Magic said his Lakers would "blow out" the current Warriors

[Bilz]

starts about 1:30.... he back tracks a little


then at 5 mins... "they'd beat us with these rules, we'd blow them out with our rules.... cause every time steph would cut to the lane, THAT ELBOW WOULD BE RIGHT IN HIS MOUTH"







these nikkas HATE that you can't punch nikkas in the face no more

Look how many people Magic elbows in the mouth in this video

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

This is what makes these arguments so stupid.. It creates these scenarios where one team has gone through an evolution and found more efficient and dynamic ways to play.. While the other team is stuck in a time capsule with no advancements in technology or philosophy and stubbornly tries to do everything the "old fashion way "while wearing Converse Weapons with no arch support..




The debate all relies on one team making zero adjustments in preparation and execution..

Like Kareem who learned under John Wooden..

Worthy who learned under Dean Smith..

Magic who learned under Judd Heathcote

And Pat Riley who learned under Adolf Rump

Couldn't sit down in film sessions and come up with a plan to guard the high pick and roll. Or neutralize stretch 4..Or wouldn't shoot 1000 more 3s after practice everday.



They would all just stand there with urine running down their legs, while 3s rained in over their heads ,before GS hopped back in their time machine to the future...

You're right, they are stupid arguments, but the bold doesn't make much sense. If we're doing this in a vacuum, I assume that when one is comparing a team vs team as they currently stand in history. Meaning the only adjustments and preparation are all done within the window of a series, not having a certain period of time to try and gameplan for a style that is basically built from nonlinear and unknown trends to the current state of the league. The more recent team will always have the advantage (before we even get to discussing personnels) simply for this fact.

 

[Malta]

The Lakers would/could force Green to shoot and not trail him to give the other guys the open looks.
Make Green hit them jumpers all game.



Those Lakers teams had 4 or 5 guys on the roster shooting 50%+ on the season.

I don't see how you can sit here and actually say with a straight face that a 1-time championship team would beat an all-time great dynasty with 2 of the best players who ever played the game...and that the key to it is a PF who is in his 4th year of his career and wouldn't even break the Top 100 at the position (yet)

No, they couldn't because nobody else has been able to stop it, better defensive teams than those Laker squads have looked lost trying to deal with it. You say they could not trail him it's a screen, either you hedge hard or double Curry, there's no going under the screen because it's basically 3 points if you miss coverage on Curry.

The Warriors are shooting 42% from three on the season on 30 attempts, hitting 33% on threes is the equivalent of 50% from 2. You're too caught up in names, that PF is top 10 in apg right now, but you're judging him based on career achievements and not what he's doing for his team Not being able to shoot threes against a team that can shrink the floor and hit threes on the other end is the recipe for an L, period. Even Magic said they'd lose without being able to basically fukk Warriors up with hard fouls

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

It's a similar matchup in principle to those 90s Bulls teams (except the Lakers would be at more of a disadvantage), by the time they actually adjusted and began executing whatever Riley/Bertka put into place to counter (Cooper and Scott were the only players who could hit threes and they did it at a low volume on an Iggy and Rush level) - it'd probably be too late.

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

Kareem gonna average damn near 50 on bogut and speights. It's like nikkas forget he had the most unstoppable shot in nba history. Magic would give out free behind the back pass tutorials at halftime to curry. But let me guess dray would punk rambis and completely change the game right. It's like nikkas forget the Lakers had two top 10 players a couple more hall of famers and 5 rings. And they played even faster than the warriors. That's why they called them the show time Lakers

 

[Malta]

Is Draymond a top 10 player of all time?

Last I checked those Lakers team had two top 5 players of all time and you're telling us what we weren't seeing.

Disrespect Kareem and call yourself a fan of the post.

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

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

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

So your argument is the Lakers would get run out/shot out the building by these fast warriors
They were called the show time Lakers for a reason Breh stop making them out to be some slow old guys cuz some of these kids might believe you.

Look at these nikkas man you really think the warriors would out gun them.
You don't need to be a prolific 3 team to beat them. You just gotta rotate and switch on d and put pressure on them offensively. The bucks made the warriors look average this year and nobody on that team shoots light out.

 

[Malta]

So your argument is the Lakers would get run out/shoot out the building by these fast warriors
They were called the show time Lakers for a reason Breh stop making them out to be some slow old guys cuz some of these kids might believe you.

Look at these nikkas man you really think the warriors would out gun them.

So you show a clip of their offense.

Can any of you dudes explain to me how they handle the high screen, I'd really like to know your breakdown Keep in mind they never had a top 5 defense, and by todays standards giving up 105-107pts per 100 possessions would get you smoked.

 

[JP_614]

So you show a clip of their offense.

Can any of you dudes explain to me how they handle the high screen, I'd really like to know your breakdown

Fight through the screen and pray we playing in the 80s so you don't get a foul called on you I see what you are saying

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

So you show a clip of their offense.

Can any of you dudes explain to me how they handle the high screen, I'd really like to know your breakdown

Just like any other team would you switch off and rotate. Like I said breh the show time Lakers would put serious pressure on the warriors d. They have Kareems money hook when they need a basket and there full court and half court offense is way more deadly than the cavs and thunder predictable iso ball. But you keep pretending like warriors are the greatest team in the history of sports. I can get cute to how would gs stop Kareems hook.


These nikkas lost to the bucks at there place and were down 15 in the 4th at home. You could tell they were pissed to and the bucks did that with Monroe anchoring their defense. When these nikkas don't win the ship so many father less tears gone be shed

 

[R=G]

Kareem is the difference maker of course

 

[Malta]

Just like any other team would you switch off and rotate. Like I said breh the show time Lakers would put serious pressure on the warriors d. They have Kareems money hook when they need a basket and there full court and half court offense is way more deadly than the cavs and thunder predictable iso ball. But you keep pretending like warriors are the greatest team in the history of sports. I can get cute to how would gs stop Kareems hook

Switch off and rotate? So your idea is to switch Kurt Rambis or AC Green onto Curry Anthony Davis got absolutely destroyed in switches trying to guard Curry in the playoffs, it often ended with a three splashing in his face, but Kurt Rambis gonna get the job done.



They wouldn't stop Kareem's hook, because they'd just guard him man to man and play the percentages. The Lakers made 1.1 threes per game in 84-85, please tell me how a team that can't hit threes would be able to play even with a team that can hit threes even against teams with better defense than the Lakers?

 

[GunRanger]

'87 lakers gave up 108ppg
88 lakers gave up 107 ppg

but tell me more about their physical defense

There aint a player within 1,000 miles of Oracle Arena that would stop Kareem.

Period.

then the warriors play zone and none of them lakers could shoot 3s

 

[Hersh]

so kareem would prob avg 40...steph might also shooting like 20 3s in that pace

 

[McPiff]

The most unique player in the history of the PG position, that won championships at every level, and had possibly the best vision and basketball IQ ever known to man?

"Put Harrison Barnes on him..Mission accomplished"

these dudes are something else