The Most Overrated Starting 5 Basketball Team of All Time

The team I am talking about is, of course, the Monstars from Space Jam.

When talking about "Overrated," there is only one team that was viewed as super amazing and unfairly talented as the Monsters. But, if we're being honest, they were not that good.


Backstory - Aliens, known as the Nerdlucks, stole the talent from "five of the best NBA players" and made an ultimate team called the "Monstars." They were intimidating and, for all intents and purposes, an All-Star team.



But how good was that team really?

First let's break it down player by player

Muggsy Bogues. Point Guard. 5 foot 3 inches. Didn't make the Basketball Hall of Fame. Never won an MVP award. Never won a ring.

Charles Barkley. Power Forward. Made the Basketball Hall of Fame. One MVP award. Never won a ring.

Larry Johnson. Power Forward. Despite his name being a combination of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, Larry Johnson didn't make the Basketball Hall of Fame. Never won an MVP award. Never won a ring.

Patrick Ewing. Center. Made the Basketball Hall of Fame. Never won an MVP award. Never won a ring.

Shawn Bradley. Center. Didn't make the Basketball Hall of Fame. Never won an MVP award. Never won a ring.

Together, that makes a combine 2 Hall of Fame players, 1 MVP award, and 0 rings.

Lets compare that "All-Star" team to the current Golden State Warriors (a real team).

If you take the starting 5 of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguadala, Kevin Durant, and Draymond Green, you get a combined 4 MVP awards (3 regular season and 1 finals) and 4 rings.

Ps - And the Warriors are not done.

Now let's look at team chemistry

The Monstars had one non-HOF point guard, two power forwards and two centers as their starting 5. What else can I say? That was obviously never going to work.

Conclusion

It's no wonder why they lost to the Michael Jordan, Bill Murray, and the Loony Toons. A team of Bogues, Barkley, Larry Johnson, Ewing and Shawn Bradley wouldn't even be a good starting 5 in the NBA let alone an all-star team. They stole the talent from five guys who never won a ring, the majority of them didn't make it into the Hall of Fame, and only one of them was an MVP and it was just once. Comparatively, Michael Jordan alone has 11 MVP awards (5 regular season and 6 finals MVPs). It's no surprise the Monsters couldn't win the big game.