Mr Holiday

If you were given one chance to create the perfect basketball team to play one game with your life depending on a win, who would you chose. 12 players and a coach.

My one time team

PG-Steve Nash

SG-Kobe Bryant

SF-Michael Jordan

PF-Lebron James

C-Shaq

6th-Paul Pierce

7-Magic Johnson

8-Kevin Garnett

9-Tim Duncan

10-Ray Allen

11-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

12-Larry Bird

Coach:Greg Popovich

THIS ISNT MY 12 GREATEST PLAYERS EVER, THIS IS STRICTLY MY VISION OF A PERFECT BASKETBALL TEAM THAT WOULD GIVE ME THE BEST CHANCE OF WINNING.

Who has the better team???

TEAM JORAN

G-Magic Johnson/John Stockton

G-Michael Jordan/Clyde Drextler

F-Larry Bird/Scottie Pippen

F-Karl Malone/Charles Barkley

C-Kareem Jabbar/Hakeem Olajuwon

TEAM KOBE

G-Jason Kidd/Steve Nash

G-Kobe Bryant/Allen Iverson

F-Tracy Mcgrady/Paul Pierce

F-Kevin Garnett/Dirk Nowitzki

C-Shaq/Tim Duncan

TEAM LEBRON

G-Chris Paul/Derrick Rose

G-Dwyane Wade/James Harden

F-Lebron James/Kevin Durant

F-Carmelo Anthony/Blake Griffin

C-Dwight Howard/Kevin Love

I made my list based off order of which player came into the league first, there is no specific order. These list is just my opinion based off my knowledge of the nba and its history. 19 of these players were unanimous but i debated of whether putting in Dwyane Wade,Scottie Pippen, or Tracy Mcgrady. I went with Wade because of his ability to win before Lebron came and ability to make it out of the first round (Mcgrady)

My list

1. Bill Russell

2. Elgin Baylor

3. Jerry West

4. Wilt Chamberlain

5. Oscar Robertson

6. Kareem Albdul-Jabbar

7. Julius Erving

8. Magic Johnson

9. Larry Bird

10. Hakeem Olajuwon

11. Michael Jordan

12. Karl Malone

13. David Robinson

14. Shaquille O'Neal

15. Allen Iverson

16. Kobe Bryant

17. Tim Duncan

18. LeBron James

19. Dwyane Wade

20. Kevin Durant

Im talking about the Lakers, going into the trade deadline the team should be looking to sell just about everybody not named kobe, this will allow the lakers to tank and get assets in return for exp. deals.

Lets look at the available players

PGs-Blake,Farmar,Marshall,Nash

SGs-Meeks,Young,Henry

SFs-Johnson

PFs-Hill

Cs-Gasol,Kaman

The Lakers have just about everything in terms of a team looking to feel a need. The Pacers could use Jordan Hill, while the Heat might look into Kendall Marshall. Brooklyn may want to look at Steve Blake,Nick Young or Jodie Meeks. Gasol to the Knicks?

Theres a surplus of role players in LA available for cheap late 1st/2nd round picks. Who capitalizes?

Instead of selecting bust Al-Farouq Aminu, they could have drafted Paul George and set at the wing. One of their weaknesses, maybe Dudley helps. But where do you think the Clippers would rank?

Paul

George

Dudley

Griffin

Jordan

you had the number one pick and lebron james and tim duncan were in the same class.

BQ:Same question but with Kobe and Magic

Do you think this might be the most disappointing season in the history of your franchise?

Lakers fans came into this season believing they were going to be battling Miami in the NBA Finals, and winning Steve Nash and Dwight Howard their first championships in their first season with the franchise.If you think about it, this team was hyped up just as much as the Celtics were in 2007 coming into the 2007-08 season they won the championship. This team was even more stacked with vets like Antawn Jamison,Steve Blake,Jodie Meeks. And explosive emerging young lottery picks Jordan Hill and Earl Clark. Instead they found themselves battling for the playoffs until the final game of the regular season. In which they clinched the the 7th seed in a tiebreaker with the rockets in an OT game. And clinched the 8th seed with a jazz loss in Memphis. Didnt Lakers fans imagine their team resting the starters with the 1st seed in the west clinched, not Kobe Bryant having the carry the Lakers for 48 mins game after game at the age of 34, which his greatness allowed him to do that, but his body didnt. Now Laker fans are wondering if he will ever play the same?

So Lakers fans, Who do you think ruined the season?

A.Jim Buss

B.Mike D'Antoni/Mike Brown

C.One of the Lakers players (Name who)

D.Other (Explain)

Flat top

Norris Cole vs Iman Shumpert

Dread locks

Kenneth Faried vs Jae Crowder vs Jordan Hill

Afro

Andrew Bynum vs Josh Childress

BQ: Coolest nba hairstly ever?

Starts at 2:35 - 2:41

http://youtu.be/BPxR61cDB6U

Team 1

Pg-Magic Johnson

Sg-Michael Jordan

Sf-Larry Bird

Pf-Luke Walton

C-Kwame Brown

Team 2

Pg-Smush Parker

Sg-Adam Morrison

Sf-Lebron James

Pf-Tim Duncan

C-Shaq

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=dx3c6w...

The Jazz want to trade all three of those players by February, Kmart isnt anything special, there has been talk about amnestying perkins. If they had Milsap and Al they would match the Lakers size inside.

Magic,Bird and Jordan in their prime

Team 1

Pg-Magic Johnson/Smush Parker

Sg-Michael Jordan/Sasha Pavlovich

Sf-Larry Bird/Adam Morrison

Pf-Brian Scalabrine/Matt Bonner

C-Kwame Brown/Chris Mihm

Coach:Mike Brown with princeton offense

BQ:How far in playoffs if they make it?

PG-Jrue Holiday (Now in prime)

SG-Kobe Bryant (Goes back to retire in his hometown)

SF-Evan Turner (Prime)

PF-Arnett Moultrie (Developed)

C-Andrew Bynum (Prime)

6-Jason Richardson

7-Dorrel Wright

8-Nick Young

9-Thadeus Young

10-Spencer Hawes

11-Lavoy Allen

12-Free agent/Draft pick

Coach:Doug Collins

Rememer: The Heat,Celtics,Knicks will ALL be aging old teams by this time.

Who you got in 7 games?

Lakers

PG-Magic Johnson/Jerry West

SG-Kobe Bryant/Byron Scott

SF-Elgin Baylor/James Worthy

PF-Kareem Abdul Jabbar/Pau Gasol

C-Shaq/Wilt Chamberlain

Celtics

PG-Bob Cousy/Nate Archibald

SG-John Havlicek/Jojo White

SF-Larry Bird/Paul Pierce

PF-Kevin Garnett/Kevin Mchale

C-Bill Russell/Robert Parish

Who you got in 7 games

Bulls

PG-Derrick Rose/BJ Armstrong

SG-Michael Jordan/Ben Gordan

SF-Scottie Pippen/Dennis Rodman

PF-Orando Woolridge/Bob Love

C-Artis Gilmore/Bill Cartwright

Heat

PG-Tim Hardaway/Sherman Douglas

SG-Dwyane Wade/Eddie Jones

SF-Lebron James/Glen Rice

PF-Chris Bosh/Udonis Haslem

C-Alonzo Mourning/Shaq

2002 Kings

PG-Mike Bibby/Bobby Jackson

SG-Doug Christie/Mateen Cleaves

SF-Peja Stojakovic/Hedo Turkoglu

PF-Chris Webber/Gerald Wallace

C-Vlade Divac/Scott Pollard

2008 Celtics

PG-Rajon Rondo/Eddie House

SG-Ray Allen/Tony Allen

SF-Paul Pierce/James Posey

PF-Kevin Garnett/Leon Powe

C-Kendrick Perkins/Glen Davis

And lets say Lebron and Chris Bosh still go to Miami. How would the last two seasons have played out?

Mine: The 2009 Houston Rockets

PG-Aaron Brooks/Rafer Alsto/Kyle Lowry

SG-Tracy Mcgrady/Von Wafer

SF-Ron Artest/Shane Battier

PF-Luis Scola/Carl Landry/Chuck Hayes

C-Yao Ming/Dikembe Mutombo

That team was so deep it took the Lakers to 7 games without Yao,Tmac or Mutombo!

Im not into firing coaches quickly but loosing every preseason game and going 0-3 to start the season with all that talent is unacceptable.