I was on the radio yesterday listening to the Dan Patrick Show, and who should pop on but Karl Malone. One of the questions Mr. Patrick asked the ol' Mailman was, 'Who is your all-time starting five?' Malone gave the predictable Stockton as PG (he better have, Stockton was his meal ticket), then went to the Big O as his shooting guard. Wilt Chamberlain was his starting center, then things got interesting. For his power forward, he chose his current man-crush, LeBron. Then, at small forward, he opted for Scottie Pippen. His rational was that Pippen led the Bulls in all statistical categories when Jordan was gone, but I think Malone still hold some spite against MJ, and for good reason...the guy (along with, more importantly, three referees), prevented him from mailing home a championship.
Anyway, I thought it was an interesting top 5, and I'd give that team a fair shot against any other all-time starting line-up anyone would care to assemble. It was certainly controversial, which is fun.
I think an all-time starting line-up has to have MJ and Magic. The rest are pretty debatable. I'd go with Magic, MJ, LeBron, Bird and Shaq.
Anyone else care to chime in?