Magic said his Lakers would "blow out" the current Warriors
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I'm a fan of BASKETBALL, the post comes secondary to the game itself, and I can see and understand why the Warriors are able to destroy teams.
The Lakers were not built to handle a team hoisting up 30 threes in mind, I couldn't give a fukk where someone ranks in a mythical ranking. Team USA littered with HOFers and All-stars got it's shyt pushed in from 04-07 by teams with guys who were fringe NBA players because they shrank the floor on defense, and dared them to win from the outside which they couldn't. The only way to beat this Warriors team is to hang with them from the 3 line, they shrink the floor defensively, front post players and have the speed to rotate and recover so you'll be trading contested looks from 2 for them getting looks from 3.
All the conversation boils down to is "They had top 10 players!" without any type of thought put into it, and then yall have the nerve to act like you can see whats going on
Really, because Thunder seemed to fair a whole lot better than the overall deeper and better 3 point shooting Spurs(thunder are ranked 18th in the league at threes made) team off the talent of Durant and Westbrook alone.
But act like talent suddenly doesn't matter when it's won titles throughout the history of the sport. Act like Draymond Green is unstoppable for everyone and there's nothing to do to stop him. I guess a 6'9" Magic Johnson offered absolutely no distinct advantage either throughout his career.
The Thunder made 7 threes to the Warriors 7 threes that game, thank you for shooting yourself in the foot
And please don't compare the Thunder's current three point shooting to the 80s Lakers 
Lakers title teams made threes -
79/80 - 20 (20%)
81/82 - 13 (14%)
84/85 - 90 (31%)
86/87 - 164 (37%)
87/88 - 142 (30%)
The Thunder through half the season have made 436 on 36%, yeah really comparable situations.
But act like talent suddenly doesn't matter when it's won titles throughout the history of the sport. Act like Draymond Green is unstoppable for everyone and there's nothing to do to stop him. I guess a 6'9" Magic Johnson offered absolutely no distinct advantage either throughout his career.
I swear, it's like you dudes really don't realize what the point of Dray at the 4 is, who said anything about him going off individually? Also act like the Warriors aren't talented just because they aren't at the end of their careers and you can't go over their career accomplishments.
Fine?Fine.
Let the Warriors play in that 80s era...where teams didn't attempt 30 three pointers a game. And Curry's point totals would likely be in the high teens/low 20s at best
What are you, 12?
Not me.
If there's a better team that comes around, I'll have no problem saying they're better. I'm a 90s nikka - I have a semantic affinity to MJ, Penny, Shaq - it doesn't mean if I have to ride for them (pause) over reason.
Like it's been said in here, the 80s style of play and the lack of transition defense - Kareem is not keeping up with Draymond when he runs the floor after pulling down a board and finding shooters on the break.
1980 - 103 possessions on average
1982 - 100 possessions on average
1985 - 102 possessions on average
1897 - 100 possessions on average
1988 - 99 possessions on average
The average pace of the league this season is 95. Playing at that type of speed against any of those Lakers teams from the early-80s to mid-80s (who played at a pace of 103 to the Warriors 99), would play right into the Warriors favor. Draymond, Ezeli and Bogut will make him work for his points, but Kareem will get his regardless. It's what happens on the other end which will tip the scale the Warriors way.
He's not abandoning anything - he's just using common sense and reasoning. Something y'all dudes aren't capable of doing. You don't even watch Warriors game, so how the fukk could you possibly not what he's talking about?It's unbelievable breh
He abandons probably the greatest big man in history to Stan Draymond fukking Green of all people
Flavor of the month ass nikka I swear
What y'all failed to account for is put them in that era with those rules, that means the warriors play by them too.
You don't think dray would drop these old c00ns if they took cheap shots at the waffle bros? Can you not see Harrison Barnes giving hard fouls too?
Magic needs to shut up with the era shyt. Like they gonna jump out a time machine like "this aint how we play in the 10s"
No, if currys warriors existed in that decade, they would play that decades style of basketball.
What magic said is actually a slight to his laker squad. He said they would get beat in this era, thats basically admitting they used underhanded tactics and tomfoolery back in the day
Exactly. Here's Magic actually admitting the main advantage the 80s Lakers have is 'beating them up' - not anything related to the skill of basketball - put throwing elbows and shyt.
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You really believe Draymond could guard Kareem huh?
Would he be able to keep up with the Warriors in transition?Man, I'm done.
Would he be able to guard Draymond from the 3-pt line and stop him from driving?
Would he be able to run around trying to hedge PnRs all game long?
Would he be able to contain guards after switching on them?
This is one of the more common misperceptions about elite big man defenders in previous eras - don't mistake their great rim protection and paint control for being great at defending PnRs and guarding out on the perimeter. Especially a mid-30s to late-30s Kareem who would be food in those type of situations on defense.
It's era xenophobia. That's all there is to it.
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He's not abandoning anything - he's just using common sense and reasoning. Something y'all dudes aren't capable of doing. You don't even watch Warriors game, so how the fukk could you possibly not what he's talking about?
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/ther...-how-many-will-gil-scott-heroin-watch.398346/
Right on damn cue
This guy is something else
Draymond/Bogut would make him work for his. The question is how would Kareem fair trying to guard Draymond, or all the PnRs he'd have to hedge and then recover all throughout the game?Could you imagine draymond green guarding Kareem Abdul Jabbar?
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The irony here is 90% of these dudes haven't watched full games of the Lakers from the mid 80s.. At least not enough to make an informed educated assessment.. So they box score mine half of the debate, while accusing detractors of these modern teams of doing the same thing..http://www.thecoli.com/threads/ther...-how-many-will-gil-scott-heroin-watch.398346/
Right on damn cue
This guy is something else
Reason 2,080 why these arguments are stupid..
I can only speak for myself - I've watched enough 80s ball (mostly of which are playoffs games) to make an informed educated assessment. I mean why don't we take it a step further, how many basketball fans in general (not just this board) actually watched a good majority of games of ALL teams during the 80s - that's allowed them to take this stance on how their era and the players that played in it are above reproach?The irony here is 90% of these dudes haven't watched full games of the Lakers from the mid 80s.. At least not enough to make an informed educated assessment.. So they box score mine half of the debate, while accusing detractors of these modern teams of doing the same thing..
Reason 2,080 why these arguments are stupid..