ESPN's Franchise Five

Sloanfeld · Post #1 » by **Sloanfeld** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:36 pm

http://espn.go.com/espn/greatestteam/in ... wteam=true

Memo over Eaton? No way. We already have plenty of offense in that lineup. Our picks are pretty obvious though.

edfmx86 · Post #2 » by **edfmx86** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:53 pm

crazy that memo is ahead of Eaton. Eaton would be the second best center in the league if he played right now

mjvile · Post #3 » by **mjvile** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:11 pm

Yea that is crazy, but I would not go as far as saying he would be the second best player in the league right now. He would be one of the best defensively but not over all. It just shows that fans are more interested in the art of scoring and not the art of defense.

Ming Kong! · Post #4 » by **Ming Kong!** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:29 am

Easily Stockton/Maravich/Dantley/Malone/Eaton

Sloanfeld · Post #5 » by **Sloanfeld** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:03 am

They should do a tournament where people vote on which five would beat each five. I'm thinking about this and we have a readlly solid all around roster. The Lakers, Celtics, 76ers, Spurs, and us are probably the best all-around franchise five.

The59Sound · Post #6 » by **The59Sound** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:13 am

Can't fathom how 8% chose Deron.

Sloanfeld · Post #7 » by **Sloanfeld** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:02 am

The59Sound wrote:Can't fathom how 8% chose Deron.

n00bs

kerplunk · Post #8 » by **kerplunk** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:27 am

Ming Kong! wrote:Easily Stockton/Maravich/Dantley/Malone/Eaton

MeestR · Post #9 » by **MeestR** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:41 pm

lol at jeff malone finishing ahead of both griffith and horny. oh and big T not even on pf list? he would be my number 2.

seejaydeja · Post #10 » by **seejaydeja** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 3:08 pm

Ming Kong! wrote:Easily Stockton/Maravich/Dantley/Malone/Eaton

Thank you, come again.

edfmx86 · Post #11 » by **edfmx86** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:32 pm

mjvile wrote:Yea that is crazy, but I would not go as far as saying he would be the second best player in the league right now. He would be one of the best defensively but not over all. It just shows that fans are more interested in the art of scoring and not the art of defense.

not second best player, but second best center. The only guys I can think of being better than him are Dwight and maybe Yao. Maybe my homer goggles are on too tight tho...

BarneyGumble · Post #12 » by **BarneyGumble** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:01 am

You know you have a pretty storied franchise when Deron Williams, even if he was as good as he is now for 10 more years, is no lock to make the squad. I really hope he can lead us to a title and start to challenge John for a few votes.

Post #13 » by **FJS** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:12 pm

Eaton fit the best with the other players, but Okur is definitebely a better player.
Okur cannot dream to defense like Eaton, but Eaton cannot dream to score like Okur.

I mean, Okur is a bad defender, but he is able to defend pretty well people like Duncan or Yao. Eaton never would drop 43 as Okur has done. Okur was able to make 5 blocks in a night, to grab 18 reb, or steal 4.
I know, he is not consistent, but Eaton never would score like Okur, he does not have his offensive moves. With Dantley, who never shot the 3, Okur would be apreciate.

I chose Eaton, because he fit better in a ultraoffensive team, but I can see why some people chose Eaton, because I think Okur was the better player, but Eaton give something strange those days.

When we had Ostertag and Eaton, we thought that a Okur type of player would be what we needed.

xenith · Post #14 » by **xenith** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:28 pm

memo is better player then eaton and my choose is ostertag

erudite23 · Post #15 » by **erudite23** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:05 am

Eaton was one of the 5 worst offensive players in the league during his time with the Jazz. He wasn't just bad, he was terrible. He made 'Tag look like Hakeem. He was atrociously, despicably bad. You played 4 on 5 when he was on the floor. Memo isn't nearly as bad a defender as Eaton was an offensive player. Course, Eaton's defense was better than Memo's offense. Overall, I think Memo is the better player by a slim margin, though I would probably take Eaton for this Jazz team.