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Old 06-01-2016, 01:08 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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Why is everyone talking about Kevin Love being a liability on defense? How about Stephen Curry as a liability on defense?

The Cavs need to just keep playing the game that has taken them this far. Lebron needs to drive hard to the basket. Nobody is going to stop him, and even if they do, you have Fry and Smith open for easy threes.

I like the idea of putting Delly on Green and having him kick him. After he gets kicked out, Delly can come off the bench and go hard on Curry for like 5 minutes.

Really don't think all you guys thinking this will be easy for the Warriors have really been watching the playoffs thus far, at least not carefully enough.
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:14 PM
 
Location: Crooklyn, New York
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Why is everyone talking about Kevin Love being a liability on defense? How about Stephen Curry as a liability on defense?
Because even Cavs fans acknowledge him as a defensive liability. And bigs are more important on defense than smalls for obvious reasons.
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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Because even Cavs fans acknowledge him as a defensive liability. And bigs are more important on defense than smalls for obvious reasons.
Point is that Curry is not a good defender, turns the ball over a lot. His saving grace is the 3, but if they aren't falling, I am actually bigger than he is and could probably do just as well. It's blasphemy to not think St. Stephen is the greatest player in the world in all regards though. Not sure why only negatives about Cavs are allowed to be discussed.
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Crooklyn, New York
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Point is that Curry is not a good defender, turns the ball over a lot. His saving grace is the 3, but if they aren't falling, I am actually bigger than he is and could probably do just as well. It's blasphemy to not think St. Stephen is the greatest player in the world in all regards though. Not sure why only negatives about Cavs are allowed to be discussed.
Why do you think he isn't a good defender?
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:22 PM
 
Location: Whittier
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According to NBA stats Love is objectively worse than Curry at defense per points scored against:

NBA.com/Stats

Curry -5.2%
Love +1.9%

So an average player would score -5.2% points less vs. Curry, while a shooter vs. Love would score 1.9% points more.

EDIT: Not points, sorry percentage.
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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Why do you think he isn't a good defender?
Not necessarily his fault, but he has teammates that do the bulk of the defending and never goes against the top guys from the other team. Westbrook was right about Curry's defense. Problem for OKC was being loose with the ball and missing easy shots. Warriors in general have proven that they can't keep opponents under 100 points very frequently.
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Here or There
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As expected great ratings

NBA Western Conference Finals are a huge ratings hit, Game 7 sets record

I think many including myself are still in a daze over this game and the preceeding ones. Surreal.

The danger Thursday is being let down emotionally so the dubs have to be ready for a hungry Cavs.
Im glad the WCF Game 7 great numbers...I am hoping that the Finals get great numbers at well...I always like to see when a sport has a matchup that generates an interest outside of just the hardcore fans--I think that keeps it better for the hardcore fans, as well.
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:23 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Point is that Curry is not a good defender, turns the ball over a lot. His saving grace is the 3, but if they aren't falling, I am actually bigger than he is and could probably do just as well. It's blasphemy to not think St. Stephen is the greatest player in the world in all regards though. Not sure why only negatives about Cavs are allowed to be discussed.
Ummm ... this is why we can't have nice things.
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:24 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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According to NBA stats Love is objectively worse than Curry at defense per points scored against:

NBA.com/Stats

Curry -5.2
Love +1.9

So an average player would score -5.2 points less vs. Curry, while a shooter vs. Love would score 1.9+ points more.
So they go against the same players?
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Old 06-01-2016, 01:25 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Point Guard Defensive RPM

Curry #6
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Kyrie #83
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