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They lost two games in the finals with the league's best player not at 100% and missing their defensive centerpiece, losing their best center during the game?
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............... It would be a rather chilly day in . The 2014 Spurs would already be home celebrating another championship against these Warriors
They lost two games in the finals with the league's best player not at 100% and missing their defensive centerpiece, losing their best center during the game?
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Without a doubt. Lets do it.
Tbh, Adam Silver would make David Stern sweat, but I don't think he'd pull out the victory.
I think there were a couple of Kobe/Shaq teams and a couple of Showtime Laker teams that could have taken these Warriors, especially if we're playing by the rules of those teams' eras. Magic, Kareem, Worthy, Cooper....yeah, I'd take my chances betting on that group.
Warriors haven't looked invincible in either of their Finals. I don't think I'd bet the house on them against any of those teams including the Spurs.
I think they'd run the showtime Lakers off the court.
The late 90s threepeat Bulls is a tougher call. But I still say it's a toss-up. Like LeBron, Jordan would easily be the best player on the court and could win games by himself. However, the quality of depth Golden State has is a nice counter to that. Those Bulls teams didn't have anywhere near the type of depth Golden State has for them to do well if Jordan doesn't have his A game. However, Toni Kukoc might be an interesting match-up in the series.
hand checking would make curry miss and Thomas and they would have to adjust or get slaughted
Twenty years from now the nba is going to be 5 robot chuckers shooting 3pt shots from the half court line at 99.9999% and people will still be popping off saying "today's nba"
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These mythical matchups are always great fodder for discussion.
With the way players these days train and the different advancements of health, and whatnot, it would be interesting to see. Also s like Isaiah Thomas was probably banging 16 year olds back in the 80's. There wasn't any 24/7 scrutinty like there is now. With every silt-brained individual being able to yam on and on about this or that with Twitter/Facebook/Spurstalk, it would've definitely crackes some eggs quick like. As a Laker fan, I would think the 2001 Shaq/Kobe team would be a tough out for the Warriors. Showtime? That would be the most intriguing of the matchups. All those 3 pointers being hoisted. The future question is how the 76ers and the Bucks will fare against these supposed 73-9 Warriors in 2030.
You'd a put them to the test. If Green & The Pile showed I'd still be in the RR.
GSW 3PT Shooting
Game 1: 9-27
Game 2: 15-33
Game 3 9-33
Game 4: 17-36
Game 5: 14-42 out of a total of 88 shots
Has an NBA Finals team ever shot this many 3s? They are crazy numbers.
Those are crazy numbers.
Yep! Mind boggling!
Live by the 3, die by the 3.
Todays NBA, no more true centers, or PF's, no more back to the basket post game, just crossovers and 3's.
Yup, it's ruined the game.
To the OP, I would still take them over the Bulls, but I wouldn't take them over the '01 Lakers.
They can probably overcome the Shaq Lakers with today's rules. Like I said, Shaq and Fisher will be exposed in every single pick and roll. Neither team can stop the other, but GSW shoot 3s, Shaq Lakers shoot 2s.
As for the Jordan Bulls, they can probably wax the floor with GSW. They match up way too well. Jordan and Pippen will lock up Curry and Thomson, Grant or Rodman will drive Green crazy within the first 2 minutes of every game.
The 80s Lakers and Celtics are unknown, those teams shoot way too many mid range jumpers, and they have a tendency to leave players in the perimeter opened and don't really guard any one 20 feet out, which plays in the hands of the Warriors.
Warriors would struggle to win a couple games against the ty '03 Nets.
There's no in way this team would hang with the Bulls. Steph Curry can't even play anywhere near his regular season numbers as it is. Imagine Scottie Pippen or MJ harassing the living outta him and Klay. Now imagine he, nor Klay, nor Draymond being able to do a gotdam thing to stop MJ from controlling the offensive end and Pippen, Kerr and co. from hitting timely wide open shots. Now Imagine Rodman having Draymond Green ready to be tossed from that by the end of the 1st quarter every night. Now imagine Bogut with 4 fouls before halftime and Iggy not nearly as effective, well frankly because he isn't Gary Payton and MJ would roast his ass like a Kroger rotisserie chicken. C'mon man, it's a in joke.
Warriors fans won't even admit that Kyrie has been the better PG in this series, but:
So please shut the up.
The Warriors would not beat the 2001 Lakers, IMO. If they could barely beat OKC I don't think they'd fare too well against Shaq, Kobe and all of those Lake Show's size, physicality and shooting. Shaq would absolutely demolish Golden State's frontcourt and it would all go from there, imo.
Actually, the Warriors match up better against the 1996-98 Bulls than the '01 Lake Show, imo.
Mo Malone fo fo fo Sixers
1980-86 Celts
Would make Warriors hind end very very sore.
Warriors would fall to the Rockets of Olajuwon, imo
disagree. especially if hand checking and physical played was allowed. these cavs are roughing up the State on pindowns. Give any of the truly great teams chances to do that and they not only don not get ran off the court ..some would keep it close and saome like Showtime may win.
Outside Iggy and maybe barnes it's not like state is full of swift modern athletes "to run the laKers off the court".and Iggy and Barbosa are bothe past their physical peak.
Speights, Bogut Curry and Klay are not greater natural athletes than Copp/Scott/Worthy They have better skill in ball handling and are better shooters ...
I think out of this year's playoffs OKC and Cleveland are the tougher matchups for the Showtime Lakers tbh ..State is the better team but those tteams present more problems those Lakers would have no answer for ...
State, is truly great but I just dont see them running showtime off the court. I dont think they run the Pistons or the Celts off the court either.
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