re: You have $15 to make an NBA All-Time starting lineup...Who you got?

Shaq/wilt were the most dominant at their peak.
Kareem had the longest career.
Russel was on the best teams.
Hakeem was a great defender.

You can't really go wrong with any of them.
Kareem and Russell are definitely not worth 4/5 points with the other options available.

Pg is magic. Then Stockton from a value perspective.

SG is Jordan unless you want to spend money elsewhere and have to compromise. Kobe is a good second option. But west, Clyde, and wade aren't in the other two's class.

Sf is the most interesting.
Lebron is so talented. Pipped had such good defense. Bird and durant are great shooters. It kinda depends on what you need to round out your roster.

pF is the most boring. Malone and Barkley don't provide that much value over Duncan. Garnett and dirk don't belong. So, it's basically Duncan.

Magic
MJ
Pippen
Dirk
Shaq

Magic runs the team and makes everyone happy. MJ and Shaq are the alphas. Dirk provides the spacing for Shaq to do work. Pippen is the glue guy that plays the role of defensive stopper and chips in everywhere. I'd probably put Michael on the pg and magic on the 2 depending on the matchup.

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Also we did this last year

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yes

Hakeem 1
Stockton 2
Dr. J 3
Barkley 4
Jordan 5

PG - Stockton $2
SG - Jordon $5
SF - Pippen $1
PF - Duncan $3
C - Russell $4

Shaq
Barkley
Pippen
Jordan
Stockton
$14

Sub Durant for Pippen if you want to get to $15, but Pippen is a glue guy

Stockton (2)
Jordan (5)
Bird (4)
Duncan (3)
Dream (1)

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Magic
MJ
Pippen
Dirk
Shaq

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x2

PG-John Stockton
SG-MJ
SF-Bird
PF-Dirk
C-Shaq

Best values look like Hakeem and Drexler.

You only want 1 alpha dog, so mine is:

Magic
Drexler
Lebron
Dirk
Hakeem

I hate to leave off MJ, but Drexler is a poor man's MJ anyway, and Magic could get everybody involved. Size advantages at every position.