You’ve got Griffin, Lewis, and freaking Derrick Rose. Right there is 60 points a night EASY, probably upwards of 75 a night from those three alone. I would drop Mayo for Gordon and use the point you would gain to upgrade to Gasol. Also, as I pointed out below, forget about Pachulia. Go for Hibbert. More potential, amazing per-36 numbers, and he is 3 inches taller.

C: Tyson Chandler (4)
PF: Boris Diaw (3)
SF: Tayshaun Prince (5)
SG: Courtney Lee (3)
PG: Jameer Nelson (4)

Bench:
Ty Lawson (2)
Marc Gasol (3)
Rodney Stuckey (3)

I like Tyson Chandler as a 4.

I’m not a fan of Ariza, really. Ariza wants to be a star, I think, and seems to have the go to match. With Daniels, you have a lowkey guard who is able to put up 20 a night if needed. But with Durant playing the 3 (and likely to average 25 or better for his career from the looks of it) and Griffin at the 4, he wouldn’t need to be such a huge player. Daniels is a better passer than Ariza and more of a team oriented player, I think.

Defense wise, I think Daniels might be a bit faster but you’ve got Durant and Griffin playing in the middle along with Gasol and Andersen (who is one of the best defenders in the league). You’d be hard pressed to drive to the basket with 3 of those 4 clogging the middle at all times. Plus you have Bowen who is definitely not a slouch on defense either (not what he used to be but still pretty good for someone coming off the bench)

I have to agree with you. Lebron is easily the best player in the league. Only one player is up there with him (Kobe) and three others are just a step behind him (Wade, Carmelo, and Durant). You really can’t go wrong with Lebron. Of course, you could take Durant for one point less and get the guy who is probably going to lead the league in scoring the next decade. And then you could upgrade your point guard to Westbrook, Brooks, and Conley.

but you’re right, LBJ will play around 40 minutes so you really don’t have much to worry about.

I didn’t look up Hibbert’s numbers and frankly, he flew under the radar for me. Forget the McGee replacement. Hibbert is good.

Battier and Garnett would make one hell of a defensive force in the front court. Battier is probably the best on ball defender in the league (and the only person in the league capable of shutting down Kobe or Lebron). Get someone different at center, someone who has a 8-9 ppg scoring touch and is big on blocks (someone capable of doing 4 a night would be nice. Blocks are Garnett’s lone weak point from what I remember) and you would have a front court to be reckoned with.

He benefits alot from Nellie’s system, I really like your second team though. Westbrook and Hamilton are a good backcourt, Shard will knock down 3s, and Jefferson is a straight up beast. If Randolph plays well that’s a sick squad. I would replace Yi Jianlian with D.J Augustin though

I agree. He completely is. But you get Durant who looks like he will be averaging 30 points a night for the next 10-15 years and who is only 20 years old (21 in a month) and are able to pick up a shooting guard who can actually play.

In this imaginary 8 player per team league.. this team would be a bottom feeder. Lebron and Garnett are great but Bibby is hardly a point guard. Parker is a joke of a starting shooting guard. Mike Miller is good for threes and that’s it and even that has been absent since he came to Minnesota. They wouldn’t contend for a championship and the team would be absolutely screwed in two or three years when Garnett retires. You take Durant and upgrade Parker to Al Thornton, Trevor Ariza, or Marquis Daniels and you get a HUGE upgrade over Parker and you have a good young player that could develop into an all star to play alongside Lebron when Garnett goes.