A Devil of a Team: Sports Illustrated's All Decade Starting Five

• cview

  If you go by careers then I like the list, though I might bump Noah for his teammate, Al Horford. If you simply go by the best basketball players when they were in college that happened to play this decade, then I'd go with...
  
  PG Jay Williams
  SG Dwyane Wade
  SF Carmelo Anthony
  PF Kevin Durant
  C Greg Oden
  
  Bench
  Chris Paul
  Michael Beasley
  Rudy Gay
  Derrick Rose
  Al Horford
  Blake Griffin
  Deron Williams
  
  
  There is no doubt in my mind that team as college players would laugh the SI team as college players off the court.
• Prescott

  Good list, cview!!!
• trep14

  cview wrote: If you go by careers then I like the list, though I might bump Noah for his teammate, Al Horford. If you simply go by the best basketball players when they were in college that happened to play this decade, then I'd go with...
  
  PG Jay Williams
  SG Dwyane Wade
  SF Carmelo Anthony
  PF Kevin Durant
  C Greg Oden
  
  Bench
  Chris Paul
  Michael Beasley
  Rudy Gay
  Derrick Rose
  Al Horford
  Blake Griffin
  Deron Williams
  
  
  There is no doubt in my mind that team as college players would laugh the SI team as college players off the court.

  I think Stephen Curry should be on that list somewhere...problem is I don't know who to bump off haha
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Dwayne Wade should make the list way before Steph Curry ever does.
• trep14

  SQ_Crazies wrote: Dwayne Wade should make the list way before Steph Curry ever does.

  Dwayne Wade is on that list ahead of Stephen Curry.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Not the actual list though.
• cats gone wild

  [size=large]evidently, they dont play basketball anywhere besides the east coast??:huh:[/size]
• hoops23

  

  cats gone wild wrote: [size=large]evidently, they dont play basketball anywhere besides the east coast??:huh:[/size]

  Well, who from the West coast should make the list?
• cats gone wild

  LTrain23 wrote:

  cats gone wild wrote: [size=large]evidently, they dont play basketball anywhere besides the east coast??:huh:[/size]

  Well, who from the West coast should make the list?

  You forgot to add midwest, central, and the southern parts of the country.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  If you think you have a better list then spit names out, quit just naming regions of the country.
• cats gone wild

  I would add these names to the list from the original post.
  
  M. Beasley
  D. Wade
  C. Paul
  B. Griffin
  TJ Ford
• hoops23

  

  I'm with you on CP3 and DWade, BUT not TJ Ford, Blake Griffin, or Michael Beasley...
  
  They only played one year and didn't really do anything for their team...
  
  Also, this isn't an NBA award, this is college.
  
  My only gripe with the list is that Melo wasn't on it, despite leading the 'Cuse to a National championship and DOMINATING.
  
  Also, Battier only really played in 1 1/2 years of this decade, so he definitely doesn't deserve the starting SF spot.. He'd be the perfect 6th or 7th man off the bench for that team though.
• reclegend22

  

  All-time wins leader in college basketball, three-time national defensive player of the year, all-american, national player of the year, NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, national champion. He did more than on the college level than any other player on any of these lists. Of course Battier's on it. Let's just stop this now. Same goes for Hansbrough and Redick. With what they accomplished, they're automatic bids.
  
  Again, this isn't an NBA list. Had he played for UNC, or Ohio State even, and still accomplished the same, this board's tune would be changed. Typical, though.
  
  And it's not his fault he played in two different decades. But since he did, you have to group him with the decade that he played in the latter part of his career. It's only fair.
• Prescott

  And it's not his fault he played in two different decades.

  Not his fault,but his career spanned two different decades. He can't get credit for stuff prior to the 1999-2000 season and apply that to a decade under consideration.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  WTF are you talking about? No shit it isn't an NBA list--I'll still take Melo over Battier any day of the week for this COLLEGE list. It's about the best players not the best careers right?
• se-alum

  

  Battier won the most games ever or close to it in college history.

  Which means nothing. He's tied w/ Wayne Turner. Was Turner a great college b-ball player?? He was solid, but far from great.
• trep14

  SQ_Crazies wrote: WTF are you talking about? No shit it isn't an NBA list--I'll still take Melo over Battier any day of the week for this COLLEGE list. It's about the best players not the best careers right?

  You'd have to be stupid (or a big time duke fan) to take Battier over Melo in college.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Don't those go hand in hand?
• hoops23

  

  In most cases, yes
  
  I still have love for you Rec..
  
  BUT, Melo would be my starter and Battier would be coming off the bench.
• HiddenGems

  The list was built on careers I assume. Not to mention Battier fits into a "allstar" team better than most simply due to his style of play. Was Melo a better player than Shane....probably. I think thoughts like this get clouded by the success players have in the NBA though too. A Senior yr Shane was right there with a freshman Melo I feel in college.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  ^No way in hell. And I'm not shy about saying that Battier was a damn good player. It has nothing to do with NBA careers--Battier has had himself a nice career anyways.
• reclegend22

  

  Your matter of fact opinion is nauseating. And, yes, it has a LOT to do with Duke being, well, Duke. It's obvious, no matter what you say.
  
  But, if that's how you're going to state your opinion, then so will I.
  
  And thanks, LTrain There are some good Heels here, too.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  It's obvious to you because you've got a giant blue devil you know what in your face.
• reclegend22

  

  Yes, I am going to support my team and stand up for issues I believe in about that team.
  
  I also speak out against my team, too. See Josh McRoberts, Brian Zoubek, Coach K's propensity to use stall ball, and other things in general. Those who have read my posts for a long time know this.
  
  Think what you may, though.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  There is a difference between defending your team and being a complete idiot.