# Favorite NBA team's all-time starting 5, by alma maters **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 14, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454 "2014-05-14T18:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/1 "2014-05-14T18:05:02Z")
I’m a Celtics fan, my team Centenary San Francisco Indiana St. Ohio St. Holy Cross ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/2 "2014-05-14T22:19:51Z")
Spurs: Navy Wake Forest Eastern Michigan Auburn Paris Badket Racing (I guess) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/3 "2014-05-14T23:12:59Z")
Did Gervin go to Auburn or EMU? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/4 "2014-05-15T00:01:19Z")
EMU ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/5 "2014-05-15T00:12:24Z")
Assume Person is a Tiger. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/6 "2014-05-15T01:11:12Z")
As in he played for Auburn Tigers? Yep. 74-78 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/7 "2014-05-15T01:29:24Z")
Wizards/Bullets: Louisville Houston Arizona Winston-Salem State Boise State/Idaho And it must be mentioned: North Carolina ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/8 "2014-05-15T01:30:37Z")
Wow! Chuck Person is way older than I thought!! Assume you can ID my starting 5? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/9 "2014-05-15T02:34:21Z")
DC-The only 2 I figured out were: Griffith Hayes And Jordan obviously. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/10 "2014-05-15T02:46:23Z")
Wait! Which one’s Unseld? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/11 "2014-05-15T02:47:58Z")
All but one played in Baltimore: Unseld Hayes Arenas - run out of town in disgrace, but unquestionably the centerpiece of the mid-00s playoff teams Earl Monroe I went with Gus Johnson for the fifth; waaayyy before my time, but he’s one of just four retired jerseys for the franchise (the other three are Unseld, Hayes, and Monroe). Considered Moses Malone and Walt Bellamy, but they were only in town for 2 seasons apiece. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/12 "2014-05-15T03:01:58Z")
For you, **evt78** : Parrish Russell Bird Havlicek Cousy ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/13 "2014-05-15T03:02:34Z")
Temple University Temple University Temple University Temple University Temple University Wait a minute… That didn’t work AT ALL. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/14 "2014-05-15T03:17:57Z")
Yup DC. I’m 36 BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/15 "2014-05-15T04:26:39Z")
Houston: 5: Houston 4: Houston 3: Michigan 2: -none- 1: Niagara Houston could start at the 2, if you think he spent enough time with the team. In that case, I would move -none- to the 3. Centers -none- and -none- would start for many a team’s all-time roster. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/16 "2014-05-15T13:47:58Z")
> [@Kimble](#): > > Houston could start at the 2, if you think he spent enough time with the team. In that case, I would move -none- to the 3. Centers -none- and -none- would start for many a team’s all-time roster. It’s pretty interesting – it’s possible that both -none- and -none- would miss out on the starting lineup for all the teams each played for, despite each being a top 10 center all-time. -none- was behind Houston, obviously, in Houston’s lineup, and then you’ve got Kansas in Philly and Georgetown in Atlanta, and he only played a little bit here and there for other teams. And then obviously -none- doesn’t make it in Houston and almost certainly will never get to that level, and he’d be behind LSU (at the very least) for both of his other teams. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/17 "2014-05-16T01:44:50Z")
Atlanta Hawks: Georgia Minnesota Georgetown Florida LSU Honorable Mentions Arkansas Oklahoma ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/18 "2014-05-16T16:51:45Z")
The Spurs are already taken, so I’ll do my second favorite team: the Knicks Grambling (most people would say Georgetown, and the stats are on their side… but emotion leads me to go with Grambling) Tennessee University of Detroit Southern Illinois Winston-Salem State ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/19 "2014-05-17T19:16:41Z")
Kansas Massachusetts Auburn West Texas A&M (had to look that up) Georgetown ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454/20 "2014-05-19T20:48:10Z")
Utah Jazz: UCLA Louisiana Tech Notre Dame LSU Gonzaga Outside of the two HoFers, it’s a pretty sad list: guys who were good but not that good, played significant stretches of their careers with other teams, or both. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-nba-teams-all-time-starting-5-by-alma-maters/688454.md?page=2)