Build a 12- Man team if you were a defensive-minded coach?

Question

They have to be able to co-exist, and any players on the bench have to be players that will ACCEPT coming off the bench, so no kobe on the bench guys lol....and they should also be championship caliber

Mine would be:

C - Oden

PF - KG

SF - Prince

SG - Kobe

PG - Hinrich

Bench

C - Mourning (IF he can play like he did win miami won, he's perfect)

PF- AK47 - (Can accept bench play with KG starting, Can Play SF/PF)

SF - Battier

SG - Raja Bell

PG - Rondo

Last two

Keyon Dooling and Kurt Thomas would round out my team

Answer 1

PG - Chris Paul (averaged around 3 steals a game last season)

SG - Kobe Bryant (one of the best on the ball defenders in the league)

SF - Bruce Bowen (need a defensive specialist to balance out all the scorers in the starting lineup)

PF - Kevin Garnett (reason why Boston went from the worst in defense one season to the best defensive team in the NBA)

C - Marcus Camby (2007 defensive player of the year)

Bench

PG - Rajon Rondo (a very important defensive piece of Boston's championship run)

SG - James Posey (helped the Celtics contain Kobe in the Finals)

SF - Shane Battier (an garbage man and an underrated defender who is willing to take a backseat for the good of the team)

SF / PF - Paul Millsap (an athletic swingmen shotblocker)

PF - Ben Wallace (may be past his prime but still has enough D in him to be effective)

PF / C - Alonzo Mourning (still one of the games greatest shotblockers)

C - Dikembe Mutombo (40 year old still has a lot of tenacity in him to be a reliable defensive presence on the court)

Answer 2

starters

PG:JASON KIDD

SG:DWADE

SF:TAYSHAUN PRINCE

PF:TIM DUNCAN

C:DWIGHT HOWARD

BENCH

PG:RONDO

SG:RONNIE BREWER

SF:BRUCE BOWEN

PF:SHANE BATTIER

C:ALONZO MOURNING

Answer 3

C: M. Camby

PF: K. Garnett

SF: Tayshaun Prince

SG: Kobe Bryant

PG: C. Paul

Bench:

R. Rondo

B. Bowen

A. Mourning

J. Posey

A. Varejao

Delonte West

You can't have Kobe and Raja Bell in one team when they hate each other.

Answer 4

C - Dwight Howard

PF- KG

SF - Lebron

SG - Kobe

PG - CP3

C - MArcus Camby

PF - Jermaine O'neal

SF - Bruce Bowen

SG - Raja Bell

PG - Rajan Rondo

Answer 5

C - Ben Wallace

PF - Tim Duncan

SF - Shawn Marion

SG - Manu Ginobili

PG - Chris Paul

C - Marcus Camby

PF - Jermaine O'neal

SF - Andrei Kirilenko

SG - Bonzi Wells

PG - Jason Kidd

Bruce Bowen, Shane Battier

Answer 6

Starting five:

C Kevin Garnett

PF Tim Duncan

SF Bruce Bowen

SG Raja Bell

PG  Devin Harris

Bench

C Tyson Chnadler

PF Rasheed Wallace

SF Ron Artest

SG Tyshaun Prince

PG Baron Davis

C Greg Oden

SF Andrei Kirilenko  

Answer 7

Most of the answers are pretty good, so I would just point out the ones I think are inaccurate. If you're going to put Kevin Garnett at C, you might as well put Kobe at SF so you can have Battier at SG and have Ginobili at PF.

KG isn't a Center. He might play there sometimes, but he isn't a Center and neither is Tim Duncan.

I think it sort of defeats the purpose of this list to make huge reaches. You're dead-on with a guy like Oden because of the position. I'd personally take Camby, but even I would admit that like Ratliff, I like a slightly bigger guy in the middle.

Answer 8

C - Tim Duncan

PF - Kevin Garnett

SF - Josh Smith

SG - Dwyane Wade

PG - Chris Paul

Bench:

C -Greg Oden

PF- Emeka Okafor

SF - Andrei Kirilenko

SF - Bruce Bowen

PG - Keyon Dooling

Rounding up my selection would be:

Kurt Thomas and Raja Bell

Hope this helps.

Answer 9

I'll try to be as realistic as possible.

PG - Jason Kidd.

SG - Bruce Bowen.

SF - Shawn Marion.

PF - Kevin Garnett.

C - Marcus Camby.

Bench -

Dikembe Mutombo.

Bruce Bowen.

Raja Bell.

Ben Wallace.

Shane Battier.

Etc.

Answer 10

Center -  dwight howard is a monster !!!

Power Foward -  tim duncan

Small Foward - shawn marion

Shooting Guard - def. kobe

Point Guard- steve nash-  has quick hands !!

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Center - mutumbo

Power Foward - kevin garnet

Small Foward- tayshawn prinice

Shooting Guard - D wade

Point Guard - Allen Iverson

Answer 11

C - Marcus Camby

PF - Kevin Garnett

SF - Tayshaun Prince

SG - Kobe Bryant

PG - Delonte West

Bench

C - Theo Ratliff

PF - Jason Maxiell

SF - Shane Battier

SG - Raja Bell

PG - Devin Harris

Last Two

Dikembe Mutombo and Quinton Ross

That team could go deep into the playoffs, and the ego level should be ok

Answer 12

C - Camby

PF - Duncan

SF - Garnett

SG - Ron Artest

PG - Jason Kidd

Bench

SG - Bruce Bowen

SF - Tayshaun Prince

PG - Derek Fisher

PF - Andrei Kirilenko

C - Antonio Mcdyess

Other two

Shane Battier and Samuel Dalembert

P.S

I wouldn't mind trading in Chauncey Billups for Kidd's place but this should suffice (but I won't add Chauncey as I know he isn't a bench player)

Answer 13

They have to be able to co-exist, and any players on the bench have to be players that will ACCEPT coming off the bench...wow those are really tough conditions lol

anyway, here goes...

PG- CP3 (led the league in steals)

SG-  Kobe

SF- Prince

PF- KG

C- Tim Duncan

reserves:

PG- Fisher

SG- D Wade (if he's willing to come off the bench)

SF - AK47

PF- Shawn Marion

C- Tyson Chandler

Answer 14

C - Marcus Camby 6-11

PF- Tim Duncan 7-0

SF - Kevin Garnett 6-11

SG - Bruce Bowen 6-7

PG - Dwayne Wade 6-4

C - Dwight Howard 6-10

PF - Josh Smith 6-9

SF - Lebron James 6-9

SG - Raja Bell 6-6

PG - Tony Parker 6-3

**** the salary cap

Answer 15

C-Dwight Howard

PF-Kevin Garnett

SF-Paul Pierce(a dog on the defense and shut out kobe)

SG-Kobe Bryant(a good perimeter defender)

PG-Chris Paul(best stealer in the game and good for transition points)

BENCH

Marcus Camby

Raja Bell

Ronnie Brewer

Rajon Rondo

Andris Biedrins

Jamario Moon

Manu Ginobli

Answer 16

I love your list...perfect list for a defensive team...

ODEN

Answer 17

C/F - Tim Duncan

PF - Kevin Garnett

SF - Tayshaun Prince

SG - Kobe Bryant

PG - Jason Kidd

Bench:

C - Dwight Howard

F/C - Marcus Camby

SF - Bruce Bowen

G - Dywane Wade

G - Chauncey Billups

C - Tyson Chandler

G/F - Paul Pierce