From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Alternate Dream Team
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:41:37 GMT
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In article <15609@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> fzchen@othello.ucdavis.edu writes:
>I was watching the olympics and thinking about Chuck Daly's remark
>about how this team would be neat if they had some competition. 
>Then I started thinking about an alternate dream team that could 
>compete and beat this team.  Here is my team:
>
>Isiah Thomas - G
>Joe Dumars - G
>Danny Manning - F
>Dominque Wilkins - F
>Hakeem Olajuwan - C
>Tim Hardaway - G
>Reggie Lewis - G
>James Worthy - F
>Larry Johnson -F
>Brad Daugherty -C
>Shaquille O'Nead -C (gotta have one college player)
>Sean Elliot -f

Well, you don't have a ton of real good outside/3pt threats.  Isiah/Dumars
would probably do ok.  Hardaway as well.  Lewis is just about automatic from
within 19, but he may not make it closer in.  Otherwise, your guard
corps is rather small.  Thomas, Dumars, and Hardaway don't top 6'3".  
At the small forward spot, you have a real problem with defense and size.
Manning, Wilkins, Worthy, Elliot, and even Johnson are more small forwards.
Could they guard Karl Malone??? And, except for Johnson, could they guard 
Barkley or Bird??  At center, Hakeem would be ineligible due to nationality,
but Brad could be a good choice.  Not a lot of shot blocking ability in there
though (Brad being one of the poorest NBA centers at it.  You also don't
have a distributor type of point guard, and while Thomas and Hardaway pass
very well, they may be too used to shooting.  The great thing about Magic
and Stockton is that they are both very dangerous shooting the ball, but they
think pass first.  Also, your overall rebounding may be suspect.  
Daugherty is pretty good at it, and the Shaq would help, but with the lack of
size, it may be tough.   You suggestions below would be better...  Put
Rodman in, not as much for defense (which helps), but for rebounding, and
get rid of Elliot.  Put Price on the team and take away Isiah.  Nothing against
Isiah, but of the guards, Lewis is your shooter, Hardaway is better now than
Isiah, and Dumars may be better to guard Jordan..  Price gives you great 
3pt shooting, great passing, and steals.
>
>I think that team could beat the Dream Team.  It may be nice to have
>Dennis Rodman for defensive purposes, over Sean Elliot.  Mark Price
>probably should have a spot.  Some people might question Manning, but
>if you watched the guy play (saw him a lot in So Cal on TV) you'd see
>he is the next star in the league.  The can shoot, pass, and rebound and
>he's very smart and makes players around him better.  It was hard
>finding good power forwards after Barkley and Malone.  Maybe Kevin
>McHale could get a spot (sort of the Magic, Bird veteran factor).

They can shoot, but not as well as you might think.  Isiah is streaky, as
is Dumars.  Really, only Lewis is a consistent outside shooter, the rest are
more of the "scorer" types.  Hardaway shoots pretty well.  The addition of
Price would give you another shooter.  Let's look at your potential starting
5..
Price - PG  ( Another reason to have price is Daugherty )
Lewis - SG
Daugherty - C
Wilkins - SF
Johnson - PF

Hmm.. I don't know..  This team is just missing something..

But, it is a good starting base.  
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