Can I ask this on here ?

[winchester1886]

Or will you all refuse to talk to me ? who do ya's think is the greatest NBA Basketball player of all time, and who would you put in your starting five. ?

My pick,

Best player of all time: Wilt Chamberlain.

Starting five: Wilt Chamberlain(C), Bob Pettit(F), Elgin Baylor(F), Majic(G), Michael Jordan(G).

Any comments ?

[mescalero1]

Got me, I am not even sure I know how the game is played.
Why would you not be able to ask that question?

[awp101]

I can't help but I'll still talk to ya!

Never followed anything other than Formula One, World Rally Championship and other various and sundry road racing series until about 7 years ago. Now I follow the Dallas teams but can't comment much on them other than the Stars.

[piller]

Wilt, Pistol Pete, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird. If I could have 6, then Chuck Connors from the Boston Celtics would make the list. The Rifleman also won a championship as a Center for the Celtics. Does that tie it in to a Leverguns topic?

[mescalero1]

winchester1886,
nice to make your acquaintance, the rest of the lot will be along soon.

[Chuck 100 yd]

Basket...WHAT?? I will talk to you winchester1886.

[Rimfire McNutjob]

No Jerry West?

[Old Savage]

magic though he is not my favorite is the only one to have won NBA championships at all the positions.

[Ysabel Kid]

Never was a big fan of basketball, and I grew up in Indiana! I guess it was because I have a 3 inch vertical jump at best, and can't stand all the fouls. Now football, that's a sport!

Problem today is that almost every professional sport has degenerated into drug-induced gangsterball...

[winchester1886]

Old Savage I agree with you to a degree, Majic is probably the only player I can think of that could play every position and be top class in it, but I am like you not one of my favorite players.

[winchester1886]

I tend to go with Wilt because no one has ever dominated the game like he did, I don't think he would have any trouble playing in to day's game, in fact I think half of the modern day Center's wouldn't go on the court if they knew Wilt was waiting for them.

[JReed]

Michael Jordan not only an amazing athlete but a true sportsman. Kareem Abdul Jabar (sp?) is right there with him and he is a nice guy in person.

[soon 2 retire]

When asked the same question, Wilt answered West, Robertson, Baylor and Rick Barry (underhand foul shooter +90% and a real scoring machine). You needn't ask his pick for center.

Bob in NE IN

[Bearhands]

Gee, I think I have to add Julius Erving....... at least as 6th man.

[Terry Murbach]

C'MON, BE SERIOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT PART OF THE WORD L-E-V-E-R-G-U-N-S DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND, THE VOWELS OR THE CONSONANTS ???????????????

STICK THE INTERESTING SUBJECT AT HAND OR GET THE AITCH OUTTA HERE.

HOLY SMOKES !!!

[Old Savage]

I thought, what is Terry going to say about this.... but it is Havilicek.

[Hillbilly]

one could argue that the best 4+1 would be Mike Jordan and his surrounding cast during the "Dynasty Years".

Those guys against WEST, WILT, Havlichec,and Johnson, and Karl Malone... mow if we could get that game in town-I'd buy a ticket.

Chuck Connors was a 2 sport major leauge player... he worked for the Dodgers and Cubs too.
My uncle played in the Cuban Winter circuit with Chuck... Ed never thought much of him... Conners was pretty high strung and a bit arrogant according to my Uncle and their other teamates.

[Old Ironsights]

John Stockton...

[mikld]

Sorry, all you B-ball fans but I just can't get interested in a bunch of too tall millionaires runnng back and forth ...


(Probably wouldn't have said anything had I not read Mr. Murbach's post )

[Bogie35]

PG - Magic Johnson
SG - Calvin Murphy
SF - Larry Bird
WF - Julius Erving
C - Bill Russell
HC - Red Auerbach

bogie

[Blaine]

C'MON, BE SERIOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT PART OF THE WORD L-E-V-E-R-G-U-N-S DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND, THE VOWELS OR THE CONSONANTS ???????????????

STICK THE INTERESTING SUBJECT AT HAND OR GET THE AITCH OUTTA HERE.

HOLY SMOKES !!!

What if the question included teaching the Thugs how to hold their Glocks straight up and down, and put them away without blowing their "stuff" off.....

[jeepnik]

Meadow Lark Lemon, of course.

[tman]

bird's definitly in the top 5. other than that, hard to argue.

[Old Ironsights]

Sorry, all you B-ball fans but I just can't get interested in a bunch of too tall millionaires runnng back and forth ...


(Probably wouldn't have said anything had I not read Mr. Murbach's post )

That's why I like John Stockton. Short(ish - 6'1") White Guy from Gonzaga University. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/john_stockton/index.html

Bought the entire floor from the Utah Jazz arena and had it disasembled & shipped to Spokane to build a community B-Ball facility.

It was not at all uncommon to be playing pickup games at GU and have him drop in & play all commers.

Straight up, unpretentious guy. Easy to hang around with.

[Streetstar]

Center -- Kareem or Shaq if Kareem wasnt available

Point guard --- Steve Nash

Shooting Guard --- MJ

Magic and Dr. J can round out the 5


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[awp101]

Kareem Abdul Jabar (sp?) is right there with him and he is a nice guy in person.

I think you mean Roger Murdock?


You tell your old man to try dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!

[El Chivo]

you're pretty much talking to a NASCAR crowd here...

Seriously, basketball's not my game, baseball used to be but they lost me with their strikes. I enjoy a game every few years but don't follow any team and don't know who the players are.

I was interested in baseball and football UNTIL the players started getting younger than me, then I lost interest.

[HORACE]

I'm sorry, but it's just not Cricket!

[SJPrice]

so I guess there are no Basketball Forums on the net so somehow the bandwidth has to get wasted here. Now can we get back to leverguns and shooting sports.

[Streetstar]

so I guess there are no Basketball Forums on the net so somehow the bandwidth has to get wasted here. Now can we get back to leverguns and shooting sports.

cmon guys, ----- everything gets talked about here eventually, i even started a thread about windmills a few days ago. The NBA Finals is an exciting time if you like B-ball

[cjm135]

If there was a 3 point line when Pistol Pete was playing he would have racked up a bunch more points. That's all I have to say about that.

[lever-4-life]

PG: Magic Johnson

SG: M.J.

SF. Larry Bird

PF. Bill Russell

C. Wilt the stilt

I know this is a leverguns fourm but I watch sports year round.

[JimT]

Sure .. You can ask ... but have to put up with our answers.

What does basketball have in common with old Levergunners?

Dribbling comes to mind.



For basketballs I like to use the old singleshot 12 ga. ... Toss that ball as high as you can and see if buckshot will shed it mid-air.

The 32-20 Marlin is nice on them if you are where you can do aerial shooting. Otherwise use a good backstop.

Other than that, I am with Thomas Jefferson on this one -- "'.... games played with the ball stamp no character on the mind ...'

THAT has been proven correct for many years now. Yet we still don't pay attention and make heros of the basest sort of folk....

[JerryB]

AMEN BROTHER JIM, HALF NEKKED MEN FIGHTIN' OVER A BALL ANI'T MUCH TO WATCH.

[awp101]

Sure .. You can ask ... but have to put up with our answers.

What does basketball have in common with old Levergunners?

Dribbling comes to mind.

Other than that, I am with Thomas Jefferson on this one -- "'.... games played with the ball stamp no character on the mind ...'

THAT has been proven correct for many years now. Yet we still don't pay attention and make heros of the basest sort of folk....

True but one can admire/appreciate the game itself without idolizing the players.

[winchester1886]

I thought this was a place where all us like minded guys hung out together and talked about what ever anyone wanted to talk about, I thought I was amongst friends, obviously not on both counts, if I go to a post and it is of no interest to me I just click of and go to the next one, I don't get my Levi's in a knot over it, some guys like to post pictures of their motor bikes, I am not into bikes but it don't worry me in the least, talk about what ever anyone wants to talk about.
And yeah Julius Erving is my favorite player of all time.

[Streetstar]

Tonight may be the night --- but i hope the Magic can pull one out of their rears anyway to make the series more interesting. They lost 2 to rookie level mistakes. And 2 OT games in a final? Unbelievable.

Kind of like some others on the board, I wasn't much of a basketball fan either until The Hornets had to use our downtown arena (Oklahoma City) after H'cane Katrina ----- Now we have the Thunder -- who are admittedly bottom feeders, but its fun to go to the games anyway. It has given me a much better appreciation for the game, -- i only wish i had went to some of the OU games while Blake Griffen was still there

guess you could say i'm a b-ball fan now

[Bogie35]

Sure .. You can ask ... but have to put up with our answers.

What does basketball have in common with old Levergunners?

Dribbling comes to mind.



For basketballs I like to use the old singleshot 12 ga. ... Toss that ball as high as you can and see if buckshot will shed it mid-air.

The 32-20 Marlin is nice on them if you are where you can do aerial shooting. Otherwise use a good backstop.

Other than that, I am with Thomas Jefferson on this one -- "'.... games played with the ball stamp no character on the mind ...'

THAT has been proven correct for many years now. Yet we still don't pay attention and make heros of the basest sort of folk....

LOL!

Thanks Jim!

bogie