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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ba...085034873.html
Dubs owner Joe Lacob says they are light years ahead of everyone in the league and will continue to dominate for years to come. And he's also talking from an organizational point of view. Funny how they're portrayed as the good guys when they're all so full of arrogance and bluster...and have Draymond Green? Them losing this year would be the ultimate feel-good story, tbh. Hope it's our Spurs to take them down, obviously but I'll easily root for any team against them.
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This was already posted in the nba forum. I do agree they are a bag organization. Who do you think was more arrogance the Shaq-Kobe Lakers or this Warriors team?
Lol. Delusional gots.
Gawd I ing hate the dubs. Might even surpass the hate I have for OKC.
The Dubs owner likes his own team, huh? Amazing.
um, he could very well be right. it's, in no order, them and the spurs... and then everyone else.“We’re light-years ahead of probably every other team in structure, in planning, in how we’re going to go about things,” he said.
The question is really if the Warriors' direction is one where the league wants to go. If the NBA removes the three-point line (or moves it significantly), the Warriors' compe ive advantage collapses. I actually think the league should look into removing the corner three. It would take away the most efficient shot in the game along with many stretch-bigs (meaning legit bigs will have an easier time playing). Also, because the three-point line is shorter, it actually prevents a lot of spacing while making rotations significantly easier.
Lacob mental masturbating, tbh.
Or extend the width of the court and at least make the corner threes as far as the diagonal threes.
Never going to happen. I think they widen the court before they eliminate the corner three. Moving the line back is plausible, but I still don't think it happens unless the Warriors run of a ridiculous string of records and rings. The current Spurs (still 4th in offense) are stomping the league as well without relying nearly as much on threes.
It's not so much the Warriors as it is the movement of the league from seven-footers to 6-8 guys and from post players to inefficient jump-shooters who are still the better play due to TS%. There's no way a guy like Covington should be more valuable than Okafor, but with the way the league is now, that's very much the case. Right now, you have a team like the Spurs who can choose to play inside and out still. But in 10 years or so, there aren't going to be the players in school for a team to do that. Once the talent pool changes like that, it'll take a long time to change back.
Removing the corner three would restore the bigs to their proper place. You wouldn't have guys like Griffin and Davis shooting threes when they aren't good at it. It would also change PnR defense, since the weakside corner wouldn't be dangerous anymore. I would find it fascinating if someone like the d-league tried it out.
Swiggity swooty...
They are successful. The Warriors will progress much farther in their success as a franchise once Lacob gets over himself.
Currys ankles are gonna give these PO's... can't wait to read those media headlines!
At least the Lakers, whom I don't defend at all for their arrogance, have multiple championships and prestige but this Dubs team is only just establishing themselves as a major force in sports but are acting like they're already guaranteed to win the next 5 Championships and be le contenders for the next decade, which given that Curry is 28, isn't a lock to happen.
A Finals between Warriors and Cavs was fun last year..
Don't think that would be the case this year. I'll be rooting for both to lose
lol who cares?
They're so ahead of the rest of the league that they probably couldn't beat the Jazz in a series without their best player, who is on the best contract. No need to even point out the litany of ways in which they lucked in to a lot of their success.
*cough* Wolves taking Johnny Flynn *cough*
The cognitive bias that ultrawealthy venture capitalists like Lacob frequently commit is called the fundamental attribution error.
People who commit this error tend to overemphasize the internal characteristics that led to their success, while remaining blind to the external cir stances (e.g. luck) that led to their favorable position.
What a joke.
man I really want the Spurs to cream them in the playoffs
He spoke too soon tbh..
Should've just waited until they "win" the le this year..back 2 back..regular season etc..
But this just sets them up to have egg on their faces if they fall short..but I guess you make these comments when you're not used to success or if you're craving for attention.
Let the actions speak for themselves..it's better when an outside sources gives you the credit..not when you do it yourself
People also overemphasize their beliefs that the outgroup (Warriors franchise) all share the same characteristics while the ingroup (Spurs) do not.
http://www.todaysfastbreak.com/nba-w...int-guard-nba/
Career backup players are among the most anonymous individuals in the NBA. And especially with headliners like Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard, LaMarcus Aldridge, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker garnering virtually all of the media attention on the San Antonio Spurs, Patty Mills’s contributions are too often overlooked.
Even so, it says here that Mills is not only a significant factor in the Spurs’ recent successes, but he’s also the very best backup point guard in the league.
Here’s an appraisal of Mills’ game as demonstrated in the Spurs 100-92 victory over the Pelicans.
Mills is both fast (up-and-down the court) and quick (within limited spaces). Plus he’s nothing less than an incredible passer, especially when he’s on the move and off-balance. Still, his slickest pass came on an underneath inbounds play with 1.6 seconds left in the first quarter. That’s when Mills tossed a perfect lob to Boris Diaw who canned a fadeaway jumper. The ball had to be perfectly placed to avoid the backboard plus the efforts of two defenders.
This was Mills’ only assist, only because several teammates missed makeable shots that his passes created. Moreover, Mills’ primary duty was to keep the ball moving, thereby allowing the inevitable unfolding of the offense to uncover open shots. It’s no surprise that, no matter who had the ball, there was always somebody available to pass the ball to — and somebody else, and somebody else, for 24 seconds.
That’s one of the beauties of the Spurs’ offense.
Indeed, at both ends of the court, Mills’ game plan was virtually perfect. In 20 minutes he only made two legitimate miscues, none of which were costly.
- Whereas Tony Parker can still drive into the lane, then spin and/or twist his way into layups, Mills mostly scores from the perimeter. (He was 2-5 from downtown, which accounted for the six points he scored). One of Mills’ two turnovers occurred when he forced his way among the trees into the paint with nowhere to go — and his dribble was snatched away.
- Mills was discredited with another turnover when his perfect pass bounced off Diaw’s hands and was recovered by the Pelicans.
- And Mills also missed a rushed three-pointer.
Otherwise, Mills was in perfectly timed perpetual motion on offense — moving the ball with snappy passes, unafraid to set sturdy picks on bigs, passing away and cutting through the middle, protecting the ball with his body on crossovers and spins and, like every member of the Spurs, always making the extra pass.
The only occasions where Mills wasn’t moving when the Spurs had possession was when he briefly stood in one corner or the other while Manu Ginobili, LaMarcus Aldridge or Kevin Martin went one-on-one.
Mills did play a perfect game on defense. He dealt with screens in various ways — overplaying and beating his man to the contact, tailgating and recovering, squeezing his way through or switching. Whichever maneuver Mills executed, he received timely help from his teammates.
Even when he was forced to switch onto the massive Kendrick Perkins, Mills aggressively fronted him when taken into the low post, denying any entry pass.
Mills was rarely challenged in one-on-one situations. When Tim Frazier tried to take him, Mills sealed the baseline. Otherwise, Mills forced his erstwhile iso-minded opponents to help spots.
Mills’ ability to read the Pelicans’ offense also enabled him to record a pair of steals — both coming along the baseline from the weak side.
Pop showed his trust in Mills by leaving him in the game late in the third and early in the fourth quarter when New Orleans had mini-rallies. Indeed, with the Spurs up by only six and just over a minute left in the game, Pop had five subs on the floor.
Mills is the almost perfect cog in the Spurs’ almost perfect basketball machine. He’s one of the most significant reasons why San Antonio’s subs can compete on almost equal terms with opponents’ starters, as well as routinely outplay opponents’ second-stringers.
And, it also says here, that Patty Mills will be an important factor when the Spurs overcome the Warriors in the Western Conference finals.
we shall beat them!
you heard it from the wizard.
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