NBA All-time teams (Phoenix Suns/Milwaukee Bucks)

[alfdogg]

Denver Nuggets est. 1976

NBA titles: 0
NBA Finals appearances: 0
Best Finish: West Finals, 1978 (lost 4-2 to Seattle Supersonics)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Alex English (21,645)
Rebounding: Dan Issel (5,707)
Assists: Alex English (3,679)
Steals: Fat Lever (1,167)
Blocks: Dikembe Mutombo (1,486)
3-point FG: J.R. Smith (768)

Denver Nuggets All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Nikola Jokic
PF: Kiki Vandeweghe
SF: Alex English
SG: David Thompson
PG: Fat Lever

Reserves:
Dan Issel
Dikembe Mutombo
Carmelo Anthony
Antonio McDyess
Andre Miller
Chauncey Billups
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

Honorable mentions: Marcus Camby, Kenneth Faried, Jamal Murray

 

[Youth N Asia]

Alex English may be the most under appreciated scorer in NBA history.

 

[alfdogg]

Dallas Mavericks est. 1980

NBA titles: 1 (2011)
NBA Finals appearances: 2 (2006, 2011)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Dirk Nowitzki (31,560)
Rebounding: Dirk Nowitzki (11,489)
Assists: Derek Harper (5,111)
Steals: Derek Harper (1,551)
Blocks: Dirk Nowitzki (1,281)
3-point FG: Dirk Nowitzki (1,982)

Dallas Mavericks All-Time Roster

Starters:

C: Shawn Bradley
PF: Dirk Nowitzki
SF: Mark Aguirre
SG: Michael Finley
PG: Derek Harper

Reserves:
Tyson Chandler
Jason Kidd
Steve Nash
Rolando Blackman
Luka Doncic
Jason Terry
Sam Perkins

Honorable mentions: Jamal Mashburn, Josh Howard, James Donaldson

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Damn, no Jason Terry?

 

[alfdogg]

I forgot. Take Brad Davis off

 

[alfdogg]

Indiana Pacers est. 1976

NBA Titles: 0
NBA Finals appearances: 1 (2000)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Reggie Miller (25,279)
Rebounding: Dale Davis (6,006)
Assists: Reggie Miller (4,141)
Steals: Reggie Miller (1,505)
Blocks: Jermaine O'Neal (1,245)
3-point FG: Reggie Miller (2,560)

Indiana Pacers All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Rik Smits
PF: Jermaine O'Neal
SF: Paul George
SG: Reggie Miller
PG: Mark Jackson

Reserves:
Clark Kellogg
Dale Davis
Detlef Schrempf
Danny Granger
Chuck Person
Jalen Rose
Vern Fleming

Honorable mentions: Domantas Sabonis, Billy Knight, Lance Stephenson

The Lance shoutout is purely sentimental. My favorite non Reggie Miller-era Pacer.

 

[alfdogg]

Chicago Bulls est. 1966

NBA Titles: 6
NBA Finals appearances: 6 (1991-93, 1996-98)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Michael Jordan (29,277)
Rebounding: Michael Jordan (5,836)
Assists: Michael Jordan (5,012)
Steals: Michael Jordan (2,308)
Blocks: Artis Gilmore (1,029)
3-point FG: Kirk Hinrich (1,049)

Chicago Bulls All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Artis Gilmore
PF: Bob Love
SF: Scottie Pippen
SG: Michael Jordan
PG: Derrick Rose

Reserves:
Joakim Noah
Dennis Rodman
Horace Grant
Luol Deng
Chet Walker
Toni Kukoc
Jerry Sloan

Honorable mentions: Jimmy Butler, Norm Van Lier, Reggie Theus

This is easily the hardest one I've tackled so far. The starters were pretty easy, but I had a list of 17 guys that I stared at for a good half hour wondering "who the fuck do I take off". The last decision I had to make was cutting one of the non-Pippen SF's, and even though Butler was probably the best one at his peak, his cumulative numbers, longevity and team success arguably ranked the lowest of the four. I'm sure not everyone will agree with that decision, but oh well, it's my list

 

[Brocklock]

Bulls 3 Pointers Made Leader Kirk Hinrich is crying somewhere, but I wouldn't have him on my All Bulls team either. If Zach LaVine has another year like he had this year and the Bulls actually make the playoffs and he has a good showing, he might have an argument. It's too soon right now for me to have him on that list. Especially if Butler is on honorable mentions because as an all around player, Butler crushes LaVine even just with their Bulls runs imo.

Really good list. I might of snuck Norm in, but I always loved him as an announcer and they might cloud my judgment. I'm very limited with my knowledge of pre Jordan Bulls, but those guys all were great players and I wish there was more footage available.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Rik’s hair is sick.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Damn just noticed artis’s

 

[alfdogg]

Buffalo Braves est. 1970 (1970-1978), San Diego Clippers (1978-1984), Los Angeles Clippers (1984-present)

NBA Titles: 0
NBA Finals appearances: 0
Best Finish: West Finals, 2021 (lost 4-2 to Phoenix Suns)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Randy Smith (12,735)
Rebounding: DeAndre Jordan (7,988)
Assists: Chris Paul (4,023)
Steals: Randy Smith (1,072)
Blocks: DeAndre Jordan (1,277)
3-point FG: Eric Piatkowski (738)

Los Angeles Clippers All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Bob McAdoo
PF: Blake Griffin
SF: Corey Maggette
SG: Randy Smith
PG: Chris Paul

Reserves:
Elton Brand
DeAndre Jordan
Chris Kaman
Jamal Crawford
Danny Manning
Paul George
World B. Free

Honorable mentions: Norm Nixon, Loy Vaught, Ron Harper

Smith was with the franchise for its entire run in Buffalo aside from the first season. He held the consecutive games played record at 906 before it was broken by A.C. Green. He averaged 20+ PPG four straight seasons while there, peaking at 24.6, and was All-Star Game MVP in 1978.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I would say that you can tell by the write-ups, which teams are the reasons why @Alfdogg wanted to put himself through this, in the first place, and which teams he's just doing because he feels like he's not allowed to leave any out... except for the fact that there's basically no write-up on the Pacers, at all.

 

[alfdogg]

Tri-Cities Blackhawks est. 1949 (1949-51), Milwaukee Hawks (1951-55), St. Louis Hawks (1955-68), Atlanta Hawks (1968-present)

NBA Titles: 1 (1958)
NBA Finals appearances: 4 (1957-58, 1960-61)

All-Time Leaders:
Scoring: Dominique Wilkins (23,292)
Rebounding: Bob Pettit (12,849)
Assists: Doc Rivers (3,866)
Steals: Mookie Blaylock (1,321)
Blocks: Tree Rollins (2,283)
3-point FG: Mookie Blaylock (1,050)

Atlanta Hawks All-Time Roster

Starters:

C: Tree Rollins
PF: Bob Pettit
SF: Dominique Wilkins
SG: Pete Maravich
PG: Mookie Blaylock

Reserves:
Lou Hudson
Dikembe Mutombo
Dan Roundfield
Kevin Willis
Cliff Hagan
Joe Johnson
Lenny Wilkens

Honorable mentions: John Drew, Doc Rivers, Zelmo Beaty

Another team here that was pretty challenging, a lot of great players to come through this franchise. There were several players I thought I would for sure have on the team when they were coming up that ended up not making it. Hudson could easily have started instead of Maravich, but I stayed true to position and most of Hudson's time was spent at SF, which obviously is Dominique.

 

[King Kamala]

Zaza Pachulia shoulda gotten an honorable mention for nearly inspiring the Hawks to defeat the GOAT Team.

 

[alfdogg]

Syracuse Nationals est. 1949 (1949-63), Philadelphia 76ers (1963-present)

NBA Titles: 3 (1955, 1967, 1983)
NBA Finals appearances: 9 (1950, 1954-55, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1982-83, 2001)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Hal Greer (21,586)
Rebounding: Dolph Schayes (11,256)
Assists: Maurice Cheeks (6,212)
Steals: Maurice Cheeks (1,942)
Blocks: Julius Erving (1,293)
3-point FG: Allen Iverson (885)

Philadelphia 76ers All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Wilt Chamberlain
PF: Charles Barkley
SF: Julius Erving
SG: Allen Iverson
PG: Maurice Cheeks

Reserves:
Hal Greer
Dolph Schayes
Moses Malone
Billy Cunningham
Joel Embiid
George McGinnis
Doug Collins

Honorable mentions: Andrew Toney, Andre Iguodala, Darryl Dawkins

Was probably a bit unfair to the older generations with this one, but it's kinda hard to justify leaving AI and Chuck on the bench. Schayes shot 38% for his career as a power forward.

 

[alkeiper]

No argument here. Perhaps an honorable mention for Manute Bol because he's Manute Bol.

 

[King Kamala]

Bizarre that Hal Greer is still the all time scoring leader but when you stop and think about it, he probably is the most prolific scorer that spent his entire career with the Sixers. All of the other franchise tentpoles either started their career somewhere else (Dr. J) or left (AI, Wilt, Chuck).

Kind of amazed that AI had 4,000+ points away from the Sixers cause he really only had that one great season outside of Philly before his vices caught up to him hard.

 

[alfdogg]

Miami Heat est. 1988

NBA titles: 3 (2006, 2012-13)
NBA Finals appearances: 6 (2006, 2011-14, 2020)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Dwyane Wade (21,556)
Rebounding: Udonis Haslem (5,755)
Assists: Dwyane Wade (5,310)
Steals: Dwyane Wade (1,492)
Blocks: Alonzo Mourning (1,625)
3-point FG: Tim Hardaway (806)

Miami Heat All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Alonzo Mourning
PF: Chris Bosh
SF: LeBron James
SG: Dwyane Wade
PG: Tim Hardaway

Reserves:
Udonis Haslem
Shaquille O'Neal
Glen Rice
Eddie Jones
Rony Seikaly
Brian Grant
Goran Dragic

Honorable Mentions: P.J. Brown, Steve Smith, Hassan Whiteside

 

[alfdogg]

San Diego Rockets est. 1967 (1967-71), Houston Rockets (1971-present)

NBA titles: 2 (1994-95)
NBA Finals appearances: 4 (1981, 1986, 1994-95)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Hakeem Olajuwon (26,511)
Rebounding: Hakeem Olajuwon (13,382)
Assists: James Harden (4,796)
Steals: Hakeem Olajuwon (2,088)
Blocks: Hakeem Olajuwon (3,740)
3-point FG: James Harden (2,029)

Houston Rockets All-Time Roster (featuring another one of @cobainwasmurdered 's fave players!)

Starters:
C: Hakeem Olajuwon
PF: Rudy Tomjanovich
SF: Tracy McGrady
SG: James Harden
PG: Calvin Murphy

Reserves:
Moses Malone
Elvin Hayes
Yao Ming
Otis Thorpe
Ralph Sampson
Clyde Drexler
Steve Francis

Honorable mentions: Vernon Maxwell, Kenny Smith, Robert Horry

T-Mac actually played more at SG for the Rockets, but he was basically the only guy who played SF who I thought was a viable choice to be on the team.

 

[alfdogg]

Portland Trailblazers est. 1970

NBA Titles: 1 (1977)
NBA Finals appearances: 3 (1977, 1990, 1992)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Clyde Drexler (18,040)
Rebounding: LaMarcus Aldridge (5,434)
Assists: Terry Porter (5,319)
Steals: Clyde Drexler (1,795)
Blocks: Mychal Thompson (768)
3-point FG: Damian Lillard (2,051)

Portland Trailblazers All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Bill Walton
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge
SF: Jerome Kersey
SG: Clyde Drexler
PG: Damian Lillard

Reserves:
Clifford Robinson
Arvydas Sabonis
Mychal Thompson
Maurice Lucas
Sidney Wicks
Brandon Roy
Terry Porter

Honorable mentions: Rasheed Wallace, Geoff Petrie, CJ McCollum

Next up is the Thunder franchise and it will be a combined Sonics/Thunder team. Just preparing you guys

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

CJ not good enough for an honourable mention? averaged 20+ points all but two seasons for them.

 

[alfdogg]

I probably didn't give him a close enough look first time around. But going back, yeah, he probably deserves it over Kiki. I didn't realize he had been doing that for six years now.

 

[alfdogg]

Seattle Supersonics est. 1967 (1967-2008), Oklahoma City Thunder (2008-present)

NBA Titles: 1 (1979)
NBA Finals appearances: 4 (1978-79, 1996, 2012)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Russell Westbrook (18,859)
Rebounding: Jack Sikma (7,729)
Assists: Gary Payton (7,384)
Steals: Gary Payton (2107)
Blocks: Serge Ibaka (1300)
3-point FG: Kevin Durant (1,143)

All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Jack Sikma
PF: Shawn Kemp
SF: Kevin Durant
SG: Ray Allen
PG: Gary Payton

Reserves:
Russell Westbrook
Spencer Haywood
Xavier McDaniel
Tom Chambers
Fred Brown
Dale Ellis
Dennis Johnson

Honorable mentions: Detlef Schrempf, Lenny Wilkens, Serge Ibaka

I couldn't even bring myself to say "OKC all-time roster" because only one player never played for the team in Seattle. Obviously the starting PG was the big decision, but when it came down to it Gary Payton was basically Mr. Sonic, and there's serious debate about whether you can say Westbrook was that for the Thunder.

 

[AA484]

Not sure if I buy Xavier McDaniel being on there over Detlef

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I couldn't even bring myself to say "OKC all-time roster" because only one player never played for the team in Seattle. Obviously the starting PG was the big decision, but when it came down to it Gary Payton was basically Mr. Sonic, and there's serious debate about whether you can say Westbrook was that for the Thunder.

Nate McMillan was "Mr. Sonic," thank you very much.

 

[alfdogg]

My last cut came down to Xavier/Chambers/Detlef. I don't think you can go wrong with any combo, but in the end Detlef's best year statistically was still lower than an average season from the other two over their period with the team.

 

[AA484]

My last cut came down to Xavier/Chambers/Detlef. I don't think you can go wrong with any combo, but in the end Detlef's best year statistically was still lower than an average season from the other two over their period with the team.

I get that but Detlef was on a better team and contributed more to that team's success and made an All-NBA team and two All-Star games. At any rate, I have a less of a problem with this now that I went back and saw Detlef was on the all-time Pacers roster (not sure why I thought you had left him off)

 

[alfdogg]

New Orleans Jazz est. 1974 (1974-79), Utah Jazz (1979-present)

NBA Titles: 0
NBA Finals appearances: 2 (1997-98)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: Karl Malone (36,374)
Rebounding: Karl Malone (14,601)
Assists: John Stockton (15,806)
Steals: John Stockton (3,265)
Blocks: Mark Eaton (3,064)
3-point FG: Joe Ingles (993)

Utah Jazz All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Mark Eaton
PF: Karl Malone
SF: Adrian Dantley
SG: Pete Maravich
PG: John Stockton

Reserves:
Rudy Gobert
Carlos Boozer
Andrei Kirilenko
Darrell Griffith
Jeff Hornacek
Donovan Mitchell
Deron Williams

Honorable mentions: Gordon Hayward, Mehmet Okur, Greg Ostertag

Pretty easy one here. A lot of people would probably take Gobert instead of Eaton, and I wouldn't argue with them, but for me it was hard to go against 3 1/2 blocks a game over 11 years, including one year where he averaged almost six blocks per game.

 

[alfdogg]

Five teams to go, and as usual the Suns and Bucks will wait until after the Finals have concluded.

 

[alfdogg]

Boston Celtics est. 1946

NBA Titles: 17 (1957, 1959-66, 1968-69, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2008)
NBA Finals appearances: 21 (1957-66, 1968-69, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984-87, 2008, 2010)

All-time leaders:
Scoring: John Havlicek (26,395)
Rebounding: Bill Russell (21,620)
Assists: Bob Cousy (6,945)
Steals: Paul Pierce (1,583)
Blocks: Robert Parish (1,703)
3-point FG: Paul Pierce (1,823)

Boston Celtics All-Time Roster

Starters:
C: Bill Russell
PF: Kevin McHale
SF: Larry Bird
SG: Sam Jones
PG: Bob Cousy

Reserves:
John Havlicek
Dave Cowens
Robert Parish
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Jo Jo White
Dennis Johnson

Honorable mentions: Bill Sharman, Nate Archibald, Reggie Lewis

Not nearly as hard as I thought it would be.