ultimate NBA dream team

Greatest Team Player wrote:

That's why Kobe is the greatest team player in NBA history. He allows his teammates to shine stepping into the background when a teammate wants to take the lead. No runner can lead every race the whole race and win every time. Kobe knows what makes great players tick and makes them greater. Magic taught him that. The Lakers lost to a better team this year, you have to give Boston full credit for beating the Lakers, Kobe and the Lakers are the first to demand that full recognition to a great Celtics team without any ifs ands or buts.

now that's funny

It's sad to hear of so much jealousy and sour grapes against Kobe Bryant, the greatest player who ever played in NBA history. I think it's L.A. or Cali hatred, there's noother way to explain the asinine posts on this thread against Kobe. Kobe not only plays against the other teams, he has to play against an array of supercomputers used by opposing teams that spit out real time odds on what he is going to do next. Kobe plays against hundreds of doctors, therapists, strength and conditioning trainers, and perhaps pharmacists, etc. who prepare opposing players against Kobe. There is no comparison to the challenges players have in today's NBA. Kobe Bryant is the the greatest player who ever played in NBA history.

personally, my ultimate nba dream team would have to consist of a full team, not just starters:

starter/backup:

michael jordan/kobe bryant

magic johnson/john stockton

larry bird/karl malone

lebron james/charles barkley

hakeem olajuwon/bill russell

Stockton wrote:

Starters-

PG Stockton, J

SG Jordan, M

GF Magic

F Bird, L

C Chamberlain, W

Bench-

PG Thomas, I

G West, J

G Robertson, O

GF Pippen, S

PF Malone, K

C Olajuwon, H

C Abdul-Jabbar, K

I think this team is a winner.

it's all about the #12 and it's not all about the #12.

stroke it.

You might have a problem with MJ and Zeke on the same team.

12 Man Dream Team Starters

Kareem

Kobe

Magic

Larry

Baylor

12 Man Dream Team Bench

West

Jordan

Wilt

Russell

Havlichek

Shaq

Duncan

WIth all those Lakers, i am surprised you missed Rambis!!!

Go Kobe!!

Chris Paul

Ray Allen

LeBron James

Dwight Howard

Tim Duncan

El Flaco wrote:

See if you can come up with a better team than this:

Guard Michael Jordan

Guard Magic Johnson

Forward Larry Bird

Forward James Worthy

Center Akeem Olajuwon

guard- Steve Nash (goat)

guard- Jerry West

forward- larry bird

forward- Paul Pierce

center- Eduardo Najera (he lives next door to me)

SG: Travis Knight

PG: Jim McIlvaine

PF: Paul Shirley

F: Greg Kite

C: Joe Wolf

SO AWESOME

13th man Oscar Robertson

Either of these team combos could hang with anyone:

Old Skool

G Maravich (not sure how he could be left out of this)

G Jordan

F Gervin

F Erving

C Russell/Malone(Moses)

and both Maravich and Jordan can play the 1 and Gervin and Erving could both run the forward point as well

or

New Skool

G Kobe

G Iverson

G/F LeBron

F David Robinson

C/F young Shaq

what a game to watch:

matchups: Kobe v. Jordan

LeBron v. Erving

Iverson v. Maravich bit of a mismatch for both

Robinson v. Gervin

young Shaq v. Russell/M. Malone

sub Nash for Iverson if ya want

still, this is a game i would pay to watch over and over

only Iverson and LeBron lack titles so far

I'd go with old skool in this one

I think a lot of ya have not given Maravich his due

Everyone cant be wrong.The league sucks now.Kobe is great for todays players.Look at the last olympics.Look at the stars in the NBA.Most are not even from the US.You can play zone now for christ sakes.The league has changed to up scoring.Look at this celtic team compared to the old.Look at this Laker team.They better be able to score more than 100 points ever game.That is what the old NBA was like.If Larry Bird ever played with a zone under the new rules he would score 50 points a game.

Maravich was left off because he was a gunner whose teams never won

well said.

This is the best TEAM

Magic

Jordan

Larry

Tim Duncan

Hakeem

Bench

Stockton

Andrew Toney

Kobe

Bill Russell

Shaq

Anyone who doesn't include John Stockton on either the first or second team at PG is an idiot.

the430miler wrote:

shaquille oneill is nothing but a waste of God given space. he just takes up space.

he is by far the most overrated player in the history of basketball.

shaquille oneill is the haile geb of basketball.

OVERRATED!!!

430, you are hilarious! The people you think are overrated have actually won championships and accomplished a lot in their careers. The guys you think are the GOAT (Nash, Tergat) are great athletes who have done good things but have never won the important championships in their respective sports. Nash hasn't even been to the finals yet! The MVPs he won is like the marathon WR, it sure looks nice when you get it but he would much rather have the NBA championship trophy/marathon gold medal.