The Other B.S. Report: Colorado Professional Sports All-Decade Teams

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COLORADO AVALANCHE All-Decade Team

G - Patrick Roy Some legal troubles after retirement, but St. Patrick brought pair of cups
D - Adam Foote Such a loyal Av, he couldn't stay away when resigning last year
D - Rob Blake The trade to bring "The Butt" to Denver was the difference in 2001
F - Milan Hejduk Consistent over time; will have scored 20+ goals every season since 1999
F - Alex Tanguay Two stints with the Avalanche; his two goals won Game 7 of Cup Finals
C - Joe Sakic Stats speak for themselves: his hand-the-Cup-to-Ray moment is top-five classiest in sports history

DENVER BRONCOS All-Decade Team

WR - Rod Smith A Bronco through and through, for the ages - and with two rings, too
TE - Shannon Sharpe Believe it or not, Shannon's last two bucket list years (2002-03) were both better than anything Putzier, Carswell or Scheffler put up
OL - Ryan Clady What a find this guy was, when he was a Bronco of Boise State
OL - Matt Lepsis Was incredible left tackle even before we got Clady
OL - Tom Nalen An absolute rock and the leader of the NFL's best line for years
OL - Ben Hamilton Great draft pick lasted just about entire decade
OL - Cooper Carlisle Makes the list despite signing with Raiders in 2007
WR - Brandon Marshall For all his crybabyness, he's the most talented player Denver's ever had this side of No. 7
QB - Jake Plummer Similar stats to John Elway's successor, but Brian Griese never made an AFC title game
RB - Clinton Portis Never forget that heavyweight belt he donned against Indianapolis
RB - Mike Anderson You'd be surprised to know Mikey had 700 more yards and 7 more TDs than Portis as a Bronco
K - Jason Elam Still a little bitter we gave him away. Mr. 63-yarder deserved better

DE - Trevor Pryce At least 7.0 sacks in six straight seasons, four in this decade
DT - Ebenezer Ekuban Anchored the middle during 2005 playoff run
DE - Reggie Hayward Was a force opposite Pryce for a couple of years
OLB - Elvis Dumervil "Doom" is main reason for defensive 3-4 turnaround in '09
ILB - Al Wilson Look up "heart of a team" in Broncos encyclopedia, see his face
ILB - D.J. Williams 590 tackles in six years; has handled defensive changes supremely
OLB - Ian Gold Old-time Bronco, like Williams, succeeded inside and out
CB - Champ Bailey What's this Revis Island crap? Ain't no messin' with the CHAMP
SS - John Lynch The NFL should regret fining this guy for just hittin' the hell out of people
FS - Nick Ferguson Excellent complement to Lynch in the secondary
CB - Vacant Champ. Is. THAT. Good. Nobody else is worthy of this spot.
P - Micah Knorr Wouldn't mind giving it to Tom Rouen, even though he too was the 90s

DENVER NUGGETS All-Decade Team

G - Chauncey Billups Instant impact on the community. Finally made 2nd round with him
G - Allen Iverson His stint was short but sweet. SO fun to watch (nod to third guard Andre Miller)
F - Carmelo Anthony LeBron's better, but Melo being drafted had greater impact on team
F - Kenyon Martin Tight edge over Nene; K-Mart's slightly more durable, much better defender
C - Marcus Camby You wonder if Denver could've won 2009 title with Marcus in the middle

COLORADO ROCKIES All-Decade Team

C - Yorvit Torrealba Iannetta's got better stats, but Yorvi's been more clutch in October.
1B - Todd Helton Ummmmm ... duh. This one's not quite as close as Yorvi-Netta.
2B - Kazuo Matsui If you're wondering, "RockTober '07'" brownie points being handed out.
3B - Garrett Atkins Was a terrific hitter for four years, before giving way to Ian Stewart
SS - Troy Tulowitzki Bum bum ... bum bum bum ... bum bum bum bum ... TULO!!!
LF - Matt Holliday "The Slide" will be replayed to my grandkids in 2080
CF - Willy Tavares His two big years were more valuable than Juan Pierre's two big seasons.
RF - Larry Walker Won the 1997 MVP, and then continued to dominate in early part of aughts
Util - Clint Barmes Has never really lived up to potential, but still solid middle infielder
Util - Jamey Carroll Why? Fast-forward to the four-hour, 46-minute segment of this clip
SP - Aaron Cook Franchise's all-time wins leader, and the rock of this staff
SP - Jason Jennings Dominant three-year stretch edges Pedro Astacio's in late 90s
SP - Jeff Francis Hopefully he'll be back in 2010 better than ever after empty 2009
SP - Josh Fogg Astacio? Too 90s. Jamey Wright? Meh. Let's go with The Dragon Slayer.
SP - Ubaldo Jimenez It says something that 4/5ths this rotation were Rockies in 2009
RP - Jose Jimenez Crapped out after fantastic three, four-year period as Rox closer
Closer - Brian Fuentes Menacing look helped him to all-time franchise lead with 115 saves

TOP FIVE ALL-COLORADO PLAYERS OF THE DECADE:
5) Marcus Camby, Nuggets.
4) Joe Sakic, Avalanche.
3) Carmelo Anthony, Nuggets.
2) Todd Helton, Rockies.
ALL-COLORADO PLAYER OF THE DECADE: Champ Bailey, Broncos.
ALL-COLORADO COACH OF THE DECADE: George Karl, Nuggets.