All Decade NBA Starting Fives

I have a lot of time on my hands. With no NBA on, and probably no shot of their season resuming this year, I wanted to do a little project to spark some debate and have some quality fun. I’ve seen a ton of people do all-time franchise teams in the past. While that is definitely fun to compile and the teams would be way better, I’m not going to pretend like I watched any of those players. I’m 22 years old, I don’t admire the game of John Stockton and I wasn’t actively routing for Dr. J. As you’ll see, this will really hurt some teams in here I struggled to even name five starters. For that reason though, this is the last 10 years of NBA ball.

Rules:

Each team get’s a starting five and a sixth man from the last 10 years (2010-2020 season.) We’re allowed to play around with lineups to fit the modern NBA style, so we don’t necessarily need a pg, sg, sf…etc. Each player we select has to have finished a complete season with their team. So Jimmy Butler can (and will) be on the Sixers lineup, but not the Heat. Similarly, Durant or Kyrie cannot count for the Nets (sorry nets fans.) Lastly, the player that we select is their form when they actually played for that selected team, not their best years. So Garnet would ideally be on the Celtics, not staring in the new bug-out Sandler movie Uncut Gems, or the Nets again. There will be a ton of overlap here obviously, and again: THIS SEASON DOES NOT COUNT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A FULL SEASON.

Thanks to all the people that helped me form these squads because while I am a huge hoops fan, I don’t necessarily remember how many rebounds Zach Randolph had in 2014. Also, after doing some reasarch, I think Jason Terry played for every team in the NBA.

Here we go…

 

Atlanta Hawks:

Trae Young

Joe Johnson

Josh Smith

Al Horford

Paul Millsap

6 man: Jamaal Crawford

Boston Celtics:

Kyrie Irving

Paul Pierce

Ray Allen

Jayson Tatum

Kevin Garnett

6 man: Al Horford/ Rajon Rondo

 

Brooklyn Nets:

DeAngelo Russell

Joe Johnson

Caris Levert 

Jarrett Allen

Brook Lopez

6 man: Deron Williams 

 

Charlotte Hornets:

Kemba Walker

Gerald Henderson

Jeremy Lamb

Nicolas Batum

Al Jefferson

6 man: Terry Rozier

(This is possibly the worst team. I struggled to find anyone relevant to plug in here.)

Chicago Bulls:

Derrick Rose

Jimmy Butler

Loul Deng

Joakim Noah 

Carlos Boozer

6 man: Dwayne Wade/ Kirk Hinrich/ Pau Gasol

This team is dangerous.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Kyrie Irving

LeBron James

Kevin Love

Tristan Thompson

Zydrunas Illgauskas (Big Z!)

6 man: Deon Waiters

Dallas Mavericks:

Jason Kidd

Luka Doncic

Shawn Merion

Dirk Nowistki 

Tyson Chandler

6 man: OJ Mayo

Denver Nuggets:

Jamal Murray

Ty Lawson

Carmelo Anthony

Nikola Jokic

Nene

6 man: Jameer Nelson/ Paul Millsap

Detroit Pistons:

Ben Gordon

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

Tayshon Prince

Blake Griffin 

Andre Drummond

6 man: Marcus Morris/ Brandon Jennings

(Unfortunately the Pistons have been a joke since 2010, go back a few years and they got a nice squad.)

Golden State Warriors:

Steph Curry

Klay Thompson

Andre Igoudala

Kevin Durant

Draymond Green

6 man: Monta Ellis/ Andrew Bogus

(This was one was pretty simple…)

Houston Rockets:

Chris Paul

James Harden

Eric Gordon

Clint Capella

Dwight Howard

6 man: Trevor Ariza

Indiana Pacers:

Victor Oladipo 

Paul George

Lance Stephenson

Domantas Sabonis

Roy Hibbert

6 man: Danny Granger/ Thad Young

Los Angeles Clippers:

Chris Paul

Pat Beverly

Blake Griffin

Tobias Harris

DeAndre Jordan

6 man: Lou willllll, JJ Redick

(What could have been if this season finished. As a Sixers fan it sucks how nice Tobi was with the Clips.)

Los Angeles Lakers:

Lonzo Ball

Kobe Bryant

Lebron James

Pau Gasol

Andrew Bynum

6 man: Lou Willllllllll/ Kyle Kuzma

(wow..)

Memphis Grizzlies:

Ja Morant

Mike Conley Jr.

Rudy Gay

Marc Gasol

Zach Randolph

6 man: Josh Jackson/ Chandler Parsons

Miami Heat:

Goran Dragic

Dwayne Wade

Lebron James

Chris Bosh

Bam Adebayo 

6 man: Ray Allen/ Shane Battier

Milwaukee Bucks:

Brandon Jennings

Malcolm Brogdon

Khris Middleton

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Andrew Bogut

6 man: Brook Lopez/ Jabari Parker

Minnesota Timberwolves:

best friends…..

Ricky Rubio

Andrew Wiggins

Jimmy Butler

Kevin Love

Karl Anthony Towns

6 man: Al Jefferson/ Zach Lavine

New Orleans Pelicans:

Jrue Holiday 

JJ Redick

Eric Gordon

Julius Randle

Anthony Davis

6 man: Lance Stephenson/Julius Randle

(I don’t even really know how this works with the hornets or whatever, so I’ll keep Cp3 out of here, he’s been on enough teams anyway. Sucks that Zion didn’t get his full season.)

New York Knicks:

(Linsanity!!!!)

Dennis Smith Jr. 

Jeremy Lin

Carmelo Anthony 

Amar’e Stoudemire

Kristaps Porzingis

6 man: Marcus Morris

Oklahoma City Thunder:

Russell Westbrook

James Harden

Paul George

Kevin Durant

Serge Ibaka

6 man: Steven Adams

(yeeeeeeeesh.)

 

Orlando Magic:

Jameer Nelson

JJ Redick 

Rashaad Lewis

Nikola Vucevic 

Dwight Howard

6 man: Aaron Gordon

 

Philadelphia 76ers:

I’m sure I’ll have some chirps for this one.

Ben Simmons 

Jrue Holiday

Jimmy Butler

Andre Igaudala

Joel Embiid 

6 man: Josh Richardson/ Iverson when he came back for his last season..love that guy. 

 

Phoenix Suns:

Devin Booker

Steve Nash

PJ Tucker

Markieff Morris

DeAndre Ayton

6 man: Miles Plumlee/Gerald Green

 

Portland Trail Blazers:

Damian Lillard

CJ McCollum

Brandon Roy

Jusuf Nurkic

LaMarcus Aldridge

6 man: Meyers Leonard

 

Sacramento Kings:

De’Aaron Fox

Rajon Rondo

Omri Caspi

Tyreke Evans

DeMarcus Cousins

6 man: Marvin Bagley/ Isiah Thomas

San Antonio Spurs:

Tony Parker

Kawhi Leonard 

Manu Ginobili

DeMarcus Aldridge

Tim Duncan

6 man: DeMar DeRozan/ DeJounte Murray

(these guys were definitely older but definitely still balling.)

 

Toronto Raptors:

Kyle Lowry

Kawhi Leonard 

DeMar DeRozan

Chris Bosh (last season before Miami) 

Pascal Siakam

6 man: Bismack Biyombo/ Jonas Valanciunas

Utah Jazz:

Donovan Mitchell 

Gordan Hayward

Kyle Korver

Rudy Gobert (Corona spreader) 

Derrick Favors

6 man: Raja Bell (just remember this guy for some reason, don’t really care about the Jazz bench.) 

 

Washington Wizards

John Wall 

Gilbert Arenas (2010 was last year with Wiz before gun situation.)

Bradley Beal

Davis Bertans

Trevor Booker

6 man: Swaggy P