Comparing Recent Elite Teams if the East: 2015 60-win Hawks or 2016 56-win Raptors

[ArbitraryWater]

Two dominant teams, both making and losing the ECF to LeBron James.

Hawks: 4 all-stars (record)
Raptors: 2 all-stars

However the Raptors' all-stars were more prominent figures.

Who do you have in this Showdown?

[TiagoSimoes]

Two dominant teams, both making and losing the ECF to LeBron James.

Hawks: 4 all-stars (record)
Raptors: 2 all-stars

However the Raptors' all-stars were more prominent figures.

Who do you have in this Showdown?

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two pretenders, both with crappy stars

[red1]

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two pretenders, both with crappy stars
#realtalk

[ArbitraryWater]

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two pretenders, both with crappy stars

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[Legends66NBA7]

Neither were dominant come playoff time. I think the Hawks benefited mostly of that streak and the Raptors just benefited from their backcourt playing top level basketball for most of the season.

Hawks would probably win, but the Raptors always seemed to be a thorn in their sides during their matchups.

[Legends66NBA7]

#realtalk

To be fair, imagine if we combined their stars ?


Horford-Millsap-Korver-DeRozan-Lowry. Range, ball handling, defense, passing, etc... Although, I think DeMarre would be a starter ideally. It would be funny seeing him guard himself.

[NBAGOAT]

serious note I go with the Hawks. Better style of play on offense and better defense. Problem is they choked badly vs the Cavs but people forget that most teams usually completely underperform their 1st year of contending if they don't have an experienced team. Raptors may do better vs a better Cavs team simply because they have no expectations at all however.