It’s A Splash Bros Reunion! Are You Kuminga To The Poole Party? Warriors 2022 Season Thread
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In one of those losses, Booker was out and it was the second night of a back-to-back. This ain't 2015-2017. What happened last year against Memphis? Steph is known to choke during big moments. The Suns don't rely on "hero ball". They don't need superstars to go off to win games. The Suns
have the best record in the league by a large margin despite having multiple injuries by starters and key role players.
Nobody cares about best record when it’s been a injury plagued season Denver missing Murray Porter clips George and kawhi lakers AD majority of the season warriors Klay Dray and Steph pelicans Zion and no need to talk about all the fukkery in the east. Also Steph choked when don’t let the media fool you boy avg like 26 in the finals show some respect
If the suns have Paul ayton bridges and book they not short handed. If the warriors do not have curry they not a play off team.
What kind of shyt ass take is this? So the warriors are not short handed? Suns are at 95% full strength
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Nikkas gassed off that Jordan Poole career game but still lost. The Suns do the little things that the Warriors with all their shooting and carelessness lack. It will play out
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the warriors played them close despite all of the turnovers and missed layups in the game. sucks to lose this but it was also a good game by them.
i loved seeing dray back out there. the guy was hustling everywhere on defense and the suns didn't even look booker's way when dray was on him. once steph is back the warriors should be ready for a good run.
i loved seeing dray back out there. the guy was hustling everywhere on defense and the suns didn't even look booker's way when dray was on him. once steph is back the warriors should be ready for a good run.
"One of those losses Booker was out and it was a second night of a back-to-back"
"This ain't 2015-2017"
"What happened last year against Memphis?"
"Steph is known to choke during big moments"
"Suns don't rely on "hero ball"
"They don't need superstars to win games"
"The Suns have the best record"
I know you're only new to this board, but you ain't foolin' me or anyone else -- but yourself. All this irrelevant, half-truth, fabrication and manipulation of events that you're citing, is only you deflecting from actually discussing how both these teams would fare against one another in a series, as that's the only thing of importance. Referencing how the Suns were on a second night of a back-to-back in one of the losses is the definition of burying your head in the sand, as you don't want to acknowledge why they actually lost, but rather put it down to some bullshyt about the time-situation in which they had to play the game in. You even had the nerve to say Booker was out, again, conveniently leaving out the fact both Wiggins and Klay weren't playing in that game.
Whatever happened against Memphis last season is just that - it happened last season. It was ONE game against a different opponent in a different season. Absolutely nothing is remotely indicative of how the Suns-Warriors match up with one another.
Steph choking during big moments is not reflective of reality, but if you do perceive that do be the case, than what does that make CP3 (the leader of the Suns)? Steph's won three rings, all in which he's been the centerpiece of, whereas CP3 has had an entire career of coming up short; failing to rise to the occasion when the lights are the brightest. What has CP3 ever won? What has this Suns squad ever won? Steph and the Warriors have been there and done that, three times over.
You say the Suns don't rely on hero ball, as if the Warriors didn't revolutionize offensive play with all their player and ball movement. The Warriors are the Michael Jackson of that egalitarian shyt; the Suns are Tito.
And as if it needs to be addressed: the Suns having the best record essentially means nothing. The only real advantage that they can take from that is they'll have home-court in a series against GS, but there's the argument that it actually goes against them. Steph, Klay and Dray have all been at their best when their backs are against the wall, when they aren't in a position to get complacent and when they're counted out. I know there's this perception they're frontrunners, but they're really the opposite to that, and they certainly have become more to the contrary as time has gone on. And there'll be no better environment to bring that to life than playing the Suns. The Warriors need something in front of them to chase down, otherwise, they end up being that knight with a sword without a dragon to battle.
And that dragon that is the Suns doesn't have enough fire breathing out its mouth to beat this GS squad.
It's evident from what we saw from Draymond last night.
He came back from injury, where he was half-assing it against the likes of the Wizards, Magic and Hawks; teams that really pose no threat to the Warriors. But along comes the Suns matchup, where the stakes are high, basically a dress rehearsal for the playoffs, and he looks like a completely different player. I mean, Poole was the best player out there last night (on both teams), but Dray was the one who truly changed what was happening on the floor. For all Mikal Bridges' defensive ability, he can't shape the game on that end like Dray can. Nobody on that Suns squad can. Just like nobody on the Suns can do the same on other end like Steph.
He came back from injury, where he was half-assing it against the likes of the Wizards, Magic and Hawks; teams that really pose no threat to the Warriors. But along comes the Suns matchup, where the stakes are high, basically a dress rehearsal for the playoffs, and he looks like a completely different player. I mean, Poole was the best player out there last night (on both teams), but Dray was the one who truly changed what was happening on the floor. For all Mikal Bridges' defensive ability, he can't shape the game on that end like Dray can. Nobody on that Suns squad can. Just like nobody on the Suns can do the same on other end like Steph.
What "little things" do the Suns do, that the Warriors aren't capable of? After all this is the same team who has won more games over a near-decade long stretch than any team in NBA history, been to five-straight Finals' and won three rings. The Suns have been on ONE playoff run. What hasn't this Warriors squad seen and what haven't they gone through that the Suns have, where they do all these little things?
Poole's career-game shows us that the Warriors have 3-4 guys who can go off; the Suns only have ONE. And he's a physically limited guard. The Warriors have the perfect personnel to handle him. There's no Giannis, KD, Embiid, Jokic etc on the Suns - all players in which can expose the Warriors' weaknesses. They don't have that dominant wing or big man. They don't have that athleticism to run the Warriors off the floor. They don't have the physicality to beat the Warriors upside the head. They don't utilise their size nearly enough that the Warriors are in absent of. They've only got one guy, who Klay, GPII, Wiggins, Dray, and Iggy can all take turns defending. Now, who do the Suns have to defend Steph, Klay, Poole and Wiggins in equal measure?
The truth is last night proved that if the Warriors play the Suns in the playoffs they'll be in big trouble. Despite having a bad game the Suns executed when it matters during clutch time. During the playoffs, games are decided by 1 or 2 plays. Can you trust the Warriors to not turn the ball over during critical playoff moments during the playoffs? Well, I can trust the Suns not to turn the ball over during clutch moments.
That turnover wasn’t on him tho… Porter didn’t slip the screen