Post#979 » by ronnymac2 » Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:26 am
This was the game to steal. Series is over now. I say that as somebody who hates overreactions. With Curry coming back, it's done.
At least we have these six games now which are just further evidence that Steph Curry isn't the **** be-all-end-all on this team and that Durant is still a monster, Draymond is a great passer, and Thompson could FOR SURE be an all-star (and then some) without Curry. So that's cool.
Basketball teams are like everything else in the universe. Atoms, molecules, compounds, all that ****. If you take one component out, the whole thing doesn't just disappear. It reformulates in order to make a new...thing. So anybody who doesn't think that a defense led by DPOY Dray, very good KD, still-very-good-when-healthy Iggy, and dependable Klay is going to be strong is simply wrong. And that an offense with all that shooting, playmaking, discipline, and moxie, led by an all-time great offensive player in Kevin Durant isn't going to be strong is wrong.
Not an indictment on Curry. Curry has proven without Durant he does some special ****. To me, Curry is better than he was even in 2016, and he's still a top-3 player this year, missed games be damned. I'd still take Curry over Harden for example. It's a testament to Curry's portability that as strong as this team is without him, he makes them probably the GOAT team. So before anybody says this sniping at Curry, it for sure is not.
But GSW has a lot of other really good players, especially their core (I will grant that their depth isn't as good as 2017). I can't think of a trio of players in the NBA better than the Durant/Klay/Green triumvirate, let alone adding a dynamo like Curry to them.
Pay no mind to the battles you've won
It'll take a lot more than rage and muscle
Open your heart and hands, my son
Or you'll never make it over the river
