Perhaps no other league in sports has more star-power than the NBA. From Wilt Chamberlain to Larry Bird, to Michael Jordan and LeBron James, the Association has had no shortage of amazing and attention-grabbing superstars pass through their gate.
Naturally, even amid a wild regular season, fans can’t help but debate who is better and which hypothetical All-Time rosters would be the best.
On First Things First, FOX Sports analyst Nick Wright and Nets superstar Kevin Durant assembled their own “dream teams” before comparing the finished products. It sparked some conversation on Twitter.
Who has the better all-time 12-man roster?
RT for @getnickwright
LIKE for KD pic.twitter.com/MbCQo4xpVg
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) April 20, 2021
Durant’s team is a little more outside the box, with LeBron starting at point guard himself plugged at the straight power-forward, and Kobe in at the three. Off the bench, he includes notable names like Kevin Garnett, Steph Curry, Tracy McGrady, and even Anthony Davis.
As for Wright, his starting five is a little more balanced, with Curry, Jordan, Tim Duncan, and Kareem balancing out size and interior play with shooting. Off the bench, he’s got Kobe, Magic, Larry Bird, Shaq, and Durant.
Fans couldn’t come to a complete consensus, but most did give Wright’s squad the nod in the end.
Magic should be starting. He's a Mount Rushmore player. That is a huge mistake made by both Durant and Nick.
— Alim Gaines (@GraceDad16) April 20, 2021
Starters:
pg: Lebron
sg: Jordan
sf: KD
pf: Bird
C: Wilt
Bench:
Magic
Steph
Duncan
Kobe
Hakeem
Dirk
Kareem
I like the spacing for Nick’s team more but in a head to head matchup curry wouldn’t be able to guard that size
— Chaz Voltron (@Im_the_KERNal) April 20, 2021
I'm gonna have to take Nicks off the facts Durant put Tmac and Ad in all time list.
— Pam (@Pam_Renea) April 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/sanspseudo_____/status/1384600367095328769https://twitter.com/2018LeBron/status/1384589755111944197
Kd lineup is pretty good considering that it’s not a traditional starting 5 Lebron literally could average 20 plus assists and wouldn’t have to score he’d just need to facilitate and play defense
— DCF4L (@JakavianHines3) April 20, 2021
Damn this is actually pretty tough. But to not have Timmy on the squad is crazy. TMac was a nice piece on KDs roster as dude was lethal. But I'll give the nod too @getnickwright
— Jerry The Dude (@Jerry_The_Dude) April 20, 2021
Bird not starting? Lol where is Magic and Russell? They have to be trolling. Why say all time then use all new age players. So dumb
— Mark (@mdussault77) April 20, 2021
Nick. Only because kobe and Jordan in the starting line up competing against each other for the ball.
— BritniS (@Hellsangel8081) April 20, 2021
Durant did respond to some fans to defend his AD pick.
AD can knock down that three, middies from everywhere and handle if need be, would be a cheat for any team ever created
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) April 20, 2021
It’s impossible to see which team would win a game or series, for obvious reasons, so the best we can do is form an opinion on what we know from each player.
At the very least, it can be said with certainty that both teams would be pretty darn good. Just how good, though, is for you to decide…
