Warriors are being disrespected

Tetlak · Post #41 » by **Tetlak** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:33 pm

Where is this happening? I have not heard any disrespect.

MaxRider · Post #42 » by **MaxRider** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:40 pm

disrespect?
atlanta is the best team in the eastern conference
and yet everyone is talking cleveland coming out of the east
and they don't put them on national tv
who disrespect who?

Laimbeer · Post #43 » by **Laimbeer** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:43 pm

Their regular season run is remarkable. But I don't think it will translate completely to the playoffs, nor do I think they're winning it all. I don't trust a team so reliant on the three.

If that's disrespect, so be it.

Mobby · Post #44 » by **Mobby** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:47 pm

MaxRider wrote:disrespect?
atlanta is the best team in the eastern conference
and yet everyone is talking cleveland coming out of the east
and they don't put them on national tv
who disrespect who?

Yeah, if the Bulls don't live up to our lofty fan expectations, I hope the Hawks and Warriors go to game 7, and as much as I love the Warriors, I'd love to see the Hawks win just to lend some credence to the system offense mantra (though Warriors do a damn good job of that themselves, but they also have more capable iso-players). Way more fun to watch than these star-laden late-game iso-plays.

Higga · Post #45 » by **Higga** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:48 pm

I hope they win it all. I love the way they play and it's good for the league for a fresh team like Golden State(that hasn't been historically great)to win a title.

Post #46 » by **jazzfan1971** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:56 pm

I see them coming out of the West.

But, then I'm a hater. A disrespectful hater.

Shake it off dude.

Manute Lol · Post #47 » by **Manute Lol** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:06 pm

Laimbeer wrote:Their regular season run is remarkable. But I don't think it will translate completely to the playoffs, nor do I think they're winning it all. I don't trust a team so reliant on the three.

If that's disrespect, so be it.

You sound more like Barkley tham Laimbeer.

greenandgold · Post #48 » by **greenandgold** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:13 pm

No, Warriors are the clear favorites in the West, and in the league overall. But if OKC does get a few players back (Serge promises to be back in 3 weeks) and wins the series I do wonder if Kerr gets fired. Don't want to disappoint a fan base that expects an NBA finals appearance this summer.

But the OKC-GS matchup may be moot. I expect OKC to be within 2.5 games of Dallas (with a head to head against Dallas on April 1st in OKC) after tonight.

Jonatton Yeah · Post #49 » by **Jonatton Yeah** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:13 pm

I don't think they're being "disrespected" but they seem to be misunderstood by many on here. No playoff success? They went to the second round two years ago and played the Spurs tough until their health broke down. They took the Clips to seven last year without Andrew Bogut. And this is before Draymond turned into the player he is today. Given their roster construction and their youth at the time, I would say that's successful.

Many also seem to think they're an offensive juggernaut with questionable defense which could not be further from the truth. One could make the argument that their defense has been better than the offense for most of the year. They have been blowing teams out routinely.

Would a full strength Thunder beat them in a seven game set? Well, yeah. That could happen. The Thunder have two of the top five players in the game plus Ibaka and a good offensive C in Kanter. They could beat anyone and were considered the West favorites before their season went awry.

The road out of the West is ridiculous so they could lose a series. But they have as good a chance as anyone.

JimmyTD3 · Post #50 » by **JimmyTD3** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:42 pm

greenandgold wrote:No, Warriors are the clear favorites in the West, and in the league overall. But if OKC does get a few players back (Serge promises to be back in 3 weeks) and wins the series I do wonder if Kerr gets fired. Don't want to disappoint a fan base that expects an NBA finals appearance this summer.

But the OKC-GS matchup may be moot. I expect OKC to be within 2.5 games of Dallas (with a head to head against Dallas on April 1st in OKC) after tonight.

LOL there's absolutely 0 percent change Kerr gets fired.

Cicero · Post #51 » by **Cicero** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:00 pm

HeatWillRise wrote:playoffs

^^^^

Show and prove. Most fans of fanbases with some postseason success comprehend how little the season can mean. Hell, Warrior fans should comprehend that themselves considering that historic We Believe upset over the first seeded Mavs! The Warriors will get their respect when/if they have some serious postseason success this year. You can go "oh they lost one time in the first round and then almost beat the Spurs in the second" but could've should've would've ≠ postseason success and I don't find either of those statements particularly impressive postseason success. They're an excellent entertaining team: get to a WCF.

dautjazz · Post #52 » by **dautjazz** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:44 pm

mademan wrote:
dautjazz wrote:
Mobby wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised if they made it out of the 1st round, but I also wouldn't be surprised if a fully healthy, well-oiled OKC takes them out, or even a "put-my-team-on-my-back" AD performance. Bogut cannot defend AD. Nobody can really defend AD that well, but I think the Warriors don't have anyone even capable -- Draymond?

AD is not enough, that whole team is riddled with injuries. Even at full health, I don't think New Orleans is anywhere near as good as GS. Also, can ANYONE defend AD? Also, who does New Orleans have that can guard Curry? Thompson? Barnes? They got so many options, there is no way New Orleans can stop that offense, and GS is a GREAT defensive team, they could probably do a lot of things to bother AD, stop him, probably no one can.

OKC has not been healthy all year, what makes you think it's going to be much different in a month? There is no timetable for Durant, that's not a good thing with the playoffs less than a month away. Even at full strength, GS would give OKC a run for their money, the way OKC currently is, I don't think they really have a chance.

If Durant/Ibaka got a week under their legs before the PS started, I'd take them in a series against anybody.

That's a mighty big if. There are 3 weeks left in the season, and Ibaka is expected back in the playoffs, while Durant there is no timetable set, he's not practicing or anything right now, I believe they have to do fix a screw on his foot. Durant will probably not play for the playoffs, forget the season.

Spankadelphia · Post #53 » by **Spankadelphia** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:51 pm

Grizzlies and Spurs are the monsters lurking under Golden State's bed. They would have to exorcise some serious demons to pull out a series against either one of those teams. The Spurs require no explanation. They are simply too well rounded and experienced.

And Golden State has had little success against the Grizzlies the last few years. Something like 2-15 against them. As good as Green and Bogut are defensively, they usually get their asses handed to them by Zbo and Gasol. And the Grizz have a bunch of perimeter defenders to throw at GSW. They won't have to hide anyone. Just a bad matchup for them.

Blitzbolt · Post #54 » by **Blitzbolt** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:52 pm

Simple OKC/Spurs have already earn our respect in the playoffs the coaches players have like a 5 year playoff exp gap on the warriors.

I think is the other way around people like me respect OKC to much even though they are injured.

dautjazz · Post #55 » by **dautjazz** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:53 pm

MaxRider wrote:disrespect?
atlanta is the best team in the eastern conference
and yet everyone is talking cleveland coming out of the east
and they don't put them on national tv
who disrespect who?

The Hawks just got tested and they failed big, they went 4-4 in 8 consecutive western conference games, losing the last 3 games. Losses included Denver, GS, OKC (no Durant/Ibaka), and San Antonio. They beat the Kings twice, the Suns (without Dragic), and LA. I'm not sure I see them getting past Cleveland either, much less putting up a fight vs the winner of the west. Atlanta is 13-9 (.591) since their massive win streak, so they definitely look like they have come down to earth.

Zombiesonics · Post #56 » by **Zombiesonics** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:54 pm

The top 3 records in the NBA belong to Golden State, ATL and MEM. San Antonio is the only team to have road wins against them all

BBgun · Post #57 » by **BBgun** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:58 pm

The only way they should fear OKC is with a healthy Durant...any team would be wise to fear them in that case. But if that's not the case I don't see how people could realistically see the Thunder as a threat, despite the historic play of Westbrook.

dautjazz · Post #58 » by **dautjazz** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:58 pm

Zombiesonics wrote:
The top 3 records in the NBA belong to Golden State, ATL and MEM. San Antonio is the only team to have road wins against them all

GS, ATL, and Mem can't have wins against all 3 though, so I guess we're comparing SA to teams 4th-30th in the league?

Blitzbolt · Post #59 » by **Blitzbolt** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:59 pm

Zombiesonics wrote:
The top 3 records in the NBA belong to Golden State, ATL and MEM. San Antonio is the only team to have road wins against them all

I don't think that matters the Grizzlies are the only team to have at least one win agains all the other 29 teams with 10 games to go.

Spankadelphia · Post #60 » by **Spankadelphia** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:00 pm

Thunder simply are not a threat to any elite team without their 2 big guns. Really they need all 3 (Ibaka included). The Westbrook Show could probably take out Dallas or Portland, but not GSW.