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How far can peak Westbrook this team go in the west?
Posted: Fri Mar 3, 2023 8:12 am
by dygaction
All players are in their historic peak form and feel free to rearrange:
PG: Ben Simmons / Eric Snow
SG: Westbrook / Tony Allen
SF: Draymond Green / Bruce Bowen
PF: Rodman / Kendrick Perkins
C: Ben Wallace / Chuck Hayes
Re: How far can peak Westbrook this team go in the west?
Posted: Fri Mar 3, 2023 8:22 am
by MyUniBroDavis
dygaction wrote:All players are in their historic peak form and feel free to rearrange:
PG: Ben Simmons / Eric Snow
SG: Westbrook / Tony Allen
SF: Draymond Green / Bruce Bowen
PF: Rodman / Kendrick Perkins
C: Ben Wallace / Chuck Hayes
What the hell is this shooting lol
Re: How far can peak Westbrook this team go in the west?
Posted: Fri Mar 3, 2023 8:43 am
by dygaction
MyUniBroDavis wrote:dygaction wrote:All players are in their historic peak form and feel free to rearrange:
PG: Ben Simmons / Eric Snow
SG: Westbrook / Tony Allen
SF: Draymond Green / Bruce Bowen
PF: Rodman / Kendrick Perkins
C: Ben Wallace / Chuck Hayes
What the hell is this shooting lol
Peak DPOY Draymond was a sharp 39% 3pt shooter; Bowen was a career ~40% so maybe promote him to replace Ben and use Westbrook the MVP way
; Westbrook was a volume 3pt shooter as well.
Re: How far can peak Westbrook this team go in the west?
Posted: Fri Mar 3, 2023 11:12 am
by Slava
A team like that should have the suicide help hotline on its jerseys as a courtesy to the fans.
Re: How far can peak Westbrook this team go in the west?
Posted: Fri Mar 3, 2023 12:38 pm
by Colbinii
They would get mopped off the floor in the current NBA.
Re: How far can peak Westbrook this team go in the west?
Posted: Fri Mar 3, 2023 3:44 pm
by No-more-rings
I suppose they can have a 1st round upset, but as nasty on defense as they are, they really lack offense.
Re: How far can peak Westbrook this team go in the west?
Posted: Fri Mar 3, 2023 4:41 pm
by kendogg
The rules and officiating today are too slanted to offense. Players regularly get away with trucking through the lane and through defenders, taking 5 steps, blatant carries, etc. The difference between a B+ defense and an A+ defense is far smaller today as in past eras. This team doesn't have nearly enough offense and too much duplicative skillsets. Summons/Westbrook/Draymond all fulfill the same role and offball they have pretty much 0 value. Rodman/Wallace are also duplicative. You only have 1 dunker spot.
Re: How far can peak Westbrook this team go in the west?
Posted: Fri Mar 3, 2023 5:01 pm
by Colbinii
kendogg wrote:The rules and officiating today are too slanted to offense. Players regularly get away with trucking through the lane and through defenders, taking 5 steps, blatant carries, etc. The difference between a B+ defense and an A+ defense is far smaller today as in past eras. This team doesn't have nearly enough offense and too much duplicative skillsets. Summons/Westbrook/Draymond all fulfill the same role and offball they have pretty much 0 value. Rodman/Wallace are also duplicative. You only have 1 dunker spot.
Not only are rules slanted to offense, just about every rotation level player can shoot and every team is rolling out 3-4 shooters in a line-up [often times 5 shooters]. Having a line-up with 2 non-shooters in the current NBA is detrimental, regardless of how good you are offensively.
I think most defenses today are better in a vacuum than previous eras--the strategies are more advanced and optimized, the amount of time spent practicing defending certain sets are at an all-time high level but when you go 5-out, and with the amount of talent the league has, it's simply impossible to stop teams.