Who is the BEST 4 of All time?

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Best 4?

Kevin Garnett
5
12%
Tim Duncan
26
60%
Karl Malone
8
19%
Charles Barkely
4
9%
 
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Post#1 » by tnayrbrocks » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:16 am

So who is the best power forward of all time?
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Post#2 » by Harry Palmer » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:25 am

How can you ask this question and not include Pettit and maybe even McHale ie beyond me.
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Post#3 » by RaoulDuke79 » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:40 am

Out of that list it's hard for me to choose anyone over Duncan, but Sir Charles is easily my favorite, so:

1a) Duncan
1b) Round Mound
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Post#4 » by Harry Palmer » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:42 am

RaoulDuke79 wrote:Out of that list it's hard for me to choose anyone over Duncan, but Sir Charles is easily my favorite, so:

1a) Duncan
1b) Round Mound


IMO TD, Pettit and KG are all better, but none of them would worry me more if my team had to play them than Barkley. Easily the most explosive of the bunch.
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Post#5 » by Turisas » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:36 am

I'd go with Duncan. Love Barkley but he could never anchor a team defensively like Duncan does.
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Post#6 » by Point forward » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:39 am

I voted Karl Malone, firstly because TD plays more like a center, and secondly because Karl is getting severely underrated these days.
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Post#7 » by penbeast0 » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:28 pm

Best 4 of all time is probably the Celtics of Bird, McHale, Parish, and DJ; though the Lakers of the Magic, Kareem, Worthy, and Nixon or the Sixers of Wilt, Greer, Cunningham and Chet Walker are certainly arguable.
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Post#8 » by That Nicka » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:33 pm

Duncan easily...



my favorite though is Barkley
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Post#9 » by mudyez » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:49 pm

while posting great career-stats, timmy has the rings to prove he is the best...barkley was fun...malone the ironman and kg is a freak of nature

...only one I could see mentioned aside from timmy is malone but that leads us to the rings again!
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Post#10 » by RaoulDuke79 » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:29 pm

Malone was great but Sir Charles in the postseason > delivery boy.
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Post#11 » by Hard2dhole » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:41 pm

Point forward wrote:I voted Karl Malone, firstly because TD plays more like a center, and secondly because Karl is getting severely underrated these days.

+1 Duncan IMO has always been a Center playing out of position with another center playing next to him.
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Post#12 » by Hard2dhole » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:44 pm

RaoulDuke79 wrote:Malone was great but Sir Charles in the postseason > delivery boy.
Really? How many more rings did Chuck win? Oh yeah none.
Chuck was more entertaining but not better.
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Post#13 » by Spykes » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:57 pm

What?! A thread with no Bynum? How is that even possible?!
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Post#14 » by TheSheriff » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:49 pm

Well Duncan is a Center; McHale and Pettit should both be in this poll. I will probably take KG over the power forwards listed.
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Post#15 » by EHL » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:05 pm

Tim Duncan, no question IMO.
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Post#16 » by The_Believer » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:28 pm

KG the best, but TD is the greatest.
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Post#17 » by fuzion » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:13 pm

Duncan out of these 4. The other 3 can't compare....have no rings. Not even 1 championship.
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Post#18 » by Doctor MJ » Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:55 am

Best 4 = Duncan.
Best offensive 4 = Barkley.
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Post#19 » by Joseph17 » Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:30 am

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Post#20 » by Patterns » Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:17 am

Which one has the rings? I think the answer is easy. You play to win rings in this league.

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