2022 Jazzfanz Current Draft Competition team S vs. team M

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Who would win in a 7 game series.

Team S.
Dwight Howard- 04//Karl-Anthony towns
Kevin Garnett - 95//Dave Cowens
Kawhi Leonard - 11// John Havlicek
Reggie Miller-87//Sidney Moncrief
Russell Westbrook//Kyle Lowry

Vs.

Team M.
Patrick Ewing- 85//Marcus Camby
George Gervin- 74/ Amare Stoudemire
Klay Thompson 2011//Michael Redd
Ray Allen 90’s//Bruce Bowen
Steph Curry - 09//Kyrie Irving

 

[Ron Mexico]

Team M has quite the shooting team. Team S has a more defense and nastiness. Tough call.

 

[LogGrad98]

Team M has quite the shooting team. Team S has a more defense and nastiness. Tough call.

Don't under-rate Ewing, Thompson, Camby, and Bown on D though. The others can hold their own at least. I think M wins this one based on one position largely: Westbrick vs Curry. In Curry's best season he was nigh unstoppable. You could argue nearly every other position is a push, but this one makes the series.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Don't under-rate Ewing, Thompson, Camby, and Bown on D though. The others can hold their own at least. I think M wins this one based on one position largely: Westbrick vs Curry. In Curry's best season he was nigh unstoppable. You could argue nearly every other position is a push, but this one makes the series.

George Gervin gets eaten alive by KG, that’s not a push. It’s an absurd mismatch.

 

[Miggs]

George Gervin gets eaten alive by KG, that’s not a push. It’s an absurd mismatch.

Yep. The Iceman was a SG iirc. Even if we call him a SF, he’d get pummeled by KG.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Yep. The Iceman was a SG iirc. Even if we call him a SF, he’d get pummeled by KG.

He was a long wing and was great. Ahead of his time. But also four inches and 60 pounds lighter than KG, wasn’t a good defender, and especially wasn’t a post defender. Also made 0 All-NBA teams.

The topic of the team rebounding gap has not been mentioned. That usually gets ignored in these contests. Dwight and Ewing are a wash but at three other positions it is comically lopsided. That’s just in the starting lineup.

 

[gandalfe]

Is nobody else going to mention that it's S&M?

 

[David Hume]

Is nobody else going to mention that it's S&M?

Socrates and Machiavelli?

 

[LogGrad98]

George Gervin gets eaten alive by KG, that’s not a push. It’s an absurd mismatch.

That is because he has Gervin out of position. Gervin was a scoring machine. And his best seasons he was plus defender, with +1 DBPM and over 1.5 steals and blocks per game. He scored 25 ppg or more 7 times. He was no slouch. Don't give in entirely to recency bias. Yes he is out of position against Garnett, but it will be a tough cover for any defender to keep up with Gervin. He should be starting Stoudemire and bringing Gervin off the bench, imo.

 

[LogGrad98]

He was a long wing and was great. Ahead of his time. But also four inches and 60 pounds lighter than KG, wasn’t a good defender, and especially wasn’t a post defender. Also made 0 All-NBA teams.

The topic of the team rebounding gap has not been mentioned. That usually gets ignored in these contests. Dwight and Ewing are a wash but at three other positions it is comically lopsided. That’s just in the starting lineup.

Um, Gervin made NINE all ABA and all NBA teams. And 12 all-star games.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Um, Gervin made NINE all ABA and all NBA teams. And 12 all-star games.

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