Are these Miami Heat the most talented team top to bottom ever?

[aixenv]

This might seem kinda odd comin' from a die hard laker fan, but on top of that im a basketball fan and enjoy discussin' the history of the game and where various teams fit historically speaking

with the addition of ray allen is this the most talented team ever?

Lebron - speaks for himself
Wade - finals mvp , top 5 player when healthy
Bosh - highly underrated, great shooter
Allen - possibly the best pure shooter ever, only reggie miller challenges that title

that's 4 bonifide hall of famers, with some good complimentary players on top of that

Battier - clutch and great defender
Mario Chalmers - getting better
Udonis Haslem - mister intangible

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The only teams I can think of that might hold a candle to this team talent wise is...

the Lakers of the 80s with Kareem, Magic, Worthy, Green, Scott, Cooper

the Celtics of the 80s with Parrish, Bird, McHale, DJ

Maybe the 64-65 Cs with Bill Russell, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, Tom Sanders and Tom Heinsohn

and of course the 71-72 Lakers with Gail Goodrich, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim McMillian and Happy Hairston

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I am by no means ever gonna be a band wagon jumper, but ya this team has immense talent and Pat Riley is a masterful architect

This season is going to be really exciting

 

[Vancouver Baller]

You can't be serious?

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

 

[aixenv]

You can't be serious?

how many teams have 4 future hall of famers? with 2 in their prime, one just leaving it, and 1 on the end of his career with still more to offer?

i just went through 60+ years of bball and named 4 teams..you'd have to be a hater or just plain blind not to acknowledge this

 

[ThugLife]

HELL YEA nikka

 

[FTBS]

No.

 

[Absolut]

since when is chris bosh a "bonafide hall of famer"

 

[Majestic Pape]

Miami isn't even the most talented team top to bottom in the league now.

 

[GetFamiliar]

since when is chris bosh a "bonafide hall of famer"

I was wondering the same thing

 

[That Singer Guy...]

fukk all of them nikkas, see yall in the Finals bytch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fukk Judas Shuttleworth too bytch ass nikka.

 

[Absolut]

hes been in the league damn near a decade, and has one all nba showing, on the 2nd team. but hes a shoo in hall of famer.

 

[phillycavsfan]

Yo, the '96 Bulls were the greatest team of all time. They had MJ, Pippen, and Rodman. Plus Luc Longley was getting better. He was getting better, brehs!!!

 

[Danny Up]

Wasn't this thread made before?

 

[Ashyneezz]

hes been in the league damn near a decade, and has one all nba showing, on the 2nd team. but hes a shoo in hall of famer.

So the purest shot to every come through the league and the person who's hit more 3s than anyone in league history isn't gonna be in the hall? Ok

 

[aixenv]

I was wondering the same thing

you got me defending people on a team i dont even like hah, i guess that's what i get for making that comment.. at any rate...

He averages 19.8 points and 9.1 rebounds per game for his career. Those are Hall of Fame numbers. He's also shooting .492 from the field and .799 from the free throw line.

He's a seven-time All-Star in an nine-year career and playing in perhaps the toughest era for power forwards ever in NBA history.

He's battled — Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, Amare Stoudemire, Zach Randolph, Jermaine O'Neal, Rasheed Wallace, Rashard Lewis, Antawn Jamison, Josh Smith, David West, Carlos Boozer, etc…

keep in mind its a BASKETBALL hall of fame not the NBA hall of fame...

Honors and achievements

NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month: January 2007
NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week: January 3, 2005; January 30, 2006; March 26, 2007; January 7, 2008; October 28, 2008; February 1, 2010; April 5, 2010
NBA Atlantic Division Champion: 2006–07
NBA Southeast Division Champion: 2010–11
NBA Champion: 2011–12
NBA All-Star: 2005–06; 2006–07; 2007–08; 2008–09 (did not participate due to injury); 2009–10; 2010–11; 2011–12
All-NBA Second Team: 2006–07
NBA All-Rookie Team: 2003–04
NBA Rookie All-Star Game: 2003–04; 2004–05
Bronze medal winner with Team USA at the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Gold medal winner with Team USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Other achievements

Third-youngest player in NBA history to record 1,000 rebounds[2]
Fourth-youngest player in NBA history to record 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game[2]
Toronto's all-time leader in minutes played
Toronto's first player to achieve 10,000 points
Toronto's all-time leader in points scored[62]
Toronto's all-time leader in rebounds[50]
Toronto's all-time leader in defensive rebounds[50]
Toronto's all-time leader in offensive rebounds[50]
Toronto's all-time leader in rebounds per game
Toronto's all-time leader in rebounds per game in a season
Toronto's all-time leader in blocks
Toronto's all-time leader in free throws made[89]
Toronto's all-time leader in free throws made in a season
Toronto's all-time leader in free throws attempted[89]
Toronto's all-time leader in free throws attempted in a season
Toronto's all-time leader in double-doubles[29]
Toronto's all-time leader in double-doubles in a season
NBA Sportsmanship Award (divisional winner): 2007–08[90]