2017-18 NBA Thread

[thrill]

The correct answer is the T Wolves.

You'd have to have a big who can agitate Draymond into fouls on offense and have the speed to step out into the midrange. You'd have to have close-out perimeter defenders who can switch quickly off of screens, and you'd have to have LeBron.

LeBron - Butler - Wiggins - Love - Towns

B - Gibson, Teague, Thompson, Korver, Smith, Hill

I think that's the closest to getting it done. If KAT shows up and bothers Draymond, Butler can iso, can fit off ball with LeBron. Three elite perimeter defenders that can guard 4 positions each and could probably guard the entire Hamptons 5. If the Hamptons 5 are on D, at least one of Butler, Wiggins, or Love have significant size mismatches. The bench is just nothing but defensive grit, rebounds, and 3's. LeBron would still have to play like 42+ minutes a game.

[Socnorb11]

Why complicate this? Houston is arguably on-par with Golden State right now. In fact, they won the Western Conference. You HAVE to include them.

Keep it simple. Give Houston Lebron (the best player on the planet) and Love. That's all you need, and then some.

[Tim]

Why complicate this? Houston is arguably on-par with Golden State right now.

No they aren't.

Was Toronto arguably on par with Cleveland? They had the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Regular season NBA is pointless.

[33anda3rd]

Towns is soft. Wiggins is not very good. TWolves, hard pass. Wiggins, KAT, Love can’t even begin to play rotation/switch D vs Dubs.

[BottenFieldofDreams]

Why complicate this? Houston is arguably on-par with Golden State right now.

No they aren't.

Was Toronto arguably on par with Cleveland? They had the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Regular season NBA is pointless.

Regular season?

Perhaps constructing Mechagodzilla just to let parity make an appearance in your mind illustrates a pointlessness without qualification.

[Socnorb11]

Why complicate this? Houston is arguably on-par with Golden State right now.

No they aren't.

Was Toronto arguably on par with Cleveland? They had the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Regular season NBA is pointless.

They're 2-2 in the post-season right now. I said "arguably". 2-2 is a pretty good argument.


Cleveland was a train wreck, trying to figure things out with Isaiah Thomas.

[Tim]

Why complicate this? Houston is arguably on-par with Golden State right now.

No they aren't.

Was Toronto arguably on par with Cleveland? They had the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Regular season NBA is pointless.

Regular season?

Yes. Broncos used the regular season record of Houston to point out that they were on par with GS. I used Toronto's superior regular season record to Cleveland to point out how regular season records were pointless. Sorry for the confusion.

[Tim]

Why complicate this? Houston is arguably on-par with Golden State right now.

No they aren't.

Was Toronto arguably on par with Cleveland? They had the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Regular season NBA is pointless.

They're 2-2 in the post-season right now. I said "arguably". 2-2 is a pretty good argument.

At the time of my posting Houston was getting throttled by 15 and had just lost by 41. Now GS gagged a double digit fourth quarter lead and the series is tied. You may prove correct, but it is my opinion that when GS is playing well, nobody is on par with them.

But that's just like my opinion man

[33anda3rd]

I think Kerr made a big mistake giving Nick Young so much run last night while keeping David West on the bench. West is a great defender at the 4/5 who could have helped to keep Capela and PJ Tucker off the glass, and Young is just a floor spreader playing alongside three other floor spreaders.

[Socnorb11]

Why complicate this? Houston is arguably on-par with Golden State right now.

No they aren't.

Was Toronto arguably on par with Cleveland? They had the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Regular season NBA is pointless.

They're 2-2 in the post-season right now. I said "arguably". 2-2 is a pretty good argument.

At the time of my posting Houston was getting throttled by 15 and had just lost by 41. Now GS gagged a double digit fourth quarter lead and the series is tied. You may prove correct, but it is my opinion that when GS is playing well, nobody is on par with them.

But that's just like my opinion man

I guess we'll see.

Regardless, I don't see how it makes any sense to leave them out of the conversation, with regard to which teams should combine to beat the Warriors. We're talking about including teams like the Wolves and Pelicans, who aren't even playing anymore.