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What super team can beat the Golden State Warriors?

By Carlos Murillo

Jun 19, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) and guard Stephen Curry (30) and Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) react in the second quarter in game seven of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 19, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) and guard Stephen Curry (30) and Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) react in the second quarter in game seven of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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July 26, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; USA guard Kevin Durant (5) talks to Golden State Warriors players Andre Iguodala (center) and guard Stephen Curry (right) at halftime during an exhibition basketball game at Oracle Arena. USA defeated China 107-57. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

The Golden State Warriors should have the best five-man unit in the entire NBA. We’ve put together a fun, hypothetical “super team” that could beat them.

The Golden State Warriors had the best lineup in basketball last season.

Their Death Lineup would turn deficits into huge leads almost instantly. They were extremely deadly on the offensive end, using spacing, movement, and passing to pick teams apart with their shooting.

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They were incredible offensively and they might have been even better on the other end. Their versatility allowed them to play a stifling brand of defense, with all five guys working together and picking each other up. The Warriors switched screens seamlessly, communicating perfectly.

Their go-to lineup would close out games. Steve Kerr would stand on the sideline and, in his best Mortal Kombat voice, would shout out FINISH THEM and then send out that dream-crushing, world-eating lineup.

That five-man unit–Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, and Draymond Green–was changing the way everyone looked at and thought about basketball. It was special.

And it got better.

Kevin Durant will be replacing Barnes, effectively forming one of the deadliest “super teams” this league has ever seen. With Barnes, a significantly inferior player, the Warriors were historic. They were on the brink of repeating as NBA champions after winning 73 regular season games.

With Durant, the Warriors seem downright unbeatable. Their new Super Death Lineup (or whatever you want to call it) will be nearly impossible to stop. They will have four All-NBA players and two MVPs in their primes.

Because it’s the end of July and there’s nothing else to do, but wait and see how this team fares except come up with ridiculous hypotheticals. So I’ve taken it upon myself to put together a super-team with players throughout the NBA–plucking them from their own team and putting them on mine–that could compete with the Warriors’ Nuclear Lineup.

Here they are by position.

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