Granted they are the defending Champ and historically good team, but if I'm Spurfan, I'm not the f***ing Clippers..
They clearly don't present the bad fits that Thunder (2012-2014) had to our team in direct matchup, not even the external factors (Refkc)
Starpower? I would argue Heat (2013-2014)> Warriors (2015-2016)...Let's face it, it is one man show (Curry).. and let's not kid ourselves including Thompson/Draymond Green as part of an established Big 3 dynamics..
IMO, the Spurs in Wingstop have by far the best foundation in the league to throw a spanner in their works..A depleted Cavs team near-provided the blueprint: choke off Curry as much as possible and let Iguodala or someone else be the MVP-level difference maker..
It is easier said than done, but i think this Dubs team could still be SHOOK in a playoff atmosphere..
We match up better with them than the rest of the league, but it's not going to be an easy series by any stretch... definitely 6/7 game series depending on HCA and other factors. Even if they're a 70 win team I see them losing 2 or 3 out of 4 games to us.
I agree. I'd like to see The Spurs take away their two primary options to see how the rest of that team responds. If you watched the game with Minnesota last night. If not for the shots of Stef and Clay. Minnesota beats them. I just happen to believe a team (Spurs) with experience and resolve can pick that team apart. I don't believe they prosper in the half court game. IJS����������+��= 6
Cuz Curry is going to light up Parker
Hide Parker on Iguodala or Barnes or whoever they have at center when Curry/Thompson are in the game. Start Green on Curry and Leonard on Thompson, alternate between Green/Leonard on Curry -- Rasual Butler can be the 3rd defender against Curry if the Spurs need a third defender. When one of the Splash Bros leaves the game, Manu can guard the other wing while Mills can guard the replacement PG/SG (Livingston or Barbosa). Aldridge would likely have to guard Draymond Green, but that isn't a big problem.
GS is going to be very very hard to beat, the Spurs have one of the worst defenders in the NBA starting at PG while GS has arguably the greatest PG of all time. Curry is going to ing destroy Parker every chance he gets unless either Leonard or Green is on him, he's easily capable of putting up 40+ per night. I'd feel a lot better if the Spurs had a Joseph-like defender off the bench.
You know Pop isn't going to pull Porker, he just won't do it. He's going to let him get destroyed out there while he throws a fit over every single mistake Green makes, TP will most likely be responsible for the demise of this team.
I agree with this post. They remind me a lot of the Nash era Suns, very deep & can flat out score while looking unbeatable. From what I've noticed so far this season is the defense isn't all that great (wolves scored 106 points on them.) Imagine if those same suns back in the day had the same path the Warriors had last playoffs, they would've dominated too.
Start Green on Curry, and never use anyone outside of Green/Leonard/Butler to defend Curry. Parker hides on one of their more useless players, we can live with Harry Barnes fadeaways or Iguodala's long twos.
I do think the Spurs match up well outside of Curry-Porker though.
The Spurs' size will be overwhelming, I see post ups and rebounds all day. Very intrigued as to how West will do, West generally struggles against taller, stronger players, however GS is so small I can see him having a big impact in that type of series, he did play pretty well last year vs them too. And you know the Spurs always have a chance with MvpLeonard leading the way.
I agree, I'm just scared about Curry, that guy is such an explosive scorer. As soon as he sees the mismatches, he's going to attack them. The Spurs had him on lock last year with Green-Leonard, however Curry managed to get Parker/Bonner on him for a few possessions and started scoring at will, it was barely over the span of a few minutes, however he took full advantage of it getting GS back in the game.
Yeah, and then the Spurs made the necessary adjustment after the timeout and quickly increased the lead back into the 20s. They're not idiots.....
Because Curry is shooting like he sold his soul to a demon.
I'm not that confident with that as you are lol. In '13 pop tried to hide Parker on Barnes and he absolutely destroyed him and was a HUGE reason as to why that series was A LOT closer than some like to forget. Truthfully, Pop was incapable of hiding Parker and every GS counterpart to Parker went right at him. Granted that was two years ago but at this point...Parker is THE worst...not one of the worst but THE worst defensive starter in the entire league. GS is worlds better than they were two years ago. There isn't a single rotation player on GS that Parker won't get torched by...and i'm not even trying to play into the Parker shtick...he's just THAT bad and stats have proven that for a year+ now.
Eh. If everything comes together then it'll be close. As of now they look even better than last year
should ... could ... whatever ... right now they are way above evervybody ... we do not play them soon and can be happy about it
His? He sold his daughter's soul.
Spurs in 4. Sweep. All double digit wins.
You have to respect them. They are a lot better than in 2013, when Curry was also hobbled. They have a . Lot of chemistry, continuity and confidence. You don't have to be scared to respect your opponent. Like Pop said if you don't have an element of fear that the opponent will kill you, you probably should not be out there playing.
Anyone thinking otherwise is fooling themselves.
The Warriors are a really good team.
Also, do we really need yet another poster who ends every sentence with "tbh" and also ends sentences with not a period and not an ellipsis, but with two dots..?
If you're not a HarlemHeat alt, you're sure doing a weird nonconscious imitation of him.
Curry is a terrible defender so I would run his ass through screens all day long. I am more worried about the Refs then I am of this team. As we all know it's hard to beat two teams at the same time.
Barnes is playing way better than 2 years ago but he wasn't the only reason as to why that series was "close", Jarrett "Spurs Killer" Jack was the other. They don't have JJack anymore but added Shaun Livingston and Leandro Barbosa which any of them will destroy Parker. Shaun with his size and Leandro with his athleticism. Right now there is nobody where Pop could hide Tony and whichever player is being guarded by him you can be sure that they will run tons of screens looking for that switch.
Thankfully, last Summer we added an offensive weapon called LaMarcus Aldridge which should mitigate some of Parker's deficiencies. Watching multiple POR vs GSW games on YouTube, on paper there's no body who can shutdown LaMarcus on that team.
I personally don't worry so much about GS. I fear OKC more than them
Not scared of them but I know it won't be easy to take them out. You have to factor in how the refs call the games. If they are going to call touch fouls it will be difficult for Kawhi or Green to guard Curry. The spurs strength is their size but its also a weakness against the warriors in the sense the starting unit might not have the speed to keep up with them defensively. Offensively the front court will be able to pound the ball inside the paint at will against the warriors. It will take 6 or 7 games for the spurs to beat them.
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