Create the toughest, most intimidating team of All time

[SacJB Shady]

What line up would be the most intimidating lineup (physically and mentally) for going in the paint and playing against?

Mine would be

PG Stephen Marbury
SG Stephen Jackson
SF Metta World peace
PF Dennis Rodman (with blonde hair)
C Shaquille Oneal

[Soundwave]

C- Shaq
PF- Shawn Kemp
SF- Pippen
SG- Jordan
PG- LeBron

Bench: Oakley, Rodman, Lambeer, Isiah, Mutombo.

Was going to pick Malone or Rodman for PF, but decided to go with a bit of wild card in Kemp. Dude was crazy athletic.

[1987_Lakers]

Shaq
Oakley
Peirce
Jordan
I. Thomas

[DonD13]

What line up would be the most intimidating lineup (physically and mentally) for going in the paint and playing against?

Mine would be

PG Deron williams
SG Dwayne Wade
SF Metta World peace
PF Dennis Rodman (with blonde hair)
C Shaquille Oneal

Deron the toughest and most intimidating pg?? lol
Wade the toughest and most intimidating sg?? lol

[lbj23clutch]

Zeke
MJ
Xavier Mcdaniel
Oakley
Shaq


Bench-Bird, Artest, Rodman, Lambier, Big Ben

[lbj23clutch]

What line up would be the most intimidating lineup (physically and mentally) for going in the paint and playing against?

Mine would be

PG Deron williams
SG Dwayne Wade
SF Metta World peace
PF Dennis Rodman (with blonde hair)
C Shaquille Oneal
:oldlol:

[Gifted Mind]

PG: Payton
SG: Jordan
SF: Rodman
PF: K.Malone
C: Shaq or Bill

[1987_Lakers]

How about...

Shaq
Oakley
X. McDaniel
Jordan
Payton

:eek:

[andgar923]

Shaq was intimidating as a player, not as a tough guy tho. Not saying he was a cream puff, just that there's been meaner tougher centers.

[Laimbeer_Rodman]

Payton/Zeke
A.Robertson/Jordan
McDaniel/Artest
Rodman/Oakley
B.Wallace/Olajuwon

[kNIOKAS]

What line up would be the most intimidating lineup (physically and mentally) for going in the paint and playing against?

Mine would be

PG Stephen Marbury
SG Stephen Jackson
SF Metta World peace
PF Dennis Rodman (with blonde hair)
C Shaquille Oneal
IT's not Stephen it's Stephon. Get it right one time


PG Isiah Thomas
SG Michael Jordan
SF Dennis Rodman
PF Karl Malone
C Shaq

[SpaceJammeR]

danny granger

[TheMan]

PG Payton
SG Jordan
SF Pippen
PF Barkley
C Wilt

Stockton
Anthony Mason
Zo
Russell
LeBron
Shaq
West

[Clippersfan86]

OP you probably shouldn't make a list if you've been watching basketball 5 years. None of those guys are "tough" guys really.


My list

PG- Payton
SG- Jordan
SF- Artest
PF- Oakley
C- Shaq


Nobody would want to mess with this team.

[JohnnySic]

Shaq
Dale Davis
Xavier McDaniel
Vernon Maxwell
Dennis Johnson

An ecclectic mix of hard nosed players/outright thuggery.

[Whoah10115]

Any list that doesn't have Charles Oakley as the 4 is wrong.

[Droid101]

How about...

Shaq
Oakley
X. McDaniel
Jordan
Payton

:eek:
I'd put Rodamn instead of X man, but yeah, I like this one the best.

People seem to forget that Oakley was probably the most intimidating player in the league. In fact, he's STILL goddamn intimidating.

[boozehound]

89-90 pistons, duh!

zeke
jordan
rodman
wallace
oakley

Bench of laimbeer, mahorn, danny fortson

[boozehound]

Shaq
Dale Davis
Xavier McDaniel
Vernon Maxwell
Dennis Johnson

An ecclectic mix of hard nosed players/outright thuggery.
good call on davis. dude was one tough mudder.

[boozehound]

Any list that doesn't have Charles Oakley as the 4 is wrong.
meh, I made him my undersized 5, though I suppose wallace is really more of a 5 anyways.

[Brunch@Five]

tough and intimidating can mean two things. 1) willingness to lay down a hard foul, throw cheap shots and overpowering your opponent, or 2) not bowing mentally to 1), overcoming adversity, being clutch as hell and having the reputation of coming through every time.

team 1)

C Ben Wallace
PF Oakley
SF Artest
SG Dumars
PG Stockton

team 2)

C Russel
PF Duncan
SF Bird
SG Jordan
PG Magic

team 2) seems like an easy choice, but that's probably because those are among the top 7, 8 players. However, with those guys you KNOW they won't ever be rattled or in discomfort. That's why Wilt, Kareem, Kobe, LeBron, Malone or Shaq won't ever make that team, despite arguably being better individually.

I'd love to see team 1) play.

[305Baller]

Shaq
Rodman
Anthony Mason
Jordan
Gary Payton


90's influenced obviously

[markymark]

PG - AI
SG -Spree
SF - Stephen Jackson
PF - Rodman
C - Sheed

A badass team that can win multiple championships.

[allball]

Isiah
Jordan
Pippen
Oakley
Hakeem

[StroShow4]

People actually think Artest is as tough as he pretends to be? :facepalm

[Punpun]

People actually think Artest is as tough as he pretends to be? :facepalm

Artest doesn't pretend to be anything.

[tmacattack33]

What line up would be the most intimidating lineup (physically and mentally) for going in the paint and playing against?

Mine would be

PG Stephen Marbury
SG Stephen Jackson
SF Metta World peace
PF Dennis Rodman (with blonde hair)
C Shaquille Oneal

Marbury and Artest are two idiots. They are not intimidating, they are just scary because they are borderline psychotic.

[StroShow4]

Artest doesn't pretend to be anything.

He doesn't want to fight anybody. If he did he'd be fighting all the time seeing as he's out of his mind.

[Big#50]

Derek Harper seems to he underrated in the tough category.
Harper seems to be underrated as a player and defender.

[kidachi]

Sheed
Oakley
Rodman
Dennis Johnson
Isiah

bench: Mahorn, Vernon Maxwell, Anthony Mason, AI, X.McDaniel,

DEAD

[Maestro33]

Xavier McDaniel and four 11 yr old ballerinas

[tpols]

He doesn't want to fight anybody. If he did he'd be fighting all the time seeing as he's out of his mind.
Or his lawyers told him if he did it again in a public setting in front of millions he'd go to prison.

[AlphaWolf24]

Deron the toughest and most intimidating pg?? lol
Wade the toughest and most intimidating sg?? lol


Deron was a HS state champion wrestler in Texas...I'm pretty sure he would beat the **** outta 99% of the league..

while he may not make faux tough guy faces...I'm sure he would not back down to anyone.


Wade?...well that's an opposite side of the story:lol

[sick_brah07]

pg - price
sg - jj reddick
sf - bender
pf warrick
c bradley

[DStebb716]

Charles Manson
Jeff Dahmer
Adolf Hitler
Al Capone
Casey Anthony

[sick_brah07]

Charles Manson
Jeff Dahmer
Adolf Hitler
Al Capone
Casey Anthony

dunno about this one man
to many egos on one team

[StroShow4]

Or his lawyers told him if he did it again in a public setting in front of millions he'd go to prison.

Ron Artest isn't sane enough to exhibit such control.

[LosBulls]

PG - AI
SG -Spree
SF - Stephen Jackson
PF - Rodman
C - Sheed

A badass team that can win multiple championships.
That would be my favorite team of all time.

[Haymaker]

PG - Robert Pack
SG - JR Rider
SF - Xavier McDaniels
PF - Darryl Dawkins
C - James Edwards

[Round Mound]

Basically My All Time Team

PG: Magic
SG: Jordan
SF: Bird
PF: Barkley
C: Wilt

[Kobe 4 The Win]

Gary Payton
Michael Jordan
Dennis Rodman
Kevin Garnett
Shaquille O'Neal

Coached by Pat Riley

Evey player on this list has won the defensive player of the year award except Shaq, but Shaq is 7'1 and at least 325 pounds. This team would go 82 and 0 with Screech from Saved by the Bell as the 6the man.

[Dictator]

Lebron
Jordan
Insert Anyone
Shaq
Wilt

[RaininTwos]

Zeke
MJ
Xavier Mcdaniel
Oakley
Shaq


Bench-Bird, Artest, Rodman, Lambier, Big Ben
Game over

[gilalizard]

lol at anyone putting lebron and wade on a tough team

getting bailed out by the refs more than anyone else does not equal "tough"

[RobertdeMeijer]

1 - John Stockton: no other point guard comes close. Complete thug

2 - T.R. Dunn: All this guy did was use his body

3 - Bruce Bowen

4- Charles Oakley (Rick Mahorn deserves mention, though)

5- Bill Laimbeer (he even has a computer game named 'Combat Basketball')

[305Baller]

All Centers:


C- Wilt
Pf- Russell
Sf- Kareem
Sg- Drob
Pg- Shaq

[Anaximandro1]

C - Bill Laimbeer

PF- Rick Mahorn

SF - Dennis Rodman

SG - Michael Jordan :lol

PG - Isiah Thomas

[Haymaker]

C - Bill Laimbeer

PF- Rick Mahorn

SF - Dennis Rodman

SG - Michael Jordan :lol

PG - Isiah Thomas

:oldlol:

[k-vil]

Shaquille Oneal
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-jabbar
Manute Bol
Hakeem Olajuwon
Patrick Ewing
Ralph Sampson
Alonzo Mourning
Artis Gilmore
Dikembe Mutombo
Robert Parish
David Robinson

[pauk]

Shaquille Oneal
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-jabbar
Manute Bol
Hakeem Olajuwon
Patrick Ewing
Ralph Sampson
Alonzo Mourning
Artis Gilmore
Dikembe Mutombo
Robert Parish
David Robinson

Manut Bol at Point-Guard? :D

[zoom17]

C- Shaq
PF- Shawn Kemp
SF- Pippen
SG- Jordan
PG- LeBron

Bench: Oakley, Rodman, Lambeer, Isiah, Mutombo.

Was going to pick Malone or Rodman for PF, but decided to go with a bit of wild card in Kemp. Dude was crazy athletic.

Nice lineup:applause:

[poido123]

Laimbeer
Rodman
Artest
Jordan
Payton

bench:

Isiah Thomas
Maxwell
Mcdaniel
Oakley
Mutumbo

[zoom17]

Laimbeer
Rodman
Artest
Jordan
Payton

bench:

Isiah Thomas
Maxwell
Mcdaniel
Oakley
Mutumbo

Why mutumbo?

[CanYouDigIt]

Stephen Curry
Dwayne Wade
Carmelo Anthony
Blake Griffin
Brook Lopez

[Trentknicks]

Ewing/Laimbeer
Oakley/Mahorn
McDaniel/Anthony Mason/Artest
Jordan/Starks
Payton/Isiah

http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Xavier-McDaniel-rt-float-2.jpg

[zoom17]

Stephen Curry
Dwayne Wade
Carmelo Anthony
Blake Griffin
Brook Lopez

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[ProfessorMurder]

Payton/Zeke
A.Robertson/Jordan
McDaniel/Artest
Rodman/Oakley
B.Wallace/Olajuwon

Close to mine:

John Stockton / Gary Payton
Alvin Robertson / Michael Jordan
Xavier McDaniel / Ron Artest / Larry Bird
Dennis Rodman / Charles Oakley
Patrick Ewing / Dikembe Mutombo / Ben Wallace

+ Any guy like Maurice Lucas, Mahorn, Laimbeer, Dumars, Zeke.

Basically mix the Bad Boys with the early 90s Knicks.

[Nezty]

PG- Gary Payton/Isiah Thomas
SG- Latrell Sprewell/Tony Allen
SF- Dennis Rodman/Ron Artest
PF- Kenyon Martin/Charles Oakley
C- Wilt Chamberlain/Nate Thurmond

[poido123]

Why mutumbo?

Good point.

Replaced with Ben Wallace :pimp:

I didn't put much thought into it.

[The JKidd Kid]

PG Payton
SG Stephen Jackson
SF Artest
PF Rodman
C Lambeer

[bdreason]

Zeke
MJ
Bird
Barkley
Shaq




This team would beat you by 50, and eat your soul while doing it.

[LAZERUSS]

Shaq????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ_Dx2KWmnM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vCaZkULds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2-x-0lAQo

[Flash31]

Gary Payton
Reggie Miller
Dennis Rodman
Karl Malone
Bill Russell

Bill Laimbeer
Isiah Thomas
Ron Artest
Ben Wallace
Nate Thurmond
Alonzo Mourning
Scottie Pippen

The Defense,Hustle,Dirtyness,Intimidation,Trash Talk

Goat Pg Defender,One of Biggest Trash Talkers,clutch shot makers(Knicks series)Hardest hustling hardest most versatile craziest one of goat defenders,
one of goat pf and known to do some damage to people,
goat defender,

along with that bench,
In words of the great Vince Carter
Its OVER


or just mix the 80s det with 60s celtics or wilt
and add artest,mourning,payton

or

Isiah
Jordan
Rodman
Wilt
Shaq

Payton
Pippen
Mourning
Nate Thurmond
West
Artest
Kareem


Just Give Up

[Flash31]

Stephen Curry
Dwayne Wade
Carmelo Anthony
Blake Griffin
Brook Lopez


4 of those Dont Belong

Say what you want about Wade now
but the Mavs and Pistons from back then
have different opinions

as well as
Anderson Varejaos Dreams

[Flash31]

Laimbeer
Rodman
Artest
Jordan
Payton

bench:

Isiah Thomas
Maxwell
Mcdaniel
Oakley
Mutumbo

Replace Jordan with Thomas in starting lineup
and that team looks downright disgustingly dirty,hard,defense
up the nose

Payton
Thomas
Artest
Rodman
Laimbeer

add Garnett as a reserve along with Ben Wallace and Rasheed
and Sprewell,Marbury to complete it

League History:
most team technicals
most ejections
most flagrants
most fouls
most suspensions
most blocks,steals,rebounds
lowest opposing team fg%
lowest fg %


Who would be the glue in that team
Rodman or Payton

Couldnt be MJ or Isiah

[memetherapy]

Ron Artest X 5 ... so unpredictable

[SamuraiSWISH]

Shaq / Lambier
Oakley / Mourning / Barkley
Bird / Artest
MJ / Alvin Robertson / Stackhouse
GP / Maxwell

[Bandito]

Stockton
Reggie Miller
Glen Rice
Duncan
David Robinson

All in their primes this team is pretty good. WHile the perimeter is not going to be dominant the paint is going to be well defended with the real Twin Towers.

[KobesFinger]

Zeke
Jordan
Artest
Rodman
B Wallace

Payton
S Jackson
James Johnson
K Malone
Zo/Pat

HM to KG. A fake tough guy but he is borderline psychotic

[pauk]

PG - Lebron James
SG - Charles Barkley
SF - Dennis Rodman
PF - Shawn Kemp
C - Shaquille Oneal


That would have been pretty intimidating i think....

[BoutPractice]

How about...
PG - Michael Jordan
SG- Reggie Miller
SF - Scottie Pippen (Jordan and Miller are called PG and SG, but they're really the "guards"... Pippen would handle the point duties)
PF - Kevin Garnett
C- Bill Russell

On the bench you'd have the Glove, Joe Dumars, Ron Artest, David West and either Bill Laimbeer or Ben Wallace.

There are many kinds of intimidation... a Bill Russell or a Michael Jordan, who acts like you've already lost the game, provides instant psychological intimidation, and a Bill Laimbeer physical intimidation, but a Reggie Miller type is also incredibly intimidating, in the sense that you're deathly scared of his 3 pt shooting and ability in the clutch.

[Flush]

Shaq
K.Malone
Pippen
G.Gervin
Steve Smith

[talkingconch]

Lebron is intimidating now? LMAO. Pretty sure OP meant a guy who will get in your face and doesnt give a shit what happens

So lets see:

He is GOAT, in top 10, Earned his Rings, and now Intimidating on the court


All after winning 2 rings :roll: :roll:

[poido123]

Replace Jordan with Thomas in starting lineup
and that team looks downright disgustingly dirty,hard,defense
up the nose

Payton
Thomas
Artest
Rodman
Laimbeer

add Garnett as a reserve along with Ben Wallace and Rasheed
and Sprewell,Marbury to complete it

League History:
most team technicals
most ejections
most flagrants
most fouls
most suspensions
most blocks,steals,rebounds
lowest opposing team fg%
lowest fg %


Who would be the glue in that team
Rodman or Payton

Couldnt be MJ or Isiah


Everyone has their opinion, but what makes you think MJ wouldn't be the glue in that team? Commands respect, tough, punched his own teammate once, trashtalks with the best of them, copped his fair share of hard fouls too. He demands his players to be mentally tough and have his back, not afraid of anyone and won't back down.

[salwan]

Chris Bosh
Blake Griffin
Steve Novak
Jordie Meeks
Deron Williams

Bench: Bargnani, Splitter, Perkins, Fields

[QuebecBaller]

Ben Wallace
Dennis Rodman
Ron Artest
S-Jax
Payton

[blazerjimmy]

PG Gary Payton
SG Michael Jordan
C Kevin Garnett
PF Charles Barkley
SF Kobe Bryant

[pauk]

Lebron is intimidating now? LMAO. Pretty sure OP meant a guy who will get in your face and doesnt give a shit what happens

So lets see:

He is GOAT, in top 10, Earned his Rings, and now Intimidating on the court


All after winning 2 rings :roll: :roll:

Is this boxing/UFC or basketball?
As far as trashtalking goes, none of that fake tough guy **** is intimidating....
As far as throwing punches goes, great, go ahead, you will get only ejected.....

PHYSIQUE & GAME is the only intimidating thing in basketball.... that is what will overpower/ragdoll you allover the court as an opponent and mentally screw you up as you cant compete and get embarrassed... infact that is what will MAKE you trashtalk, throw punches aka. be intimidating by way of YOUR criteria.... "intimidating" guys like that have nothing to lose, thats why they are "intimidating"....

[#number6ix#]

Joe dumars/Payton
Vernon maxwell/Jordan
Artest/Barkley
Kg/reggie Evans
Wallace/Zo

[RRR3]

Lebron is intimidating now? LMAO. Pretty sure OP meant a guy who will get in your face and doesnt give a shit what happens

So lets see:

He is GOAT, in top 10, Earned his Rings, and now Intimidating on the court


All after winning 2 rings :roll: :roll:
Someone's mad Kobe isn't getting any mentions :lol

[LAZERUSS]

Charles Oakley, Al "the enforcer" Attles, and Kermit Washington (just ask Rudy Tomjanovich.) Obviously an irate Chamberlain (he ended Clyde Lovellette's career with one punch.)

[Stuckey]

thomas
jordan
rodman
kg
laimbeer

[SamuraiSWISH]

PG - Lebron James
:oldlol:

Even if the best player in the league, no one was ever intimidated by Bron. Guy got called a bitch on national television in the Finals.

People don't do that to someone they're intimidated by ... Teams don't beg you to shoot jumpers if they're intimidated by your mentality or abilities. In fact they're preying upon your softness.

Paul Pierce even insinuated trash talk with MJ as he was gearing up for the 2002 season in pick up games and his coach immediately pulled him aside and told him that is the one guy you don't talk shit to and get him going. He'll embarrass you and stomp you out.

A 38 year old Jordan

:biggums:

That's the power of FEAR

[Le Shaqtus]

Whoever said LeBron is intimidating clearly doesn't know the definition of the word.

Best? Yes. Intimidating? No.

[PHILA]

Luke Jackson
Rick Mahorn
Charles Barkley
Alvin Robertson
Al Attles

[Flash31]

Everyone has their opinion, but what makes you think MJ wouldn't be the glue in that team? Commands respect, tough, punched his own teammate once, trashtalks with the best of them, copped his fair share of hard fouls too. He demands his players to be mentally tough and have his back, not afraid of anyone and won't back down.


Isiah Thomas is why

That and considring you have Laimbeer who hated Jordan
Rodman who only listened to the coach

Its a powder-keg waiting to go off

The fact that Jordan hit his OWN teammates who were
even some of his friends and respected him
says something,He was clear top dog on those Bulls
and had free reign to do what he wanted

Some of these people hate him and have a bitter rivalry with him

They arent taking a backseat to Jordan especially Isiah

[Fresh Kid]

Chris Bosh
Blake Griffin
Steve Novak
Jordie Meeks
Deron Williams

Bench: Bargnani, Splitter, Perkins, Fields
:roll:

[Pointguard]

All mental head games team
Payton
Jordan
Rodman
KG
Russell

Toughest Physically We come to give you a beat down
Alvin Robertson
Sidney Moncrief
Larry Johnson/X-Man
Maurice Lucas - the last true enforcer
Shaq

Intimidating Dang do I go around them or just not bother
Lebron
Durant
KG
Duncan
Wilt


Hide underneath your beds team
Mugsy Bogues
Allen Houston
Rudy Gay
Dirk
Vlade Divac

[tpols]

Is this boxing/UFC or basketball?
As far as trashtalking goes, none of that fake tough guy **** is intimidating....
As far as throwing punches goes, great, go ahead, you will get only ejected.....

PHYSIQUE & GAME is the only intimidating thing in basketball.... that is what will overpower/ragdoll you allover the court as an opponent and mentally screw you up as you cant compete and get embarrassed... infact that is what will MAKE you trashtalk, throw punches aka. be intimidating by way of YOUR criteria.... "intimidating" guys like that have nothing to lose, thats why they are "intimidating"....
Tough=/= physique, tough is mental.

And Lebrons flopping fairy ass belongs nowhere near this thread


John Stockton
Michael Jordan
Ron Artest
Larry Bird
Alonzo Mourning

Bring Lambier off the bench for some quality goon minutes.

[LA Lakers]

Bill Laimbeer and Charles Oakley have to be somewhere, Laimbeer was actually the dirtiest player I can think of which doesnt qualify as tough but hed hurt you.
Sir Charles was pretty mean as well... Mike would have to be on the team for sheer intimidation factor. Good question.

[tomtucker]

Chris Andersen
Charles Barkley
Shaq
Ron Artest
Dennis Rodman

[kshutts1]

Aside from his sheer size, I don't understand why so many people are mentioning Shaq. Anyone wanna chime in on that?

Anyway...

Stockton/Payton/AI (would be first, but he and MJ would not play well together)
MJ/Bowen
XMan/Bird/Artest
Oakley/Rodman
Laimbeer/Big Ben

Tons and tons of HMs, particularly older players whose reputations I don't know so well. Mahorn is pretty obvious, Dale Davis was a good one, as was Moncrief... but there are tons of others from before '95 that I just was not lucky enough to watch.

[inclinerator]

stephen curry
adam morrison
mike dunleavy
chris bosh
andrea bargnani

[boozehound]

Zeke
MJ
Xavier Mcdaniel
Oakley
Shaq


Bench-Bird, Artest, Rodman, Lambier, Big Ben
pretty reasonable team. I might also put Danny Forston and Dale Davis on the bench.

[BarberSchool]

PG: Anthony Mason (act like you know)
SG: Mike
SF: Larry Johnson
PF: Bill Laimbeer
C; Shaquille O'Neal

[ILLsmak]

All mental head games team
Payton
Jordan
Rodman
KG
Russell

Toughest Physically We come to give you a beat down
Alvin Robertson
Sidney Moncrief
Larry Johnson/X-Man
Maurice Lucas - the last true enforcer
Shaq

Intimidating Dang do I go around them or just not bother
Lebron
Durant
KG
Duncan
Wilt


Hide underneath your beds team
Mugsy Bogues
Allen Houston
Rudy Gay
Dirk
Vlade Divac

I need to find that video of Shaq slapping Alvin lol. Shit's hard to get on youtube anymore.

-Smak

[Droid101]

Tough=/= physique, tough is mental.

And Lebrons flopping fairy ass belongs nowhere near this thread


Seriously... try to imagine LeBron trying to defend/be defended by X-Man? :lol

He'd be on his ass all game long.