Teams in their prime

Iwasawitness · Post #41 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:08 pm

Mr Loggins wrote:2010 Cavs Shaq was washed

Your point?

Iwasawitness · Post #42 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:10 pm

gavran wrote:The Geezer Knicks of 2012 had a front line.

Kidd/Felton/Prigioni
JR/Shump
Melo/Q-Rich
Amar'e/Rasheed/Kenyon/Kurt Thomas
Chandler/Camby

Good god that frontcourt depth is insane.

bkkrh · Post #43 » by **bkkrh** » Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:10 pm

hugepatsfan wrote:09-10 Celtics

Rondo
Ray / Tony Allen
Pierce / Michael Finley
Brian Scalabrine / KG
Sheed / Perk

To be honest, I guess every team Scalabrine was on is so to speak the right answer. The only person that can beat the White Mamba is himself. I think the scariest thing about him is that he is the only player that has retired and still hasn't hit his prime yet. He still is getting better year by year.

That's why I don't believe in this conspiracy crap, if the league really is rigged, the Mavs wouldn't have traded Luka to the Lakers, Scal would have signed with the Lakers as a free agent midseason instead.

Iwasawitness · Post #44 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:12 pm

What year were Pierce and KG traded to the Nets? That Nets team with everyone in their primes would have been pretty insane.

ConSarnit · Post #45 » by **ConSarnit** » Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:12 pm

2019 Raptors have an insane defensive team if everyone is in their prime.

Point guards: Lowry and VanVleet
Wings: Kawhi, OG, Danny Green
Bigs: Gasol, Ibaka, Siakam

-Luke- · Post #46 » by **-Luke-** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 6:48 am

A recent one. 2020-21 Clippers would be nasty.

Rajon Rondo / Patrick Beverley / Lou Williams
Paul George / Luke Kennard / Reggie Jackson
Kawhi Leonard / Nic Batum
Serge Ibaka / Marcus Morris / Patrick Patterson
DeMarcus Cousins / Ivica Zubac

Some Bulls teams were already mentioned. 1987-88 Bulls had 38-year old Artis Gilmore on their team

Paxson
Jordan
Pippen
Grant
Gilmore

JT3000 · Post #47 » by **JT3000** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:29 am

01-02 Magic

Darrell Armstrong
Tracy McGrady
Grant Hill
Horace Grant
Patrick Ewing

SpreeS · Post #48 » by **SpreeS** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 11:25 am

West
Green
Durant
Iggy
Klay
Curry

Or

Cousins
Bogut
Green
Durant
Iggy
Klay
Curry

Iwasawitness · Post #49 » by **Iwasawitness** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 1:19 pm

JT3000 wrote:01-02 Magic

Darrell Armstrong
Tracy McGrady
Grant Hill
Horace Grant
Patrick Ewing

I always forget that Ewing was on that team.

-Luke- · Post #50 » by **-Luke-** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 12:44 pm

Next season Clippers look like a good contender for this thread.

CP3 / Simmons / Dunn
Harden / Beal / Bogdanovic
Kawhi / Jones Jr.
Batum / Collins
Zubac / Lopez

Yank3525 · Post #51 » by **Yank3525** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 1:45 pm

2005-06 Sixers

PG-Iverson
SG-Korver
SF-Iggy
PF-C-Webb
C-Dalembert

That would actually be a pretty good team if all these guys were in their prime.

Post #52 » by **nate33** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:05 pm

The 1998-99 Rockets had

PG - Cuttino Mobley/Brent Price
SG - Eddie Johnson
SF - Scottie Pippen
PF - Charles Barkley
C - Hakeem Olajuwon

Not much depth, but that's a heck of a starting frontcourt.

Post #53 » by **nate33** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:06 pm

JT3000 wrote:01-02 Magic

Darrell Armstrong
Tracy McGrady
Grant Hill
Horace Grant
Patrick Ewing

That's a good team!

baldur · Post #54 » by **baldur** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:07 pm

-Luke- wrote:Next season Clippers look like a good contender for this thread.

CP3 / Simmons / Dunn
Harden / Beal / Bogdanovic
Kawhi / Jones Jr.
Batum / Collins
Zubac / Lopez

This team would win it all.

Post #55 » by **nate33** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:10 pm

An interesting team that might be overlooked is the 1999-2000 Blazers:

PG Damon Stoudamire/Greg Anthony
SG Steve Smith/Bonzi Wells/Stacy Augmon
SF Scottie Pippen/Detlef Schrempf
PF Rasheed Wallace/Brian Grant
C Arvydas Sabonis/Jermaine O'Neal

Post #56 » by **nate33** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:17 pm

nate33 wrote:An interesting team that might be overlooked is the 1999-2000 Blazers:

PG Damon Stoudamire/Greg Anthony
SG Steve Smith/Bonzi Wells/Stacy Augmon
SF Scottie Pippen/Detlef Schrempf
PF Rasheed Wallace/Brian Grant
C Arvydas Sabonis/Jermaine O'Neal

Holy crap. Those 2000-era Blazers teams are a goldmine of washed up vets.

In 2000-2001 they had:

PG Rod Strickland/Damon Stoudamire
SG Steve Smith/Bonzi Wells/Stacy Augmon
SF Scottie Pippen/Detlef Schrempf
PF Shawn Kemp/Rasheed Wallace
C Arvydas Sabonis/Dale Davis

jojo4341 · Post #57 » by **jojo4341** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:45 pm

Not mentioned yet, but the 85 Lakers:

HoFs:
Magic
James Worthy
Jamaal Wilkes
Kareem
Bob McAdoo
Michael Cooper

depth:
Byron Scott
Kurt Rambis
Mitch Kupchack

Bad Bart · Post #58 » by **Bad Bart** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:54 pm

'85 Celtics would be able to add a prime Bill Walton to a frontcourt of Bird, McHale and Parish. Yikes!

LeBronSpaghetti · Post #59 » by **LeBronSpaghetti** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 3:03 pm

2011 Mavs with prime Peja, Kidd, and Marion:

Tyson Chandler
Dirk Nowitzki
Peja Stojakovich
Jason Terry
Jason Kidd

Bench:

Shawn Marion
Caron Butler
JJ Barea
Brendan Haywood
Deshaun Stevenson

Iwasawitness · Post #60 » by **Iwasawitness** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 4:31 pm

nate33 wrote:An interesting team that might be overlooked is the 1999-2000 Blazers:

PG Damon Stoudamire/Greg Anthony
SG Steve Smith/Bonzi Wells/Stacy Augmon
SF Scottie Pippen/Detlef Schrempf
PF Rasheed Wallace/Brian Grant
C Arvydas Sabonis/Jermaine O'Neal

Sheed and Sabonis?

No thanks I'm good. No way you're scoring inside on that.