Seems like the all-star game will be USA vs team world edit “take out all the players that’s 35 years old out then you have a good game

[SchoolboyC]

Yes there is. You nikkas are wilding

6 of the 26 players that made the ASG this season would classify as international

The fact that y’all are dropping names like Josh Giddey, Dyson Daniels and Dennis Schroder as potential all stars should speak volumes to how much rope is being thrown here

You a Hawks fan. Do you think Dyson Daniels should have an easier path to the ASG than Trae Young & Jalen Johnson?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

USA would smack the world, let's be real.


But it is fair to say the world is catching up and by 2035 it probably would go the other way. We definitely gotta do something about this.

Look at what the starting lineups might possibly look like next season and I think you’ll be revising this statement.

 

[MustafaSTL]

Yes there is. You nikkas are wilding

There were 6 international players that were all stars last year. 7 if you’re forced to count KAT. How do they have enough to fill out a 12 man roster?

 

[MustafaSTL]

Look at what the starting lineups might possibly look like next season and I think you’ll be revising this statement.

Slight advantage to the starting international players and a massive advantage to the bench for the Americans. Game would be a blowout by the 2nd quarter.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Slight advantage to the starting international players and a massive advantage to the bench for the Americans. Game would be a blowout by the 2nd quarter.

If you wouldn’t mind, list what you think the teams would be.

 

[Apprentice]

There were 6 international players that were all stars last year. 7 if you’re forced to count KAT. How do they have enough to fill out a 12 man roster?

6 of the 26 players that made the ASG this season would classify as international

The fact that y’all are dropping names like Josh Giddey, Dyson Daniels and Dennis Schroder as potential all stars should speak volumes to how much rope is being thrown here

You a Hawks fan. Do you think Dyson Daniels should have an easier path to the ASG than Trae Young & Jalen Johnson?

KAT is a world player, he don’t play for Team USA

7 international nikkas is a lot already, 5 more isn’t a stretch especially given a lot of the young guys are international nikkas

Dyson Daniels is an example of this, he coulda won DPOY this year, to say he couldn’t be all star caliber next year along with a guy like Amen and Shaedon is wild

LaMelo Ball has been an all star in these old formats, it’s all good the rosters will be fine

 

[MustafaSTL]

If you wouldn’t mind, list what you think the teams would be.

Just pull up the 18 American all stars from this year. You’d have to take out 5 or 6 more deserving Americans just to fill out an international roster. How would you not conclude the Americans’ roster is much deeper?

 

[MustafaSTL]

KAT is a world player, he don’t play for Team USA

7 international nikkas is a lot already, 5 more isn’t a stretch especially given a lot of the young guys are international nikkas

Dyson Daniels is an example of this, he coulda won DPOY this year, to say he couldn’t be all star caliber next year along with a guy like Amen and Shaedon is wild

LaMelo Ball has been an all star in these old formats, it’s all good the rosters will be fine

Dyson Daniels is a decent player and had a great defensive season. He wasn’t on the radar to being an all star this year. Neither was Shaedon. So they get to be all stars over more deserving players because the world only has 6 or 7 real all stars? And Amen was born as raised in Cali, why is he in this discussion (and it’s a reach he’d be an all star level player next year too)?

 

[SchoolboyC]

KAT is a world player, he don’t play for Team USA

7 international nikkas is a lot already, 5 more isn’t a stretch especially given a lot of the young guys are international nikkas

Dyson Daniels is an example of this, he coulda won DPOY this year, to say he couldn’t be all star caliber next year along with a guy like Amen and Shaedon is wild

LaMelo Ball has been an all star in these old formats, it’s all good the rosters will be fine

The fact that we’re even counting players that have lived in the U.S. their entire lives as international should speak volumes to how the world talent pool isn’t deep enough yet to warrant their own team

No I can’t definitively say that Amen or Shaedon couldn’t take jumps next year, but now we’re banking on hypothetical versions of players that don’t exist yet…bc again the talent pool at the moment isn’t deep enough

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Just pull up the 18 American all stars from this year. You’d have to take out 5 or 6 more deserving Americans just to fill out an international roster. How would you not conclude the Americans’ roster is much deeper?

The problem with this is, you're not looking at it from the perspective of next season.

- Tatum won't be there
- Kyrie won't be there
- Bron will be 41 and potentially won't play even if named (and even if he does, it will be in a limited capacity)
- Steph will essentially be 38
- Durant will be 37
- Dame will unlikely be there
- Harden will be 36.

That's 7 of the 18 players right there who either won't be there next season or they won't be moving the needle for a game(s) like that.

You're left with:

Brunson
Brown
Trae
Mitchell
Ant
JJJ
Jdub
Garland
Mobley
Herro
Cade.

Going off this year's roster, does that really look like a group of players that's capable of "blowing out" another team?

Now you look at what Team World could potentially look like:

Shai
Giannis
Wemby
Jokic
Luka
KAT
Sengun
Pascal
Lauri
Franz
OG
Murray
Amen
Deni.

They'd have arguably the 5 best players and a bench just as deep. And even if you want to argue we'd have a deeper roster, it doesn't mean a whole lot when the starters would be dictating the outcome of the game. Another important thing to remember here is, Giannis and Wemby would be the two main players who'd treat this with any real seriousness, and they'd be on the opposing squad.

 

[Apprentice]

Dyson Daniels is a decent player and had a great defensive season. He wasn’t on the radar to being an all star this year. Neither was Shaedon. So they get to be all stars over more deserving players because the world only has 6 or 7 real all stars? And Amen was born as raised in Cali, why is he in this discussion (and it’s a reach he’d be an all star level player next year too)?

We gotta agree to disagree then; I don’t think y’all value the international talent pool

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

There aren’t enough players for a Team World.

Stop forcing this international bullshyt on us.

Drop a rosterS

Starting 5:

Luka
Shai
Giannis
KAT
Wemby.

Bench:

Murray
OG
Jokic
Pascal
Lauri
Franz.

That's not enough to compete with us?

 

[ISO]

Starting 5:

Luka
Shai
Giannis
KAT
Wemby.

Bench:

Murray
OG
Jokic
Pascal
Lauri
Franz.

That's not enough to compete with us?

OG ain’t no fukking All-Star

Other guys there are fringe at best

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

OG ain’t no fukking All-Star

Is that really the point you're gonna focus on here?



Take him out and replace him with whomever. The bench could be comprised of a number of players, most of which will barely get any playing time. Who do we have that's fukking with that starting lineup?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Replace OG with Amen @ISO.



Amen coming off that bench and playing just as hard as Wemby and Giannis.