With the final pick in the 1970's NBA-round, vslice02 selects:
Dave Cowens
Alot of great players still to choose from (Willis Reed, Tiny Archibald, Wes Unseld, Connie Hawkins, Bill Walton) but Cowens is the best. In his prime he average 20 pts, 16 reb and 5 ast while winning 2 championships along with league MVP.
This is the 6-9 lunch-pail PF/C you need next to Kareem who does the dirty work, plays tough defense (All-Defense 3x) and does things like poke the ball away from the Oscar Robertson and then dive across the floor for it in the NBA Finals.
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1970's Utah Jazz Round
With the first pick in the 1970's Utah Jazz-round, vslice02 selects:
"Pistol" Pete Maravich
A bigtime scorer and superb showman on some absolutely dreadful teams, on this team he's the perfect 6th-man. From 1972-78 Maravich averaged 27 pts, 6 ast and 5 reb (including a 31.1 avg to lead the league in scoring in '77) - and that was without the 3pt line.
Lineup:
PG Deron Williams/Pete Maravich
SG Michael Jordan/Dell Curry
SF Paul Pierce
PF Dave Cowens/Antoine Carr
C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
OTC: Prodigy.