Best starting five in the league

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Post#41 » by miller31time » Sun Feb 3, 2008 12:28 am

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Post#42 » by Black Sheep » Sun Feb 3, 2008 12:31 am

AKsWill wrote:I'm sorry any starting lineup that sports Fisher and Odom ISN'T the best in the league


oh so odom is a bench player to you?
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Post#43 » by Sub-Zero » Sun Feb 3, 2008 1:01 am

heyhowareyou wrote:kobe>>> rip
billips>>>> fishie
gasol>>> prince
andrew>>> sheed sheed
odom>>> mcdyess

4 out of five lakers starters and better then the piston how is piston five better then the lakers??? ;o


This guy is clueless and his comparisons are faulty. 1st of all why would u compare gasol and prince when gasol is PF and prince is SF. you should be comparing Prince and Odom and another thing If you think Bynum is better than Sheed You are delusional buddy.

It should be

Billups > Fisher
Kobe > Rip
Prince > Odom (cuz prince brings more to the table than odom)
Sheed > Bynum
Gasol > McDyess

Pistons are better in 3/5 positions, therefore they win.
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Post#44 » by Triangle Theory » Sun Feb 3, 2008 1:32 am

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Post#45 » by Patterns » Sun Feb 3, 2008 1:34 am

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This guy is clueless and his comparisons are faulty. 1st of all why would u compare gasol and prince when gasol is PF and prince is SF. you should be comparing Prince and Odom and another thing If you think Bynum is better than Sheed You are delusional buddy.

It should be

Billups > Fisher
Kobe > Rip
Prince > Odom (cuz prince brings more to the table than odom)
Sheed > Bynum
Gasol > McDyess

Pistons are better in 3/5 positions, therefore they win.

Even if that's true, you're forgetting that the Lakers have far and away, the best player out of the 10.
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Post#46 » by Triangle Theory » Sun Feb 3, 2008 1:36 am

I agree with a poster who said using < > doesnt quite cut it when comparing TEAM matchups. Ok, now to my list ...

1 Cs
2 Lakers
3 SA
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Post#47 » by hermes » Sun Feb 3, 2008 2:33 am

spurs
pistons
lakers
celtics
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Post#48 » by rsavaj » Sun Feb 3, 2008 2:35 am

I think talent-wise, the Suns have had the most talented lineup 7 players deep for a while.

Nash/Marion/Amare are all arguably top 5 at their respective positions. Couple that with the 6MOY/MIP and they're set, talent-wise.

Whether that talent ever translates to a championship is another story....
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Post#49 » by Datruth345 » Sun Feb 3, 2008 5:17 am

well if everyone says the celtics have no bench...
and they have the best record...
it must be the starting 5

using this general logic, it's the celtics

no but seriously

suns, pistons, celtics, spurs
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Post#50 » by el loco » Sun Feb 3, 2008 6:48 am

EvadedHavoc wrote:Billups > Derek

Rip < Kobe

Tay > Odom

Sheed < Pau

Bynum ^(>_<)^ Mcdyess


That looks more realistic to me then the other comparison.

I can't believe that nobody mentioned the Hornets.
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Post#51 » by Lakers05 » Sun Feb 3, 2008 7:23 am

Datruth345 wrote:well if everyone says the celtics have no bench...
and they have the best record...
it must be the starting 5

using this general logic, it's the celtics

no but seriously

suns, pistons, celtics, spurs


I don't see anything wrong with that logic.
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Post#52 » by Triangle Theory » Sun Feb 3, 2008 7:29 am

No No, nor do i. Again.

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Post#53 » by Lakers05 » Sun Feb 3, 2008 7:30 am

The team with the best starting 5 is the team whose starters have the biggest point differentials against the opponent. I don't have that number with me, but I think the next stats, PER differential for the starters, could be a fairly accurate representation. From the looks of it, it appears the Celtics are the best, the Pistons are next, then the Suns, then the Lakers, which appears to be right in line with what the poster I quoted above posted.

The Lakers, however, have just obtained Gasol. Replace Luke with him and now they become the best. It all makes sense to me.
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Post#54 » by Lakers05 » Sun Feb 3, 2008 7:45 am

Damn, I just added all the starters' PER differential of those teams and the Celtics are way ahead of everyone. No wonder they seemed to overwhelm us. Even by adding Gasol, we would only be equal to them. It would actually take Gasol AND Bynum making improvements to beat them(in other words, Bynum at his current average and Gasol are only about equal to KG.) KG's impact is truely frightful.

However, it should be noted that the Celtics play in the East. One would think that would inflate their players' PER differentials a little bit.
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Post#55 » by hoopsdownlow » Sun Feb 3, 2008 11:35 am

cavs if lebron is playing

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