Best NBA starting 5

[DunkPunk]

1.Kobe Bryant
2. Dwayne wade
3.Allen Iverson
4.Lebron James
5.shaq or yao ( u need some tall guy)

[Deemy]

are we talking about current?? and do we take their age and how many years of playing they have left into account?

[Flexx]

1-iverson
2-bryant
3-marion
4-amare stoudimare
5-shaquille o'neal

New Dream Team

[Nemesis]

New School
1-Baron Davis
2-Michael Redd
3-Shawn Marion
4-DirK
5-Dwight Howard

Old School
1-Muggsey
2-Reggie Milla
3-Nique
4-Kemp
5-Admiral

[ice grillz]

penny hardaway
dennis rodman
shaq o'neal
john stockton
gnarls barkley

[Deemy]

Dwyane Wade
Reggie Miller
Kevin Garnett
Shaquille O'Neal
Allen Iverson

[yaboiisfreshzz]

best-

d wade
kobe
vince
tim duncan
shaq

what i would have-

bibby
mcgrady
vince
jermaine oneal
tim duncan

[Nemesis]

Shaq isnt what he used to be tho...

[liquidlexus]

Current

PG-Steve Nash
SG-Dwyane Wade
SF-Shawn Marion
PF-Elton Brand
C-Yao Ming

anyone else think CP3 is the pg of the future?

[HipHopPunk]

you ppl are crazy..right now, today
1-nash
2-kobe
3-bron
4-duncan
5-shaq

future
1-chris paul
2-wade
3-bron
4-dwight howard
5-ming or maybe bynum in 3yrs, ming has to rebound better.

[brynw]

how anyone puts shaq above yao is beyond me ?)

[TyraCute]

josh smith the great

[HipHopPunk]

no matter what, shaq still commands double and even triple teams. yao is soft, he rarely goes hard, gets blocked by 5'9 guys (lol). he barely averages double digits in rebounds. everyone plays better when shaq is on the floor. yes shaq is older, he is injured but when he is healthy and playing no center is better. yao is weak, he will never live up to his hype. there will be another better center to come along when shaq retires and he will take shaqs spot before yao is undisputed best center. i predict andrew bynum to be that man.
yes yao is healthy and shaq isnt but wade and the heat would not have looked good or won the trophy without shaq.

[HipHopPunk]

josh smith is entertaining, not great

[PeeWee]

1 CP3
2 D-Wade
3 Kobe
4 KG
5 Yao

[azfan]

if i wanted the best starting 5..

PG Lebron James
SG Kobe Bryant
SF Michael Redd
PF Kevin Garnett
C Yao Ming

if i wanted to put a 5 that i like personally..

PG Lebron James
SG Tracy McGrady
SF Ray Allen
PF Kevin Garnett
C Yao Ming

or 90s style..

PG Penny Hardaway
SG Michael Jordan
SF Grant Hill
PF Charles Barkely
C Hakeem Olajuwon

[PeeWee]

^^lol

[JewPac]

Agent Zero(Arenas)
Kobe
LeBron
Garnett
and Yao

I never thought Yao was any good until this season but hes been ill as of late

[Gutter Tech]

PG - Nash
SG - Wade
SF - Bryant
PF - Dirk
C - Ming

[bapeee]

Wade
Nash
Bryant
Iverson
Shaq

these teams will never work though...

[XaoTiK]

Michael Jordan was mentioned once (now twice)
so far in this whole thread :o

Current:
PG Steve Nash
SG Kobe Bryant
SF Kevin Garnett
PF Tim Duncan
C Shaq

Future
PG Chris Paul
SG D-Wade
SF Bron Bron
PF Amare Stoudemire/Dwight Howard/Chris Bosh I can't decide.
C Bynum? or Greg Oden THE MANCHILD!!
Ya'll better watch for OJ Mayo also.

Oldskool 90's
PG Payton
SG M-Jordan (Hands down)
SF Grant Hill (Before the never-ending heel problems)
PF The Round Mound of Rebound Charles Barkley!
C Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon

And the NEW Mr. Clutch!
*drum roll*
Gilbert Arenas.
Only reason why I watch the Wizards.

[thephreak]

my current five:
nash at point
kobe at the two
t-mac at the three
garnett at the four
yao at the five

mixed eras:
nash
jordan
t-mac
barkley
shaq

future:
chris paul
d-wade
james
stoudemire
dwight howard

for those that havnt noticed, t-macs my man. dont care what kind of season hes havin, he still good.

[sole_sl]

Steve Nash
Mickael Pietrus
Dirk
Darko
Yao

[redd248]

Right now...

1>Nash
2>Kobe
3>Garnett
4>Brand
5>Yao

[nikebias]

1. Kobe
2. D Wade
3. King James
4. Black Moses (Amare0
5. The Daddy
Yo give me that squad and they will kill anybody on the court

[thephreak]

1. Kobe
2. D Wade
3. King James
4. Black Moses (Amare0
5. The Daddy
Yo give me that squad and they will kill anybody on the court

um.....not my squad...true Kobe, Wade, and Bron are 3 of the best, but how bout a legit point for yo squad? u gonna have kobe bring the ball up? so.............whos scoring?
Amare is tight and all, but over Garnet? have u seen the way he and the suns play without nash?
and good ol' shaq...literally..shaq now is nowhere near as good as yao.

[XaoTiK]

^I still say Shaq is STILL better, even now.
Shaq is still dominant just cause of his sheer size.
Just a shift of his big arse at the post can make anyway fly
He still attracts the triple teams which evidently makes his team
and teammates better. Did I mention he's still a dominant rebounder?
Yao isn't one the best rebounders either.
Not only that, Shaq has won quite a few rings which may prove something, even with the help of Kobe and Wade.
Yao's got T-Mac and they haven't turned out to be one of the formidable guard/center tag-teams that everyone predicted when he got traded to Houston.
But, this is just my view on things...

[focus]

Pick #1
Mike Jordan
Scottie Pippen (Coincidence)
Kobe Bryant
Dr.J (Julius Erving)
Shaq

Pick #2
Dwayne Wade
Kobe Bryant
Larry Bird
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain
Shaq "DISEAL" O'Neal
New Era
Gilbert Arenas
D.Wade
Kobe
Dirk
Shaq (again he the most dominate player in the Nba by far)

[thephreak]

^I still say Shaq is STILL better, even now.
Shaq is still dominant just cause of his sheer size.
Just a shift of his big arse at the post can make anyway fly
He still attracts the triple teams which evidently makes his team
and teammates better. Did I mention he's still a dominant rebounder?
Yao isn't one the best rebounders either.
Not only that, Shaq has won quite a few rings which may prove something, even with the help of Kobe and Wade.
Yao's got T-Mac and they haven't turned out to be one of the formidable guard/center tag-teams that everyone predicted when he got traded to Houston.
But, this is just my view on things...

well, if t-mac and yao has the chance to actually play together for more than half a season....since t-mac came, its always one that gets injured. this year, rockets doin pretty good without yao, but imagine wat might happen if both of them are healthy for a whole year.
next, shaq is one of the most dominant centers still, but yao is double teamed as well, although he doesnt rebound quite as well, the difference is prolly about 2 rebounds only...but look at the point production of yao.

edit: by the way, i think in about another year, i would seriously consider dwight howard over shaq, but i have to see how much dwight has improved. dwight is a beast.

[escrappa]

pg: kobe
sg: kobe
sf: kobe
pf: kobe
c: kobe

haha cosign

pg Nash...truest point in the game
sg Kobe....Black Mamba is the best offensive player in the game
sf Labron...."get em Wise"
pf Dirk.....a big man with unlimited range
c Shaq....beast

[jbooboo]

PG Steve Nash
SG KOBE
SF LeBron
PF Garnet or Dirk
C Amare or Yao

[Response]

Ewing
Oakley
Starks
Harper
Mason

[thephreak]

PG Steve Nash
SG KOBE
SF LeBron
PF Garnet or Dirk
C Amare or Yao

damn, totally forgot bout dirk. damn hard to decide between dirk or garnet. think i would go with garnet cuz, ignoring the stats of the two, he will most likely be the one that will make a play that would inspire his team. besides i think if garnet guarded dirk, dirk would not have a good game and we all know dirk cant guard garnet

[escrappa]

Ewing
Oakley
Starks
Harper
Mason

haha werd.....but Jordan owns them dudes

[Hocus Pocus]

Currently playing:

PG: Wade/Arenas/Nash
SG: Kobe
SF: Lebron/Carmelo
PF: Duncan/Dirk/Garnett
C: Yao/Howard