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Hey dumbass Spurs dropped out in the first round.
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Hey dumbass Spurs dropped out in the first round.
They'll probably get swept. All they do is take contested 3s while giving Gsw open 3s. Gsw is too dominant. It's too predictable to the point that you can't even hope against hope that they'll lose. Terrible NBA product.
Agreed.
They looked awful tonight.
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Mike D'Antoni teams, man.
I was shocked that a D’Antoni team couldn’t play defense. I don’t get Harden. I get not giving 100% on every possession, but you can’t be a turnstile. I mean, Tony is bad at defense. But at least he tries, he’s just undersized. Harden was giving up layups in crunch.
This is not a D'Antoni's typical team - I never thought I was in for such a terrible offensive display - what is that? throw 1000s 3s and hope some stick? Iso-harden plays? 24 sec violations? Who's the point guard? CP3 or Harden?
There is no game plan. If Harden gets tired of going for layups it's over.
Not a D'Antoni's team- what the heck! I confess I didn't watch the Rockets during the regular season so I was expecting something else completely.
Defense wins championships. Rockets can’t afford to exchange baskets with the Dubs. It starts with harassing Curry, set hard picks on the guy. You can’t do anything on Durant but maybe try to deny him the ball, or watch Kawhi film how he depended him last year. And don’t let Draymond Green pushed them around. But again if you have a coach who likes to trade 3’s with twos but not play defense, it’s over in 5.
Looking back at this decade it will be how two of the best three players tried to game the system. LeBron did the Super friends in Miami, then Durant joined a 70 win Dubs team. LeBron didn't want to beat DWade (who at the time was a top 5 player and recent champion), so he joined him. Durant couldn't beat Dubs, so he made them invincible and sort of ruined the NBA.
The only thing remotely enjoyable about this is LeBron is going to be eaten by the very trend he started. Yeah, he got those Heat les, but Durant's move will block him for the rest of his prime, and keep a Goat contender stuck at 3 les. And he sort of deserves that fate.
It will prevent LeBron from ever catching Jordan (and probably Kareem, though since he wasn't "cool' many are anointing LBJ better than him already).
I remember a quote from him, when he was out of the game, and he said that watching the Dubs win their first ch'ip validated his theories. I thought, hey dumbass, they play BOTH sides of the ball. They were like a top 2 defense, and he was totally oblivious to that fact.D'Ant
Rockets...........dribble, dribble, dribble......desperation 3, BRICK!
Warriors.........pass, pass, pass......wide open 3, SPLASH !!!
NBA is boring as
3pt shot has ruined the game
They're gonna have to ditch the 3pt shot and allow defenses to play defense
I like the spacing that it provides. What I hate is Harden and all of the other 'kick a leg out' artists that draw cheap fouls and get 3 FTs. What I would like to see is that on a three pointer foul, you only get 2 FTS. That would put a stop to the dramatics, making offensive players NOT want to get fouled. It would cost them a point. They'll be interested ONLY in getting up a good shot quickly. You would still get a FT on a foul during made three pointer, so it would be dangerous for defenses to adopt hack-a-three, since offensive players will be trying to make the shot and not draw a foul, and instead of a possible 2 point possession on a 3 ptr miss, you're giving them a possible 4 point possession.
Spurs will probably win one more game against the Warriors than the Rockets will.
It's not necessarily a new formula.
Before the Superfriends in Miami, there was Garnett, Allen, and Pierce.
Before the Big 3 Celtics, there was Tim, Tony, and Manu.
Before the Big 3 Spurs, there was Shaq, Kobe, and whoever the they could get to hit a bull , series-stealing three-pointer.
The list goes on and on, and that doesn't even include the failed experiments (Westbrook, PG, and Melo come to mind).
Different teams approached it different ways (Spurs through draft, Miami through FA, Golden State with a mixture of both)...but if there is one consistent, you need at least two superstars to consistently compete for a championship, with three becoming the current trend.
I appreciate your perspective, but the NBA's media shills will spin a completely different story.
I think at least an equal narrative of the decade will be the total abandonment of any semblance of traditional, balanced offense in favor of jacking up threes. The shills will have a more difficult time spinning the statistics that demonstrate this devolution of the sport.
Spurs were never a super team . Duncan was the only guy on the Spurs who was a legit superstar when the Spurs were winning. Manu and Tony were all-stars but I never felt at anytime they were top 10 players while Duncan was in his prime. It's a big reason why the Spurs could never go back to back. Shaq-Kobe wasn't a super team since it was just them and a bunch of role players. Outside of '01 they were not dominant. To be a super team in my eyes you need to have at least 2 superstars and another all-star caliber player.
Boston was a super team from '08-'10 if it wasn't for injuries they would have 3 peated during that span. KG and Pierce were still superstars during that period of time and Ray Allen was still an all-star. I would say not even the 90's bulls were even a super team. You had MJ and Pippen who are superstars but the rest of the team were a bunch of good role players. I would say 80's Lakers and Celtics were super teams but after the 80's you didn't have super teams for a long period of time up until Boston started the trend again in the summer of '07.
Prime Shaq was a one-man superteam. Add in Horry, Phil and Stern, and it was a wrap for the rest of the league. Not even Kobe could stop that team from becoming a dynasty, no matter how hard he tried.
I'd say from '05-'09, the Spurs had two superstar-level players (Duncan and Manu) with Parker playing at an All-Star level. They won 2 les in that span and made another tough run into the WCF.
It also helped that they had another guy capable of DPOY-level defense and elite role players (Horry, Barry, Finley, etc...), but I'd say that's pretty darn near to super team status.
Prime Parker was top 10 at the time. IMO.
IT'S NOT THE SAME. Manu, at no point was a superstar. His playing time and injuries made sure of that.
The Warriors are not like any of the other teams that have come before. In the last two years, all 4 of their stars have made the All NBA team. That's NEVER happened before and is a higher threshold than All Star.
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