RollWithEm

This is a match-up that appears a little lopsided on the surface. Let’s see if anyone has any other opinions. Here come the statistically selected and personally selected teams for the 2/7 Match-up in the Len Bias Section:

(2) 1987
G Kevin Johnson
G Reggie Miller
F Scottie Pippen
F Horace Grant
C David Robinson
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G Mark Jackson
G Kenny Smith
G Reggie Lewis
G Sarunas Marciulionis
F Reggie Williams
F Dennis Hopson
F Armon Gilliam

Can anyone say four (possibly five) hall-of-famers? This team’s got a pretty decent starting line-up. The only player I would add is Olden Polynice over Dennis Hopson for a little size off the bench. I’d love to put Mugsy on the squad, but he’s quite a bit redundant on this team. Ken Norman might actually add a little size. Maybe I’ll put him in over Marciulionis. Other than that, the team looks solid.

VS

(7) 1983
G Derek Harper
G Doc Rivers
G Clyde Drexler
F Antoine Carr
C Ralph Sampson
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G Byron Scott
G Jeff Malone
G Sedale Threatt
F Dale Ellis
F Roy Hinson
F Rodney McCray
C Thurl Bailey

It’s actually pretty tough to find 12 deserving players from this draft class. I’ll switch them around a little bit. My team would probably look like this:

PG Derek Harper
SG Clyde Drexler
SF Dale Ellis
PF Roy Hinson
C Ralph Sampson
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G Doc Rivers
G Byron Scott
G Jeff Malone
F Craig Ehlo
F Antoine Carr
F Mark West (just because this team needs size and rebounding)
C Thurl Bailey

For some reason I always thought the 1983 draft class was better than this. Other than Drexler and young Sampson, none of these guys is an above average rebounder at his position. They’re not particularly strong defensively, and they don’t really appear to have an identity as a team. At least they can score the ball a little, I guess. It’s too bad we all know what Pippen does to Drexler in big games. What do you think would happen?

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