Am I crazy to have Bill Walton on my All-Time Starting 5?

[1987_Lakers]

PG - '87 Magic
SG - '91 Jordan
SF - '13 LeBron
PF - '86 Bird
C - '77 Walton

I think this is a perfect team. Inane passers in Magic, LeBron, & Walton. Magic & Jordan are not great 3 point shooters, but LeBron can hit that shot, & I have Bird as a stretch 4, Bird can also rebound at a great level which is why I am comfortable with him at the 4. I know people like having dominant scoring centers on their teams, but I already have insane scorers and Walton is a perfect center who can rim protect, rebound, & play in a team concept at an elite level.

[Cocaine80s]

who dat

[Milbuck]

who dat

Why even post this?

[iTare]

Why even post this?

i know right?
dude is a fvcking moron.

[Cocaine80s]

Why even post this?

why post on a forum

[christian1923]

http://youtu.be/b2fyT8-N1gU

[kennethgriffin]

no you're not crazy because bill in his prime was a beast

but putting lebron on your team however... thats uncalled for

since picking bill is based on obviously an absolute peak and not careers.

so then you should have taken elgin baylor at small forward

his peak =

40 ppg
20 rpg
5 apg


GOAT small forward peak

[Duggrr]

[Mrofir]

You're not crazy, just inane

[Inactive]

Inane passers in Magic, LeBron, & Walton.

How dare you, sir! Their passes are brilliant!

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Nope not at all. Bill would be a perfect fit on that team with his rebounding defense and passing dominance...he's not the best scoring center ever but on that team you don't need him to be...I like it... I would personally go with Russell though for similar reasons

[SHAQisGOAT]

No.

Walton had one of the greatest peaks for a center (only at 25 also) plus his overall intangibles were ridiculous, he had crazy impact, could fit with any team/teammates and he's arguably the GOAT passing center.

Like said, if you already have terrific scoring, Bill's a great fit because he plays DPOY-level defense at center, he brings great rebounding, elite passing, terrific intangibles and off-ball play... And he was also capable of close to 20 ppg on really good efficiency, could finish, post-up, space the floor and hit FT's.

So yea, great fit, especially with a team like that. I just think that you should replace someone on that back-court because that's too much (dominant) ball-handling, or players that need to be dominant ball-handlers to make most of their impact felt, and not quite enough 3pt-shooting maybe... With that said, with those type of players you're most likely winning every game though, so...

[KNOW1EDGE]

Yes you are absolutely retarded.

Bill Walton isn't even the best Blazers center of all time.

Arvydas Sabonis was better in every aspect of the game!

I would take prime Amare Stoudemire over Bill Walton, let alone Shaq, Yao Ming, Hakeem, Bill Russell, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, KAJ, Barkley, etc etc

[RRR3]

Why wouldn't you just pick Bill Russell to play this role

[GimmeThat]

well, if we are going with one season, and one peak season only.

I would like to remind you that Bill Walton was listed at 6-11.