Is there
No.
Odom wouldn't start on Cleveland (LBJ and Jamison in the frontcourt) or Boston (Pierce and Garnett at forward).
Crawford, Ginobli and Smith wouldn't start in LA (over Kobe?), Miami, or Atlanta (if Crawford doesn't start over Johnson why would Ginobli or Smith?).
Those guys would start on many other teams but not "every other team"
Maybe. The think about a player that would be able to start on EVERY other team in the NBA is that the guy would have to be very well rounded. The only guy I can think of is maybe Lamar Odom. The problem with guys like Manu and JR is that they couldnt start on a team like the Lakers or the Hawks... Odom can play almost every position on the floor so he is the only guy on a bench that could stand a chance.
Odom could probably start in Boston or Cleveland.
Boston could easily slide Garnett up to center which he played alot in Minny.
If Cleveland plays Varejao at C sometimes, why wouldn't they play Odom at C?
And I actually think Odom is better than Jamison because he's a better defensive player and a better rebounder.
Teams that have 3 forwards:
Celtics sometimes plays Sheed, Garnett, Pierce
Raptors play: Bargnani, Bosh, Turkoglu
Bulls play: Noah, Gibson, Deng
Dallas SOMETIMES play: Nowitzki, Marion, Butler
Memphis: Gay, Randolph, Gasol
Magic: If you guys don't remember, Dwight is a PF, Dwight/Lewis/Barnes
Spurs: Jefferson/McDyess/Duncan
Lakers LOVE to play: Odom/Gasol/Artest
Denver LOVES to play: Andersen, Martin, Melo
Minny plays: Jefferson/Love/Brewer
He plays C because everyteam needs a offensive big and a defensive big. If you pair him up with Bargnani, he'd be a PF.
Coming into the NBA..
Scout.com:
Dwight Howard
Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (Ga.)
Power Forward, 6-10, 243
ESPN.com:
Dwight Howard
Power Forward (Rank: #2) | 6-10, 240
Rivals.com:
Dwight Howard
Power forward
Atlanta, Georgia
Southwest Atlanta Christian
* Ht:6'10"
* Wt:225 lbs
* GPA:3
* Class:2004 (High School)
dude, you are wrong. stop bringing up what he did in highschool or why he plays center, he is a center. Take him past 10 feet from the basket and he is not effective. If he played with any team in the league he would play center. Guess what, that means he's a center.
Then why is Noah tagged a PF? He's 6-11 and has a defensive mindset
I don't think anybody wins or loses in this argument. Some people think Josh Smith is a SF while others take him as a PF.. The same with Al Horford, C on some teams, PF on others.. Noah is a PF in the C body.. It's just how you see things.
Put him with Brad Miller.
Put him with Yao Ming.
Put him with Zydrunas.
Put him with Bogut.
Put him with Spencer Hawes.
Put him with Marcus Camby.
Put him with Mehmet Okur.
These are centers that can shoot.
He would play PF along with all of them.
the only guy on that list where dwight would play pf would be with yao. spencer and memo both are perimter players. Camby likes to shoot from the outside and and defends 4s better. Miller and Z would probably sit on the nech. Bogut is much more perimter oriented then dwight. So basically because yao might play center, that would mean they have 2 centers in my book. And even if you say dwight is the pf, that doesnt mean he is a pf. If that were the case, then Dwill is not a pg because i think if he was with CP3 he would be off the ball. And Kobe is not a sg because if he played with wade he would probably play sf. And etc...
how am i being childish? Did i speak down to you or make any invalid arguments? you say dwight would play pf with all those guys and i said he wouldnt. Do a poll and ask if dwight is a center or a forward and lets see if what kind of responses you get.
You did make an invalid argument.
"And even if you say dwight is the pf, that doesnt mean he is a pf. If that were the case, then Dwill is not a pg because i think if he was with CP3 he would be off the ball. And Kobe is not a sg because if he played with wade he would probably play sf. And etc..."
You're aligning superstar caliber players on the same team when everyone knows that would never happen.
Lol this is silly... Dwight is a center and he would be on every NBA team, except with maybe Yao who's 7' 6"... But they'd never be on the same team together, so it's irrellivant.
Everything about Dwight's game says center. He's been a center his entire NBA career and doesn't have the skill set to play away from the basket.
uhmm, you started it by saying what if dwight played with yao or bogut, so i countered with what if kobe played with wade or if dwill played with paul, how is that any different? You said earlier yourslef that not every team needs a pg/sg/sf/pf/c, correct? So how are you gonna argue that dwight is a pf if he played with yao, wouldnt that mean they start two centers, something you said teams can do earlier? That was my point, sometimes teams start two guys that play the same position. When Darren collison and Paul or ridnour and jennings played together, that didnt make one of them an official sg. So how is that childish?
And as a matter of fact... IF Howard played with Yao, I'd say they had two centers on the floor lol. It's like when Mike Brown would play Z and Shaq together... I'd say they have two centers on the floor, not a center and a power forward lol.
Yeah, when I stated you don't need to have a pg, sg, sf, pf, c.. if you continued reading, i also stated that many teams plays 3 forwards.. where i had dwight aswell
So now it's impossible for someone to have a personal opinion? without being attacked? lol
attacked? I said you were wrong, and you continued this into a big back and forth. Dwight is a center is not really an opinion, its kinda a fact. I mean, if i said joe montana was a running back, i cant really defend that with "that is my opinion". If you had said from the begining "in my opinion, dwight is a pf" then i might not have said anything. But instead, you said, "some of you all forget that he is a pf" like you were trying to drop knowledge on the rest of us that we all forgot about. Oh well, im done it is a dumb argument.
I think it is possibly that Howard could play both power forward and Center but he is more suited for the Center role because of his skill set. Also Odom is so versatile that if a team needed to play their 5 best players and he was their 5th best player they could start him. Lakers bring Odom off the bench because it helps their bench and also helps their team same thing with Jamal Crawford and early this year Hinrich. These guys are starters. Also i am confused how would Howard be a power forward Toronto. They have no physical big man or a defensive presence which would automatically make Howard their Center.
I think it is possibly that Howard could play both power forward and Center but he is more suited for the Center role because of his skill set. Also Odom is so versatile that if a team needed to play their 5 best players and he was their 5th best player they could start him. Lakers bring Odom off the bench because it helps their bench and also helps their team same thing with Jamal Crawford and early this year Hinrich. These guys are starters. Also i am confused how would Howard be a power forward Toronto. They have no physical big man or a defensive presence which would automatically make Howard their Center.
Is there a NBA player off the bench that would start on every other team in the NBA?