I Build My Perfect Team Around Shaquille O'Neal Using Today's NBA Players 

JJ auditioning for a GM job 😂

I would love to see a team be built around Charles Barkley next! That way Shaq and Charles can argue lol

If he can only use a player once, it would be cool to see him fill out 8 teams worth of pkayers and have someone run a 2k tournament.

Build around JaVale McGee next

AFTER theres like 4 or 8 of these made, JJ should host a playoff bracket with them, and have fans vote on which teams win in head to head mstchups

I think OG Anunoby at that 3 spot would make the team unbeatable

This just turns into an exercise of who has the best contracts for their value

Okay, Idea!! Once your done doing this series and have a bunch of teams made, do a collab video with KOT4Q(Kenny Beechum) and get him to put the teams into NBA 2k24 and see which one does best!?

I like it its realistic team building

When he said "I'm starting with the best shooter" I thought he was about to say KAT 😂😂😂

i need a build around JJ Redick team.

JJ dropped the ball in not mentioning one thing with Shaq and Curry. Shaq setting offball screens for curry to get open would be absolutely devastating. Convincing shaq to do that also might be devasting to a coach. Shaq was also a very underrated passer. Shaq hitting Curry woth darts coming off screens while hes getting doubled would be a sight to behold.

Shaq vs Jokic would be a movie!

I think I may have Team Jordan ahead but it really doesn't matter. Love the series, man. Kinda want to see Bird next.

I love these segments.

I love this segment. Crazy Shaq team

These are the type of era “comparisons” we need! Nuisances and informed while still being extremely entertaining!

Of course Jj adds himself to another one of these lists 😂 classic

Need more of these video's this is really cool!

These are great. Keep them coming please and thank you

I'm glad he's putting in the player limitation, makes it so much more interesting. I totally expected Naz Reid, JDub, and Derrick White on every roster.

Guys who needs to be on this series: -Bill Russell -Oscar Robertson -Julius Erving -Moses Malone -Charles Barkley -Hakeem Olajuwon -Scottie Pippen -Jason Kidd -Dwyane Wade

JJ you are a genius. I’m going to love this series. You continue to make us NBA nerds happy, thank you!

This is a cool thought experiment i like this. Do more of this. I demand it.

Love these build around segments

i love this segment!

when you said Tyus Jones and Daniel Gafford, I freaked out because those were the first 2 players that came to my mind based on what types of role players you wanted. This is fantastic roster construction and a great video!

re upload if im not mistaken ? still love it of course. thank you 🙏🏾

very elite team. i was expecting a herb jones pickup at some point but u got trey so .. same

This is a great segment... You guys are really pushing the envelope!!

JJ, you need to add who's coaching and offensive/defensive scheme

This segment is so much fun, but you gotta do something about the graphics. - JJ doesn’t need to cover 80% of the screen - have players placed on a half court with bench and include salary and total.

Love this segment

Shaq + Steph + even more spacing and defense = GOATed Team !

We need a playlist of this segment

After you make all of these builds, you should have a segment talking about how the rebuilt teams would match up against each other.

JJ burning through the best 2 way players early. Lauri, KCP, Derek White, Lou Dort.

Love this segment. I would like to see a team built around prime Jason Kidd and Zach Randolph

JJ def wants to be a general manager...

Shaq is causing an eclipse in the middle of that photo

If this series continues to grow and do well you should put these teams in NBA 2K and see what happens when you simulate the season. Appreciate you making this series and the thought you put into other than just grab the best player at every position and that you're limiting the times you can pick a player.

Awesome segment

Two solid squads 🔥🔥🔥

another great segment. curry and shaq would b fun to watch

Love this team. Absolutely love it. My starters were Steph, Bobby Portis, Herb Jones, and Keegan Murray. I like the Markkanen choice better than my Portis pick; I was trying to save money for bench depth, but apparently it can work with Lauri. With Steph in the backcourt I wanted some defense, size, length, and complementary shooting. As an aside, Tyus Jones doesn't get enough press; remember when Ja Morant was hurt last year and the Grizzlies had pretty much the same record with and without him? Tyus Jones was his backup. Then Jones signed with Washington, and now when Ja is hurt the Grizzlies are trash. They still have good players - JJJ and Bane are still there - but now the team doesn't function properly. Jones has been good but not amazing with Washington, pretty much like he was with Memphis; I think he probably needs talented teammates around him, but does a great job of maximizing them without needing to get his own stats. Curry and Shaq qualify as talented. Jones is literally the perfect backup PG for this group.

Great segment.

GOATed segment

Cool segment JJ

I cannot get enough of the build arounds. Reggie next!

Thats the best basketball segment in the internet rn

JJ could’ve stopped after Curry.

I'm really anxious to see you make a team around Bird!

Shaquille O'Neal - $51MM Stephen Curry - $51MM Lauri Markkanen - $18MM Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - $14MM Luguentz Dort - $15.2MM Tyus Jones - $14MM Daniel Gafford - $12MM Trey Murphy III - $3.5MM Kenrich Williams - $6MM

I love this segment. Eventually when you have like 10 build around teams you need to put them all in an NBA2K simulation tournament!

6:31 With that description I was convinced you'd be going with Brandin Podziemski or Jaime Jacquez. 😅

Great basketball content!!

Love when he does this

That is a really well tuned line up. Stackes up against build around Jordan evenly.

We need a Larry Bird segment next. Not the most athletic guy but can obviously play. Interested to hear your take on Larry in today's NBA and how you would disguise his lack of athleticism.

Fascinating! Please do hakeem next

This segment is particularly great because JJ is pragmatic about these lineups, as if he were a GM.

Going to try this in nba 2k

These are my favorite vids.

Someone should put all these teams in a 2k sim when JJ finishes this series Could make a fun video

Smart segment

That starting 5 is one of the most dynamic and solid teams I could possibly imagine. Everything is matchup nightmare. This team only loses if someone designs a team to beat it. Actually insane how good this list is.

JJ you‘re the goat for a segment like this

I would love to see this excercise done with the old greats like Bill Russel and Jerry West

Lauri is insane with Shaq. So good.

Curry is saving his best for last this season, like last year! I'm not worried one bit and I look forward to those play-in/playoff games!! 🥳🥳🤩🤩

Love this segment... How about Steve Nash?

Clique Productions should make a playoff simulation video based on jj's teams

Joe Tsai reaching out to JJ’s agent for the Brooklyn GM gig after this

I love the starting five plus Gaff and Jones... Although I think Trey Murphy is solid, I feel like there could have been a better guy for that slot (Maybe more experience / a veteran). And I guess Williams is decent value for his contract, but give me Peyton Watson in that role. He is nimble, tall, dunks hard, has an attitude, and he's quick. Those things are perfect to pair with Gaff and to complement Shaq, especially when he's on the bench

Someone should simulate a season with these build around teams for conversation on the pod.

I'd love to see you do AI and Tim Duncan!

It would be really interesting to see a round table draft event where each person/group gets 1 legend from the semi-recent past and have to draft against each other using today’s league.

Was thinking Grayson & Alvarado for the last 2 but this team is insanely good

Danny2K should build all the teams that JJ makes and put them in a league on 2K and see what happens!

That team would DOMINATE

Even though these segments are about imagining past greats playing today, I do want JJ to assemble a team around Wemby.

I was screaming Trey Murphy. So glad I waited to finish the video before I commented

That's a GREAT team

Kenrich Williams s/o Waco tx this team goated

Question:- who's coaching them??

Larry Bird would be a fun build around. Maybe a team built around him, Embiid, and a guard that is good at finishing.

As Laker fans since 1974, I appreciate Shaq and the whole team back then especially, Kobe Bryant, helping Shaquille O'Neal finally winning not 1 Championship but 3 championships, after Shaq could not win a championship for 8 years.

I'd absolutely love to see Shaq and Steph but i feel like Shai would make a ton of sense too since hes sort of like a cross between Penny and Kobe. Or Tatum and KD would be interesting too. Also would like to see Chet instead of Lauri. Might as well use the whole OKC team up in two builds and i think he complements Shaq better than Lauri. Plus that leaves more cap room for a guy like OG Anounuby who would fit better on the wings. The most game over unfair build you could do would be Shaq and Wemby. Good luck stopping or trying to score on that pair. Can you imagine a Wemby /Shaq pick and roll 😬

i feel like kcp is such a perfect fit for a championship contender theres a real reason he has 2 championships. a poa defender that can shoot is just so valuable and he's elite at both

This was like a trivia for me..guessed almost all except dort and lauri..Thought og would have been there instead of dort

I want JJ working with Sean Marks on the Nets!!

Here’s a starting 5 that Shaq would love: 1. Shaq 2. Dwight ‘The Real Superman’ Howard 3. Javale ‘Shaqtin a Fool’ McGee 4. Rudy Gobert 5. Steve ‘2 time MVP’ Nash

I would put 3 Big Macs and a combo fry smoothie around Shaq.

Wemby would honestly be really good as a 4 as a wing defender and maybe even a 3 and d guy

Favorite player with that favorite picture😂

325 lbs Shaq in today's NBA versus the twig's at center and PF today wouldn't be fair.

team is sick

I was thinking Herb Jones at the 3 but Dort will do

Fun fact: But Shaq would be A 25 minute a night player in today’s NBA. He would be out there to dominate as much as possible for short stretches, but he would be a complete liability on defense over the course of a whole game. That being said, It would be extremely difficult to guard him if he had great shooters around him as well.

Markkanen Interview would be very nice