Pick a starting 5
Similar to the NBA jam discussion and just for fun (since we love fun irrelevant topics here), which starting 5 would you take? We are assuming everyone is healthy and in their prime (as in final season at Michigan). I feel this is a virtual toss up to me so someone sway me.
PG Walton SG Stauskas SF Levert PF GRIII C McGary
OR
PG Burke SG Rahkman SF Hardaway Jr PF Wilson C Wagner
*Not asking for an all time starting 5, just to pick of these 2. Sorry for the confusion I guess. *
Burke Stauskas Levert Wilson Wagner
Hudson Bredeson Ruiz Onwenu JBB. Sorry, just in football mode. Wrestled in high school and never really cared for basketball, but these guys are fun to watch and man I hope they win the tournament. Call me a homer but these guys seem to ooze class compared to the team out of east lansing and especially the coach. As far as the line up, I will just go with what the doctored ordered. Go Blue and kick states ass again.
So I'll cherry-pick all eras
PG: Gary Grant
SG: Rudy Tomjanovich
SF: Cazzie Russell
PF: Glen Rice
C: Phil Hubbard
That would be a lot of tournament points.
Mike McGee?
Switch Rice and Rudy T's positions and somehow give me both Grant and Rickey Green at point and I'm with you.
I agree with Gary Grant, Glen Rice, Cazzie Russel and Rudy T.
But, I gotta go with Webber. Best center to ever play at Michigan regardless of how you feel about him personally.
Also, on no planet is Glen Rice a power forward. But, I'd still go with your lineup because nobody on this planet can go basket for basket with him.
PG Burke, SG Stauskus, SF Hardaway, PF GR3, C Wagner.
Close with McGary but I don't feel like I know his ceiling with UM because he barely played! I know what I'm getting with Wagner!
Why are we supposed to pick between these two hypothetical lineups? So many other interesting combinations are out there.
Walton - 2
Stauskus - 3
Wagner - 4
McGary - 5
We just did not see enough of Wilson-college for me to include him, nor was he an all-out force like McGary for the brief time he did play. Also, Levert's college career was aborted so I never saw what he would eventually become in college.
Yes, I am aware I have two point guards. Both were too good to leave out.
Burke Rice Rose Webber Wagner.
SG - Nik Stauskas
SF - Glen Rice
PF - Chris Webber
C - Phil Hubbard
But, given today's style of play, I'd replace Hubbard with Burke.
PG. Burke
SG. Levert
SF. Stauskas
PF. Wagner
C. McGary
Burke
Jalen Rose
Stauskas
Rice
Terry Mills
that so very few of you got to see Cazzie Russell play basketball. His time at Michigan brought more positive national exposure than perhaps any other player in U of M basketball history. To leave Cazzie off any of these "All-Star" lineups is just not right.
Go Blue!
He said "pick a starting 5". To be even more nit-pickey he didnt even specify pick a MICHIGAN starting 5 so I'm changing mine. I'm going with the following 5 now
PG: Magic Johnson
SG: Michael Jordan
SF: Larry Bird
PF: LeBron James
C: Wilt Chamberlan
Go ahead and take that one on you Burke/Stauskas lovers you......
"Similar to the NBA jam discussion and just for fun (since we love fun irrelevant topics here), which starting 5 would you take? We are assuming everyone is healthy and in their prime (as in final season at Michigan). I feel this is a virtual toss up to me so someone sway me."
Show me where it asks for a starting five by era and show me where it asks for a Michigan starting five.
BTW I am just busting balls here. I do know what you meant even if I chose to ignore it by sticking to the actual text and not your fairly clear inference.
SG - Michael Jordan
SF - Lebron James
PF - Dennis Rodman
C - Bill Russell
MJ
Lebron
Tim Duncan
Shaq
Kareem was 7'6", fought Bruce Lee and wrote children's books. You don't get much cooler than that. Sky hook'd.
Limiting it to just players I have seen (since 1975 or so):
1 - Burke
2- Stauskas
3 - Rice
4 - Glenn Robinson
5 - Webber
Coach - Beilein
(Burke, Rice, and Webber are no brainers)
Burke Hardaway Stauskas Wagner McGary
Magic, MJ, Durant, Lebron, Shaq ... oh wait.
Burke (Jalen a close 2nd)
Stauskus
Rice
J. Howard or Wagner
Webber
Burke/Rose/McGee/Rice/Webber
Yeah I know Jalen played the 1 here, but...
PG: Louis Bullock
SG Manny Harris
SF T. Mills
PF L Vaught
C R Tarply...
Skipping around a bit.
This is confusing and now is getting embarrassing.