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My second-letter-of-the-first-name all-time team is "I".

Tiny Archibald
Michael Jordan
Jimmy Butler
Tim Duncan
Bill Russell

Vince and Wilt were tough exclusions here but I went the route of defensive acumen on those positions.

Can this team be beat by another letter?

Jesus christ we're really getting desperate aren't we

miamiheat319 wrote:Jesus christ we're really getting desperate aren't we

Yes. Yes we are.

I appreciate the creativity. Without claiming my team beats yours, I'll do one for "H".
C - Shaquille O'Neal
PF - Charles Barkley
SF - Shawn Marion
SG - Chauncey Billups
PG - Chris Paul

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Kareem
Hakeem
Larry
Ray
Magic

Jerry West
Reggie Miller
Lebron
Kevin Durant
Kevin Garnett

subbed sub wrote:Kareem
Hakeem
Larry
Ray
Magic

Earvin works too

PG24 wrote:

miamiheat319 wrote:Jesus christ we're really getting desperate aren't we

Yes. Yes we are.

Just waiting for the "I spy with my little eye..." thread lol

Tor_Raps wrote:

PG24 wrote:

miamiheat319 wrote:Jesus christ we're really getting desperate aren't we

Yes. Yes we are.

Just waiting for the "I spy with my little eye..." thread lol

Right??

PG24 wrote:My second-letter-of-the-first-name all-time team is "I".

Tiny Archibald
Michael Jordan
Jimmy Butler
Tim Duncan
Bill Russell

Vince and Wilt were tough exclusions here but I went the route of defensive acumen on those positions.

Can this team be beat by another letter?

Put Giannis instead of butler

zaza pachulia
zach lavine
zion williamson
zach randolph
zyndrunas ilgauskas

Bob Love
Bob Petit
Bob Lanier
Bobby Wilkerson
Bob Weiss

Lets try with the "L"

Allen Iverson
Clyde Drexler
Elgin Baylor
Elvin Hayes
Alonso Mourning

You guys need to go read a book, watch a movie, play video games or watch porn and beat off or something.

donkeylips wrote:zaza pachulia
zach lavine
zion williamson
zach randolph
zyndrunas ilgauskas

Zaza was a natural point guard. Good choice.

Gotta let Lavine play point and get Zoran Dragić in at sg

But it’s second letter of their first name

PG24 wrote:My second-letter-of-the-first-name all-time team is "I".

Tiny Archibald
Michael Jordan
Jimmy Butler
Tim Duncan
Bill Russell

Vince and Wilt were tough exclusions here but I went the route of defensive acumen on those positions.

Can this team be beat by another letter?

"Tiny" was really named "Nate" or "Nathaniel".

perik777 wrote:

PG24 wrote:My second-letter-of-the-first-name all-time team is "I".

Tiny Archibald
Michael Jordan
Jimmy Butler
Tim Duncan
Bill Russell

Vince and Wilt were tough exclusions here but I went the route of defensive acumen on those positions.

Can this team be beat by another letter?

Put Giannis instead of butler

Savage.

And, no. Nathaniel Archibald does not work. So put Jimmy back in for him.

To be clear, first letter of the last name goes to J, thanks to Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, LeBron James and a LOT of high-quality depth. There used to be a little doubt because of weakness among the bigs (Abdul-Jabbar alphabetizes to A), but several things changed:

-- LeBron's career got ever better.
-- Smallball made LeBron and Magic ever more credible as 4s.
-- Jokic showed up.

PG24 wrote:My second-letter-of-the-first-name all-time team is "I".

Tiny Archibald
Michael Jordan
Jimmy Butler
Tim Duncan
Bill Russell

Vince and Wilt were tough exclusions here but I went the route of defensive acumen on those positions.

Can this team be beat by another letter?

Obviously, there's terrific strength and depth among the bigs -- Russell, Duncan, Wilt, Walton, Giannis ... The challenge is perimeter players, and especially ones that can actually shoot.

Candidates (in some cases out of position) start:

Michael Jordan
Rick Barry
Giannis
Butler (It seems he's really Jimmy rather than James)
Bill Sharman
Wilt????
Mikes/Michaels Bibby, Conley, Ray Richardson, Adams