Which will come first... #1 Defense or #1 Offense?

Kuya · Post #1 » by **Kuya** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:10 am

If at all...

Personally, I think the return of Lee pushes us to having the #1 offense. Speights and Lee front court = buckets and buckets.

TaylorMonkey · Post #2 » by **TaylorMonkey** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:22 am

Defense. Because we already has it.

lars_rosenberg · Post #3 » by **lars_rosenberg** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:40 am

Top 5 in both would be good.
We should be balanced.

RoyalMajesty · Post #4 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:33 am

Give me a tough, mean, stingy defense.

We already seen what a great offense can do under Don Nelson, but we didn't go no where.

bakesale · Post #5 » by **bakesale** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:13 pm

We are already no 1 in defence, what are you talking about?

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ChuckDurn · Post #6 » by **ChuckDurn** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:10 pm

Simply because of how awesome it looks like Dallas' offense is, the odds are that #1 defense is more achievable.....

Though as was said earlier here, if we're top-5 offense and top-5 defense..... that's NBA championship stuff right there. Until, you know, the Spurs decide they're interested.

Jester_ · Post #7 » by **Jester_** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:12 pm

We're already #1 in defense, and we're never going to be higher than #6 or #7 on offense.

turk3d · Post #8 » by **turk3d** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:59 pm

Believe it or not, in most cases, it's defense that wins champioships, but I like the balance which gives us the best of both worlds. I'd be real happy if we could maintain our defense, as I'm pretty sure that offense will continue to improve once everyone is healthy and they get used to playing with each other under the new system.

Bogut (who is the centerpiece of our defense): :pray:

Darren_Errman · Post #9 » by **Darren_Errman** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 6:17 pm

Rather have a top 10 offense and #1 defense.

Gotta win those ugly games.

Kuya · Post #10 » by **Kuya** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 7:27 pm

I just checked, didn't know we moved up to #1 defense.

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gold0259 · Post #11 » by **gold0259** » Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:12 am

Is Iggy happy with his role? Or is he happy working within the team concept?

giberish · Post #12 » by **giberish** » Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:40 pm

turk3d wrote:Believe it or not, in most cases, it's defense that wins champioships

Historically, since 1970, having a strong offense has been slightly more telling for winning titles than having a strong defense (though being good at both is the clear best case). The Russell Celtics dominated with defense but since then offense has carried over into the playoffs slightly better.

turk3d · Post #13 » by **turk3d** » Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:54 pm

giberish wrote:
turk3d wrote:Believe it or not, in most cases, it's defense that wins champioships

Historically, since 1970, having a strong offense has been slightly more telling for winning titles than having a strong defense (though being good at both is the clear best case). The Russell Celtics dominated with defense but since then offense has carried over into the playoffs slightly better.

You also had the Bad Boy Pistons as well as the Jordan Bulls in addition to the Spurs who were very strong defensively. I'd say those Rocket teams with Olajuwan were pretty strong defensive teams as well.

Post #14 » by **FNQ** » Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:11 pm

gold0259 wrote:Is Iggy happy with his role? Or is he happy working within the team concept?

He's overly working within the team concept to the point where he looks to his shot as a last resort at times. It can be frustrating - his whole mentality, at times, is frustrating. I've never met him, I don't know anyone that's ever worked on him, but I feel safe saying that I just don't like his attitude, not just about basketball, about everything.

Even though it helped us, he ratted out his team in Denver. He talks about getting others paid. He made a stink about the Mark Jackson firing. It was easy to look past all that when he wasn't unselfish to a fault on the court, but it can be irritating.

If you are asking for fantasy reasons, he's welcome to dumpsville (© TMR)

Flash Falcon X · Post #15 » by **Flash Falcon X** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:13 pm

RoyalMajesty wrote:Give me a tough, mean, stingy defense.

We already seen what a great offense can do under Don Nelson, but we didn't go no where.

That's because we didn't have great defenders and no defensive anchor like Bogut.

Also, towards Nellie's last couple of seasons he had to deal with Monta missing a majority of a season because of the moped injury and also having the 2nd most player injuries in the history of the NBA during Steph's rookie season.

The We Believe team and the 07-08 team were underrated as hell and now even Warriors fans forget how good they were.

I agree they didn't have much defense, but they were still deadly as hell and the defense could have improved if they took the time to upgrade the roster rather than blowing it up.

In regards to the current Warriors, this new team is elite. We're already a top defensive team, and once Lee gets back that adds a 19/10 player off the bench to provide more offensive firepower and depth to go along with the elite defense.

Golden State right now is the best of both worlds.

Flash Falcon X · Post #16 » by **Flash Falcon X** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:16 pm

lars_rosenberg wrote:Top 5 in both would be good.
We should be balanced.

Exactly.

I hate when people treat this question as a "which one would you rather have" type of thing.

GIVE US BOTH OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.

Warriors take pride in being elite in both sides of the court. No need for anyone to say they only love defense, because there will be games in the Playoffs when you'll desperately need the team to score and it would be a waste to play elite defense when you can't even take advantage of all the stops you're making.