NBA All-Star Weekend

DannyDarwinism · Feb 17, 2018

If the goal is to compete in today’s NBA, I’m thinking:

KG
Horford
Pierce
Kyrie
Ainge.

Gives me spacing, ball movement and switchable D. I don’t really know enough about KC Jones, but swapping him and Ray for my back court might make sense too.

KG
Bird
‘Toine
Rondo
IT

Would be fun as hell to watch though.

Reverend · Feb 17, 2018

I love the fact that the ‘86 team violates the rules.

Spelunker · Feb 17, 2018

Just because I want to see them play together defensively in today's game:

Russell
Garnett
Lewis
Rondo
Ainge

(But it's hard to get past a potential front line of Horford, Garnett, and Bird. Yikes. With them I'd probably switch the backcourt to KC and IT4).

Sam Ray Not · Feb 17, 2018

Russell
Maxwell (or “Maxell” as they call him)
Bird
DJ
Ainge

If you don’t have Russell *and* Bird on your team, are you really maximizing its greatness?

Bosox1528 · Feb 17, 2018

Jones
Ainge
Bird
Garnett
Parish

Edit:
On second thought, I think I'm more intrigued with

Jones
Ainge
Pierce
Bird
Russell

HowBoutDemSox · Feb 17, 2018

KG
Bird
Pierce
Ainge
KC

Koufax · Feb 17, 2018

Russell Bird Garnett Cousy Irving

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

Trader Danny
DJ
Bird
McHale
Big Game AL Horford

Great team, slightly worse rebounding and shot blocking than 86, but I make it up with ball-handling and shooting range.

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

Koufax said:
Russell Bird Garnett Cousy Irving

Dude that's 24 points, you only have 15

Bosox1528 · Feb 17, 2018

Reverend said:
I love the fact that the ‘86 team violates the rules.

The 07-08 team does too

HowBoutDemSox · Feb 17, 2018

Bosox1528 said:
The 07-08 team does too

Does it?
KG: 5
Ray: 4
Pierce: 3
Rondo: 2
Perk: 1

Total: 15

bigq · Feb 17, 2018

Russell
Bird
Pierce
Ainge
Jones

bigq · Feb 17, 2018

HowBoutDemSox said:
Does it?
KG: 5
Ray: 4
Pierce: 3
Rondo: 2
Perk: 1

Total: 15

Pierce with 3 points is such good value!

Sam Ray Not · Feb 17, 2018

JohnnyTheBone said:
That's a good group, right there. Has the shooting and defense to compete in any era.

Remember, though: that unspecified "Jones" is KC (career 7.4 ppg on 38.7% fg, 64.7% ft) not Sam (22.8 ppg on 45.6% fg, 80.3% ft).

Still very nice shooting with the killer 2-3-4 of Ainge-Pierce-Bird, but not as nice as it seems with a first glance at "Jones." In today's game, a PG of KC Jones' skillset (even adjusted for today's better overall shooting) would be a bit of liability.

I might split the difference with that team and go with:

Ainge
Pierce
Bird
Maxwell
Russell

Koufax · Feb 17, 2018

Second time around now that I understand the rules:

Russell (5)
McHale (4)
Pierce (3)
Rondo (2)
Ainge (1)

biff_hardbody · Feb 17, 2018

I'm having a hard time deciding whether Pierce+Irving is more valuable than Bird+Rondo.

Hard to beat a Danny, Horford, Garnett/Russell foundation.

amlothi · Feb 17, 2018

Horford, Pierce, Bird, Kyrie, Ainge

ElcaballitoMVP · Feb 17, 2018

JohnnyTheBone said:
Looked around, didn't see a thread for this. Jaylen Brown was impressive last night in the Futures game. Dude is a burgeoning stud. Here's a fun little C's exercise to kill some time whilst you wait for the real games to begin:

I'm going with:

Bird
Parish
McHale
Ainge
Rondo

GO!

Rondo, Ray, Reggie, KG and Horford

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

Big Al a little overconfident there.

Lost a big lead to Big Joel

bigq · Feb 17, 2018

amlothi said:
Horford, Pierce, Bird, Kyrie, Ainge

I like the way this lineup spreads the floor. All very good from 3.

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

Guard v. Big for skills challenge seems unfair

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

bigq said:
I like the way this lineup spreads the floor. All very good from 3.

they may lose 150-149 though

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

Do they not do that 3-on-3 shooting thing anymore with a WNBA and Legend player?

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

I like that Miami Vice/Art Deco uniform trim

bigq · Feb 17, 2018

Ale Xander said:
they may lose 150-149 though

Possibly if they come up against Dominique, Olajuwon, Alex English, Magic and Jordan.

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

Great shooting by Booker and Klay

Reverend · Feb 17, 2018

Ale Xander said:
I like that Miami Vice/Art Deco uniform trim

When did this thing become a runway fashion show for men’s athletic apparel?

moondog80 · Feb 17, 2018

Don’t like seeing Bill Russell with a cane still needing to be held up by Grant Hill and Kareem.

luckiestman · Feb 17, 2018

Russell, Bird, Pierce, Danny, Maxwell

scottyno · Feb 17, 2018

Ale Xander said:
Do they not do that 3-on-3 shooting thing anymore with a WNBA and Legend player?

no time for that between concerts, interviewing celebrity judges, and a million commercials

Caspir · Feb 17, 2018

Going with Mitchell. Oladipo is a good pick as well though.

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

I take Dr J in his 60s over all these guys

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

Victor
NOT

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

So, dunking has regressed in 30 years?

tims4wins · Feb 17, 2018

Dunk contest is like Olympics. Should be every four years

Reverend · Feb 17, 2018

tims4wins said:
Dunk contest is like Olympics. Should be every four years

But then how will they showcase the new spring collection?

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

That's a 50? Seriously?

scottyno · Feb 17, 2018

should be auto -1 for every missed dunk before you make it

allstonite · Feb 17, 2018

Ale Xander said:
That's a 50? Seriously?

Dennis Smith Jr’s? Absolutely. That was impressive.

Brent Barry deadpanning “my dad would never pass” was hilarious

jmm57 · Feb 17, 2018

That double tap was awesome on replay

allstonite · Feb 17, 2018

tims4wins said:
Dunk contest is like Olympics. Should be every four years

I’m a fan and usually watch it every year if I’m not busy but this is a great idea. Or at least every 2 years. Would never happen though

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

It's retro night

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

best dunker won at least

Ale Xander · Feb 17, 2018

allstonite said:
Dennis Smith Jr’s? Absolutely. That was impressive.

Brent Barry deadpanning “my dad would never pass” was hilarious

no. the weakest Mitchell dunk where he takes 3 ' 6" Kevin Hart and has has him hunch over and jump over him.

DeJesus Built My Hotrod · Feb 17, 2018

Mitchell is electric. The NBA killed it with the number of insane players that came out of last year's draft.

Reverend · Feb 17, 2018

DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:
Mitchell is electric. The NBA killed it with the number of insane players that came out of last year's draft.

The NBA really has a fantastic culture full of lots of great personalities that I actually want to see do well.

@Blacken ’s been trying to sell me in this angle if the league for years but I hadn’t had occasion to get back into basketball for awhile.

But yeah, they’re killing it.

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