Next year, Team 36+ or Team 33/34/35?

dygaction · Post #1 » by **dygaction** » Tue May 7, 2024 8:29 pm

If these two teams meet in next year's playoffs, who do you take? Assuming all are healthy and want to play... Never seen such a competitive 36+ team in the league history.

Team 36+:
PG: Mike Conley/CP3
SG: Steph Curry/Eric Gordan
SF: Kevin Durant/Joe Ingles
PF: LeBron James/Kevin Love
C: Brook Lopez/DeAndre Jordan

Team 33/34/35:
PG: Harden/CJ McCollum
SG: Lillard/DeRozan
SF: Paul George/Khris Middleton
PF: Kawhi Leonard/Draymond Green
C: Nikola Vucevic/Kelly Olynyk

rk2023 · Post #2 » by **rk2023** » Tue May 7, 2024 9:29 pm

Team 36+ very clearly imo

PistolPeteJR · Post #3 » by **PistolPeteJR** » Wed May 8, 2024 4:05 pm

There is no world where you take the younger team here both from a talent standpoint AND injury standpoint too, oddly enough.

AussieBuck · Post #4 » by **AussieBuck** » Wed May 8, 2024 10:56 pm

The funniest part is definitely that I trust the old team to be more healthy by playoff time.

dygaction · Post #5 » by **dygaction** » Wed May 8, 2024 11:49 pm

PistolPeteJR wrote:There is no world where you take the younger team here both from a talent standpoint AND injury standpoint too, oddly enough.

I was actually thinking just 34/35 should be enough as much less aging players available but even adding 33 still may not be enough...

durantbird · Post #6 » by **durantbird** » Thu May 9, 2024 9:23 am

Jimmy Butler is missing

dygaction · Post #7 » by **dygaction** » Thu May 9, 2024 8:28 pm

durantbird wrote:Jimmy Butler is missing

Good catch, he will be 35 next year, another injury prone to the younger team.

Post #8 » by **nate33** » Thu May 9, 2024 8:46 pm

I'd put Batum on Team 36 as well. He's better than Ingles.

I'd replace McCollum with JRue on Team 33/34/35.

It's amazing the utter lack of decent centers on Team 33/34/35.

Rishkar · Post #9 » by **Rishkar** » Fri May 10, 2024 6:21 pm

nate33 wrote:I'd put Batum on Team 36 as well. He's better than Ingles.

Blasphemy. In all seriousness, Ingles is such a good passer off the bench that I really don't see how Batum would be better

Post #10 » by **nate33** » Fri May 10, 2024 6:28 pm

Rishkar wrote:
nate33 wrote:I'd put Batum on Team 36 as well. He's better than Ingles.

Blasphemy. In all seriousness, Ingles is such a good passer off the bench that I really don't see how Batum would be better

Ingles can't move on defense. Batum was used to great effect as a primary defender against Brunson. And with an old team, you need some guys who can just chase around the opposition's best wing player.

Rishkar · Post #11 » by **Rishkar** » Fri May 10, 2024 6:35 pm

nate33 wrote:
Rishkar wrote:
nate33 wrote:I'd put Batum on Team 36 as well. He's better than Ingles.

Blasphemy. In all seriousness, Ingles is such a good passer off the bench that I really don't see how Batum would be better

Ingles can't move on defense. Batum was used to great effect as a primary defender against Brunson. And with an old team, you need some guys who can just chase around the opposition's best wing player.

I guess that's a fair point, it just hurts my soul. Ingles isn't crazy athletic, but he's still a smart defender that works well within a scheme. Of course, I'm incredibly biased

Post #12 » by **nate33** » Fri May 10, 2024 6:52 pm

Rishkar wrote:
nate33 wrote:
Rishkar wrote:Blasphemy. In all seriousness, Ingles is such a good passer off the bench that I really don't see how Batum would be better

Ingles can't move on defense. Batum was used to great effect as a primary defender against Brunson. And with an old team, you need some guys who can just chase around the opposition's best wing player.

I guess that's a fair point, it just hurts my soul. Ingles isn't crazy athletic, but he's still a smart defender that works well within a scheme. Of course, I'm incredibly biased

Yeah, a smart heady defender can work if he is surrounded by enough guys who can do the quick-twitch athletic stuff necessary. But on a team of geezers, I'd want the more agile Batum.