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Kevin Durant is a loser. End of story. If GS wins another Championship some day it will be because they overcame KD's choking in big moments. They are by no means a lock to win jack and as long as Durant's personal Boogie Man suits up in Cleveland, he will have nightmares the rest of his NBA life.
Sure KD is a choker but they are guaranteed 60 wins every season he and Curry are there (barring injury). Which means HCA in GS every year theyre together. Which means at the very least WCF unless its a massive choke job or injury. That's basically equivalent to a LeBron team in the LEast getting to the finals every year bc of ty comp.
what the warriors have going for them the most is that kerr is the coach.
spurs shoulda kept kerr in the organization.
Another website with the same quote:
http://www.complex.com/sports/2016/0...s-short-window
Robinson thinks Spurs can ring this season:
On the GSW window to ring he said:"End of an era and obviously, he's like a little brother to me so I just enjoyed watching him, growing up with him," Robinson said. "What's great is what Coach Popovich and R.C. Buford and the whole family have done a great job in continuing to build the franchise and still be very, very compe ive. I think we'll have a chance to win the championship this year."
"It takes time, you look at what happened with LeBron, Wade, and Bosh. It took them a year or two to get their legs underneath them and figure things out and even then that run was relatively short," he mentioned. "So if you're able to put together a team like this, you're generally going to have a short window because you can't pay all those guys to keep them together. There's the short window that's going to end relatively quickly and it's not as easy as going out to play."
Robinson brought up the Warriors losing a few key role players this summer in the pursuit of Durant, which might mess with chemistry early on. "It's not that easy and people can say what they want to say, but it's still up in the air," he said. "Nobody thought Cleveland would win the championship this year. There were four teams in the West they said they couldn't beat and they were down 3-1 and they came back and won so you just never know. You can't write the script."
Their winning percentage was better without Kerr last year and I know he was probably doing alot behind the scenes during that time but let's not overhype Kerr's accomplishments as head coach.
kerr's impact can't be overstated. before they had marc jackson. kerr was one win away from back to back championships. has any coach ever done that in their 1st & 2nd season? highly doubt it.
what kerr could've said to kd after he signed: "i'm just a short white guy. you have all the tools."
if jackson was around instead: "what you have to do kd, the first and foremost thing you have to do is accept jesus christ as your lord and savior. if you do that, you've already won. you might lose in a game of basketball, but you know what? you're a champion in the game of life."
I am inclined to disagree with D-Rob in that I think the Dubs can pay Curry and Durant. But at what cost? It's already cost them Bogut, Barnes, Barbosa, etc.
I've been in line saying losing Bogut is a huge loss. It's the smart move. He is injury prone.
Well said, DRob
Denial is always the first stage
agree with The Admiral!
This kind of take is why I sometimes hate this forum. The blind reflexive criticism of the Spurs organization by someone who doesn't know is laughable.
Kerr hasn't been in the organization since 2003 as a player. I'm pretty sure that was his choice, because he wanted to move home to AZ so he could fail hard with the Suns.
I think that's kind of his point, so you're really agreeing with him.
If you look at last year's Spurs squad versus 2014, the big difference was lack of an effective bench, a path that GS is likely going down this year because they gutted it signing KD.
If the window lasts as much as Miami's (and goes as Miami's did), I guess that's good enough for KD.
Staving off injury is a lot easier for a small guard with brittle ankles when he has lots of big bodies to plow the road for him. Durant is going to come to miss having all those big guys absorbing punishment so he doesn't have to.
They will be pretty dominant in the regular season because the league is watered-down and lousy for the most part. The playoffs are a whole different story - as we all know. 9 regular season losses and 9 playoff losses last year for the Warriors. GS's roster took a hit in terms of chemistry and depth with Barnes, Barbosa, Festus and Bogut leaving. I'm not sold on ZaZa and David West adding much either. No lock imo.
Disagree with 50, tbh.
1. They can retain their best players easily for the foreseeable future.
2. He compares them to Miami's window - 4 years isn't a short window at all, it's a quite good one.
Their main obstacle will be the ability to sign cheap useful players to surround their stars with, but they've already shown that's not as difficult as is sounds - Zaza, West. The only things that could stop them would be Curry shattering his ankle or internal drama because of lack of touches and roles.
Let's see how they really feel about taking less shots when KD arrives. Everyone talking a good game, let's see...
lol, wtf? take? i know he went to the suns. i know he traded for shaq.
it's not like i said the spurs letting go of him was a huge mistake. i just think he would be an asset to organization dumbass.
Four years seems like the standard for a dynasty team. The Kobe-Shaq Lakers, the LeBron Heat, give or take a year. What matters a lot is how good the role players are. They age or lose their edge and are hard to replace.
I figure adding Durant has extended their window. Their first ring was kind of flukey, the loss last year was kind of flukey. But they've lost good role players and are strictly perimeter oriented. I think they'll trade Klay Thompson in a year or so, they'll have to.
But ultimately history is always the guide. They'll have Teri or three years before they shake apart a bit. Only the Bulls were able to retool for two separate runs.
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