Rip Hamilton claiming 04 Pistons would give Warriors the beats

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They used to handle Nash's Suns pretty well in the regular season as I recall so thats the closest comparison.

The Suns and Warriors aren't really a close comparison, once the Suns lost Joe Johnson they were a team where 1 guy handled the offense and created for everyone else. And the Pistons with Sheed were 1-1 vs the Suns when they had healthy Amare / Joe Johnson.

The only comparison that can be made is they play at a fast pace, outside of that the Suns didn't play defense and the Warriors are less reliant on 1 guy to create all of their offense, in 04-05 the Suns averaged 23apg and Nash accounted for 11 of them, the Warriors averaged 30apg this year and Curry didn't even lead them in that category. What makes the Warriors dangerous on offense is that while they can isolate with Durant they use the threat of their shooting to get ball movement and defenses rotating, it's impossible to stop them outright, the best you can hope for is limiting them to about 105-109ppg over the course of a series. You need a great offense to even have a shot of beating them, just relying on defense will not get it done because their own defense is excellent.
 

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@Jplaya2023 still got an 1993 Acura Legend coupe and swears it's better than any car today, probably still rocking a startac too
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I never seen him say anything from today is as good or better than anything from the past.
 

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Is there any current player better than a previous one? You're like two posts from saying George Mikan is better than DeMarcus Cousins.
Is my statement true??

Technology is better now. Basketball is played differenty today
 

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Is my statement true??

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No, 05 Wade is not better than this Durant, you'd have a better argument if you said 08-09 which was peak Wade, but I guess that's too recent.

If this were 05, you'd be saying Wade isn't as good as Tmac or Jerry Stackhouse.
 

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No, 05 Wade is not better than this Durant, you'd have a better argument if you said 08-09 which was peak Wade, but I guess that's too recent.

If this were 05, you'd be saying Wade isn't as good as Tmac or Jerry Stackhouse.
Which year tmac? 01 02 its a tossup

Wade better than any version of stack
 

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Touching them up is gonna make the Pistons score more than 87ppg?
Of course. That magic 90's-early 2000's team dust is gonna make them score an extra 25 points per game and shoot 7-9% better while they'll magically be familiar with modern offenses while Ben and Rasheed will suddenly be capable of closing out on shooters and defending on switches.
 
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