Which Player Would You Pick To Start Your Franchise?

by **MC Hao** on Thu Jul 31, 2003 3:41 am

i'd pick toni kukoc. (Y)

by **jwin** on Thu Jul 31, 2003 11:39 am

i'd start with young dr.j. mostly because on top of his greatness, he was a good team player and had a good personality, which could be helpful in bringing in more elite players as free agents. if he had gone straight to the nba he would probably have had many rings, but he had become more of a team player when he got there and unfortunately when the sixers starting putting together championship caliber teams, the lakers and celtics just had better overll teams. i think though if you plug a young doc on those bulls teams in place of jordan, they could have won just as many titles.

by **Robby** on Thu Jul 31, 2003 12:02 pm

John Stockton. 19 years of hard work and only two seasons with missed games. No legal troubles like most stars and a good role model = Sells lots of tickets.

by **TRUball** on Thu Jul 31, 2003 12:15 pm

u serious? john stockton as your first choice? over all those greats? wow... i think someone like Magic Johnson would sell more tickets like stockton.. but it your opinion...

by **Robby** on Thu Jul 31, 2003 12:37 pm

kobes_4real wrote:u serious? john stockton as your first choice? over all those greats? wow... i think someone like Magic Johnson would sell more tickets like stockton.. but it your opinion...

Stockton's played longer than most of those greats and he's been very productive. Plus, his clean image is very helpful in selling tickets. That's one of the big reasons why the Jazz had great attendence records, even near the end of his career when the Jazz were not very good. I'm answering the question posed from a financial and commercial point of view, and that's why I picked Stockton.

by **TRUball** on Thu Jul 31, 2003 12:48 pm

ok....

by **Bourbon** on Thu Jul 31, 2003 1:55 pm

I'm answering the question posed from a financial and commercial point of view, and that's why I picked Stockton.

If you're justifying your choice from a fiscal standpoint, then why not take LeBron? The dude's yet to play a regular season game, and already, the Cleveland Cavaliers matter again. Pretty impressive. Plus, it's not like he doesn't have incredible on-court potential in addition to the money-making buzz that seems to shadow his every move.

Anyway, if it were up to me, I'd go with the self-proclaimed most dominate player ever (and I won't disagree!), Shaquille O'Neal. :cool:

by **MC Hao** on Thu Jul 31, 2003 2:27 pm

financial and commercial point of view

yao ming is the best choice for that matter.

by **Old School Fool** on Thu Jul 31, 2003 5:23 pm

1. King James
2. Rafer Alston AKA Skip To My Lou
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Harold Miner
5. AND 1 Mixtape Team and The Professor

Note: I killed the :shock:

faces from the post cause there was too many

by **Steve_NYC** on Sat Aug 02, 2003 7:39 am

obviously when healthy the best player in theleague is and will continue to be Shaq.. Simply unguardable... Tim Duncan is great but not the best pivot man... shaq dunks over double teams.. just a man among boys..
Both duncan and shaq pretty much suck at free throw shooting.. so we go straight with the offense and the Dee so Shaq by a Big Mac meal(superized)

of course

Steve_NYC

by **DipSetVC** on Sat Aug 02, 2003 10:14 am

Tim Duncan...nuff said. If anyone can win a championship with Bruce Bowen and Stephen Jackson (2 Undrafted Players) as starters, he must be doing something right.

***First Post WHAT?!***

by **Robby** on Sat Aug 02, 2003 11:28 am

Bourbon wrote:
I'm answering the question posed from a financial and commercial point of view, and that's why I picked Stockton.

If you're justifying your choice from a fiscal standpoint, then why not take LeBron? The dude's yet to play a regular season game, and already, the Cleveland Cavaliers matter again. Pretty impressive. Plus, it's not like he doesn't have incredible on-court potential in addition to the money-making buzz that seems to shadow his every move.

Anyway, if it were up to me, I'd go with the self-proclaimed most dominate player ever (and I won't disagree!), Shaquille O'Neal.

There's a lot of hype about LeBron and I attribute that in part to the curiosity factor, but maybe he will end up being one of the greastest to ever play. However, Stockton was a very good role model because of his clean image, humble personality(unlike "King" James

), and tatoo-free body. Most of middle class white America can tell its kids to look up to him because of his conservative lifestyle. Also, I picked him for his longetivity and effectiveness over that period of time.

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financial and commercial point of view

yao ming is the best choice for that matter.

Right, I forgot about Yao. Though I don't think he will ever be very big because of his nationality (same thing that happened with Hakeem)

Final note, just keep in mind that Stockton is my second choice to start a franchise, MJ is the first but he is off limits in this topic.

by **KDWilliams85** on Sat Aug 02, 2003 11:30 am

Dirk Nowitzki

by **FB8KB8** on Sat Aug 02, 2003 2:31 pm

Tim Duncan, Shaq O'neal, Kobe Bryant, in that order. Tim duncan by his mvp' s, O' neal because is dominant and Kobe... just because is Kobe, he
is fantastic

by **Prototype** on Sat Aug 02, 2003 4:50 pm

Tim Duncan. Kevin Garnett would be next in line.

by **Ruff Ryder** on Sun Aug 03, 2003 12:33 am

I think i would pick kobe and then build around him.

by **LeBron James** on Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:46 am

i would pick a tim duncan because he´s good really good.

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