Magic & Pat Riley - "We would sweep the Warriors"

[Marco Andretti]

Excuse me Sir, if any team is hitting their 3's it will be hard to beat them, you gotta do better than that chief.

When GSW are hitting their 3s,nobody in nba history is sweeping them.

I love Magic, but Steph pulling up from 3 steps past half court and sinking shots is not defendable in any era.

And he would out magic in the blender and probably Byron scott too

True shyt . But I believe that the defense played on these fools would be 10x harder knowing their shooting capabilities .

Magic or whoever would be playing curry full court ..

It's be a good series for sure . .

 

[Malta]

Here's why, Worhty would put Durant in the post and work him and the next thing you know foul trouble. Worthy's post game was lethal and unstoppable, and he had a mid-range game.

Durant is taller / bigger than Worthy....

 

[010101]

dubs are from the future they'd blow the doors off the old timers
now if the show is updated on skills it's the reverse
the show would sweep the dubs easy as pie

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[backbreaker65]

Durant is taller / bigger than Worthy....

And so was McHale, Dream, Malone and a host of others, and besides he's taller, not bigger.

 

[Malta]

Lakers would run them out the gym. Warriors would have to make on upwards of 30+ 3s to stay in the game.

This is one of your worsts posts by far.

 

[Malta]

And so was McHale, Dream, Malone and a host of others, and besides he's taller, not bigger.

He was quicker than McHale and Malone, he's not quicker than Durant


Durant has guarded players like worthy his entire career, you think Worthy is a better isolation scorer than Melo or some shyt You think he's more athletic than Paul George? More of a problem than LeBron?

 

[mastermind]

Even though they were a fast breaking basketball team?

Yes

They can't play Kareem.

They didnt take 3 pointers, let alone hit them at the clip the Warriors do.

Michael Cooper and Byron Scott would have no idea what to do with Steph when he pulling up from 35 feet

And they would have never seen a defense like them that can switch at every position.

The Lakers would get bodied. I don't fault Magic and Riley for saying that, but anyone else saying the Warriors would lose needs to STFU.

 

[Jplaya2023]

This is one of your worsts posts by far.

lakers would run them out of of the gym. Magic is the best open point PG in league history. Warriors have no matchup to cap or magic. I know you think everything is better now and that's how you feel.

 

[BillBanneker]

Magic and Lakers are my squad but the warriors would be a defensive nightmare for them (and 80's teams in general). And they would have to def switch from "showtime" to a half court style.

 

[Jplaya2023]

He was quicker than McHale and Malone, he's not quicker than Durant


Durant has guarded players like worthy his entire career, you think Worthy is a better isolation scorer than Melo or some shyt You think he's more athletic than Paul George? More of a problem than LeBron?

james worthy was finals mvp in 88 being guarded by the likes of rodman, salley, mahorn, buda edwards etc.. No one could stop him. With magic out and kareem at the end in 89 worthy was keeping the lakers close in those finals.

i guarantee you durant never ever played a player in the nba with a similiar skillset to james worthy. His first step was lightning quick

 

[Malta]

Even though they were a fast breaking basketball team?

They were fast breaking for 2s and they played at a much faster pace than the Warriors. You cannot beat this Warriors team with 2 point shots.

lakers would run them out of of the gym. Magic is the best open point PG in league history. Warriors have no matchup to cap or magic. I know you think everything is better now and that's how you feel.

HOW?

They weren't a great defensive team, they'd be playing a team that's better defensively and more potent on offense because of the three point shot. You cannot beat the Warriors relying on two point shots.

 

[Urethra Franklin]

james worthy was finals mvp in 88 being guarded by the likes of rodman, salley, mahorn, buda edwards etc.. No one could stop him. With magic out and kareem at the end in 89 worthy was keeping the lakers close in those finals.

i guarantee you durant never ever played a player in the nba with a similiar skillset to james worthy. His first step was lightning quick

No. Everybody today is better at everything yes

 

[Jplaya2023]

Here's why, Worhty would put Durant in the post and work him and the next thing you know foul trouble. Worthy's post game was lethal and unstoppable, and he had a mid-range game.

these kids never seen big game play. His up and unders up fakes, pivots, posts would murder anyone they put on him. He's way to technical and skiled to be stopped.

 

[Jplaya2023]

They were fast breaking for 2s and they played at a much faster pace than the Warriors. You cannot beat this Warriors team with 2 point shots.





HOW?

They weren't a great defensive team, they'd be playing a team that's better defensively and more potent on offense because of the three point shot. You cannot beat the Warriors relying on two point shots.

michael cooper was a good 3pt shooter for his era, byron scott. the lakers had shooters (not to the extent of GS) plus buck had a nice set 3pt shot later in his career.

let me ask you. Who's keeping kareem off the boards, who's guarding kareem. Zeke noted they still had to double kareem at 40 years old in the finals. His shot is unstoppable and unguardable and he never had issues going up and down the court.

 

[Malta]

james worthy was finals mvp in 88 being guarded by the likes of rodman, salley, mahorn, buda edwards etc.. No one could stop him. With magic out and kareem at the end in 89 worthy was keeping the lakers close in those finals.

i guarantee you durant never ever played a player in the nba with a similiar skillset to james worthy. His first step was lightning quick

Nice of you to mention the 88 finals, since they were giving up 21ppg to a 31 yr old Adrian Dantley, the fukk do you think KD would do to them? Nevermind the fact the Lakers never really had an answer for Zeke.

They won in 7 over a primarily perimeter oriented team that played defense, and got swept by them the next year.