Best case: Athletic 7-footer capable of anchoring defense and finishing at the rim -- Robin Lopez. Worst case: Third-string center without skill to do much more than commit six hard fouls -- Jarron Collins. Shot creation: Excellent shooter with quick...

Pistons, a team that won a championship despite not having one of the upper-echelon players in the league. Chauncey Billups and Rasheed Wallace were better in '04 than any of our current players and Ben Wallace was the best defensive player in the league.

We had Dick and Tom Van Arsdale both for a season way back when. As I recall, management did it as kind of a retirement sendoff for Dick (who had always wanted to play on the same team with his brother) for being the backbone of the Suns through those...