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Current Players NBA Draft Round 1: gandalfe vs. silesian

Which team would win in a 7-game series?

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Team gandalfe

PG - Kyle Lowry / Isaiah Thomas
SG - Eric Gordon / Dante Exum
SF - Jae Crowder / Kyle Anderson
PF - Karl-Anthony Towns / Domantas Sabonis
C - Rudy Gobert / Marvin Bagley

Team silesian

PG - Mike Conley / Darren Collison
SG - Robert Covington / Kyle Korver
SF - LeBron James / Josh Richardson
PF - Al Horford / Dirk Nowitzki
C - Nikola Jokic / Jusuf Nurkic

gandalfe’s Case:

I'm going with a classic Twin Towers here. Starting with the Once-And-Future DPOY Rudy Gobert in the middle, at his side is KAT, no slouch on the defensive end but more offensive punch, shooting a more than respectable 42% from the 3 pt line. Jae Crowder brings more muscle in, while Lowry and Gordon can both score inside or outside.

I have some high-risk-high-reward bench players in Isaiah Thomas and Dante Exum. If Thomas does better than during his wasted year, and Dante shows what he's really capable of (and stays healthy) any team in this competition would be happy to start them. Anderson and Sabonis areboth young studs in the making who should start to shine, while Bagley was the #2 pick in the draft, and many would say he should have been #1.

silesian’s Case:

n/a
 
gandalfe’s team looks better. Rudy-KAT combo is insanely scary. Much stronger bench. He covers pretty much every spot. The only thing he cannot is the obvious James. But he has enough of a distraction that can worn him down. Because Jae does not like him afaik.
 
The damn LeBron factor again.
addictionary said:
gandalfe’s team looks better. Rudy-KAT combo is insanely scary. Much stronger bench. He covers pretty much every spot. The only thing he cannot is the obvious James. But he has enough of a distraction that can worn him down. Because Jae does not like him afaik.
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But silesian starters are better and he has Lebron.
 
MVP said:
The damn LeBron factor again.

But silesian starters are better and he has Lebron.
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I disagree. I edited to add my point. Lebron factor is overrated. It has been proven that he is not the guaranteed ticket to winning everything.
 
I honestly don’t know. Two really good teams.

Jokic/Horford definitely help neutralize some of Gobert/KAT’s strength. Both can take Gobert away from the rim, and Horford can actually defend whereas KAT is a sieve. Jokic is worse defensively, but Gobert can’t take advantage of that.

Bron gets to play with Covington, who is a plus defender and good shooter, and Conley. Bron + Horford + Jokic offensively is a dream. Great bench too. Love Josh Richardson.

Two teams that are really well setup, but I think I have to go with Team Bron.

I don’t know how it’s set up, but if the loser of this doesn’t get to move on, then it’s a pox on WC.
 
JustTheTip said:
I honestly don’t know. Two really good teams.

Jokic/Horford definitely help neutralize some of Gobert/KAT’s strength. Both can take Gobert away from the rim, and Horford can actually defend whereas KAT is a sieve. Jokic is worse defensively, but Gobert can’t take advantage of that.

Bron gets to play with Covington, who is a plus defender and good shooter, and Conley. Bron + Horford + Jokic offensively is a dream. Great bench too. Love Josh Richardson.

Two teams that are really well setup, but I think I have to go with Team Bron.

I don’t know how it’s set up, but if the loser of this doesn’t get to move on, then it’s a pox on WC.
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Lol this whole post was to get a shot at White Chocolate wasn’t it?
 
Really hate the construction of both teams, but one has Lebron James and the other starts Jae Crowder.
 
addictionary said:
I disagree. I edited to add my point. Lebron factor is overrated. It has been proven that he is not the guaranteed ticket to winning everything.
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Lebron with this amount of surrounding talent?

LeBron/ Jokic/ Horford might be the best front court ever (okay, maybe Bird/ McHale/ Parrish). All 3 are elite passers.

Three all league defenders starting (LeBron, Horford, Covington) and two excellent defenders on the bench (Nurkic, Richardson)

Nine players who shoot above 37% from 3: Two top 3P shooting bigs (Horford 43%, Jokic 40%), best 3P% (Collison 47%), two other elite (Korver 44%, Dirk 41%).

Let's not overthink this one.
 
JustTheTip said:
I honestly don’t know. Two really good teams.

Jokic/Horford definitely help neutralize some of Gobert/KAT’s strength. Both can take Gobert away from the rim, and Horford can actually defend whereas KAT is a sieve. Jokic is worse defensively, but Gobert can’t take advantage of that.
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I really like Gandolph's team. Would be a shame to see Rudy knocked out in first round.
 
I don't really like Jokic/Horford as a pairing. They are both pretty slow. And neither is a good rim defender. Horford will be 33 next year and isn't quite the defender he used to be, especially at the 4. Jokic is a terrible defender.

But in this matchup it works fine and let's them play to their strengths and the other team doesn't take advantage of the weakness.

It's an easy vote for Sil in this one.

But, will LeBron slow down finally? Probably not but maybe. Will Horford slow down? Yes.

Will Conley get back to the player he was? No, yr will never be as good as he was 2 years ago. But probably he will be a 16 ppg 5 assist 31 year old PG. I'm curious how many games he actually plays as well and if he finishes the year with his team. Memphis will probably reboot if they are not competitive mid season.
 
Ron Mexico said:
I don't really like Jokic/Horford as a pairing. They are both pretty slow. And neither is a good rim defender. Horford will be 33 next year and isn't quite the defender he used to be, especially at the 4. Jokic is a terrible defender.

But in this matchup it works fine and let's them play to their strengths and the other team doesn't take advantage of the weakness.

It's an easy vote for Sil in this one.

But, will LeBron slow down finally? Probably not but maybe. Will Horford slow down? Yes.

Will Conley get back to the player he was? No, yr will never be as good as he was 2 years ago. But probably he will be a 16 ppg 5 assist 31 year old PG. I'm curious how many games he actually plays as well and if he finishes the year with his team. Memphis will probably reboot if they are not competitive mid season.
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Wasn't Horford in the conversation for DPOY?
 
Siro said:
Wasn't Horford in the conversation for DPOY?
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Yes, he is a good defender. He is slowing down and I think that will be more so next year. I also don't think he is a great rim defender. I also don't think he is a good defender at the 4 spot as much but in this matchup there are 2 centers.
 
Damn, this is hard. KAT & Gobert slightly better than Horford & Jokic, and I like Lowry & Gordon better than Covington & Conley. But then LeBron is so much better than Crowder. KAT disappeared in the playoffs this year though and Lowry does too.

Hmm.. really tough call. My heart says KAT & Gobert, but my head says LeBron will prevail in 7.
 
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