Series Thread: 1) Golden State Warriors vs. 8) Los Angeles Clippers

[bksballer89]

Warriors barely going to get any rest now lol.

If they win Friday, great chance they play Sunday around 12 PM PST vs Houston.

Lose then they'll have a game 7 on Sunday and a game on Tuesday

 

[WiggyRuss]

Not sure I have said I can prove Butler is better. Apologies if I did. My opinion is he is and I've explained why I believe it.

I get this matters, but if Butler was perceived like Kawhi is (or at least was before last year) do you think this narrative would be different?

why would Butler be perceived like Kawhi, a guy who has won a Finals MVP? compared to a guy who has never won anything and is now basically the 3rd option on a team that won one series- and excelled in the games where he took a step back

Jimmy Butler is immensely over rated. He will be 30 before next season starts. He has a ton of Thibs miles on him. Id much much much rather have Klay. Not even close.

The team that ends up signing Jimmy Butler will without a doubt seriously regret it long before his next contract is up.

 

[dtgold88]

why would Butler be perceived like Kawhi, a guy who has won a Finals MVP? compared to a guy who has never won anything and is now basically the 3rd option on a team that won one series- and excelled in the games where he took a step back

Jimmy Butler is immensely over rated. He will be 30 before next season starts. He has a ton of Thibs miles on him. Id much much much rather have Klay. Not even close.

The team that ends up signing Jimmy Butler will without a doubt seriously regret it long before his next contract is up.

Slow down there, chief. Meant perceived like Kawhi as far as personality. If he was, maybe you wouldn't be so emotional about him.

 

[DJ Fieri]

The Clippers have a ton of heart.

 

[DJ Fieri]

why would Butler be perceived like Kawhi, a guy who has won a Finals MVP? compared to a guy who has never won anything and is now basically the 3rd option on a team that won one series- and excelled in the games where he took a step back

Jimmy Butler is immensely over rated. He will be 30 before next season starts. He has a ton of Thibs miles on him. Id much much much rather have Klay. Not even close.

The team that ends up signing Jimmy Butler will without a doubt seriously regret it long before his next contract is up.

If Burler played for the Cavs....you'd have a very different opinion.

#Fact

 

[DJ Fieri]

Um literally multiple people pretty much handed them the title when they signed Boogie

Yep.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Slow down there, chief. Meant perceived like Kawhi as far as personality. If he was, maybe you wouldn't be so emotional about him.

personality? I dont know how many guys have had a bigger hit to the perception of their personality than Kawhi Leoanrd the last couple years.

Now, Kawhi Leonard isnt going to throw a temper tantrum like a 3 year old child in the middle of practice and bad mouth all of his teammates to try and get himself traded (hes just gonna fake an injury! lol)

 

[WiggyRuss]

The Clippers have a ton of heart.

unlike the gutless team they share an arena with.

 

[Montalban]

Roasted

Amazing that you would think I care. More importantly I was correct about this series going 7 and the Warriors being to exhausted to compete with the Rockets

 

[Shanemansj13]

Warriors barely going to get any rest now lol.

If they win Friday, great chance they play Sunday around 12 PM PST vs Houston.

Lose then they'll have a game 7 on Sunday and a game on Tuesday

Maybe that is better? lol

 

[Shanemansj13]

If Burler played for the Cavs....you'd have a very different opinion.

#Fact

No shit lol. I mean you root for the players that are on your team, you don't have to like the player. I just don't think Butler would be a good fit or leader for this young team. I would much rather have other FA's than paying him max.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Only dummies

They were the favs again by far.

In February they were -240. The closest team to that was +800 Toronto. Second closest team was +1200 lol. Even at the beginning of the season they were -195.

 

[msgkings322]

Amazing that you would think I care. More importantly I was correct about this series going 7 and the Warriors being to exhausted to compete with the Rockets

You even got the Rockets sweep right!

 

[msgkings322]

They were the favs again by far.

In February they were -240. The closest team to that was +800 Toronto. Second closest team was +1200 lol. Even at the beginning of the season they were -195.

Probably still win it. But like every other champ, except themselves in 2017, not every series is a cakewalk. As I already said, even the sainted Bulls lost 1-3 games almost every series

 

[DJ Fieri]

No shit lol. I mean you root for the players that are on your team, you don't have to like the player. I just don't think Butler would be a good fit or leader for this young team. I would much rather have other FA's than paying him max.

The point is being a hypocrite and you missed it.

Um, you guys are going to be in the running this summer to land somebody? Is that what you are implying?

This should be good.

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

Can you spot the diffrence Sesame Street style from the press conference answers about overlooking the Clippers:


KD - Standard angry bitter guy cliche response, 100% they were not thinking ahead

CURRY - Standard nice guy humble cliche response, 100% they were not thinking ahead

KLAY - Yeah fuck it, I was thinking about how much rest Houston was getting, and hoping the one extra day was not too unfair after we easily beat the Clippers in game 5. I was definitely overlooking the Clippers.


That was actually an awesome honest response from Klay. Good for him.

 

[Montalban]

You even got the Rockets sweep right!

That hasn't happened yet. Interesting though that you whined to the mods and got the rainbow emoji removed. I knew it bugged the shit out of you

 

[Montalban]

Warriors barely going to get any rest now lol.

If they win Friday, great chance they play Sunday around 12 PM PST vs Houston.

Lose then they'll have a game 7 on Sunday and a game on Tuesday

The Warriors might win on Friday. They have shown that they are capable of playing one good game before re-inserting their heads in their asses..

 

[CitySushi]

Can you spot the diffrence Sesame Street style from the press conference answers about overlooking the Clippers:


KD - Standard angry bitter guy cliche response, 100% they were not thinking ahead

CURRY - Standard nice guy humble cliche response, 100% they were not thinking ahead

KLAY - Yeah fuck it, I was thinking about how much rest Houston was getting, and hoping the one extra day was not too unfair after we easily beat the Clippers in game 5. I was definitely overlooking the Clippers.


That was actually an awesome honest response from Klay. Good for him.

Klay is a national treasure. Seriously.

 

[CitySushi]

Nothing wrong with scoring 121 points. There's everything wrong with giving up 129 points at home.

Every Warriors Championship has come with them not only being one of the greatest offensive teams ever, but they were defending at extremely high levels. This has not been the case at all this year. They have gone through big lulls during the year where they just coasted it's definitely starting to catch up to them.

But more importantly, Kerr needs to make some adjustments schematically to what the Warriors are doing on defense. He needs Ron Adams to figure that shit out and get on it. The Warriors can immediately fix at least 2 things that stood out: Transition defense and Hustle plays. Those are just more effort than anything else. However they need to work on their half court defense. The Clippers are carving them up in the pick and roll and the Warriors rotations seem all out of wack. I'm not concerned about Lou getting buckets because that's what he does, I'm concerned about the other guys getting clean looks that should not be happening. That's unacceptable.

The Warriors need to get this straightened out because if they can't guard a pick and roll properly, the Rockets are going to do the same thing the Clippers are doing them, but at a higher level.