Naero
11-03-2015, 04:44 AM
Please continue to mislabel their championship as "lucky;" the Warriors will thank you once they have an even more historic season and steamroll over your teams in the process, as you've only invigorated their determination this year.
In the 66 NBA championships won in the history of the NBA, 31 of them were one-and-dones—teams that more often than not suffered the "championship hangover" aftereffect of bringing home the Larry O'Brien trophy and found themselves unable to enkindle the same motivation and psyche that drove them to winning the exact championship hardware, as it was easy for them to complacently marvel at the fact that they made the most esteemable accomplishment in any professional sport.
This should be one of the bigger concerns with the reigning-champions Warriors; will they harbor the same motivation to win a championship in this upcoming season, while they have a target on their back and have ended the 40-year dry spell of championships in Oakland? But that's not the detractor's biggest concern; in a way, the actual concern serves to erase the aforementioned one.
As if winning 67 wins and trouncing through a historically competitive Western Conference wasn't enough to validate their championship; defeating a short-handed Cavaliers team apparently warrants an asterisk next to that championship. Despite how fundamental adjustments for the Warriors squad that initially struggled offensively in the series, such as the plodding Andrew Bogut who was as fruitless as imaginable on that end of the floor, turned the series, many theorize the perceptually foregone conclusion that the Cavaliers would have won.
After transparently having a chip on their shoulders (http://www.si.com/nba/2015/10/10/golden-state-warriors-klay-thompson-responds-clippers-doc-rivers-comments-about-playoffs) over the fanbase's and media's arguments that the Warriors were the beneficiaries of "luck" in their championship run, any complacencies over last year's run are now masked by motivations to validate their championship stature even more, as they started out the season by winning their first-four games with an average of 25-point differentials in each winning margin. Despite the absence of their head coach in Steve Kerr, who is temporarily replaced by one of the backseat assistant coaches last season in acting head-coach Luke Walton, they are off to an even stronger start this season than they were last season at the same juncture.
The most recent victory was a 50-point blowout against the Memphis Grizzlies, who gave them the most adversity in their playoff run—much more so than Cleveland managed to in Game 1 with a mostly healthy Kyrie Irving, before he was plagued by a season-ending injury. Notice who was healthy in this onslaught? Mike Conley, who detractors overreach to claim that his injury was the biggest reason for the Warriors turnaround in the series after trailing 1-2—not to account for the Xs and Os (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/5/12/8590835/andrew-bogut-defense-tony-allen-warriors-grizzlies-game-4) that the Warriors strategized themselves.
Never mind the fact that the Warriors won 67 games in the season, had to overcome first-time jitters with MVP Stephen Cury and the other sibling of the Splash Brothers duo in Klay Thompson (who both struggled uncharacteristically initially, and some would attribute it to their near-concussive injuries in the preceding weeks), made series-swinging adjustments to suggest that their coaching staff could counter-strategize against any healthy NBA roster, and dominated the more formidable Western Conference opponents whose stars were mostly healthy; please ignore it, as the Warriors want to remind you this season how it was merited.
Also, please continue discrediting Curry, whose teammate questionably (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2015/06/17/andre-iguodala-is-worst-nba-finals-mvp-in-last-30-years/) won Finals MVP over him—especially you LeBron and James Harden stans, who Curry may easily outvote in MVP-voting en route to his second regular-season MVP. He's off to a spectacular start this season, and it won't be much longer until the media seriously entertains espousing him as the BITW player. If you're a LeBron fan who is sensitive to his 2/6 record in the NBA Finals, you'd be wise to hope that there isn't a finals rematch this year, too.
The Warriors look poised for an even more historical, possibly record-breaking season, and your fingerprints will be all over it, detractors. :cheers:
In the 66 NBA championships won in the history of the NBA, 31 of them were one-and-dones—teams that more often than not suffered the "championship hangover" aftereffect of bringing home the Larry O'Brien trophy and found themselves unable to enkindle the same motivation and psyche that drove them to winning the exact championship hardware, as it was easy for them to complacently marvel at the fact that they made the most esteemable accomplishment in any professional sport.
This should be one of the bigger concerns with the reigning-champions Warriors; will they harbor the same motivation to win a championship in this upcoming season, while they have a target on their back and have ended the 40-year dry spell of championships in Oakland? But that's not the detractor's biggest concern; in a way, the actual concern serves to erase the aforementioned one.
As if winning 67 wins and trouncing through a historically competitive Western Conference wasn't enough to validate their championship; defeating a short-handed Cavaliers team apparently warrants an asterisk next to that championship. Despite how fundamental adjustments for the Warriors squad that initially struggled offensively in the series, such as the plodding Andrew Bogut who was as fruitless as imaginable on that end of the floor, turned the series, many theorize the perceptually foregone conclusion that the Cavaliers would have won.
After transparently having a chip on their shoulders (http://www.si.com/nba/2015/10/10/golden-state-warriors-klay-thompson-responds-clippers-doc-rivers-comments-about-playoffs) over the fanbase's and media's arguments that the Warriors were the beneficiaries of "luck" in their championship run, any complacencies over last year's run are now masked by motivations to validate their championship stature even more, as they started out the season by winning their first-four games with an average of 25-point differentials in each winning margin. Despite the absence of their head coach in Steve Kerr, who is temporarily replaced by one of the backseat assistant coaches last season in acting head-coach Luke Walton, they are off to an even stronger start this season than they were last season at the same juncture.
The most recent victory was a 50-point blowout against the Memphis Grizzlies, who gave them the most adversity in their playoff run—much more so than Cleveland managed to in Game 1 with a mostly healthy Kyrie Irving, before he was plagued by a season-ending injury. Notice who was healthy in this onslaught? Mike Conley, who detractors overreach to claim that his injury was the biggest reason for the Warriors turnaround in the series after trailing 1-2—not to account for the Xs and Os (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/5/12/8590835/andrew-bogut-defense-tony-allen-warriors-grizzlies-game-4) that the Warriors strategized themselves.
Never mind the fact that the Warriors won 67 games in the season, had to overcome first-time jitters with MVP Stephen Cury and the other sibling of the Splash Brothers duo in Klay Thompson (who both struggled uncharacteristically initially, and some would attribute it to their near-concussive injuries in the preceding weeks), made series-swinging adjustments to suggest that their coaching staff could counter-strategize against any healthy NBA roster, and dominated the more formidable Western Conference opponents whose stars were mostly healthy; please ignore it, as the Warriors want to remind you this season how it was merited.
Also, please continue discrediting Curry, whose teammate questionably (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2015/06/17/andre-iguodala-is-worst-nba-finals-mvp-in-last-30-years/) won Finals MVP over him—especially you LeBron and James Harden stans, who Curry may easily outvote in MVP-voting en route to his second regular-season MVP. He's off to a spectacular start this season, and it won't be much longer until the media seriously entertains espousing him as the BITW player. If you're a LeBron fan who is sensitive to his 2/6 record in the NBA Finals, you'd be wise to hope that there isn't a finals rematch this year, too.
The Warriors look poised for an even more historical, possibly record-breaking season, and your fingerprints will be all over it, detractors. :cheers: