06-15-2017, 09:08 PM
(06-15-2017, 03:51 PM)jason Wrote: I'm 42 and I'm only going with players that I've actually seen play.
Starters...
Kareem
LeBron James
Larry Bird
Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson
Bench...
Shaquille O'Neal
Scottie Pippen
Charles Barkley
Karl Malone
Allen Iverson
Penny Hardaway ( pre injury)
Kevin Durant
I was gonna do a separate thread for who "really" is the best player of all time and best teams... but since it is just you me and Hawk I guess we can just kick it around in here, lol. I like some of your choices, but I would quibble with Shaq. Lousy free throw shooter, not a great defender, slow at times in his career in terms of running the floor, foul prone... I think he's over rated. But I get you weren't going to put Russell or Chamberlain on because you never saw them.
West was a guy I wish I saw more of, as was Elgin Baylor. I did get to see Oscar right at the end, and my dad always told me it was a shame I never got to see "the real Oscar." Still, based on all I have heard about him I would have a hard time leaving him off any all time team and I think he is a serious contender for GOAT.
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