Lakers vs. Celtics: All-Time Teams Match-up

Of course, the Lakers would win an "All-Time Greats" series against the Celtics...

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lol, definitely LA

just for fun:

C: Kareem / Shaq / Wilt / Mikan
PF: Pau / Green / McAdoo
SF: Baylor / Worthy
SG: Kobe / West / Cooper
PG: Magic / Goodrich / Van Exel

C: Russell / Parish / Cowens
PF: McHale / Garnett / Heinsohn
SF: Bird / Pierce / Maxwell
SG: Havlicek / Jones / Allen
PG: Cousy / Johnson / White

our backcourt would run circles around them, and the four centers would dominant. i’d like to see a non-LA/celtic team, like an all-the-other-teams team, even try to challenge them.

3 Heat can't stop the 3peat.

by LAL32 on Aug 27, 2010 12:11 AM PDT reply actions

Going with that idea of an All-Time Lakers, vs. All-Time NBA:

C: Kareem/Shaq/Wilt/Mikan
PF: Gasol/Green/McAdoo
SF: Baylor/Worthy
SG: Bryant/West/Cooper
PG: Magic/Goodrich/Van Exel

C: Russell/Olajuwon/M. Malone
PF: Duncan/K. Malone/Barkley
SF: Bird/Erving/James
SG: Jordan/Drexler
PG: Robertson/Thomas/Stockton

Honestly, I think our starting 5 might have the slightest of edges over theirs, but their bench is deeper and reserves are deeper than ours. I think the game would be closer than a lot of people would think.

by Blake Jensen on Aug 27, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions

i'd put pippen at 3rd small forward

rather than he-who-must-not-be-named because he can do so much, 3-pointers, defense, pretty much anything. he-who-must-not-be-named still has to prove himself. plus, i hate him. also, for center, which russell are you referring to? cause i think bill russell was on the celtics for a few years… unless some other russell i’m not aware of played at center and was better than hakeem olajuwon.

anyways, that would be a pretty good series to watch. i think our four centers would have the advantage over olajuwon and moses. the power forwards would just own us… same with the small forwards mostly. and i think magic/goodrich/van exel could take on robertson/thomas/stockton. magic makes up for thomas/stockton being superior to goodrich and van exel. and finally, kobe/west could match up with jordan/dexler pretty well.

i think the all-nba (excluding celts) team might win, but it would be ridiculously close.

3 Heat can't stop the 3peat.

by LAL32 on Aug 27, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions

Lebron

I don't do it for your thanks, I do it because I had a calling, but I do love the support you give me and my Soldiers.

by Sarge Clemins on Aug 27, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions

3 Heat can't stop the 3peat.

by LAL32 on Aug 27, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

lol fail

but srsly

3 Heat can't stop the 3peat.

by LAL32 on Aug 27, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

thats an ugly ass cat!

lol

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by Sarge Clemins on Aug 27, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions

oh, and same with bird too

i was talking about an all-the-other-teams team excluding boston or LA.

3 Heat can't stop the 3peat.

by LAL32 on Aug 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions

how about ALL time greats vs future HOF/greats

C: Kareem C: Shaq
SF: Bird SF: Lebron
SG: Jordon vs. SG: Kobe
PG: Magic PG: Chris Paul
PF: Karl Malone PF: Duncan

All of them at their primes..
at C, SF, and PF the advantage is at future HOF’ers and SG (homer glasses) cancels out.. The only weakness is at PG position obviously Magic being the Best PG ever to touch the ball… Shaq during his prime was a beast and i believe will completely own scrawny Kareem

by rballer on Aug 27, 2010 2:20 AM PDT reply actions

there was suppose to be a vs. sign between the positions

fail

by rballer on Aug 27, 2010 2:21 AM PDT up reply actions

i think the 2006 or 2007 kobe

could take on mike. shaq circa 2000 could take on kareem. he-who-must-not-be-named and bird might match up well. duncan and malone would be a great match-up to watch. aaand then magic would destroy the future HOFs. sorry, chris paul. i think the all-time greats win.

3 Heat can't stop the 3peat.

by LAL32 on Aug 27, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Magic

has a huge height advantage over all the guards now. It’d just be a matter of him effectively containing their quickness. This also depends on the rules that we play by. With hand-checking, I think it would be so entertaining to watch JoKo go at each other.

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by Marty Mart on Aug 28, 2010 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions

Well, Wilt is by far the best center ever. So, replace kareem with wilt, and wilt definitely gets the edge over shaq. I do agree that shaq in the prime of his prime is better than any other center in the their prime, except wilt. But, I have kareem, wilt, hakeem, and maybe russell over shaq for a career.

The queen’s lebacle has not only helped kobe’s legacy, but now bird will remain the top SF of all time, until Durant most likely overtakes him there at some pt.

Duncan overall is better than malone, but malone was probably better offensively, but duncan is far superior defensively, edge to duncan.

Magic easily the best.

When kobe’s on, I’ve never seen anyone better. So, if we’re talking about primes, Kobe gets the nod over jordan. And as a career overall, I think Kobe gets/will get the nod as well.

by express34texas on Aug 27, 2010 7:53 AM PDT reply actions

the thing with wilt is...

he didn’t play his prime years with LA. he played all his prime years with philadelphia. he didn’t score 100 with LA. he only won 1 championship with LA in his 5 years with the lakers. shaq played all of his prime years with LA, won 3 championships, and was a pure beast. kareem won 5 championships with LA, still averaged over 20 points per game 11 of the 14 seasons he was here, and scored 24K of his 38K points in a laker uniform.

that’s why in my mind, it’s kareem, then shaq, then wilt.

3 Heat can't stop the 3peat.

by LAL32 on Aug 27, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions

ah. these are all speculations...

let’s play NBA 2K or Elite to settle this… LOL

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