All-Time Starting 5 League Topic

I don't know if anyone has seen this, but over at yahoo.com Kelly Dwyer is going through every team and giving the all-time starting 5 in his opinion. Basically it's stuff like a Pistons team with no Rodman, and a Sixers team with no Wilt. He's just goign by who he feels meant the most to each team. Would anyone be interested in a league where you had to take his starting 5 for whatever franchise you pick? Would a league where you knew the Lakers would be Magic, Kobe, Worthy, Baylor, Kareem be more or less fun than a normal franchise league?
8/4/2015 4:42 PM
Here are the teams so far:
Rockets: Murphy, Harden, McGrady, Tomjanovich, Olajuwon
Bulls: Rose, Jordan, Pippen, Deng, Noah
Wizards: Arenas, Monroe, Hayes, Gus Johnson, Unseld
76ers: Iverson, Greer, Erving, Barkley, Malone
Hawks: Lou Hudson, Joe Johnson, Dominique Wilkins, Pettit, Mutombo
Lakers: Bryant, Johnson, Baylor, Worthy, Abdul-Jabbar
Kings: Robertson, Archibald, Webber, Stojakovic, Divac
Pistons: Bing, Thomas, Hill, Rasheed Wallace, Lanier
Knicks: Houston, Frazier, Debusschere, King, Ewing
Celtics: Cousy, Sam Jones, Bird, Havlicek, Russell
Warriors: Curry, Sprewell, Barry, Mullin, Chamberlain







8/4/2015 4:54 PM
who the heck is he going to put Worm on if not the Pistons or Bulls?  Even as a specialist, he's definitely better than Deng & was much more instrumental to the Pistons' success than Hill or even Rasheed.

Nah, I wouldn't be interested in using someone else's opinion of an all-time starting five, especially considering how bad the sim would make some of these squads (Cousy, Jones, Russell & Hondo on the Cs?  Can you imagine your team's efg%?)  Not to mention the wasted usage.  nah, I'll pass on dumb dwyer's teams.

8/4/2015 6:21 PM
I just figured his mistakes would add to the challenge. Teams like the Lakers who are EOL gold, suddenly make me think twice.
8/5/2015 10:31 AM
Dwyer's a dick - I'd rather make my own mistakes
8/5/2015 10:41 AM
Yeah that Rockets team..ugh  In the old Gym Rat days I would never let that team go on the floor
8/5/2015 4:54 PM
interesting concept Rob - but these lineups are just bad. Not just the players or make up, but the selections and positions seem off.  Is Houston on the Knicks Allan?  Yikes!
8/9/2015 9:20 AM
I've never heard of  this Kelly Dwyer person but he/she obviously has no ******* clue what he/she is talking about... Rasheed Wallace in the alltime Pistons starting 5 is laughable...Spree over Hardaway or Richmond  (if we are talking RL & not WIS) is just as ridiculous, along with many more of his/her other selections.. It is sad that someone who knows nothing about basketball can get paid to write about it..... Let me guess, Cadillac Anderson will start for the Spurs...
8/9/2015 7:41 PM
Deng is another joke... Ho Grant, Worm, Bob Love, Bob Boozer, & Chet Walker are ALL better options than Deng.
8/9/2015 7:47 PM
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