Comments on: Layups: What If the 2011 Celtics Had a Time Machine?

By: dustin

dustin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:43:03 +0000

how about the 87-88 celtics bird...mchale...parish..dj..ainge...jim paxson ...reggie lewis....artis gilmore in his final season and bill walton who technically was still on the roster and getting paid... not a bad big man rotation walton,gilmore,parish and mchale

By: Dre

Dre — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:21:28 +0000

I love this topic and glad to see it pop up here. I had missed this article the first time around as well. As Mark mentioned I did this experiment using the Wins Produced Metric. The 97 Bulls were the strongest by a hair over the 85-86 76ers. The Rockets with Charles, Hakeem and Pippen would have been amazingly strong as well. The 84 Lakers got upset in my simulated playoffs but were very good as well. Also this year's Celtics and Mavericks would have been amazing if they could have all their players in their prime.(I pulled them in lieu of an 80s Celtics team and the Mavericks didn't get in due to the fact I used championship teams/finals teams in the playoffs)

By: RobertAugustdeMeijer

RobertAugustdeMeijer — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:16:14 +0000

I must say Max, that 2001 Blazers team was indeed loaded with aging talent!

By: Mark Wylie

Mark Wylie — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:06:16 +0000

This is real similar to the work Dre did on his website Nerd Numbers

http://nerdnumbers.wordpress.com/time-machine-teams/

His finals came down to the 1986 76ers vs. the 1997 Rockets.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:51:21 +0000

'68 Lakers Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West

We know that Wilt was the greatest scorer in NBA history. Elgin Baylor was the second best scorer in NBA history from 1960-62. Jerry West was one of the top ten and, if his one year of recorded steals stats is any indication, was one of the great ballhawks of all time as well.

This group didn't set the NBA on its ear because Elgin Baylor was way past his prime in '68

By: P Middy

P Middy — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:47:08 +0000

The time machine would also make them cowardly good-for-nothings who will never win a championship for playing together.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:41:10 +0000

2001 Trail Blazers would have the deepest 12 man roster for sure
Greg Anthony
Stacey Augmon
Dale Davis
Shawn Kemp
Scottie Pippen
Arvydas Sabonis
Detlef Schrempf
Steve Smith
Damon Stoudamire
Rod Strickland
Rasheed Wallace
Bonzi Wells

By: RobertAugustdeMeijer

RobertAugustdeMeijer — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:13:10 +0000

2006 Heat
-Shaq
-Wade
-Mourning
-Payton
-Derek Anderson (9.9 WS in 2001)
-Udonis Haslem (9.2 WS in 2005)
-Jason Williams

oh nevermind, they had Antoine Walker...

By: Luke M.

Luke M. — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:26:00 +0000

The '85-'86 Sixers spring to mind for me. Aging Dr. J, Moses, and Bob McAdoo, along with sophomore season for Barkley. It's the only time 4 MVPs (past or future) have ever been on the same roster.

By: Jason J

Jason J — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:33:48 +0000

How about the entirety of 1997?

The 1996-97 Bulls would have benefited tremendously from a youthesization to Robert Parish, Michael Jordan, Ron Harper, Dennis Rodman, and even Pippen, who was in his prime but wracking up injuries. And they finished 1st overall as it was.

The 1996-97 Rockets featured overthehill Hakeem, Barkley, and Drexler. Put those three back in 1990 shape and look out. They also had overthehill Kevin Willis, Eddie Johnson, and Sedale Threatt. Make the conference finals.

The 1996-97 Knicks had overthehill Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley, and Buck Williams along with post-injury Larry Johnson. Won 57 games.

The 1996-97 Spus had overthehill Dominique, Mad Max, and Charles Smith along with a very injured David Robinson. Sucked out... I mean LUCKED out and won Tim Duncan.

And those are the ones I remember.