Who would win in an NBA match: Texas or California

This needs more explaining. Are we forming 2 teams from the 2 states? or is there some bracket-type thing? If so, we have 1 less team...

If it's the former, I think I'd go with

Yao/Duncan
Duncan/Dirk
TMac/Howard
Ginobli/TMac
Kidd/Parker

as "our" line up.

Kaman/Bynum
Gasol/Harrington?
Jackson? Odom?
Kobe/Martin
BDiddy/Ellis

against something like that? Certaintly help if they still had Brand and Bibby, but i think I'm forgetting some guys anyway.

 

Texas would wipe the floor with california


Texas:

Yao/Mutombo
Duncan/Dirk/Scola
T-Mac/J-Howard/Battier
Ginobili/Terry/Bowen
Parker/Kidd

California:
Bynum/Kaman
Gasol/Odom/Camby
Artest/K.Martin
Kobe/M.Ellis
BDavis/Fisher

 

Texas:

Yao
Duncan
Nowitzki
Ginobili
Parker
McGrady
Kidd

are the givens.

Battier and Bowen for shutting down wing players when needed.

Add Barry for 3s and that leaves you with Howard and Scola rounding out the roster. (5 Rockets, 3 Mavs, 4 Spurs)

For California:

Kobe
Baron
Monta
Artest
Harrington
Odom
Jackson
Maggette
Kaman
Gasol
Bynum
Martin

(2 Kings, 2 Clips, 4 Warriors, 4 Lakers)

Texas has a big advantage in Big Men and a slight advantage in defense.

Thus, I believe Texas would win a 7 game series.

 

Honestly, if it's ONE game and I had to bet on a team? I'd give it to Cali

In a 7 game series, I'll probably go with Texas however, but not by much

 

Someone simulate on 2k hehehehe...

 

Texas roster IMO:

C: Yao
PF: Duncan
SF: Josh Howard
SG: McGrady
PG: Parker

Back ups:

C: Mutombo, Diop
PF: Dirk, Scola, Bass
SF: Battier, Stackhouse
SG: Ginobli, J. Terry
PG: Kidd


California Roster IMO:

C: Camby
PF: Pau Gasol
SF: Artest
SG: K. Bryant
PG: M. Ellis

Back ups:

C: Bynum
PF: Al Harrington, Tim Thomas
SF: Odom, S. Jackson, Maggette
SG: Vujacic, K. Martin
PG: D. Fisher, B. Davis


Center: Texas
PF: Texas
SF: Cali
SG: Texas because of stronger bench. Kevin Martin is no slouch though.
PG: Cali

Explanation:

Center: I think Yao Ming alone would create havoc for both Camby and Bynum. Camby has inflated defensive stats and is only a good weakside defender. Man to man he gets abused and he would get abused often by Yao. Bynum's size would only be a marginal obstacle for Yao, but he's too inexperienced still, and I think his stats are inflated from feeding off of Kobe. Mutombo, and Diop would be great backups defensively and for put backs. Diop has a nice game too.

PF: I think Texas wins because Pau is soft and he's going against a 3 time MVP in Duncan even if he has shown signs of aging. I think the bench would overpower Pau as well despite having no real big names. The only chance Cali would have is if T. Thomas and Harrington were to spread the defense and rain 3s on the perimeter. Doing this would open up lanes for their guards.

SF: Simply put Artest would overpower Howard and his defense would provide a very strong presence on the court. Cali's backups are just plain better. Battier is one dimensional, and Stackhouse is aging compared to Cali's bench.

SG: This is a tough one but I side with Texas. McGrady is actually a good defender when he tries and is a great distributor. Almost enough to help the PG position to give the flow of offense more fluidity. Having players like Yao and Duncan to feed off of for slashes in the paint is a plus. He is inferior to Bryant obviously. But the bench is better than Cali's bench in my opinion. Ginobli is always the leader of the pack in 6th man awards, and Terry is a good offensive spark off the bench too. Martin is no slouch though. It's very close though.

PG: Cali is stronger because Ellis is more explosive than Parker which is quite a feat. I also realize Ellis is more of a SG than a PG but I think that can be put aside. Their backups are youthful and have better offensive explosiveness. Kidd is way past his prime and is an offensive liability.

All in all I see Texas giving defensive nightmares to Cali despite Artest's and Bryant's presence on the backcourt. In terms of actual team chemistry against I have to give Texas the nod. Their front court can feed the back court with ease and the back court will have open lanes to finish and create because of it. Again defensively I think Texas would overpower Cali.

 

yao
duncan-artest
dirk-howard
tmac-ginobili
kidd-parker

all star team.

 

I think the question infers more of a round robin tournament format, maybe a three game series between each team. I think it would end up something like 15 -12 Texas. This assumes full strength squads though, you can't just go back and look at the head to heads for '07 because of injuries.

Hou vs. LA...1-2
Hou vs LAC..2-1
Hou vs GS...2-1

SA vs LA ...1-2
SA vs LAC..3-0
SA vs GS...2-1

Dal vs LA ...0-3
Dal vs LAC..2-1
Dal vs GS...2-1

 

Its Texas all the way. The Lakers can't beat the Rockets, and all the other California teams can't compete with us or the spurs. Perhaps the Clippers would beat the Mavericks cause they crap themselves whenever they see a superstar point guard.

 

There's no need for explanation. I wouldn't even be close. Texas would win.

 

C- Duncan
PF- Dirk
SF- TMac
SG- Manu
PG- Parker

vs

C-Kaman
PF- Gasol
SF- Artest
SG- Kobe
PG- Davis


Texas wins in Overtime

 

Texas would dominate plus you have to factor in the clashing ego's of Kobe + Artest. Those two are drama queens plus everybody knows when the going gets tough Baron Davis stops caring.

4/5 should have rings (Dirk: 2006) so the experience factor isn't even close.

 

It will be more interesting to match up California natives against Texas natives.

Baron/Gilbert/Prince etc vs Deron/Durant etc

 

Durant isn't a Texas native.

 

Texas would get Artest as a SF now. Texas is even better.

 

There's been a slight shift in power from Cali to Texas now. Please re-adjust rosters for different probabilities

 

Take Artest from Cali and put him in Texas baby! Now it wouldn't even be CLOSE.