Series Thread: WC semifinals: #6 Golden State Warriors vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers

[bksballer89]

Did Klay shake hands? I missed it

Just lebron it looked like.

 

[Robotech]

Lots of positives to build on moving forward for the GSW.
Told y'all t'was only a 33.3% success rate as far as the juju goes.
Dubs actually had a damn good season regardless of this outcome.
I'm confident the western conference champ will be coming out of the northwest division.

The positive is that Curry is still great and you can still build a championship team around him.

 

[CitySushi]

Did Klay shake hands? I missed it

Can’t say for sure. He was definitely on the end of the bench for an extended time. Steph only got up ahead of him. If anything it would have just been anyone who went up to him while he was there. Didn’t look like ventured that far onto the court.

Draymond on the other hand almost got to second base with Lebron after the game…

 

[Robotech]

I understand your upset but you are the only one wrong here. W/o Klay the W’s have zero championships. Kerr would NEVER tell him to stop shooting. Honestly it’s stupid of you mentioning it

How am I wrong? You're not comprehending. I said the blame is either on Klay's performance or with Kerr giving him so much usage. I even said to assume that Kerr is blameless and that he had to let Klay shoot a ton of shots. Klay played very poorly and is the biggest reason they lost. Isn't that pretty clear?

 

[trojanfan12]

Warriors fought like the champs they are. Lakers were just too big.

Warriors will make some adjustments to the roster and be right back in the thick of it next year.

 

[wildturkey]

Define "steep". Because if Klay looks like he did this series, I'd say that qualifies as steep decline

 

[Black Adam]

Warriors fought like the champs they are. Lakers were just too big.

Warriors will make some adjustments to the roster and be right back in the thick of it next year.

Yeah, I think so too...

We ain't seen the last of these guys...

 

[CitySushi]

How am I wrong? You're not comprehending. I said the blame is either on Klay's performance or with Kerr giving him so much usage. I even said to assume that Kerr is blameless and that he had to let Klay shoot a ton of shots. Klay played very poorly and is the biggest reason they lost. Isn't that pretty clear?

You’re such a prisoner of the moment when it comes to the losses.

Klay shot poorly. Jordan Poole averaged 20 a game during the regular season and barely could see the floor. DDV was a high impact player during the season and was almost non existent until todays game. Kuminga couldn’t see the floor. Hell Kerr was playing Moody who was a frequent DNP during the season major minutes in this series.

Klays shot wasn’t falling. And that’s unfortunate. But damn…

 

[Shanemansj13]

How am I wrong? You're not comprehending. I said the blame is either on Klay's performance or with Kerr giving him so much usage. I even said to assume that Kerr is blameless and that he had to let Klay shoot a ton of shots. Klay played very poorly and is the biggest reason they lost. Isn't that pretty clear?

No you aren’t comprehending. Your scenario is not realistic.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

The positive is that Curry is still great and you can still build a championship team around him.

Sure that too...but another positive for me is that I can and will solely focus on the MLB season now.



That being said...
Go Nuggets.
Go Sixers.

 

[CitySushi]

Define "steep". Because if Klay looks like he did this series, I'd say that qualifies as steep decline

Shooters just don’t all of a sudden lose their shots. Slumps? Sure. And that’s what happened to both Klay and Poole at the most in opportune time. But Klay will for sure be putting in work this off season that’s for sure.

 

[Robotech]

You’re such a prisoner of the moment when it comes to the losses.

Klay shot poorly. Jordan Poole averaged 20 a game during the regular season and barely could see the floor. DDV was a high impact player during the season and was almost non existent until todays game. Kuminga couldn’t see the floor. Hell Kerr was playing Moody who was a frequent DNP during the season major minutes in this series.

Klays shot wasn’t falling. And that’s unfortunate. But damn…

I said that Klay's play is the biggest factor from the Warriors' end as to why they lost. Somehow that opinion is very controversial. I already conceded two or three posts ago to not blame Kerr.

 

[CitySushi]

I said that Klay's play is the biggest factor from the Warriors' end as to why they lost. Somehow that opinion is very controversial. I already conceded two or three posts ago to not blame Kerr.

And that’s a bad take.

 

[Robotech]

And that’s a bad take.

What's the biggest factor from the Warriors' end?

 

[CitySushi]

What's the biggest factor from the Warriors' end?

Roster construction.

 

[trojanfight]

interesting to see will they try to trade thompson. it might be magnified here in the playoffs but 43 million? would have to take a massive paycut with any sort of extension.

 

[Robotech]

No you aren’t comprehending. Your scenario is not realistic.

Somehow you're not comprehending that I already conceded two or three posts ago to not blame Kerr. Klay played bad and I think it's the biggest reason they lost from their end. Credit to the Lakers for playing great.

 

[Robotech]

Roster construction.

Need a true center and backup PG?

 

[trojanfan12]

How am I wrong? You're not comprehending. I said the blame is either on Klay's performance or with Kerr giving him so much usage. I even said to assume that Kerr is blameless and that he had to let Klay shoot a ton of shots. Klay played very poorly and is the biggest reason they lost. Isn't that pretty clear?

I mean, outside of a couple of games and some stretches here and there, who played well? Wiggins? DiVincenzo?

Steph and Klay both had arguably the worst series of their careers. Dray had 1 good game. Poole was terrible.

To put out so much of this on Klay is just shortsighted and lazy, imo.

The Lakers are a bad matchup for the Warriors because of their size and athleticism. They are pretty much the exact type of team that the Warriors have struggled with throughout the dynasty. They just didn't have enough to overcome it this time.

 

[wildturkey]

Shooters just don’t all of a sudden lose their shots. Slumps? Sure. And that’s what happened to both Klay and Poole at the most in opportune time. But Klay will for sure be putting in work this off season that’s for sure.

It's possible he's still recovering from being off so long but Klay was fairly erratic this year. Given his age and where he's at post-injuries, I feel like this is gonna be the norm for him. He's gonna have good stretches but he's also gonna have stretches like this. They can't win with Klay like this as currently constructed. At least not if other players not named Curry are gonna play subpar too