All-Decade* Team

I'll go with the following 15-man All-Decade Team, with the caveat that longevity is factored in along with brilliance while a Rocket (hence, Artest doesn't make the first team):

First Team:
Steve Francis
Tracy McGrady
Shane Battier
Luis Scola
Yao Ming

Second Team:
Aaron Brooks
Cuttino Mobley
Ron Artest
Carl Landry
Dikembe Mutombo

Third Team:
Rafer Alston
Kevin Martin
Jim Jackson
Kenny Thomas
Chuck Hayes

Honorable Mention: David Wesley, Bob Sura, Juwan Howard, Kyle Lowry


Also, no offense to the OP, but it looks like you never watched a Rockets game before the McGrady trade. Could just be a coincidence, though. But no way Francis, Mobley and perhaps even Jackson don't make it onto an All-Decade Team SOMEWHERE.

 

I'll 2nd this...

 

Steve Francis (02)
Kevin Martin (10)
Tracy Mcgrady (05)
Luis Scola (10)
Yao Ming (08)

and only 3 backups

Kyle Lowry (10)
Ron Artest (09)
Chuck Hayes (10)

bam! No one can beat this. This is a championship rotation

 

HTML:

Lowy, Artest, Battier, Hayes, and Deke.

Coach : JVG

SF3, Martin, TMac, Scola, Yao

Coach : Adelman

Which team will win?

 

I think Batum was traded draft night? I'm liking Terrance Williams though. If someone in our organization can get him focused fully on improving his basketball skillset, he could be a top 20 player in this league. He has loads more potential than Batum. Of course potential is a french word meaning you ain't done **** yet.

 

I'll take '09 Brooks over Kyle Lowry then would probably start Brooks over Francis. We talk about his lack of play-making ability, but who created the majority of ABs league-leading 209 3 pointers at 40% no less? And he's clutch! SMH at the Lowry lovers. He's an expensive back-up or hot trade item.

 

of course but we also need defense, and I'd rather have

defense + decent offense > great offense + no defense

 

Kinda puts a damper on your ability to rationally put together an All-Decade Team, though, doesn't it. Probably not the greatest idea for someone to do so for a decade in which he only knows about 5 years.



(It's all good, though. Interesting discussion.)