the best "could-have-been" lineups.

lots of team make stupid trades, and draft stupid picks....... just imagine what could-have-been

orlando:
C shaquille o'neal
PF chris webber
SF who cares
SG who cares
PG penny hardaway

toronto:
C hakeem olajuwan (indulge me )
PF tracy mcgrady (!!??)
SF vince carter
SG doug christie
PG damon stoudamire

*sigh*

first of all, shaq and tmac werent traded, they signed with other teams in free agency. Secondly, have u forgotten about their salary?, would orlando have money to pay Shaq, Webber and Penny or toronto to pay Vince, Tmac, Hakeem!!

This is silly, one thing leads to another, the Raptors wouldn't have had Carter if they'd kept Stoudamire, etc etc etc...

lots of team make stupid trades, and draft stupid picks....... just imagine what could-have-been

orlando:
C shaquille o'neal
PF chris webber
SF who cares
SG who cares
PG penny hardaway

That never could have been...since they traded Webber for Hardaway...

Wen i think of teams that could of been i think of Washington and Golden State. Washington has had 3 of the best bigmen in the league(webber, r.wallace, and b.wallace). Golden state had some big time talent like penny even though he never suited up for them, c. webber, spree(i know y they let him go), c. mullin, and my fav player tim hardaway. I know they couldnt have these players all at once but keeping some could of been nice. Both teams no r looking good but i hope they dont let players of this caliber get away again.


Also i heard from a friend bac in the day that shaq tried to come to chicago wen mike was their and the NBA(David Stern) wouldnt allow it cause he said it would be a slaughter. And it would be through free agency so the bulls wouldnt lose anyone so........imagine.........

Shaq
Rodman
Pippen
Jordan
Harper(well i didnt say it was a perfect lineup lol)

That never could have been...since they traded Webber for Hardaway...

That would be the Lakers team but like someone already said, the trades bring those players, it's not that you would have them a keep those you had before. Still the Lakers squad would have been the best in decades.

C - Divac, Shaq.
PF - Eldem Campbell
SF - Cedric Ceballos
SG - Eddie Jones, Kobe Bryant
PG - Nick Van Exel

wut about the Phx Suns with Kidd and Nash, Wizards with Ben,Rasheed,Juwan,Chris Webber...

i forgot that little trade

by the way, its the what-could-have-been teams which = if players hadnt been traded or decided to leave for whatever reasons or forced trades, etc., etc............ basically teams which consist of their original picks if they had kept them and had stayed (or whatever you want if you want), and i know it isnt realistic (one thing leads to another they wouldnt have gotten that pick, etc. etc.), but what the heck, i'm not a realist plus its interesting for me at least

revision orlando:
C shaq
PF cweb
SF who cares
SG who cares
PG who cares

vancouver

c - pau gasol
pf - shareef
sf - shane battier
sg - stevie franchise
pg - mike bibby

vancouver

c - pau gasol
pf - shareef
sf - shane battier
sg - stevie franchise
pg - mike bibby

they traded Shareef Abdur-Rahim to Atlanta for their 2th overall draft pick (Pau Gasol), so thats not possible

That never could have been...since they traded Webber for Hardaway...

C - Divac, Shaq.
PF - Eldem Campbell
SF - Cedric Ceballos
SG - Eddie Jones, Kobe Bryant
PG - Nick Van Exel

yea...kobe was traded for divac so that couldnt have happened...and all of those guys except van exel were unloaded so they could have money to sign shaq...but yea woulda been cool except divac would kick shaq's ass and eddie jones is better than kobe so that woulda sucked to see jones on the bench

yea...kobe was traded for divac so that couldnt have happened...

That would be the Lakers team but like someone already said, the trades bring those players, it's not that you would have them and* keep those you had before.

and eddie jones is better than kobe so that woulda sucked to see jones on the bench

In fact, Kobe was the one in the bench, Kobe wouldn't be that good if Eddie were still in the Lakers, but knowing how good he's become, it would have been fun to see them in the same team.

What about the Wolves.
C- Longley
PF- Laettner, Gugliotta
SF- KG, D. Marshall
SG- Rider, D. West
PG- Marbury, MVP Martin

I know some of them are nobody now but at that moment, they were really good players

Wat bout Wizards??

C- Ben Wallace
PF- C-web
SF- Juwan Howard
SG- Sheed Wallace
PG- Rip Hamilton

HELL YEAH...Championship...

Also... If T-mac stayed with VC then they could have opposed Lakers in 2001,2002 and maybe 2000!!!

from memory/espn.com player profiles

uh, was bored.

correct any would-be-teams if wrong, thanks! these would-be-teams are no longer dream teams but just teams consisting of original picks from mostly memory (in most cases i exclude the recent draft because i dont know who went where aside from melo,bron, and darko and i dunno if theyre any good, and retired players not included)

ATLANTA HAWKS (yech, bad drafting)
C ??????
PF pau gasol
SF alan henderson
SG jason terry
PG dan dickau

BOSTON CELTICS

C ???
PF antoine walker
SF ron mercer/rick fox
SG paul pierce/joe johnson
PG chauncy billups

CHARLOTTE/NEW ORLEANS HORNETS

C alonzo mourning
PF jammal magloire
SF kobe bryant/kendall gill
SG ricky davis/scott burrell
PG baron davis/tony delk

CHICAGO BULLS (ty chandler was a pick traded to bulls so not included, same with scottie )

C eddy curry/chris mihm
PF elton brand/horace grant
SF marcus fizer
SG ron artest
PG jay williams

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
C zydrunas ilguascas/diop/haywood
PF charles oakley
SF lebron james/chris mills
SG derek anderson/dejuan wagner/trajan langdon/jamaal crawford
PG terrell brandon/andre miller/brevin knight (!!!!!!)

DALLAS MAVERICKS
Ckelvin cato
PF robert traylor/samaki walker/cherokee parks
SF jamaal mashburn
SG jim jackson
PG jason kidd

DENVER NUGGETS
C dikembe mutombo / raef lafrentz
PF nene hilario / nikos schistlivi / raef lafrentz
SF carmelo anthony / james posey / rodney rogers
SG jalen rose / brent barry / stith?
PG tryone lue

DETROIT PISTONS
C darko milicic / scott pollard
PF theo ratliff / jerome williams
SF grant hill
SG alan houston / bonzi wells
PG mateen cleaves (but if it were me i'd move wells to sf and play hill pg)

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

C jeff foster / troy murphy
PF joe smith / mike dunleavy
SF vince carter
SG latrell sprewell
PG penny / tim hardaway

HOUSTON ROCKETS
C yao ming / jason collins
PF hakeem olajuwan (couldnt resist ) / kenny thomas
SF robert horry
SG michael dickerson
PG sam cassell

INDIANA PACERS
C dale davis
PF al harrington
SF austin croshere
SG reggie miller
PG travis best

LA CLIPPERS
C michael olowokandi / ty chandler
PF antoni mcdyess / maurice taylor
SF lamar odom / darius miles
SG quenton richardson
PG no one i can think of...... i'd put odom here and start miles at sf

LA LAKERS
C vlade divac
PF elden campbell
SF george lynch
SG eddie jones / anthony peeler
PG derek fisher

MEMPHIS/VANCOUVER GRIZZLIES
C drew gooden / big country (ha)
PF shareef abdur raheem / stromile swift
SF shane battier
SG steve francis
PG mike bibby

MIAMI HEAT
C ??
PF kurt thomas
SF glen rice / caron butler
SG steve smith
PG dwayne wade

MILUWAKEE BUCKS
C vin baker
PF dirk nowitzki / danny fortson / gary trent
SF glenn robinson / pat garrity
SG ??? (i'd move robinson here, move dirk to sf)
PG stephon marbury

MINNEOSOTA TIMBERWOLVES
C radoslav nesterovic
PF kevin garnett / donyell marshall/ christian laettner
SF wally sczerbiak
SG isiah rider / ray allen
PG ray allen

NEW JERSEY NETS
C derrick coleman
PF kenyon martin
SF tim thomas / eddie griffin
SG kerry kittles
PG kenny anderson

NEW YORK KNICKS (havent sucked too long, not too many good drafts, so i put ewing in just for fun)
C patrick ewing
PF??
SF??
SG hubert davis
PG rod strickland / greg anthony

ORLANDO MAGIC
C shaquille o'neal / doleac
PF chriss webber / keon clark
SF matt hapring
SG mike miller
PG keyon dooling

PHILLY 76ERS
C shawn bradley
Pf keith van horn
SF jerry stackhouse
SG larry hughes
PG allen iverson / speedy claxton

PHOENIX SUNS
C iakovos tsakalidis
PF amare stouademire
SF shawn marion
SG michael finley / wesley person
PG steve nash

PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS
C arvvydas sabonis / zach randolph
PF jermain o'neal / mark bryan
SF qyntel woods (i dunno if drafted by portland...)
SG aaron mckie
PG erick barkley

SACRAMENTO KINGS
C brian grant
PF corliss williamson
SF predrag stojakovic / walt williams / gerald wallace
SG hidayet turkoglu / tariq abdul-wahad
PG jason williams

SAN ANTONIO SPURS
C david robinson
Pf tim duncan
SF emanuel ginoboli
SG felipe lopez
PG tony parker

SEATTLE SUPERSONICS
C vladamier stephania
PF shawn kemp
SF scottie pippen / desmond mason
SG doug chistie / corey maggette
PG gary payton

TORONTO RAPTORS
C marcus camby
PF jonathan bender / chris bosh
SF antawn jamison
SG tracy mcgrady
PG damon stoudamire

UTAH JAZZ (i'll put 2 retirees in just for fun)
C greg ostertag / naz mohammed
PF karl malone
SF dominique wilkins / andre kirilenko
SG dell curry
PG john stockon

WASHINGTON WIZARDS
C kwame brown
PF rasheed wallace / tom gugliotta
SF juwan howard
SG richard hamilton
PG juan dixon / muggsy bogues (just for fun)

holy a$$ licking monkey balls. half an hour of wasted time!!! my head hurts..............

C- Ben Wallace
PF- C-web
SF- Juwan Howard
SG- Sheed Wallace
PG- Rip Hamilton

Sheed at SG? It would look a little like that lineup the West featured in the 2003 ASG.

Also... If T-mac stayed with VC then they could have opposed Lakers in 2001,2002 and maybe 2000!!!

He was still a Raptor in 2000.

C - Divac, Shaq.
PF - Eldem Campbell
SF - Cedric Ceballos
SG - Eddie Jones, Kobe Bryant
PG - Nick Van Exel

yea...kobe was traded for divac so that couldnt have happened...and all of those guys except van exel were unloaded so they could have money to sign shaq...but yea woulda been cool except divac would kick shaq's ass and eddie jones is better than kobe so that woulda sucked to see jones on the bench

Actually...they didn't trade any of those guys to sign Shaq except Divac...

And u put olajuwon and ewing in the lineups but you leave jordan out ? That's crazy man

My bad for T-mac in Toronto...

Anyways...HELL YEAH! Sheed at SG...I mean Wiz would still win unless they traded Sheed for a Point guard...Iverson!!

C: Ben Wallace
PF: C-Webb
SF: Juwan
SG: Rip
PG: AI

iverson's not a PG

I mean Wiz would still win unless they traded Sheed for a Point guard...Iverson!!

C: Ben Wallace
PF: C-Webb
SF: Juwan
SG: Rip
PG: AI

what is the point of all this...its like saying if cleveland traded boozer for shaq, diop for garnett, mihm for marion, miles for tmac, and parker for kidd, they would win

yea, this is stupid,, I still didnt get the real idea of this topic,,

its not always the team that trades the players, its the players that want a trade of sign with another team in free agency

Probably couldnt happen here is orlandos
C-Shaq
PF-Ben Wallace
SF-Grant Hill
SG-Tracy McGrady
Pg-darrel armstrong