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    http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=14660482

    Kevin Arnovitz and Ethan Strauss talk about the spurs/warriors aftermath. Arnovitz says no one can stop Curry and warriors. They have too many playmakers, a great passing big and defensive wings. Strauss says "what can you do about Tony Parker?" you can't hide him anywhere, basically saying he is not useful against the warriors. He also says he talked to a Curry rep before the game and he predicted that the spurs would lose in a blowout because "it's all in the math" meaning that the warriors shoot more threes and the spurs shoot more twos and they wouldn't be able to keep up, in pace and points. Strauss says Kawhi isn't a lockdown defender versus Curry and cannot shut him down like he does other players and he shouldn't have guarded Curry because Curry figured him out.

    Strauss says warriors front office is "clearing the runway" for a Kevin Durant free agency signing, they're willing to replace Ezeli and Barnes for KD. (Warriors having three of the best shooters in the NBA is just unfair lol).

    Arnovitz says Curry is already being considered top 5 all time because he is having the greatest statistical season as a guard. Strauss says it's better than Jordan in terms of true shooting percentage.

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    tl;dr slurp slurp slurp

    We get it, the Warriors are good

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    Sounds like a lot of bull ting to me...

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    GS deserves any and all praise. But "willing to lose Barnes/Ez for Durant". No sh*t!

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    Durant won't come there if they win the le this year. Big players like to be the difference makers and "last piece of the puzzle".

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    OKC has to be willing to trade with GS for them to get Durant, or a bunch of teams with cap space have to allow for trades into that cap space.

    If I'm OKC, it has to be more than Barnes (who I'm going to have to pay a lot!) and Ezeli. More like Klay or Draymond and then some, otherwise I tell them to pound sand and I'll go grab better players than Barnes + Ezeli in FA with the space created by Durant walking.

    Dumb speculation.

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    Crofl @ Curry figuring out Kawhi. That was Curry's first big game against Kawhi.

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    "Analysts" drawing sweeping conclusions from one game

    Why is Strauss even being taken seriously in discussions like these? He's a Warriors fan. Obviously, he can't be counted on to look at this from an objective perspective.

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    Nobody can guard Curry. He's too good off ball. Too good using screens with the ball. And the Warriors are too good at getting away with illegal screens.

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    "Analysts" drawing sweeping conclusions from one game

    Why is Strauss even being taken seriously in discussions like these? He's a Warriors fan. Obviously, he can't be counted on to look at this from an objective perspective.
    He also wanted GS to trade Thompson for Kevin Love. He's a hack, but got lucky when Kerr fell into playing Draymond when DLee when down with injury last year. Gotdamn, all this could have been avoided if Lee had just stayed healthy.

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    Ok they say he's the greatest shooter and maybe the greatest player ever but still wasn't named NBA finals mvp. A guy named delladova was keeping him in check for 3 games but Kawhi was going toe to toe with the king in his 3rd year to win finals mvp. Kawhi had foul trouble in the first 2 games and then pop talked to him and pounded his chest and became a monster. We get steph is good but come on with top 5 all time. He's not even on Duncan's block.

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    The next game against Warriors is a home game? I'd love to hear what these ESPN guys will say after the Spurs win it...

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    It had nothing to do with math. They only had six extra points off three pointers. They simply had a lot more shots (turnovers), shot with great accuracy, and played awesome defense.

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    It had nothing to do with math. They only had six extra points off three pointers. They simply had a lot more shots (turnovers), shot with great accuracy, and played awesome defense.
    Ya, they scored 32 points off turnovers and 53 points in the paint IIRC..

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    Sounds like a lot of bull ting to me...

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    "Analysts" drawing sweeping conclusions from one game
    A lot of the same coming from this forum too. One friggin game and the Spurs can't hang with the almighty Warriors. GMAFB Do people really think that GS is that much better? That they destroyed the Spurs because they are just that good? Damn. I hope we lose every ing regular season game to them and kick their asses in the playoffs. Would love to see the Spurs as massive under-dogs toppling the untouchables.

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    DenialTwist has a fetish with the Golden Showers tbh. You look back at all his post and they're all Worriers related.

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    Strauss couldn't wait any longer to act like the typical Warriorsworld homer he is ..Curry first huge game in eons vs the Spurs, ffs..not even a pretense of nuance from this head..

    ESPN hiring blogger fans to be beat writers ..

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    OKC has to be willing to trade with GS for them to get Durant, or a bunch of teams with cap space have to allow for trades into that cap space.

    If I'm OKC, it has to be more than Barnes (who I'm going to have to pay a lot!) and Ezeli. More like Klay or Draymond and then some, otherwise I tell them to pound sand and I'll go grab better players than Barnes + Ezeli in FA with the space created by Durant walking.

    Dumb speculation.
    Why the would OKC trade Durant to the best team in the league?

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    Good try. Good effort...

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    None of this matters.

    Not sure why people waste hours of their day listening to opinions that mean absolutely nothing.

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    Why the would OKC trade Durant to the best team in the league?
    His rationale was that if Durant is leaving anyway, and he chooses GS, then they might as well get something for him.

    But it's a stupid premise. GS would have to clear cap room, and why would OKC be the team that enables it unless they get a king's ransom for it? Other teams would request significant pieces too though all it takes is one asshole owner who takes on Bogut and other salary for a first rounder.

    If Durant were to then walk, they would have his cap savings to spend on other players instead of overpaying friggen Harrison Barnes.

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    "Analysts" drawing sweeping conclusions from one game

    Why is Strauss even being taken seriously in discussions like these? He's a Warriors fan. Obviously, he can't be counted on to look at this from an objective perspective.
    Tbh

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    kawhi shouldn't be guarding curry duh
    You are absolutely correct, of course. Putting Kawhi on Curry is stupid.

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