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The 2017 warriors will fail.

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Lol everyone always craps on my predictions but I'm always right. I was the one that said curry was just a 3 point shooter who sucks when those aren't going. Everyone said I was crazy.
 
Been vacationing in Myrtle Beach the last week, and GS fans are everywhere.

Favorite part of my time off is seeing these douches wearing 2015 NBA Champions hats and back to back Western Conference championship shirts.

Enjoy your empty accomplishments Warriors fans; we'll shut your mouths up again come June.
 
If they win will anybody really respect the accomplishment anyway? A ring will be a ring but add in they won their first one when we were injured then factor in they lost to us healthy, then factor in they had to get KD and I can't think of a single player who'd respect that accomplishment like they respected the Cavs winning.

That and pride would have been my reason for not joining GS if I were Durant. I guess this is truely a new NBA.

Why win a ring if literally everyone probably him included don't respect it? I'd bet Durant himself is gonna think it's a pussy ring if they do win this year.





What the media isn't telling you is that if these dudes lose their careers are basically over. This team is so stacked and crazy that them not winning a ring would be the biggest failure in NBA history.
 
Write all you want about GS. However, the Cavs won the title in spite of:

-Kyrie missing a chunk of the season recovering from a broken knee cap
-Love missing the offseason recovering from shoulder surgery
-TT holding out and missing all of camp and preseason
-A mid-season coaching change inserting a first time head coach
 
Bob_The_Cat said:
Write all you want about GS. However, the Cavs won the title in spite of:

-Kyrie missing a chunk of the season recovering from a broken knee cap
-Love missing the offseason recovering from shoulder surgery
-TT holding out and missing all of camp and preseason
-A mid-season coaching change inserting a first time head coach
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And also losing Jared Cunningham.
 
Rob933 said:
Lol everyone always craps on my predictions but I'm always right. I was the one that said curry was just a 3 point shooter who sucks when those aren't going. Everyone said I was crazy.
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Get used to it
 
Kyrieville said:
Prediction: The Spurs eliminate the Warriors in the WCF.
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What's GSW's answer to a Pau/Aldridge Spurs front court? They can't defend it. I suppose they could try and death lineup them off the court... someone who's smarter than me: is this easily defeated by GSW?
 
The spurs can't score with the warriors
prf100 said:
What's GSW's answer to a Pau/Aldridge Spurs front court? They can't defend it. I suppose they could try and death lineup them off the court... someone who's smarter than me: is this easily defeated by GSW?
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The Warriors have basically lost half of their team. Brandon Rush, Festus Ezeli, Marreese Speights, Andrew Bogut, Harrison Barnes, Leandro Barbosa... that's going to affect chemistry some as well. I like it.
 
It will affect chemistry. But their 5 most important players (Curry, Green, Thompson, Iggy, Livingston) all remain, and they've been together for a number of years. It also sounds like Durant has been pretty close with those guys for a while.
 
prf100 said:
What's GSW's answer to a Pau/Aldridge Spurs front court? They can't defend it. I suppose they could try and death lineup them off the court... someone who's smarter than me: is this easily defeated by GSW?
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San Antonio will have a bitch of a time keeping GS from scoring. The Spurs cross-matches are going to be a nightmare because Aldridge and Pao are limited foot-speed defenders. While you can hide Pao or Aldridge on Iggy for spurts, you're still left with one of them on Draymond and over long stretches it just isn't sustainable.

I do think the Cavs laid out the formula for beating GS, which is bully ball on the block, heavy ISO against GS's weaker defenders, but playing at pace so ball doesn't "kill grass" as George Karl used to call it. You can rely heavily on ISO against GS, but you don't want the ball stuck in one spot wasting away shot-clock.

In terms of starting line-ups, I do like how the Spurs match-up. GS will start Zaza at center, and Draymond at the 4. It allows Pao to defend Zaza and Aldridge on Green which is still a tough cross-match but San Antonio will be able to exploit the paint.

Unfortunately, Tony Parker is a shell of what he was which is huge because it lets Steph off the hook. Kawhi can hang with Durant and Danny Green is still a solid defender who can play a role.

But over 7 games, I just don't see how the Spurs hang.

In terms of the West, and just a match-up problem, I think Portland might be the toughest match-up. Aminu is going to slide to the 4, with Evan Turner coming in as starting SF. Moe Harkless gave them a lot of defensive flexibility but was super-limited offensively. Turner gives them another ball handler in an open court offensive system which is helpful because the Trailblazers like to push at all costs. Harkless was a finisher but limited as a ball-handler and shooter. I just like their potential line-up of:

Lillard
McCollum
Turner
Aminu
Plumlee

Plumlee is also a good defender that allows Portland to switch a lot better than most teams.
 
I really wish SA had gotten Mike Conley, though I don't know how aggressively they pursued him. He seems like a dream Pop player.
 
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