LeBron's Teammates in the 90's?

[Roundball_Rock]

Where would Davis, Wade, Bosh, Irving, Love rank among 90's players? That means ranking them against players like Hakeem, Jordan, Shaq, Pippen, Robinson, Barkley, Malone, Payton, Stockton, Penny, T. Hardaway, Zo', Miller, Richmond, Dumars, Price, Kemp, Wilkins, Drexler, etc.

We know what these players were considered in their eras. What about if they were in the 90's?

[FireDavidKahn]

Imagine Love playing against them Thicc bois.

Back when they were in the paint all the time Love would get demolished on the defensive end to a point not seen in NBA history....

[Roundball_Rock]

Imagine Love playing against them Thicc bois.

Back when they were in the paint all the time Love would get demolished on the defensive end to a point not seen in NBA history....

Wait. I just heard Love>Pippen. Pippen was a MVP candidate, 1st team all-NBA guy multiple times. What would that make Love then?

[FireDavidKahn]

Wait. I just heard Love>Pippen. Pippen was a MVP candidate, 1st team all-NBA guy multiple times. What would that make Love then?

An actual MVP!

[Roundball_Rock]

An actual MVP!

Damn. So he would be a MVP then but is 2x all-NBA in this era.

[HBK_Kliq_2]

Irving = Penny Hardaway

Wade = Rockets Clyde Drexler

Kevin Love = Rik Smits

Anthony Davis = hybrid of David Robinson and Karl Malone

[Roundball_Rock]

Irving = Penny Hardaway

Wade = Rockets Clyde Drexler

Kevin Love = Rik Smits

Anthony Davis = hybrid of David Robinson and Karl Malone

Interesting conclusions. :cheers: So Irving would be better than than he is now but Love would be worse.

Agree with Wade. I am close on Davis. I would say he would be somewhere between Robinson and Ewing.

[bullettooth]

LeBron would call up Bird and Dominique to team up with in order to get past MJ. That's basically what the weak little bitch did in 2010.

[Roundball_Rock]

LeBron would call up Bird and Dominique to team up with in order to get past MJ. That's basically what the weak little bitch did in 2010.

Wade=Bird, Bosh=Dominique? :coleman:

[HBK_Kliq_2]

Interesting conclusions. :cheers: So Irving would be better than than he is now but Love would be worse.

Agree with Wade. I am close on Davis. I would say he would be somewhere between Robinson and Ewing.

Irvings 2016 finals series was better then any penny series. So I would say they are roughly the same talent as far as players. Irving also will most likely crush him in longevity despite being injury prone, Penny was just too much of a flash in the pan.

[Roundball_Rock]

Irvings 2016 finals series was better then any penny series. So I would say they are roughly the same talent as far as players. Irving also will most likely crush him in longevity despite being injury prone, Penny was just too much of a flash in the pan.

Penny was in a tougher defensive era, though.

Penny was a top 5-6 player when he in the 95', 96' seasons. Irving never came close to that level for any sustained period (part of why we always hear about the 16' finals--he hasn't done much before or after).

All-time? Irving for sure. I should have been clearer in the OP. I meant players as players. For example, would Love be a top 5, top 10, 15, top 20, etc. player generally speaking then?

[aceman]

Just on player type & skills;

Davis a hard match maybe Danny Manning
Kyrie = Van Exal
Caruso = Ron Harper
Bosh = Harvey Grant
Wade = Eddie Jones
Love = Laettner (didn't want to pick white guy but rebounding & post game)

This is not on status as my 90's picks all seem a level below Lebron's teammates

[And1AllDay]

Wait. I just heard Love>Pippen. Pippen was a MVP candidate, 1st team all-NBA guy multiple times. What would that make Love then?

a top 30 player in 2015 (love) is a top 3 in watered down 90s era

[Phoenix]

Irving = Penny Hardaway

Wade = Rockets Clyde Drexler

Kevin Love = Rik Smits

Anthony Davis = hybrid of David Robinson and Karl Malone

Wade= Rockets Drexler my ass. Unless you mean like the 2013 version or something. 2005-2011? As a 2 guard right behind MJ.

Otherwise in reply to the topic:

Irving= Tim Hardaway. Kyrie handles as great as they are do straddle the line in terms of what would be allowed back then. Tim's handles, notably the UTEP 2step, were tight as fukk.

Love= As an undersized PF I think he'd have a hard time with 90s physicality. He does have the stretch shooting aspect to balance things. Level of player though? Maybe like 97 Laettner. I know that's not a close stylistic comparison but it's based on his level relative to the league. And before you scoff at that, Laettner was 18/9 56%TS and an all star on that 56 win Hawks team. I think Love in the 90s would be dropping those kinds of numbers.

Anthony Davis= a few hairs short of David Robinson. Here's a thought, if you stick current AD on the 99 Spurs with Robinson, do they still win the title? I actually think the results bare out the same.

[Roundball_Rock]

Anthony Davis= a few hairs short of David Robinson. Here's a thought, if you stick current AD on the 99 Spurs with Robinson, do they still win the title? I actually think the results bare out the same.

I think for sure. Robinson was past his prime by 99' while 20' AD is in his prime, probably in his peak years to boot. 20' AD is much better than 99' Robinson, even if peak Robinson was better than peak AD.

[Phoenix]

I think for sure. Robinson was past his prime by 99' while 20' AD is in his prime, probably in his peak years to boot. 20' AD is much better than 99' Robinson, even if peak Robinson was better than peak AD.

I meant 20 AD replacing second year Duncan in this case. So basically current AD and 99 Robinson as a duo. A few years ago I would have said AD couldn't fill 99 Timmy's shoes but I think he's reached that point where he could fill the role on that 99 team. I don't think he's reached 03 Duncan level, but he may get there. I expect this title to do alot for his confidence and he'll be even better next year.

[Roundball_Rock]

I meant 20 AD replacing second year Duncan in this case. So basically current AD and 99 Robinson as a duo. A few years ago I would have said AD couldn't fill 99 Timmy's shoes but I think he's reached that point where he could fill the role on that 99 team. I don't think he's reached 03 Duncan level, but he may get there. I expect this title to do alot for his confidence and he'll be even better next year.

Ah--I read it too fast. :oldlol: The Spurs were so dominant you would think even with a small falloff from TD to AD they still win the chip.

[Lebron23]

Ron Harper LeBron, Pippen Kukoc Longley.

[Micku]

2011 D-Wade, second best sg in the league.
2012 D-Wade, Clyde Rockets lvl. So, still the second best

Kyrie=Early 90s Tim Hardaway

AD=Lesser version of David Robinson

Love=I dunno.

Bosh=Better version of Sam Perkins? Closest in style that I can think of. But he'll be looked at much better.

I think they were all be around top 10 in the league. I don't think any of them will be consider to be top 3. But it's a year by year basis.

[ralph_i_el]

Love never would have lost all that weight in the 90's. Yall are forgetting that Love didn't lose all that weight until after his best seasons in Minny. He'd probably be better suited to playing 90's defense than modern D.