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2023 Annual JazzFanz Current Players Draft - Round 1: Team C vs. Team D

Which team would win in a 7-game series?

  • Total voters
    23
  • Poll closed .
Elizah Huge

Elizah Huge

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Team C

PG - Donovan Mitchell / Trae Young
SG - Jayson Tatum / Ben Mathurin
SF - Julius Randle / Cam Johnson
PF - Victor Wembanyama / John Collins
C - Walker Kessler / Steven Adams

Team D

PG - De’Aaron Fox / Marcus Smart
SG - Andrew Wiggins / Gary Trent Jr
SF - Kawhi Leonard / DeAndre Hunter
PF - Jerami Grant / Kyle Kuzma
C - Anthony Davis / Robert Williams III

Voting is based off of how you think the players will perform in the upcoming season.
 
Team D:

I have a team with elite offense and defense at an elite level who can match any team at either end. This defense is built to matchup against a great offense and great defense. I’ve got long athletic and physical wings and bigs throughout my team.

I’ve got players in Wiggins and Kawhi Leonard that match up well. Mitchell truly struggles s length, Wiggins is a full 6 inches taller with championship level defense will force Mitchell into frustration causing many in efficient shooting games for Mitchell. Then there’s Tatum, one of the premier forwards in the game, but also with a reputation of being inconsistent in the playoffs, he draws the matchup of Kawhi Leonard who is the perfect matchup against Tatum.

Victor Wembanyama is no doubt a great talent and will be a fantastic player in the league but this is his rookie season. There will be plenty of growing pains and his body is not yet fully developed and strong enough to take full NBA punishment inside. Grant is someone that can bother him and will have help on the weak side by Davis. One of the premier paint defenders. In all I feel my team has too much on both ends for Team C to handle and see no where his team can take advantage of matchups.
 
Team D. I think team C has a really awkward fit with the starting front line. Wemby is very unique, but I think he will have some lumps converting to the NBA game and he has never been a good shooter which is important while playing at the 4. There’s a lot of injury concern with team D, but IMO there’s a fairly large gap of both teams we’re healthy.
 
Team C doesn't have enough playmaking, and it's too weirdly constructed for my taste. I'm not sure Randle and Victor will be effective defending the 3 and 4. Team D also simply has more talent. Assuming everyone is healthy, Fox, Leonard, and Davis are a lot better than Mitchell, Taytum, and whoever team C's third best player is.
 
Despite the fact that team D likely only has 12 games all regular season with the entire team on the floor, what with Kawhii "permanent vacation" Leonard and Anthony "paper mache Bones" Davis, in a 7 game series they wipe the floor with team C.
 
I think team C made a mistake with how they decided to utilize their players. Wemby is just too big of an unknown at this point and I hate the fit with Randle at the 3. I would have liked them a lot more with this starting lineup.
C- Kessler
Pf- Randle
Sf- Tatum
Sg- Cam Johnson
Pg- Mitchell

Out of all the teams I could see us viewing them quite a bit differently by mid-season though after seeing Wemby as well as Collins hopefully getting back to his old self and Mathurin possibly blowing up.
 
If Kawhi & AD were in their prime, but this season they couldn't handle those youngster long than 1 game before requiring advanced recovery techniques
 
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