Basically it goes like this. There are 12 spots on the All-Decade Team. 4 guards, 4 forwards, 2 centers, and 2 additional players. Players that overlap decades must have played two seasons within the decade to count for that team. Players playing only one season for the Blazers can be counted, however unlikely their selection is. The scoring will go like this: your top two guards, forwards, and top center will receive 3 points, your second set will get 2 points, and your two additional players of any position will get 1 point. You do not have to specify PG, SG, SF, or PF like they don't for All-NBA Team selections. Straight up G or F is fine. Here's an example set of players you might look to select from (you can write in whoever you want as long as they fall within the rules): 1970-71 through 1978-79 Guards (alphabetical) Rick Adelman Dan Anderson Jim Barnett Charlie Davis Johnny Davis TR Dunn Bernie Fryer Herm Gilliam Lionel Hollins Stan McKenzie Geoff Petrie Larry Steele Dave Twardzik Lenny Wilkens Charlie Yelverton Forwards Corky Calhoun Barry Clemens Gary Gregor Bobby Gross Shaler Halimon John Johnson Ollie Johnson Ron Knight Maurice Lucas Ed Manning Lloyd Neal Greg Smith Sidney Wicks Centers Leroy Ellis Steve Hawes Robin Jones LaRue Martin Tom Owens Rick Roberson Dale Schlueter Bill Walton I would select: 1st group (3 pts each) G Geoff Petrie G Lionel Hollins F Maurice Lucas F Sidney Wicks C Bill Walton 2nd group (2 pts each) G Larry Steele G Dave Twardzik F Bobby Gross F Lloyd Neal C Tom Owens Additional (1 pt each) 1 Rick Adelman G 2 Johnny Davis G At the end, all of these scores will be added up for a consensus All-Decade Blazer Team.
1st group Wilkens, Petrie, Gross, Lucas, Walton 2nd group Twardzik, Hollins, John Johnson, Wicks, Owens 3rd group Schlueter, Gilliam
Keep in mind that the Lenny Wilkins we had was over the hill, largely washed up. Not the player he had been. Kinda like the Shawn Kemp we had (although not THAT bad). Gramps...
1st team: Petrie, Hollins, Lucas, Wicks, Walton (holding my nose) 2nd team: Barnett, Steele, Gross, John Johnson, Neal (he played mostly center) Extras: Twardzik, Owens
Not a consideration for me. There was no qualification about "as a Blazer." Wilkins was one of the all-time greats, hence 1st team.
