Originally Posted by TigerUppercut:
The Jordan led Bulls didn't have enough talent to beat that Golden State team. Who on that team could stop Durant? Luc longley???
Don't let KC_Connection fool you. The Warriors are not that good. They went against weak competition that made them look a lot better than they actually are this year. Lots of injuries, Cavs had a bad season (they were sh*t on defense all year) and Westbrook had basically no help. The Spurs were putting on whooping on them before Kawhi got hurt. Kawhi was absolutely dominating that game, imagine what MJ would do.
Durant is a great player but he had 0-championships and was a known choke artist before he came to GS. Although he will never admit it that's one of the reasons I think he went there. Not many pressure situations when you are up by 15-pts almost every gm and have all that talent around you. Curry isn't the best when pressure is on either. I feel like if a team can keep it close with them, they've got a chance. You couldn't tell this year because almost all their wins were blowouts. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy:
Don't let KC_Connection fool you. The Warriors are not that good. They went against weak competition that made them look a lot better than they actually are this year. Lots of injuries, Cavs had a bad season and Westbrook had basically no help. The Spurs were putting on whooping on them before Kawhi got hurt. Kawhi was absolutely dominating that game, imagine what MJ would do.
Durant is a great player but he had 0-championships and was a known choke artist before he came to GS. Although he will never admit it that's one of the reasons I think he went there. Not many pressure situations when you are up by 15-pts almost every gm and have all that talent around you.
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
Hayward isn't enough to beat the Cavs. With Hayward coming aboard they have renounced Kelly Olynyk which means he becomes a UFA.
There looking to trade Crowder or smart as well [Reply]
Celtics have to trade 2 of 3 between Smart, Bradley and Crowder
That's basically two elite guard defenders that made up for IT being a terrible defensive liability.
It will be interesting to see if the Celtics actually get better, they might take a huge step back on defense next year.
They had to let Olynyk walk too, who is even going to be a big for them when Horford misses his usual 5 to 10 games during the season. No Olynyk, No Johnson.
Olynyk was huge for them last year, way underrated. He did all their dirty work, and literally beat the Wizards in the playoffs himself. I hate the guy but his college rah rah play style was a part of why they got as far as they did with that squad. I guess Gordon Hayward is going to be that good? IT-Hayward-Horford is that really any better than Teague-Millsap-Horford on the 60 win Hawks a few years ago?
I think Isaiah is way overrated by NBA fans. Dude's approaching 30 and is going to command 30+ million do you honestly invest in that and give your team zero flexibility on a guy who's game might not age well into his 30s? [Reply]
Originally Posted by mcaj22:
Celtics have to trade 2 of 3 between Smart, Bradley and Crowder
That's basically two elite guard defenders that made up for IT being a terrible defensive liability.
It will be interesting to see if the Celtics actually get better, they might take a huge step back on defense next year.
They had to let Olynyk walk too, who is even going to be a big for them when Horford misses his usual 5 to 10 games during the season. No Olynyk, No Johnson.
Olynyk was huge for them last year, way underrated. He did all their dirty work, and literally beat the Wizards in the playoffs himself. I hate the guy but his college rah rah play style was a part of why they got as far as they did with that squad. I guess Gordon Hayward is going to be that good? IT-Hayward-Horford is that really any better than Teague-Millsap-Horford on the 60 win Hawks a few years ago?
I think Isaiah is way overrated by NBA fans. Dude's approaching 30 and is going to command 30+ million do you honestly invest in that and give your team zero flexibility on a guy who's game might not age well into his 30s?
Perhaps the Jazz should have done a sign and trade to pick up some of those pieces. [Reply]
