Board 8 > If you were to start an NBA roster, who would you build your team around?

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Derrick Rose, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Tim Duncan, or Dwight Howard?

Kobe and Tim are in their primes for this question.

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Howard

He's proof you can just put a bunch of mediocre perimeter players around him and the team can be good.

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i didn't watch any early-years duncan but it's hard to separate him from all the winning he did

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Kobe in his Prime? Him.

In the present-day NBA though, I'd take Durant pretty much no questions asked.

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Howard

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Prime? Probably Duncan. For a stretch there, he was unstoppable.

Today? Durant.

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_Regaro_ posted...
Kobe in his Prime? Him.

In the present-day NBA though, I'd take Durant pretty much no questions asked.

Yeah the Lakers were amazing without Shaq or Gasol/Bynum...

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yeah I put LeBron over Durant for a reason.

LBJ or Howard would be my choice. They're going to dominate the next decade like Olajuwon and MJ did the '90s.

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Durant is one of my favourite players in the NBA but Lebron is definitely better than him and he makes his teammates better.

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Howard or Duncan for their position alone, though I would give the nod to Howard despite Duncan being a more well-rounded player

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If I am trying to win a title this year

Rose, Lebron, Wade, Kevin Love, Dwight Howard for starters

Lemarcus Aldridge, Rondo, Bynum, Marc Gasol, Blake, John Wall for my bench


Building for future championships and a strong team over the next few years

Rose, Curry, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Demarcus Cousins for starters

Rubio, Wall, Deandre Jordan, Paul George, Ryan Anderson, Joakim Noah, and Marcus Thorton

I'd also want Isiah Thomas, but my team is guard heavy as it is and I don't know how Rubio and Wall handle the 2.



And from your list just to build around I would go in this order

Rose, Lebron, Howard, Kobe, Duncan



Edit- I would want Pekovic on my bench too >_>

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KCF0107 posted...
Howard or Duncan for their position alone, though I would give the nod to Howard despite Duncan being a more well-rounded player

This. You pay a high premium to acquire a great center and they have perhaps the greatest impact on the game. Defensively they have the ability to alter the game completely and play the perimeter more effectively with less help on the interior. Offensively if they dominate and can pass decently they can kick out when they're double or tripled. And if played straight up can take it for an easy basket.

Guards and forwards are a dime a dozen. I could get someone like Calderon to run my point if I wanted. And just get other players who are good at defense, can shoot the ball and don't chuck like Kobe. Maybe get one athletic guard who has the ability to drive fearlessly to open up the defense.

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To be fair, I say Durant because he is by far the most likely to stay with my hypothetical team for his entire career

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Dr_Football posted...
To be fair, I say Durant because he is by far the most likely to stay with my hypothetical team for his entire career

rose and duncan have shown nothing but loyalty...!

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TheKnightOfNee posted...
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Duncan flirted with free agency iirc

On rose's extension did he do 5 years or 4 + player option

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From: Dr_Football | #020
Duncan flirted with free agency iirc

that was just the magic being totally delusional

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Duncan pretty easily

Kobe is the better player, but Duncan is just in a more important position to have an impact on a team as a whole

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Jeremy Lin obviously.

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There's an argument to be made for Duncan, but I'd rather have prime Howard as big men are concerned, and if LBJ gets a string of titles together he can match up to Jordan without getting laughed at.

I want to see Howard with a competent supporting cast. That would be a treat to watch. I'd honestly be happy to see the Bulls give up, say, Boozer and Noah and picks for him.

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Duncan.

At his absolute peak, he posted the 6th best defensive rating of all time. Among active NBA players, he's #1. For career defensive rating, he's #3. Second in active win shares (behind only Kevin Garnett), Third in active win shares per 48 (behind Chris Paul and LeBron James). Fourth among active players in Defensive Rebound Percentage. From 1997-2010, didn't finish outside the 10 in player efficiency save one year, finished in the top 5 nine of those years. Second among active players in blocks per game (2.2), trailing only Marcus Camby.

I could go on but I won't.

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Duncan pretty easily

Kobe is the better player, but Duncan is just in a more important position to have an impact on a team as a whole

yeah this sounds correct to me

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probably durant. Lebron is 27 now. Hardly old, and still has id say 6 years of prime left, but durant is 23 and should have 3-5 more prime years than lebron.

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Pacmantis posted...
Bill Laimbeer

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Duncan flirted with free agency iirc

back when jason kidd was in the final year of his first nets contract, there was talk of the clippers going after kidd and duncan to team up with elton brand. I wanna say this was around 2003. The clippers had a **** ton of money at the time with a bunch of expiring contracts, and duncan and kidd were both free agents that year.

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This topic made my day, because through it, I just learned about Metta World Peace.

LMAO

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Prime Duncan? No contest.

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Probably Duncan. However, it's hard to pull me away from Durant, who I think plays with a level of heart that is almost lost on most of the league.

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Nice lolo

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Howard. His supporting cast is awful yet he makes it work.

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From: AlecTrevelyan006 | #024
Jeremy Lin obviously.

How did we go 23 posts in this topic without any mention of this guy

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