Ty Lawson: Curry Was "Chillin on Defense" In The Playoffs

[NBAfan3024]

The Warriors had the flukiest playoffs of all time last year. Curry, like the entire warriors team, did not have to face any healthy teams.

Warriors were the best team ALL YEAR

nothing flukey about that at all...Had one of the best seasons of ALL TIME...not Warriors problem teams couldn't stay healthy. If teams manage their minutes better it may not of happened. There's a reason Steph was fresh in the playoffs and it was down to the mins he played in the regular season.

[GQ Hot Dog]

but he destroyed lawson on both ends a couple of years ago.

And the Rockets thoroughly owned the Warriors a couple of years ago.
What is any of that worth today?
Exactly.

Wait, so you think Lawson will be better than when he got thoroughly outplayed by Curry 3 years ago? You think maybe he'll outplay Curry? You realize that's the logic of what you're saying.

[skywalker33]

And the rocket fans defense of this drunken, stupid outburst is deplorable Between Mudiay and Lawson, EM will lead us to places that Lawson never could....we're OK Can't wait for Lawson's NEXT implosion, hope it comes at a very crucial time this next season.

mudiay will lead the nuggets to the worst record in the west. You're right Lawson couldn't do that.

Yeah, his experience LAST year really lead us...into drafting Mudiay, his replacement !! Mudiay is only 19yo, give him 2-4 years, he'll be an All-Star, something Lawson never did.
And if we get a Ben Simmons or Skal Labissiere to join him, Nurkic and Gallo, I'd say our future is looking better w/o Lawson.

[GQ Hot Dog]

The Warriors had the flukiest playoffs of all time last year. Curry, like the entire warriors team, did not have to face any healthy teams.

Warriors were the best team ALL YEAR

nothing flukey about that at all...Had one of the best seasons of ALL TIME...not Warriors problem teams couldn't stay healthy. If teams manage their minutes better it may not of happened. There's a reason Steph was fresh in the playoffs and it was down to the mins he played in the regular season.

The Warriors dominated every team they played last season and at every level. It's virtually impossible for them to have achieved anything greater. Anyone who downplays what they did is speaking from emotion rather than rationality.

To all those many fans who respect what Steph and the Warriors did last season: us real Warriors fans have nothing but respect for you and your teams. We stay classy like our team.

[LeChosen One]

He's right. Curry and the Warriors need to repeat, they need to show us more.

yeah going to need to win...1,2,3,4,5,6,7

If Wade's knees weren't **** up, it would have happened.

[ken6199]

the Denver butthurt is strong

And the rocket fans defense of this drunken, stupid outburst is deplorable Between Mudiay and Lawson, EM will lead us to places that Lawson never could....we're OK Can't wait for his Lawson's NEXT implosion, hope it comes at a very crucial time this next season.

I can't LMAO enough at this bold text. Regardless of your denver logo or not, LMAO x 1000.

Sometimes I feel silly wasting time fending off stupid posts/posters like this, but I also kinda have to. Hitting back at the butthurt, the hatred, is already part of our rockets fans normal life. Aint gonna put up with that.

[HotTubMike]

And the rocket fans defense of this drunken, stupid outburst is deplorable Between Mudiay and Lawson, EM will lead us to places that Lawson never could....we're OK Can't wait for Lawson's NEXT implosion, hope it comes at a very crucial time this next season.

mudiay will lead the nuggets to the worst record in the west. You're right Lawson couldn't do that.

Yeah, his experience LAST year really lead us...into drafting Mudiay, his replacement !! Mudiay is only 19yo, give him 2-4 years, he'll be an All-Star, something Lawson never did.
And if we get a Ben Simmons or Skal Labissiere to join him, Nurkic and Gallo, I'd say our future is looking better w/o Lawson.

The hate in your heart will burn less bright in time.

I'm sorry you and so many Denver fans carry around so much butthurt... it's not healthy

[ken6199]

AWK.
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Stop abusing the term "/thread". By sticking four Curry's highlights trying to show Curry owns Lawson head to head? That's so not "/thread", not with these four clips.

I randomly picked up clip 3:
00:06 Lawson on Jack
00:15 Lawson taken away by Bogut's hard screen
00:31 Brewer/Chandler on Curry
00:50 Miller on Curry
01:00 Lawson on Curry
01:10 Curry steal on Lawson
01:30 Curry steal on McGee
01:45 Lawson on Jack
01:50 Curry steal on Brewer
02:20 Chandler on Curry
02:30 Chandler on Curry
03:07 Miller on Curry
03:24 Miller on Curry
03:32 Curry on messed up rotation (Chanlder and Miller)
04:15 Curry on Miller
04:20 Klay on Lawson
04:46 Curry wide open 3, Lawson on bench
05:00 Miller on Curry
...

Sorry I don't have time to go through the rest. By looking at 5 minutes sample, it doesn't spell 'Curry destroys Lawson', especially this is Curry's highlight, I am sure if you search Lawson's highlight he has plays here and there too. Dude averages 17pt in the series, with Iggy as their first option.

Again, pairing weak ass misleading clips with "/thread" is not a handsome move.

[The Rebel]

And the rocket fans defense of this drunken, stupid outburst is deplorable Between Mudiay and Lawson, EM will lead us to places that Lawson never could....we're OK Can't wait for his Lawson's NEXT implosion, hope it comes at a very crucial time this next season.

I can't LMAO enough at this bold text. Regardless of your denver logo or not, LMAO x 1000.

Sometimes I feel silly wasting time fending off stupid posts/posters like this, but I also kinda have to. The butthurt, the hatred, is already part of our rockets fans normal life. Aint gonna put up with that.

Funny the guy Laughing his a off is a Rockets fan yet he knows more about Nuggets players than the Nuggets fans, imagine that. We do not know what Mudiay will become, but we know exactly who Lawson is, after all we watched him lead this team to a 36 win and 30 winn record when he was the best player on the court. He is the guy that his 1st head coach in the league used to openly talk about having to call or text him before every game to try to get him focused and ready to play, and his 2nd head coach openly complained about having to beg him to give effort before every game. He is a guy that has a history of turning to drinking, the more pressure the more he has a problem. Look up his history of drinking offenses, 1 when he was leading up to the draft when it was iffy he would be drafted, one soon after the Melo deal when he was asked to be the leader of the team and franchise, and 2 years ago when Gallo was out injured and Igoudala had left. Lawson cannot handle pressure and is not self motivated. For all the hype of him being sober and focused the guy was in court ordered rehab, is on a monitor to keep him from drinking, and still was hanging out at the clud a handful of days after getting out of rehab. Not to mention alcoholics and addicts who are working on cleaning up their lives learn right away to accept responsibility, but Lawson is still blaming everybody else, so please tell us how great Lawson is and how terrible Mudiay is, I am dying to hear the argument, and will really love to see you try to defend him when Lawson goes right back to drinking and acting even more like an idiot the minute that alcohol monitor is taken off.

[ken6199]

And the rocket fans defense of this drunken, stupid outburst is deplorable Between Mudiay and Lawson, EM will lead us to places that Lawson never could....we're OK Can't wait for his Lawson's NEXT implosion, hope it comes at a very crucial time this next season.

I can't LMAO enough at this bold text. Regardless of your denver logo or not, LMAO x 1000.

Sometimes I feel silly wasting time fending off stupid posts/posters like this, but I also kinda have to. The butthurt, the hatred, is already part of our rockets fans normal life. Aint gonna put up with that.

Funny the guy Laughing his a off is a Rockets fan yet he knows more about Nuggets players than the Nuggets fans, imagine that. We do not know what Mudiay will become, but we know exactly who Lawson is, after all we watched him lead this team to a 36 win and 30 winn record when he was the best player on the court. He is the guy that his 1st head coach in the league used to openly talk about having to call or text him before every game to try to get him focused and ready to play, and his 2nd head coach openly complained about having to beg him to give effort before every game. He is a guy that has a history of turning to drinking, the more pressure the more he has a problem. Look up his history of drinking offenses, 1 when he was leading up to the draft when it was iffy he would be drafted, one soon after the Melo deal when he was asked to be the leader of the team and franchise, and 2 years ago when Gallo was out injured and Igoudala had left. Lawson cannot handle pressure and is not self motivated. For all the hype of him being sober and focused the guy was in court ordered rehab, is on a monitor to keep him from drinking, and still was hanging out at the clud a handful of days after getting out of rehab. Not to mention alcoholics and addicts who are working on cleaning up their lives learn right away to accept responsibility, but Lawson is still blaming everybody else, so please tell us how great Lawson is and how terrible Mudiay is, I am dying to hear the argument, and will really love to see you try to defend him when Lawson goes right back to drinking and acting even more like an idiot the minute that alcohol monitor is taken off.

First off, if Lawson goes back to his old self, I will be the first one to bash him, relentlessly.

Second, coming from a Harden fan, I know off court problems are different than on court delivery. Dating Khloe, strip clubs, laugh all you want, Harden delivers on the court. Lawson is a different story for sure, but he doesn't average 3rd in APG for no reason. The guy gives up a guaranteed $12m, he deserves a chance.

I was not blindly defending Lawson. I am fully aware he might be yet another Rondo for Mavs story, so what? What did we give up to get Lawson? Close to nothing man.

I am a huge fan of Mudiay. We have a lot of Chinese fans in the office who follows CBA last year. We talk about him a lot.

My comments were simply targeting skywalker33. Look at what he said. "Can't wait for Lawson's explosion." "Hope it happens at a crucial time". Seriously? Is that what you wish to a player who at least give your team his prime? You say that as a basketball fan? If you don't call this hate, I am not sure what else is hate.

To recap out early conversation - you said he is arguable top 5 PG when sober, I say he is top 6-8, maybe even lower. I don't think I am defending him. I am more like defending YOU.

"We do not know what Mudiay will become, but we know exactly who Lawson is." No, you know exactly who Lawson was. People change, even from 3 DUI, whether likely or unlikely, he deserves a new start in his SECOND club. I wish him nothing but the best, and that's coming from a basketball fan not rockets support. I invite you to do the same, mod.

[skywalker33]

mudiay will lead the nuggets to the worst record in the west. You're right Lawson couldn't do that.

Yeah, his experience LAST year really lead us...into drafting Mudiay, his replacement !! Mudiay is only 19yo, give him 2-4 years, he'll be an All-Star, something Lawson never did.
And if we get a Ben Simmons or Skal Labissiere to join him, Nurkic and Gallo, I'd say our future is looking better w/o Lawson.

The hate in your heart will burn less bright in time.

I'm sorry you and so many Denver fans carry around so much butthurt... it's not healthy

Seems like you really like saying butthurt...which I and most Nugget fans aren't...we see it as addition by subtraction and as I said, enjoy Lawson's NEXT incident, I will be LMAO at the reactions you Rocket fans will be blowing up over.

[Game 7]

Lawson has 0 rings does he have room to talk?lmao

[Def Swami]

AWK.

Spoiler:

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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlkgROoOio[/youtube]

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Stop abusing the term "/thread". By sticking four Curry's highlights trying to show Curry owns Lawson head to head? That's so not "/thread", not with these four clips.

I randomly picked up clip 3:
00:06 Lawson on Jack
00:15 Lawson taken away by Bogut's hard screen
00:31 Brewer/Chandler on Curry
00:50 Miller on Curry
01:00 Lawson on Curry
01:10 Curry steal on Lawson
01:30 Curry steal on McGee
01:45 Lawson on Jack
01:50 Curry steal on Brewer
02:20 Chandler on Curry
02:30 Chandler on Curry
03:07 Miller on Curry
03:24 Miller on Curry
03:32 Curry on messed up rotation (Chanlder and Miller)
04:15 Curry on Miller
04:20 Klay on Lawson
04:46 Curry wide open 3, Lawson on bench
05:00 Miller on Curry
...

Sorry I don't have time to go through the rest. By looking at 5 minutes sample, it doesn't spell 'Curry destroys Lawson', especially this is Curry's highlight, I am sure if you search Lawson's highlight he has plays here and there too. Dude averages 17pt in the series, with Iggy as their first option.

Again, pairing weak ass misleading clips with "/thread" is not a handsome move.

The point isn't "Curry destroys Lawson."

Lawson's argument that his presence as an offensive-attacking guard will force Curry to expound more energy on defense, thus affecting his offensive performance. We already saw that scenario 2 years ago and Curry averaged 24 ppg on 47% shooting and 44% from 3. Curry is going to eat against almost all point guards in the league.

[HotTubMike]

Yeah, his experience LAST year really lead us...into drafting Mudiay, his replacement !! Mudiay is only 19yo, give him 2-4 years, he'll be an All-Star, something Lawson never did.
And if we get a Ben Simmons or Skal Labissiere to join him, Nurkic and Gallo, I'd say our future is looking better w/o Lawson.

The hate in your heart will burn less bright in time.

I'm sorry you and so many Denver fans carry around so much butthurt... it's not healthy

Seems like you really like saying butthurt...which I and most Nugget fans aren't...we see it as addition by subtraction and as I said, enjoy Lawson's NEXT incident, I will be LMAO at the reactions you Rocket fans will be blowing up over.

For all his "incidents" he seems to play the majority of the games every season at like 16/9 and that's whats important to the Rockets ambition of winning a championship.

Do I wish he was a model citizen? Sure, but he isn't and he isn't the only dude in this world with a problem. Everyone here seems to be pretty damn judgy though.

He is somewhat of a risky signing but since the Rockets basically traded spare parts and a late first for a premier play-making PG who can potentially put them over the top in their quest for a championship, he is well worth the risk.

Just like salty Lakers fans a couple of years ago were saying, "good luck with Dwight, he is a clown and doesn't take winning seriously and will never accomplish anything in Houston" Dwight was the main piece that took us from the 8th seed to the 4th seed to the 2nd seed to the WCF and maybe Lawson takes us from the 2nd seed and the WCF to the NBA Finals.. it's certainly possible.

[skywalker33]

My comments were simply targeting skywalker33. Look at what he said. "Can't wait for Lawson's explosion." "Hope it happens at a crucial time". Seriously? Is that what you wish to a player who at least give your team his prime? You say that as a basketball fan? If you don't call this hate, I am not sure what else is hate.

So these comment from other ROCKETS posters should fly under the radar because the aren't filled with any animosity ?? Why wouldn't you say anything about those if "hate" is why you're so aggressive towards my comments ??? Pot meet kettle.

the Denver butthurt is strong

mudiay will lead the nuggets to the worst record in the west. You're right Lawson couldn't do that.

And those aren't really wishes, more expectations......nobody says he's a bad player, just making stupid comments that seem alcohol induced, poor decisions IMO

[cold_cowboy]

don't see how people can turn this into such a controversy, it's true that terry and prigioni aren't comparable to the offense that ty provides which would make the opposing defense point guard put more effort into guarding him.

people getting salty over his comments are the ones who feel threatened by them.

[HotTubMike]

My comments were simply targeting skywalker33. Look at what he said. "Can't wait for Lawson's explosion." "Hope it happens at a crucial time". Seriously? Is that what you wish to a player who at least give your team his prime? You say that as a basketball fan? If you don't call this hate, I am not sure what else is hate.

So these comment from other ROCKETS posters should fly under the radar because the aren't filled with any animosity ?? Why wouldn't you say anything about those if "hate" is why you're so aggressive towards my comments ??? Pot meet kettle.

the Denver butthurt is strong

mudiay will lead the nuggets to the worst record in the west. You're right Lawson couldn't do that.

And those are really wishes, more expectations......nobody says he's a bad player, just making stupid comments that seem alcohol induced, poor decisions IMO

Those Rocket fans responses are only replies to all the initial Denver poster hate in this thread.

I wouldn't post "the Denver butthurt is strong" if the first few pages of the thread didn't have multiple Denver fans being butthurt about Lawson.

[skywalker33]

My comments were simply targeting skywalker33. Look at what he said. "Can't wait for Lawson's explosion." "Hope it happens at a crucial time". Seriously? Is that what you wish to a player who at least give your team his prime? You say that as a basketball fan? If you don't call this hate, I am not sure what else is hate.

So these comment from other ROCKETS posters should fly under the radar because the aren't filled with any animosity ?? Why wouldn't you say anything about those if "hate" is why you're so aggressive towards my comments ??? Pot meet kettle.

the Denver butthurt is strong

mudiay will lead the nuggets to the worst record in the west. You're right Lawson couldn't do that.

And those are really wishes, more expectations......nobody says he's a bad player, just making stupid comments that seem alcohol induced, poor decisions IMO

Those Rocket fans responses are only replies to all the initial Denver poster hate in this thread.

I wouldn't post "the Denver butthurt is strong" if the first few pages of the thread didn't have multiple Denver fans being butthurt about Lawson.

But it wasn't just Nuggets fans who made all those posts now, was it ??? YOU targeted this comment, at least take responsibility for your posts.....

[Nuggets_Talk]

Nice knowing you.

Might be worth Houston winning more than a game before talking about winning..considering Houston lost 7 out of 8 vs GS last year.

But before that we beat you guys like 9 out of 12 times or something? Equalized the nba 3pt record? but yeah no point talking trash before even winning one, so I am with you on that.

Back to topic. It's great to see even before the season starts there is already so much hate towards the Rockets. It's like we are a magnet attracting all the most hated players around the league, or once players join us they become hated. Has to be one of those. The level of hatred is insane. It's not even worth hitting back at them.

Lawson, who ranked #3 in apg behind Wall and CP, above Curry Russ Harden. He also created more points off his drive and kick, more than Harden. For those who was questioning what has he achieved. I can tell you, he is better than Trey Burke.

Also, what's wrong with speaking a bit of truth? If players all go 'I love my teammates, I do whatever coach asks me to help the team win, I give 100% on the court, I train to get better every day', would you be happy? Now they speak their mind, they are immediately idiots. Keyboard warriors or page 1 and+1 fishers really need to get a life.

I know, everybody is hating on Lawson like he's some kind of scrub. Lawson is a top 5 point guard in the league

how strange - he was never a top 5 pg before. what changed?

[Nuggets_Talk]

Trash talk is fun but what kind of person makes a bet of leaving a freaking forum if the team they support loses? why would you do that? for one If my team did lose I would want to talk about said series and where it went wrong..not dissappear

It's just a bet where you lose your name and all your And1's. You can always create another name and continue your conversation. But the principal is to lose all your And1's because your Warriors will take a big LOST!

Gawd damn, people don't give a **** about meaningless And 1's. Grow the **** up.

my same thought reading through all of this. bigfatbob sounds 12.

no one cares if you bet your username on anything. as if someone will win that bet and think "wow, I am so glad I won that bet! I got him good - he had to change his username and lose all his and1s!! hahahah!!"

no one cares about any of that.