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We’re here, the end of the 2010s, a decade that saw the NBA rise in popularity unseen since Michael Jordan. The game changed many times over. We have lived the player empowerment and small-ball eras. Three-point attempts have doubled. Chris Kaman was a 2010 All-Star, and it is hard to imagine how he would fit in today’s NBA. Super teams came and went, and Kawhi Leonard ended almost all of them. We saw the decline of several all-time greats and the rise of several more. Here they are, the All-Decade Team.

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First Team

G: Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors

Credentials: 2x MVP, 3x champion, 6x All-NBA (3x First Team)

Curry was the most important contributor to a pair of the NBA’s biggest plot lines over the past 10 years — the 3-point boon and the Warriors dynasty — both interwoven to define the second half of this decade.

Curry set the single-season record for 3-pointers made with 272 in 2012-13, and then broke it twice more, becoming the only player ever to make 400 threes in a season (at a 45 percent clip, no less). At 31 years old, he is already the greatest shooter to ever live, and he has done 99 percent of his damage since 2010, a run that includes a 73-win season, back-to-back MVPs, three titles and six straight All-NBA appearances.

G: James Harden, Houston Rockets

Credentials: MVP, 6MOY, 6x All-NBA (5x First Team)

If Curry is the babyface of the 3-point era, James Harden is the bearded face of its natural evolution, for better or worse. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey took simple math (three is greater than two) and expanded it to eliminate the midrange, mandating more efficient shots either beyond the arc or at the rim, where fouls are more frequent. And Harden has proven the perfect player to carry out Moreyball’s mission.

Harden’s 3-point attempts per game have steadily risen from six in 2012-13, his first season in Houston, to 14 this season, and his free-throw attempts have found the same level. His is an isolation-heavy and foul-hungry brand of basketball that can be difficult to watch at times, but there is no denying the results. He is scoring at levels unseen since Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain, now approaching 40 points per game, and it has yielded one MVP honor, three more second-place finishes and six straight All-NBA nods.

F: LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers

Credentials: 3x MVP, 3x champion, 3x Finals MVP, 10-time All-NBA (9x First Team), 5x All-Defense

LeBron has been the face of the NBA for the entire decade, save for Kobe Bryant’s run to a fifth ring in 2010. LeBron made The Decision that summer, and henceforth we have watched with great interest his transformation from goat to G.O.A.T. He has built a school and a media empire, and his comments on everything from domestic politics to foreign policy are met with international intrigue. He is a global icon.

He is also likely one of the two greatest players ever to walk the planet. Much of his assault on the record books has come this decade, and he is every bit as good exiting it as he was entering it. We could go on, but LeBron was the easiest choice for this roster in a stretch that includes three MVPs, three titles, five All-Defensive selections, eight straight Finals appearances, an All-NBA nod in each of the 10 years and a bajillion people wondering when, if ever, he will stop physically and mentally dominating their favorite teams.