2024 All-Time NBA Draft Round 2: Team W vs Team R

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Team W:
PG: SGA /Kevin Johnson/Derrick White
SG: Ray Allen/Rick Barry/Korver
SF: Worthy/Steve Smith
PF: Duncan/Josh Smith
C: Bill Russell/Willis Reed

Vs

Team R:
Gary Payton (34)-Mark Price (14)
Anthony Edwards (24)-John Havlicek (24)
Scottie Pippen(34)-Billy Cunningham (14)-Len Bias
Kevin Durant(28)-Wes Unseld (20)
Ben Wallace (28)-Nate Thurmond (18)-Ralph Sampson

 

[Bawse Dawg]

KD is in absolute hell trying to play the 4 in this matchup.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

That’s easily fixed put Durant on Wallace who’s offensive game is mostly nonexistent in that he doesn’t create.

 

[The Midnight]

KD is in absolute hell trying to play the 4 in this matchup.

Yeah I like Team R.

But that match up is a problem…

 

[The Midnight]

That’s easily fixed put Durant on Wallace who’s offensive game is mostly nonexistent in that he doesn’t create.

Yeah but defensively Duncan’s gonna feast on Durant down low.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Yeah but defensively Duncan’s gonna feast on Durant down low.

But Durant wouldn’t be guarding him if Durant is on Wallace

 

[Bawse Dawg]

That’s easily fixed put Durant on Wallace who’s offensive game is mostly nonexistent in that he doesn’t create.

Bro, I'm really starting to get worried about you.

KD and Wallace are on the same team.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Bro, I'm really starting to get worried about you.

KD and Wallace are on the same team.

Ya me too. I’ve been doing the matchups and doing other posts at the same time meant to say put Durant on Russell. Not a great offensive player and smaller than Durant.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

So KD knocking around down low with BILL RUSSELL is the ace in the hole strategy for them?

I don’t see it

 

[The Midnight]

Bro, I'm really starting to get worried about you.

KD and Wallace are on the same team.

I’ve been saying this, I’m worried about @Thee Idiotic Minivan this year.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

So KD knocking around down low with BILL RUSSELL is the ace in the hole strategy for them?

I don’t see it

Russell was 6-10 215 and not a great low post player. He’s not a banger or anything. I doubt team W wants to do much Bill Russell post ups when he has Duncan who is 100 times better at it.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Russell was 6-10 215 and not a great low post player. He’s not a banger or anything. I doubt team W wants to do much Bill Russell post ups when he has Duncan who is 100 times better at it.

I'm not talking about posting him up though, just banging around down low in general, which is obviously not where you want KD to be. He'd have zero rebounds for the game and be ****ing miserable in general.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

KD doesn’t play down there and why would Russell play down low when Duncan is? And better at it. You don’t want both playing down there.

Honestly I would’ve drafted Duncan to play center in this. Do people realize he played more center than powerful in the NBA during his entire career?

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Duncan/Russell vs KD/Wallace

Seems like a pretty simple calculation. Which pairing would you prefer?

 

[gandalfe]

Duncan/Russell vs KD/Wallace

Seems like a pretty simple calculation. Which pairing would you prefer?

Tim Duncan has more championships than KD & Wallace combined.

And both Duncan and Russell were clearly the best players on their championship winning teams,

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

This means nothing to me Bill Russell played in an era with only 18 teams and his team was completely stacked with the top talent in the NBA at that time just because one player has more championships doesn’t mean he’s the better player

 

[Bawse Dawg]

This means nothing to me Bill Russell played in an era with only 18 teams and his team was completely stacked with the top talent in the NBA at that time just because one player has more championships doesn’t mean he’s the better player

So you love the era argument when you saw them play and can hype up Bird, but that goes out the window when the player played before your time?

Modern or past time who puts KD above Bill Russell as an all time player? No one who is serious. Not to mention Ben ****ing Wallace

 

[Fosto]

Bill Russell had zero offensive game. Allen is the only player who can shoot on Team W.

 

[Fosto]

Modern or past time who puts KD above Bill Russell as an all time player?

Anyone with a brain.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Anyone with a brain.

I voted KD’s team