Build a starting five: former stars who played for your team post-prime

[LAL1947]

Deron Williams/Avery Johnson
Vince Carter
RJeff
Peja Stojakovitch
Tyson Chandler (second stint)? -- doesn't fit the criteria, but can't think of other center
EDIT: Amare fits at center

You also have Adrian Dantley at SF. I remember him playing for the Mavs briefly. And Jerry Stackhouse too.

[lars_rosenberg]

The Warriors:

Mookie Blaylock/ Avery Johnson
John Starks/ Calbert Cheney
Richard Jefferson
Jermaine O'Neal/ David West
DeMarcus Cousins/ Zaza Pachulia

Very 90's ball team.

I don't think Zaza was ever a star

[ryan in Maine]

I'll go

Tiny
Pistol
Nique
Sheed
Gilmore

[kowboy]

Not really all “stars”, but I’ll give OKC a try:

Kendrick Perkins
Carmelo Anthony
Caron Butler
Kevin Martin
Raymond Felton

[Saul Goodman]

Raptors

Hakeem/Kevin Willis
Gasol/Oakley
Marion
Peja Stojakovic/Dell Curry
Mark Jackson

[BarbaGrizz]

Grizzlies was really difficult:

Gilbert Arenas
Allen Iverson
Vince Carter / Eddie Jones
Otis Thorpe
Joakim Noah

[Kordic27]

Feels like a Lakers/Celtics finals.

[Fencer reregistered]

I'll go

Tiny
Pistol
Nique
Sheed
Gilmore

I think Tiny was too good with the Cs to count.

And I'd take either Shaq or Walton over Gilmore -- perhaps indeed the defensive one, if we're starting Maravich and Nique.

[Fencer reregistered]

Feels like a Lakers/Celtics finals.

Most All-Time-Team discussions wind up that way.

[JJ_PR]

PG: Derrick Rose
SG: Dwyane Wade
SF: Luol Deng
PF: Ben Wallace
C: Shaquille O'neal
Bench
C: Andrew Bynum

[_AIJ_]

Wolves

Brandon Roy
Jamal Crawford
Andrei Kirilenko
Thaddeus Young
Taj Gibson

Very sad

[ryan in Maine]

I'll go

Tiny
Pistol
Nique
Sheed
Gilmore

I think Tiny was too good with the Cs to count.

And I'd take either Shaq or Walton over Gilmore -- perhaps indeed the defensive one, if we're starting Maravich and Nique.

I was switching it up a little bit because there's a few different lineups we could throw out that will all compete buzzer to buzzer. Payton and Shaq are welcome in the starting lineup anytime lol.

I went with Tiny for two reasons 1). We didn't get him until after the achilles in his thirties (Right? Thirties?) and he wasn't quite the same and 2). I gotta have my Tiny Pistol backcourt.

I started with this:
Tiny, Payton, Marbury, Cassell
Pistol, Ray, Bing, Birdsong
Nique, Finley
KG, Sheed
Shaq, Gilmore, Walton, JO

I mean,
Marbury
Birdsong
Finley
Sheed
JO,
is still better than many teams can put together lol.

[Fencer reregistered]

I'll go

Tiny
Pistol
Nique
Sheed
Gilmore

I think Tiny was too good with the Cs to count.

And I'd take either Shaq or Walton over Gilmore -- perhaps indeed the defensive one, if we're starting Maravich and Nique.

I was switching it up a little bit because there's a few different lineups we could throw out that will all compete buzzer to buzzer. Payton and Shaq are welcome in the starting lineup anytime lol.

I went with Tiny for two reasons 1). We didn't get him until after the achilles in his thirties (Right? Thirties?) and he wasn't quite the same and 2). I gotta have my Tiny Pistol backcourt.

I started with this:
Tiny, Payton, Marbury, Cassell
Pistol, Ray, Bing, Birdsong
Nique, Finley
KG, Sheed
Shaq, Gilmore, Walton, JO

I mean,
Marbury
Birdsong
Finley
Sheed
JO,
is still better than many teams can put together lol.

The OP explicitly ruled out guys who were all-stars while they played for your team. So no Tiny and no DJ.

[Joao Saraiva]

Fun thread!

Not so easy for Utah, we just keep all our own old stars

Bernard King and Dell Curry both did stints in Utah *before* their careers really took off, but that's a separate question.

Post-prime I see guys like Tom Chambers, Tom Gugliotta, and a 4-game stint from Darryl Dawkins...maybe Mark Jackson at PG?

We'd probably have the worst squad in here! Nobody really goes to Utah I guess. Not in their prime, not to end their career, not to try to win a ring... can't even remember such a veteran on those late 90s squads.

EDIT: we had John Starks at the end of his career. With Mark Jackson we at least have a decent backourt.

[Joao Saraiva]

Gotta love seeing Heat fans including Shaq. For a guy who talks stuff about players that change teams going for rings I see the possibility of including him by Cleveland, Suns, Celtics and Heat fans (altough I don't agree with the Heat fans mentioning him).

[Joao Saraiva]

Grizzlies was really difficult:

Gilbert Arenas
Allen Iverson
Vince Carter / Eddie Jones
Otis Thorpe
Joakim Noah

Vince and Allen Iverson on the same team... that was the dream. I was absolutely a fan of both, too bad neither ever won a ring.

[Texas Chuck]

confused why my fellow Mavs fans are leaving off guys like Dantley, Tim Hardaway Sr, Fat Lever. Maybe too young?

[Rich Michmond]

For the Jazz, I'd have the following lineup:

Walt Bellamy/Billy Paultz
Tom Chambers/Danny Manning
Boris Diaw/Richard Jefferson
Gail Goodrich/Devin Harris
Mack Calvin/Mark Jackson

Yeah, that starting five is not exactly mind-blowing compared to some other teams mentioned here. If you counted pre-prime stars, you could also add Bernard King to the mix.

[ryan in Maine]

I think Tiny was too good with the Cs to count.

And I'd take either Shaq or Walton over Gilmore -- perhaps indeed the defensive one, if we're starting Maravich and Nique.

I was switching it up a little bit because there's a few different lineups we could throw out that will all compete buzzer to buzzer. Payton and Shaq are welcome in the starting lineup anytime lol.

I went with Tiny for two reasons 1). We didn't get him until after the achilles in his thirties (Right? Thirties?) and he wasn't quite the same and 2). I gotta have my Tiny Pistol backcourt.

I started with this:
Tiny, Payton, Marbury, Cassell
Pistol, Ray, Bing, Birdsong
Nique, Finley
KG, Sheed
Shaq, Gilmore, Walton, JO

I mean,
Marbury
Birdsong
Finley
Sheed
JO,
is still better than many teams can put together lol.

The OP explicitly ruled out guys who were all-stars while they played for your team. So no Tiny and no DJ.

I might've known that if I'd read the whole post.

Edit
Bing
Pistol
Nique
Sheed
Walton

[Priest24]

Most people didn't read the criteria for building a team. Seeing a lot of full time starters.Heat Shaq and Marion,Lakers Dwight,Malone and Payton, Blazers Arvydas and Scottie etc so I don't believe those count.

PG:Mark Price
SG: Gilbert Arenas
SF: Dominique Wilkins
PF: Shawn Kemp
C: Patrick Ewing