moreso.

give me Steve Carlton (or any top pro pitcher of his day) and 8 AAA minor leaguers who can actually field, and you can have all the college players.

whatshisname with the Giants who won two and then pitched in relief.
you get the college all stars. I get the World Series champ pitcher, and any 8 good fielding major leaguers at their position.

pro basketball too. I suppose in a given year, you might actually have a terrific team win the NCAA's. But since the best ones go pro early, i do not see the "machine" thing happening these days.
Kentucky was taken to OT by two decent SEC teams.
The best machines now are the mid majors with 4 and 5 year seniors. the mid majors rarely compete for championships.
Western Kentucky had a first team all ABA center and went to the finals one year. Charlotte's Cedrick Maxwell beat Michigan. It happens, but those teams would have been wiped out by a middle of the road pro team. Butler, Butler. and they lost.

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Posted on 1/31/15 at 10:21 pm to sassyLSU

Basketball is much more complicated than the average fan thinks. Players have to learn set plays and be able to make split second reads based on what the D does. Players also have to learn responsibilities on D. Man to man D is super hard to teach and learn. Players have to remember how to guard ball screens based on who is setting them and who is attacking (show and o, jam and under, switch, trap, soft under). They have to decide how to play off ball screens (lock and chase, switch, help and recover). Anybody than thinks the NBA is "street ball" is crazy. That brand of basketball is unreal complicated especially come playoff time.

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