chamberlain


So I don't know where you got the idea that Malone left off MJ...

[K Xerxes]

Yeah, I guess you could argue for a Stockton or Pippen type on there too. Not because they are better but they might work better in terms of dynamics. But then again maybe not. These guys are the best players ever lol.

I agree, if I was to actually make the best team, it wouldn't be my all time starting five. I would have something like: Stockton-Jordan-Pippen-Hakeem-Kareem. You've got elite defense at every position, a dominant frontline with Hakeem who is mobile enough to guard quicker PFs even on the perimeter, and a true PG to orchestrate the offense.

To contrast that, my all-time starting five is: Magic-Jordan-Bird-Duncan-Kareem. But that's just putting who I think the best players are at every position.

[jzek]

Odd, should be:

Kobe
Kobe
Kobe
Kobe
Kobe

[kshutts1]

Um, Karl Malone's starting 5 is this:

Stockton
MJ
Pippen
LeBron James
Wilt Chamberlain


So I don't know where you got the idea that Malone left off MJ...

His initial team had Kobe, yes? Granted, he later backpedaled and said that he had MJ on it... but I"m fairly sure his initial team had Kobe.

And regardless, point still stands (that Malone got killed for valuing chemistry), and with the above team, I prefer Kobe over Jordan for the shooting.

[Johnny Jones]

His initial team had Kobe, yes? Granted, he later backpedaled and said that he had MJ on it... but I"m fairly sure his initial team had Kobe.

And regardless, point still stands (that Malone got killed for valuing chemistry), and with the above team, I prefer Kobe over Jordan for the shooting.

His original team had Oscar Robinson.

[MiseryCityTexas]

he should be the starting sg and shaq should be the starting center, but i guess hes paying respects to the oldies, so no problems i guess

Kareem was better than Shaq.

[ThaRegul8r]

His original team had Oscar Robinson.

Robertson.

[tontoz]

Good idea to have a defensive specialist like Russell in there since they have plenty of scoring. An argument can certainly be made for Duncan though.

[AintNoSunshine]

most boring selection as can be

[Ass Dan]

Gawbe is GOAT at picking GOAT!

[-23-]

Russell's corpse is flipping over in his grave.

[Mass Debator]

Lebron, Mitch Richmond, Durant, Dirk, and Wilt

[jlip]

As has been stated, I think that Kobe was basically picking his best players at each position (placing Russell as a pf instead of a center), not focusing on chemistry.

Honestly, in terms of simple approaches to the game, I think the team could actually function well together though. I don't know about their personalities. With Russell and Magic, you have two players who could dominate from their positions while not being a threat to either scorer. With Kareem and MJ, scoring shouldn't be a problem in the half court. The passing would be phenomenal as you have arguably the best passing pg (Magic), sf (Bird), and c(Russell) playing. Bird could open the floor up with his outside shooting even though I think you do need another shooter. Interior defense and rebounding is taken care of with Russell. If you need MJ to cover the best perimeter player, you could always rely on Bird to pick up the scoring slack.

[AirFederer]

No place for Derek Fisher

[ripthekik]

I agree, he picked too much Alpha's, that might not work well for team chemistry. The best fix for that would probably to bring in Lebron to balance it out.