Curry/Kawhi/Draymond vs Lillard/Lebron/Davis

Matt15 · Post #1 » by **Matt15** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:59 pm

Peak only, which trio would you rather have?

lessthanjake · Post #2 » by **lessthanjake** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:44 pm

I think the Curry/Kawhi/Draymond one is a better mix. It strikes me as better defensively (in part because I think there’s a pretty significant difference between Curry and Dame defensively), and I think the skill sets on offense mesh together better.

That said, if we take injury chance into account, then I would swap my vote, since there’d be a good chance Kawhi doesn’t play and obviously Dame/LeBron/Davis is better than just Curry and Draymond.

ShotCreator · Post #3 » by **ShotCreator** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:55 am

Lillard makes this really easy. When the heat is on, and the playoffs are going, Lillard isn't even all-star level. He has multiple series of being a complete negative.

advent11 · Post #4 » by **advent11** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:38 am

Hard to go against peak Lebron.

The-Power · Post #5 » by **The-Power** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:44 am

ShotCreator wrote:Lillard makes this really easy. When the heat is on, and the playoffs are going, Lillard isn't even all-star level. He has multiple series of being a complete negative.

He was never the 3rd best player on his team, though. The attention LeBron and AD would get can change things for him.

One_and_Done · Post #6 » by **One_and_Done** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:48 pm

The team with Lebron.

AEnigma · Post #7 » by **AEnigma** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:59 pm

“Peak” Kawhi is an even more nebulous idea than peak Davis. :lol:

If Kawhi’s health is fully guaranteed then I might lean that team, but if we could fully guarantee Kawhi’s health then he would basically be the perfect three-level scoring wing.

As always, there is an element of team construction to this too. I think in the modern league you probably do want three scoring options; if we gave each team clones of a shooting guard and a 4/5, it makes a significant difference whether we are talking about defensive specialists like Myles Turner and Danny Green versus volume scorers like Deandre Ayton and Bradley Beal.

scrabbarista · Post #8 » by **scrabbarista** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:49 pm

I would have said the LeBron team if it was, say, Durant (on Steph's team), but Kawhi guarding LeBron James makes the difference for me.

Cavsfansince84 · Post #9 » by **Cavsfansince84** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:54 pm

scrabbarista wrote:I would have said the LeBron team if it was, say, Durant (on Steph's team), but Kawhi guarding LeBron James makes the difference for me.

I don't think they are playing each other in this hypothetical. You are choosing a better trio to have but I don't think it matters since if either trio is healthy there's around a 99.8% chance they win a title.

scrabbarista · Post #10 » by **scrabbarista** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:28 pm

Cavsfansince84 wrote:
scrabbarista wrote:I would have said the LeBron team if it was, say, Durant (on Steph's team), but Kawhi guarding LeBron James makes the difference for me.

I don't think they are playing each other in this hypothetical. You are choosing a better trio to have but I don't think it matters since if either trio is healthy there's around a 99.8% chance they win a title.

Ah. I was envisioning a scenario where both trios would be in the same league. As you said, the question would be kind of pointless otherwise.