2016-17 Golden State Warriors Thread

[tarheelsxxiii]

Huge game tomorrow against okc. Kind of fortunate they get okc on second night of back to back on road. Will Adams and kanter eat them alive inside

Yeah, of course man.  OKC will have a field-day with this GS team.  Total bloodbath, Adams should rip at least 9 boards.

[celticsclay]

Huge game tomorrow against okc. Kind of fortunate they get okc on second night of back to back on road. Will Adams and kanter eat them alive inside

Yeah, of course man.  OKC will have a field-day with this GS team.  Total bloodbath, Adams should rip at least 9 boards.

I hope he wears a cup

[Moranis]

I think OKC wins this game with Russ dropping something like 50 with 15 boards and 13 assists.

[tarheelsxxiii]

Huge game tomorrow against okc. Kind of fortunate they get okc on second night of back to back on road. Will Adams and kanter eat them alive inside

Yeah, of course man.  OKC will have a field-day with this GS team.  Total bloodbath, Adams should rip at least 9 boards.

I hope he wears a cup

Let's hope for everyone's sake that Dray has put his nut-punching days behind him.

[celticsclay]

I think OKC wins this game with Russ dropping something like 50 with 15 boards and 13 assists.

They are bigger underdogs (according to vegas) than we are against the Cavs without Horford.

[TrueFan]

The Warriors are going to struggle until they decide who's team it is.

[TrueFan]

Huge game tomorrow against okc. Kind of fortunate they get okc on second night of back to back on road. Will Adams and kanter eat them alive inside

Yeah, of course man.  OKC will have a field-day with this GS team.  Total bloodbath, Adams should rip at least 9 boards.

I hope he wears a cup

Let's hope for everyone's sake that Dray has put his nut-punching days behind him.

He should had been suspended for 10 games when he did it again a couple weeks ago.

[green_bballers13]

The Warriors are going to struggle until they decide who's team it is.

Nothing will please me more than GSW losing in the playoffs this year b/c of chemistry issues. They have 4 of the top 20 players in the NBA. They have no excuses, including "it takes a while to figure out how to play with each other". We don't let Team USA off the hook like that...

[MJohnnyboy]

The Warriors' struggles are a little concerning. I remember thinking the 2015 Cavaliers had the same struggles but then I remembered. The Cavs made trades that made them better because they had the assets to improve themselves as a squad. The Dubs do not.

[LarBrd33]

The Warriors' struggles are a little concerning. I remember thinking the 2015 Cavaliers had the same struggles but then I remembered. The Cavs made trades that made them better because they had the assets to improve themselves as a squad. The Dubs do not.

Can you really call a team that's won 4 in a row and just curb-stomped the previously undefeated Thunder having "struggles"?   That team is still by far the favorite to run away with the title. 

I read that you have to put down $150 dollars on Golden State winning the title to win back $100... but you can put $100 on "the field" (meaning you bet that literally any team other than Golden State will win the title) and if a team other than Golden State wins the title, you get $120 bucks.   That's surreal.

[tarheelsxxiii]

The Warriors' struggles are a little concerning. I remember thinking the 2015 Cavaliers had the same struggles but then I remembered. The Cavs made trades that made them better because they had the assets to improve themselves as a squad. The Dubs do not.

Can you really call a team that's won 4 in a row and just curb-stomped the previously undefeated Thunder having "struggles"?   That team is still by far the favorite to run away with the title. 

I read that you have to put down $150 dollars on Golden State winning the title to win back $100... but you can put $100 on "the field" (meaning you bet that literally any team other than Golden State will win the title) and if a team other than Golden State wins the title, you get $120 bucks.   That's surreal.

Delusional would be believing any other team has > 25% chance of winning the title this year.   

[MJohnnyboy]

The Warriors' struggles are a little concerning. I remember thinking the 2015 Cavaliers had the same struggles but then I remembered. The Cavs made trades that made them better because they had the assets to improve themselves as a squad. The Dubs do not.

Can you really call a team that's won 4 in a row and just curb-stomped the previously undefeated Thunder having "struggles"?   That team is still by far the favorite to run away with the title. 

I read that you have to put down $150 dollars on Golden State winning the title to win back $100... but you can put $100 on "the field" (meaning you bet that literally any team other than Golden State will win the title) and if a team other than Golden State wins the title, you get $120 bucks.   That's surreal.

Well, I posted that when the Thunder were up by 10. It was a much different story after that. Lesson of the day: Don't p--- off Durant.

Either way, yeah I still don't think the Warriors are running away with the title. They gave up a good chunk of their chemistry for Durant and I still think well-run teams like the Spurs and the Cavs are going to give them some competition. The Warrior's bigs are still pretty 'eh' outside of Draymond, and even he can only do so much.

We'll have to see when we get a bigger sample size.

[LarBrd33]

The Warriors' struggles are a little concerning. I remember thinking the 2015 Cavaliers had the same struggles but then I remembered. The Cavs made trades that made them better because they had the assets to improve themselves as a squad. The Dubs do not.

Can you really call a team that's won 4 in a row and just curb-stomped the previously undefeated Thunder having "struggles"?   That team is still by far the favorite to run away with the title. 

I read that you have to put down $150 dollars on Golden State winning the title to win back $100... but you can put $100 on "the field" (meaning you bet that literally any team other than Golden State will win the title) and if a team other than Golden State wins the title, you get $120 bucks.   That's surreal.

Well, I posted that when the Thunder were up by 10. It was a much different story after that. Lesson of the day: Don't p--- off Durant.

Either way, yeah I still don't think the Warriors are running away with the title. They gave up a good chunk of their chemistry for Durant and I still think well-run teams like the Spurs and the Cavs are going to give them some competition. The Warrior's bigs are still pretty 'eh' outside of Draymond, and even he can only do so much.

We'll have to see when we get a bigger sample size.

Ah I didn't see when you posted it.   But they looked good from the beginning.  Spurs got them on opening night, but it was opening night.  They just beat down Portland and OKC... both of which are decent teams.  Warriors are just getting started, unfortunately.

[Moranis]

The Warriors' struggles are a little concerning. I remember thinking the 2015 Cavaliers had the same struggles but then I remembered. The Cavs made trades that made them better because they had the assets to improve themselves as a squad. The Dubs do not.

Can you really call a team that's won 4 in a row and just curb-stomped the previously undefeated Thunder having "struggles"?   That team is still by far the favorite to run away with the title. 

I read that you have to put down $150 dollars on Golden State winning the title to win back $100... but you can put $100 on "the field" (meaning you bet that literally any team other than Golden State will win the title) and if a team other than Golden State wins the title, you get $120 bucks.   That's surreal.

Delusional would be believing any other team has > 25% chance of winning the title this year.

I think the Cavs have a > 25% chance of winning the title.  The Cavs will not be challenged in the East at all, are playing great ball, and have the best player in the world on their team.  The Warriors are and should be the favorites in the West, but they will have a much harder time getting through the West and as we saw last year if you are physical with them and wear them down they can crumble a bit.  Curry and Durant have also been fairly injury prone, unlike James, so the rigors of a long season would more likely negatively affect them than Cleveland (and yeah I know Irving and Love aren't exactly pillars of health either, but the Cavs don't need home court to win the East easily and won't need to win as many games to get the 1 seed even if they want it).

[celticsclay]

Do the warriors let it ride with Zaza as their only real center all season?