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2023 all time jazz draft round two Team E vs. Team A

Who wins a 7 game series

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Thee Jazz Fan

Thee Jazz Fan

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Who wins a 7 game playoff series?

Team E
Rudy Gobert
Bojan Bogdanovich // Matt Harpring
Lauri, Markkanen // Demarre Carroll
Jordan Clarkson // Wes Matthews
Mike Conley

Vs.

Team A
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1. Mark Jackson 32 George Hill 16
2. Joe Johnson 32 George Hill 16
3. Donyell Marshall 32 Paul Millsap 16
4. Karl Malone 32 Paul Millsap 16
5. Antoine Carr 32 Hassan Whiteside 16

Team A writeup.
Karl Malone will absolutely destroy Bogey at the PF position and Millsap will abuse Harpring. Antoine Carr can drag Gobert away from the rim and I have depth with Whiteside. Mark Jackson and Joe Johnson are both all-stars, not so with Conley (in the year specified) not Clarkson (never an all-star). Hill’s at least as good as Matthews. The only matchup that favors Team C is at small forward where Markkanen is better than Marshall

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1. Mark Jackson 32 George Hill 16
2. Joe Johnson 32 George Hill 16
3. Donyell Marshall 32 Paul Millsap 16
4. Karl Malone 32 Paul Millsap 16
5. Antoine Carr 32 Hassan Whiteside 16
 
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I forgot to add team A’s writeup.

Karl Malone will absolutely destroy Bogey at the PF position and Millsap will abuse Harpring. Antoine Carr can drag Gobert away from the rim and I have depth with Whiteside. Mark Jackson and Joe Johnson are both all-stars, not so with Conley (in the year specified) not Clarkson (never an all-star). Hill’s at least as good as Matthews. The only matchup that favors Team C is at small forward where Markkanen is better than Marshall

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1. Mark Jackson 32 George Hill 16
2. Joe Johnson 32 George Hill 16
3. Donyell Marshall 32 Paul Millsap 16
4. Karl Malone 32 Paul Millsap 16
5. Antoine Carr 32 Hassan Whiteside 16

I forgot his team writeup. After reading this you do have the ability to change your vote.
 
I honestly don't see any way Malone can be stopped. He's going to kill it on the break with Mark Jackson, he's going to abuse Bojan in the post. If Gobert is on him then he utilizes the midrange/strength. Karl dropped 61 on Jack Sikma lol.



Clarkson vs Joe Johnson. Can't see that going well either.
 
Yeah, Gobert isn't enough to counter Malone. Malone always had the other team's best big defender on him regardless of position. Malone will feast from the mid-range. And Malone was an under-rated passer in his own right, so he will find streaking cutters as Gobert comes out to contest, or he will bully his way to the rim, where he is used to shooting over taller, longer defenders. Malone will command a double-team most of the game, which opens things up for Millsap and Marshall, who was no slouch in his prime years, who could score from anywhere. Plus the Conley, Clarkson duo will not be able to hang with Jackson and Johnson. Jackson and Johnson are just too much stronger in every way.

This is one of the more intriguing match-ups, but again the team that knocks the Malone team out has to have the ability to throw doubles at Malone and maintain strong D at all other positions. This team just cannot do that.
 
You know, part of what determines where these matchups end up is what era they are playing in. Are they playing in the current era where you cannot breathe on the shooter or he gets free throws or is it in the 80's/90's when you can hand check and body up and the refs just say, play on.

Another thing is how they have loosened up on the carrying rules. In the 80's and 90's and especially the 70's and 60's, nearly every single ball-handler today would get called for carrying every single time they dribble the ball.

All of that makes a difference in the outcome.

Playing under today's rules Malone will get 20 free throws each game. That would basically be a cheat code. Gobert and anyone else trying to stand up to Malone will foul out in the first half.
 
LogGrad98 said:
You know, part of what determines where these matchups end up is what era they are playing in. Are they playing in the current era where you cannot breathe on the shooter or he gets free throws or is it in the 80's/90's when you can hand check and body up and the refs just say, play on.

Another thing is how they have loosened up on the carrying rules. In the 80's and 90's and especially the 70's and 60's, nearly every single ball-handler today would get called for carrying every single time they dribble the ball.

All of that makes a difference in the outcome.

Playing under today's rules Malone will get 20 free throws each game. That would basically be a cheat code. Gobert and anyone else trying to stand up to Malone will foul out in the first half.
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Definitely this era
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
Definitely this era
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In that case not a single person here could stop Malone. The restricted area alone gets Malone an extra 6-8 points per game. Extra free throws results in another 6-8, on top of the 26-28 he averaged in his prime. So he will average well north of 40 with any of these matchups. It's basically over.
 
LogGrad98 said:
In that case not a single person here could stop Malone. The restricted area alone gets Malone an extra 6-8 points per game. Extra free throws results in another 6-8, on top of the 26-28 he averaged in his prime. So he will average well north of 40 with any of these matchups. It's basically over.
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He’d also shoot threes. He had that range.
 
I see recency bias and voter fatigue is greatly influencing these votes. Ridiculous.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I see recency bias and voter fatigue is greatly influencing these votes. Ridiculous.
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They usually do. I brought up the voter fatigue on the last vote with Malone’s team which was the highest seeded team in the first round vs the lowest seeded team as voted by the drafters and it ended in a tie. Lol
 
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