Why is everyone afraid in gsw?

[Pucaccia]

Our healthy Celtics team would kick the ass of a healthy Golden State team. No doubt.

take a break from hitting the hindu kush son.  we have no proof of that.

Thats funny you call me son.  At my age I take that as a compliment.  Well dad, What is hindu kush? What proof do I need? It's my opinion.

[GreenEnvy]

Our healthy Celtics team would kick the ass of a healthy Golden State team. No doubt.

take a break from hitting the hindu kush son.  we have no proof of that.

We went 1-1 with them last year and literally matched them point for point, all while not having Hayward for both games nor Smart for the second game. And Tatum and Brown will only get better. That’s some substantial evidence in our favor.

GS is one suspension away from being the NBA champions 4 times in a row, is coming off back-to-back titles, and just added Demarcus Cousins, who's one of the top 3 centers in the game today, if he comes back at 100%.  That's far more substantial evidence not in the Celtics favor.

I hate that mentality.

What was their excuse for losing game 6 and especially game 7 at home? Want to talk about the injuries to Kyrie in 2015, Kawhi in 2017, and CP3 in 2018?

We have no idea how DMC will return or how he’ll fit in (on and off the court). I think it’s very telling if he really didn’t get an offer from anyone else.

[mr. dee]

Warriors are mentally fragile team. Iggy is the only reason why they are still intact. Once he's gone, Their death lineup is no longer.

2015 - Iggy was healthy and the unanimous finals MVP
2016 - Iggy have a back issues and they lost Bogut for the rest of the finals, followed by Draymond suspension. Blew a 3-1 lead
2017 - Another question mark if Kawhi was healthy.
2018 - Almost lost to the Rockets with Iggy out of the lineup. Got lucky again with CP3 going down.

They are not invincible as people think they are. This is why Im so p---ed that Celtics choked game 7. Would have been much more competitive than the Cavs, even without Kyrie and Hayward.

[playdream]

Our healthy Celtics team would kick the ass of a healthy Golden State team. No doubt.

take a break from hitting the hindu kush son.  we have no proof of that.

We went 1-1 with them last year and literally matched them point for point, all while not having Hayward for both games nor Smart for the second game. And Tatum and Brown will only get better. That’s some substantial evidence in our favor.

Regular season means about as much as pre-season when it comes to the playoffs, though.

correct. plus the poster was assuming we destroy GS.  we have no evidence we would do that in a 7 game series. i do think we could hang tough and make it a series though. but as far as us winning 4-0 or 4-1 is really a stretch and what i define as ass kicking like he alluded to. LOL

4-1 is definitely possible, even Cavs without JR's dumbest play may have that chance and we are much better
4-0 will be a stretch though

I wonder how many of you who is so afraid of GSW called we 4-1 Sixers, to me it's not a surprise at all

[Scintan]

I hate that mentality.

What was their excuse for losing game 6 and especially game 7 at home? Want to talk about the injuries to Kyrie in 2015, Kawhi in 2017, and CP3 in 2018?

We have no idea how DMC will return or how he’ll fit in (on and off the court). I think it’s very telling if he really didn’t get an offer from anyone else.

Regardless of how you feel about that mentality, momentum is real, as are pivotal moments.  And GS is one suspension away from winning 4 straight NBA titles.  One could argue that they are also one hamstring away from not winning this year's title, but that's a different point.

[SparzWizard]

Warriors are mentally fragile team. Iggy is the only reason why they are still intact. Once he's gone, Their death lineup is no longer.

2015 - Iggy was healthy and the unanimous finals MVP
2016 - Iggy have a back issues and they lost Bogut for the rest of the finals, followed by Draymond suspension. Blew a 3-1 lead
2017 - Another question mark if Kawhi was healthy.
2018 - Almost lost to the Rockets with Iggy out of the lineup. Got lucky again with CP3 going down.

They are not invincible as people think they are. This is why Im so p---ed that Celtics choked game 7. Would have been much more competitive than the Cavs, even without Kyrie and Hayward.

Warriors were actually close and could have won Game 7 if Curry did not choke. They'd be on their 4peat right now.

And for the record, it was Kyrie who got LeBron his 3rd ring and Cleveland their only championship not the other way around. If not for Kyrie's D and clutch 3...Warriors win Game 7.

[mr. dee]

Warriors are mentally fragile team. Iggy is the only reason why they are still intact. Once he's gone, Their death lineup is no longer.

2015 - Iggy was healthy and the unanimous finals MVP
2016 - Iggy have a back issues and they lost Bogut for the rest of the finals, followed by Draymond suspension. Blew a 3-1 lead
2017 - Another question mark if Kawhi was healthy.
2018 - Almost lost to the Rockets with Iggy out of the lineup. Got lucky again with CP3 going down.

They are not invincible as people think they are. This is why Im so p---ed that Celtics choked game 7. Would have been much more competitive than the Cavs, even without Kyrie and Hayward.

Warriors were actually close and could have won Game 7 if Curry did not choke. They'd be on their 4peat right now.

And for the record, it was Kyrie who got LeBron his 3rd ring and Cleveland their only championship not the other way around. If not for Kyrie's D and clutch 3...Warriors win Game 7.

That series wouldn't even reach a game 7, let alone choke with all of the players mentioned are available for the whole game in game 5.

[Androslav]

Media and fans: The league is broken!
Me: That team is still better without him on the floor, don't cry for nothing. He is on their bench. Noone ever broke the league at the bench, those are healthy, they start and finish games. The fact noone wanted to invest in him is telling.

[GreenEnvy]

I hate that mentality.

What was their excuse for losing game 6 and especially game 7 at home? Want to talk about the injuries to Kyrie in 2015, Kawhi in 2017, and CP3 in 2018?

We have no idea how DMC will return or how he’ll fit in (on and off the court). I think it’s very telling if he really didn’t get an offer from anyone else.

Regardless of how you feel about that mentality, momentum is real, as are pivotal moments.  And GS is one suspension away from winning 4 straight NBA titles.  One could argue that they are also one hamstring away from not winning this year's title, but that's a different point.

Just because you repeat yourself, doesn’t make it true. That’s like me saying they were three injuries away from three less titles. Their biggest threat in each of their championship runs suffered key injuries against them. Cavs won 2 games without Kyrie in 2015, and beat them the following year when GSW was better. Spurs were blasting them at halftime before Kawhi got hurt (after waxing them by 20+ in two out of the three games that season). And of course CP3 missing games 6 and 7 when Houston was up 3-2.

If Draymond (their third best player at the time, imo) missed game 7, it’s a semi-plausible theory. But considering they lost game 6 (I don’t qualify winning/losing one game as momentum... and all the teams down 0-3 that force game 6 or 7 eventually lose, so classify the reality of momentum however you like).

You act like it’s a foregone conclusion Warriors win game 5 with Draymond when they were 3-3 with him in that series. Maybe they win, maybe they don’t.


*goes back to my “Celtics would have 5-peated had KG never gotten hurt” preaching*

[Big333223]

Our healthy Celtics team would kick the ass of a healthy Golden State team. No doubt.

take a break from hitting the hindu kush son.  we have no proof of that.

We went 1-1 with them last year and literally matched them point for point, all while not having Hayward for both games nor Smart for the second game. And Tatum and Brown will only get better. That’s some substantial evidence in our favor.

GS is one suspension away from being the NBA champions 4 times in a row, is coming off back-to-back titles, and just added Demarcus Cousins, who's one of the top 3 centers in the game today, if he comes back at 100%.  That's far more substantial evidence not in the Celtics favor.

I hate that mentality.

What was their excuse for losing game 6 and especially game 7 at home? Want to talk about the injuries to Kyrie in 2015, Kawhi in 2017, and CP3 in 2018?

We have no idea how DMC will return or how he’ll fit in (on and off the court). I think it’s very telling if he really didn’t get an offer from anyone else.

I think this is something a lot of people are missing in the surprise of the news. Cousins didn't go to GS because he wants to win a ring or because he wants to rehab his image. He went to GS because he couldn't find a single team that would pay him more than the mid-level. Teams around the league looked at his medicals and his track record and no one bit. Maybe he'll come back strong and focused but it's probably more likely he doesn't.

As for how close the Warriors are to being 4-0 in the last 4 years... Those things cut both ways. What if the Cavs had Kyrie and Love in '15? What if OKC hadn't blown the 3-1 lead in '16 and Durant never comes? It wouldn't take many changes (to things GS doesn't control) to make them 0-4. But that's not what happened. What happened is they won 3 of the last 4 championships. No more, no less.

[footey]

Will be even sweeter when we whip them in the ‘19 finals!!

Every David needs a Goliath.

[KGs Knee]

I ain't scurred!

[CelticSooner]

People around the league crying that the league is dead now lol The West just got tougher and the C’s are priming up the throttle. I’m ready for next year!

[wiley]

two of the 3 Warrior titles have come against EXTREMELY crappy defense.  I mean defense that bad usually doesn't show up in the finals....

The Warriors have not been tested by a superior defensive team.  The Spurs were a superior defensive team crushing the Warriors in Oakland before the Kawhi injury. 

They are a great team.  Great offense and great defense both.  But they really haven't been tested.

[Phantom255x]

I think the only people who should really be afraid... are the Lakers.

I mean, they sign Lebron, people think it's guaranteed Kawhi comes, boom they are Finals contenders. BUT then you realize Kawhi may not come AND the Warriors signed Cousins 

Like, the Warriors signing Cousins probably just put a huge damper to what LAL has done so far, and might have even made those moves (even Lebron signing) almost for nothing 

Now if they add Kawhi (the Lakers), then they certainly are a Top-3 team in the West, but better than Golden State and Houston? Idk still. Depends what they give up for Kawhi, but also that roster is full of misfits and some headcases if we're being honest.