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Someone pink this got tbh for 's sake help me Jesus.
Spurs mentioned in this article
The Warriors are ruining the NBA
http://www.gq.com/story/golden-state-warriors-ruining-nba-basketball
The Golden State Warriors—a revolutionary, once-in-a-generation squad led by a scrawny shooter from another planet—are ruining basketball. They haven't done so by inspiring lesser teams or up-and-coming youngsters to jack up ill-advised threes, as has been suggested by Gregg Popovich and Mark Jackson. Instead, the Warriors have managed to play at such a high level and with such gorgeous efficiency that it's put the rest of the NBA to shame.
In one week, the Warriors beat the Cavaliers (the top team in the East), the Spurs (a team having a season that, any other year, would be historic in its own right), and the Bulls (third-best in the East), all by 25 points or more. The Spurs game was hyped as one of the most memorable regular-season games, well, ever. Instead, we got yet another Golden State blowout. The Spurs, who in any other year would be the clear favorites to win it all, were dispatched as if they were any other opponent. They looked lost, as if in a stupor, and when the final buzzer sounded an awful truth became apparent: The 2015–16 season was dead, and Stephen Curry had killed it.
Heading into last spring's playoffs, there were four, maybe five legit contenders. This time around, the Warriors are in a class by themselves. The 2014–15 MVP race ballooned to no fewer than six viable candidates. No one's even talking about the MVP now because the award so clearly belongs to Stephen Curry. It's entirely possible that LeBron James won't get a single first-place vote. Golden State is in the rare position of competing almost entirely against themselves and history. Just how many games can they bring themselves to win, how many records can they break, and how will their season stack up against the truly immortal teams of the past?
Granted, the disarray in Houston and continued dysfunction in Clipper-land has done much to thin the field. And yes, should some grave injury befall Stephen Curry, this season would become one of basketball's great what-ifs. But with the Warriors having proven their dominance over even the Spurs and the Cavaliers, it has become increasingly difficult to take this year's NBA seriously as a compe ive sport. At the time of David Blatt's firing, I speculated that Cleveland's drubbing at the hands of GSW proved that in their current state, the Cavs just couldn't hold their own against Western Conference powerhouses, and, more importantly, they knew it. It was a concession made to delay the reality that for everyone but Golden State, 2015–16 is a lost season.
Think about it: We're not even at the halfway mark, and yet already the Finals appear to be a foregone conclusion. This has a chilling effect on even the most diehard NBA consumer. Your options are to watch the Warriors every time they play (there are worse fates in life); take in a game between two teams that are not Golden State (light fare with absolutely nothing at stake); or do something else with your time. Journalist Matt Moore recently asked NBA Twitter what exactly other teams would have to do to convince their fans that 2015–16 still matters. I'm pretty sure it was a rhetorical question.
For a sport that prides itself on being fast-paced and unpredictable, this death march of a season is decidedly bad news, especially when last season's seemingly limitless supply of plot twists did much to convince us all that parity, or at least some relative version of it, might have a chance in the top-heavy NBA.
But the Warriors aren't just light years ahead of every other team in terms of wins and losses. Stylistically, they're the most technically proficient—and by far the most exhilarating—thing going. The Warriors put on a clinic every night, but their sheer prowess allows them to get away with things that other teams would only dream of attempting, as exemplified by Curry's tendency to fire off a three almost as soon as he crosses half-court. This is the New Showtime, the legitimating spawn of Seven Seconds or Less, the ghost of the Kings and Mavericks circa 2001 channeled into a flesh-and-blood work of art. Not only are Warriors running away with the season, they're having more fun than anyone else—and providing more entertainment value than any team since the SSOL Suns.
It's this ability to encapsulate both style and substance that has made the Warriors darlings of casual fans and hoops junkies alike. And yet the longer this season drags on, and the more apparent it becomes that Golden State has robbed us all of 1230 games that, on any given night, might make a difference to someone somewhere in the world, the more likely it becomes that lots of us will come to resent the Warriors, the same way not everyone was having a blast when the NBA belonged to Michael Jordan's Bulls. The Warriors will still be a joy to behold and, in their quest to make history, a compelling story in and of themselves. There's no way around it, though: Golden State has become so good that they're bad for the league.
By the end of this season, we might no longer see the Warriors as intrinsically lovable or infectious. They probably won't qualify for Evil Empire status in the same way that the Kobe-Shaq Lakers did, but we could find ways of souring on them, if only just to keep things interesting. Monotony is not an option.
The most obvious flashpoint would be Curry's confidence. It's perhaps the most important component of his game, but also exactly the kind of thing that can be misconstrued or leave a bad taste. Stephen Curry is feeling himself. Wouldn't you be? Only if you want to pretend, for the sake of brain-dead moralizing, that any form of swagger is a slap in the face of sportsmanship and decorum. Curry has been celebrating and staring down crowds for some time now, but the more it's warranted—the greater he and the Warriors become—the closer we get to accusations of arrogance and unchecked ego. (And, by the way, that a player as uninhibited as Stephen Curry could be expected to check his swagger at the door says some pretty ed-up things about the price of wider exposure.)
There's an additional irony here that makes the scenario even more grim: Say the prophecy is fulfilled and the Warriors finish with another championship and another MVP for Curry. Then comes the off-season, when teams can make big moves that potentially alter the landscape of the league. Except that with the salary cap about to explode, every team, including Golden State, will have huge amounts of money to throw around. Which means not only will the Warriors be a prime destination for free agents—in a total reversal of the usual dynamic, the front office may have to beat back eager suitors, rather than be the ones pursuing the players.
Will they be able to land a fourth All-Star to join Curry, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson? God help us all if the speculation that Kevin Durant is headed to Golden State—whispers that have only grown louder in the past week—turn out to be true. That's both glorious (a match made in heaven) and ing sinister.
This, though, is what passes for high-level intrigue now in the NBA: events taking place in June*, off the court. And it's still about the Warriors. It's the same glaring problem: The Warriors are great and are probably going to be for the foreseeable future. The idea of them getting even better is downright morbid.
Last edited by Benoit; 02-04-2016 at 11:40 PM.
Someone pink this got tbh for 's sake help me Jesus.
Golden State is way better for the game than the Bulls ever were. They're so much more entertaining to watch than 88-82 Bulls wins.
Thinking a reg season game meant anything to the Spurs.
Some similarities.
Denise Rodman and Draymon Green both had/have talent.
But in the NBAs push to market the Bulls, Rodman got away with all kinds chit.
Likewise Green.
In a close matchup, it can make the dif between winning or losing.
Making a three acting it won a le is not good for the nba
Love the bit about Durant. I can easily see him being desperate enough to win a championship to be willing to be Steph's tea boy. As for Curry he has a long way to go before he knows the success Tim Duncan and the Spurs have known. Last I looked he made it through one playoff without his ankles shattering.
Its 2016 and you still use that word
Couldn't even read most off the POS "article". Every athlete dreams of being on a team that dominates. Every fan dreams of their team dominating. A team finally does it, and it's "ruining the game"? Any team that wants to beat the Warriors can do it - all they have to do is play better.
I wonder if the original article was sponsored by Vagisil?
It still applies in some cases so I am sure it's relevant no matter what year it is.Its 2016 and you still use that word
No way dude, those games back then were awesome; bulls vs. Knicks, knicks vs. Pacers, rockets vs. Suns/jazz/sonics, spurs vs. Blazers/jazz/Houston/phoenix, etc.......the league was much better, the matchups waaaaaaaaaaay more compelling, the rivalries more heated and the compe ion was fierce. Sorry, but the nba Sunday on nbc used to inspire football Sunday type parties and cook outs. If you say those games were boring, it tells me you didn't watch em.
There is a small chance in Durant joins the Warriors but I believe there is a 99.9 percent chance it doesn't happen simply because he will be conceding his legacy as a player which is he could never win as the top dog. The media is spinning this because they will need a story to run with the whole entire summer after the playoffs is over.
Amen. They are so overrated. I'm about to go insane if I read another "historical" and warriors in the same sentence. Season is not over! Wait and see. And enough with curry, he's been shooting well (not playing well*) for 18 months, that's not enough time to rank him over pippen and such. Today's generation is so quick to rank and judge. This golden state thing is sickening.
Oh please, enough with the sensitivity. Obviously, not literally.Its 2016 and you still use that word
warriorsworld ?
I don't know about that. Back then, there wasn't any way to see any game you wanted during the week. It was TNT/TBS, WGN, and what ever local team you had. I was a bb junkie back then and I always tuned in to the Bulls games to see Jordan and what he might do. Those close games were fun to watch just to see MJ make a string of great plays to pull out a close game. I don't know that I would have stayed in tune if they were always up by 20.
while this is allowed, yes
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2016/...en-and-screens
They're not great for the game, honestly. If they keep going at this rate for like five years, it will probably completely change the game into a three-point shooting contest. If that's what the league wants, that's fine. But they'll probably have to make some decisions on how they want to handle it. There isn't an easy way to nerf the Warriors without damaging the game as a whole.
My guess is that this won't be a concern in four months, though. I truly doubt the Warriors are going to cruise through the Finals. They didn't even do so last year, and that was a much weaker league. If GS doesn't win the le, no one will think they're being unfair.
These new dudes are putting Harlem's alts to shame, tbh.
Thanks. It's good to see actual examples.
I'm curious on how professional refs not see this..
In any regular case, Green would be learning from the coach how to make proper screens because he'd be in foul trouble often.
It's like watching street BB.
I agree. I thought the same, just didn't want to chime in. It's beyond the GSW. The 3 pt shot is gimmicky with the arrival if the 4 or play, it is even OP. At this point it makes a lot of other aspects of the game irrelevant and already there are so many teams that are just running and launching transition 3s that it is probably the way the game is headed. POP said it best, he hates the 3 pt shot bc why should that be worth more than others? There are tougher shots in Bball.
I think the value of the shot should be adjusted to maybe 2.5. The fact it is worth 50% more than any other shot and double the value of a normal shot if you draw a foul is too much. Why look for any other kind of shot?
Even this got gets itThinking a reg season game meant anything to the Spurs.
Well since Adam Silver has reneged on his stance and believes intentionally fouling poor FT shooters is no longer fair, I think it's only right that Steph Curry be banned from the game as well.
It's not just this generation, Steph is being celebrated by the media and older fans too
Hes having the best season since Michael in his prime
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