All-NBA Teams For Each Pick

 1st Pick

C- Dwight Howard

PF – Tim Duncan

SF – Lebron James

SG – John Wall

PG – Derrick Rose

Bench – Blake Griffin/Anthony Davis/Kyrie Irving/ANdrew Bogut/Andrea Bargnani/Elton Brand/Kenyon Martin

Breakdown – This is obviously a talented and deep team, everything you’d expect out of the number one picks.  It’s main weakness is its lack of depth on the perimeter, especially at the guard position.  No true shooting guards here.  But let’s be honest.  Any team with Lebron James running the show, Tim Duncan being a supporting role player, and Dwight Howard not having to be a huge offensive presence is going to succeed.

2nd Pick

C – Tyson Chandler

PF – LaMarcus Aldridge

SF – Kevin Durant

SG – Evan Turner

PG – Victor Oladipo

Bench – Emeka Okafor/MKG/Derrick Williams/Marvin Williams/Michael Beasley/Hasheem Thabeet

Breakdown – There’s some serious star power between Durant and Aldrdige, and Tyson Chandler is the consummate defensive center, but beyond that, this team lacks depth.  And guard play.  Especially at the point guard position.

3rd Pick

C – Al Horford

PF – Pau Gasol

SF – Carmelo Anthony

SG – James Harden

PG – Deron Williams

Bench – Beal/Mayo/Favors/Kanter/Dunleavy/Ben Gordon/Dunleavy

Breakdown – This is a superb team from top to bottom.  Great starting lineup, although it will be poor on defense with a bunch of offensive-minded guys like Anthonyy and Harden, and with a center who isn’t a great rim protector.  But this team has a lot of depth at every position and can score in all sorts of ways.

4th Pick

C – Chris Bosh

PF – Tristan Thompson

SF – Tyreke Evans

SG – Ruseel Westbrook

PG – Chris Paul

Bench – Conley/Waiters/Gooden/Cody Zeller/Wes Johnson/Livingston/Lamar Odom

Breakdown – The backcourt is phenomenal, as long as they don’t get in each others’ way.  But they’re both great players who have a solid frontcourt to boot. The depth isn’t great for this team, and Chris Bosh isn’t as comfortable or suited to the center position, but he’ll definitely create mismatches as a stretch 5.

5th Pick

C – Demarcus Cousins

PF – Kevin Love

SF – Jeff Green

SG – Dwyane Wade

PG – Ricky Rubio

Bench – Ray Allen/Garnett/Felton/Valanciunas/Carter/Devin Harris/Thomas Robinson

Breakdown – AN interesting combo of talented young guys and veterans.  Rubio is a great point guard to bring all this talent together, Love and Cousins are an interesting tandem inside, and Wade, Allen, Garnett, and Carter know how to win.  Great depth and a great mix of talent in the starting lineup.

6th Pick

C – Chris Kaman

PF – Nerlens Noel

SF – Danilo Gallinari

SG – Martell Webster

PG – Damien Lillard

Bench – Battier/Udoh/Vesely/Flynn/Roy

Breakdown – This team…ugh.  Lillard is great, and Gallinari is versatile, but this team is far behind the top 5.  No depth, very little frontcourt talent.  Noel could be good, but he hasn’t played an NBA minute.  A lot of washed up guys and busts at this pick

7th Pick

C – Nene

PF – Greg Monroe

SF – Luol Deng

SG – Eric Gordon

PG – Steph Curry

Bench – Barnes/Foye/Hinrich/McLemore/Biyombo/Brewer/Villanueva

Breakdown – This is a really solid team.  Great starting 5, good depth.  And guys like Monroe and Deng are good team players who will complement the volume scoring backcourt very nicely.

8th Pick

C – Brandan Wright

PF – Channing Frye

SF – Rudy Gay

SG – Jamal Crawford

PG – Brandon Knight

Bench – Terrence Ross/Aminu/KCP/Jordan Hill/Andre Miller/Chris Wilcox/TJ Ford

Breakdown – Very weak frontcourt here, not enough to make up for a solid perimeter group.  And I don’t like the combination of Rudy Gay, Jamal Crawford, and Brandon Knight.  Not a great mix for ball movement and good team basketball or defense.  Very underwhelming team.

9th Pick

C – Joakim Noah

PF – Dirk Nowitzki

SF – Andre Iguodala

SG – Demar Derozan

PG – Kemba Walker

Bench – Drummond/Hayward/Kemba/Trey Burke/Stoudemire/Marion/Augustin

Out of nowhere, we get a fabulous team, one of the best assembled here.  Great starting lineup with unselfish guys like Iguodala, Nowitzki, and Noah.  Incredible bench, maybe the best of all these picks.  Lots of youth and lots of vets.  All-around great team.

10th Pick

C – Brook Lopez

F – Paul George

F – Paul Pierce

SG – Joe Johnson

PG – Brandon Jennings

Bench – Caron Butler/Terry/Fredette/Hawes/Bynum/Rivers/McCollum

So this lineup, aka the Nets+Paul George and some other dudes, is solid.  it’s a little perimeter-heavy, which is why I put the 6’10" Paul george as the second-biggest guy on the floor for the starters.  But it’s got a lot of efficient scorers and could be an ok team.

11th Pick

C – Meyers Leonard

PF – Andris Biedrins

SF – Klay THompson

SG – JJ Redick

PG – MCW

Bench – Bayless/Aldrich/Terrence WIlliams

The 11th pick has been a real dud the past 15 years.  There have been a few bright spots lately, as THompson and MCW will put up some points, along with JJ Redick.  THis team will hit a lot of threes, but they won’t excel at much else.  Really no depth here as they only have 7 active NBA players on their roster, I believe.

12th Pick

C – Steven Adams

PF – Jason THompson

SF – Thaddeus Young

SG – Gerald Henderson

PG – Alec Burks

Bench – Jeremy Lamb/Nick COllison/Xavier Henry/Hilton Armstrong

Breakdown – Not a great team here, but a relatitevely cohesive one with a tiny bit of depth.  Needs a point guard, but Burks, Henderson, Young, and Adams are a good nucleus that can put some points on the board.

13th Pick

C – Ed Davis

PF – Tyler Hansbrough

SF – Thabo Sefolosha

SG – Kobe Bryant

PG – Kendall MArshall

Bench – Jefferson/Markieff Morris/Olynyk/Rush/Telfair

Not a horrible team. Kobe has some decent guys to support him as he goes to work.  Marshall is a good, unselfish point guard.  Lots of Tarheels on this roster, by the way.

14th Pick

C- John Henson

PF – Patrick Patterson

SF – Marcus Morris

SG – Ronnie Brewer

PG – Luke Ridnour

Bench – Humphries/Earl Clark/Troy Murphy/Shabazz Muhammad/Anthony Randolph

Breakdwon – Needs an improvement at point guard and, really, star power, but there som decent NBA players here.

15th Pick

C- Al Jefferson

PF – Larry Sanders

SF- Kawhi Leonard

SG – Giannis Antetokounmpo

PG -Steve Nash

Bench – Stuckey/Robin Lopez/Harkless/Daye

A really solid team down in the post-lottery.  Jefferson can flat-out score inside, Leonard and Antetokounmpo are an intriguing combo on the wings, Sanders can defend like crazy, Nash brings it all together, and Stuckey is a great 6th man.  Great mix of guys and good depth.

17th Pick

C – Roy Hibbert

PF – Josh Smith

SF- Danny Granger

SG – Iman Shumpert

PG – Jrue Holiday

Bench – Seraphin/Tyler Zeller/Jermain O’Neal/Schroeder

Here’s a gem down at the 17th pick, maybe the best post-lottery team.  Not a lot of depth, especially on the perimeter, but a really solid starting 5.  As long as Josh SMith does good things and doesn’t do bad things. Shoutout to Larry Bird for getting 2 all-stars at 17 this past decade.

Let’s Have a tournament

1 beats 17

9 beats 8

5 beats 12

4 beats 13

6 beats 11

3 beats 14

7 beats 10

2 beats 15

Quarters

1 beats 9

5 beats 4

3 beats 6

7 beats 2

Semis

1 beats 5

3 beats 7

Champion = 1 over 3