What team(s) could put together a perfect storm in order to reach Golden States stratosphere of talent? What moves would it take and how would the team look afterwards? I think if Boston could have a perfect off-season going "all-in" they could put together a team that could challenge the Warriors. Sign Hayward. Trade fultz/jaylen/zeller for Butler Trade nets '18/smart/avery for George Leaves a starting lineup of Isiah. Vs Steph Butler. Vs. Klay George. Vs. Iggy Hayward. Vs. Durant Horford. Vs. Draymond
For the rockets the best possible off-season scenario is to sign Hayward and somehow trading for George. But I'm not sure if harden/george/hayward is enough although I would take it
You can take the three best players not on the Warriors and put them on the same team, and the Warriors would still beat them. It just doesn't matter. I hope the Warriors try in the regular season next year and go 82-0. Not only do they have 2 top 5 players, they also have the 2 top 5 players who fit together perfectly. Their offensive efficiency is off the charts. I just do not know how you can match them.
Hmmm. Spurs would have to dump Pau and some more salary and get CP3. CP3 Danny Green Jonathan Simmons Kawhi Aldridge with Pop coaching I think has a pretty good shot at it. You need a team that can beat the Warriors defense in the halfcourt. It's the only way to beat the current Warriors. I don't see anyone out run and gunning them. Slow the game down and score on probably the best defense in the NBA which is obviously a challenge. Defensively, this team should hold up pretty well and I have faith in Pop coaching up the defense.
OK yeah I can see them being competitive albeit IDK if it's enough. I think the cavs if somehow they could acquire another star, like melo or george with their crap assets, could jump back up there. Like somehow you could acquire either for shump/frye/tavares/felder and have a lineup of Kyrie JR George/Melo Lebron Love Tristan
Maybe they could get Melo with crap assets. Tough to get PG13 though. And with Melo the defense would be too weak. Maybe they could play a slow bring it up game though. Cavs with PG13 would have a good shot. Elite spot up shooter who can also guard anyone.
LeBron should join the Pelicans with just AD and Boogie and the vet minimum free agents and buyout vets will come to fill out the roster.
They don't really fit together like the Dubs team. Its not just the 4 big guys. Iggy and Livingston are pretty good. Livingston seems to never miss those midrange shots. He is shooting 55%. Iggy is a great defensive player and seems to step up offensively here and there. They really didn't lose any of their core bench players to get Durant. If they had lost iggy or Livingston to get Durant it would have felt like they had to give up something to get him, but they didn't. They lost their 8th and 9th player to get him.
I think the knicks would want something for melo. Maybe Thompson, but then they will not have a center, but thompson isn't playing any D or rebounding this series.
We can trade Ryno for Anthony Davis and Dekker for Kawhi. That would be the perfect storm for us. That roster would have an outside chance of beating the Warriors in a 7-game series. This Finals series shows us that Morey's high-variance strategy is not going to work unless we are extremely luck (like powerball lottery lucky) where we shoot 50% from 3pt line at about 60 3pt apg 4 games out of 7.
Yes, drastic times are drastic........I thought this was about parity.....lmao There are only so many superstars in the league, others I only consider stars....
New Orleans is such trash outside of AD and Boogie. Jrue is nice, but better they clear as much money by letting Jrue walk, and trading Solomon Hill, Omer Asik, and E'Twaun Moore. Ugh....$98,068,582 until 2020 tied into Hill, Asik, and Moore. UGH. I hate shitty run franchises.
Now think about the fact that it would be nearly impossible for those 3 to get on the same team, and just know the Warriors are winning the next 4. And even so, I do not know if those 3 would be enough cuz they would be surrounded by scrubs like Deron Williams on min contacts to fill out their roster. You need tons of depth to keep up with the Warriors and play at their pace. Eventually they will go on a three point barrage and put the game out of reach. The warriors really have no Weakness outside of Pachulia, and he barely plays. Their death lineup is unstoppable, without a player like Shaq or Hakeem in this NBA.
