The Basketball Thread

[Twenty26Six]

I've been watching more b-ball lately.

What's your "Favorite 5" NBA team? Current Players Only, please.

1st Team
Chris Paul
Ray Allen
Dwayne Wade
Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnett

2nd Team
Chauncy Billups
Manu Ginobli
Richard Hamilton
Chris Bosh
Dwight Howard

[liverbird]

I've been watching more b-ball lately.

What's your "Favorite 5" NBA team? Current Players Only, please.

1st Team
Chris Paul
Ray Allen
Dwayne Wade
Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnett

2nd Team
Chauncy Billups
Manu Ginobli
Richard Hamilton
Chris Bosh
Dwight Howard

Don't watch NBA. Hey you stole my sig!

[AussieLFCfan]

1st team
Deron Williams
Dwayne Wade
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Pau Gasol

2nd team
Steve Nash
Allen Iverson
Amare Stoudamire
Carlos Boozer
Dwight Howard

Last 20 years

John Stockton
Michael Jordan
Larry Bird
Karl Malone
Kareem Abdul Jabaar

[liverbird]

1st team
Deron Williams
Dwayne Wade
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Pau Gasol

2nd team
Steve Nash
Allen Iverson
Amare Stoudamire
Carlos Boozer
Dwight Howard

Last 20 years

John Stockton
Michael Jordan
Larry Bird
Karl Malone
Kareem Abdul Jabaar

If you want to go all time

Oscar Robertson
Michael Jordan
Wilt Chamberlain
Larry Bird
Karl Malone

[Twenty26Six]

If you want to go all time

Oscar Robertson
Michael Jordan
Wilt Chamberlain
Larry Bird
Karl Malone

If you replaced Wilt with Bill, you might have my AT5.

Way to mention Oscar and Karl in there.

[Twenty26Six]

1st team
Deron Williams
Dwayne Wade
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Pau Gasol

2nd team
Steve Nash
Allen Iverson
Amare Stoudamire
Carlos Boozer
Dwight Howard

I didn't even think about Boozer. I haven't seen him play yet this year.

[Twenty26Six]

2nd Team
Chauncy Billups
Manu Ginobli
Richard Hamilton
Chris Bosh
Dwight Howard

I'll put my 2nd five vs. your first five ANY DAY!! ;)

1st team
Deron Williams
Dwayne Wade
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Pau Gasol

[AussieLFCfan]

26, I'm a big fan of Rip Hamilton however haven't seen much of him this season and Ginobili is a freak, however, my team would surely wipe the floor with yours! ;)

I was a massive Jazz fan as a youngster, slightly less these days....lol....Stockton to Malone.

LB, Big O's a great choice and I'd probably throw Wilt in there for all time team. However, although Stockton didn't get the accolades of Magic, Cousy and Big O, the man was a stalwart and also is the alltime assists and steals leader in NBA history.

Would still love to come to the US and watch a live game one day! Closest I got was watching the US team at the Sydney Olympics twice. I remember going to a niteclub afterwards and I was wearing my Alonso Mourning USA jersey and a Canadian try to pick a fight with me thinking I was a yank lol

[Grinners89]

I've been watching more b-ball lately.

What's your "Favorite 5" NBA team? Current Players Only, please.

1st Team
Chris Paul
Ray Allen
Dwayne Wade
Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnett

2nd Team
Chauncy Billups
Manu Ginobli
Richard Hamilton
Chris Bosh
Dwight Howard


Im sorry for going completely off your rules but to hark back to old memories...I'll always be a Pacers and Reggie Miller fan...what a superstar!

[liverbird]

26, I'm a big fan of Rip Hamilton however haven't seen much of him this season and Ginobili is a freak, however, my team would surely wipe the floor with yours! ;)

I was a massive Jazz fan as a youngster, slightly less these days....lol....Stockton to Malone.

LB, Big O's a great choice and I'd probably throw Wilt in there for all time team. However, although Stockton didn't get the accolades of Magic, Cousy and Big O, the man was a stalwart and also is the alltime assists and steals leader in NBA history.

Would still love to come to the US and watch a live game one day! Closest I got was watching the US team at the Sydney Olympics twice. I remember going to a niteclub afterwards and I was wearing my Alonso Mourning USA jersey and a Canadian try to pick a fight with me thinking I was a yank lol

I'm old enough to have seen live every major basketball player in the last 45 years. Oscar averaged a triple double in points, assists and rebounds over five straight NBA seasons. No one will ever do that again. Wilt (who always played for teams I did not support) scored 100 points in a game and averaged close to 40 points a game one season. When the always sensitive to criticism Wilt had had enough of being labeled a one dimensional scoring machine, he spent an entire season passing and led the league in assists while still scoring over 20 points a game. Malone was the greatest combination of scoring and rebounding 4 man ever.

I had Georgetown season seats from 1980 to 2005 so I saw a massive amount of great college basketball in those years. Prior to that I lived in the NYC area and attended loads of college and Knicks games. So I can say I saw live every home college game that Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Morning, Allen Iverson ever played (as well as every other game on TV). I also saw Wilt, Oscar, Kareem, Baylor, West, Frazier, Monroe, Reed, Bradley, and many many more as pros.

I don't watch the NBA much anymore. I still see about 10 college games a year in person and a lot more on the tube. It is a co-equal addiction with sawker.

[liverbird]

Im sorry for going completely off your rules but to hark back to old memories...I'll always be a Pacers and Reggie Miller fan...what a superstar!

I am a Knicks fan --- Reggie is officially dead to me.

[Twenty26Six]

I am a Knicks fan --- Reggie is officially dead to me.

This is for you, then.... ;)

http://bp2.blogger.com/_aQHUmSB16UM/RdeXIS5kD-I/AAAAAAAAArY/A41ucivoqP8/s400/starks2_mini.jpg

[liverbird]

This is for you, then.... ;)

http://bp2.blogger.com/_aQHUmSB16UM/RdeXIS5kD-I/AAAAAAAAArY/A41ucivoqP8/s400/starks2_mini.jpg

Nice, but I'll always remember Starks choking in the 7th game against Houston

[Twenty26Six]

Nice, but I'll always remember Starks choking in the 7th game against Houston

Meh. I don't think they were ever good enough to win the big one with that squad. Solid, but not overwhelming. Unfortunately, Ewing happened to play in an era with many, MANY other great centers. It definitely limited his impact, IMO.

[liverbird]

Meh. I don't think they were ever good enough to win the big one with that squad. Solid, but not overwhelming. Unfortunately, Ewing happened to play in an era with many, MANY other great centers. It definitely limited his impact, IMO.

Well his real problem was he was in the same era as Jordan. But that's old stuff now. However, if Starks had shot at 80% of his average efficiency in that game the Knicks win the title.

[Suss]

Well his real problem was he was in the same era as Jordan. But that's old stuff now. However, if Starks had shot at 80% of his average efficiency in that game the Knicks win the title.

I was only 10 years old, but remember that Knicks team like it was yesterday. I'm getting back into watching them this year. D'Antoni is doing a great job with the team and they are fun to watch again.

Lebron and Bosh in 2010.

[Suss]

I've been watching more b-ball lately.

What's your "Favorite 5" NBA team? Current Players Only, please.


What would be your list of the 10 best players in league? Here's mine...

1) Lebron
2) Kobe
3) Paul
4) Wade
5) Deron Williams
6) Howard
7) Garnett
8) Pierce
9) Duncan
10) Bosh

[Twenty26Six]

Well his real problem was he was in the same era as Jordan.

True. That was everyone's problem at the time. :o

[Grinners89]

I am a Knicks fan --- Reggie is officially dead to me.

Maybe this is why...;) (sorry to bring up old memories)

http://www.pacersdigest.com/apache2-default/images/smilies/choke.jpg

[liverbird]

Maybe this is why. (sorry to bring up old memories)

http://www.pacersdigest.com/apache2-default/images/smilies/choke.jpg

http://sneakernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/spike-lee-ny-knicks-spizikes-1.jpg

Hurts him more:eek: