Just goin on they college career...
Sleepy was a small 2. Chris'd be shootin over him 24/7.
Say what you want when he was in the pros, but Jax was BE defensive playa of the year. Aint no joke.
Zo was a force when he wudn't hurt. But even he wouldn't be able to stop the Truth from scorin. No human bein could.
Malik and Reggie Will had similar bodies and games.
Ewing'd kill any center so that's that.
My biggest concern would be Ewing. I don't think Zo and Ewing would play well on the floor together. That two-center look almost never works.
I think Jayson Williams, Walter Berry, and Wennington are more than enough not let them kill us up front.
I think the St. John's team just fits better together. Iverson and Ewing are not winners or team players. Jackson, Mulin, Artest, etc are.
If they run out with Iverson at point, they've already lost.
How can you say Ewing is not a winner and Mullin,Artest and Jackson are?
Because Ewing never played to his ability--which is much better than the three STJ players you mentioned. No excuse for him to not win that 85 championship game. One of the biggest chokes in sports history.
Also, remember the Knicks years? How does he not win one title? He went head to head with Hakeem and lost. He didn't even make it the other year Hakeem's rockets won it.
Artest led his team to the Elite 8 as a soph. We were one shot from the Final Four. I think we win it all with if he stays his junior year. Also, look at what he is doing in the NBA. No Yao or McGrady and his team wins. He doesn't even have to score to help (10 rebounds, six assists last night). He is also known as one of the most relentless players and best defenders of this generation.
As for Jackson, the dude was just always around winning teams. And he was the prototypical PG and team leader.