Could this team win an NBA Championship?

[dgtatu01]

Starting Lineup
Wall
Bledsoe
Knight
Davis
Cousins

Bench:
Patterson
Jones
MKG
Randle
Goodwin
Noel

They would definitely be a little short on depth at guard, but the post play would be rockin' and there would be quality depth to give Davis plenty of rest to get him to the playoffs unscathed.

 

[alicia1990]

Starting Lineup
Wall
Bledsoe
Knight
Davis
Cousins

Bench:
Patterson
Jones
MKG
Randle
Goodwin
Noel

They would definitely be a little short on depth at guard, but the post play would be rockin' and there would be quality depth to give Davis plenty of rest to get him to the playoffs unscathed.

They would have everything they would need

 

[TT Cat]

Add a HOF coach and yes.

 

[WildMoon]

I don't like the spacing on that team.

 

[DY9ASTY]

I say definitely. That's 3 of the top 15 players in the league and by far the best frontcourt and arguably the best backcourt in the NBA. I think that is a very strong bench too. I don't see any way they wouldn't be the best team in the NBA.

 

[mj2k10]

Probably not. Not enough shooting. Teams would cram the lane as much as possible, and there aren't enough shooting threats to make them pay for that.

And the OP's starting lineup is a disaster. There's no way you can play that small on the perimeter in the NBA. Who guards good small forwards, like LeBron, or Durant, or Paul George, or Kawhi Leonard? Bledsoe can probably handle some bigger 2 guards, but not small forwards. You have to play MKG, or use a bigger guy as a 3.

The best bet with an all-UK team would probably be to go big, and play like Memphis. Maybe even play AD at the small forward spot. Try to own the paint and make it a halfcourt game. Which works up to a point, but will only take you so far (ask Memphis and Chicago).

 

[brianpoe]

You can dress 13 players in the NBA, you only have 11.

Add Meeks and Booker and your depth at guard, as well as your long range accuracy issues are solved.

 

[lacocat]

They could, but the salaries would be hard to work, would soon be 3 max contract guys once Davis gets out of his rookie deal plus Bledsoe and Knight and the others. I try getting as many UK guys in franchise mode on NBA2K and they do great.

 

[UPSCat4080]

PG Wall/Bledsoe
SG Knight/Meeks
SF MKG/Randle
PF Davis/Jones/Patterson
C Cousins/KAT/Noel

This is definetly a championship caliber team.....not the big blue glasses talking either.

 

[Aike]

I would start Wall/Meeks/MKG/AD/Cousins. Bench would be nasty. Champs.

 

[wildcatsboston1984]

Not enough shooting. It's 2015, you can't win a championship without some quality shooters. Add Meeks for the shooting. Even then I'm not sure if it's enough shooters with just him, Knight, and Patterson since Patterson likely wouldn't play much on a team that has Davis and Cousins.

Also add Prince or Mohammed for the playoff had championship experience factor. That gives you 13, the regular active roster size.

 

[KopiKat]

shooters - need. more. shooters

 

[hotelblue]

Probably not. Not enough shooting. Teams would cram the lane as much as possible, and there aren't enough shooting threats to make them pay for that.

And the OP's starting lineup is a disaster. There's no way you can play that small on the perimeter in the NBA. Who guards good small forwards, like LeBron, or Durant, or Paul George, or Kawhi Leonard? Bledsoe can probably handle some bigger 2 guards, but not small forwards. You have to play MKG, or use a bigger guy as a 3.

The best bet with an all-UK team would probably be to go big, and play like Memphis. Maybe even play AD at the small forward spot. Try to own the paint and make it a halfcourt game. Which works up to a point, but will only take you so far (ask Memphis and Chicago).

i agree with everything except the assumed lack of scoring with lack of shooters besides knight and bledsoe. cousins and davis are scoring machines. i would rank cousin/davis well above gasol/randolph. above the grizzlies in that department and they had a good run. imo if they played the clippers they'd be in the western conference finals. but definitely better scoring than chicago. with guys like randle, patterson, jones. really any of those guys could hit a jumper. i think the team would score enough in the playoffs.

scoring overall goes down anyway and with wall mkg davis noel etc defense would arguably be a stronger allie than it is for chicago or memphis. more like the old pacers and pistons teams of the early 2000's. mkg, noel, davis, jones on the same team is sick defensively speaking.

 

[EliteBlue]

Upscat nailed the line up that would bring home multiple titles.

 

[Brando Mac]

PG Wall/Bledsoe
SG Knight/Meeks
SF MKG/Randle
PF Davis/Jones/Patterson
C Cousins/KAT/Noel

This is definetly a championship caliber team.....not the big blue glasses talking either.

Damn, now you've got me wanting to go buy one of the new consoles and NBA 2K16 and make this a reality

 

[eRUPPtion78]

PG Wall/Bledsoe
SG Knight/Meeks
SF MKG/Randle
PF Davis/Jones/Patterson
C Cousins/KAT/Noel

This is definetly a championship caliber team.....not the big blue glasses talking either.

Add Kanter, Booker, and Tayshaun since you're allowed 13...'SHIP. I'd also give Patterson's minutes to Kanter, much more skilled.

 

[UPSCat4080]

Add Kanter, Booker, and Tayshaun since you're allowed 13...'SHIP. I'd also give Patterson's minutes to Kanter, much more skilled.

Kanter got the raw end of the deal and is very talented, but with KAT, Noel, Cousins and Davis we have enough who can play a true post. Patterson stretches the floor and is capable of hitting a jump shot.

Love Tayshaun, but the guy is at the end of his run, so I would take Booker only out of the three (I had already listed 12 total) to give another shooter.

Knight, Meeks, Booker, Patterson and KAT give more than enough shooters.

 

[Supafuzz75]

Add Lamb and Booker in place of a big and a guard,, you'd have a championship team.. That allows more spacing..

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Any NBA team that featured Wall, Davis, Knight, Bledsoe, and Cousins would have five of the top 50 NBA players in the league. Name a current team that would have more. Add Meeks and Booker for shooting and they'd definitely compete for a title.

 

[UKcats1988]

Compare it to the two of the best rosters in the NBA when healthy.

OKC
Westbrook>Wall
Waiters<Bledsoe
Durant>Mkg
Kanter<Davis
Ibaka<Cousins

Bench: Morrrow, Adams, Augustin, Singler, Mcgary, Collison, Lamb, Roberson.

Golden State
Curry>Wall
Klay>Bledsoe
Barnes=MKG
Green<AD
Bogut<Cousins

Bench: Iggy, Livingston, Barbosa, Lee, Speights, Festus.

I'd give both these teams the edge but the hypothetical UK team would be really good and compete for a title.

 

[GonzoCat90]

It's just all about fit. Similar to our team this team, an overwhelming number of bigs is only useful up to a certain point. Same with point guards.

The other teams are constructed as teams, with roles and pieces. As transcendent as Davis is, and as built around Durant as the Thunder are, both of those squads would actually be better if you swapped them. Would give the UK squad a perimeter scorer and the Thunder a real two-way option in the post.

 

[UPSCat4080]

Add Lamb and Booker in place of a big and a guard,, you'd have a championship team.. That allows more spacing..

The only thing Lamb has proven this far in the NBA is that he should have stayed in college and Booker has yet to play a second, so I would keep what I had lol.

 

[Supafuzz75]

The only thing Lamb has proven this far in the NBA is that he should have stayed in college and Booker has yet to play a second, so I would keep what I had lol.

Understand,, but I'd still take both.. I know what they've done at the college level..

 

[wildcatsboston1984]

The only thing Lamb has proven this far in the NBA is that he should have stayed in college and Booker has yet to play a second, so I would keep what I had lol.

Lamb would never get a second of PT in the game unless it was a blowout or a last shot situation where a 3 was needed and the team had to roll out its best 3 point shooters at all five spots on the floor.

 

[WildMoon]

You can dress 13 players in the NBA, you only have 11.

Add Meeks and Booker and your depth at guard, as well as your long range accuracy issues are solved.

Add Lamb and Booker in place of a big and a guard,, you'd have a championship team.. That allows more spacing..

You need top NBA talent that can shoot to create spacing.

Just because Meeks can shoot and Booker can shoot doesn't mean that the team will be better. You end up sacrificing other thing to get spacing.

The question is in 2-3 years how much will each of these players expand their game. AD can go out to NBA three point line, and then we can start opening up space. Wall and Bledsoe becomes serviceable shooters, than that changes a lot of things as well.

If Wall/Bledsoe/Davis expanded their games out. It will be easy championship caliber team.

But as of now..no spacing.

 

[eRUPPtion78]

Kanter got the raw end of the deal and is very talented, but with KAT, Noel, Cousins and Davis we have enough who can play a true post. Patterson stretches the floor and is capable of hitting a jump shot.

Love Tayshaun, but the guy is at the end of his run, so I would take Booker only out of the three (I had already listed 12 total) to give another shooter.

Knight, Meeks, Booker, Patterson and KAT give more than enough shooters.

My bad, miscalculated there on the available players...I think you can have 15 on the roster but only dress 13 for any game.

Patterson did shoot better from deep this season (38% compared to 35% for Kanter), but he also took ~240 more 3s than Enes. I think Enes can stretch the floor a bit more than some might think. I think of him as more of a Pau than a true center.

W/ Tayshaun I was thinking along the lines of the other poster who mentioned him...bring him for the experience. Doubt he'd get much clock but gotta think having a seasoned vet like him around couldn't hurt.

 

[UKStoops81]

I would take that team in a Best of 7 Series.

 

[hotelblue]

It's just all about fit. Similar to our team this team, an overwhelming number of bigs is only useful up to a certain point. Same with point guards.

The other teams are constructed as teams, with roles and pieces. As transcendent as Davis is, and as built around Durant as the Thunder are, both of those squads would actually be better if you swapped them. Would give the UK squad a perimeter scorer and the Thunder a real two-way option in the post.

davis on the thunder would be sick because you have ibaka opposite davis and a super do it all pg. durant is scoring option #1 basically wherever he goes but for some reason i don't see durant/cousins as a 1-2 scoring punch working as well as davis/westbrook, which would be an unfair all-world pick and roll combo. or at least being as fluid as them - spacing. like love and lebron not working like people thought.

cousins is one of those guys you build the whole team around imo. give him some shooters who can slash and he can dominate offensively and win. this is where davis is so valuable. he can float out and nail jumpers all day on kick outs. and obviously jam home some put backs on the weak side glass. we'll never see it except for maybe all/star games or the olympics, but i think cousins and davis together would be the closest thing to unstoppable as you can get in the post. one guy can carve out space and get rebounds all day, the other can snatch anything out of the air to the tune of 10+ rebounds a game. add to that probably 4-5 blocks a game between them and probably both averaging 18 a game. unstoppable.

amazing we have other bigs who are going to be all-stars some day and they wouldn't even start. we are blessed wearing our blue these days.

 

[brianpoe]

You need top NBA talent that can shoot to create spacing.

Just because Meeks can shoot and Booker can shoot doesn't mean that the team will be better. You end up sacrificing other thing to get spacing.

The question is in 2-3 years how much will each of these players expand their game. AD can go out to NBA three point line, and then we can start opening up space. Wall and Bledsoe becomes serviceable shooters, than that changes a lot of things as well.

If Wall/Bledsoe/Davis expanded their games out. It will be easy championship caliber team.

But as of now..no spacing.

So you would rather count on AD opening up space at the 3 point line than Meeks or Booker because of other decencies?