All-Decade Teams: Best NBA players of the 2010s

[CelticsElite]

One of the dumbest things I've ever seen

First off, the 2010s aren't over yet

Second off, carmelo accomplished literally nothing to deserve any sort of praise or recognition

Third off, lamarcus is a joke lol

[Birdman]

Dirk Nowitzki?

[gouki88]

Dirk Nowitzki?

Yeah, amazed Dirk didn't get the nod over someone like Melo. Dirk won the most special ring of the 2010's

[RJ87]

Lamarcus Aldridge seems random in comparison to the others.  I'd even put Horford ahead of him... I mean, Horford has been on a lot of winning teams in the past 10 years.

Yeah, I'd put Horford in there. Maybe Marc Gasol too.

Aldridge is 6th in the decade in points scored and had more starts than any other front court player (according to the write-up).  He had 7 all star appearances and 5 All NBA Teams.  It wasn't in the article but he also had 3 top 10 MVP finishes.  For the decade he averaged 20.8 ppg.  Al Horford has never averaged more than 18.6 in any given season.  Horford has 1 All NBA Team (also has 1 defensive team) and 5 all star games (and has never received a MVP vote).  Gasol has the DPOY, but other than that is a significantly worse candidate than Aldridge. 

This just strikes me more as forgetting just how good Aldridge has been than anything else.  I guess that happens spending your career in Portland and San Antonio.

Agreed. I think people don't realize how good Lamarcus is. And it's not like he's played on lottery teams. He's basically been a lock for All-star and All-NBA play since 2011.

[Birdman]

Dirk Nowitzki?

Yeah, amazed Dirk didn't get the nod over someone like Melo. Dirk won the most special ring of the 2010's

Yea i think Dirk should been on 3rd team at least..

[gouki88]

Lamarcus Aldridge seems random in comparison to the others.  I'd even put Horford ahead of him... I mean, Horford has been on a lot of winning teams in the past 10 years.

Yeah, I'd put Horford in there. Maybe Marc Gasol too.

Aldridge is 6th in the decade in points scored and had more starts than any other front court player (according to the write-up).  He had 7 all star appearances and 5 All NBA Teams.  It wasn't in the article but he also had 3 top 10 MVP finishes.  For the decade he averaged 20.8 ppg.  Al Horford has never averaged more than 18.6 in any given season.  Horford has 1 All NBA Team (also has 1 defensive team) and 5 all star games (and has never received a MVP vote).  Gasol has the DPOY, but other than that is a significantly worse candidate than Aldridge. 

This just strikes me more as forgetting just how good Aldridge has been than anything else.  I guess that happens spending your career in Portland and San Antonio.

Agreed. I think people don't realize how good Lamarcus is. And it's not like he's played on lottery teams. He's basically been a lock for All-star and All-NBA play since 2011.

He's basically been a walking 20/10 over the decade, and has changed his game to a degree to adapt to the modern league. I'd bump him to 2nd team over Melo, and drop Melo for Dirk.

And also drop Kobe for someone

[Moranis]

Lamarcus Aldridge seems random in comparison to the others.  I'd even put Horford ahead of him... I mean, Horford has been on a lot of winning teams in the past 10 years.

Yeah, I'd put Horford in there. Maybe Marc Gasol too.

Aldridge is 6th in the decade in points scored and had more starts than any other front court player (according to the write-up).  He had 7 all star appearances and 5 All NBA Teams.  It wasn't in the article but he also had 3 top 10 MVP finishes.  For the decade he averaged 20.8 ppg.  Al Horford has never averaged more than 18.6 in any given season.  Horford has 1 All NBA Team (also has 1 defensive team) and 5 all star games (and has never received a MVP vote).  Gasol has the DPOY, but other than that is a significantly worse candidate than Aldridge. 

This just strikes me more as forgetting just how good Aldridge has been than anything else.  I guess that happens spending your career in Portland and San Antonio.

Agreed. I think people don't realize how good Lamarcus is. And it's not like he's played on lottery teams. He's basically been a lock for All-star and All-NBA play since 2011.

He's basically been a walking 20/10 over the decade, and has changed his game to a degree to adapt to the modern league. I'd bump him to 2nd team over Melo, and drop Melo for Dirk.

And also drop Kobe for someone

The thing is Dirk just wasn't very good for most of the decade.  Only 3 All NBA Teams (the first 3 of the decade).  5 All Star games (not counting this year).  Games played are way down.  And yeah the Mavs had that incredible playoff run, but those were the only 4 playoff series the Mavs won this decade and they haven't been in the playoffs the last 3.  Dirk's prime was in the 00's not the 10's. 

[Csfan1984]

It's hard to have a perfect list especially if they value all star appearances. Some guys get in because they are popular. Didn't Yao Ming get voted in a year he didn't even play? I like

Curry, Paul, Westbrook
Harden, Thompson, Wade
LeBron, KD, Leonard
AD, Griffin, Giannis
Aldridge, Cousins, Marc Gasol

[nickagneta]

Aldridge in the 2010's is very much like Pau Gasol of the 2000's. Consistently excellent and mostly overlooked even though he was probably one of the best players in that decade.

[hwangjini_1]

One of the dumbest things I've ever seen

First off, the 2010s aren't over yet

Second off, carmelo accomplished literally nothing to deserve any sort of praise or recognition

Third off, lamarcus is a joke lol

ever? you may need to get out more often. 

[Who]

I wonder if Iggy should have made it.

[Who]

First Team

G: Steph
G: Harden
F: LeBron
F: Durant
C: Anthony Davis

Second Team

G: Westbrook
G: Klay Thompson
F: Kawhi Leonard
F: Draymond Green
C: Al Horford

Third Team

G: Chris Paul
G: Wade
F: Andre Iguodala
F: Blake Griffin
C: Marc Gasol


That last guard spot was a hard one to fill.

Nobody stood out.

Go small with another PG - Lillard probably. DeRozan was an option. Paul George or Gordon Hayward. Neither has enough good years for me. So I just stayed with Wade.

I don't feel good about that spot. Happy with the rest.

[gouki88]

First Team

G: Steph
G: Harden
F: LeBron
F: Durant
C: Anthony Davis

Second Team

G: Westbrook
G: Klay Thompson
F: Kawhi Leonard
F: Draymond Green
C: Al Horford

Third Team

G: Chris Paul
G: Wade
F: Andre Iguodala
F: Blake Griffin
C: Marc Gasol


That last guard spot was a hard one to fill.

Nobody stood out.

Go small with another PG - Lillard probably. DeRozan was an option. Paul George or Gordon Hayward. Neither has enough good years for me. So I just stayed with Wade.

I don't feel good about that spot. Happy with the rest.

Iggy, Draymond and Klay?? Wow

[ederson]

First Team

G: Steph
G: Harden
F: LeBron
F: Durant
C: Anthony Davis

Second Team

G: Westbrook
G: Klay Thompson
F: Kawhi Leonard
F: Draymond Green
C: Al Horford

Third Team

G: Chris Paul
G: Wade
F: Andre Iguodala
F: Blake Griffin
C: Marc Gasol


That last guard spot was a hard one to fill.

Nobody stood out.

Go small with another PG - Lillard probably. DeRozan was an option. Paul George or Gordon Hayward. Neither has enough good years for me. So I just stayed with Wade.

I don't feel good about that spot. Happy with the rest.

Why Iggy ?

[Who]

First Team

G: Steph
G: Harden
F: LeBron
F: Durant
C: Anthony Davis

Second Team

G: Westbrook
G: Klay Thompson
F: Kawhi Leonard
F: Draymond Green
C: Al Horford

Third Team

G: Chris Paul
G: Wade
F: Andre Iguodala
F: Blake Griffin
C: Marc Gasol


That last guard spot was a hard one to fill.

Nobody stood out.

Go small with another PG - Lillard probably. DeRozan was an option. Paul George or Gordon Hayward. Neither has enough good years for me. So I just stayed with Wade.

I don't feel good about that spot. Happy with the rest.

Why Iggy ?

Played the whole 2010s. All-Star caliber play for the first 5 years. Then came off the bench. Still an All-Star caliber player for first year or two off the bench but sacrificed for the team. Finals MVP. Multiple Championships. Best 6th man in the league for a few years.

Iggy always had a big impact on winning. Terrific D. Plus rebounding. Strong ball-handling and passing. Solid scoring. Rarely got the credit he deserved.

I wasn't wild about Paul George's resume (he had the talent but not the resume for me). Bench player first year. Good starter the second. Third year breakout year and All-Star caliber player. Fourth year, All-Star but not franchise player. Then got hurt. Lost a season to injury. Took two years coming back where he still had big numbers but he wasn't a top player anymore. Borderline All-Star. I don't put much value on those years and when added to the first couple of years where he was developing ... nah. Not enough. I'd rather go with Iggy. I rate P.George's last two years as All-Star level and borderline top 10 player in the league (not MVP level). So only 1 high level year, 3 other strong years (All-Star) and two good years (borderline All-Star).

Same with Hayward - less of a case than P.George. A few years developing. Missed year with injury. Too much time returning from injury. Not enough overall high level play.

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Edit: Just to add:

I put Jimmy Butler in same category as Hayward. Took a few years to develop. So only had a couple of high level year seasons.

And Carmelo Anthony in between PG13 and Butler/Hayward. Melo high caliber play in early part of decade but fell off a cliff shorty thereafter.

I saw those guys as the main competition for the SF spot with the final decision coming down to PG13 and Iggy. PG13 with the higher peak and Iggy with the longevity. The injury (time lost and time to recover from) hurt PG13 massively in my eyes.