How far can peak Westbrook this team go in the west?

dygaction · Post #1 » by **dygaction** » Fri Mar 3, 2023 8:12 am

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

MyUniBroDavis · Post #2 » by **MyUniBroDavis** » Fri Mar 3, 2023 8:22 am

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

dygaction · Post #3 » by **dygaction** » Fri Mar 3, 2023 8:43 am

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 :lol:

; Westbrook was a volume 3pt shooter as well.

Post #4 » by **Slava** » Fri Mar 3, 2023 11:12 am

A team like that should have the suicide help hotline on its jerseys as a courtesy to the fans.

Colbinii · Post #5 » by **Colbinii** » Fri Mar 3, 2023 12:38 pm

They would get mopped off the floor in the current NBA.

No-more-rings · Post #6 » by **No-more-rings** » Fri Mar 3, 2023 3:44 pm

I suppose they can have a 1st round upset, but as nasty on defense as they are, they really lack offense.

kendogg · Post #7 » by **kendogg** » Fri Mar 3, 2023 4:41 pm

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.

Colbinii · Post #8 » by **Colbinii** » Fri Mar 3, 2023 5:01 pm

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.