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How the Warriors created a blue print for a championship team last year:
1. Signing Kevin Durant after blowing a 3-1 lead.
And being extremely lucky with draft picks/relatively injury free. If Curry or Klay or Green don't pan out or have career ending injuries perhaps the Warriors are a really good but not great team. That could also mean Durant never becomes interested.
And being extremely lucky with draft picks/relatively injury free. If Curry or Klay or Green don't pan out or have career ending injuries perhaps the Warriors are a really good but not great team. That could also mean Durant never becomes interested.
Yes, but with Durant, the team is now being compared to the 2001 Lakers or the 1996 Bulls.
The team is simply comparable to the Bulls team. How else can we measure a team with 3 straight Finals appearances, two wins, and the most regular season wins over a 3 year stretch? Pre-KD, this was a team for the ages. With KD, it is a juggernaut. We probably have not yet seen them at their best.
The team is simply comparable to the Bulls team. How else can we measure a team with 3 straight Finals appearances, two wins, and the most regular season wins over a 3 year stretch? Pre-KD, this was a team for the ages. With KD, it is a juggernaut. We probably have not yet seen them at their best.
KD's snake move takes a lot away from the 2016 Warriors team IMO.
What made the 80s and 90s so captivating was the competition.
Kevin Durant straight up ditched his team after blowing a 3-1 lead in the previous WCF and went to the other team.
That's like Jordan joining the Pistons in 1990, or Larry Bird joining the Lakers. You can't imagine it because they would never do that, and that's what made those guys legendary. Their utter will to get better and put their teams over the top. The Warriors 2016 team was just a free agency arms race, nothing special about that. Kind of ruins the league in all honesty.
KD's snake move takes a lot away from the 2016 Warriors team IMO.
What made the 80s and 90s so captivating was the competition.
Kevin Durant straight up ditched his team after blowing a 3-1 lead in the previous WCF and went to the other team.
That's like Jordan joining the Pistons in 1990, or Larry Bird joining the Lakers. You can't imagine it because they would never do that, and that's what made those guys legendary. Their utter will to get better and put their teams over the top. The Warriors 2016 team was just a free agency arms race, nothing special about that. Kind of ruins the league in all honesty.
Hardly ruins the league. All teams have the same salary cap rules, the same draft rules, and the same roster rules. There was great competition this year, though injuries took a lot of wind from the sails of the WCF. Nonetheless, the Warriors, Spurs, Rockets, and Cavs were all contenders.
The Rockets got better this offseason. The Cavs may yet improve, too.
Plenty of players--even stars--leave their teams in free agency. KD gave plenty to the Thunder. Their ownership and management were never willing to keep a great young team together, so why should he stay?
KD's snake move takes a lot away from the 2016 Warriors team IMO.
What made the 80s and 90s so captivating was the competition.
Kevin Durant straight up ditched his team after blowing a 3-1 lead in the previous WCF and went to the other team.
That's like Jordan joining the Pistons in 1990, or Larry Bird joining the Lakers. You can't imagine it because they would never do that, and that's what made those guys legendary. Their utter will to get better and put their teams over the top. The Warriors 2016 team was just a free agency arms race, nothing special about that. Kind of ruins the league in all honesty.
All that is emotional fandom talking. It doesn't change their dominance on the court or stat sheet. There was no competition in the 90s except when Jordan took a break...the Bulls dominated everyone in that timeframe.
I have no problem with KDs move to GS. None at all. Cavs fans should be the last to talk as well.
I have a problem with GS fans saying- they win without KD and that Curry IS the straw the stirs the drink and makes it all work and heard this awhile back and fell out of my chair "KD is a luxury".
This has not been Curry's League. He was abused in the 2016 series, and he was outplayed by his counterpart in the 17 series. Honestly the Warriors won in 15 beating Lebron with Delly as his second option- I hate the Bulls but they sweep us in 15 if they face us.
Now I will say Curry and KD are so tough to defend while on the court together. You have to play Curry 30-35 feet out and you need to trap him bump him and make him feel uncomfortable and most of the time this takes two guys. The space this leaves for a player like KD is the problem and it is the play and circumstance that beat the Cavs. Let's be honest Klay didn't really do much and he let Irving get his and Draymond was playing cheerleader half the series with foul trouble.
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