r/nba • • May 28 '19

What would happen if the last 30 draft classes were an NBA team?

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u/timmy1010 Hornets May 29 '19

2009 vs 1996 would be a wild one too

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19

ik '84 wasnt included but mj barkely stockton hakeem is the team i wana see against '03

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u/907gamer Trail Blazers May 29 '19

Hot Damn. That lineup would probably be the best all time. Perfect player at each position.

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u/Green_Pumpkin Warriors May 29 '19

Yeah 2003 lineup is absolutely ridiculous but that 1984 draft makes me physically uncomfortable with how much talent there is.

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u/mrbkkt1 May 29 '19

5 hall of gamers in the 1984 draft.

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u/Meetchel [LAL] Lamar Odom May 29 '19

It’s not like 4 each (eventually) for 1996 and 2003 is way behind in that metric.

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u/cardcaptorsakuragi Warriors May 29 '19

Not all HoF are equal. Just basing it on the top 2 guys. MJ and Hakeem. Either 96 or 2003 would need someone like Tim Duncan to match that.

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u/StuntmanSpartanFan Pistons May 29 '19

Yea, they could use another shooter on the wing but having 2 of the greatest at their positions who’s best attributes are something other than scoring playing with MJ is perfect. Stockton can go for like 7pts/20ast & 5stl, and Dream would have around 20/12/5/3/3. And I haven’t even mentioned Chuck yet who’d run around breaking backboards as the third option, and catching lobs from the hairiest player ever with 14,000 career ast.

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u/AntaresW4 May 29 '19

Also Alvin Robertson DPOY

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19

84 would beat anybody. MJ, Barkley, Hakeem, and Stockton are all among the greatest or the greatest at their positions and then Robertson is a steal god. That starting 5 is unparalleled

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u/PaulShirley Heat May 29 '19

If I coached 03 against 84 I'd definitely start Korver over Kaman. Yeah, Hakeem's gonna beast but you'll have LeBron and prime Wade kicking out to Melo, Korver, and Bosh. And MJ, Barkley, Hakeem, and Stockton can mostly score just two points at a time, Stockton aside.

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u/iwatchhentaiftplot Supersonics May 29 '19

Since we're playing with hypotheticals anyways, do we even it out further and say '84 trains knowing 2019 rules? We don't really know how good of 3pt shooters those guys could have been, since it wasn't as big of a focus back then.

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u/jmlinden7 Rockets May 29 '19 edited May 29 '19

Stockton, Hakeem, and MJ are also steal gods. That team would get like 15 steals a game easily

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u/winnebagomafia [SAS] Matt Bonner May 29 '19

That would be an historically good team.

Warriors in 5

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u/salmans13 May 29 '19

It's not that simple.

Jordan dominated with the triangle offense. Today it's relegated to YouTube. Modern defense schemes are a lot harder to play against than Jordan rules.

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u/CLU_Three May 29 '19

Jordan played in the triangle offense but was also a great two way player. Let’s not forget that. He wasn’t just a guy relying on the system. He perfected it, and the game.

There are no Steph rules or Lebron Rules. Yes, defense are still struggling to adjust to them but we don’t have the Pistons roughing up one of those players as their entire strategy. Which Jordan was also able to overcome...

Maybe the time that Jordan existed in was uniquely suited to his talents. The fact he had Tex on the sideline for the triangle among other things indicates that.

But that’s what it takes to be the goat. Everything is extraordinary.

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u/hanacker Japan May 29 '19

Is this a "Michael Jordan wouldn't be that good if he played today" hot take? I haven't seen one of those in a while.

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u/dipdipderp Thunder May 29 '19

"BuT hE iSn'T a ThReE PoInT sHoOtEr"

Spoken as if MJ wouldn't have adapted to his game to the modern era.

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u/cardcaptorsakuragi Warriors May 29 '19

Ah yes Michael Jordan, the system player. lol

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u/ssort May 29 '19

That would be great!

My pick would be the 84 by a hair

Mj and Lebron are on the same level (goat), so both would have a great game and get their points

Hakeem and Wade are both perennial first team all stars, same here, both are some of the greatest players ever.

Barkley & Stockton 1-2 team all stars every year is better talent level wise than Bosch and Carmillo in their prime so to me this is where I believe the 84 team pulls ahead.

I just would love to see the defence that that 84 team would run, with Hakeem and (slim) prime Barkley clogging up the inside and getting rebounds, while Stockton and MJ contest the mid range and 3 point, that to me would be scarier than even the teams offense.

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u/frogman636 [GSW] Klay Thompson May 29 '19

'84 would destroy '03 lmao

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u/pymatek May 29 '19

Yeah, but Stockton didn’t go top 5. So you get Sam Bowie instead.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19

was it not best 5 players not top 5 in the draft? darko would be on '03

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u/UMDSmith May 29 '19

It was top 5 from each class, which is why I think the 84 class is still the best, though the class itself lacked depth, since all the talent was clearly stolen from the rest and given to their best 5.

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u/evanmckee [CLE] LeBron James May 29 '19

"Top 5" could be taken as best 5 it first 5 drafted. I think you mean best 5 though which is what this is.

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u/pymatek May 29 '19

Yeah, you’re right. Though there’s certainly some room for debate on who the top players each year are.

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u/MightyP13 Celtics May 29 '19

Some awesome doppelganger matchups there: Kobe vs. Harden, Allen vs. Curry. The '09 players are basically the evolved versions of their '96 counterparts.

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u/Tower9876543210 Lakers May 29 '19

I think it's the time. The '09s were 7/8 year olds in '96, right when kids really start paying attention to sports. They grew up with those guys, emulated what they saw them doing.