Which Team Wins?

And these people are, what, or who, exactly? I don't recall ever coming across one of those names in any context.......

This, in turn, begs the question of what exactly it is that the OP attempting to measure? What is the nature of the contest?

Now, of course, I am probably showing my age (I do not fall into the 15-35 year old demographic so beloved of the advertising industry...) along with my complete and utterly unapologetic total lack of awareness of the nuances of US popular culture.......

 

They're NBA basketball players. I'm assuming he's asking if, of two hypothetical teams of NBA players (former and current) played, which would win.

 

I think they're all basketball players.

As to which team would win, that would depend on what they're doing.

 

I've heard of Shaquille O'Neal. None of the others. What I know about basketball, mostly comes from the film Teenwolf!

 

lol at this thread. and whoever coach Jackson is, um, coaching. I tend to team A since I loved Marbury back then.

What about Space Jam?

 

I pick the team with Michael Jordan
Oops, he isn't listed, my bad... or OP's bad

There are much better choices than the ones listed actually

 

Thank you, guys! Wonderful! How kind of you to put me out of my misery and satisfy my curiosity as to what exactly this was all about.

Ask for clarification online, and questions shall be answered, by several helpful, and thoughtful people, (not by the OP, the context of whose post was unclear to those of us who are not aficionados of the game of basketball).....ah, well, so, I have learned something - indeed, something - new today.

These are: 1) Basketball matters, especially in parts of the US. (A lesson I had forgotten; I do however, remember the drama surrounding the 'dream team' of the late 1980s, and how basketball, as a consequence, was a matter of supreme importance in some unlikely locations, such as Lithuania.)

and 2) Some of the names of the players are very familiar indeed, to a US based readership, as the names of soccer players might be in the UK or continental Europe....

 

I heard of Shaquille O'Neal, and recently I heard someone talking about LeBron, but I thought that was a paper towel or something.

I don't follow professional or college sports. I might watch the superbowl and sometimes world cup games. That's about it.

 

I think Team 2 wins.

 

How about I make my own team of players not already taken and I will limit it only those players I've actually seen play:

PG: Earvin "Magic" Johnson
SG: Micheal "Air" Jordan
SF: Larry Bird
PF: Dirk Norvinsky
C: (H)Akeem Olajuwon

Team 3 wins. I've chosen the best at every position except PF, since Garnett was already taken.

 

Both teams suck, but team 1.

 

LeBron is better than either of the forwards as well.

 

I would go with team 2. Especially if Dwight is pre-Dwightmare Dwight. Although I would replace Deron Williams with D-Rose.

EDIT: And get rid of Amare and put Kevin Love in. Then get rid of Bynum and put in Hibbert. Maybe replace Monta with a taller point guard, maybe D Will there after being replaced with D-Rose.

 

He just got arrested so I don't think he can play.

Anyways, how many basketball fans actually play the sport? I always find it weird how some people are really into a sport and are very critical of the players yet don't actually participate in the sport themselves

 

I've seen all the those guys play. Magic > Iverson, Jordan is the GOAT man, the GOAT. Olajuwan schooled the other great Centers of his time (Mr. Robinson, Ewing and Shaq). Dirk was the weakest player in my line up. Maybe I should have an ALL WHITE team. I'd have Stockton, Mullin, Bird, No..er..the German guy who's name I can't ever get right, and Divac (pretty thin at white center). Kevin McHale as back ups.

 

What about Detlef Schrempf? lol, some secure 3pointer for your team, no?

 

But who would win in a rhubarb pie eating contest?

 

No KD? No MJ? WTF OP

I'll pick #1 out of the two though.

If I was going to make a super-team right now

PG: Russell Westbrook/Kyrie Irving
SG: James Harden/Kobe Bryant
SF: Durant/Melo (can be PF also)
PF: LBJ (actually SF)/Timmy D/LeMarcus
C: Dwight Howard/Roy Hibbert

(interesting note, this lineup also pisses me off because OKC would have had 3/5 of my starting lineup at one point)

All time great team

PG: Magic/Isiah Thomas
SG: MJ/Kobe/AI
SF: Bird/Dr. J
PF: Duncan/Barkley/Malone
C: Kareem/Wilt/Shaq/Hakeem

 

Thats tough! haha but i would have to go with team 1

 

Well, if all players are in their prime, you would have a problem stopping Team 1.
I don't like the idea of prime AI and Kobe sharing the backcourt, but the floor spacing is really good. Prime KG and Shaq on the same team... scary. KG doesn't need the ball to be effective, Shaq can't be stopped 15ft within the basket, Kobe, Allen and AI are going to get their shots from the outside. the only problem I see is managing the personalities.

Here's the starting team I wish the Celtics had...
Kyrie Irving
James Harden
Paul George
LeMarcus Aldridge
Andre Drummond or Roy Hibbert

Yep... all very young and promising players.

 

That team would be a dynasty in the making. Harden is already the best SG in the league. (Sorry Kobe or DWade).