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No Oscar Robertson? I agree with the other choices, and I grew up in Southern California in the early 70s as a Lakers fan, but I'd take Robertson over West ...
I think it's very difficult to compare different eras in basketball. Watch any old video and almost all the players in the past look slow, skinny and unathletic. In order to be fair, you would have to make an assumption that a 1960's star (Big O for example) would have "upped" his training and conditioning to current standards. I remember, as a kid, watching Chamberlain and thinking he looked like a monster. Compared against today's players, he looked lean.
Even so, my team would be:
Point - Oscar
2 Guard - MJ
Small forward - Bird
Power forward - Pettit
Center - Russell
(And if my second team was: Magic, Kobe, Lebron, the Mailman and Wilt, practices would be a hoot.)
C - Wilt Chamberlain
PG - Oscar Robertson
SG - Michael Jordan
PF - Karl Malone
SF - Pete Maravich
Unstoppable triangle/pick and roll offense with the greatest passing center and pick and roll forward with Maravich hitting about 30 outside shots a game uncontested. If he's off, I think Michael, Oscar and Wilt can pick up the slack.
PG - John Stockton
SG - Michael Jordan
SF - Julius Erving (ABA version)
PF - Larry Bird (I am from Indiana na dhave to find a spot for him)
C - Wilt Chamberlain
