its just his type of offense. what if the lakers waited for shaqs 3 point shot to develop?monta above lopez an butler easily.the list shouldnt have older guys on this list like duncan, it should be 26 years or younger with the exception being kobe an parker an people like that.monta should be in mid 20’s then an ar should be low 30’s to late 20’s if you subtract some of these guys

in all honesty, factoring age, there aren’t 10 players in the NBA to build around. right now it’s Lebron and Howard. then it drops off to the next tier which features CP3 and maybe Wade (on the bubble b/c he is an injury candidate).

then there’s a HUGE drop off to the next tier of Roy and then DWill…

guys like Bosh, Melo and Gasol are not players to build around. they are preferably 2nd fiddles.

if you were to be generous, you could say Rose, Oden and Bynum have the potential to be centerpieces, but probably unlikely (and their ceilings are likely in the Roy/DWill range). maybe if you don’t care about defense you could throw in Al Jefferson and Kevin Durant.

this doesn’t mean you can’t build a team w/ great defense and 2 offensive stars to win the title, but in terms of building around ONE player there are very, very few of them.

i mean, i like Granger and Aldridge’s games, but if you build a team around either of them, you’re looking at a 25-35 win team. they’re 2nd or 3rd guys you add to a main cog.

btw, who the f wants to build a team around Marvin Williams?

Where did the spurs get this post season with those 3 players?

Why build a car with busted old pieces?

rated higher than him. Yet I bet half this board would give up 2 of the 3 for one Boozer.

It’s been a great Celtics run without him, but without KG’s length and help D, LBJ is going wild next round.

Did KG get traded to Orlando after last night? I’m confused… LBJ will be going off, but I don’t see what KG has to do with it ;-).

this didn’t take age into account nearly enough. i mean if kobe is ahead of roy on the list of guys to build around, you’re just ranking current ability. kobe might be slightly better than roy today, but next year? i’d say there’s a fair shot that roy is better by the start of next season, not to mention the years down the road. there was a little too much assumption that some of the older vets were capable of carrying a team for more than a couple more years.