Create the best possible lineup from Magic players, past and present in their primes

[Skywise316 211]

Dear God, shame on anyone who doesn't know who Mark Price is.

 

For your viewing pleasure:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1rkIcmNftw

[Ryan the Magic Fan 253]

PG- Penny Hardaway/ Jameer Nelson/ Scott Skiles

 

SG- Vince Carter/ Tracy McGrady/ Nick Anderson

 

SF- Grant Hill/ Rashard Lewis/ Hedo Turkgolu

 

PF- Horace Grant/ Ben Wallace/ Shawn Kemp

 

C- Shaq/ Patrick Ewing/ Dwight Howard

[VinceCarter4life 69]

TheRevTy: your list is perfect IMO, for a franchise.

 

But mine, just for fun, would be...

 

PENNY HARDAWAY

VINCE CARTER

GRANT HILL

DWIGHT HOWARD

SHAQ O NEIL

 

6th man: Tracy McGrady

 

^look at the first 3 starters. 3 "next Michael Jordans" all in the same starting lineup. In their prime this isn't even fair.

 

-The reason why I didn't start Tmac, was because Vince/Tmac are kinda similiar offensive players, and I didn't think that'd work together well. So Tmac can come off the bench with a bunch of goons like Doug Christie and go 30ppg from the bench, since he's proven to be a monster scorer with scrubs. Hed backup the 2,3.

-Nick Anderson, Ewing, Billups, Mark Price, Nique, etc, would all be on the bench though.

[Maestro 0]

Too hard. I'm not gonna even attempt. The only clear cuts for me are Penny at the 1 and either T-Mac or Carter at the 2.

[Captain Hi-Top 791]

Hardaway/Billups/Price

 

T-Mac/Dominque/Anderson

 

Hill/Lewis/Miller

 

Kemp/Grant/Wallace

 

Dwight/Shaq/Ewing

[jesusway 0]

C-Shaq/Ewing/Gorat

PF-Howard/Grant/J. Howard

SF-Lewis/Hill/Dominique

SG-T-Mac/Anderson/C. Lee

PG-Penny/Jameer/Armstrong/

[TheRevTy 6]

How good could T-mac have been if he had a high-scoring running mate?

 

Looking back, Grant Hill probably wasn't the best choice to pair with him. They are both Pippen-esque players.

 

Also, I am shocked at the number of people who merely went down the list of "Best Magic Players Ever". Basketball, far more than any other sport, is about chemistry and player interactions.

 

If this was baseball, sure, just plug and play the best talent available.

[TheRevTy 6]

Also, what justification do people have for putting Dwight at the 4? He and Shaq sharing the court would be a disaster.

[magicfan83 23]

Price/Penny/Billups/Jameer

McGrady/Wilkins/Nick

Hill/Lewis/Vince

Grant/Kemp/

Dwight/Shaq/Ewing

 

As for the starters, Dwight and Grant anchor the defense and grab nearly every rebound. Price because he distributes and is a knockdown shooter. McGrady is the elite scorer, and his length and athleticism made him a solid defender before his back and knees went out on him. Grant Hill in Detroit was a top 5 player and was ticketed for the Hall of Fame before the ankle of doom.

 

The second unit is pretty self explanatory.

 

The 15th man is the toughest consideration. Scott, Turk, and Jameer were all in the running. I couldn't think of a 3rd power forward that merited any of the those guys' exclusion from the team. Lewis would fill in just fine as the 3rd Power Forward. Since a bunch of those players can play 3, and Penny can play 2 or 3, and Lewis can move up to 4, it made sense for Jameer to make the roster instead of another 3.

[jec 427]

Why does everyone have Dwight over Shaq?

 

Shaq in his prime is a player you dream to build your team around. He is a legend. It's arguable that Dwight may be better defensively, but you could throw just one of these wing players in their prime (T-Mac, VC, Penny, Grant) with Shaq in his prime and compose the rest of the roster with mediocre talent if you wanted and guarantee titles.

 

Dwight hasn't earned a spot over Shaq, or Ewing for that matter, on a Magic All Time team.

[magicfan83 23]

quote:

Originally posted by jecMagicMan:

Why does everyone have Dwight over Shaq?

 

Shaq in his prime is a player you dream to build your team around. He is a legend. It's arguable that Dwight may be better defensively, but you could throw just one of these wing players in their prime (T-Mac, VC, Penny, Grant) with Shaq in his prime and compose the rest of the roster with mediocre talent if you wanted and guarantee titles.

 

Dwight hasn't earned a spot over Shaq, or Ewing for that matter, on a Magic All Time team.

That's an embarrassingly good point. I'm going to hide behind a technicality and say that Dwight isn't in his prime yet.

[Fultz4thewin 2,464]

quote:

Originally posted by jecMagicMan:

Why does everyone have Dwight over Shaq?

 

Shaq in his prime is a player you dream to build your team around. He is a legend. It's arguable that Dwight may be better defensively, but you could throw just one of these wing players in their prime (T-Mac, VC, Penny, Grant) with Shaq in his prime and compose the rest of the roster with mediocre talent if you wanted and guarantee titles.

 

Dwight hasn't earned a spot over Shaq, or Ewing for that matter, on a Magic All Time team.

 

thats why i put shaq first. dwight may be better eventually but not now.