Too much of the team's success was tied into their swarming, help defense and that particular team is one where KG's style/advantages
C's help defense was a team effort, couched by Thibodeau, and it worked when everyone was involved, not just KG in the high post. But true, it messes with KG's playing style better.
I think LeBron and (if we got that far) Kobe would have both been too much for that team
In other words, they'd both go off for 50-70 ppg and blow us out of the water? I think... like the media, you're overestimating the wingman extraordinare myth. At best, they'd get perhaps a few points or assists advantage, w/ TD instead of KG, as neither of them would drive to the hoop, as aggressively, with the twin towers of KP-TD down there. Likewise, PP along with Posey seemed to stick to the primadonnas pretty nicely for much of those series.
Now, here's the flipside... how would the Cavs prevent TD from dropping 30-40 ppg on them? In fact, with
Duncan, we have a scoring machine down low and one other scoring wingman, Pierce, who can score from anywhere on the floor. And TD would force the Cavs to run constant doubles on him, with immediate kick outs to House, Pierce, and others for open jumpers. That's a very difficult team to beat esp when neither the Cavs nor the Lakers have an answer for a one-two top scoring franchise players. They can stop one or the other but not both.
