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147020.1
Date: 6/16/2010 9:21:21 AM
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Based on the NBA players and legendary stats thread, I'd like to start a thread where a poster takes their favorite championship team and rates their players by what they believe their potential (based on total career stats, not necessarily where they were at the time of the championship) would be if they were in BB.

I'll start with my favorite championship team, the 1989 Detroit Pistons as an example

Isiah Thomas all-time great
Joe Dumars hall of famer
Mark Aguirre allstar
Rick Mahorn star
Bill Laimbeer allstar
Vinnie Johnson starter
James Edwards starter
John Salley starter
Dennis Rodman allstar (looking back, it's surprising he was only voted to the all-star team twice)
John Long starter
Micheal Williams starter
Fennis Dembo bench warmer

And a special mention to Adrian Dantley, whom a lot of Pistons fans felt should not have been traded for Mark Aguirre - hall of famer


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147020.2 in reply to 147020.1
Date: 6/16/2010 11:27:22 AM
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Interesting idea, but potential is not the same as actually skillset.
A guy like Derrick Coleman would probably be an all-time great potential player but with a salary no where near that cap in BB terms.

On the other hand, within the game logic of BB Dennis Rodman is probably a star potential player who "received training after reaching his cap" and far exceeded his perceived ceiling.

I would also argue that if you were to transfer the NBA into the world of BB even NBA twelf men would be well above the "bench warmer" or even "starter" potential levels. Talent, particularly prior to the late 90, in the real basketball world clusters in one league (the NBA) far more than it does in BB.

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Date: 6/16/2010 11:35:39 AM
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1990-1991 Chicago Bulls:

Michael Jordan - greatest ever, the hidden potential that's one past all-time great
Scottie Pippen - hall of famer
Horace Grant - allstar
B.J. Armstrong - allstar
John Paxson - starter
Bill Cartwrightt - starter
Stacey King - starter
Craig Hodges - role player
Dennis Hopson - role player
Cliff Levingston - role player
Will Perdue - role player
Scott Williams - role player

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147020.4 in reply to 147020.3
Date: 6/16/2010 11:51:36 AM
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1963-1964 Boston Celtics:

Bob Cousy - Hall of Famer
Jack Foley - Bench Warmer
Gene Guarilia - Bench Warmer
John Havlicek - Hall of Famer
Tom Heinsohn - Hall of Famer
K.C. Jones - Hall of Famer
Sam Jones - Hall of Famer
Jim Loscutoff - 6th Man
Clyde Lovellette - Hall of Famer
Frank Ramsey - Hall of Famer
Bill Russell - All-Time Great
Tom Sanders - Star
Dan Swartz - Bench Warmer

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Date: 6/16/2010 11:56:47 AM
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Talent, particularly prior to the late 90, in the real basketball world clusters in one league (the NBA) far more than it does in BB.

Not sure about that. I'd argue that in most of the well established top divisions in BB the rotation players have salaries equivalent to no less than the cap of the "star" potential level.

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
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147020.6 in reply to 147020.5
Date: 6/16/2010 12:00:03 PM
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I agree, but they cluster on multiple teams in multiple leagues in multiple countries. The top players in the real world are over represented in the NBA with some comparable players spread across maybe five or six other top flight leagues. The top talent in BB is far more dispersed than in the the real world.

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Date: 6/18/2010 5:34:27 AM
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2005-06 Miami Heat

Jason Williams - pereniall allstar
Dwayne Wade - hall-of-famer
Antoine Walker - star
Udonis Haslem - star
Shaquille O'Neal - all-time great
Derek Anderson - starter
Dorell Wright - role player
James Posey - 6th man
Michael Doleac - role player
Alonzo Mourning - superstar
Gary Payton - superstar
Jason Kapono - starter
Wayne Simien - bench warmer

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Date: 6/19/2010 2:10:21 PM
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2007-2008 Boston Celtics:

#20 Ray Allen - G superstar
#42 Tony Allen - G role player
#93 P.J. Brown - F/C star
#11 Glen Davis - F starter
#5 Kevin Garnett - F M.V.P
#50 Eddie House - G 6th man
#43 Kendrick Perkins - C starter
#34 Paul Pierce - F superstar
#66 Scot Pollard - F/C bench warmer
#41 James Posey - F 6th man
#0 Leon Powe - F starter
#13 Gabe Pruitt - G bench warmer
#9 Rajon Rondo - G hall of famer
#44 Brian Scalabrine - F/C role player

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