Who would win in a real game: West vs. East starters

Ballfan · Post #1 » by **Ballfan** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:44 am

Me and my friends were arguing about this:

Who would win in a real, competitively-played, streetball type game between the two supposed starting lineups of the West and East conferences

West:
C Yao
PF Duncan
SF Carmello
SG Kobe
PG Iverson

East:
C Howard
PF Garnett
SF Lebron
SG Wade
PG Kidd

Personally, I think that the East would take it because that front court is viscious, and overall the East squad would just work together better.

On the other hand a good argument could be made for the West as the East might struggle with that perimeter game. The West has Kobe and Carmelo who definetly have a shot.

Vote and comment to settle this argument!!!!!!!!

edit: sorry for the re-post...I messed up the poll options

Basileus777 · Post #2 » by **Basileus777** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:50 am

The East starters would win, but the West would win if the bench was included.

ImmortalD24 · Post #3 » by **ImmortalD24** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:54 am

Kobe> ALL

The_Believer · Post #4 » by **The_Believer** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:57 am

Frontcourt>>>>> Backcourt in terms of deciding a game, so the East wins this.

stash · Post #5 » by **stash** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:58 am

the thread is wicked

yo i was thinking about this question the other day...

i'm curious to see the results for this one.

J~Rush · Post #6 » by **J~Rush** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:01 am

Kidd is way better in this type of game than Iverson. East.

MagicFan3 · Post #7 » by **MagicFan3** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:01 am

East easily.

Sofa King · Post #8 » by **Sofa King** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:05 am

Kidd should be on the West now.

Monkeyfeng06 · Post #9 » by **Monkeyfeng06** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:09 am

west loses because melo and iverson are starting.

Jemini80 · Post #10 » by **Jemini80** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:10 am

Yao > Howard
Duncan>>>>>>KG

West wins even though they have Carmelo playing worse defense than the South during the Civil War.

Lakersfan23 · Post #11 » by **Lakersfan23** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:14 am

West wins because Kobe can use his taped-up bum pinky "MITTEN" to slap around some peeps...

HarlemHeat37 · Post #12 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:19 am

Yao=Howard
Duncan=Garnett
Carmelo<<Lebron
Kobe>>Wade
Iverson=Kidd

as for winning experience..Duncan+Kobe: 7 rings..

YiYaoYue · Post #13 » by **YiYaoYue** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:30 am

Some of the bench from west is actualy better than starters... like nash and paul > iverson at PG... Duncan doesn't play seriously in allstar game but if it was for championship he would dominate any PF.... i would arguably put dirk at SF over carmelo... triple tower

Patterns · Post #14 » by **Patterns** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:30 am

Replace AI with Paul. AI is the bottleneck here.

nyu3 · Post #15 » by **nyu3** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:55 am

Agree with what is posted so far. West would win with Nash/Paul replacing Iverson. With the line-up given in the OP, East wins.

kcthekid · Post #16 » by **kcthekid** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:01 am

i find it ironic that the east has the betetr indiv players (IMO)
and yet. the west has better teams

exkonvict · Post #17 » by **exkonvict** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:02 am

C Yao
PF Duncan
SF Carmello
SG Kobe
PG Paul

after tonight's performance.

Basileus777 · Post #18 » by **Basileus777** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:03 am

kcthekid wrote:i find it ironic that the east has the betetr indiv players (IMO)
and yet. the west has better teams

Its not necessarily that the East has better players, its more that they fit together better. The East lineup is full of good unselfish passers. Kidd/LeBron/Dwight have great chemistry. The whole team can run the floor well and meshes well with each other.

EiRON · Post #19 » by **EiRON** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:04 am

bballmaniac27 · Post #20 » by **bballmaniac27** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:08 am

West, you can't beat a combo of Kobe and Duncan.