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if you could select an All-Time Rockets starting 5, (don't focus only on numbers but on "team-chemistry" as well), how would it look like?

Didn't we have something similar not to long ago?

Ups, I am sorry - i know I should look for older threads befor oppening a new one.
nonetheless feel free to post your opinion.

Chemistry? How about this:

5 - Chuck Hayes
4 - Ryan Bowen
3 - Shane Battier
2 - Jon Barry
1 - Bobby Sura

They'd lose every game, but you can't doubt their heart.

Nah its fine TMU was doing an all time Rockets list. This is different. Well if I were looking just based on chemistry then:

Bobby Sura (That's Right)
Clyde Drexler
McGrady
Horry (That's Right)
Hakeem

The reason I like this is because Drexler not only is an efficient scorer, but with his years as a Rocket he was also handling the ball a lot more while also playmaking. Clyde also wasn't a high shot selector with the Rockets, just an efficient scorer overall. McGrady would be the primary scorer on the team, Horry I like next to Hakeem because of the way he can stretch the floor, more or so I like to think of Horry a PF in a SF body. Sura was just filled with team chemistry, toughness, thats what I like out of a PG, just someone that can do their job. He knew how to slash, rebound, score every now and then, was good 3 pt shooter, and had some nice playmaking skills, but overall he was just very tough. That'd be my team simply based on chemistry, interesting thread btw.

C- Yao Ming
C/PF- Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon
SF- Tracy Mcgrady
SG- Clyde "The Glide" Drexler
PG- Calvin Murphy

jove9 wrote:Chemistry? How about this:

5 - Chuck Hayes
4 - Ryan Bowen
3 - Shane Battier
2 - Jon Barry
1 - Bobby Sura

They'd lose every game, but you can't doubt their heart.

Where is Matt Maloney???????????????????????????????? lol

C Hakeem Olajuwon
PF Moses Malone
SF Shane Battier
SG Clyde Drexler
PG Sam Cassell

Of the five, I think it's obvious which three are on there because of their talent. Hakeem is the centerpiece, the defensive anchor and the go-to guy on offense. He has great chemistry with his college buddy, Clyde Drexler, arguably the best rebounding and shot-blocking shooting guard in NBA history, and quite a playmaker and scorer in his own right. It seems more natural to put Moses Malone at PF than Sampson, or to slide Hakeem to the 4 in favor of Yao; moreover, you can't really go wrong with a three-time MVP who led the Rockets to the Finals with a cast of scrubs. He's perhaps the greatest offensive rebounder in the modern era and would compliment Hakeem perfectly.

Because Clutch City was based on sharp shooters next to the Dream, I filled it out with high-IQ players who can stroke the three. In addition, Battier offers great perimeter defense; Cassell offers incredible clutch performance. I opted over these two over much more talented options such as McGrady, Murphy, etc. They might certainly make the team much better, but it'd be hard to predict the chemistry of players who have never played together.

Sam Cassell, Clyde Drexler, Rodney McCray, Moses Malone (i could say E.Hayes), Hakeem Olajuwon

franchise73 wrote:

jove9 wrote:Chemistry? How about this:

5 - Chuck Hayes
4 - Ryan Bowen
3 - Shane Battier
2 - Jon Barry
1 - Bobby Sura

They'd lose every game, but you can't doubt their heart.

Where is Matt Maloney???????????????????????????????? lol

You know what? I honestly DID put Maloney there, then thought about how well Sura and Barry got along so I changed it.

jove9 wrote:

franchise73 wrote:

jove9 wrote:Chemistry? How about this:

5 - Chuck Hayes
4 - Ryan Bowen
3 - Shane Battier
2 - Jon Barry
1 - Bobby Sura

They'd lose every game, but you can't doubt their heart.

Where is Matt Maloney???????????????????????????????? lol

You know what? I honestly DID put Maloney there, then thought about how well Sura and Barry got along so I changed it.

Matt was so sick against Utah in 98 lol

But he disapeared after lol

F - Ron Artest
F - Luis Scola
C - Yao Ming
G - Tracy McGrady
G - Shane Battier

francis
drexler
tmac
olajuwon
yao

A lot of these lineups are doing the opposite of what the OP was talking about:

BillyHoyle wrote:don't focus only on numbers but on "team-chemistry" as well

I don't see how five scorers who need the ball to be effective could get along on the court.

Look at Team USA ....
The Dream Team

The original Dream Team was so successful because the rest of the world didn't know how to play.

We saw what happened in 2004 when the US insisted on putting a bunch of scorers on the same team and asked them to perform.

The current Team USA at least has a couple of role players, but the jury is still out on whether or not it can beat a quality team.

jove9 wrote:The original Dream Team was so successful because the rest of the world didn't know how to play.

We saw what happened in 2004 when the US insisted on putting a bunch of scorers on the same team and asked them to perform.

The current Team USA at least has a couple of role players, but the jury is still out on whether or not it can beat a quality team.

beside Prince who else is role player?

Kobe, LeBron, Wade, Melo, Howrd, Bosh, Boozer, Paul, Redd are the team leading scorer
Deron, Kidd are no role player