This is a HeadGum Podcast.

Welcome to Buckets, episode 7.

What player, if cloned five times, could most easily beat his current team.

Wait, what?

Sorry, I should have warned you that things were about to get hypothetical,

but then again, so our debates about the best team ever,

and we're way closer to cloning than time travel so I'll repeat

what player if cloned five times could most easily beat his current team I'll

only accept one follow-up question is the cloned player also on the

original team great question the answer is yes so let's start with the MVP

could five James Hardins beat the Houston rockets?

I'm not so sure. The rockets are deadly when firing on all cylinders

and I don't know if five James Hardins are going to slow that down

or de-up a Hardin-Kapella pick and roll. That's a win for the current a hardened cappella pick and roll.

That's a win for the current team over the clones.

What about Stuff Curry?

He's probably too short to guard K. Dreymond and Clay.

In fact, maybe the warriors and rockets are too much of a well-oiled machine to defeat any

clone team, though I think 5 KDs put up a fight.

What about 5 Ben Simmons versus the Sixers?

Maybe not enough shooting there.

And who guards Embed? Well, what about 5 M-B-B-B-S-B-B-B-B-B-S. Maybe not enough shooting there and who guards Embed? Well, what about five Embeds? Maybe not enough dribbling skills. All right, let's focus on great players on bad teams. Anthony Davis comes to mind, but is he good enough at bringing the ball up the court? You need

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