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Did you see how bad he wanted league mvp?
What a ass
Did you see how bad he wanted league mvp?
Klay was a bum in the finals, but not agreeing to include him in any deal for Love last off-season proved to be a bridge worth dying on.
I thought they were nuts if that is all it was going to take as the centerpiece, but apparently their GM knew what he was doing.
Steve Kerr backing out of the Knicks job to goto GS at the last minute also proved to be a defining moment for them.
It was essentially the same team as Marc Jackson had but they were a much better team under Kerr and they really learned to defend. I thought it was all advanced metric hokum about them really being a good defensive team, but they surpassed defensively what I thought they were capable of (even taking into account our limited squad). The offense gets the hype, but defense won them the title.
Doug you can type "period" in as many times as you want and it's not going to make it true.
The Clippers have, quite literally, no one to guard LeBron James. I mean no one. Out of all the teams we played in the playoffs, they have the worst wings for defending James by a huge, huge margin. Not even close. And, bonus, their bench is almost as bad as ours is at the moment. Fatigue would have been as big a factor for them as it was for us.
God I'd have given anything to play that team from a match-up standpoint.
So if you think the Clippers would have been a tougher match-up, give an actual reason instead of just typing "period."
Now we can get real. Extremely proud of this team. No one was able to beat the Cavs at full strength. You add either Love or Kyrie to this series and we most likely get it. Add both we smoke them.
You also understand why Pop want to cruise and coast and rest guys in regular season.
If you think GS is this great team, I don't know what to tell you. If the Cavs had received just a few more pieces of luck, it would have gone the other way. Any of those teams would have given the Cavs a tougher series. I have no desire to debate with you further about this. Let's agree to disagree and call it a night.
Again; Golden State will NOT be in the finals next year. The Cavs WILL be.
And this is why Cleveland stays cursed.