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Second installment of my Historical Lineup Challenge.
Our restriction this week: players can only have played with one franchise AND have to have played at LEAST ten seasons with that franchise.
Basically, the restriction stops us from throwing guys like Giannis, Embiid, Simmons, Zion, etc. who, technically have only played for one franchise, but haven't been around that long yet.
My first lineup:
PG - '15-'16 Stephen Curry
SG - '05-'06 Kobe Bryant
SF - '84-'85 Larry Bird
PF - '05-'06 Dirk Nowitzki
C - '01-'02 Tim Duncan
Curry and Bryant are both easily capable of dropping 50+ on any given night. Curry's a bit of a weaker defender, but makes up for that by being the best shooter of all time. Bryant will rip your heart out and stomp it to pieces on the court, and can help cover Curry a lot on defense. Larry Bird is one of the best wings of all time, a great shooter, rebounder, and underrated defender. Nowitzki is one of the best shooting big men in league history, but is a bit of a weaker rebounder and defender than I'd like. Him being a 7 foot tall sniper helps fit him in with my lineup a ton though. I've got Duncan as the best power forward of all time, but I'm going to slot him up and play him at center here. At his peak, there are very few better team players and defenders in league history than The Big Fundamental.
Our restriction this week: players can only have played with one franchise AND have to have played at LEAST ten seasons with that franchise.
Basically, the restriction stops us from throwing guys like Giannis, Embiid, Simmons, Zion, etc. who, technically have only played for one franchise, but haven't been around that long yet.
My first lineup:
PG - '15-'16 Stephen Curry
SG - '05-'06 Kobe Bryant
SF - '84-'85 Larry Bird
PF - '05-'06 Dirk Nowitzki
C - '01-'02 Tim Duncan
Curry and Bryant are both easily capable of dropping 50+ on any given night. Curry's a bit of a weaker defender, but makes up for that by being the best shooter of all time. Bryant will rip your heart out and stomp it to pieces on the court, and can help cover Curry a lot on defense. Larry Bird is one of the best wings of all time, a great shooter, rebounder, and underrated defender. Nowitzki is one of the best shooting big men in league history, but is a bit of a weaker rebounder and defender than I'd like. Him being a 7 foot tall sniper helps fit him in with my lineup a ton though. I've got Duncan as the best power forward of all time, but I'm going to slot him up and play him at center here. At his peak, there are very few better team players and defenders in league history than The Big Fundamental.
