Everyone talks about the Warriors losing the final 3 games but never mention Bogut's injury. That allowed Kyrie to drive at will and space for his jumper. Warriors need to swing a trade for Mozgov.
On the other side, James has THOSE players in Jefferson, Thompson, Mr. No Shirt On as such. They don't even miss the Dirty Aussie...
Let's be honest here , the Cavs keep beating the Warriors mainly ( read 90+ %) because Curry is playing like crap against Cleveland . If he keeps s***ting the bed , Cavs will have a good chance at repeating .
Why? Do they play him physical, and that doesn't mesh with his finesse game? Good thing they got rid of his big man and quality backups. Hopefully he is healthy in the playoffs this year, and either overcomes adversity like you'd think a two time MVP would, or gets exposed and people quit trying to put him up there with the All Time greats.
"Curry flicked that ball to KD with the utmost "Fine f*** our play then" response lol" Chocked a 24 point lead.
The value of adding KD isn't going to be as high as it should if he keeps settling for long jumpers down the stretch . He's been doing this in whole career though . This also kill the " it's Westbrook/OKC coach fault" narrative
That was Kevin Durant reverting back to OKC mentality. He wants to be the man. He wants to be the guy, but that's not what the Warriors are supposed to be about. They ride the hot hand and move the ball to find open looks. Draymond was telling him there that he wasn't the only one who had a matchup issue. If Durant moves the ball and runs the offense, EVERYONE has a matchup issue. Durant can't feel like he's the guy better than everyone else, that's why both Curry and Draymond were so upset. These things will happen though when you've got that many hyper talented players on one team. Still it's fun to see them lose now, especially in such a spectacular way.
Curry in practice hitting 47 of 50 threes. Just SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! No idea how the net survived it. Dude is nasty.
Being redundant, they lost dept, lost size, and lost defense. One of the big 3 can get cold, and they will still be ok, but they are still a jumping shooting team. That being said, they are still the favorites. Aldridge will choke when it matters, Green one of the worse SG in the league and they will really miss Diaw. And the Clipper aren't going anywhere.
I still say ZaZa had to come up big in the playoffs and be the defensive anchor that Bogut was (or close to it).
KD will get it done as a rim protector in the playoffs but it will likely decrease his offensive efficiency ( less than last season though)
If you're counting on him for that, you're in trouble. Not will it that, but it hurt foul situation if he's constantly in the paint, trying to patrol it.
