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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
Here’s one.
What’s your All Bill Self Kansas Team? Roy Williams Kansas Team? Best players to make the best team, not the most accomplished. Assume everyone is healthy and playing at their college peak.
5 starters, 3 bench players
I’ll go first.
Bill Self (I really like the 4 out-1 in, so I’m going with that)
Starters:
Frank Mason
Mario Chalmers
Brandon Rush
Josh Jackson
Joel Embiid
Bench:
Devonte Graham
Marcus Morris
Udoka Azubuike
HM: Wayne Simien, Darrell Arthur, Cole Aldrich, Jeff Withey, Thomas Robinson, Sherron Collins, Ochai Agbaji
Roy:
Starters:
Jacque Vaughn
Kirk Hinrich
Paul Pierce
Nick Collison
Raef Lafrentz
Bench:
Jeff Boschee
Drew Gooden
Kenny Gregory
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Hard to argue with Roy's team. I'm a sucker for Boschee, but objectively Vaughn is probably better.
On Self's team, I'm taking TRob at the 4 and I'll die on that hill. Maybe it's dumb, but I'll never forget how hard he played. Arthur might be the pick there, but I'm taking TRob.
I gotta put Sherron on the bench over Devante, but that leaves you pretty small at guard. Probably be fine. Rio can run the 3, probably fine. But as a thought experiment, stick Garrett in there on the bench. You could have a really REALLY **** you Defensive squad. If you put Rio at the 1, Garrett at the 2, Rush at the 3, TRob at 4, and Embiid at 5, you can roll out 5 stone cold stoppers with really good length everywhere. That's probably not as good of a team, but we haven't really seen Garrett at full power not need to be the initiator of offense. He's not the offensive monster Sherron was (Especially 40 minute Sherron), but you're not sagging off him, and man could he lock bitches down. You bring Garrett off the bench and say, "you're not scoring mother****er" would be horrifying.
I like Aldrich off the bench instead of Doke, because he was a more skilled big man, plus dude wasn't hurt. I don't think I could roll out 2 injury prone guys, even though Marcus could play the 5.
You're right. Self's run here is incredibly deep.