If aliens challenged us to a 5-on-5 game today....

ardee · Post #1 » by **ardee** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:53 am

What would your five man unit to challenge them be?

Fit needs to be considered too.

I would go:

PG: Steph Curry
SG: Andre Igoudala
SF: Kevin Durant
PF: Dirk Nowitzki
C: Joakim Noah

I would also consider Duncan, Davis and Ibaka for the 4 and 5 spot.

RebelWithACause · Post #2 » by **RebelWithACause** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:59 am

Are you drunk ardee? Aliens?

The team you present, I pretty much agree on. Perfect fit.

Healhty Bogut would be my choice over Noah, albeit a rather small one.
Cp3 is too ball reliant with KD and LeBron and the shooting of Curry is a better fit.

Dirk is my first choice at the 4, with HMs to Davis and Melo.

DwnShft2Xcelr8 · Post #3 » by **DwnShft2Xcelr8** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:02 am

C - Dwight Howard
PF - Pau Gasol
SF - Metta World Peace
SG - Kobe Bryant
PG - Steve Nash

Coach: Mike D'Antoni

I bet this team wins every time they step on the court. In the NBA, they'd probably win a 73 games, including 34 in a row. Can you just imagine if this line-up actually existed... EVER? It'd be insane! I can see them winning against anyone, whether they be aliens or a reincarnation of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.

This is foolproof!

LarsV8 · Post #4 » by **LarsV8** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:02 am

Paul
Harden
Lebron
Love
Howard

Joseph17 · Post #5 » by **Joseph17** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:07 am

You would have been better off creating a thread asking people what their all NBA first team would be.

Paul
Harden
Durant
Lebron
Dwight

Basketballefan · Post #6 » by **Basketballefan** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:22 am

Something tells me these aliens would be awful at bball.

Post #7 » by **Quotatious** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:26 am

We probably wouldn't beat aliens without MJ, although I would just take the best possible players, which means that LeBron and Durant absolutely have to be on this team.

CP3
Durant
LeBron
Love
Noah

Alternatively, Team Space Jam gets resurrected.

Muggsy
Jordan
Bird
Barkley
Ewing

With Grandmama and Shawn Bradley off the pine.

Ain't too shabby, either.

Woodsanity · Post #8 » by **Woodsanity** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:38 am

Lebron
Iggy
Durant
Davis
Noah

BlackIce · Post #9 » by **BlackIce** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:51 am

Woodsanity wrote:Lebron
Iggy
Durant
Davis
Noah

They'd get zoned and Lebron, Iggy, and to a lesser extent Noah like to play with the ball in their hands but Lebron at PG is interesting. Iggy's teammate Klay might be a better fit at SG. I'll go;

Dragic
Batum
Lebron
LMA
M.Gasol

Our bigs aren't great rebounders but Lebron/Batum at 6.9 and 7.5 rpg respectively. Good ball movement, solid defense, secondary playmaking, spacing, etc. Everything just kind of works.

Debated Noah at C, but Gasol has a low post game and although both are great passers with Dragic/LBJ running the show and Batum making plays (5.1 apg) Noah wouldn't shine like he is for the Bulls this season.

Woodsanity · Post #10 » by **Woodsanity** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:13 am

BlackIce wrote:
Woodsanity wrote:Lebron
Iggy
Durant
Davis
Noah

They'd get zoned and Lebron, Iggy, and to a lesser extent Noah like to play with the ball in their hands but Lebron at PG is interesting. Iggy's teammate Klay might be a better fit at SG. I'll go;

Dragic
Batum
Lebron
LMA
M.Gasol

Our bigs aren't great rebounders but Lebron/Batum at 6.9 and 7.5 rpg respectively. Good ball movement, solid defense, secondary playmaking, spacing, etc. Everything just kind of works.

Debated Noah at C, but Gasol has a low post game and although both are great passers with Dragic/LBJ running the show and Batum making plays (5.1 apg) Noah wouldn't shine like he is for the Bulls this season.

I was thinking about swapping Iggy with Kawhi. I think that could work.

OnePostLegend · Post #11 » by **OnePostLegend** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:40 am

Depends on which aliens. If it's the aliens from Mars Attacks or ET then I'd be pretty confident throwing out an average high school team against them.

If it's a team of aliens from the Alien series then:

Stephen Curry
Kyle Korver
Kevin Durant
Kevin Love
Channing Frye

I doubt we're getting anything easy at the rim against those aliens, so the best bet is to take a bunch of 3s and hope they go in often enough.

thizznation · Post #12 » by **thizznation** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:16 am

we would beat the greys they have very poor lower body strength, the reptillians would smoke our ass real good though

ThunderDan9 · Post #13 » by **ThunderDan9** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:12 am

Bill Simmons wrote an entire chapter in his book about this. :lol:

If we lose they destroy the planet.

BlackIce · Post #14 » by **BlackIce** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:27 pm

Surprised no one made a Cassell joke...

Post #15 » by **Quotatious** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:44 pm

BlackIce wrote:Surprised no one made a Cassell joke...

How could I forget?

Golden Angel · Post #16 » by **Golden Angel** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:09 pm

This is easy..Nets bench.

Post #17 » by **bondom34** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:42 pm

Don't care who's playing, Pop's the coach. He's the only person in the NBA I'm confident is capable of outsmarting aliens.

Cruel_Ruin · Post #18 » by **Cruel_Ruin** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:05 pm

MJ and the Looney Tunes easily. They are 1- 0 vs. Alien teams, proving they match up well with extraterrestrials.

ronnymac2 · Post #19 » by **ronnymac2** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:20 pm

DeAndre Jordan
Blake Griffin
LeBron James
Kevin Durant
Stephen Curry

I'm going big. I can't afford to have Noah in there facing a giant 7'3" brute with offensive skills. I can't trust Bogut's health, and I don't like Gasol's rebounding, so I'm rolling with DeAndre. Nobody plays bigger than DeAndre.

Durant is out of place at SG, but I need the second best player in the world on my team.

I'm not going with some stretch 4 bull. Not taking a chance that those 3's dry up. I want a legitimate POWER forward. Blake allows me to run, makes the most use of Jordan, and now has the jumper to compliment KD/LBJ.

Jory04 · Post #20 » by **Jory04** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:05 pm

Stephen Curry
Paul George
Kevin Durant
LeBron James
Andre Drummond

Bench
Brandon Jennings
JR Smith
Metra World Peace
Kevin Garnett
Demarcus Cousins

I want a sub line-up that won't take any **** off of any aliens.