Best All-NBA 1st Teams from every decade?

[L.Kizzle]

What are the best All-NBA Teams per decade.
I went through them and these are the ones that stood out (to me.)

1948-1949
Center / George Mikan
Forwards / Joe Fulks & Jim Pollard
Guards / Bob Davies & Max Zaslofsky

1958-1959
Center / Bill Russell
Forwards / Elgin Baylor & Bob Pettit
Guards / Bob Cousy & Bill Sharman

1966-1967
Center / Wilt Chamberlain
Forwards / Elgin Baylor & Rick Barry
Guards / Oscar Robertson & Jerry Wet

1971-1972
Center / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Forwards / John Havlicek & Spencer Haywood
Guards / Jerry West & Walt Frazier

1984-1985
Center / Moses Malone
Forwards / Larry Bird & Bernard King
Guards / Magic Johnson & Isiah Thomas

1990-1991
Center / David Robinson
Forwards / Karl Malone & Charles Barkley
Guards / Michael Jordan & Magic Johnson

2002-2003
Center / Shaquille O'Neal
Forwards / Tim Duncan & Kevin Garnett
Guards / Kobe Bryant & Tracy McGrady

2016-2017
Center / Anthony Davis
Forwards / LeBron James & Kawhi Leonard
Guards / Russell Westbrook & James Harden

[Phoenix]

That 2003 team is insane. Every single one of those guys were at or near their apex.

[Whoah10115]

03/04 had Kidd so easily ahead of 03/04 in that sense.

80s would do 87/88. Hakeem, Charles, Larry, Michael and Magic.

58-59 with Russell, Petit, Baylor, Sharman and Cousy.

61-62 is insane. Wilt, Petit, Baylor, West and Oscar.

Agree on 71-72 but 73-74 is close.

Agree 90-91, with 89-90 (if that counts) super close.

[AussieSteve]

80s has to be 88.

Hakeem, Barkley, Bird, Jordan, Magic... 5 guys all in the midst of top 15 peaks all time. Probably the best all league team ever.

[HBK_Kliq_2]

2020 will end up the greatest of all time if they make it Luka/Harden/Kawhi/LeBron/Giannis

[Round Mound]

80s has to be 88.

Hakeem, Barkley, Bird, Jordan, Magic... 5 guys all in the midst of top 15 peaks all time. Probably the best all league team ever.

:applause:

[L.Kizzle]

80s has to be 88.

Hakeem, Barkley, Bird, Jordan, Magic... 5 guys all in the midst of top 15 peaks all time. Probably the best all league team ever.

I thought about it but half the guys peaked in the 90s. But I thought about it for a LONG time.

[AussieSteve]

I thought about it but half the guys peaked in the 90s. But I thought about it for a LONG time.

You have 3 consensus top 10 guys in or close to their peak (Jordan, Magic, Bird). Another one (Hakeem) a few years from his peak, but well and truly in his prime. And a 5th guy (Barkley) who was in the first of year of a 4 year peak worthy of an all time top 10 player, but he didn't reach that status due to his lack of longevity at that level.

Bird - 31yo - 30ppg on 56%efg
Jordan - 25yo - 35ppg, MVP, DPOY
Barkley - 25yo - 28ppg on 60%efg, 12rpg
Magic - 28yo - 20ppg, 12apg
Hakeem - 25yo - 23ppg, 12rpg

These are all peak/prime numbers to me.

[BigShotBob]

2020 will end up the greatest of all time if they make it Luka/Harden/Kawhi/LeBron/Giannis

no

[HBK_Kliq_2]

no

Luka is the going to be the greatest point guard of all time, Giannis 2 time MVP, Kawhi the greatest winner of all time, LeBron the greatest point forward of all time, james harden with 3 scoring titles. I don't think you can come up with a better 1st team then that in NBA history, tell me one?