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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Today, wow. On the extreme, could a team do well with four 6' 7" 3 & D wings and a big to prevent a massacre inside?

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Back in the day, the best proverbially constructed team for its era was the circa 77 Trailblazers. The 76 Hoosiers were close except Bobby Wilkerson wasn't a shooting guard but more of a modern wing. The Magic-era Lakers if you excuse his height. A couple of the UNC champions later had some of that plus a key frosh 6th man. In their first game as freshmen, you could see McCants, Sean May, and Felton were going to be incredible, and Marvin Williams was the fantastic freshman. In 2009, Lawson and Ellington paired with Danny Green and Hansbrough with FR Ed Davis off the bench. Mixed bag at the other forward spot.

Enough random musings.

Today, wow. On the extreme, could a team do well with four 6' 7" 3 & D wings and a big to prevent a massacre inside?

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Back in the day, the best proverbially constructed team for its era was the circa 77 Trailblazers. The 76 Hoosiers were close except Bobby Wilkerson wasn't a shooting guard but more of a modern wing. The Magic-era Lakers if you excuse his height. A couple of the UNC champions later had some of that plus a key frosh 6th man. In their first game as freshmen, you could see McCants, Sean May, and Felton were going to be incredible, and Marvin Williams was the fantastic freshman. In 2009, Lawson and Ellington paired with Danny Green and Hansbrough with FR Ed Davis off the bench. Mixed bag at the other forward spot.

Enough random musings.

Today, wow. On the extreme, could a team do well with four 6' 7" 3 & D wings and a big to prevent a massacre inside?

Reminds me of the Kendall Gill Illinois team...1988-89
Gill 6'4"
Bardo 6'6"
Nick Anderson 6'6"
Kenny Battle 6'5"
Lowell Hamilton 6'7"

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

Hawks outscore the Sixers 40-19 in the 4th for the comeback win.

Now up 3-2.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

Rivers has now presided over five of the eight largest blown leads in the past two postseasons.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

I thought the Nets would have taken it all. Even with 1.5 left of the Big 3 they pushed the Bucks to the extreme. Durant was gassed in OT and nobody else made a shot. No tears for the Nets and what Durant did in the 4th to keep them in it when the entire arena knew he was going to be the guy to shoot was pretty amazing. They will be in the upper reaches of the luxury tax atmosphere.

Holiday kept shooting in the 4th after a horrid game and knocked them down.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Never been a big fan of Durant (ring chasing with GS) but boy is he good.

Noticed him hugging each Buck player after the game congratulating them while Harden was no where to be seen.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Never been a big fan of Durant (ring chasing with GS) but boy is he good.

Noticed him hugging each Buck player after the game congratulating them while Harden was no where to be seen.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Two Ben's with the lowest FT% in the playoffs - Simmons and Wallace.

DLo has 'just' two years left on his contract. Simmons has four more years. Right now he has to have the worst contract in the league! But there will always be egotistical GMs and coaches who think they can rebuild him.

Although Tobias Harris may have something to say about bad contracts....

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ORIGINAL: paulgly

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Two Ben's with the lowest FT% in the playoffs - Simmons and Wallace.

DLo has 'just' two years left on his contract. Simmons has four more years. Right now he has to have the worst contract in the league! But there will always be egotistical GMs and coaches who think they can rebuild him.

Although Tobias Harris may have something to say about bad contracts....

Yes if that was the 'real' Ben, hard pass. He's definitely way in his own head now. His pass away from the open dunk was astonishgly bad. In a so bad, it's almost impressive kind of way.

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving fanbase though.

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ORIGINAL: paulgly

Would anyone take a chance on max contract Ben Simmons, knowing the trade cost to acquire may not be nearly as steep as it would have been a few months ago? Or is he just broken?

Personally, I'd be pretty tempted to do it if they Sixers would take DLo back. It's a little terrifying, but he doesn't necessarily even need to be a great shooter to be a great fit on the Wolves. If he remembers to drive/finish, and is semi-respectable at the line, his defense and playmaking could cover up a lot of current shortcomings. It's a little terrifying though because he could be broken, and playoff Ben Simmons-bad this year would be a killer on that contract.