bbconair wrote:you haters need to watch them play. agree that the game is less "physical", but the defensive rotations, the ball movement / passing, and finding the open man, the ball handling and the cutting, are all fun and exciting to see.
you have curry, klay, iggy, green, barbosa, and shaun who can all handle the ball or put the ball on the ground. that is rare.
We know Barbosa, Iggy, Shaun can handle the ball. But, all their cutting, defensive rotations are not some "never been done" thing or something specific to their talent. Many teams can do all that and don't tell me that GS has some special BBIQ to execute those things compared to other teams.
Again, the only thing which separates them from the league is their insane shooting ability especially from Klay and Curry. I know it has looked the opposite in the first 2 games but what Cleveland(with their limited defensive capabilities) has done is take away Klay/Curry which in turn has opened up easy lanes for others.
Substitute Barbosa or Livingston with Etwaun Moore or Delly, things will not change much. If you substitute Klay/Curry with Jimmy/Derrick, then you will see what Barbosa, Shuan, Igoudala cannot do. It is the Curry/Klay shooting effect and Love/Irving/others are not able to recover quickly to cover average NBA players like Barbosa, Livingston etc...