So let's team up 2 top 3 NBA players and another star in their prime

[Redoks]

[The Iron Fist]

Replace Shaq with Webber or Sheed as we all already know prime Shaq could take anybody to a championship.

Iverson/Sheed/Allen...would that be a championship trio?
AI/Webber/Allen....what about this trio?

When you put Prime Shaq or Prime Jordan....is there even question to if those teams would fail?

So where are Shaqs rings prior to 2000?_

[Poetry]

is op really comparing chris bosh to patrick ewing, grant hill, tracy mcgrady, and young kobe!?

I think he's looking at it from a numbers stand point. Bosh averaged 24 and 11 before joining the Heat. Ewing averaged 24 and 11 in 91-92.

But clearly they're on different planets. The bigs are just weaker in this era.

If you listed all of today's top big men, Bosh is near the top. But he doesn't compare to Ewing on the all-time list.

Young Larry Johnson is probably a better fit, but even then i'd take Larry Johnson over Bosh.

Or actually maybe Cliff Robinson is a closer fit.

[Raz]

Around 1990
Star = Patrick Ewing

Around 1995
Star = Grant Hill

Around 2000
Star = Kobe Bryant

Around 2005
Star = Tracy Mcgrady

You're giving Chris Bosh far too much credit.
I have picked mine based on MVP votes

1989-90
MVP: Magic Johnson
5th: Patrick Ewing
All-star: Tom Chambers

1994-95
MVP: David Robinson
5th: Hakeem Olajuwon
All-star: Mitch Richmond

1999-00
MVP: Shaquille O'Neal
5th: Tim Duncan
All-star: Michael Finley

2004-05
MVP: Steve Nash
5th: Tim Duncan (Iverson doesn't count)
All-star: Paul Pierce

[ripthekik]

You're giving Chris Bosh far too much credit.
I have picked mine based on MVP votes

1989-90
MVP: Magic Johnson
5th: Patrick Ewing
All-star: Tom Chambers

1994-95
MVP: David Robinson
5th: Hakeem Olajuwon
All-star: Mitch Richmond

1999-00
MVP: Shaquille O'Neal
5th: Tim Duncan
All-star: Michael Finley

2004-05
MVP: Steve Nash
5th: Tim Duncan (Iverson doesn't count)
All-star: Paul Pierce

A lot of these teams look straight dominant.
Nash passing to Pierce and Duncan?

Well Bosh did lead his own team for 7 seasons, multiple times all-star.
Maybe Amare this season would be comparable?

Let's try this current season then

Top 1: Lebron James
Top 3: Kevin Durant
Star: Amare Stoudamire

[gasolina]

Some very sensitive fans out there

[I LUV KOBE]

Compared to this era the BIG 3 in Miami is comparable to 1991 Jordan, Magic and Ewing.. But doesnt mean they're equal players.. Jordan, Magic and Ewing are far superior but if we compared by era, they are the equivalent..

[ShaqAttack3234]

Well, I was just trying to add another all-star into the team that played a different position. Those guys were stars during those years, and they weren't top 3. Feel free to disagree with my list, but do make your own teams too!

I've always wanted to see what Iverson at his prime would look like with a good team=

Around 2001
Top 1= Iverson
Top 3= Shaquille O'neal
Star = Ray Allen

at Iverson being better than Shaq in '01. the top 3 were Shaq, Duncan and Kobe.

So where are Shaqs rings prior to 2000?_

The "Shaq could win with anyone" thing is stupid. Nobody can win with anyone. But Shaq also happened to take his game to another level in 2000. And it's funny but his most talented teams came prior to '00. His '00 team was his least talented from '95-'06. '98 was the most talented.

[ripthekik]

at Iverson being better than Shaq in '01. the top 3 were Shaq, Duncan and Kobe.
.

Why you mad? 2001 Was the year AI took his team to the finals weren't it. He's definitely be top 3 in my book. MVP that year as well.

Again, this is very subjective, feel free to make your own teams if you aren't satisfied with others. Why hate?

Some very sensitive fans out there

[gasolina]

Let's be real here - we all know what we're talking about and the best comparison would be 1991-92

Jordan
Drexler
Ewing (I was actually surprised by this)

Right about the same age. Almost same records on their teams from the past year.

Of course, the talent level was so different. A lot of Lebronytes like to compare him to Jordan so let's leave it like that. Drexler might be a good comparison for Wade too. Dominant, yet slightly older. A lot of people forget that the Heat won close to 50 games with just Wade, JO's corpse, and Beasley's smoking ass.

Ewing... I don't know, was the East really that good that in 1990 that he couldn't get them to a better record? I dunno I was 10. Are we severely underrating Bosh that he can't take it to the next level like Ewing did. Are we forgetting that Bosh's best Raptor team had the likes of Calderon, Anthony Parker, and Jorge Garbajosa?

If not Ewing, maybe Chris Mullin? IDK about Tom Chambers... too old then

[RRR3]

Let's be real here - we all know what we're talking about and the best comparison would be 1991-92

Jordan
Drexler
Ewing (I was actually surprised by this)

Right about the same age. Almost same records on their teams from the past year.

Of course, the talent level was so different. A lot of Lebronytes like to compare him to Jordan so let's leave it like that. Drexler might be a good comparison for Wade too. Dominant, yet slightly older. A lot of people forget that the Heat won close to 50 games with just Wade, JO's corpse, and Beasley's smoking ass.

Ewing... I don't know, was the East really that good that in 1990 that he couldn't get them to a better record? I dunno I was 10. Are we severely underrating Bosh that he can't take it to the next level like Ewing did. Are we forgetting that Bosh's best Raptor team had the likes of Calderon, Anthony Parker, and Jorge Garbajosa?

Lol wrong account reigny

[ShaqAttack3234]

Why you mad? 2001 Was the year AI took his team to the finals weren't it.

"Why you mad?" Showing your age, just like when you called Iverson the best player in '01. I'm not mad, I actually thought that post was funny.

Yeah, Iverson took his team to the finals in a weak East. Shaq won the finals, and went 15-1 in the playoffs. Averaged 33/16/5/3, 57 FG% vs DPOY Dikembe Mutombo and a top 5 defensive team.

[CelticBaller]

Did all of those guys have to spent 7 seasons for a team that wasn't trying to acquire good players around their stars? The Cavaliers made it extremely hard for LeBron to stay there. All the players you posted nearly always were on contenders for most of their careers.

and the cavaliers weren't?

[ripthekik]

"Why you mad?" Showing your age, just like when you called Iverson the best player in '01. I'm not mad, I actually thought that post was funny.

Yeah, Iverson took his team to the finals in a weak East. Shaq won the finals, and went 15-1 in the playoffs. Averaged 33/16/5/3, 57 FG% vs DPOY Dikembe Mutombo and a top 5 defensive team.

And if you check my first post, I already put Shaq on top. If you read the post where I put Iverson as #1, it says I just wanted to see how Iverson would look like in a good team. Is this so hard to comprehend for you?
Especially when I mentioned that players don't really matter in my first post as well.

Are you so butt-hurt when Shaq's not mentioned? Come on man.

[ripthekik]

Seems like anytime we do a pairing of such a team, we get an easy and obvious ring.. oh well

dont know why people so impress by this bron guy then