Who wins? 2017 Warriors or 2001 Lakers

[Ballerhogger]

Who wins? 2017 Warriors or 2001 Lakers

Who's going to guard Shaq. I'm pretty sure we see Kobe take a majority of guarding Curry. Curry would eat Derrick Fisher alive.

Which means Fisher is on Klay. Thats not terrible. Klay would give you his usual 20-25 a night.

But then who's guarding KD?

Shaq will end up being by far the most dominant. Probably 35-40 PPG with 15-20 RB a night on 65% shooting.

Kobe would go off for around 30 a night.

Curry would probably go for around 25-30 a night. But KD would give you 30 a night.

Who is trying to guard shaq ? im guessing young daimen jones. and zaza... since hes the tallest out of them and zaza doesnt mind getting dirty. , green would get eaten alive.
KD would be guarded by kobe, rick fox, Horace grant, Robert Horry . Klay would be guarded by kobe, fisher. No shot at winning for the warriors. Just out muscle them. Just guard curry and check him with our bigger guards. He wont last.

Damian Jones didn't play a single meaningful minute that season.

you need the tallest guy who have to guard him … you really putting David west on him

[Ballerhogger]

Would anyone be able try guard 2009 shaq.?

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[theforumblue]

klay gonna be guarding one of the best versions of kobe ever. good chance he may not be much of a factor on the other end.

[NeoWarriors]

Who is trying to guard shaq ? im guessing young daimen jones. and zaza... since hes the tallest out of them and zaza doesnt mind getting dirty. , green would get eaten alive.
KD would be guarded by kobe, rick fox, Horace grant, Robert Horry . Klay would be guarded by kobe, fisher. No shot at winning for the warriors. Just out muscle them. Just guard curry and check him with our bigger guards. He wont last.

Damian Jones didn't play a single meaningful minute that season.

you need the tallest guy who have to guard him … you really putting David west on him

We had Pierre JaVale McGee as our backup center. Zaza, JaVale and Damian Jones. That's 18 fouls to throw at Shaq.

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[Hoopstar23]

klay gonna be guarding one of the best versions of kobe ever. good chance he may not be much of a factor on the other end.

I would put Iggy on Kobe... and he would be one of the best defenders he ever faced

[Ugalde]

people underestimate shaq so much. he would destroy the warriors and slow the game down big time. the lakers had long wings who aren’t going to stop the warriors but at least make it hard.

shaq would hurt a bit in the pick and roll but who knows really. back then it wasn’t as important to jumó out on it. he could easily adjust.

also even the mental game. shaq is like a scarier draymond when it comes to trash talk. he’ll slam the ball on 3 defender and then push you on the ground. he was something we’ll never get to see again.

[Hoopstar23]

people underestimate shaq so much. he would destroy the warriors and slow the game down big time. the lakers had long wings who aren’t going to stop the warriors but at least make it hard.

shaq would hurt a bit in the pick and roll but who knows really. back then it wasn’t as important to jumó out on it. he could easily adjust.

also even the mental game. shaq is like a scarier draymond when it comes to trash talk. he’ll slam the ball on 3 defender and then push you on the ground. he was something we’ll never get to see again.

the Sacramento Kings are the closest team resembling the Warriors... and the Warriors are a way better team than the Kings and push the Lakers to 7 games, then what do you think the Warriors would do to these Lakers? The Lakers don't have the personnel to guard this Warriors team and to be honest they would need a year or 2 to get comfortable in defending teams from the 2010s and up.. the 01 Lakers wouldn't know how to guard this Warriors team!

[theforumblue]

klay gonna be guarding one of the best versions of kobe ever. good chance he may not be much of a factor on the other end.

I would put Iggy on Kobe... and he would be one of the best defenders he ever faced

that playoff kobe isnt someone iggy can check. kobe wasn't out there just looking to score, not that iggy can stop him if regardless. he was doing everything in balance. and iggy isn't quick enough to do anything about it, he's actually better suited to guard lebron. besides, iggy aint gonna start.

[theforumblue]

people underestimate shaq so much. he would destroy the warriors and slow the game down big time. the lakers had long wings who aren’t going to stop the warriors but at least make it hard.

shaq would hurt a bit in the pick and roll but who knows really. back then it wasn’t as important to jumó out on it. he could easily adjust.

also even the mental game. shaq is like a scarier draymond when it comes to trash talk. he’ll slam the ball on 3 defender and then push you on the ground. he was something we’ll never get to see again.

the Sacramento Kings are the closest team resembling the Warriors... and the Warriors are a way better team than the Kings and push the Lakers to 7 games, then what do you think the Warriors would do to these Lakers? The Lakers don't have the personnel to guard this Warriors team and to be honest they would need a year or 2 to get comfortable in defending teams from the 2010s and up.. the 01 Lakers wouldn't know how to guard this Warriors team!

that's 2002 lakers. 2001 playoff lakers is a different beast.

[Wallace_Wallace]

people underestimate shaq so much. he would destroy the warriors and slow the game down big time. the lakers had long wings who aren’t going to stop the warriors but at least make it hard.

shaq would hurt a bit in the pick and roll but who knows really. back then it wasn’t as important to jumó out on it. he could easily adjust.

also even the mental game. shaq is like a scarier draymond when it comes to trash talk. he’ll slam the ball on 3 defender and then push you on the ground. he was something we’ll never get to see again.

the Sacramento Kings are the closest team resembling the Warriors... and the Warriors are a way better team than the Kings and push the Lakers to 7 games, then what do you think the Warriors would do to these Lakers? The Lakers don't have the personnel to guard this Warriors team and to be honest they would need a year or 2 to get comfortable in defending teams from the 2010s and up.. the 01 Lakers wouldn't know how to guard this Warriors team!

that's 2002 lakers. 2001 playoff lakers is a different beast.

Idk if you wanna go back the page before. With bball reference as source, he average 24 points on 50.1TS% guarded by Eric & Aaron McKie, all that while sharing the workload with Fisher and Lue when it came to guarding Iverson. He had a subpar performance.

[formula 400]

klay gonna be guarding one of the best versions of kobe ever. good chance he may not be much of a factor on the other end.

I would put Iggy on Kobe... and he would be one of the best defenders he ever faced

lol!!! once again realgm overrating the warriors

[Tottery]

With today's rules? The Warriors. I'm not sure about 2001's rules...hand checking was still a thing so they could slow Curry down a bit by placing hands on him. Shaq would definitely feast. No one on that team to stop him.

[theforumblue]

the Sacramento Kings are the closest team resembling the Warriors... and the Warriors are a way better team than the Kings and push the Lakers to 7 games, then what do you think the Warriors would do to these Lakers? The Lakers don't have the personnel to guard this Warriors team and to be honest they would need a year or 2 to get comfortable in defending teams from the 2010s and up.. the 01 Lakers wouldn't know how to guard this Warriors team!

that's 2002 lakers. 2001 playoff lakers is a different beast.

Idk if you wanna go back the page before. With bball reference as source, he average 24 points on 50.1TS% guarded by Eric & Aaron McKie, all that while sharing the workload with Fisher and Lue when it came to guarding Iverson. He had a subpar performance.

yeah he definitely dipped in the finals. dominated the west playoffs with 31/7/6 culminating with the real nba finals vs the spurs and had to wait like 2 weeks for the jv conference to finish. that's why lakers dropped that first game, everyone was already celebrating. but the best of 2001 lakers team is the one that destroyed the west so that's what this matchup gets.

[SecondTake]

Shaq would struggle to stay on the floor against the death lineup with prime Draymond.

Shaq would average 50 on 70% against the death lineup. You gonna trust Dray to stop him? lmao.

[JordansBulls]

I think 2017 Spurs take that series 7 had Kawhi not gotten hurt.

[Heej]

They'd attack Shaq on offense and double hard on defense. Ultimately think this series would come down to the Lakers free throws and Orebs vs the Warriors 3s and transition play. My heart says Lakers but my head knows it's clearly the Warriors here. Too much firepower

[blackcosmos]

please, Shaq alone would foul out the entire warriors roster.

[MotownMadness]

Would anyone be able try guard 2009 shaq.?

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Yeah i remember Shaq still being one of the better Centers then. It was also a combo of being pretty good and a drought at the Center position at the time.

Grant Hill was also still a pretty decent player on that Suns team after looking like his career could be over once he left Detroit.

[C3H6N6O6]

The fact that people think Shaq would average 40 but at the same time don't want to admit that he would look like a fool on defense is absolutely nostalgia at its best.

2001 Lakers only win this one if they have Orlando Shaq instead of Lakers Shaq even though Lakers Shaq was better. Lakers Shaq happened at the perfect time. Orlando Shaq would be big enough to bully the Warriors in the post while not looking ridiculously bad on defense when switched on to Curry/KD.

[Ritzo]

It will be a Hack a Shaq show and it will break him mentally.