I was thinking again about which team is better and I'm thinking the '15 team wouldn't match up well with this team.
At the 5, Garza can score at will against unathletic bigs and that's exactly what Woody is. He's a good defender, but he's the exact kind of player Garza thrives against. On the other end, Garza isnt a great defender, but he doesn't have to be against Woody. Advantage Garza.
At the 4, Cook would physically dominate Uthoff on offense, but Uthoff would score around and over Cook pretty easy. Both would score a lot in this matchup and both would have their moments on defense. I'd call this a draw.
At the 3, Jok and Wieskamp are really comparable. I think it would be a draw or a slight advantage to Jok on offense, but a huge advantage for Wieskamp on defense. Because of that, advantage Wieskamp.
At the 2, Clemmons and Moss are way different players. But they are pretty equal overall. Clemmons could easily shut down Moss 4 out of 5 nights. But the 5th Moss would get 20. Moss isn't a great defender but he doesn't have to be against Clemmons. Because of how inconsistent Moss is, I dont even really know what to think of this matchup. Fortunately it's with the 5th best starters on both teams so it doesn't matter quite that much. I'll call it a draw.
At the 1, Gesell is great at shutting down the dribble drive, but that doesn't really matter with Bohannon since he doesn't do that anyway. That really negates Gesell's main strength which is on ball defense. Gesell's lack of offense really helps Bohannon here so that end of the court doesn't matter as much. What does matter is both guys notoriously let guys fire 3s over their heads. That is a huge advantage for Bohannon. Advantage Bohannon.
I would say the '15 team doesn't match up well with this team so I'm giving the advantage to them. That's not to say this team is actually the better team overall. It's just that they would be better head to head.
I thought about doing the bench too but it's already way too long.
At the 5, Garza can score at will against unathletic bigs and that's exactly what Woody is. He's a good defender, but he's the exact kind of player Garza thrives against. On the other end, Garza isnt a great defender, but he doesn't have to be against Woody. Advantage Garza.
At the 4, Cook would physically dominate Uthoff on offense, but Uthoff would score around and over Cook pretty easy. Both would score a lot in this matchup and both would have their moments on defense. I'd call this a draw.
At the 3, Jok and Wieskamp are really comparable. I think it would be a draw or a slight advantage to Jok on offense, but a huge advantage for Wieskamp on defense. Because of that, advantage Wieskamp.
At the 2, Clemmons and Moss are way different players. But they are pretty equal overall. Clemmons could easily shut down Moss 4 out of 5 nights. But the 5th Moss would get 20. Moss isn't a great defender but he doesn't have to be against Clemmons. Because of how inconsistent Moss is, I dont even really know what to think of this matchup. Fortunately it's with the 5th best starters on both teams so it doesn't matter quite that much. I'll call it a draw.
At the 1, Gesell is great at shutting down the dribble drive, but that doesn't really matter with Bohannon since he doesn't do that anyway. That really negates Gesell's main strength which is on ball defense. Gesell's lack of offense really helps Bohannon here so that end of the court doesn't matter as much. What does matter is both guys notoriously let guys fire 3s over their heads. That is a huge advantage for Bohannon. Advantage Bohannon.
I would say the '15 team doesn't match up well with this team so I'm giving the advantage to them. That's not to say this team is actually the better team overall. It's just that they would be better head to head.
I thought about doing the bench too but it's already way too long.