Hey! Hey! Calm down now!Yeah I also preferred watching Warriors pre-Durant. They were a fun team even if I still disliked them for the most part. And those series against Thunder and Cavs were super fun, we haven’t had it since.
Actually if Draymond goes as well I’d actually be inclined to like Warriors.
Dunno. Unlike KD, LeBron needs the ball at all times to show his best. KD deferred to Steph as the main playmaker, no way that LeBron will do the same. And KD is an easy player to play with, while with LeBron at times the other players become spectators and catch and shoot players (which for Klay would be great).
That’s about where I am on this plus the fact you can’t beat pissing off rival fans.
LeBron gets what LeBron wants.
He won't ever be able to be considered at the level of LeBron because he isn't as good as LeBron. It won't matter if he plays for GSW or any other team.
KD allows them a safety blanket that comes with the best ISO scorers in the game. The ability to score even when an offence becomes stagnant. The team obviously functions without him in the team, but every system has the potential to break down. When that happens you need someone to get you buckets basically without assistance. Thats what KD does, just like game 3 in last years final.
Totally agree with this. Their plan A is great, but KD gives them a plan B which is near as good as plan A.
I think that was how it was supposed to be and in the first year after some initial teething troubles that's what happened. That first year I think was the best that KD has fit in with the Dubs. Over the last couple of years though I think the balance has become steadily more and more skewed to the point where Steph and Klay are deferring way too much to KD with the iso style becoming much more prevalent. I was listening to Chris Broussard a few days ago and he basically said that when someone can go and get you a bucket at will it's human nature to continually let him do so even if the team as a whole doesn't function as well. In the last couple of years I feel that's whats been happening with the Warriors.
I'm glad I didn't say that. Karma can be a bitch!
But that's Steph's fault not anyone else's. Strangly Steph who controls the offense has a number of off days especially in the playoffs. When the Dubs system works well pretty much due to Steph the KD heroics are limited and he doesn't seem to mind.
I actually think it's Steve Kerr's fault to be honest. I think more and more the offense is designed so that KD can get to his spots rather than the flowing ball movement we used to see. As to Steph having more off days in the playoffs vs the regular season I'm not sure that's true either, it's just that playoff games are more scrutinized than regular season games. He has a fair number of clunkers in the regular season as well, its just that people don't tend to notice those as much.
Didn't Steph went to Kerr just a few weeks ago and asked him to run more plays with Durant, essentially involving him more?
Kerr's pre-match speed: It's Blazers, lads!
I hope the Nuggets win so I'm picking them. Dame Lillard is streaky so you never know quite what you are going to get. It would be a big ask for Dame to hot four games out of seven but I'd rather not take the chance. I also think the Dubs match up better with the Nuggets. They've blown them out by 14+ points on three occasions this year. So it's Nuggets for me.
Oh yeah, they have nothing to worry the Dubs, while Blazers have Damo and CJ, but I like Blazers and would like to see them reaching the conference finals. Also, Jokic will annoy the shit out of me when he gets the 15th uncalled foul per match, which consequently would make both Green and KD being ejected with 2 technical fouls.
Could be over by half time at this rate.
