2021-22 NBA Season Discussion

TheGOATRises007 · Post #5441 » by **TheGOATRises007** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:18 am

BIGJ1ER wrote:Curry has pretty clearly been better than Doncic this series imo, not sure if thats a consensus here.

Thoughts?

Yeah Curry has looked amazing.

Easily his best series of the playoffs thus far.

He's probably made a lot of us in this thread feel silly when we thought he's no longer a 'best player in the NBA' candidate.

GSP · Post #5442 » by **GSP** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:20 am

PaulieWal wrote:
GSP wrote:holy **** the Luka and Kidd soundbites postgame conference

theyre talking like they just got swept..........i mean they prolly will get swept but that was nuts hearing them talk like theyre already ready to go fishing

What did they say?

Luka was basically like "Im 23yo ppl forget this is just the beginning"

Kidd said the same and was like "we werent even supposed to be here. We were supposed to lose to Phoenix. This is just the beginning of a long journey"

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Post #5443 » by **Texas Chuck** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:22 am

That's just clever rope a dope ing by Kidd and Doncic. Mavs have them right where they want them.

TheGOATRises007 · Post #5444 » by **TheGOATRises007** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:22 am

Who would have thought after the 2019 summer, the Warriors would be back in the finals 3 years later?

Pretty remarkable. The Wiggins trade panned out brilliantly for them. Certain young players have developed well.

Hate or love them, they've retooled extremely well.

falcolombardi · Post #5445 » by **falcolombardi** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:23 am

GSP wrote:
PaulieWal wrote:
GSP wrote:holy **** the Luka and Kidd soundbites postgame conference

theyre talking like they just got swept..........i mean they prolly will get swept but that was nuts hearing them talk like theyre already ready to go fishing

What did they say?

Luka was basically like "Im 23yo ppl forget this is just the beginning"

Kidd said the same and was like "we werent even supposed to be here. We were supposed to lose to Phoenix. This is just the beginning of a long journey"

uhh, that is weirdly defensive lol

like what were they even asked?

edit: definetely sounds better in context

Thelonewarrior · Post #5446 » by **Thelonewarrior** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:28 am

Texas Chuck wrote:That's just clever rope a dope ing by Kidd and Doncic. Mavs have them right where they want them.

Your delusional chuck go some air.

TheGOATRises007 · Post #5447 » by **TheGOATRises007** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:28 am

Thelonewarrior wrote:
Texas Chuck wrote:That's just clever rope a dope ing by Kidd and Doncic. Mavs have them right where they want them.

Your delusional chuck go some air.

I hope you were being sarcastic towards his obvious sarcasm.

falcolombardi · Post #5448 » by **falcolombardi** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:35 am

so luka is around the age where goat level perimeter players make huge leaps

what kind of thingh could he add to his game or conditioning that would give him a chance to take that leap?

Peregrine01 · Post #5449 » by **Peregrine01** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:49 am

Eddy_JukeZ wrote:
BIGJ1ER wrote:Curry has pretty clearly been better than Doncic this series imo, not sure if thats a consensus here.

Thoughts?

Yeah Curry has looked amazing.

Easily his best series of the playoffs thus far.

He's probably made a lot of us in this thread feel silly when we thought he's no longer a 'best player in the NBA' candidate.

Not ready to go that far. The whole Warriors offense has opened up against this Mavs D, which has looked bamboozled. Curry's play at this point seems to depend a lot on the kind of match-ups that he has. Switchable bigs and big physical guards give him a lot more trouble now which is in part why the Grizz had so much success on him. He's still a superstar, but I don't think he's on the level of Giannis and Jokic, who IMO are on a tier of their own.

Dr Positivity · Post #5450 » by **Dr Positivity** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:51 am

The formula for beating Dallas isn't THAT complicated. I think Monty had a weak series.

therealbig3 · Post #5451 » by **therealbig3** » Mon May 23, 2022 4:59 am

I think Heat or Celtics will be the toughest matchup for the Warriors all playoffs, and should make for a fantastic series. Either team are built similarly to the Warriors themselves: multiple playmakers on offense, and multiple defenders that can make life miserable on opposing playmakers.

falcolombardi · Post #5452 » by **falcolombardi** » Mon May 23, 2022 5:01 am

dallas run eerily reminiscent of atlanta run last season

Post #5453 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Mon May 23, 2022 5:08 am

falcolombardi wrote:dallas run eerily reminiscent of atlanta run last season

In what way?

Post #5454 » by **Doctor MJ** » Mon May 23, 2022 5:09 am

Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Who would have thought after the 2019 summer, the Warriors would be back in the finals 3 years later?

Pretty remarkable. The Wiggins trade panned out brilliantly for them. Certain young players have developed well.

Hate or love them, they've retooled extremely well.

Ah, so I've got history/baggage here, so bare with me if you would.

2019 wasn't actually the time when people dismissed the Warriors as done. That came after the 2019-20 season, and I got really, really exasperated by it then, as well as periodically in the time since. :oops:

It's absolutely true that they don't get there without re-filling the quiver, and there's lots of credit to go around to everyone involved with that, but fundamentally it's really weird to see people dismiss a team as done when it's core in that 28-31 range when you've just seen them go to 5 straight finals

So yeah, I thought there was a distinct possibility the Warriors would be back in the finals basically the entire time from 2019 to now.

I won't say I predicted it - I'm very hesitant to make predictions, I prefer to just speaking of possibilities, and this to me was one.

I think it's also possible going forward that this is going to keep leading to new guys coming up be successful within the Warriors, and the team will be great for a long time. I think the big question mark there is actually whether they can replenish the talent as fast as they lose it as the successes get contract offers elsewhere.

agentofatlas · Post #5455 » by **agentofatlas** » Mon May 23, 2022 5:09 am

falcolombardi wrote:so luka is around the age where goat level perimeter players make huge leaps

what kind of thingh could he add to his game or conditioning that would give him a chance to take that leap?

Aside from the conditioning part, maybe some high post stuff and being a screener. Would like to see some Dirk plays with him.

Other than that just tightening everything up.

GSP · Post #5456 » by **GSP** » Mon May 23, 2022 5:10 am

Dr Positivity wrote:The formula for beating Dallas isn't THAT complicated. I think Monty had a weak series.

He had NO shot after he won Coy. The Coy curse comes for everyone and spares NO ONE

Post #5457 » by **Doctor MJ** » Mon May 23, 2022 5:13 am

therealbig3 wrote:I think Heat or Celtics will be the toughest matchup for the Warriors all playoffs, and should make for a fantastic series. Either team are built similarly to the Warriors themselves: multiple playmakers on offense, and multiple defenders that can make life miserable on opposing playmakers.

Yup. Celtic D seems like close to the ideal to handle the Warrior offense.

I do think there's something uniquely disruptive about the Grizzlies for the Warriors, but Celtics are likely the team best able to specifically counter what the Warriors look to do out there.

Edit - just realized you said "Heat or Celtics". I'm not as bullish on the Heat standing up to the Warriors as I am the Celtics, but certainly they could be the toughest series the Warriors face.

falcolombardi · Post #5458 » by **falcolombardi** » Mon May 23, 2022 5:13 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
falcolombardi wrote:dallas run eerily reminiscent of atlanta run last season

In what way?

underdog team upsets title contender, then loses steam in the conference finals

Dr Positivity · Post #5459 » by **Dr Positivity** » Mon May 23, 2022 5:15 am

Meanwhile Miami in a solid position after stealing game 1 in Boston, getting blown in Game 2, and then holding home court in Game 3 to go up 2-1. Can Celtics win on the road to get home court back?

Wait, what are you telling me now, the first two games were in Miami? Uhh.. that's weird.

Post #5460 » by **Doctor MJ** » Mon May 23, 2022 5:17 am

A thought that may get blamed for the jinx if the wheel of fortune reverses - and if someone were going to come back from 0-3, Luka seems built for it:

If the Warriors win Game 4, this will be the 4th time they win the Conference Finals in a sweep.

Haven't done a thorough search of other CF sweeps, but the number feels pretty crazy to me.

A quick search:

Showtime Lakers - 3 times
Jordan Bulls - 2
Duncan Spurs - 2
Russell Celtics - 1
Kobe Lakers - 1