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Derozan is obvious.

Julius Randle. Basically Zach Randolph with more spacing

All of them really. Like look at NBA games lol. Dudes do so much more today. I see someone like Jokić who will make at least 40% of decently timed three-pointers and I think "well, in itself it's nothing special for a 7-footer nowadays" lol. Even past-it LeBron would outperform prime LeBron lol. Anyone who denies the facts is just ignoring what the games really look like for sake of "ranking players" obsession.

Draymond would have thrived on November 19, 2004

This current version of Bradley Beal ironically lol

Gobert would be seen as an all-timer if he played in the 2000’s

People are calling Cade a bust? He's gonna be an all star

I feel like it's way too early to call Cade a bust.

I would’ve love to have seen Ausar Thompson guard a peak Kobe.

Ausar is already a stud perimeter defender at just 20 years old. He’d be better suited in those more defensive friendly eras.

Rui Hachimura is probably an all star with his midrange

Valančiūnas would be 20+ppg 10+rpg every year if you dropped him off in the 2000s

No social media Ja Morant? Face of the league

Talent was lacking back then so everyone.

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.

Well Booker in the 2000s is basically a better Rip Hamilton with better playmaking

Cunningham wouldn't have been a star.

Gobert playing in a league with awful spacing and offensive schemes that refused to adapt to the lack of the illegal defense rule would be disgusting. Or maybe coaches would have gotten mad that he wasn't poasting up 10+ times a game, who knows. Derozen would have been pretty great too, and Zion would have been even more of a monster. I'll say Mobeley too, in the Gobert category of great rim protector who can't shoot and struggles with offense.

Andre Drummond. Spacing not as big of an issue and he would dominate the glass.

Enes Kanter was quite scorer around the basket. Probably wouldn’t be as big of a defensive liability since there was less switching and covering the 3

There's a lot of ignorance here. A LOT of players today couldn't cut it in the middle 2000s. Stars included.

Sabonis, doesn't get appreciated much for his work rate

Boban would probably be an all star in the late 90dms - early 2000s era. Imagine a Boban Shaq matchup. Would be awesome.

He’s probably a few years out of the league but Jahlil Okafor - classic back to the basket big.

Lebron J...oh wait

Many, Derozan if he keeps his Kobe like ability would have been a high 20s ppg game with people comparing him to Kobe and MJ.

Drummond would have been something like little Shaq.