How good would the 4th All NBA team be

mdonnelly1989 · Post #1 » by **mdonnelly1989** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:09 pm

Whoever didn’t make an all NBA team

Just starting 5

Average bench.

PG: ?
SG: ?
SF: ?
PF: ?
C: ?

My estimate is probably the overwhelming favorite to win it all…

jojo4341 · Post #2 » by **jojo4341** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:36 pm

For reference:

1st Team
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Donovan Mitchell
Jayson Tatum
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokić

2nd Team
Jalen Brunson
Stephen Curry
Anthony Edwards
LeBron James
Evan Mobley

3rd Team
Cade Cunningham
Tyrese Haliburton
James Harden
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jalen Williams

I'm going to assume people who wouldn't have qualified for the award due to less games played (Luka, Paolo, AD, etc) don't count:

PG: Darius Garland
SG: Norman Powell
SF: Franz Wagner (or KD)
PF: Pascal Siakim
C: Domantas Sabonis

Yea, I think this team wins with an average bench.

mdonnelly1989 · Post #3 » by **mdonnelly1989** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:46 pm

jojo4341 wrote:For reference:

1st Team
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Donovan Mitchell
Jayson Tatum
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokić

2nd Team
Jalen Brunson
Stephen Curry
Anthony Edwards
LeBron James
Evan Mobley

3rd Team
Cade Cunningham
Tyrese Haliburton
James Harden
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jalen Williams

I'm going to assume people who wouldn't have qualified for the award due to less games played (Luka, Paolo, AD, etc) don't count:

PG: Darius Garland
SG: Normal Powell
SF: Franz Wagner (or KD)
PF: Pascal Siakim
C: Domantas Sabonis

Yea, I think this team wins with an average bench.

I kind of figured that would be overpowered.

I wonder how many teams you would need to go down to have to legit think about it. Where it’s no longer a landslide. This team probably sweeps the playoffs.

ball_takes23 · Post #4 » by **ball_takes23** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 7:39 pm

mdonnelly1989 wrote:
jojo4341 wrote:For reference:

1st Team
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Donovan Mitchell
Jayson Tatum
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokić

2nd Team
Jalen Brunson
Stephen Curry
Anthony Edwards
LeBron James
Evan Mobley

3rd Team
Cade Cunningham
Tyrese Haliburton
James Harden
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jalen Williams

I'm going to assume people who wouldn't have qualified for the award due to less games played (Luka, Paolo, AD, etc) don't count:

PG: Darius Garland
SG: Normal Powell
SF: Franz Wagner (or KD)
PF: Pascal Siakim
C: Domantas Sabonis

Yea, I think this team wins with an average bench.

I kind of figured that would be overpowered.

I wonder how many teams you would need to go down to have to legit think about it. Where it’s no longer a landslide. This team probably sweeps the playoffs.

going based off ringer top 100, 36-40 is sengun, wagner, white, maxey, OG. that team easily wins it all.

46-50 is: Barnes, Bane, Jalen Johnson, LeMelo, Draymond. that team has a chance to win it all but its not certain by any means.

so somewhere around 10th team.

Tetlak · Post #5 » by **Tetlak** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 7:45 pm

jojo4341 wrote:For reference:

1st Team
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Donovan Mitchell
Jayson Tatum
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokić

2nd Team
Jalen Brunson
Stephen Curry
Anthony Edwards
LeBron James
Evan Mobley

3rd Team
Cade Cunningham
Tyrese Haliburton
James Harden
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jalen Williams

I'm going to assume people who wouldn't have qualified for the award due to less games played (Luka, Paolo, AD, etc) don't count:

PG: Darius Garland
SG: Norman Powell
SF: Franz Wagner (or KD)
PF: Pascal Siakim
C: Domantas Sabonis

Yea, I think this team wins with an average bench.

If it's KD they can win. If its Franz, they cant.

That being said, I still think OKC is better even if it's KD. That team has major issues, namely no POA defender, a cone in Domas, and generally just 3 starters who are easy to pick on.

Frank Dux · Post #6 » by **Frank Dux** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 8:02 pm

Second round exit at best. Who's playing defense? Sabonis sure as hell isn't.

jojo4341 · Post #7 » by **jojo4341** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 8:05 pm

Tetlak wrote:
jojo4341 wrote:For reference:

1st Team
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Donovan Mitchell
Jayson Tatum
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokić

2nd Team
Jalen Brunson
Stephen Curry
Anthony Edwards
LeBron James
Evan Mobley

3rd Team
Cade Cunningham
Tyrese Haliburton
James Harden
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jalen Williams

I'm going to assume people who wouldn't have qualified for the award due to less games played (Luka, Paolo, AD, etc) don't count:

PG: Darius Garland
SG: Norman Powell
SF: Franz Wagner (or KD)
PF: Pascal Siakim
C: Domantas Sabonis

Yea, I think this team wins with an average bench.

If it's KD they can win. If its Franz, they cant.

That being said, I still think OKC is better even if it's KD. That team has major issues, namely no POA defender, a cone in Domas, and generally just 3 starters who are easy to pick on.

I completely forgot about Bam Adebayo. He qualifies and played almost the entire year. Still on POA defender but that would make them formidable inside.

JN61 · Post #8 » by **JN61** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 8:39 pm

Now? Really weak. over half a decade ago would have been extremely tough.

QMemphis · Post #9 » by **QMemphis** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:06 pm

Garland
Booker
Pascal
Jaren
Sabonis

https://apnews.com/sports/nba-c430cf9c02fb645da48114d03e7ec219

Patsfan1081 · Post #10 » by **Patsfan1081** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:12 pm

jojo4341 wrote:For reference:

1st Team
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Donovan Mitchell
Jayson Tatum
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokić

2nd Team
Jalen Brunson
Stephen Curry
Anthony Edwards
LeBron James
Evan Mobley

3rd Team
Cade Cunningham
Tyrese Haliburton
James Harden
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jalen Williams

I'm going to assume people who wouldn't have qualified for the award due to less games played (Luka, Paolo, AD, etc) don't count:

PG: Darius Garland
SG: Norman Powell
SF: Franz Wagner (or KD)
PF: Pascal Siakim
C: Domantas Sabonis

Yea, I think this team wins with an average bench.

I don’t think Powell or Wagner got a single vote. I think the five next guys in the voting were JJJ, Zubac, Sabonis, Garland, and Siakam.

Post #11 » by **cupcakesnake** » Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:21 pm

Patsfan1081 wrote:
jojo4341 wrote:For reference:

1st Team
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Donovan Mitchell
Jayson Tatum
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nikola Jokić

2nd Team
Jalen Brunson
Stephen Curry
Anthony Edwards
LeBron James
Evan Mobley

3rd Team
Cade Cunningham
Tyrese Haliburton
James Harden
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jalen Williams

I'm going to assume people who wouldn't have qualified for the award due to less games played (Luka, Paolo, AD, etc) don't count:

PG: Darius Garland
SG: Norman Powell
SF: Franz Wagner (or KD)
PF: Pascal Siakim
C: Domantas Sabonis

Yea, I think this team wins with an average bench.

I don’t think Powell or Wagner got a single vote. I think the five next guys in the voting were JJJ, Zubac, Sabonis, Garland, and Siakam.

Was also confused to see Powell. (KD didn't get a vote either).

Hard to make a starting lineup with Garland and 4 bigs though. The next guards were Trae Young and Devin Booker.

The closest I can get to a starting lineup using the guys voting for is:

Garland
Booker
Siakam
JJJ
Sengun

If it's just me picking guys:

Garland
Booker
KD
Siakam
Zubac

I'd have Ja, Derrick White, Dame, Jaylen Brown, Jamal Murray, Bane, Maxey, before I considered Norm Powell. The guy had a great season coming off screens and hitting shots, but his game is pretty limited.