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Very much surprised at the love for John Stockton in this thread.

I think we're having two different discussions over the course of building the team.

Am I building a team that is designed to dominate assuming all players in their prime? Or am I building a team based on historical evidence and performance based on their play, in their era?

That is a major distinction, in my opinion. If I'm basing my team on history, you MUST give nods to players such as John Stockton, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Pete Maravich. If I'm basing my team on how the athletes would match up against each other in their prime, you'd be hard pressed to convince me that any player prior to say 1980 deserves to be even considered. Further more, I'd argue that most of the players in today's game would trump the athleticism and strength of anyone pre-1990.

Certain players -- Magic, perhaps Bird might make up for their lack of physical strength in comparison to, say Lebron using their Basketball IQ but those players would be rare. Wilt Chamberlain was a monster in his era. Shaq would have devoured him.

So I guess what I'm saying is that you need to clarify the parameters of the argument before you can begin to put together a foundation for the "NBA All-time team"