The Golden State Warriors Compared To The Past 10 Years Of All-Star Teams
The Golden State Warriors Compared To The Past 10 Years Of All-Star Teams
The 2018-2019 Golden State Warriors are loaded with all-stars — see how they stack up to the official all-star teams of years past.
The 2018-2019 Golden State Warriors are an all-star team. Ever since DeMarcus "Boogie" Cousins joined the already established super team, it's all you've heard.
The season is over. Why play it? They're an all-star team.
That may be true, but how would they actually fare against actual all-star teams? Here, let me show you.
Here's what we did:
- Looked back at the starting lineup for each East and West all-star team for the past 10 years
- Compiled each starter's season average for points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks
- Totaled those numbers up for each starter
- Totaled up those numbers for each team
- And compared the same thing to the 2018-2019 Golden State Warriors*
Using this method, the Warriors racked up a solid 183. Take a look below.
2018-2019 WARRIORS* | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOTAL | |
G | Steph Curry | 26.4 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 39 |
G | Klay Thompson | 20.0 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 28 |
F | Kevin Durant | 26.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 41 |
F | Draymond Green | 11.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 29 |
C | DeMarcus Cousins | 25.2 | 12.9 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 47 |
183 |
(Stats based off 2017-2018 season)
The most shocking thing about looking at this is that according to this, "Boogie" is the best player. And he is joining the two-time NBA champions.
That team, adding Boogie and totaling 183 scores higher than these nine of the past 20 NBA All-Star Teams:
2016 East Team
- Starters: Dwayne Wade, Kyle Lowry, LeBron James, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony = 177
2015 East Team
- Starters: John Wall, Kyle Lowry, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Pau Gasol = 177
2015 West Team
- Starters: Steph Curry, Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, Anthony Davis, Marc Gasol = 182
2014 East Team
- Starters: Dwayne Wade, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony = 179
2013 East Team
- Starters: Rajon Rondo, Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett = 178
2012 West Team
- Starters: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum = 177
2011 West Team
- Starters: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Yao Ming = 163
2010 East Team
- Starters: Allen Iverson, Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard = 174
2010 West Team
- Starters: Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Tim Duncan, Amar'e Stoudemire = 178
And a tie:
2013 West Team
- Starters: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard = 183
Those are some pretty legit teams. But are we even serious?! This Warriors team is ridiculous. It's going to be a sad upcoming NBA playoffs.
CHECK OUT THE FULL 2018-2009 NBA ALL-STAR TEAM STATS HERE
While those stats are fun, some of the most interesting tidbits came while looking closer at the NBA all-star teams. Let's all take a look at what we will call the "40-plus club".
When adding up all of the players' stats (season average for points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks) from the past 10 NBA All-Star Team starters. Here are a few things that popped out.
Quick math lesson: 10 seasons, two teams per season (East and West) with five starters = 100 stat lines
Stay with me...
Out of those 100 stat lines, there are:
- Twenty stat lines that score a 40 or higher
- Those 19 stat lines are shared by only 8 different players
- LeBron James (10), Kevin Durant (3), James Harden (2), Dwayne Wade (1), Steph Curry (1), Chris Paul (1), Anthony Davis (1), and Carmelo Anthony (1)
- The average score is 44.4
- The highest score is by James Harden with a 50 in 2017.
- Look at this stat line: 29.1 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 11.2 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.5 BPG
- LeBron's highest "40-plus club" score was a 48, and he did it twice (2018 and 2010)
Speaking of LeBron.
The past 10 years, LeBron has been on the "40-plus club" every single year.
His highest score was 48, his lowest score a 41, and he averaged a 45. There was only one year in the past 10 years where LeBron James didn't clearly have the highest mark on his team. That was in 2009. LeBron's score is 46.0. Dwayne Wade's score is 46.2.
That's the definition of consistency.
I'm starting to like the Laker's chances this year...
2018-2019 LAKERS* | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOTAL | |
G | Lonzo Ball | 10.2 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 27 |
G | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 8.3 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 22 |
F | LeBron James | 27.5 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 48 |
F | Brandon Ingram | 16.1 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 27 |
C | JaVale McGee | 4.8 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 9 |
132 |
Just kidding.