NBA: All-time starting 5 of the 1980's

Centre - Moses Malone (Houston Rockets / Philadelphia 76ers / Washington Bullets / Atlanta Hawks)

Moses Malone...

This might come as a surprise to some people as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was also in the league during this decade. Although Kareem had more success with the Lakers during this period, individually Moses was far superior. He won the MVP award in his last year with Houston and in his first season with Philadelphia hence becoming the only player to win consecutive MVPs with two different teams. He also broke the record for most number of rebounding titles in a row with five spanning from 1981 to 1985. He was voted an All-Star each and every year in the decade and was named first-team All-NBA thrice and was named to the second-team four times.

His biggest and probably proudest achievement though, came when he won the NBA title with the 76ers 1983 and also took home the finals MVP award the same season. While the Pistons also won a title during the decade, it came at the very end of the 80s when both Los Angeles and Boston had aging teams and quite a few injuries too. On the other hand, Moses along with Julius Erving managed to get themselves a title during a period that saw the peak of the Lakers and Celtics.