Boston Celtics: Creating the all-time one-year starting five

Power Forward: Dominique Wilkins (1994-95)

Though Dominique Wilkins was listed as a small forward for his legendary career, he had the skills capable to be quite a dominant four — especially in the small ball era of today.

A long time rival of the organization during his time with the Atlanta Hawks (1982-94), the man known as The Human Highlight Film opted to join the rebuilding Boston Celtics in the summer of 1994 where, though he specifically played well, the team as a whole was an underwhelming unit.

Through 77 games Wilkins actually played quite well for the team, registering 17.8 points and 5.2 rebounds 42 percent shooting from the field and a career high 39 percent shooting from deep on 3.8 attempts per game.

The team would go on to muster up a less than .500 record of 35-47 but did manage to qualify for the Eastern Conference postseason as the eight seed, only to be trounced in the first round in four games by the Shaquille O’Neal led Orlando Magic.

Frustrated with the trajectory of the franchise, Wilkins decided one year was enough with the franchise and, in turn, took his talents overseas along with teammate Xavier McDaniel and suited up for the Greek ball-club Fortitudo Bologna (McDaniel would play for Iraklis Thessaloniki.

Unlike the many other players on this starting-five Wilkins’ short-lived tenure with the Celtics was actually quite productive and, individually, successful. Because of this, the Hall of Famer’s inclusion on this roster was the easiest decision for us to make.