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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:58 am Post subject: Which team wins a 7 game series? |
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Team 1:
Stephen Curry
Klay Thompson
Kawhi Leonard
Anthony Davis
Demarcus Cousins
Coach: Pop
Team 2:
John Wall
Demar Derozan
Jimmy Butler
LeBron James
Joakim Noah
Coach: Thibs
Could be lineups we'll see in this year's all star game. It'd be fun to see them play in a competitive series |
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Don Draper Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:01 am Post subject: |
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I think as talented as these teams are, the offense won't be an issue. So I'd probably take Team 2 under Thibs. |
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:54 am Post subject: |
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I take team 1. Waaayyy too much to handle on offense without giving up anything on defense. Too many x factors as well. The Splash Brothers are way too difficult to contain. A great lane attacker in Leonard. Defensive monster who will erase any mistakes on defense in AD. The only person I wouldn't like is Cousins and Pop could probably hide him. |
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jonnybravo Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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12 wrote: | I take team 1. Waaayyy too much to handle on offense without giving up anything on defense. Too many x factors as well. The Splash Brothers are way too difficult to contain. A great lane attacker in Leonard. Defensive monster who will erase any mistakes on defense in AD. The only person I wouldn't like is Cousins and Pop could probably hide him. |
Yeah, it's not like Pop doesn't do defense either. Before they changed their identity, the Spurs were playing Chicago caliber defense for over a decade. His main guys are just 600 years old on the Spurs now so their emphasis changed out of necessity. |
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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I couldn't decide when I get as thinking about this lol. But looking at it now I think team 1 has better shooting. Team 2 has too many streaky shooters |
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doughboy90650 Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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Probably team 1. |
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Telleris Star Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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team 2 would have much better ball movement, on a stacked team, you often need an actual playmaker which team 1 (team 2 would be way better under pop to utilize all that passing) _________________ I believe everything the media tells me except for anything for which I have direct personal knowledge, which they always get wrong |
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GoldenThroat Moderator
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Team 1. LeBron's a fantastic defender, but there's no way he could handle Cousins or Davis.
IMO, Team 1 would actually be a highly functioning team, which usually isn't the case when All-Stars are thrown together, often because the best qualities of many guys involve them dominating the ball. (I'd suspect LeBron/Wall/DeRozan wouldn't be especially complimentary for this reason) Offensively, Team 1 has pick & roll, low post abilities, and can effectively space the floor at all 5 positions while still being dominant on the glass. Both bigs are good passers, which is an underrated part of a good offense, IMO. Defensively, Davis is the best player in the game, and you have a dominant wing defender (Kawhi) and another good one. (Thompson) Cousins has improved in this area as well, although Curry's your weak link. You have a go to guy (Curry) down the stretch and a couple of guys with some serious cajones in big situations.
Team 2 is good, but Team 1 is nearly perfect. |
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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TEAM 1. Bring on Team 3 now. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Team 1 wins in 5 games, especially if they are running Pop's system. Team 2 might win one game on account of LeBron going off.
I don't know what team 2 would do on offense, and they definitely wouldn't be able to defend team 1, at all. _________________ A banana is killed every time a terrible thread or post is made. Save the bananas. Stop creating terrible posts! |
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Fruscas Star Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Team 1 easily. Team 2 has little to none shooting ability. Team 1 is the most balanced and has the better coach ) i thought i would see more teams. Like:
Chris Paul
Kobe (pre 2014)
Durant
LaMarcus Aldridge
Dwight Howard
coached by: Phil Jackson
Defensively it wouldnt be pretty but if they could figure it out offensively...they would be great. Of course i had some limitations due to some great players already being on the other teams |
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Telleris Star Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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I guess the question i ask with this sort of team is "will you be productive if you only score 15 points or so" since we're thinking non all star game.
So team 1
Curry - no
Thompson - yeah
Kawhi - yeah
Davis - maybe?
Cousins - no, and he'd be a cancer
team 2
Wall - yeah
Derozan - dunno
Butler - yeah
Lebron - maybe?
Noah - yeah
team 1 is better shooters at every position bar 1, team 2 is better passers at every position, team is better defensively at every position bar 1 and team 2 is better at every position offensively bar 1, i'd think on a balance you can never have too much defense, but you can reach critical mass on offense (see Cleveland lol), maybe the shooting and talent overcomes it, team 1 has not an ounce of leadership (curry - quiet, thompson - quiet, kawhi - quiet, davis - awkward, cousins - ass hole) but it is pop so you know. _________________ I believe everything the media tells me except for anything for which I have direct personal knowledge, which they always get wrong |
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GoldenThroat Moderator
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Telleris wrote: | I guess the question i ask with this sort of team is "will you be productive if you only score 15 points or so" since we're thinking non all star game.
So team 1
Curry - no
Thompson - yeah
Kawhi - yeah
Davis - maybe?
Cousins - no, and he'd be a cancer
team 2
Wall - yeah
Derozan - dunno
Butler - yeah
Lebron - maybe?
Noah - yeah
team 1 is better shooters at every position bar 1, team 2 is better passers at every position, team is better defensively at every position bar 1 and team 2 is better at every position offensively bar 1, i'd think on a balance you can never have too much defense, but you can reach critical mass on offense (see Cleveland lol), maybe the shooting and talent overcomes it, team 1 has not an ounce of leadership (curry - quiet, thompson - quiet, kawhi - quiet, davis - awkward, cousins - (bleep)) but it is pop so you know. |
Tony Parker - quiet, Manu Ginobili - quiet, Tim Duncan - quiet, Kawhi Leonard - quiet, Noise = overrated |
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USCandLakers Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Telleris wrote: | I guess the question i ask with this sort of team is "will you be productive if you only score 15 points or so" since we're thinking non all star game.
So team 1
Curry - no
Thompson - yeah
Kawhi - yeah
Davis - maybe?
Cousins - no, and he'd be a cancer
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Why is Davis a maybe? He'd be the most productive only scoring 15 or so points.
Pop is the couch, I don't think Cousins would be a problem. _________________ A banana is killed every time a terrible thread or post is made. Save the bananas. Stop creating terrible posts! |
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Don Draper Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:05 am Post subject: |
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I think replacing Butler with Durant on team two would make it more interesting. |
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Feel free to add some more teams guys! This is a nice break from our season this year lol.
Try to use current players and coaches and construct a team to beat team 1 (seems to be the winner at the moment).
Carlisle is another choice that can go head to head with Pop. |
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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If Lebron choked at the end, Joakim would go berzerk! |
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Mushy_Josh90 Rookie
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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For your 2 given teams, I would go choosing team 2. Because team 2 seems to be more athletic and experienced than team 1 in my perspective. Team 1 can win 1 or 2 games, but for the 7 game series, team 2 is better. |
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