BBF 1990's All-Decade Team

[RollWithEm]

Inspired by this thread: http://www.basketballforum.com/nba-f...ou-choose.html

Simple premise. We are trying to make the best possible 10-man roster of players who dominated the decade from 1990 to 1999. I do not think we should require that the player fit into any particular positional requirements. Whatever 10 guys you think would make the best possible overall team, you post.

Let me help a little. Here are the top 31 players in the decade (sorted by PER) that played a reasonable amount of their career (over 410 games - 5 full seasons) during that time period:

1) Jordan (28.7 PER; 585 Game Played)
2) DRob (27.7; 685)
3) Shaq (27.4; 455)
4) Karl Malone (26.0; 785)
5) Barkley (24.9; 664)
6) Hakeem (24.5; 689)
7) Stockton (22.6; 766)
8) Ewing (22.4; 702)
9) Zo (21.8; 455)
10) Nique (21.8; 515)
11) Kevin Johnson (21.3; 568)
12) Drexler (21.2; 608)
13) Kemp (20.6; 747)
14) Mark Price (20.5; 500)
15) Pippen (20.4; 731)
16) Reggie Miller (19.8; 776)
17) Ceballos (19.7; 500)
18) Terrell Brandon (19.4; 543)
19) Tim Hardaway (19.3; 660)
20) Mullin (19.0; 640)
21) Derrick Coleman (18.9; 512)
22) Glove (18.9; 704)
23) Rod Strickland (18.8; 690)
24) Kukoc (18.7; 412)
25) Hornacek (18.5; 760)
26) Ricky Pierce (18.5; 545)
27) Gatling (18.3; 487)
28) Schrempf (18.3; 737)
29) Vlade (18.2; 715)
30) Rik Smits (18.1; 706)
31) Mitch Richmond (18.0; 722)

EDIT: It looks like pretty much everyone agrees with Gary Payton, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, and Hakeem Olajuwon making the team. That's 2 points, 2 wings, and 3 bigs. I will attach a poll for the remaining three spots.

Also, take a look at the BBF 2000's All Decade Team thread and the BBF 1980's All Decade Team thread and the BBF 1970's All Decade Team thread. Vote there, too.

[e-monk]

Hakeem
Malone
Pippen
Jordan
Payton

Robinson
Barkley
Rodman
Miller
Stockton

[RollWithEm]

I'm planning to do my best to not put the same player on any two of these teams, and I implore you to do the same. For this reason, Shaq will not be considered for this team, but Jordan, Drexler, and Dominique Wilkins will be considered.

I personally feel that 5 of the top 8 players from this decade were big men, and it would be a shame to leave any one of them off this team due to positional needs. I think Barkley could play the 3 in a pinch, so that's where I'm putting him.

Reggie is going to get the nod for me over Drexler for the same reason Ray got the nod over Wade in the 2000's list. Shooting will be paramount in this little 4-team tournament.

Pippen gets the nod over Nique because his skills are so unique.

PG Payton/Stockton
SG Jordan/Reggie
SF Barkley/Pippen
PF Hakeem/Mailman
C Admiral/Ewing

[Knick Killer]

Stockton/Payton
Jordan/Miller
Pippen/Barkley
Malone/Hakeem
Shaq/Robinson

[Jamel Irief]

Shaq
Robinson
Olajuwon
Malone
Barkley
Pippen
Richmond
Jordan
Payton
Penny Hardaway

[Jamel Irief]

Someone will have to explain why they pick Reggie over Rock

[e-monk]

same reason some took Ray-Ray over Wade? looking for a specialist off the bench - Mitch was a very good 3pt shooter but the Farengi was an all timer (plus the clutch factor) - at least that was my reasoning

[Wade County]

PG - Stockton
SG - Jordan
SF - Pippen
PF - Malone
C - Olajuwon

6 - Barkley
7 - Payton
8 - Shaq
9 - Ewing
10 - Drexler

Hurts me to leave Zo off, but it's hard to take him over Ewing or The Admiral.

If I wanted more shooting, i'd drop Drexler for Chris Mullin.

[RollWithEm]

Originally Posted by Wade County

PG - Stockton
SG - Jordan
SF - Pippen
PF - Malone
C - Olajuwon

6 - Barkley
7 - Payton
8 - Shaq
9 - Ewing
10 - Drexler

Hurts me to leave Zo off, but it's hard to take him over Ewing or The Admiral.

If I wanted more shooting, i'd drop Drexler for Chris Mullin.

You didn't take the admiral.

[Wade County]

Originally Posted by RollWithEm

You didn't take the admiral.

Yeah I know, I went with Ewing over The Admiral - as my memory says he had a slightly better jumper . Who knows.

I would've picked DRob but needed a wingman so went with Drex.

[Hoodey]

Originally Posted by e-monk

Hakeem
Malone
Pippen
Jordan
Payton

Robinson
Barkley
Rodman
Miller
Stockton

I'll make a 15 man roster with 3 on the bench.

C Hakeem Olajuwon
PF Charles Barkley
SF Scottie Pippen
SG Michael Jordan
PG John Stockton

C Patrick Ewing
C Shaquille O'neal
PF Karl Malone
SF Grant Hill
SG Reggie Miller
SG Clyde Drexler
PG Gary Payton

Bench
C David Robinson
PF Shawn Kemp
PG Jason Kidd

[RollWithEm]

Originally Posted by Hoodey

I'll make a 15 man roster with 3 on the bench.

C Hakeem Olajuwon
PF Charles Barkley
SF Scottie Pippen
SG Michael Jordan
PG John Stockton

C Patrick Ewing
C Shaquille O'neal
PF Karl Malone
SF Grant Hill
SG Reggie Miller
SG Clyde Drexler
PG Gary Payton

Bench
C David Robinson
PF Shawn Kemp
PG Jason Kidd

I'm about to make the poll for this thread. Who are your top 10?

[Bogg]

Honestly, I probably leave Shaq off just because of the locker room problems he creates and his need to always be in the spotlight. When you have three professionals in the form of Hakeem, Patrick, and Robinson to chose from, certain guys just aren't worth the headaches.

[RollWithEm]

Originally Posted by Bogg

When you have three professionals in the form of Hakeem, Patrick, and Robinson to chose from, certain guys just aren't worth the headaches.

That's a good point.

[Hoodey]

Originally Posted by RollWithEm

I'm about to make the poll for this thread. Who are your top 10?

It's a team right? A team has 12 with 3 not active, right?