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Who do you think has best starting 5 in the East?

Boston: Pritchard, White, George, Tatum, Robinson
Philadelphia: Maxey, Edgecombe, Brown, James, Embiid
New York: Brunson, Hart, Bridges, Ognunby, Towns
Cleveland: Harden, Mitchell, Tyson, Mobley, Allen
Toronto: Quickly, Barrett, Leonard, Barnes, Poeltl
Orlando: Suggs, Bane, Wagner, Banchero,Carter
Miami: Mitchell, Hardaway, Wiggins, Giannis, Bam
Detroit: Cunningham, Robinson, Thompson, Collins, Duran
Indiana: Haliburton, Nembhard, Nesmith, Siakim, Zubac
Milwaukee: Rollins, Herro, Jaquez, Kuzman, Turner
Charlotte: White, knueppell, Miller, Reid, Diabetes
Atlanta: McCollum, Walker, Daniels, Johnson, OO
Brooklyn: Demin, Brown, Porter, Randle, Sharpe
Chicago: Giddey, Powell, Buzelis, Wilson , Claxton
Washington: Young, George, Dybantas, Davis, Sarr

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Offline Birdman

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Very tough! Health is key but right now a healthy 5
C/PF-Horford, Baynes, Noel, Theis, Morris,
SF/SG- Tatum, Brown, Hayward, Smart, Semi, Clark
PG- Irving, Rozier, Larkin

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Healthy 5?

Has to be Philadelphia. Finals favorites when healthy.

Sorry Knicks, even your lineup isn't superior to the 76ers at the moment. I've also looked at the Pacers, but no, 76ers are more experienced. A few championship vets in that lineup


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I picked NYK, I expect Embiid to be injured most of the season.  If he is healthy, PHI, most likely, NYK.

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I'd say NY over Philly strictly because they've proven they can function together as a team already and Philly hasn't played a game together yet. 

sad thing is I look at those line-ups and there's only a few that I'd rate as clearly below the C's right now -- if all are healthy.  I don't see Tatum as significantly better than the best player in other team's line-ups and many of those other teams have a supporting cast that's superior than who's been put around Tatum.

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Philadelphia is easily #1 on paper.  Hopefully they never reach their max potential.

New York has the best proven lineup, and it's not all that close.

As an aside, I've got to think that Queta starts.  I don't think he's losing his spot to Robinson.
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I pick New York cause they play together great & better 3 point shooting. James at 41 is not James at 31
C/PF-Horford, Baynes, Noel, Theis, Morris,
SF/SG- Tatum, Brown, Hayward, Smart, Semi, Clark
PG- Irving, Rozier, Larkin

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Easily Philly and New York

On a side note that Bulls starting lineup looks so sad lol
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Easily Philly and New York

On a side note that Bulls starting lineup looks so sad lol

Yeah, assuming teams are healthy, it?s Philly by a country mile.
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