15' Warriors Rank in Basketball History

[Frank Reynolds]

Even though the series is still going, there's been plenty of talk about Golden State's place in history.

Considering that their biggest challenger thus far is crippled and hobbling at 1/3 capacity, how will this fact alter people's perception of their team and this series?

They're not beating the Cavs at full strength. Will history remember that?

 

[Kyrieville]

I rank them right up there with the Nash/Amare/Marion Suns. They just got an easy road in the playoffs.

 

[Adam]

No one remembers the caveats to a series win. Just who won and their roster. No one will remember how they never faced a top team with a full roster. Sometimes it's better to lucky the good.

 

[The Oi]

I don't understand the choices. Are we selecting which team they're most comparable to in quality?

 

[GreasySpread36]

No disrespect to the Warriors, but they'd be fortunate to win one game against the 2001 Lakers.

 

[KI4MVP]

Even though the series is still going, there's been plenty of talk about Golden State's place in history.

Considering that their biggest challenger thus far is crippled and hobbling at 1/3 capacity, how will this fact alter people's perception of their team and this series?

They're not beating the Cavs at full strength. Will history remember that?

They aren't beating the cavs at all, the series is tied.

 

[amil99]

They'd only be the 3rd best team in the current NBA after a healthy Cavs and Thunder

 

[Kyrieville]

No disrespect to the Warriors, but they'd be fortunate to win one game against the 2001 Lakers.

Shaq would score 100/game if they went small against him.

 

[cavalier98]

A bottom 100 team. Look at how weak the west was:
-OKC being hurt
-Trailblazers being hurt
-Grizzlies lose Conley/Allen games 1/5. lose both. I doubt GS beats MEM at full stength.
-Clippers have no bench
-Rockets were hurt+play zero defense
-Spurs getting tired from 2 finals runs
-Mavs play no defense+internal problems

Every other team either got hurt or had a fatal flaw.

Not to mention PG going down, Bosh, and all the othr bad teams in the East.

These Warriors simply feasted on weak competition. They will be back to a 6 seed next year.

They wouldn't even beat the 2014 Spurs or 2012 Heat in a series. much less any older teams in history.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Their place in history?

Second place in 2014-2015

 

[JSS2306]

This thread really rubs me the wrong way TBH. So uh... how about some Cavs talk in Cavs talk instead?

 

[col63onel]

Regular season wise, they are an all time great.

The playoff version has been underwhelming. The amount of seeding and injury breaks they've gotten is astonishing. They were in trouble in 2 series.

 

[Adam]

They are like that sonics team that got bumped by mutombos nuggets in the first round. They were a great regular season team but struggled in the slowed down game. Just got luckier than those sonics

 

[shoes22]

They are like that sonics team that got bumped by mutombos nuggets in the first round. They were a great regular season team but struggled in the slowed down game. Just got luckier than those sonics

They’re this years Hawks team but with more talent.

 

[Rich]

It's so hard to rank teams based on single seasons. After the '96 Bulls, the '97 Bulls, and the '00 Lakers, I find it hard to rank the rest of the teams over the last twenty years (basically since I started watching basketball). Those three are clearly the best single season teams, and then it's just a toss-up.

Like, would these Warriors have beaten last years Spurs? Who knows. They gave the Spurs the year before a run for their money. But teams change so much from year to year and players themselves change so much its just hard to say.