[dbeal21Participant]

Here is my List of starting lineups (& 6th man) by year NBA players were born in, that being said, what year produced the best NBA players? What squad would you take? Maybe Rank them?

(Also made the lineups mainly by best players so some teams might go small ball some might be big guy heavy) (Pretend these players are in their prime too)

 

1996: PG-D’Angelo Russell, SG- Devin Booker, SF-Justise Winslow, PF-Stanley Johnson, C-Myles Turner, 6th-Emmanuel Mudiay

1995: PG-Zach Lavine, SG-Andrew Wiggins, SF-Jabari Parker, PF-Kristaps Porzingis,

C-Karl-Anthony Towns, 6th-Jahlil Okafor

1994: PG-Elfrid Payton, SG- Giannis Antetokounmpo, SF-Julius Randle, PF- Nerlens Noel, C-Jusuf Nurkic, 6th- Marcus Smart

 

1993: PG-Dennis Scrhoeder, SG-Bradley Beal, SF-Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, PF- Anthony Davis, C-Andre Drummond, 6th-Anthony Bennett( JK!), 6th-Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

1992: PG-Kyrie Irving, SG-Victor Oladipo, SF-Rodney Hood, PF-Tobias Harris,

 C-Rudy Gobert, 6th-Jordan Clarkson

1991: PG-Brandon Knight, SG-C.J. McCollum, SF-Kawhi Leonard, PF-Nikola Mirotic,

 C-Derrick Favors, 6th-Khris Middleton

1990: PG-Damian Lillard, SG-John Wall, SF-Klay Thompson, PF-Paul George,

C-DeMarcus Cousins, 6th-Draymond Green (This Year was tough!)

1989: PG-Isaiah Thomas, SG-James Harden, SF-DeMar DeRozan, PF-Blake Griffin,

 C-Hassan Whiteside, 6th-Jimmy Butler

1988: PG-Stephen Curry, SG-Derrick Rose, SF-Russell Westbrook, PF-Kevin Durant, C-Kevin Love, 6th-DeAndre Jordan

1987: PG-Mike Conley, SG-Ty Lawson, SF-O.J. Mayo, PF-Wilson Chandler, C-Andrew Bynum, 6th-Danny Green

1986: PG-Kyle Lowry, SG-Wesley Matthews, SF-Rudy Gay, PF-Jeff Green, C-Al Horford, 6th-Goran Dragic

1985: PG-Chris Paul, SG-Monta Ellis, SF-Luol Deng, PF-LaMarcus Aldridge,

C-Dwight Howard, 6th-Marc Gasol

1984: PG-Deron Williams, SG-Andre Iguodala, SF-Carmelo Anthony, PF-LeBron James,

C-Chris Bosh, 6th-Brandon Roy

1983: PG-T.J. Ford, SG-Kevin Martin, SF-Danny Granger, PF-David Lee, C-Nenad Krstic, 6th-Ben Gordon

1982: PG-Tony Parker, SG-Gilbert Arenas, SF-Dwyane Wade, PF-Amar’e Atoudamire,

C-Tyson Chandler, 6th- Mo Williams

1981: PG-Jose Calderon, SG-Jason Richardson, SF-Joe Johnson, PF-Andrei Kirilenko,

C-Zach Randolph, 6th-Carlos Boozer

1980: PG-Jamal Crawford, SG-Richard Jefferson, SF-Tayshaun Prince, PF-Pau Gasol,

C-Yao Ming, 6th-David West

1979: PG-Baron Davis, SG-Michael Redd, SF-Tracy McGrady, PF-Elton Brand, C-Mehmet Okur, 6th-Rashard Lewis

1978: PG-Mike Bibby, SG-Kobe Bryant, SF-Richard Hamilton, PF-Dirk Nowitzki,

C-Jermaine O’Neal, 6th-Shawn Marion

1977: PG-Stephon Marbury, SG-Vince Carter, SF-Manu Ginobili, PF-Paul Pierce, C-Kenyon Martin, 6th-Peja Stojakovic

1976: PG-Andre Miller, SG-Chauncey Billups, SF-Antawn Jamison, PF-Tim Duncan,

C-Kevin Garnett, 6th-Shareef Abdur-Rahim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hype Machine]

Seems hard to go past 1988.

3 of the top 5 players today….and probably 4 if D-Rose never got injured. 

 

 

 

[Hype Machine]

Seems hard to go past 1988.

3 of the top 5 players today….and probably 4 if D-Rose never got injured. 

 

 

 

[Roland209Participant]

I was born in 1987 and graduated high school in 2005. I feel ashamed of the Mcdonald’s All-Americans in my class.  Bynum, Lou Williams and Josh McRoberts were the best players. 

[Roland209Participant]

I was born in 1987 and graduated high school in 2005. I feel ashamed of the Mcdonald’s All-Americans in my class.  Bynum, Lou Williams and Josh McRoberts were the best players. 

[NickWayne87Participant]

I was born in 1987 too ditto everything u said.  I shouldnt have been skipping classes and maybe i could’ve saved our year lol.

[NickWayne87Participant]

I was born in 1987 too ditto everything u said.  I shouldnt have been skipping classes and maybe i could’ve saved our year lol.

[JordanC20Participant]

 Go 91ers

[JordanC20Participant]

 Go 91ers

[SeattleSuperChronicsParticipant]

 I’d add greg oden to the whatever year he was born list just because he was one of the most dominant college players I have ever seen.

[SeattleSuperChronicsParticipant]

 I’d add greg oden to the whatever year he was born list just because he was one of the most dominant college players I have ever seen.

[Dazzling Dunks and Basketball BloopersParticipant]

My final four would be 1988, 1990, 1976 and 1984. 

Championship would be 1988 vs. 1990 

Champion would be 1988. Hard to go against curry, Durant and Westbrook on the same team.

That 95 class has a chance to be really special as well.

 

 

 

 

[Dazzling Dunks and Basketball BloopersParticipant]

My final four would be 1988, 1990, 1976 and 1984. 

Championship would be 1988 vs. 1990 

Champion would be 1988. Hard to go against curry, Durant and Westbrook on the same team.

That 95 class has a chance to be really special as well.

 

 

 

 

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

 Whoa, the 76ers are great. I would probably have them against the 1990 team in the finals with the 1990 team winning in a close one. The 1988 team looks great too, don’t get me wrong, I just feel its not as balanced as ’76 and ’90. It doesn’t have the lock down defenders that the other teams do and it has quite a few offensive players who need to handle the ball all the time.

Going all time, 1963 would be pretty tough to beat:

PG Joe Dumars

SG Michael Jordan

SF Chris Mullin

PF Karl Malone

C Hakkem Olajuwon

6th Charles Barkley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

 Whoa, the 76ers are great. I would probably have them against the 1990 team in the finals with the 1990 team winning in a close one. The 1988 team looks great too, don’t get me wrong, I just feel its not as balanced as ’76 and ’90. It doesn’t have the lock down defenders that the other teams do and it has quite a few offensive players who need to handle the ball all the time.

Going all time, 1963 would be pretty tough to beat:

PG Joe Dumars

SG Michael Jordan

SF Chris Mullin

PF Karl Malone

C Hakkem Olajuwon

6th Charles Barkley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[zolaParticipant]

 1995 sick

[zolaParticipant]

 1995 sick

[HitsterParticipant]

When I read the initial forum title, 1963 sprang to mind with MJ and Hakeem as VictorOladipo pointed out.

The stacked 1996 draft class were born across a number of years and even though a lot of elite players joined the NBA from 1992-94 so the early to mid 1970’s aren’t as strong as we may think.

Of the teams in the original post 1988 and 1976 are the two that jump out at me. 1988 has insance offence but 1976 has great scoring and lock down defenders.

 

[HitsterParticipant]

When I read the initial forum title, 1963 sprang to mind with MJ and Hakeem as VictorOladipo pointed out.

The stacked 1996 draft class were born across a number of years and even though a lot of elite players joined the NBA from 1992-94 so the early to mid 1970’s aren’t as strong as we may think.

Of the teams in the original post 1988 and 1976 are the two that jump out at me. 1988 has insance offence but 1976 has great scoring and lock down defenders.

 

[I am an idiotParticipant]

A great year for an old fart like me

 

And don’t forget Spud Webb!

 

 

[I am an idiotParticipant]

A great year for an old fart like me

 

And don’t forget Spud Webb!

 

 

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