Your Top 5 greatest teams of all time?

[Micku]

It might be appropriate seeing how Miami Heat are doing something unique at this time. What do you consider to be the top 5 teams of all time?

1. 1986 Celtics: Almost no weakness. Probably the GOAT front court, great fast break team, Bird and Mchale in their prime, great bench with sixth man of the year, and good defense. And one of the best passing teams of all time. 40-1 home record too.

2. 1996 Bulls: Great versatile defensive team. Very solid bench. Elite coaching. Even when they have Jordan they play great as a team with guys knowing their roles. Having the best record in NBA history is legendary. They were the best offensive team and best defensive team in their season. They destroyed their competition by beating them on a average of 12.3ppg in the regular season. Plus Rodman, Jordan, and Pippen were first All Defense Team. Ron Harper was a pretty good defender as well.

3. 87 Lakers: It might be the best Showtime team. Magic, Worthy, and Scott in their prime. Michael Cooper being the DPOY. Kareem, even though was old, he was still elite as a center. A great scoring option. And a great coach with Pat Riley.

4. 72 Lakers: Seemed like they finally lived up to their potential with West, Wilt, and Goodrich. They hold the 33 win streak. Wilt being great at defense, West playing a more disturber role, and Goodrich being the scorer. Won 69 wins of the season.

5. 71 Bucks: A young Kareem in his prime, being a force of nature and Oscar Robinson being more of a playmaker with solid role players. They also destroyed their competition. They beat teams on the average of 12.2ppg. But they destroyed in the playoffs by beating teams on the average of 14.5ppg.

Honorable mentions:

85 and 87 Celtics and 85 Lakers: Magic and Kareem were closer as the 1a and 1b type. Great team, probably underrated and should belong in there somewhere. Might be better than 87 team. And that 85 Celtics team was really stacked. The 87 Celts was great but got consumed by injuries in the end. Mchale was at his peak that year before the injury.

83 76ers: Like the 1996 Bulls, they had three players in the All Defense Team. Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks, and Bobby Jones. Plus they had Dr. J. and Andrew Toney. Playoff record was 12-1. Second best playoff record.

01 Lakers: Probably the best one and two punch option. Not as stacked as the other teams, but they dominated the competition in the playoffs. Best playoff record with 15-1.

97 Bulls and the first threepeat Bulls: 97 Bulls were pretty much the same team with the 96 Bulls. 69 wins and could've won more if Rodman played a little bit more games. And the first threepeat Bulls were great because Jordan was more at his best and Pippen and H.Grant were coming to their own.

2002 Kings: Probably the the best team to never win a title IMO, and one of the most entertaining teams. I may be a little bias with this one.

[1987_Lakers]

Only mentioning 1977-present teams since I havent seen much from the older teams.

1. 1986 Celtics - Greatest mix of talent & chemistry the league has ever seen. This team pretty much had no weaknesses, elite offense, elite defense, they would beat you up on the boards, and they even used the 3 point shot to their favor at times. Greatest front court in NBA History as well, adding Walton to that team was almost criminal.

2. 1996 Bulls - An amazing team known for their consistency and defense. Probably the greatest defensive back court the league has ever seen, and a top notch offense. Only knock on this team was lack of post scoring from their bigs.

3. 1987 Lakers - One of the most efficient offenses the league has ever seen, known for their fast break. Defense was solid as well. Weakness would probably be rebounding, they struggled on the boards at times, especially vs Eastern teams.

4. 1983 Sixers - Team full of all-stars, only lost 1 game in the postseason. It was a top heavy team, lack of depth and the PF position was a weak spot.

5. 1992 Bulls or 1985 Lakers - Can't decide.

[jongib369]

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*Edit, might re order this...That damn 86 celtic team is nuts.

[TylerOO]

2013 Heat

[TheMan]

2013 Heat

Seriously though...
1. 1996 Chicago Bulls
2. 1991 Chicago Bulls
3. 1997 Chicago Bulls
4. 1992 Chicago Bulls
5. 1998 Chicago Bulls

Honorable mention...1993 Chicago Bulls

[KOBE143]

02 Lakers
01 Lakers
09 Lakers
10 Laker
00 Lakers

[Budadiiii]

02 Lakers
01 Lakers
09 Lakers
10 Laker
00 Lakers

Pretty good list, I wold argue 00 Lakers over 10 but... can't really argue with it too much

[The Choken One]

Seriously though...
1. 1996 Chicago Bulls
2. 1991 Chicago Bulls
3. 1997 Chicago Bulls
4. 1992 Chicago Bulls
5. 1998 Chicago Bulls

Honorable mention...1993 Chicago Bulls

/thread

MJ >

[Breezy]

71 Bucks - Destroyed the Regular season and playoffs
96 Bulls - Pretty much never challenged the whole season.
86 Celtics - Only lost one home game all season
87 Lakers - Maybe the stiffest competition
67 Sixers - Awesome regular season (66 wins) but also wiped the floor with Russell's Celtics.

[Scholar]

I'm clearly biased here, and I will ONLY list the teams I actually watched (so from ~1996+) because the others are just teams I heard more of than actually watched.

1. 1995-96 Bulls

2. 2000-01 Lakers

3. 2009-10 Lakers

4. 2007-08 Celtics

5. 2006-07 Spurs
I expect negs for this one.

[atljonesbro]

Seriously though...
1. 1996 Chicago Bulls
2. 1991 Chicago Bulls
3. 1997 Chicago Bulls
4. 1992 Chicago Bulls
5. 1998 Chicago Bulls

Honorable mention...1993 Chicago Bulls

Homer have some dignity you coward.

[BIZARRO]

From teams that I've seen (in order):

1. 1987 Lakers
2. 1996 Bulls
3. 1983 Sixers
4. 1986 Celtics
5. 1989 Pistons

All legendary, and you could make a case for each one, and all had their run in probably the best NBA era from '80-98, especially from '80-93.

Such truly great teams.

[3LiftHeatCurse]

1996 Chicago Bulls

1986 Boston Celtics

2013 Miami Heat

2008 Boston Celtics

1972 Los Angeles Lakers

[KOBE143]

Pretty good list, I wold argue 00 Lakers over 10 but... can't really argue with it too much

2000 Kobe was still young and the only championship that people can tell that he's a 2nd option.. In 2001 Kobe was a legitimate 1b to Shaq.. By 2002 Kobe was already equal to Shaq.. 2009 and 2010 version of Kobe was better than 3peat Kobe.. His 09 and 10 PO run was one of the best of all time.. So this is how I rank them..

2002 - Kobe = SHaq.. Imagine a team with 2 equal best player in the league
2001 - Shaq1a, Kobe1b almost same as the above but Shaq was slightly better here
2009 - Kobe had one of the best PO run of all time comparable to 1st peat Jordan
2010 - same as 2009 but they struggle beating one of the best defensive team of all time in the finals
2000 - Kobe was still too young and the only championship year that Kobe was a 2nd option

Non Lakers team

Base on how they dominate their competition:
86 Boston - because people rank them that high.. But any current team would probably shit on them..
96 Bulls - 72-10 in a watered down era.. The record was the only impressive but the competition sucks..
2004 Piston - they beat the lakers who were on pace to be the best team of all time.. Its quite sad that injuries, chemistry issue and Shaq out of shape prevent them from doing it..
2003 Spurs - they beat the 3peat Lakers in the 2nd round
2011 Mavs - they beat the defending champs for their quest to their 2nd nba finals trip and beat one of the most stacked team of all time to win the title.. This include the most epic disappearing act in the finals by the losing team best player..

[jongib369]