🔴🔵 ARIZONA GOATS – STARTING 5 🐾
Desert dominance. Tucson legends. All-time greatness.
🏀 PG: Mike Bibby (#10)
• 1997 NCAA Champion as a freshman
• #2 overall pick in 1998
• Ice-cold shooter and floor general under pressure
• Ran Lute Olson’s system with surgical precision
🏀 SG: Gilbert Arenas (#0)
• Averaged 15.8 PPG at Arizona
• Helped lead 2001 team to the NCAA title game
• 3× NBA All-Star, 20+ PPG scorer in the league
• Fearless, flashy, and absolutely unguardable when hot
🏀 SF: Sean Elliott (#32)
• 1989 National Player of the Year
• Arizona’s all-time leading scorer (2,555 points)
• 2× Consensus All-American
• Jersey retired – he is Arizona Basketball
🏀 PF: Lauri Markkanen (#10)
• 2017 First-Team All-Pac-12
• 15.6 PPG, 7.2 RPG as a freshman
• Stretch-four prototype with NBA All-Star status now
• Modern big with a silky jumper
🏀 C: Deandre Ayton (#13)
• 2018 Pac-12 Player of the Year & Freshman of the Year
• 20.1 PPG, 11.6 RPG, 61% FG
• #1 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft
• Dominant post presence with elite size and touch
🌵 Arizona has built an NBA factory with elite talent at every position. Who’s your 6th man off the bench?
Drop your vote in the comments 👇
GOAL:
Build the most NBA-ready starting five using only players who attended the university for at least one season. This isn’t just about college accomplishments — it’s about who would dominate right now if you dropped them into an NBA game.