Best Collections Of Talent Ever?

[Roy H.]

Lots of great teams.  I’m still sticking with the 2011 Celts.

Shaq / Perk / Troy Murphy
KG / JO / BBD
Pierce / Marquis Daniels
Ray / Bradley
Rondo / Delonte / Nate Robinson

Sadly, no Scalabrine.

[pearljammer10]

08-09 Pistons could have been fun:

Billups/Iverson/Rip/Antonio McDyess/Sheed

With Prince off the bench.

Surprised no one mentioned 98-99 Rockets:

Cutino Mobley/Eddie Johnson/Pippen/Barkley/Hakeem

[Ed Monix]

1986 76ers

Moses Malone (3 x MVP)
Bob McAdoo (MVP)
Julius Irving (4 x MVP) 1 NBA, 3 ABA
Charles Barkley (MVP)
Maurice Cheeks

Bobby Jones
Andrew Toney

Can you imagine this team playing together in their primes!

The 86 Celtics were way better....The Lakers were sooooo lucky to be in the West back then, C's had to go through the 76ers,Bulls,Hawks,Pistons,Bucks....the Lakers had Nobody.

Yes but but most of the 76ers were over the hill by 1986.

Moses Malone
Bob McAdoo 34 y/o
Julius Irving 35 y/o
Charles Barkley
Maurice Cheeks

Bobby Jones 34 y/o
Andrew Toney

[radiohead]

Lots of great teams.  I’m still sticking with the 2011 Celts.

Shaq / Perk / Troy Murphy
KG / JO / BBD
Pierce / Marquis Daniels
Ray / Bradley
Rondo / Delonte / Nate Robinson

Sadly, no Scalabrine.

Was this the season that Reggie Miller almost joined too?

[Roy H.]

Lots of great teams.  I’m still sticking with the 2011 Celts.

Shaq / Perk / Troy Murphy
KG / JO / BBD
Pierce / Marquis Daniels
Ray / Bradley
Rondo / Delonte / Nate Robinson

Sadly, no Scalabrine.

Was this the season that Reggie Miller almost joined too?

No, thAat was the original 2008 team I think.

[Ed Monix]

Lots of great teams.  I’m still sticking with the 2011 Celts.

Shaq / Perk / Troy Murphy
KG / JO / BBD
Pierce / Marquis Daniels
Ray / Bradley
Rondo / Delonte / Nate Robinson

Sadly, no Scalabrine.

Unfortunately I think the 1985 Lakers still win

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Bob McAdoo
James Worthy
Michael Cooper
Magic Johnson

Jamaal Wilkes
Byron Scott

[gouki88]

What about the current Lakers squad (puke-worthy, I know):

Dwight Howard (2010-11) / Marc Gasol (2016-17)
Anthony Davis (2017-18) / Trevor Ariza (2013-14)
Carmelo Anthony (2013-14) / Jared Dudley (2011-12)
LeBron James (2012-13) / Wesley Matthews (2013-14)
Russell Westbrook (2016-17) / Kendrick Nunn (2020-21)

[Jvalin]

If we are playing under modern rules, gimme the 2018/19 Warriors.

PG: Steph
SG: Klay
SF: KD
PF: Draymond
C: Boogie

6th man: Iggy

If we are playing under old-school rules, gimme the 2010/11 Celtics.

Fwiw, Udoka was part of the 2003/04 Lakers team alonsgside Shaq, Kobe, Malone, Payton, Horace Grant etc.

[Somebody]

I'd like to bring up some older teams besides those Laker teams.

1. 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers - that team would have peak Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Billy Cunningham and Chet Walker doing a ton of damage, but Luke Jackson would be an All-Star big playing next to Wilt while Larry Costello was a star guard in the earlier part of the decade.

2. 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks - besides their fearsome duo of Oscar and Kareem, Bob Dandridge blossomed into a strong All-NBA calibre player in the latter part of the decade while Jon McGlocklin and Bob Boozer were stars who can provide valuable spacing, efficient interior scoring and toughness inside around an Oscar/Kareem attack.

3. 1985-86 Boston Celtics - DJ/Ainge/Bird/McHale/Walton with Parish and Wedman coming off the bench, all in their primes? Sounds pretty broken to me

[Moranis]

1986 76ers

Moses Malone (3 x MVP)
Bob McAdoo (MVP)
Julius Irving (4 x MVP) 1 NBA, 3 ABA
Charles Barkley (MVP)
Maurice Cheeks

Bobby Jones
Andrew Toney

Can you imagine this team playing together in their primes!

The 86 Celtics were way better....The Lakers were sooooo lucky to be in the West back then, C's had to go through the 76ers,Bulls,Hawks,Pistons,Bucks....the Lakers had Nobody.

Yes but but most of the 76ers were over the hill by 1986.

Moses Malone
Bob McAdoo 34 y/o
Julius Irving 35 y/o
Charles Barkley
Maurice Cheeks

Bobby Jones 34 y/o
Andrew Toney

Barkley was also years from his real prime as well. 

[Moranis]

How about the 09 Suns

Shaq, Amar'e, Hill, Dragic, Nash with Barbosa, Diaw, Raja Bell, Jason Richardson, Jared Dudley, Matt Barnes, Robin Lopez, Stromile Swift

That is a ton of offensive firepower and a lot of quality depth.

[Surferdad]

The 86 Celtics.
Parish, a hall of famer, is a bench warmer.
Walton won a chip almost by himself in Portland.

I guess prime Kareem on the Lakers would be an argument.

I would take the 86 team against most "All-Star" teams. Walton in his prime, with those guys, watch out.
Back then most guys played close to 40 mins. So 7 man rotation.

This.  A prime Walton as sixth man and forget about needing a bench.

[Celtics4ever]

86 Celitcs for me, best front court ever, deep depth.  Smart and tough. 
64-65 Celtics were tough too.

[bdm860]

A lot of great Shaq options, ('05 Lakers, '11 Celtics, '07 Heat , '09 Suns), and a lot of great LeBron options ('17 Cavs, '22 Lakers).

How about we put them together and go with the '10 Cavs.  Obviously nowhere near as deep as others, but I just want to see a prime Shaq and prime LeBron together.  Not completely devoid of talent either with Antawn Jamison, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Mo Williams providing low level All-Star production at their best, and Danny Green, Anderson Varejão, Delonte West can provide good rotational minutes without demanding the ball.

I just want to see prime Shaq and prime LeBron together.

[Who]

Those late 90s Rockets would be strong

A Big Three of Hakeem, Barkley and Drexler all in their primes. They had a couple of elderly bench players in Kevin Willis, Eddie Johnson and Sedale Threatt as well. Plus Mario Elie.

The Pippen team would be worth a mention also. Drexler is gone but Dream, Barkley and Pippen would be an awesome trio. They also had a young Cuttino Mobley and Michael Dickerson (18ppg before career ending injury). And a couple old bench vets in Antoine Carr and Eddie Johnson. Plus a somewhat in shape at his prime Stanley Roberts!