Can You Build a Superteam to Beat the Warriors? — The RingerCan You Build a Superteam to Beat the Warriors?
And can you do it on a budget?
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The greatest regular-season team of all time just swapped out Harrison Barnes for Kevin Freaking Durant. It’s fair to say the Warriors now have two of the three best players in the NBA, which raises this question: Is it even possible to construct a team that can go toe-to-toe with the Dubs’ Super Death Lineup? Our staff took a crack at it. So that this isn’t complete anarchy, we placed a restriction: You have to pick your five-man rotation on a $15 budget.
$7 Player
$5 Players
- LeBron James
$4 Players
- LaMarcus Aldridge
- DeMarcus Cousins
- Anthony Davis
- Blake Griffin
- James Harden
- Kawhi Leonard
- Chris Paul
- Russell Westbrook
$3 Players
- Carmelo Anthony
- Jimmy Butler
- DeMar DeRozan
- Andre Drummond
- Paul George
- Kyrie Irving
- Damian Lillard
- Paul Millsap
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- John Wall
- Hassan Whiteside
$2 Players
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Eric Bledsoe
- Chris Bosh
- Derrick Favors
- Marc Gasol
- Al Horford
- Dwight Howard
- Serge Ibaka
- DeAndre Jordan
- Kevin Love
- Kyle Lowry
- Dirk Nowitzki
- Isaiah Thomas
- Dwyane Wade
- Andrew Wiggins
$1 Players
- Bradley Beal
- Mike Conley
- Tyreke Evans
- Kenneth Faried
- Pau Gasol
- Rudy Gobert
- Gordon Hayward
- Brook Lopez
- C.J. McCollum
- Khris Middleton
- Chandler Parsons
- Kristaps Porzingis
- Zach Randolph
- Jonas Valanciunas
- Nikola Vucevic
- Kemba Walker
- Everyone else
Giannis Antetokounmpo $3
Jimmy Butler $4
Khris Middleton $2
Paul George $4
Rudy Gobert $2
tough

