The NBA All Hands Teams were introduced this week. First, I want to congratulate Josh Smith for making the third team. I beg of you Atlanta, please do not trade this guy. The first team consisted of Nash - G (7.74), Kidd -G (7.65), Ben Wallace - C (6.20), Duncan - F (4.80), and Garnett - F (4.06). The stats don’t lie, these guys are good. For all those folks who may have written Ben off when he left Detroit, he is still the man. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to see the numbers on some of the past NBA greats. I used career numbers instead of those from just one season.

First, the formula for the All Hands team.

Giveaways (average assists minus average turnovers) + Takeaways (average steals plus average blocked shots) + Finesse (average offensive rebounds minus average personal fouls) = X

Here is how the all time greats stack up:

First, Michael Jordan - G: (GA) 1.08 + (TA) 3.17 + (F) -1.04 = 3.21

Magic Johnson - G: (GA) 3.04 + (TA) 2.31 + (F) -.5 = 4.85

John Koncak - C: (GA) .21 + (TA) 1.69 + (F) -1.80 = .10

Moses Malone - F: (GA) -1.46 + (TA) 2.11 + (F) 2.75 = 3.40 (Moses was a man on the offensive glass)

Larry Bird - F: (GA) 3.16 + (TA) 2.57 + (F) -.59 = 5.14

Looking at the metrics which make up the final number, I think they need another category for Shooting guards. Otherwise Jordan never would have made it and current players like Carter, McGrady, and Kobe are going to have one hell of a time making the list. Wade being on the list is pretty impressive, since he is more like a shooting guard than a point. I wonder how Dwayne Shintzius woulda measured up?

Oh yeah - Go Vols! Beating Kentucky with the former all galaxy Vol forward Bernard King in the house.