One player right now to start your franchise

[Aidz]

Let's say you're allowed to select any player in the NBA right now to start your new franchise. Who do you pick?

Equal 1st/2nd: LeBron James / James Harden - Playmaking scorers that can lead a team and play 1on5 basketball. LeBron is the slightly better overall player but Harden gets a few bonus points for being only 25, compared to LeBron's 30.

3rd: Kevin Durant - Still young (26), can score from any position, can easily average 30 a night. Only downside is he's not a dribbling playmaker like LeBron and Harden. Then again, if he had a point guard facilitator he wouldn't really need to be this. Can be a bit passive at times, unlike Harden, but if he was the sole superstar on his team I think he would thrive and go off for big 4th quarters on his own.

4th: Russell Westbrook - Same age as Durant. Can drive, pass, shoot. Better driver than Durant but not as good a shooter. Can't facilitate as well as LeBron and Harden. If given his own team he could probably put up Iverson 2.0 numbers, but I don't know if he's consistent enough to lead a team to a 'chip on his own.

5th: Anthony Davis - He's younger than the other guys (21) and shows signs of being the total package offensively and defensively. Only drawback is this is a guard's league and big men don't have the same kind of dominance all the time, even with Davis' unique skill set.

6th: Steph Curry - Great shooter, passer, driver but a bit soft on defense. Not sure if he has the maturity yet to lead a team on his own.

[BuffaloBill]

KD or AD

[bdreason]

KD or AD.

[Budadiiii]

The fact that you would take 30 year old Bron over any other player to start your franchise proves to me that you're not a smart person.

[Taller than CP3]

KD or AD, but the fact that you would take 30 year old Bron over any other player to start your franchise proves to me that you're not a smart person.

[MannyO]

KD or AD

[Prime_Shaq]

Unibrow

[Heavincent]

6th: Steph Curry - Great shooter, passer, driver but a bit soft on defense.

Not true at all. Curry is a very good defender.

[G0ATbe]

Kobe.

[red1]

Unibrow

with ease

[Graviton]

So Westbrook can't facilitate as well as Lebron/Harden but he is averaging more assists and less turnovers than both. Sounds legit.

[KNOW1EDGE]

If I wanted to start a franchise and move forward it would be Anthony Davis or Andrew Wiggins.

If I wanted to start a franchise and win this year it'd be LeBron or KD

[Prime_Shaq]

If I wanted to start a franchise and move forward it would be Anthony Davis or Andrew Wiggins.

If I wanted to start a franchise and win this year it'd be LeBron or KD

Can't go wrong with Beastbrook too

[no pun intended]

Durant. He's actually an underrated playmaker.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

1. Anthony Davis
2. Kevin Durant

After that I could see arguments for Harden, Curry, Westbrook.