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Khanben:
Poole has been a waste of money at Washington. The dude is just a role player who got paid based on possible potential

birdman:
yall were hating on me when I pointed this out last year. They should have wiped the slate clean when they had the chance

A40:
Jaylen Brown embodies the problem with this era. This joker been 7/40 from 3 and kept spamming 3s today. Now finished with 1/9

I'm probably letting him go try his luck someplace else

donlittle25:
Who y'all got?

etidy:
Anyway I hope LeBron fans that downplayed the importance of Wade and Kyrie can see the difference now between them and Anthony " street clothes " Davis. Obviously LeBron has shown he can win without them, but do you really think LeBron would be in the GOAT conversation without Wade and Kyrie ? Your guess is as good as mine.

Gbas Gbos

A40:
Anyway I hope Warriors fans that downplayed the importance of KD can see the difference now between Durant and Andrew Wiggins. Obviously the Warriors have shown they can win without him, hell they beat him but do you really think you would have a dynasty without Kevin Durant? Your guess is as good as mine.

A40:
The fantastic irony too that the Nuggets make their first ever finals on the day Melo announces retirement.

Now to arguably the most underrated controversial debate. Which #15 will the Nuggets retire? Melo's or Jokic's

A40:
Bam is an All star this year so it evens out if you ask me. Actually Siakam was not an Allstar

Don't forget the Heat were the #1 seed last season, they are a phony 8 seed when you look at it really well.

One lowkey observation. They might actually be better without Tyler Herro.

A40:
Like I said before Wiggins is not a shabby player but when you come against a Bron and AD. Carrying Wiggins is like taking shakabula to an AR15 fight. It's a match up thing plus guy Wiggins is an ok player that thrives where there are no expectations.

Good you mentioned Klay and Poole. Now say you had KD. What do you think the gravity of KD and Steph together does for Klay? More open shots. More easy shots and most importantly. More Free THROWS

Oya let me finally burst your head. Did you know that KD averaged more points (29ppg) in his series than Steph did. Which means he would have been your leading scorer. While Steph would have been your second option. Do you get it now?

Do you know that KD in his own elimination game outscored Wiggins, Klay and Poole combined?

KD and Booker had a weaker squad than the Warriors so bone the super saiyan talk. There's no duo you plug into that Suns roster that beats the Nuggets. Not Steph, not Giannis, not AD, not Bron.

The KD ship has sailed anyway but this was another reminder to those beating their chest about how they won last season because they didn't run into buzzsaw teams with superior high level talent.

If you think OG Anunoby would have beaten this Lakers team. Lol ok. Siakam is still understandable if he plays out of his mind

A40:
You lost two games by narrow margin. They had 29 free throws to your 6 in one of the losses. You think you get only 6 Free throws with Kevin Durant on the court? You people abeg nauu

Forget all this Russell and Reaves talk. They didn't have more than 2 really good games the entire series. The only difference is it was staggered.

The constants were Bron and AD. You needed another bonafide reliable star to tackle them not these Wiggins, Poole una dey call.

Draymond helped win Game 5 at least. You expected more than that?

A40:
This is why I said you're jumping to the other extreme. We know what the Warriors have done without him. Don't tell me about hypothetical. No bank will give you any credit with hypotheticals

What we know is when faced with the elite of the elite the Warriors have not shown ability to win without KD.

If you like call him an overkill at least with him you won't be facing Bron with any fear.

The crux of the issue is Golden State and Steph went from good team to dynastic and Steph is now in conversations of top 10 all time cos of those extra rings. Whether you like it or not his legacy has been elevated with those 2 extra rings won with KD's help

Olajuwon won two rings btw

A40:
Lol. Na you sabi that one oh. Me I no come here for any man attention or adulation. We're all equals here

Whether you call am icing or whatever. Me I'm telling you when facing the greats you're going to have to do better than Harrison Barnes, Andrew Wiggins. And that's where KD came in. I'm you don't know better than Steph, Dray and Iguodala that flew the equivalent of a continent to beg KD to come. KD joining the Warriors is the difference between them being a dynasty and a Bad Boy Pistons type team in NBA folklore

Lebron had never beat a healthy Warriors team? Who was the unhealthy person this year and 2016?

A basketball series is first to 4. They got to 4 before you. The rest is igbe lenu vendor
The Warriors FO did not believe a slight tweak would do which is why they went for KD

Whether you believe he was essential or not his two FMVPS over Lebron led teams are receipts of his essentialness. Nobody said the Warriors have not won without him. We're saying KD is the difference between a dynasty and the Detroit Pistons who just fell short of being a dynasty. Simple

And this season is another harsh reminder that you guys cannot beat a complete Bron team without KD

A40:
Like I said some of you Warriors fans have veered to the other extreme. What's funny is you want to count 4 chips for Golden State while still downplaying KDs contributions for those titles.

Forget guys like Barkley, didn't he play on same team with Olajuwon, Drexler, Pippen? Did he win. Why are we pretending like na all super teams dey succeed.

Any body slightly better than Barnes is good against the small boys not generational talent like Bron and AD like you guys are finding out again. The Warriors last year were able to not meet teams with those stratosphere of players. And thus went ahead to win. When you face truly generational guys Andrew Wiggins is not going to get the job done so if you like call KD overkill. The proof is in the pudding

Without Durant you got to the Finals but who did you meet in the Finals? An undermanned Cavs team. A rookie Celtics team still wet between the ears. Their best player is 24 years old ffs. Was probably 23 in that Finals

Choking is part of the game. Which injuries? Don't say Andrew Bogut please.

Guy. Every single time you have met Lebron on equal footing you've lost till you added KD, even when you met a lesser version of Lebron in Kawhi you still lost.

Another series concluded and Andrew Wiggins, Klay and Dray couldn't deliver yet you sound so confident that the Warriors would have beaten a younger Lebron, Kyrie and Kevin Love. I call cap on that one.

Warriors without KD it's highly likely you're on 2 titles as we have no verifiable evidence your Warriors can beat a healthy Lebron squad

Skrrrrrrr:
Even Jesus christ cannot save you.....

A40:
Anyway I hope Warriors fans that downplayed the importance of KD can see the difference now between Durant and Andrew Wiggins. Obviously the Warriors have shown they can win without him, hell they beat him but do you really think you would have a dynasty without Kevin Durant? Your guess is as good as mine.

steady986:
For those complaining about the FT disparity. The stats don't lie. Stats and eye test shows GS are notorious for committing fouls. That's what playing small does. You can't compare Draymond trying to defend AD at the rim to AD trying to defend Draymond at the rim. There's a 5 inch difference between the two of them and an even greater wing span difference. And one is an elite rim protector. Now add LeBron to the equation. LeBron himself is bigger and stronger than every single player on the GS roster. And you'd have to foul him most times to stop him.

Stats say that during the regular season, the Lakers were the team that committed the least fouls while GS ranked 28. Stats also say that GS shot the fewest amount of FT per game while lakers shot the most. Combine those two things together and the fact that GS is a 3pt shooting team, what you should have is a massive FT disparity between the two teams. It should be a shock for both teams to shoot 15 FTs like they did in game 5.

Skrrrrrrr:
One Bronsexual claimed Lillard was better than this James Harden. I always maintain Harden adjusted his play style to mesh with Embiid. Cos he desperately needs a ring. Doesn't mean he can't turn it up when necessary....

A40:
Lol. Una don start this bookmaker nonsense again. How many times do we tell you that Vegas sets these odds so gullible marks like you can l'arimo

Some of us actually saw both teams face off during the season and we know the bookies are as fugazi as they come.

The size advantage of the Lakers will be crucial here. Unless Steph can replicate that Game 7 4x in this series I don't see a realistic path to victory for the Warriors. The Lakers are so deep now that Lebron can be the second or 3rd best player and the Lakers still win these games.

I don't mind being wrong but I'm just a realist. Lakers in 6

steady986:
It's Austin Reaves vs Steph. LeBron is old