Which team would win a best of 7 series?

[maltedhopsfrenzy]

Team ‘A’ had the heart, drive, lived, ate, slept, basketball. Other than Kobe, nobody on team ‘B’ had that kind of drive and will power. C’mon man! We’re talkin’ ‘bout PRACTICE!

 

[charliebrown]

Magic > AI
MJ> Kobe
Bird<LeBron
Barkley<Duncan
Hakeem<Shaq

Of the matchups though - only 1 is a complete walkover (Magic vs AI) - others are competitive.

Overall - I think consensus is A is more "competitive" - Aside from Kobe - is B really driven to want to beat the other side ? B's physical play is somewhat downplayed - aside from LeBron, all the guys on B played in the 90s and played when NBA was still a physical game and not the 3 point dominated game of today.

Need a guard on B who can hit the 3 more reliably and open up spacing on the court - let's say swap AI with Steph Curry. You have a more competitive matchup than people want to admit I think. Benches matter too - A cannot play 48 minutes with B without showing some fatigue - physical play wears on you and opens up the game for runs which keep B in this.

If I had to pick a team of bigger legends - A. But I'd say B is gonna keep this closer than anyone thinks over a 7 game series.

Curry for AI

Who for Duncan?

 

[maltedhopsfrenzy]

Curry for AI

Who for Duncan?

The Joker…..

 

[charliebrown]

The Joker…..

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Ok.

A could trade Barkley for

Malone

 

[djefferis]

Curry for AI

Who for Duncan?

Why swap Duncan ?

Played well with a fellow stars - didn’t make it all about getting his stats.

B needs more of that style of play. Not the sexiest star - but could do a little of everything.

Yes though - a couple of guys right now would be damn tempting.

Barkley > Malone to me - close - both damn good players.

I’d be interested to see a 60s/70s lineup option - Your clearly have a couple of centers in Wilt and Kareem - Oscar Robertson at the point - who else you got ? Jerry West ?

 

[stormtrooper8]

This one was easy.... A


Now if you whittled it down to 2 on 2 with Michael and Larry vs Lebron and Kobe.....
That would be fun to watch.

Kobe would ruin it

Easily the worst of the 4 players

 

[stormtrooper8]

AI and Kobe would be overmatched and that’d be the difference

B has the better front court , but not enough to close the gap

A would win

 

[stormtrooper8]

Team B has the advantage at 3 of the 5 positions (probably)

But biggest gaps are the two guard positions — in favor of Team A

If you substitute Curry for AI then it’s closer

But MJ is just way better than Kobe

 

[stormtrooper8]

Magic > AI
MJ> Kobe
Bird<LeBron
Barkley<Duncan
Hakeem<Shaq

Of the matchups though - only 1 is a complete walkover (Magic vs AI) - others are competitive.

Overall - I think consensus is A is more "competitive" - Aside from Kobe - is B really driven to want to beat the other side ? B's physical play is somewhat downplayed - aside from LeBron, all the guys on B played in the 90s and played when NBA was still a physical game and not the 3 point dominated game of today.

Need a guard on B who can hit the 3 more reliably and open up spacing on the court - let's say swap AI with Steph Curry. You have a more competitive matchup than people want to admit I think. Benches matter too - A cannot play 48 minutes with B without showing some fatigue - physical play wears on you and opens up the game for runs which keep B in this.

If I had to pick a team of bigger legends - A. But I'd say B is gonna keep this closer than anyone thinks over a 7 game series.

MJ over Kobe is a walkover too tbh

Kobe has become one of the most overrated players of all time

Benefits of a tragic death I guess

 

[stormtrooper8]

MJ over Kobe is a walkover too tbh

Kobe has become one of the most overrated players of all time

Benefits of a tragic death I guess

Should add

No disrespect to Bird — one of my favorite players ever — but it is not close between him and LeBron

 

[stormtrooper8]

Kobe is probably not even ahead of Curry anymore tbh

Just funny how much people weigh “heart” and abstract shit like that

Kobe was a walking brick after like age 33

Bad decision maker for a lot of his career too

Volume scorer

 

[maltedhopsfrenzy]

Team B has the advantage at 3 of the 5 positions (probably)

But biggest gaps are the two guard positions — in favor of Team A

If you substitute Curry for AI then it’s closer

But MJ is just way better than Kobe

If Team ‘B’ gets Steph Curry, then Team ‘A’ gets ‘The Glove’ off the bench to come in and shut him down…..

 

[baz]

If Team ‘B’ gets Steph Curry, then Team ‘A’ gets ‘The Glove’ off the bench to come in and shut him down…..

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I liked Gary a lot but he was getting crossed by white dudes not quite top 5.....

Let them have Curry, this would happen to him and he would have never even lasted a full season starting at 5:04.....

LOL not even a Tech initially back then. Nowadays would have been an auto ejection no review required. Curry wouldhave never been able to shoulder shimmy like a queer or air poop on any court if his daddy wasnt a Mason and if NBA didnt have soft ass rules PERIOD

 

[stormtrooper8]

If Team ‘B’ gets Steph Curry, then Team ‘A’ gets ‘The Glove’ off the bench to come in and shut him down…..

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Fair enough

Bigger problem for Team B is Kobe trying to play hero ball when they are better off running a motion offense through LeBron

LeBron/Curry with those two bigs would be great

Team A Is just a better fitting team

 

[stormtrooper8]

If I was team A:

Replace AI/Kobe with like Kidd or Nash and Curry

 

[Archie]

can we replace Chuck for team A?

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

can we replace Chuck for team A?

Would you trade him for Rodman?

 

[Archie]

gimme a 3 time MVP and most under rated NBA star of the 80s

 

[broncos]

Why swap Duncan ?

Played well with a fellow stars - didn’t make it all about getting his stats.

B needs more of that style of play. Not the sexiest star - but could do a little of everything.

Yes though - a couple of guys right now would be damn tempting.

Barkley > Malone to me - close - both damn good players.

I’d be interested to see a 60s/70s lineup option - Your clearly have a couple of centers in Wilt and Kareem - Oscar Robertson at the point - who else you got ? Jerry West ?

Dr. J!

 

[Archie]

Moses Malone