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Saw this comparison elsewhere.

Which team would you rather have

All players in their prime, of course.

Team 1:
PG- John Stockton
SG- David Thompson
SF- Larry Bird
PF- Charles Barkley
C- Shaquille O'Neal

Bench:
PG- Lenny Wilkens
SG- Michael Redd
SF- Alex English
PF- Bob Petit
C- Artis Gilmore



Team 2:
PG-Magic Johnson
SG- Dwayne Wade
SF- Elgin Baylor
PF- Karl Malone
C- David Robinson

Bench:
PG- Gary Payton
SG- Reggie Miller
SF- Dominique Wilkins
PF- Jerry Lucas
C- Dikembe Mutombo



Team 3:
PG- Steve Nash
SG- Kobe Bryant
SF- Clyde Drexler
PF- Tim Duncan
C- Hakeem Olajuwon

Bench:
PG- Pete Maravich
SG- Joe Dumars
SF- Adrian Dantley
PF- Bernard King
C- Yao Ming

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Nash would get exposed on defense against any team. Team 3 outside of Nash is the best.

Team 1.

A front court consisting of a prime Bird, Barkley and Shaq, with Stockton dishing everyone the ball and Thompson shootin the lights out.

2,3,1 1 lacks defense, 3 lacks interior bench strength plus Magic dominates Nash whereas all the other positions are at least close.

I love team 1 and think with shaq and bird, theyd annhiilate everyone. thing is, they weak at defense at power foward. Defensively overall, they decent. shaq and bird would take care of anything on offense, but they gonna have to get gilmore in there to defend malone and and duncan.

team 2's overall strength is great. Awesome rebounding with magic, admiral, elgin, malone, and even wade. Theyd control the game. Their d would be really good, anchored by robinson. Magic would lead. And wade would finish.

Team 3 is gonna be sick as hell. Nash leading the break with freak athlete wings. duncan and dream dominanting inside on both ends. Honestly, They'd be better than drob and malone to me. And shaq, individually, could take both of them 2on1 in his prime on offense so long as barkley is being handful for duncan as well. But hakeem and duncan would still have too great an effect on the game, and with kobe finishing for them, they sick. dumars off the bench as d stopper and pistol pete for instant offense is nice, too.

I say 3, 2,1. Though 1 and 2 are more tied, cuz i think with shaq, bird, and barkley lead my stockton, that offense gonna be scary efficient.

Team 1.

Team 2