Challenge: Your All-Time Starting Five, for $15

Saw it come up on the NBA Memes Facebook page, sounded like a fun game to play here. Pick your all-time starting five out of these players, but the catch is, you've only got $15 to spend. Yes, I wouldn't agree with all the dollar amounts for each player either, but that's what they've come up with.



My first choice would be...

C: Hakeem Olajuwon ($1)
F: Tim Duncan ($3)
F: Socttie Pippen ($1)
G: Michael Jordan ($5)
G: Magic Johnson ($5)

Challenge accepted.

C: Shaq ($2)
F: Duncan ($3)
F: Bird ($4)
G: Bryant ($4)
G: Stockton ($2)

PG: Stockton ($2)
SG: Jordan ($5)
SF Pippen ($1)
PF Duncan ($3)
C Chamberlain ($3)

+ buy something for 1$ left

I will just take 3 Michael Jordan's...

Game over...

I'd take 2 Kobes against your 3 jordans and you'll still lose.

Stockton
Wade
James
Malone
Shaq

Well I'll take one Brian Scalabrine. You're doomed

G: Walt Frazier (1)
G: Michael Jordan (5)
F: LeBron James (5)
F: Tim Duncan (3)
C: Hakeem Olajuwon (1)

I'd take 2 Kobes against your 3 jordans and you'll still lose.

The classic Kobe/Jordan debate...

PG: OSCAR robertson (4 dollar)
SG: DWYANE wade (1 dollar)
SF: LEBRON james (5 dollar)
PF: DIRK nowitzki (2 dollar)
C: WILT chamberlain (3 dollar)

Seen this last year and even then and now I still think whoever made it is stupid for making Tim Duncan and Wilt Chamberlain not worth 5, and Kobe 10. He did right making Shaq worth more than Olajuwon though.

Stockton 2
Jordan 5
Bird 4
Duncan 3
Hakeem 1

I'm wondering if some of the dollar amounts were assigned to facilitate certain combinations. For example, I'd place Duncan at $5 over Malone and Barkley. Even if you still want to consider Malone the top power forward of all-time, Duncan surely has to be number two. Putting him at the $3 mark allows him to be paired up with two $5 players, though.

I don't think that too much thought went into it, honestly.

It'd be fun to see whose team would come out on top in 2k.

PG- Oscar Robertson
SG- Jerry West
SF- Larry Bird
PF- Tim Duncan
C- Hakeem Olajuwon

PG Magic $5
SG Wade $1
SF LeBron $5
PF Dirk $2
C Shaq $2

Assuming all of them are during their prime of course.

Stockton 2
West 3
Bird 4
Duncan 3
Wilt 3

Even the team from the bargain bin (Hakeem, Garnett, Pippen, Wade and Stockton) would be incredibly OP.

C: Hakeem Olajuwon ($1)
F: Karl Malone ($5)
F: Socttie Pippen ($1)
G: Michael Jordan ($5)
G: John Stockton ($2)

Even the team from the bargain bin (Hakeem, Garnett, Pippen, Wade and Stockton) would be incredibly OP.

Yeah, it's hard to go wrong here.

pg - Magic
sg - Jordan 5
sf - Pippen 1
pf - Duncan
c - Olajuwon

pretty sure this is the best team you can make. pippen is an absolute steal at 1 dollar

Seems we're on the same page there. So...good choices!

I definitely get the impression that some of the prices have been deliberately set to facilitate a wide variety of lineups. Again, Barkley's an all-time great, and Malone's still in the discussion as far as the best power forward of all-time is concerned, but few would rank them both ahead of Duncan at this juncture.

3 of the 5 categories i would rank differently for sure with the other 2 i could settle for. i would also take a healthy mcgrady over 3 of the shooting guards but that might be some personal preference

pretty sure this is the best team you can make.

hmph, I disagree.

You guys base that MJ is the must-have player. But I will argue Wilt is better and dominates his position even more. And consider his $3 price tag, I will boldly go with Wilt over Jordan. There's a significant gap between Olajuwon and Wilt btw, and cost difference is only $2.

Pippen is a great deal at $1. But just for $2 more, you get Durant. Also Wade at $1 is a steal too and he probably is closer to #2 or 3 in SG list.