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Re: NBA Yearly Match-up Tournament: 4/5 Len Bias Region
CLASS OF 1986:
PG: Mark Price
SG: Ron Harper
SF: Chuck Person
PF: Dennis Rodman
C: Brad Daugherty
BENCH: Dell Curry, Jeff Hornacek, Johnny Newman, Drazen Petrovic, John Salley, Arvydas Sabonis and Scott Skiles.
I came very close to choosing Kevin Duckworth, a two-time All-Star who was the starting center on the Portland teams that went to three consecutive Western Conference finals and appeared in the '90 and '92 Finals. But with the addition of Sabonis, he was very repetitive. Instead, I chose Salley, a seven-foot power forward known for his defense who gives the Class of '86 another player at that position.
CLASS OF 1989:
PG: Tim Hardaway
SG: Nick Anderson
SF: Glen Rice
PF: Shawn Kemp
C: Vlade Divac
BENCH: Dana Barros, Mookie Blaylock, Chucky Brown, Sherman Douglas, Sean Elliott, George McCloud and Cliff Robinson.
Man, these two teams are built similarly. Both benches are guard-heavy and sport plenty of three-point scorers and perimeter bombers ('86 - Person, Petrovic, Price, Hornacek, Curry; '89 - Rice, Barros, Blaylock, McCloud, Hardaway). There are players with similar strengths (Rice and Person, Divac and Sabonis). The Rodman-Kemp matchup should be a classic. My prediction will come later.
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Last edited by Najee : 04-19-2008 at 11:26 AM.
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