Let's take a look at my starters...

PG- Bob Cousy
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Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1971); NBA champion (1957, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63); NBA MVP (1957); 10-time All-NBA First Team (1952-61); All-NBA Second Team (1962, '63); 13-time All-Star; All-Star MVP (1954, '57); One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).
PPG- 18.4
RPG- 5.2
APG- 7.5

SG- Earl Monroe
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Nicknames: The Pearl, Black Magic, Thomas Edison
PPG- 18.8
RPG- 3.0
APG- 3.9


SF- David Thompson
http://www.nba.com/media/nuggets/david_thompson_dunk.jpg
-Only player in history named MVP of both the ABA and NBA All-Star Games
-Scored a career-high 73 points against Detroit (April 9, 1978)
-44 Inch Vertical
-Three-time First-Team All-America, three time All-ACC selection, and a two-time Associated Press National Player of the Year
PPG- 22.1
RPG- 3.8
APG- 3.2

PF- Connie Hawkins

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PPG- 16.5
RPG- 8.0
APG 4.1


C- Bill Russell
Elected to Naismith Basketball Basketball Hall of Fame (1975);
NBA champion (1957, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '68, '69);
NBA MVP (1958, '61, '62, '63, '65);
12-time NBA All-Star (1958-69);
One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996);
Olympic gold medalist (1956).
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http://www.wnec.edu/communicator/news/2003/img/Bill_Russell.jpg
PPG- 15.1
RPG- 22.5
APG- 4.3
BPG- God only knows

Basic Philosophy vs. CeejForce Ceej’s squad to defend our versatillity and dictate the pace of the game

Strategy:
Obviously any team stepping on the court has to worry about Big O going to town on your squad. However, we present a number of different matchups for Oscar. Our main focus will be to force Oscar to defend various players on the defensive side of the court, including chasing Earl the Pearl around the court, defending Sam Jones’ arsenal of shots and being muscled by David Thompson. On the offensive side of the court it would be tempting to go zone, however Russell is a strong advocate of man-to-man defense and we’ll trust his 11 championships.

Focusing on the starting lineups, the decision for Ceej to start Mitch Richmond is an interesting one. With Oscar and Bing already on the floor, you wouldn’t think he’d need another scorer like Mitch in the game.

By trying to force the pace early with Cousy/Pearl running the break with Hawkins, Skywalker and Amare (early sub) on the flanks, this should force Ceej’s high powered offense to play basket-to-basket and force Ceej to his deep bench in the second half.
With a deeper, bigger bench we will crash the boards hard with Kirilenko, Hawkins Stoudemire and oh-yeah BILL RUSSELL bruising Unseld, Thurmond and DeBusschere under the basket.

Key to the game for my squad: The deepness and versatility of the bench. Kirilenko can do it all on the court including throwing a different look at Oscar on switches. The craftiness for Sam Jones leaves Ceej with no answer defensively.

The versatility, especially of our front court leaves Ceej with very little options other than playing his best players and attempting to adapt to our style of play.
We have the foundation and leadership to overcome the talent of Oscar. The three members of the Celtics dynasty will use their experience as teammates to energize our squad to a solid victory over Coach Ceej.