My All Time Magic Team

That looks like an unbalanced roster to me:

PG – Hardaway, Skiles, Nelson, Armstrong, Anderson
SG –
SF – McGrady, Turkoglu, Scott
PF – Grant, Seikaly, Outlaw
C – O-Neal, Howard, Wallace

I could definitely see moving Penny to SG, with his size. Assuming we’re trying to create the best possible team, rather than the one that would include the most fan favorites, I would consider dropping either Armstrong or Outlaw and picking up Mobley or Theus. This would give a revised lineup of:

PG – Hardaway
SG – Theus
SF – McGrady
PF – Grant
C – O’Neal

Bench:
Skiles
Nelson
Anderson
Mobley
Scott
Turkoglu
Seikaly
Howard
Wallace

Nick Anderson: 17.11 pts, 5.89 reb, 3.11 ast
Reggie Theus: 22.01 pts, 3.38 reb, 6.29 ast

Anderson’s a better sniper, Theus is a better driver.

We drafted him in the expansion draft from Atlanta, and traded him to New Jersey after the first season for two second-round picks.

Personally, I love Jameer’s game, but I would put Penny in his prime above Jameer, and put Skiles close. Skiles would be like having a Jason Williams that shoots almost as well as Nelson. He didn’t have White Chocolate’s flash, but I think he was as effective a ball-handler/distributor as Williams while being a better shooter. To provide a comparison between the three:

Assists per 36 minutes:
Skiles 8.3
Williams 7.2
Nelson 6.1

3-point shooting:
Nelson .387
Skiles .379
Williams .328

eFG%:
Nelson .512
Skiles .485
Williams .479

There were doubts on him at each position – he wasn’t quite a good enough shooter or ballhandler for SF, but wasn’t physically developed enough to be a PF or C. His speed made some people think he’d do best as a slasher 3. Instead, he bulked up and became a physical/speed 5. I can’t imagine him developing the touch to become a 3, but that would have been amazing to see if he had.