New Orleans Pelicans: Evaluating Lonzo Ball’s All-Time Starting Five

Power Forward

Kevin Durant, Brooklyn Nets

Ok, this is where we start to have some disagreement.

Lonzo Ball chose Kevin Durant as his starting power forward, which seemed like a bit of a cheat.

Durant has played the four in his career, sure, but he is more of a small forward than a power forward.

Basketball reference even has him listed as a shooting guard.

Durant does most of his work on the wing, where he is one of the best shooters of all-time.

His combination of height and deadly accuracy make him impossible to guard and there are few players from the past with his combination of size, quickness and shooting.

We love Durant, but just to be contrary, we’ll go with a more traditional power forward here.

Let’s also let Durant’s career play out before we crown him one of the all-time greats.

Yes, he has an MVP award and two rings, but they came as a result of joining a team that had just won 73 games. He didn’t exactly climb a mountain to get there.

We are going to stick with the guy who won five rings as the centerpiece of the team and two MVP awards without joining the best team of all-time.

He doesn’t have Durant’s ability from long-range but you don’t need it when you can hit a 15-foot bank shot at will.

Who we would have chosen: Tim Duncan

Honorable Mention: Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Kevin McHale