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Poll: next super team

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by pocketrocket81, Jul 2, 2017.

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Next super team or bust ?

  1. Houston Rockets

    62.5%
  2. L.A. Lakers

    10.0%
  3. Minnesota Timberwolves

    10.0%
  4. Cleveland Cavaliers (still trying)

    2.5%
  5. Oklahoma City Thunder (one and done)

    2.5%
  6. doesn't matter...none will beat Golden State

    7.5%
  7. other...

    5.0%
  1. pocketrocket81

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    Forgive me if something like this has been posted. I did a search and found nothing at least recent.

    Without trying to speculate too much(unless you just want to) where does the next super team form?
     
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    LA Lakers

    Lavar Ball
    Lonzo Ball
    LaMelo Ball
    LiAngelo Ball
    Lavar Ball
     
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    He missed the opportunity to call one of his sons Basket
     
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    Don't sleep on philly either
     
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    Nor the Sac Kings, Brooklyn Nets, or NY Knicks.
     
  6. don grahamleone

    don grahamleone Contributing Member

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    Haha, this is a pure speculation thread. There's nothing wrong with that though. I'm with the majority, the banana boat might happen here. It's certainly the most likely to occur.
     
  7. J.R.

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    Superteam standings: Ranking the contenders on star power

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    We are most definitely in the superteam era. So how's it going as teams load up to compete with Golden State and Cleveland?

    To figure that out, I set up four tiers of teams on a superteam scale, looking at every team with at least two established current stars.

    Who qualifies as a star? You have to have been on an All-Star team or an All-NBA team in any of the previous three seasons. And your superteam gets five points for first-team All-NBA, three points for second-team All-NBA, one point for All-NBA third team or All-Star team. Players over 35 don't count, since we're talking about stars near their peak.

    Let's dive in.

    Tier 1: The true superteams
    Golden State Warriors

    Stars: Four (Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson)
    SuperPoints: 36 (Curry 16, Durant 9, Green 6, Thompson 5)

    Cleveland Cavaliers
    Stars: Three (LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love)
    SuperPoints: 22 (James 18, Irving 3, Love 1).

    Tier 2: Super duos
    Houston Rockets

    Stars: Two (James Harden and Chris Paul)
    SuperPoints: 21 (Harden 13, Paul 8)

    Let's hope this has a better outcome than the Harden-Howard partnership. Yes, that Super Duo reached the 2015 Western Conference finals -- at the expense of Chris Paul's Clippers, mind you -- but Morey couldn't find a third star to complement Harden and Howard, so he retooled by letting Howard walk to Atlanta. A year later, Morey's still searching for the third piece. While it's true that the 1994 Rockets won a title with only two stars (Hakeem Olajuwon and Otis Thorpe qualified), that year didn't have Michael Jordan -- or this Warriors team.

    The Rockets whiffed on Paul George this time around, but they could revisit a trade that if the Oklahoma City experiment falters. Don't dismiss an acquisition of Carmelo Anthony or DeAndre Jordan, which would give them their first big three since the 1996-97 team featuring Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and Morey's best friend Charles Barkley.

    DeMarcus Cousins would be an interesting target, but it's doubtful New Orleans would take Ryan Anderson back even if Clint Capela and a future first-rounder was attached.

    New Orleans Pelicans
    Stars: Two (Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins)
    SuperPoints: 22 (Davis 13 and Cousins 8)

    Oklahoma City Thunder
    Stars: Two (Russell Westbrook and Paul George)
    SuperPoints: 19 (Westbrook 16, George 3)

    San Antonio Spurs
    Stars: Two (Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge)
    SuperPoints: 18 (Leonard 12, Aldridge 6)

    Tier 3: On the fringe
    LA Clippers

    Stars: Two (Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan)
    SuperPoints: 10 (Jordan 8, Griffin 2)

    Boston Celtics
    Stars: 2 (Isaiah Thomas and Al Horford)
    SuperPoints: 7 (Thomas 5, Horford 2)

    Toronto Raptors
    Stars: 2 (Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan)
    SuperPoints: 7 (Lowry 4 and DeRozan 3)

    Tier 4: Tomorrow's superteam
    Minnesota Timberwolves

    Stars: 2 (Jimmy Butler and Jeff Teague)
    SuperPoints: 5 (Butler 4 and Teague 1)​
     
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    Coach: No Ball
     
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    Timberwolves should be higher, KAT should have been an all-star and all-NBA last season, just got snubbed for age
     
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