a dumb basketball hypothetical question

[Sooga]

First, put together a team of 4 players, past or present, in their primes. Now, what would be the best 5-man team your 4-man team could beat on a regular basis?

[ThaSaltCracka]

I voted average NBA team only because the average team nowadays is pretty poor.

[mbillie1]

I bet like, Kobe, Jordan, Shaq and any random old white lady like my grandmother could stomp the Knicks

[crzylgs]

None of the above.

[Shadowrun]

I would also vote None of the above if i had the option.

[Clarkmeister]

There are scrubby DI teams that would have no shot whatsoever. Not only are the players not good, they are small. A bad DI team could conceivably be a 40pt dog to a typical Duke/Carolina/Florida etc kind of team. Play 5 on 4 vs say Jordan, Shaq, Magic and Bird, they'd be totally hosed. You can only double one guy (likely Shaq), leaving the others, all of whom are big guys in their own right, with huge mismatches. Scoring in the paint would be really rare, leaving the bad DI team to shoot jumpshots all day, not a winning strategy since they'd likely be one and done.

I think the cutoff is likely a good DI team. Since there's no bench, I'd guess the mature prime NBA greats would wear down collegiate players and could win a close game.

I think the performance of today's Team USA vs international competition should serve as a pretty good barometer that 5 on 4 wouldn't work against even a poor NBA team.

[XXXNoahXXX]

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None of the above.

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lol?

Perhaps you don't know the depths of D1 basketball.

Central CT State? And they made the tourney! I might even take 3 on 5.

[lastchance]

It really depends on how well this team can defend. I have no problem saying that Jordan + a dominating center can score on 5 guys, but I think almost any NBA team should be able to find an open man and shoot.

I think the answer has to be either scrub NBA team or average d1 team. Average d1 team gets pwned, but scrub NBA team?

[SossMan]

I would go with Shaq and 3 guys who could pass it to Shaq vs. an average D1 team all day long.

[tuq]

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I would go with Shaq and 3 guys who could pass it to Shaq vs. an average D1 team all day long.

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What if the game includes shooting free throws?