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As may be increasingly obvious, I'm struggling to find much time for BB atm. It would be much appreciated if someone could pick up the West MVP awards - I'm a couple of weeks behind.

I may be able to help out with them later in the season, but there is no way I can handle them myself atm.

Now that's a tough one hahah So to be elligible to be selected I assume they would have had to have played in a dream team right? here I go. GOing to only pick players in their primary position as well.

1st Team
PG - Magic Johnson
SG - Michael Jordan
SF - Scottie Pippen
PF - Larry Bird
C - Hakeem Olajuwon

2nd Team
PG - John Stockton
SG - Kobe Bryant
SF - LeBron James
PF - Tim Duncan
C - Shaquille O'Neil

Now that's a tough one hahah So to be elligible to be selected I assume they would have had to have played in a dream team right? here I go. GOing to only pick players in their primary position as well.

1st Team
PG - Magic Johnson
SG - Michael Jordan
SF - Scottie Pippen
PF - Larry Bird
C - Hakeem Olajuwon

2nd Team
PG - John Stockton
SG - Kobe Bryant
SF - LeBron James
PF - Tim Duncan
C - Shaquille O'Neil

Wilt?

I think JW's list is purely 1980s onwards which is fair enough. I lack knowledge of players like Oscar Robertson (averaged a triple double one season) and Wilt and Jerry West etc to really judge them fairly.

Also there has been a lot of debate in the Dirk v Bird debate about what their positions actually are. I think the majority opinion is that Bird was a SF (McHail PF and Parish {used to be my nicname at one time} C). While Dirk is more like a SG in offence who happens to be 7" and in defence just takes the other teams worst front line player.

As for JW's team I would agree with Magic as number one but wow the choices for number two are insane. Stock-cube is an obvious candidate. But what about Gary Payton, much much better defender than Stockton and nasty as hell? How about Chris Paul - best fantasy BB pick for about 4 seasons? Worst manager and coach ever but as a player Isiah Thomas was something special and has two championships to Stockton's none.

For C's if it is just the 1980s on you still have to consider Kareem, he was just unstoppable until the late 1980s which was insane as he was pushing 40 and once again don't forget all those rings. Even David Robinson and Patrick Ewing must rate a mention but I guess there is no way I would pick them over Hakeem, but also no way I would pick a 21 year old Hakeem over Abdul-Jabbar or Shaq - both 100% unguardable in their primes.

Mllama - it is supposed to be you and Naker doing the West now. If you are really busy that is fine, everyone is from time to time and this should be a fun thing not an onerous duty, this is when Naker is supposed to step up. However if there is a big problem for him too then that is my job so I will try to get onto it later today. How far behind are we? Once you are more than a week it is really annoying to even find out who played.

I would love to help out but in the last week I have clocked 500km in my car, just not a good time right now.. Which is why I had tO pass it on to someone else.

I'm also a bit busy with uni this week sorry :(

team was purely based on players who played for the USA teams from 1992 onwards, which were considered "Dream Teams" because prior to that I don't think professional basketballers were allowed to play @ the Olympics.
I don't know about the Glove over Stockton, Stockton is all time leader in steals and assists isn't he? Isiah Thomas never played for any Dream Team's either (Post '92) so he wasn't considered.
Centre's no doubt if was an All NBA team then I'd have Kareem and Wilt there. I tossed up between Robinson and Shaq, but gave it to Shaq purely because of his dominantion in the paint over The Admiral. Though if I did a 3rd team I would have The Admiral there.
jw

Busy as hell over here to. Give me a week or two and I should have the south back on track.

before I put my hand up for anything, how many games do the MVP judges usually go through?
jw

6 games a week