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Players today who would be better in the mid 2000s (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Funny-Transition7869@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Opposite of the other thread, I realized that Cade Cunningham would be better suited to the past era, since he has a high bball iq but outdated shot selection and spacing. Would probably be a star instead of called a bust already. Sabonis, Gobert, Paolo would all be top ten too I think.

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[–] Juniper41@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Jonas Valanciunas in the early to mid 2000s would probably be a 5-10x All Star.

Centers were incredibly weak then, and he is a walking 20 & 10. If he's in the East from 2000-2010 I think he is a 5+ All Star. He grabs a lot of rebounds which that era, counting stats were really all anyone looked at. He is also very healthy and plays most games each season.

This was an era that saw Jamal Magloire, Brad Miller, Alonzo Mourning, Vlade Divac all make all star teams while averaging like 10-12 ppg or playing ~20 games. Valanciunas being a steady 20 & 10 in the era where Shaq was fading and Dwight hadn't dominated yet would be hard to vote against. Boban too would probably be a couple time all star in the 2000s.

[–] Effective_Leave5011@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

That Magloire Allstar nod is one of those things that always catches me off guard everytime it gets brought up.