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This team reminds me of...

Hey y'all. Longtime lurker and occasional poster here. I've been thinking about this team we have here and as currently constructed this team reminds me a lot of the 2012 Thunder finals team. I compared our top 9 with their top 9. Check it out:

The young superstar PG: Russell Westbrook / Kyrie Irving

Advantage: Push. Westbrook was a 2-time all-star in his 4th season; Irving is a 2-time all-star going into his 4th season. Irving is the better shooter (which matches well with LeBron) while Westbrook is the better defender. I'd say this is fairly even.

The long, defensive-minded SG: Thabo Sefolosha / Andrew Wiggins

Advantage: Cavs. Wiggins probably won't shoot that well, or that much, his first season, and the Cavs don't need him to. He's way longer and quicker than Thabo though and still a better scorer at this early stage.

The all-world unstoppable SF: Kevin Durant / LeBron James

Advantage: Cavs. Not much to say here. Durant was 23 on this team - present-day LeBron is even better than the LeBron that beat Durant in 2012.

The defending, rebounding PF with a midrange shot: Serge Ibaka / Tristan Thompson

Advantage: Thunder. Pretty obvious advantage here in every category, though Tristan still has a chance to improve.

The defensive, rebounding C: Kendrick Perkins / Anderson Varejao

Advantage: Cavs. Perkins can... be big. He doesn't really offer much more than that. Varejao might get overpowered by some of the bigger guys but everything else he adds more than makes up for it.

The old dude who shoots clutch 3s: Derek Fisher / Ray Allen

Advantage: Push. A couple of old dudes who can still shoot and show the youngsters how it's done. Of course Allen hasn't actually signed yet as of this writing, so we'll see.

The sparkplug 6th man: James Harden / Dion Waiters

Advantage: Push. What's this, you say? Harden is a superstar! Well, the Thunder's Finals season was Harden's third, which is the year Waiters is entering. Look at their stats for their first couple seasons. Dion scored more per 36 (on similar shooting percentages) and had a better AST%, Harden had a better PER (slightly), better FT%. Their stats aren't all that different overall, though Dion had a much higher usage. There's no reason to think Dion can't make a big jump like Harden did.

The shooter off the bench: Daequan Cook / Mike Miller

Advantage: Cavs. Miller is longer and a better shooter than Cook. Admittedly I don't remember Cook's game all that well, though his stats aren't exactly mindblowing.

The third big: Nick Collison / Anthony Bennett

Advantage: Thunder This one is to be determined. Collison was a worker, not a star by any means. Last year's Bennett obviously was awful, but if he plays like he is capable of he vaults way ahead of Collison.

That's the top 9. The Thunder also had a decent young backup PG in Reggie Jackson and a backup C in Nazr Mohammed, but neither of them did much of anything in the playoffs. That Thunder team made it out of the brutal West. I see no reason why our team as it's currently constructed can't make it to the Finals at a minimum, with lots of room to grow - I think it's even better than that Thunder team. I'm pretty pumped about this season and think we should keep the team as it is.

We also have the ultimate trump card: DELLY

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