my writeup.
Team
Hekate:
PG - Derrick Rose / Allen Iverson
SG - Manu Ginobili / Richard Hamilton
SF - Dominique Wilkins / Jayson Tatum
PF - Dirk Nowitzki / Shawn Marion
C - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Nikola Jokic
Vs.
Team
Thee Idiotic Minivan K:
PG - Magic Johnson / Deron Williams
SG - Ray Allen / Mitch Richmond
SF - Klay Thompson / Grant Hill
PF - Kawhi Leonard / Charles Barkley l
C - Rudy Gobert / Nate Thurmond
Offense.
This team runs through Magic, he can destroy and pick apart a team in just about any way you can think of.
#1. He’s an elite player in the post. Whoever guards Magic will get beat up in the post and warn down. He’s either going to back you down and score a nice easy baby hook over you, or pass for an easy dime to where ever the double team comes from
I’m assuming Hekate at some point tries to play a bigger defender on Magic, at that point we can start some pick’n roll action to get a smaller defender on Magic. In doing so my team forces Hekate to double on both Magic and Kawhi, who can run the same offense, just more as a scorer. Klay and Allen will shoot open threes for days, and Gobert will get all the dunks he wants and then some.
We can also spread out Hekate’s team. Imagine Dirk trying to chase Leonard all over the perimeter, good luck with that. While Magic might not be a three point shooter, the difference between him and Simmons is he will take threes and hit if wide open and has a solid midrange game to boot. On the out side I’ve got two of the best 3pt shooters in nba history in Klay Thompson and Ray Allen who at one time was the all time leader in made threes before Curry.
Defense.
On one side, you have the all time leader in scoring in Kareem. On the other side, you have the current rim protecting goat playing currently. I may be an idiot but I’m not going to say that Gobert is just going to lock him down defensively. What Gobert will do is make Kareem work extremely hard for everything he gets. All of a sudden he’s not as efficient or as effective as he’s used to being as a scorer, all of a sudden that skyhook isn’t automatic. Rudy isn’t going to stop Kareem, but Kareem isn’t going to go hog wild.
I’ve got three of the best defenders at their positions currently playing in the nba now.
Gobert vs the skyhook.
Leonard shut down defense on LBJ
Klay Thompson defensive Highlights.
My bench.
Nate Thurmond
Charles Barkley
Grant Hill
Mitch Richmond
Deron Williams
This is IMO one of the better benches in this competition.
Nate Thurmond
Charles Barkley
Grant Hill
Mitch Richmond
All listed here are in the HOF on my bench, Deron in his prime was considered by many, and in the conversation as best pg at that time, and was highly debated between him and CP3 as to who was the better at their position.
Only AI is in the HOF for his bench.
In the end I have better shooting, defense, playmaking and an overall more accomplished team
