All-Decade Team (2000-2009)

My inaugural blog!  This is indeed my first blogging post, so this should be fun! And yes, I'm sipping some smooth coffee (Valentine Coffee based out of 'Tosa...quality stuff).

Where my mind wanders...    I will document my thoughts around Pro Hoops a couple times each week.

So here we go...

When considering an All-Decade team, I'm going to choose players that were active in at least 6 seasons of the decade ('99-00 season through '08-09 season). For my All-Decade Teams, I'll make it a rule that a player can only appear in one decade. Ah one more thing, I'm listing each of their most memorable teams (from the '00s decade) alongside their names.

* = Championships won in the decade

First team

Center:           Shaquille O'Neal (LAL, MIA)****

Forwards:        Tim Duncan (SAS)***

                       Kevin Garnett (MIN, BOS)*

Guards:            Kobe Bryant (LAL)****

                       Dwyane Wade (MIA)*    

Second team

Center:            Pau Gasol (MEM, LAL)*

Forwards:         Dirk Nowitzki (DAL)   

                       Paul Pierce (BOS)*

Guards:            Ray Allen (MIL, SEA, BOS)*
                       Steve Nash (DAL, PHO)

Third team

Center:            Ben Wallace (DET)*

Forwards:         Chris Webber (SAC)

                       Vince Carter (TOR, NJN)

Guards:            Allen Iverson (PHI)

                       Jason Kidd (NJN, DAL)

                       

Fourth team

Center:           Yao Ming (HOU)

Forwards:        Carmelo Anthony (DEN)

                      Tracy McGrady (ORL, HOU)

Guards:           Manu Ginobili (SAS)***

                      Tony Parker (SAS)***

Honorable mention: 

C:

Amare Stoudemire (PHO)

Marcus Camby (NYK, DEN)

Zydrunas Ilgauskas (CLE)

PF:
Jermaine O'Neal (IND)
Elton Brand (LAC)

Rasheed Wallace (POR, DET)*
Shawn Marion (PHO)

Carlos Boozer (UTA)

Antawn Jamison (GSW, WAS)

Shareef Abdur-Rahim (VAN, ATL, POR)

Antoine Walker (BOS)

Lamar Odom (LAC, MIA, LAL)*

David West (NOR)

 

SF:

Glenn Robinson (MIL)

Michael Finley (DAL)

Peja Stojakovic (SAC, NOR)

Ron Artest (IND, SAC, HOU)

Rashard Lewis (SEA, ORL)

Andrei Kirilenko (UTA) 

Grant Hill (ORL, PHO) 

Jalen Rose (IND, CHI, TOR) 

Caron Butler (MIA, WAS)

Tayshaun Prince (DET)*
Gerald Wallace (CHA) 
Richard Jefferson (NJN)
Mike Miller (ORL, MEM) 

SG:

Richard Hamilton (WAS, DET)*

Allan Houston (NYK)

Michael Redd (MIL) 

Jerry Stackhouse (DET, DAL)

Jason Terry (ATL, DAL)
Eddie Jones (MIA) 

Jason Richardson (GSW)
Corey Maggette (LAC)
Stephen Jackson (IND, GSW)
Cuttino Mobley (HOU) 

PG:
Chauncey Billups (DET)*

Baron Davis (NOR, GSW) 

Sam Cassell (MIL)

Andre Miller (CLE, DEN, PHI)

Stephon Marbury (PHO, NJN)

Gilbert Arenas (WAS)

Steve Francis (HOU)

Mike Bibby (VAN, SAC)