The all No Highlights team.

[Kblaze8855]

What is the best team you could assemble that would result in virtually nothing happening to excite a casual fan by how spectacular it was?


Im not asking just who you think is boring or who you dont like to watch. I dont like to watch James Harden...he doesnt make a no highlight team. He has....many highlights. Some of the most well known in recent memory.

So lets keep the "I dont like this guy" picks to a minimum.

I dont even think its an issue of most fundamentally sound guys.

Mark Price was fundamental as hell but he still had:

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ShamelessDemandingHamadryad-size_restricted.gif


Chris Paul...crazy fundamentals. But he had moves and highlights to spare. Bird...fundamentals...not athletic...crazy highlights though. And plenty of good athletes are still boring.


Im asking you for a team of people....the best you could assemble....that would result in the least spectacular highlights. give me a starting 5 and maybe a couple bench guys.



Given like 3 seconds of thought....


John Stockton
Klay Thompson?
Sidney Moncrief
Lamarcus Aldridge
Moses Malone or Bob Lanier

Antawn Jamison and Chauncey Billups off the bench.

They might win 65 games and have no end of season highlight reel aside from Klay having an unspectacular 74 points once.

To be clear...I liked watching several of them. Stockton in particular is a joy....but im talking highlights not things that make guys like me get the fundamental swoons going.

I dont know if a 12 year old would crack a smile to see that teams highlights no matter how great it would be.

Give me your "Twitter doesnt care" superteam.

[eliteballer]

You really don't have Duncan on this team?

Duncan was great to watch if you appreciate basketball greatness and execution, but to a casual fan nope.

[BigKAT]

Any version of this team should start with Tim Duncan.

[eliteballer]

BTW, where's your topic on Sarunas Marciulionis..(not to say he'd be on this team because he wouldn't)

[tontoz]

Ditto on Duncan, Price and Stockton. Price would be perfect for this era.

Kareem wasn't a highlight player, unless you consider the sky hook exciting, but is on the short list for GOAT.

Dumars deserves a mention, quietly effective on both ends. MJ said Dumars guarded him better than anyone.

DRob was very effective on both ends. Settled for jumpers more than i would like. Ditto Ewing.

Tony Parker is a small guard who was never a high flyer but was great at finishing inside by staying under control and keeping his pivot foot down.

Mitch Richmond would fit here.

[Kblaze8855]

Duncan was the first guy to come to mind but....he has highlights. I guess the problem is I have seen everyones highlights so many times a lot more comes to my mind but young Duncan made "Well damn...." plays now and then.

Im not sure Lamarcus Aldridge does. He had a nice dunk on Eric Dampier once but not that much else.A couple of those nice roll to the basket dunks that someone might contest a little.

But 99.9% is 17 foot jumper. Hes more fitting than Duncan....though I of course understand him being mentioned.

[eliteballer]

What about Walton...

Surprised I haven't seen a topic from you on how Wooden(Or was it Ramsey?) said Walton was the GOAT and his brief peak with the Blazers led them to ridiculous heights.

[Kblaze8855]

DRob was very effective on both ends. Settled for jumpers more than i would like. Ditto Ewing.

Young Drob and Ewing were mashing on everyone though. David was doing in game two hand windmills and 360s for no reason.

[Kblaze8855]

What about Walton...

Surprised I haven't seen a topic from you on how Wooden(Or was it Ramsey?) said Walton was the GOAT and his brief peak with the Blazers led them to ridiculous heights.


Yea...Walton is the center. Hes who I should have thought of before Moses.


Bill Walton is the best player you cant make casual fans understand.

He had 1 real highlight his entire life. The dunk on Kareem(which Kareem is salty as hell about by the way...he wrote about it in a book). He has a nice guide in alley oop once too but nobody today would care.

[AirFederer]

Mark Jackson should be mentioned

[eliteballer]

Yea...Walton is the center. Hes who I should have thought of before Moses.


Bill Walton is the best player you cant make casual fans understand.

He had 1 real highlight his entire life. The dunk on Kareem(which Kareem is salty as hell about by the way...he wrote about it in a book). He has a nice guide in alley oop once too but nobody today would care.

You forgot one, apparently blocked the skyhook like Wilt but I'm not sure if I've seen a clip or not.

[Kblaze8855]

Mark Jackson should be mentioned

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh h.

I apologize for the 2006 quality but this should still show enough....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd_g0dsf61o


Mark Jackson played to the crowd a good bit.

[eliteballer]

Let's not forget Toine' ripped off the Jackson Jiggle:

https://media.giphy.com/media/DvXReYQEfrp6g/giphy.gif

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BelovedMajesticAlligator-small.gif


Dude once schimied all the way to the tunnel after hitting a halftime buzzer beater..

[hiphopanonymous]

I really like some of the highlights I

[Kblaze8855]

I personally liked Moses. And Lanier. But im not looking for what a lot of people are.

Parish is a great one. Im not sure he had a single spectacular play in the 51 years he was in the NBA.

He dunked on some people off quick drop offs....but in that quick almost not even jumping sneaky kinda way.

His best highlights are the hammer fists he gave Laimbeer.

[hiphopanonymous]

Just saw Walton mentioned. Good pick at center I didn’t even think of him. My only caveat is he’s a good passer and it’s hard not to be entertained by some of his passes but his scoring methods are very bog standard and far from excessive.

Also just thought of Bob Pettit at PF... he dunked once in his entire career and all he did was pummel people on single dribble drives to a layup, offensive boards to a layup, or fundamentally sound jump shots. He got fouled a lot and so made a big portion of his points at the free throw line too. Very few film clips of his look exciting though most all of it looks fundamentally correct.

Oscar Robertson at point guard. His flashiest move on the dribble was he’d go behind his back every blue moon but it wasn’t even to score on someone it was only to protect the ball... could dunk but never did. He tried on purpose to play polar opposite of Harlem Globetrotter basketball due to his high school coaches influence. He deliberately was all substance and zero style so he’s gotta get a nod here too.

[Psileas]

Pettit and Robertson were the first to come to my mind, as well. However, having a 6'9 guy and a 6'5 PG play as they did in the 60's should count as something. Maybe Guy Rodgers would be a good alternative to Oscar and Dolph Schayes to Pettit.
SF's: The 80's were full of those mid-range masters who could score 30+ on a daily basis, but couldn't make the highlight reels to save their lives: Alex English, Dantley, Aguirre, I'd even consider B.King, but he did get an occasional eyebrow raiser here and there. Hal Greer as a SG.
Not sure I'd take Walton at C: He was too good a passer and a great shotblocker, as well. Neither would I pick Moses, his game was too high-octane. Just his intensity at offensive boards is a spectacle by itself. Lanier seems a better choice.

PS. Forgot Jerry Lucas and Kevin Love at PF-C.

[hiphopanonymous]

How about Wes Unseld at center while we're talking some of the vintage non-flashy players.

I've never seen him try to make anyone look bad. Jump shot. Pick and pop or roll. Offensive board. Never dunked so all layups or jumpers.

About the only thing highlight-esq about his game is that people running into his bulk bounce off of him like he's a brick wall but he didn't even really slam into them due to the rules of his era - they ran into him most of the time. He threw insane outlet passes chest-pass style but somehow made them look effortless/easy so they almost don't even look like highlights if you weren't a fan of the game

[BarberSchool]

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[Charlie Sheen]

Terry Porter
Rip Hamilton
Rick Fox
PJ Brown
Chief was a good one. hiphopanonymous :applause:

[andgar923]

Danny Manning
Chris Gatling
LeBron James

[Milbuck]

Kawhi

[warriorfan]

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Mvp Of Team No Highlights 4eva

I saw some interview with him at the end of his career and he joked about putting in

[DoctorP]

What is the best team you could assemble that would result in virtually nothing happening to excite a casual fan by how spectacular it was?


Im not asking just who you think is boring or who you dont like to watch. I dont like to watch James Harden...he doesnt make a no highlight team. He has....many highlights. Some of the most well known in recent memory.

So lets keep the "I dont like this guy" picks to a minimum.

I dont even think its an issue of most fundamentally sound guys.

Mark Price was fundamental as hell but he still had:

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ShamelessDemandingHamadryad-size_restricted.gif


Chris Paul...crazy fundamentals. But he had moves and highlights to spare. Bird...fundamentals...not athletic...crazy highlights though. And plenty of good athletes are still boring.


Im asking you for a team of people....the best you could assemble....that would result in the least spectacular highlights. give me a starting 5 and maybe a couple bench guys.



Given like 3 seconds of thought....


John Stockton
Klay Thompson?
Sidney Moncrief
Lamarcus Aldridge
Moses Malone or Bob Lanier

Antawn Jamison and Chauncey Billups off the bench.

They might win 65 games and have no end of season highlight reel aside from Klay having an unspectacular 74 points once.

To be clear...I liked watching several of them. Stockton in particular is a joy....but im talking highlights not things that make guys like me get the fundamental swoons going.

I dont know if a 12 year old would crack a smile to see that teams highlights no matter how great it would be.

Give me your "Twitter doesnt care" superteam.

Would this team get anywhere past a second round? Nah.
I guess Stockton would be the alpha.

But Jordan would dismantle this team by himself.

[DoctorP]

or would Malone be the alpha?
hmm..

[TheCalmInsanity]

Udonis Haslem deserves mention

[Kblaze8855]

Would this team get anywhere past a second round? Nah.
I guess Stockton would be the alpha.

But Jordan would dismantle this team by himself.


That team would be totally insane....

[BarberSchool]

[QUOTE=warriorfan]I saw some interview with him at the end of his career and he joked about putting in

[Psileas]

How about Wes Unseld at center while we're talking some of the vintage non-flashy players.

I've never seen him try to make anyone look bad. Jump shot. Pick and pop or roll. Offensive board. Never dunked so all layups or jumpers.

About the only thing highlight-esq about his game is that people running into his bulk bounce off of him like he's a brick wall but he didn't even really slam into them due to the rules of his era - they ran into him most of the time. He threw insane outlet passes chest-pass style but somehow made them look effortless/easy so they almost don't even look like highlights if you weren't a fan of the game

Yes, he's a great choice. Wasn't either a high volume scorer or a spectacular shot blocker and was still selected in the original 50 GOAT team.
This is a topic for which the "since ABA merger" crap that ESPNers use to discredit certain players and records may actually apply. The ABA taught the NBA a lot of things when it comes to flash, which is why watching an ABA game looks practically not much different than watching an 80's NBA game (along with the - rarely used - 3 point shot, of course).

[Prometheus]

Would this team get anywhere past a second round? Nah.
I guess Stockton would be the alpha.

But Jordan would dismantle this team by himself.

:facepalm

[superduper]

Shout out Andre Miller

[Elosha]

Jeff Hornacek. Hell of a player in his prime, but all substance, little flash.

[superduper]

Jeff Hornacek. Hell of a player in his prime, but all substance, little flash.

Watch out... us Bran stans are going to judge his basketball ability based off of his skin color and looks

[Kblaze8855]

Rip Hamilton just came to mind.

He scored like 18-20 a game for 10 years and you dont remember a single highlight play he made ever.

[Dr Hawk]

Chauncey Billups
Ray Allen (late 00's at least, earlier versions of him could make flashy plays)
Tayshaun Prince
Duncan
Al Jefferson

[Loco 50]

Anybody saying Duncan has limited hoops knowledge, period. Guy used to bang on people before his knee went out. Ask Ostertag, Malone and Shawn Bradley about those days. He's also got game winning blocks and shots, so not sure what else you're looking for.

Aldridge is close but has some angry dunks that will surprise you at times. He'll also collect an angry block here and there.

Guys that come to mind for me are Michael Redd, Big Dog Robinson and Sam Cassell.

What do they all have in common? A smooth as silk, beautiful mid-range game that couldn't be stopped. Same as Aldridge, Rip and a few of the other guys mentioned here.

Seems like this may be why we've got the current NBA Jam status of the league consisting of 3's and dunks. Who wants to be viewed as a boring player when you can be known as the guy that chucked 15 3's last night?

[Loco 50]

Let's not forget Toine' ripped off the Jackson Jiggle:

https://media.giphy.com/media/DvXReYQEfrp6g/giphy.gif

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BelovedMajesticAlligator-small.gif


Dude once schimied all the way to the tunnel after hitting a halftime buzzer beater..
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: That was one of the funniest moments in NBA history.