"Summer League" GMAT: WEST FINALS

[MadNESS]

Welcome to the western conference finals;

Number 1 seeded Los Angeles Clippers -

Omer Asik/Channing Frye/Victor Faverani/Ronny Turiaf
Derrick Favors/Jason Smith
Carmelo Anthony/Michael-Kidd Gilchrist
Aaron Afflalo/Ray Allen/Leandro Barbosa
Russell Westbrook/Monta Ellis/Luke Ridnour

VERSUS

Number 3 seeded Oklahoma City Thunder -

PG: Chris Paul / Reggie Jackson / Yuki Toga Togashi
SG: Kobe Bryant / Thabo Sefalosha
SF: Kevin Durant / Mike Dunleavy Panda Friend
PF: Serge Ibaka / Shawn Marion
Cc: Tyson Chandler / Jermaine O'Neal / Andrea Bargnani



First to 5 votes wins
250 word write ups
Clippers have home court
Keep it clean and have fun!

[Ralnor]

Clippers in 5.

For these whole playoffs, I have had no faith in Kobe and Chandler being able to still play at a high level anymore. That is not going to change now.

Good job by both GMs.

[Hawk Eye]

Clippers in 5 as well. Same reason as Hopping4Wiggins. Don't believe in Kobe at this point. Especially not washed up Tyson Chandler. Warriors should have got it done against OKC but Clips definitely get it done here.

[goober]

Clippers in 5.

[Texas Chuck]

Rotation:

Omer Asik(32)/Frye(16)
Favors(28)/Melo(20)
Carmelo Anthony(18)/Michael-Kidd Gilchrist(24)/Afflalo(6)
Aaron Afflalo(28)/Ray Allen(8)/Monta(12)
Russell Westbrook(38)/Monta Ellis(10)

Bottom line defensively is we are worried about one man and that's Durant. We respect Kobe, but he's not who he once was and we saw what Westbrook did to Paul IRL last season. Melo/MKG/Afflalo will all take turns on Durant.

Offensively once again its Melo/Westbrook/Monta primarily with Afflalo/Allen/Frye providing spacing. They can't guard us and our size inside is going to cause them serious problems. By playing Melo at PF a lot Ibaka won't be nearly as useful defensively since he has to guard somebody.

And his bench is aging especially in the frontcourt. Depth is an edge for us. And of course we have teh best coach in the series--Rick Carlisle.

Good luck Note30

[CBFAlex]

Clippers in 7, better bench. And at kobe age I don't think he's even any better than affalo, good series

[Cormag001]

Clippers in 7. That depth is amazing

[Ralnor]

Well that is 5 votes for Clippers, I guess they move on.

[bondom34]

Welp, no vote neededn:lol:

[Note30]

Didn't get to do a writeup but I guess I will do a concession speech. First off Congrats TC!

I'm not going to sugarcoat it but I am a SHOCKED at the fact I didn't get a single vote. You would figure that an All-Star lineup would get more credibility than what I got. This is almost the same Championship team as last year, and we're much deeper this year. I understand there is a knock against Kobe, maybe I'm overrating him, but I think at 37/38 he can still put up a respectable 20 pts 4 rb 4assists a game. If Michael could do it at 40/41, its blasphemous to suggest Kobe can't do it 3 years younger than that. So no, the GOAT1A isn't equivalent to frekin Aaron Afflalo. And to suggest a washed up Tyson Chandler can't guard Asik is ridiculous. Asik barely puts up 8 pts a game normally, so Chandler should be able to contain him even at 34 not 45. Then miraculously, it seems that the current MVP and league best PG as well as the 2nd-3rd best coach were discounted against. Then Ibaka who has improved every year should be an All-Star caliber player in 2016. He can definitely guard Nowitzki and the paint and throw some damage on him as well. My bench is deep I have some of the best defenders, a rising 6th man, and a decent shooter. Sure is my center depth lacking, but I can't believe I didn't get a single **** vote. In any case

Congrats TC! Good luck next round!