Series Thread: WCF: 1) Golden State Warriors vs 3) Portland Trail Blazers

[tlance]

Never said KD wasn't an all time great. But I think his move to G.S. was 100x worse than LeBron going to Miami.

I guess that is my point.

I really don't think either is bad.

Players have the right to do what is best for them in free agency. Teams are always trying to put out the best roster possible. It is hard to build a champion in the NBA and windows can be short lived.

I don't fault LeBron, I don't fault KD, I don't fault the Heat or the Warriors.

They all did what was best for them.

I do fault all the complainers out there. Opponents need to stop whining and find a way to compete. The Warrior run will end soon enough, just as all prior dynasties have eventually fizzled out.

 

[Wamu]

I guess that is my point.

I really don't think either is bad.

Players have the right to do what is best for them in free agency. Teams are always trying to put out the best roster possible. It is hard to build a champion in the NBA and windows can be short lived.

I don't fault LeBron, I don't fault KD, I don't fault the Heat or the Warriors.

They all did what was best for them.

I do fault all the complainers out there. Opponents need to stop whining and find a way to compete. The Warrior run will end soon enough, just as all prior dynasties have eventually fizzled out.

Well shit I wanna complain about something dammit! You're really limiting my options right now. All I got to complain about now is the weather. Oh yeah & tomorrow's Monday. The worst day of 'em all.

 

[msgkings322]

Thats why there will always be an * next to Durants championships. He won't get any respect until he can prove that he can win a title with his own team.

*Liberace wearing assless chaps*

 

[msgkings322]

The Warriors are still the best team in the NBA without Durant

We'll see in the Finals

 

[msgkings322]

He’s definitely going to end up a top 10 player, at least. You can talk technicalities all you want, yes he will have the titles and no one can argue that. There have been way too many people point out that he went title searching though for there not to be an asterisk, it’s there right now. Way too many people have spoke out about it for that not to be the case. Other players and people like Stephen Smith are on the list. The most important is Durant himself, he knows these titles are not full share titles, I guarantee you that.

*Brokeback Mountain: The Musical*

 

[buckalis]

We'll see in the Finals

If you mean that the Bucks may win it, it's no more than 30% that they may...

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

We'll see in the Finals

I just read a stat that pretty much confirms GSW is still the best without Durant.

The last 31 games GSW has played with Curry and without Durant. They are 30-1.

That’s absurd.

 

[msgkings322]

If you mean that the Bucks may win it, it's no more than 30% that they may...

With Durant healthy, agreed. Without him, more like 50-60%

 

[msgkings322]

I just read a stat that pretty much confirms GSW is still the best without Durant.

The last 31 games GSW has played with Curry and without Durant. They are 30-1.

That’s absurd.

How many of those were playoff games vs a great team with HCA?

 

[buckalis]

I just read a stat that pretty much confirms GSW is still the best without Durant.

The last 31 games GSW has played with Curry and without Durant. They are 30-1.

That’s absurd.

Those stats usually means nothing as they are mostly against inferior teams that would be a "piece of cake" for the Warriors to take down...

My take is that if they would play in the finals against the Bucks without Durant, it could be 55% for the Bucks to win, but with KD, the Bucks don't stand more than 30%...

 

[buckalis]

With Durant healthy, agreed. Without him, more like 50-60%

You have posted as I was typing and missed it... I was saying the same in my reply...

 

[Wamu]

*Liberace wearing assless chaps*

 

[msgkings322]

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All we can do without the rainbows to tell people when their posts are ghey

 

[tlance]

Those stats usually means nothing as they are mostly against inferior teams that would be a "piece of cake" for the Warriors to take down...

My take is that if they would play in the finals against the Bucks without Durant, it could be 55% for the Bucks to win, but with KD, the Bucks don't stand more than 30%...

Now that is a very realistic take that I agree with.

I might revise the percentages some. I give the Bucks about 60% chance if KD is out and about 20% if he is in.

Boogie Cousins probably adds another 5% or so on the Warrior ledger either way, as I think this matchup is a decent one for him. Bucks don't run as much pick and roll as the teams that tend to give Cousins trouble defensively.

 

[thunderc]

*Brokeback Mountain: The Musical*

You writing it?

 

[tlance]

You writing it?

I will write it.

You want to be the main character?

 

[thunderc]

I guess that is my point.

I really don't think either is bad.

Players have the right to do what is best for them in free agency. Teams are always trying to put out the best roster possible. It is hard to build a champion in the NBA and windows can be short lived.

I don't fault LeBron, I don't fault KD, I don't fault the Heat or the Warriors.

They all did what was best for them.

I do fault all the complainers out there. Opponents need to stop whining and find a way to compete. The Warrior run will end soon enough, just as all prior dynasties have eventually fizzled out.

I honestly don’t fault them either. Let’s just not act like people including basketball people don’t have opinions on it and they are entitled to them. Like it or not perception can be reality.

 

[tlance]

You writing it?

Somebody else got to be director though, because I don't really want to see that.

 

[msgkings322]

I honestly don’t fault them either. Let’s just not act like people including basketball people don’t have opinions on it and they are entitled to them. Like it or not perception can be reality.

Well sure, many people have the opinion that Oklahoma is a state full of idiotic rednecks, doesn't make it right

 

[trojanfan12]

And forgive me for talking about the Warriors on a thread about the series that the warriors is up 3-0 in. So much "homer" in that.

Talking about the Warriors in a Warriors thread.

The fuck is wrong with you?

You probably wear the t-shirt of the band whose concert you're going to see.