"No excuses."

[CavaliersFTW]

I've heard this term thrown around a lot this season towards several teams (OKC, Cleveland, Hawks, etc).

So let's make a list. What teams legitimately fall under the "no excuses" category?

EDIT: (To make list teams need to be nominated at least twice)

Cavaliers
Warriors
Hawks
Bulls
Thunder
Clippers

[T_L_P]

Every team out West (when healthy).

Atlanta, Chicago and Cleveland out East.

No excuses=championship or bust, correct?

[SugarHill]

tanking no excuses

76ers
Lakers

[Dengness9]

Every team out West (when healthy).

Atlanta, Chicago and Cleveland out East.

No excuses=championship or bust, correct?


I don't know if I'd put ATL with Cleveland and Chi but I agree with you otherwise.

[CavaliersFTW]

Every team out West (when healthy).

Atlanta, Chicago and Cleveland out East.

No excuses=championship or bust, correct?
Correct

[Hittin_Shots]

Wouldn't the fact there are at least three 'no excuses' teams be an excuse?

[Done_And_Done]

Does it have to be linked directly with a trip to the finals because I feel like my Raptors should have no excuses with advancing to the second round. (the expectations are halted there though)

Signing off... Humble Dino fan

[mehyaM24]

assuming health isn't of concern.. okc, atlanta, chicago cleveland & golden state, imo.

cleveland has the most excuses realistically as they're a new team, but anyone with a kyrie/love/lebron trio should be highly regarded.

[Jud]

Cavaliers
Warriors
Hawks

[Done_And_Done]

assuming health isn't of concern.. okc, atlanta, chicago cleveland & golden state, imo.

cleveland has the most excuses realistically as they're a new team, but anyone with a kyrie/love/lebron trio should be highly regarded.

Durant has been battered all year. Pending on the severity of his injury an excuse can be made. That's not factoring in the lowly playoff seed they'll end up with due to others being injured as well.

[SugarHill]

Wouldn't the fact there are at least three 'no excuses' teams be an excuse?
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/10/kramer-mind-blown.gif

[Done_And_Done]

Sweet job in the quick edit brother lol

Cheers

[atljonesbro]

I don't know if I'd put ATL with Cleveland and Chi but I agree with you otherwise.
:oldlol: Replace ATL with Chicago.

[Kblaze8855]

Wouldn't the fact there are at least three 'no excuses' teams be an excuse?


I made a topic on that once that somehow did not end up a trolling fight....but nobody had an answer.

Everyone agreed that rationally it made no sense but that fans dont have to be rational.

I kinda do though....

The idea that more than one team can be so favored as to have no excuse not to win....is just ****ing idiotic.

[ninephive]

The closest thing to what should be a "no excuses" team is the Clippers. They've had what people have called the "best PG in the game" the past several seasons. They have a perennial All-Star/All-NBA player leading the team with 22.5/7.5/5.1 on > 50% shooting who will be back in time for the playoffs. They have another big man with the best FG% in the league going for 20/20 on any given night. They have sharpshooters (Reddick) and role players that can go off (Crawford). They've had 4 years to develop chemistry within their core. And they have a championship coach. There is no excuse for this team.

[Budadiiii]

assuming health isn't of concern.. okc, atlanta, chicago cleveland & golden state, imo.

cleveland has the most excuses realistically as they're a new team, but anyone with a kyrie/love/lebron trio should be highly regarded.
OKC is a new team, have had injuries all year, play in the west, and won't be able to have HCA in any of the series they play. Plus Scott Brooks.

Lol @ Cle having the most excuses.

[CavaliersFTW]

The closest thing to what should be a "no excuses" team is the Clippers. They've had what people have called the "best PG in the game" the past several seasons. They have a perennial All-Star/All-NBA player leading the team with 22.5/7.5/5.1 on > 50% shooting who will be back in time for the playoffs. They have another big man with the best FG% in the league going for 20/20 on any given night. They have sharpshooters (Reddick) and role players that can go off (Crawford). They've had 4 years to develop chemistry within their core. And they have a championship coach. There is no excuse for this team.
I whole heartedly agree with this, if they get one more nomination I'll put them on the list.

[Done_And_Done]

If they (Clippers) had any excuses one might argue that their bench is one. Imo - they're more akin to being underachievers/disappointing than a team with zero excuses.

[StephHamann]

OKC west
Cleveland east

#noexcuses finals

[DeuceWallaces]

Clippers, Healthy OKC, and maybe the Cavs are only no excuse teams.

Hawks, Warriors, Bulls should be OK with Conference Finals because they haven't really done shit before and there is a process of winning it all. You don't go from first round exit to champ.

Rest of the teams have shifting rosters, never done much before in the playoffs, aging players (Spurs), etc. such that they should not be finals or bust in my opinion.

[G-train]

I don't recall any team in NBA history that logically had no excuses.

[Joyner82reload]

assuming health isn't of concern.. okc, atlanta, chicago cleveland & golden state, imo.

cleveland has the most excuses realistically as they're a new team, but anyone with a kyrie/love/lebron trio should be highly regarded.

More than half of OKC's team are new players as well

Kanter
McGary
Waiters
Morrow
Augustin
Singler
Novak

[hahaitme]

Wouldn't the fact there are at least three 'no excuses' teams be an excuse?

If you resorted to logic around half of the threads on ISH wouldn't exist. But they do.. so yeah.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

OKC...is the only true "no excuse" team

[Lebronxrings]

thunders
warriors
spurs
rockets
pelicans
hawks
bulls
clippers

[Eric Cartman]

OKC, Thunder, GSW and the Hawks.

[BuffaloBill]

Wouldn't the fact there are at least three 'no excuses' teams be an excuse?



With that type of loser mentality yeah

[G-train]

OKC...is the only true "no excuse" team

trolling attempt?

[Chadwin]

if healthy

Clippers
Bulls

The others have noob coaches and/or don't have the expectations.

[Marchesk]

Spurs won last year so they're excused until everyone says they're over the hill, can't win again and should just blow it up.

[Chadwin]

The closest thing to what should be a "no excuses" team is the Clippers. They've had what people have called the "best PG in the game" the past several seasons. They have a perennial All-Star/All-NBA player leading the team with 22.5/7.5/5.1 on > 50% shooting who will be back in time for the playoffs. They have another big man with the best FG% in the league going for 20/20 on any given night. They have sharpshooters (Reddick) and role players that can go off (Crawford). They've had 4 years to develop chemistry within their core. And they have a championship coach. There is no excuse for this team.

Are the Bulls even a bigger "no excuse" team? (assuming everyone's healthy)

They are even more stacked than the Clippers with a top 3 coach.

[CavaliersFTW]

What do you guys think about the Rockets or the Trailblazers?

[Eric Cartman]

What do you guys think about the Rockets or the Trailblazers?

Both have excuses cause injuries, especially Portland.

I'd like to add the Mavs on my no excuses list.

[Chadwin]

What do you guys think about the Rockets or the Trailblazers?

bad coach
injuries

[I<3NBA]

to say "no excuses" means you can't come up with an excuse.

so far, i can't think of a team without an excuse. every contender has one.

OKC - Scott Brooks
Cavs - first year together, K. Love still trying to fit in, Kyrie and K. Love has never played in playoffs
Spurs - old
Warriors - Finals virgin, first timer coach
Hawks - inexperienced, first timer head coach, no true superstar
Bulls - Rose never healthy
Rockets - Dwight injured, McHale is an idiot
Clippers - weak bench, Doc Rivers overrated
Memphis - lacks scoring, no true superstar

it's funny to think that OKC only has to replace Scott Brooks with someone like Spoelstra and they might win a title. what would have happened if they got Bud or Kerr this offseason? my mind is blown by the possibilities. we might have had a team beating the Bulls' 72-10 record.

[qrich]

The entire West but the Spurs tbh

[Prime_Shaq]

No Excuse Teams
1. Cavs
2. Spurs
3. Bulls
4. Grizzlies
5. Thunder
6. Rockets
7. Clippers

Excuse Teams
1. Warriors (Boguts health, if he's healthy then no excuses)
2. Blazers (Young)
3. Hawks (Young)
4. Mavs

[Big Cheese]

The closest thing to what should be a "no excuses" team is the Clippers. They've had what people have called the "best PG in the game" the past several seasons. They have a perennial All-Star/All-NBA player leading the team with 22.5/7.5/5.1 on > 50% shooting who will be back in time for the playoffs. They have another big man with the best FG% in the league going for 20/20 on any given night. They have sharpshooters (Reddick) and role players that can go off (Crawford). They've had 4 years to develop chemistry within their core. And they have a championship coach. There is no excuse for this team.

I dunno, being weak defensive (18th), on the boards (19th) and having a thin ineffective bench (25th) are pretty legit excuses.

[FLDFSU]

How the hell is the Spurs or Mavs not on this list?

[Marchesk]

How the hell is the Spurs or Mavs not on this list?

You can't have 8 teams in the West with no excuses, because the other 7 teams are exactly that.

A no excuse team is one that is overwhelmingly favored such that they should win no matter what happens. There is nobody in the West like that. It's a toss up.

[FLDFSU]

You can't have 8 teams in the West with no excuses, because the other 7 teams are exactly that.

A no excuse team is one that is overwhelmingly favored such that they should win no matter what happens. There is nobody in the West like that. It's a toss up.

How can we not say that about a Spurs team that continually represents that conference in the finals, or a Mavs team filled with champions that have been there done that?

Anything less than a championship for the Spurs or the Mavs, but especially the Spurs is a complete disaster.

And their players and Pop would tell us as much.

[Done_And_Done]

No Excuse Teams
1. Cavs
2. Spurs
3. Bulls
4. Grizzlies
5. Thunder
6. Rockets
7. Clippers

Excuse Teams
1. Warriors (Boguts health, if he's healthy then no excuses)
2. Blazers (Young)
3. Hawks (Young)
4. Mavs

So now there's 7 teams which have zero excuses to not win a championship this year???

:wtf:

[Fudge]

No Excuse Teams
1. Cavs
2. Spurs
3. Bulls
4. Grizzlies
5. Thunder
6. Rockets
7. Clippers

Excuse Teams
1. Warriors (Boguts health, if he's healthy then no excuses)
2. Blazers (Young)
3. Hawks (Young)
4. Mavs
:oldlol: @ the Hawks being "young"

[Funnyfuka]

to say "no excuses" means you can't come up with an excuse.

so far, i can't think of a team without an excuse. every contender has one.

OKC - Scott Brooks
Cavs - first year together, K. Love still trying to fit in, Kyrie and K. Love has never played in playoffs
Spurs - old
Warriors - Finals virgin, first timer coach
Hawks - inexperienced, first timer head coach, no true superstar
Bulls - Rose never healthy
Rockets - Dwight injured, McHale is an idiot
Clippers - weak bench, Doc Rivers overrated
Memphis - lacks scoring, no true superstar

it's funny to think that OKC only has to replace Scott Brooks with someone like Spoelstra and they might win a title. what would have happened if they got Bud or Kerr this offseason? my mind is blown by the possibilities. we might have had a team beating the Bulls' 72-10 record.

quality post :bowdown:

[305Baller]

Does "LeBron curse" count as an excuse?

[Droid101]

:oldlol: @ the Hawks being "young"
Yeah, only four or so teams older than them. Stupid post.

[BuffaloBill]

to say "no excuses" means you can't come up with an excuse.

so far, i can't think of a team without an excuse. every contender has one.

OKC - Scott Brooks
Cavs - first year together, K. Love still trying to fit in, Kyrie and K. Love has never played in playoffs
Spurs - old
Warriors - Finals virgin, first timer coach
Hawks - inexperienced, first timer head coach, no true superstar
Bulls - Rose never healthy
Rockets - Dwight injured, McHale is an idiot
Clippers - weak bench, Doc Rivers overrated
Memphis - lacks scoring, no true superstar

it's funny to think that OKC only has to replace Scott Brooks with someone like Spoelstra and they might win a title. what would have happened if they got Bud or Kerr this offseason? my mind is blown by the possibilities. we might have had a team beating the Bulls' 72-10 record.



bold is false

[Eric Cartman]

How the hell is the Spurs or Mavs not on this list?

Cause they have only been nominated once (by me).

[Prime_Shaq]

So now there's 7 teams which have zero excuses to not win a championship this year???

:wtf:
If no excuses = championship or bust, then yes

[ArbitraryWater]

This is dumb...not all teams can have the same no excuse standart.

Only 1 Team can win, only 2 can make the finals.

No exuses (Championship or Bust) means there are no excuses to not achieve such goal.

This can only apply to a limited amount of teams.

The simple excuse for all these teams is that there were better, more loaded, talented rosters.

Only 1 can win.

[Im Still Ballin]

Nate Dogg and Warren G have to reeeeeeegulate!

[keep-itreal]

Cavaliers - No excuses.

[kamil]

I don't remember anyone saying Chicago would be a 'lock' as a championship contender early on in the season.

[Im Still Ballin]

Chicago is a lock as a championship contender
Sorry what was that?

[I<3NBA]

bold is false
do i have to emphasie "in the NBA" after that sentence?