| Soundwave said: As for best team ever .... it may well be these Warriors. Jordan is the best player ever, but that doesn't mean a team couldn't be constructed that's better than the Bulls. An All-Star team is better than the Bulls, I mean the Warriors are pretty freaking close to at least an All-Star starting 5 and then have an above average bench to go with it. That's not really a knock on the Bulls, it's just more of what an unusual circumstance the Warriors are. The Warriors are akin to basically taking the 95-96 Bulls and adding Patrick Ewing or David Robinson to them on top of what they already had. |
Well no, best team ever is probably the Russell Celtics, especially in their prime. Through the course of that dynasty, 10 hall of fame players were on that team at various points. At one point 1962-63 season), the team had 8 Hall of Fame players on the roster. Shoot, Havlicek was coming off the bench. In terms of talent richness, that's on a whole other level. I'm pretty sure that's second to only to the Dream Team and certain All Star teams. They lost in the finals once after Russell was injured and were denied a Finals appearance only once. They were 11 and 0 in deciding games in the finals, so if you were down 3 in the finals you might as well go home.
This level of depth is what made them nearly invincible in the finals and why Wilt's ring from 67 is given more weight than probably any other ring: his 76ers were the only team to ever beat the Celtics at full strength.
And yeah, the Warriors are pretty similar. Not as preposterously deep, but still 4 guaranteed hall of fame players, maybe 5 and a really good supporting cast.
