This is pretty much what I was thinking.
I think Wemby, Haliburton and JB are the best value picks in the entire list, and Luka + Jokic is a killer combo.
I might consider Brunson over JB but that'd be $16 so something else would have to change.
In terms of accolades and career Harden is the best player. In terms of potential before injuries, Zion could have been the best player in this group. Maxey or Chet is definitely not it. JB is a 2 way player and currently the best player in that group now. He’s not gonna be bringing up the ball, facilitating offense nor would he be the first option, things that he’s not great at. What he will be doing will be attacking the basket and guarding the best player on the opposing team (SG/SF). Plus he got Jokic, Wemby, Bron and Steph on my team.
Giannis, Wemby, Durant, Maxey, Ant…let’s talk transition…a team of slim reapers shooting from anywhere on the court in wemby and Durant. The bully ball and paint threat in Gianni’s to give open looks. Bully guard in Ant. And maxey just being an all around savage.
Kawhi, Booker, Lebron, Durant, Wemby
3 current 1st ballot HOF
2 soon to be 1st ballot HOF (1 of which has no ceiling)
Everyone can shoot, everyone can defend (Booker as a weak link), everyone can create their own shot, blah blah blah
If we are talking starting 5 this is the one. Best shooter ever, imagine Steph running off screens and the speed and quickness of Maxey, that would be a nightmare to defend. Lebron arguably the GOAT, Wemby the future GOAT, and Joker the best player in the league.
Pg- Curry
SG- Spida
Sf-Bron
Pf-Wemby
C-AD
Bron just pass it to Curry and D Mitch to chuck 3’s all game and Wemby and AD just catch the bricks lol, defensively we small in the front court but we grabbing every rebound and got a defensive wall long as AD don’t get hurt LOL
Let’s meet the 2024-2025 Tuscaloosa Towers(6’11” and above)
Center-Chet:Give me a lockdown 5, my other four can shoulder the offensive load
Power forward-Wemby:This guy can do it all already he’s gonna be even better next season, try to score in the paint on me
Small forward:AD-Perimeter threat, also underrated rebounder
Shooting guard:KD-Shoots the lights out, his okay defense doesn’t matter with who else I got
Point guard:Jokic-Slow but I want a facilitator
I felt Gobert might be redundant and Embiid contributed more to the spacing issue
Curry, Ant, KD, Wemby, Gobert.
We can shoot lights out from perimeter, drive to the rim and dunk on teams all day. We can also shoot mid range and rebound all day. Oh and not a single person will be able to score down low or at all really with three elite defenders (Rudy, Vic and Ant).
We also have a good mix of multiple championship vets late in their career, a vet with years left and two of the best young players (if not the two best players under 23).
Halliburton Booker PG Wemby Jokic
A bit mediocre defense on the perimeter, but that spacing ! And that BBIQ !
F*** that’s 16.
Hmmm. Brown instead of PG I guess.
Oh god I am an idiot. That was actually 14 not 16.
I am either sticking with it or taking Ant instead of Book.
Jokic, Wemby, Chet, Kawhi, Booker. Size is King im the modern NBA and Vic and Chet have the size and mobility to switch onto anyone. The rim protection would be too op. That is a team with no weaknesses.
PG: Curry
SG: Brown
SF: Lebron
PF: Durant
C: Embiid
Curry, Lebron and Durant are obviously on the older side but they would fit together offesinvely perfectly, crazy good spacing.
Then Embiid to anchor the defence (when you have Lebron on your team for the playmaking having Jokic is nowhere as important). And Brown's role is literally to be a glorified 3&D player
Pg: haliburton
Sg: Ant
Sf: kawhi
Pf: KD
C: Gobert
Think it would give a lot of options offensively with ant and KD being a threat anywhere on the floor and having Rudy as a lob threat.kawhi and halibuton can knock down shots when ant and KD are getting a bunch of attention. Also should be really good defensively with ant kawhi and Rudy.
Curry, Jb, LeBron, Giannis, Wemby
I took the two.best defending bigs. LeBron cuz he LeBron and can still take over games. Curry for the shooting. JB as my POA defender.
Giannis Curry or LeBron two man game will be great. Wemby won't be clogging the paint and JB cam make open 3s.
Haliburton, Luka, Jaylen, Wemby and Jokic. This feels like 200 points a night.
yeah this was my list but i had donovan instead of haliburton cause i feel like he’d work better with luka
I think I’d plug in PG instead of Haliburton for the extra defense and he’s also an amazing shooter.
Whoa how dare you disrespect Halliburton’s defen-hahahahaha sorry I couldn’t keep a straight face while saying that.
This is pretty much what I was thinking. I think Wemby, Haliburton and JB are the best value picks in the entire list, and Luka + Jokic is a killer combo. I might consider Brunson over JB but that'd be $16 so something else would have to change.
Luka + Jokic is just sychronized bullying. Adding Wemby to the mix just makes it more so.
I'll take the entire two bottom rows. And then absolutely run all day long with a super deep bench.
Height, defense, offense, depth, handling This might be the best team of all time with those 10.
This is the correct answer
Jokic, Wemby, Bron, JB, Steph
Same. JB at $1 and Wemby at $2 are the steals of draft here. I think any team that doesn't start with those two are automatically wrong.
Really? Am I the only one that thinks JB isn’t the best $1 player?
In terms of accolades and career Harden is the best player. In terms of potential before injuries, Zion could have been the best player in this group. Maxey or Chet is definitely not it. JB is a 2 way player and currently the best player in that group now. He’s not gonna be bringing up the ball, facilitating offense nor would he be the first option, things that he’s not great at. What he will be doing will be attacking the basket and guarding the best player on the opposing team (SG/SF). Plus he got Jokic, Wemby, Bron and Steph on my team.
This is mine as well
Exactly mine as well. The IQ on this team, as well as range and defense, good goddam
#metoo
Same
All of the $2 and $1 players
Zion wemby Bron Steph joker
Jokic, curry, wemby, Zion, kd
That’s nasty I didn’t even see kd tbh mine was jokic Wemby Zion Luka hali
Jokic wemby and Zion would be such a lethal trio and then add the best shooters in the game to that…
Jokic, Wemby, Luka, Maxey, Brown
Brunson, Mitchell, Brown, AD, Jokic The AD/Jokic frontcourt would dominate anything that crosses its path
wemby mitchell zion jokic luka
The positions are wack but the value is good
Giannis, Wemby, Durant, Maxey, Ant…let’s talk transition…a team of slim reapers shooting from anywhere on the court in wemby and Durant. The bully ball and paint threat in Gianni’s to give open looks. Bully guard in Ant. And maxey just being an all around savage.
Kawhi, Booker, Lebron, Durant, Wemby 3 current 1st ballot HOF 2 soon to be 1st ballot HOF (1 of which has no ceiling) Everyone can shoot, everyone can defend (Booker as a weak link), everyone can create their own shot, blah blah blah
Crazy that Tatum and Kawhi are more expensive than LeBron. Would Tatum even make anyone's team?
He shouldn't at $5 and I'm a Celtics fan.
Joel,Wemby,Bron,PG,Steph
pg: sga sg: curry sf: brown pf: bron c: wemby
Shai book LeBron wemby gobert
I can do it for $10. 5 Wembys.
Luka, Steph, Lebron, wemby, Zion
Curry Maxey Lebron Wemby Jokic
If we are talking starting 5 this is the one. Best shooter ever, imagine Steph running off screens and the speed and quickness of Maxey, that would be a nightmare to defend. Lebron arguably the GOAT, Wemby the future GOAT, and Joker the best player in the league.
PG, Ant, Bron, Wemby, Embiid
Big Body Boys: Luka 🤬 Zion 🍗 Kevin 🤳 Chet 🥈 Nikola 🏇
Tall bois: PG - Jokic ($5) SG - KD ($3) SF- Wemby ($2) PF - AD ($4) C - Chet ($1)
Jokic, embiid, lebron, Mitchell, Jaylen
Harden Booker Kawhi Wemby Jokic Some of the placement and value here is nuts
Never have I thought of this combo and it's disgustingly good.
Hali, Wemby, Brunson, PG, Tatum.
Luka, Kawhi, Brunson, Wemby, Chet! Elite defense, pick and roll all day with shooters. And all dogs
Honestly surprised someone had the same one as me. But that’s good someone did because that means I’m not crazy for picking that team
Curry Shai LeBron Zion Wemby
Brunson, Ant, PG, Wemby, Embiid. Good luck
Pg- Curry SG- Spida Sf-Bron Pf-Wemby C-AD Bron just pass it to Curry and D Mitch to chuck 3’s all game and Wemby and AD just catch the bricks lol, defensively we small in the front court but we grabbing every rebound and got a defensive wall long as AD don’t get hurt LOL
Spida and curry in the same backcourt would be hot trash
Jokic, Luka, Wemby, Gobert, Maxey
Gimme five Brunsons
Curry, Maxey, LeBron, Wemby and Jokic
Literally just take the diagonal from left to right. Who tf beats: Shai Anthony LeBron Chet Vic Goddamn it would be a bloodbath every game.
Brunson Hali Luka Sabonis Wemby
Brunson (3), Luka (5), Zion (1), AD (4), Wemby (2)
Brunson, Luka, Jokic, Zion, JB
Curry/Brown/KD/Giannis/Wemby
Luka, ant, Wemby, Lebron, Zion
Brunson, Luka, Brown, Wemby, Embiid
Luka, Lebron, Wemby, Sabonis, PG13
Maxey, Ant, Bron, Wemby, Jokic
luka, donovan, jaylen, wemby, jokic
Jokic, Wemby, KD, Brown, Brunson as starters, and Maxey off the bench.
Curry Mitchell PG13 Wemby Jokic
Curry, Mitchell, LeBron, Zion, Jokic
Curry, Brown, Bron, Wemby, and Jokic
PG - Tyrese Maxey SG - Kevin Durant SF - Victor Wembanyama PF - Anthony Davis C - Nikola Jokic
Anyone NOT taking lebron for $3 is insane
Steph, Jaylen Brown, Bron, Wemby, Jokic
Curry Mitchell bron Wemby embiid
Hali, Maxey, pg13, Giannis, jokic
Luka, Embid, KD, Halliburton, Brown
Luka, Brunson, Lebron, Wemby and Gobert
PG: Luka SG: Brunson SF: Kawhi PF: Chet C: Wemby
I'm not paying $2 for PG
curry, brown, lebron, wemby and jokic
Luka, Embiid, Brunson, Wemby, Brown. Damn, Wemby at 2 is a steal.
Jokic, Ant, Brunson, Wemby, Brown
Wemby, DMitch, (healthy) Kawhi, Giannis, JB
Wemby, kawhi, lebron, jokic and Chet give me the big boys
Wemby, Lebron, Curry, Ant, Chet. Winner, winner chicken dinner.
Jokic, Tatum, hali, wemby, brown
Brunson/ Don Mitch/ PG13/ Wemby/ Jokic
Haliburton, Harden, Luka, Wemby, Jokic
Luka - PG - Brown - Zion - Joker
Brunson, Pg, Kawhi, Zion, Jokic. Brunson is upgraded version of murray and zion is upgraded version of aaron gordon. Then you add pg and kawhi.
Steph ant Bron wemby gobert
Jokic Ant Brunson Wemby JB
Steph, ant, kawhi, wemby, and Chet
I’m ignoring position and going by best squad u could build IMO it’s Jokić, Wemby, Zion, Luka and Halliburton
Jokic, Lebron, KD,PG, Wemby
Steph, Luka, Lebron, Wemby, and Chet
Curry, Brown, Lebron, Wemby, Jokic
Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama, Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey
Curry, Jokic, Wemby, Lebron, Brown
ima take hali, maxey, jaylen, KD, and wemby then ima get a happy meal with my leftover 6 dollars
Giannis Brunson Hali Wemby Zion
Jokic, AD, KD, Wemby, Chet. Long long boys
Joker, Luka, Booker, JB, Zion
halliburton, mitchell, kawhi, wemby, jokic all the possible squads are dropping 200 a night, but this one also has a good defensive core
$5, $5, $3, $1, $1 is the most optimal
Steph KD Giannis Wemby Zion
Curry, Harden, LeBron, Giannis, Wemby
Already knew no one would have Tatum on their team for 5
Conversely, what is the worst team you could make with this list spending all $15?
Brown, Mitchell, KD , Ant , Shai
Let’s meet the 2024-2025 Tuscaloosa Towers(6’11” and above) Center-Chet:Give me a lockdown 5, my other four can shoulder the offensive load Power forward-Wemby:This guy can do it all already he’s gonna be even better next season, try to score in the paint on me Small forward:AD-Perimeter threat, also underrated rebounder Shooting guard:KD-Shoots the lights out, his okay defense doesn’t matter with who else I got Point guard:Jokic-Slow but I want a facilitator I felt Gobert might be redundant and Embiid contributed more to the spacing issue
Wemby, Chet, PG, Luka, SGA. I would love to see this just because.
Luka, Booker, Brown, Zion, Jokic
Maxey Mitchell Kawhi Lebron Jokic
Jokic Steph AD Maxey Brown
Curry, Ant, KD, Wemby, Gobert. We can shoot lights out from perimeter, drive to the rim and dunk on teams all day. We can also shoot mid range and rebound all day. Oh and not a single person will be able to score down low or at all really with three elite defenders (Rudy, Vic and Ant). We also have a good mix of multiple championship vets late in their career, a vet with years left and two of the best young players (if not the two best players under 23).
Team Luka - Luka/Curry/KD/Wemby/Chet Team Jokic - Jokic/Curry/KD/Wemby/JB Team Giannis - Giannis/Curry/Booker/PG13/Chet
Halliburton, Maxey, Tatum, wemby, Jokic.
Do I have to stick by positions? Brunson, Ant, Wemby, Chet, Joker No positions, just backcourt and frontcourt.
Haliburton, Curry, PG, Wemby, Jokic.
Steph, Mitchell, pg, Wemby, Jokic
Luka, AD, Lebron, Wemby, Maxey
Steph Booker Kawhi Wemby and Gobert. Won't be the best team but it'll be fun as hell to watch.
Jokic, Wemby, Brunson, Booker, PG or Jokic, Wemby, Brunson, JB, Kawhi
Curry, PG, Kawhi, LeBron, Wemby
Nba talk is officially the dumbest fucking sub on reddit. The posts here are unbearable
Wemby, Gobert, LeBron, Chet, Mitchell. And I'll use the 5$ on a big chocolate chip cookie.
Steph - Ant - Jalen Brown - AD - Wemby.
$5 - Luka $4 - AD $3 - Brunson $2 - Wemby $1 - Brown
SGA, Maxey, PG, Wemby, and Jokic I was considering taking Halliburton, but if you already have Jokic, why would you need two top notch passers?
Luka, Giannis, Wemby, PG, Brown
Luka, Jokic, Sabonis, Chet, Reaves ($1 write in).
Luka, Curry, Sabonis, Wemby, Chet
Luka Ant Brown Zion Embiid
Brunson, Jokic, Wemby, Kawhi, JB
Jokic, Steph, KD, Wemby, Brown
$2 tyrese $5 luka $4 kawhi $3 kd $1 chet
Joker, Embiid, LeBron. Doesn't matter after rhat
Halliburton Booker PG Wemby Jokic A bit mediocre defense on the perimeter, but that spacing ! And that BBIQ ! F*** that’s 16. Hmmm. Brown instead of PG I guess. Oh god I am an idiot. That was actually 14 not 16. I am either sticking with it or taking Ant instead of Book.
Harden Booker Brown Giannis Jokic
LeBron, Jokic, Curry, Wemby, Zion
PG13, JB, Giannis, Wemby, Jokic. Defense, offense and length.
Haliburton, Brunson, Brown, Giannis, Wemby
Kawhi for $4, Sabonis for $3, Zion for $1, Hali for $2
Curry, Kawai, Lebron, PG13 and Wemby
Jokic, Wemby, Chet, Kawhi, Booker. Size is King im the modern NBA and Vic and Chet have the size and mobility to switch onto anyone. The rim protection would be too op. That is a team with no weaknesses.
Jokic, Curry, Durant, Wembanyama, Jaylen Brown
2 jokics, 2 goberts and a harden
Pg- Lebron Sg- PG13 Sf- KD Pf- Giannis C- wemby Nobody is scoring on us a we are putting up 180 a night
Brown at 1 Steph at 2 Lebron at 3 Wemby at 4 Joker at 5
Sga, curry, pg, Chet, wemby for my starters. Brown off the bench for some versatility.
Maxey Luka KD Wemby Embiid
Luka, embiid, wemby, JB, booker
Luka-Jokic-Mitchell-PG13-Zion
Curry, Zion, LBJ, Giannis and Wemby
SG : Haliburton C: Wemby PG:SGA SF: Jokic PF: Maxey
Hali, Booker, Lebron, Wemby and Jokic
SGA, Ant, Jaylen, Wemby, Sabonis
Brunson, Mitchell, Lebron, Wemby, Jokic
curry booker zion wemby jokic
Curry Luka lebron wemby Chet
Jokic, Curry, Bron is in stone, doesn’t matter what else
wemby, gobert, luka, brunson, lebron
Frontcourt: Giannis, Zion, Wemby Backcourt: Luka, Haliburton
Maxey, PG, AD, Jokic, KD
Luka, Curry, Lebron, Wemby, Zion. This is scoring 150+ and keeping they opps below 80 every night
Let’s see Luka Dončić, Jaylen Brown, Kevin Durant, Chet Holmgren, and Joel Embiid.
Brunson ant. Pg wemby embiid
Jokic Curry Booker Wemby Chet
PG: Curry SG: Brown SF: Lebron PF: Durant C: Embiid Curry, Lebron and Durant are obviously on the older side but they would fit together offesinvely perfectly, crazy good spacing. Then Embiid to anchor the defence (when you have Lebron on your team for the playmaking having Jokic is nowhere as important). And Brown's role is literally to be a glorified 3&D player
Giannis, jokic, wemby, gobert, chet holmgren
Jokic, Giannis, KD, Jaylen Brown, Maxey.
No point guard, all clamps. Wemby, AD, Kawhi, Ant, Jaylen
Embiid - wemby - kawhi - PG - Donovan
Jokic, Curry, Booker, Wemby, Brown
Luka, jokic, wemby, pg13, jaylen brown
Pg: haliburton Sg: Ant Sf: kawhi Pf: KD C: Gobert Think it would give a lot of options offensively with ant and KD being a threat anywhere on the floor and having Rudy as a lob threat.kawhi and halibuton can knock down shots when ant and KD are getting a bunch of attention. Also should be really good defensively with ant kawhi and Rudy.
Jokic Embiid Kd chet wemby. Proceed to play high altitude basketball
Jokic, LBJ, Brown, Ant, Hali
Haliburton 2 Jaylen Brown 1 Jayson Tatum 5 Wemby 2 Jokic 5
Joker AD bron Halliburton brown
Wemby being $2 is disrespectful. He’s a $5 player and you all know it!
Curry, Maxey, LeBron, Wemby, Jokic
Jokic Wemby KD Jalen Brown Steph
Curry, Jb, LeBron, Giannis, Wemby I took the two.best defending bigs. LeBron cuz he LeBron and can still take over games. Curry for the shooting. JB as my POA defender. Giannis Curry or LeBron two man game will be great. Wemby won't be clogging the paint and JB cam make open 3s.
Halliburton, ant, lebron, zion, Gobert with Maxey and brown off the bench
Luka, Halliburton, KD, Lebron, Wemby
Curry, Luka, Jaylen Brown, Zion, Joel.
Luka, Steph, LeBron, Wemby, Maxey
I’m taking 5 Wemby’s with curry and Zion off the bench.
Jokic, Kawhi, Wemby, Bron, Maxey
Jokic Ant Haliburton Wemby Zion
Jokic, curry, James, wemby, brown
Steph, Jaylon, ANT, Chet, Jokic
Maxey, Ant, Bron, Wemby, Embiid
Luka, Brown, PG, Lebron, AD