Player of the Decade for each NBA team

Horford made four All-Star teams in his seven seasons in the 2010s for Atlanta. His averages in 430 games were 15.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.2 blocks.

Pierce was named an All-Star each of the first three years of the decade and averaged 18.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 3.9 assists over 289 games for Boston in the decade.

The Nets’ all-time leading scorer, Lopez averaged over 20 points a contest four different times in the decade for the Nets.

The holder of many Hornets all-time records, Walker averaged 19.8 points and 5.5 assists over eight seasons for Charlotte while being named to three All-Star teams.

Rose won MVP honors in 2010-11, and while injury woes severely hampered the end of his run with Chicago, he still averaged 20.4 points and 6.2 assists in 325 games with the team over the decade.

While his first tenure with the Cavaliers was in the previous decade, James helped guide Cleveland to their first ever title in the 2015-16 season and was a triple-double threat every night with averages of 26.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 8.0 assists in four seasons with the team in the 2010s.

An All-Star six times in the decade, Nowitzki was Finals MVP when Dallas was able to defeat the Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals. The future Hall of Famer posted averages of 18.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in 683 games during the 2010s.

Jokic finished fourth in MVP voting last season and had 28 triple-doubles in his first four years in the league.

Twice an All-Star, Drummond has led the league in rebounding three different seasons (also currently leading in 2019-20) and was an All-NBA Third Team member in 2015-16.

Back-to-back MVP winner in 2014-15 and 2015-16, Curry has been a NBA champion three times and set a new record with 402 made three-pointers in 2015-16.

Since being traded to the Rockets in 2012, Harden has evolved into an all-time great scorer. He is the two-time reigning scoring champion and was named MVP in 2017-18.

George received All-Star honors in four of his seven seasons with the Pacers while averaging 18.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.7 steals in 448 games with the team.

Griffin gets the slight edge over Chris Paul due to almost 100 more games played with the Clippers. The 2010-11 Rookie of the Year was an All-Star each of his first five seasons and averaged 21.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 4.2 assists with Los Angeles.

He ended his career with injury woes and became an inefficient scorer, but he still averaged 24.7 points in the decade and was the Finals MVP in the 2009-10 season.

Hard to choose between Gasol and Mike Conley, but Gasol gets the nod due to more accolades including three All-Star appearances and being named the 2012-13 Defensive Player of the Year.

Teaming up with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, Wade’s Heat won back-to-back titles in 2011-12 and 2012-13. He also made seven All-Star appearances in the decade with Miami.

The reigning MVP, Antetokounmpo had a stellar three-year stretch from 2016-17 until 2018-19 in which he averaged 25.7 points, 10.4 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.6 blocks.

The 2015-16 Rookie of the Year, Towns averaged 22.3 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks over his first four seasons.

In seven seasons with New Orleans, Davis led the league in blocks three times, made the All-NBA First Team three times, and had impressive averages of 23.7 points and 10.5 rebounds.

The NBA scoring champ in 2012-13, Anthony’s best trait has always been putting the ball in the basket as he compiled 10,186 points in 412 outings with the Knicks. The New York Post recently wrote of his desire for the team to eventually retire his jersey.

An extra three years with Oklahoma City in the 2010s helps push Westbrook ahead of Kevin Durant. The 2016-17 MVP averaged a triple-double in each of the last three seasons.

Dwight Howard spent just the first two seasons of the decade with Orlando, so Vucevic takes the honors. An All-Star for the first time in 2018-19, Vucevic averaged a points/rebounds double-double five times in his seven seasons for the Magic in the 2010s.

Embiid has been an All-NBA Second Team member each of the last two seasons and posted superb numbers in 2018-19 with 27.5 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.9 blocks per contest.

While Phoenix hasn’t necessarily been a winning team in his stead, Booker has been putting in buckets as he averaged 21.4 points over his first four seasons.

Proving to be one of the league’s best point guards, Lillard was the 2012-13 Rookie of the Year and went on to average 23.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 6.3 assists over his first seven seasons.

A very productive player while with Sacramento, Cousins owns averages of 21.1 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 3.0 assists in 470 games with the Kings.

Late-career Tim Duncan was also in consideration, but Leonard was the Finals MVP in the 2013-14 season and was named Defensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons (2014-15 and 2015-16).

Kawhi Leonard was the leader on last season’s championship team, but that was his only year in Toronto. You can flip a coin between DeMar DeRozan and Lowry, but Lowry is chosen here, in large part, because he was a member of that title-winning team.

Another tight one is between Gordon Hayward and Gobert, but Gobert has won the past two Defensive Player of the Year awards, led the league in blocks in 2016-17, and led in field goal percentage in 2018-19.

An All-Star five times, Wall’s first nine seasons have seen him average 19.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 9.2 assists, and 1.7 steals.