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I think I would have 2023 as 4th behind 2014.

Think they beat 2011 because 2023 is just too good defensively to let one player beat them and I don’t think 2011 has answers for Hawkins, Sanogo, and the bench. Don’t see Lamb doing well on Hawkins or Oriaki shutting down Sanogo. Roscoe Smith can guard the Kawhi’s and Derrick William’s of the world but Karaban is a completely different player that didn’t need the ball to be effective.

Pretty much, 2011 wouldn’t be able to out tough 2023 defensively because that’s not 2023’s offensive style.

2014 on the other hand I think would cause a lot of problems for 2023 in the backcourt. Bazz and Boat were STINGY defenders that knew how to pick a pocket and get turnovers. I’m not sure how Newton and Hawkins would’ve been able to handle that. On top of trying to stay in front of them on offense with the way they knew how to draw fouls, that’s a tough back court matchup.

The front court is a matchup 2023 wins obviously but I’m not sure if 2014 couldn’t do just enough with Nolan’s good positional defense and Brimah’s length to block shots. It’d make for a great series.

Which one wins, great guards or great bigs?
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