If these two teams meet in next year's playoffs, who do you take? Assuming all are healthy and want to play... Never seen such a competitive 36+ team in the league history.
Team 36+:
PG: Mike Conley/CP3
SG: Steph Curry/Eric Gordan
SF: Kevin Durant/Joe Ingles
PF: LeBron James/Kevin Love
C: Brook Lopez/DeAndre Jordan
Team 33/34/35:
PG: Harden/CJ McCollum
SG: Lillard/DeRozan
SF: Paul George/Khris Middleton
PF: Kawhi Leonard/Draymond Green
C: Nikola Vucevic/Kelly Olynyk
Next year, Team 36+ or Team 33/34/35?
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Team 36+ very clearly imo
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There is no world where you take the younger team here both from a talent standpoint AND injury standpoint too, oddly enough.
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The funniest part is definitely that I trust the old team to be more healthy by playoff time.
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PistolPeteJR wrote:There is no world where you take the younger team here both from a talent standpoint AND injury standpoint too, oddly enough.
I was actually thinking just 34/35 should be enough as much less aging players available but even adding 33 still may not be enough...
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Jimmy Butler is missing
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durantbird wrote:Jimmy Butler is missing
Good catch, he will be 35 next year, another injury prone to the younger team.
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I'd put Batum on Team 36 as well. He's better than Ingles.
I'd replace McCollum with JRue on Team 33/34/35.
It's amazing the utter lack of decent centers on Team 33/34/35.
I'd replace McCollum with JRue on Team 33/34/35.
It's amazing the utter lack of decent centers on Team 33/34/35.
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nate33 wrote:I'd put Batum on Team 36 as well. He's better than Ingles.
Blasphemy. In all seriousness, Ingles is such a good passer off the bench that I really don't see how Batum would be better
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Rishkar wrote:nate33 wrote:I'd put Batum on Team 36 as well. He's better than Ingles.
Blasphemy. In all seriousness, Ingles is such a good passer off the bench that I really don't see how Batum would be better
Ingles can't move on defense. Batum was used to great effect as a primary defender against Brunson. And with an old team, you need some guys who can just chase around the opposition's best wing player.
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nate33 wrote:Rishkar wrote:nate33 wrote:I'd put Batum on Team 36 as well. He's better than Ingles.
Blasphemy. In all seriousness, Ingles is such a good passer off the bench that I really don't see how Batum would be better
Ingles can't move on defense. Batum was used to great effect as a primary defender against Brunson. And with an old team, you need some guys who can just chase around the opposition's best wing player.
I guess that's a fair point, it just hurts my soul. Ingles isn't crazy athletic, but he's still a smart defender that works well within a scheme. Of course, I'm incredibly biased
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Rishkar wrote:nate33 wrote:Rishkar wrote:Blasphemy. In all seriousness, Ingles is such a good passer off the bench that I really don't see how Batum would be better
Ingles can't move on defense. Batum was used to great effect as a primary defender against Brunson. And with an old team, you need some guys who can just chase around the opposition's best wing player.
I guess that's a fair point, it just hurts my soul. Ingles isn't crazy athletic, but he's still a smart defender that works well within a scheme. Of course, I'm incredibly biased
Yeah, a smart heady defender can work if he is surrounded by enough guys who can do the quick-twitch athletic stuff necessary. But on a team of geezers, I'd want the more agile Batum.