I get the temptation but I'd much rather build a functional team around the 2-3 best players than just play the 5 best individuals. That Suns unit desperately needs perimeter D next to Nash and 3-pt shooting next to the inside monsters Chuck & Amare or the lane is going to be crowded. DJ only gives you defense so I'd play Bledsoe (can defend PG or SG, Nash will be happy), Majerle (3&D, right?) or even the eternally underrated Raja Bell over him. That interior D though... but thinking about it, all these teams have scoring bigs so good, that even the best defense won't stop them, so if they're scoring anyway it might not matter to much if you have defenders that couldn't even stop Kwame Brown.
Cliff Robinson (3&D) should see lots of time off the bench and one of Amare/Barkley should always be leadiing bench units so you can have big minutes of Nash/3&D SG/Marion/Robinson/1 of Chuck/Amare which gives you athletic 4-out basketball lead by Nash just like everyone is accustomed to.
The Sonics would be sick if they had a player like Westbrook who could reliably penetrate and distort the defense. Afaik, Allen, Ellis & Kemp were best when you created for them. I'd play Schrempf over Baker in the modern era where shooting is king.
World B. Free was a combo guard scorer, right? In that case I'd start Redick over him. Griffin & Nixon are going to want the ball in their own hands as much as possible.
Not giving LeBron to the Cavs is
Bulls defense is crazy but without outside shooting, how are Rose Jordan & Pippen gonna get into the paint? Mike could still bomb away from mid-range though.
Can the Bucks run a Moncrief/Redd backcourt with Giannis playing point? Or Middleton instead of Redd even for great D.
You have Iguodala both in 76ers reservs & FAs.
Really like the Blazers. I think of Walton as first tier among Cs. He ticks the right boxes: team defense, team offense, scoring secondary.
Boston is frustrating to me. For a decent offense you ideally want Bird at PF with Hondo & Pierce on the wings but they have so many great interior players who should get playing time, so going big with Bird at the 3 and whipping that above lineup out as needed seems best. I'd start Pierce & McHale for scoring & shooting while not losing much defense although I'm saying that without really grasping how good of a player Cowens was and if he'd fit next to Russell.
I need that roster!
Also I finished a season with the 04 T-Wolves and wanted to post about but didn't get around to it yet.