ATTL wrote:bwgood77 wrote:I'm not sure about Walter Davis over Marion here...probably best to leave Amare out but that would really be small ball, even though maybe best five players. If Alvan Adams kept up his rookie stats, he'd be hard to leave out too.
If we're just picking like all nba teams then KJ should be there to it if we're picking to make a cohesive unit then davis should probably get in over kj at the 2.
Amare was kind of like tom chambers but somehow a better rebounder.
If booker has any success as a sun then he will probably make it at the two.
15 years from now I predict this being the team.
Nash
Booker
Marion
Barkley
Ayton
Barring injury or suspension/ban it's hard for me to see ayton not passing amare as a player.
KJ is a tough one, because from years 2-4 in the NBA, he destroyed just about any other PG ever with his #s for their years 2-4...then he got the hernia injury, undiagnosed for awhile, causing other injuries, and was never quite the same, though still very good.
Davis is tough too, because it depends on what kind of team you go for...a current times type of team where you need to spread the floor? Because Davis was a pure scorer, but had no range. He was a good playmaker though.
Or, if you look at it from small ball, I would probably go KJ at the 1, Nash at the 2 (spread the floor better), Davis at the 3, Marion at the 4 and Barkley at the 5.
Now that is really small, but rebounding wouldn't be a problem with Marion and Barkley.....though guarding big teams would. We could probably outscore most teams though.
Amare is a bit like KJ...you take his 3rd year once Nash got there, but even his 2nd (with lesser efficiency but similar overall raw #s), he was an absolute beast. He was still fairly solid after that, but had some other injuries and never was quite the same, and only really lasted another 5-6 years after the microfracture surgery.
If KJ and Amare never get injured, they would be very hard to leave off regardless. I don't think you can leave Marion or Barkley off either....and of course Nash.
Now if you think that Barkley only played 4 years here and leave him off, that opens up other options.