NBA fans enjoy debates and constantly entertain hypothetical scenarios. Pitting historical players against others is a common thing around the association, but sometimes, they took it to the next level.
In recent days, Instagram page ‘Timeless Sports’ shared a @ZGVISUALZ graphic with five legendary players in it. They encouraged fans to find a starting five that could take on these players and beat them.
Kevin Durant, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Stephen Curry all appear on the graphic, creating an incredible team that would give nightmares to any rival in the league.
Just like they were told, fans tried to find five players that would give this team a lot of trouble on the court. Some named Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Larry Bird, Tim Duncan and more as part of their teams.
There are many teams you can assemble that can compete against this starting five, but that depends on who you ask. Some teams looked more dangerous than others, but each of them was a threat to the original squad.
These exercises will always make noise around the league. Everybody has a favorite player, everybody thinks somebody from an era would have been a terrible matchup to somebody from another time.
Whenever somebody brings up these debates, every NBA fan will be ready to state their opinion. KD, Shaq, Kobe, Bron and Curry would be a terrific team on the offensive end, but with the right picks, somebody could create the right opponents to stop them.
