Steph Curry: Shaq 'dead Wrong' In Thinking His Lakers Could Beat Warriors

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  1. Kou

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    Good luck when all your big men foul out within 12 minutes.
     
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    i see his line of thinking: remember that a pretty unremarkable 2004 pistons teams whipped shaq and kobe's a**** by basically packing the paint and doubling kobe on the perimeter (before the latter was legal, i might add...). so gs could do that and drain threes at an alarming rate on the other end, so maybe...

    but jordan's bulls would have squashed them like a bug, imo. imagine a switch scheme with rodman/pippen/jordan at the middle three spots. klay would never get a shot. draymond would get punked at his own game. duran'ts iso would be neutralized. curry would need to score 60.

    it would be like having lebron three years ago and a leonard/george hybrid plus rodman. there's nothing in the league right now like rodman. or pippen, really.

    anyway, curry would serve himself better by just pointing to the scoreboard and being happy.
     
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    I think ya’all are underestimating Draymond Green

    :Crazyartest:
     
    sirronstuff, Dec 14, 2018
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    @abeer3 that depends tho. Chicago would kill them with prenutureD rules...in today's NBA tho, the dobermans would constantly get whistled at and effectively muzzled. The Pistons D is what suffocated LA...but imagine today's whistle during that Detroit series...Shaq gets his off single coverage while Kobe zone kills either drawing the whistle with illegal defense or baiting Rip/Prince into drawing a whistle.

    The only way the dubs have a chance vs us or the Bulls is if it's 8 vs 5....put this soft a** dubs team with a bunch of temperamental "tough guys" against Superman/Batman or the Dobermans and they either get bullied into submission or cry for the whistle to blow so that they can hit the showers early and duck out on the massacre.
     
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    I remember Bucktooth Chauncey getting today's ticky tack whistles putting us in the penalty 5 minutes into each quarter, yet Kobe got the 90's habdchecking treatment from rip and tay without calls, yet his stubborn a** kept trying to force the refs to make a call, forgetting he was on trial for rape, and stern wasn't about to let him succeed.
     
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    people also forget how dominant shaq was in his mvp year 99-00. easily one of the greatest single seasons by a player in NBA history

    there was no one in the league who could stop him that season. would've been a unanimous MVP if it wasn't for that dumb*** fred hickman

    and he was going up against true 7+ ft big men who couldn't stop him with all their power, not draymond, kevon looney, or jordan bell
    :LLLLLebronlaughing:
     
    432J, Dec 16, 2018
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    Added "twigs" cause that's how all opposing 5s looked against Shaq Diesel. Certainly GS's during their run.
     
    LTLakerFan, Dec 17, 2018
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    I'd have liked to see a prime Bogut and him just for kicks
     
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    Shaq would average 40p/20r/10b/5a. Kobe would average 40p/10r/7a/5s or 5b

    D fish and Kobe lock up the splash brothers. Bye bye

    Horace, Horry, Fox slow down KD and once he starts becoming a problem switch Kobe on him and there goes that threat.

    Green? Who?

    Shoot and let’s not forget about Madsen and Slava.
    :Crazyartest::Kobe Snickering:
     
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    Why? LOL. I know where you're coming from but Shaq just too much of a load. The only "prime" guy who wasn't prime by the time he got to play Shaq was Arvydas Sabonis who had the great size and skills, and of course prime Hakeem vs young Shaq with Orlando taking his lunch money.
     
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    O'Neal and Bryant destroyed the Warrior forerunners in the Sacramento Kings during their time. Sure the Warriors are better by comparison but still don't see it. Would be Lakes in six.
     
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    i think those early 2000s kings teams could beat the current warriors
     
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    Bibby, Webber, Stojakovic, Turkoglu, Christie, Divac, Jackson... Took sheer will for us to beat them in 2002.

    I would think that really stacked Portland team in 2000 could handle the Dubs. They imploded after that plus they had Dunleavy at the helm which did not help matters.
     
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    Don’t you mean the rig job?
    :Crazyartest:
     
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    upload_2018-12-22_18-38-8.jpeg

    :)
     
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    I’m not sure you’re wrong, those guys were tough as nails, has guts, were deep, and played smart, and that all pains me to say. I watched game 4 of the 2002 WCF back on Kobe day on NBA TV and that is just a basketball classic. I’m not sure I’ve seen a harder fought game beginning to end, the Kings offense that got us behind big was ridiculous, Bobby couldn’t miss. Our team defense to bring us back was also insane, some of the best I’ve ever seen, Kobe, Shaq, Fox, freakin Gump, it was incredible. Even if we’d lost that game I’d say the same thing, one of the best games I’ve ever seen, both teams left everything they had out on the court. I usually skip large chunks of those old games to the good stuff, but not that one, watched every minute, and I encourage everyone here to do the same to remember what NBA basketball was like before it slowly changed to what it is now because of ‘Antoni, Wade, and Harden.
     
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    He couldn't handle Kobe at the end of Kobe's career, he was lighting that kid up. Da hell he thinking he could take on a prime young Kobe and Shaq? LMFAO what a joke.
     
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    Gotta bump this!

    :Laugh:

    Couldn't stop the great Zubac, and they think they could stop Shaq!
     
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    LOL. Rondo, Kuz and Zubac destroyed them today. But Shaq, Kobe, Grant, Fish, Harper, Horry, Fox, Shaw... those guys are weaklings, right? :ShaqOh2:
     
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    And Curry thinks these bigs could beat Shaq in a series?


    :Laugh:
     
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