Are 2015 Warriors The luckiest NBA champions of all time?

[Akeem34TheDream]

Are they?

[Norcaliblunt]

No. 95 Rockets are.

[SouBeachTalents]

No. 95 Rockets are.
:biggums: How did they get lucky?

[bullettooth]

2016 took a miracle comeback, aided by an injured warriors team + a starting player suspension + a bailout by Kyrie.

Nobody gives a **** about 2015.

[superduper]

2016 easily had the highest concentration of luck and riggedness so I'll go with that.

[Bronbron23]

Are they?
Yes definitely one of them anyway and 2016 was nowhere close to 2015 for anyone saying so. Cleveland was missing there second and third best player in 15. Warriors weren't missing anyone. Steph was healthy and as he said in his own words "back" and Draymond only got suspended for one game due to his own stupidity. Where was the bad luck at?

[Manny98]

2016 took a miracle comeback, aided by an injured warriors team + a starting player suspension + a bailout by Kyrie.

Nobody gives a **** about 2015.
They weren't injured outside of Bogut and Draymonds suspension and Love injury cancel eachover out

[Relinquish]

2015 was an extremely lucky situation for the Warriors. They were playing like headless chickens against total scrubs like Mozgov, Dellavedova and the like. Kevin Love was intentionally injured by Kelly Olynyk a couple rounds prior, and Kyrie got injured in the middle of the first game and was out for the rest of the series. Lebron was in his "I can't shoot a jumper" year that he has every once in a while, which was even more favorable for them. Basically all the stars aligned, and had the Warriors lost, who knows if they win 73 and reach the finals again. The mental toll it would have taken on them would've been a game changer.

The Warriors essentially made Mozgov 64 mil, let that sink in.

[ArbitraryWater]

for sure, literally every single series on top of the finals which was the biggest joke ever had them get a handicap

[warriorfan]

2015 was an extremely lucky situation for the Warriors. They were playing like headless chickens against total scrubs like Mozgov, Dellavedova and the like. Kevin Love was intentionally injured by Kelly Olynyk a couple rounds prior, and Kyrie got injured in the middle of the first game and was out for the rest of the series. Lebron was in his "I can't shoot a jumper" year that he has every once in a while, which was even more favorable for them. Basically all the stars aligned, and had the Warriors lost, who knows if they win 73 and reach the finals again. The mental toll it would have taken on them would've been a game changer.

The Warriors essentially made Mozgov 64 mil, let that sink in.

The Cavaliers slowed the pace to a crawl and played very physical basketball as the officials allowed them to muck it up. Lots of pushing and shoving, jersey grabbing. They were ugly games mainly due to the officiating.

[DaHeezy]

Current Raptors
All the injuries and players playing hurt on the opposing team throughout their run

Plus the lucky bounce was the icing on the cake. They had the perfect storm and perfect matchups

[SouBeachTalents]

What people never mention is, they not only faced teams with injuries every series, they avoided playing their 3 toughest opponents in the conference due to either injury (Thunder), an extremely fluky first round matchup (Spurs), and an epic choke (Clippers)

'07 Spurs would be up there. They were on the beneficial end of the controversial suspensions against the Suns, then due to the Mavs losing in the first round they got a laughably easy final two series against the Jazz & Cavs to win the title

[Akeem34TheDream]

Current Raptors
All the injuries and players playing hurt on the opposing team throughout their run

Plus the lucky bounce was the icing on the cake. They had the perfect storm and perfect matchups
Raptors this year were also lucky but not on that level.

[Akeem34TheDream]

What people never mention is, they not only faced teams with injuries every series, they avoided playing their 3 toughest opponents in the conference due to either injury (Thunder), an extremely fluky first round matchup (Spurs), and an epic choke (Clippers)

'07 Spurs would be up there. They were on the beneficial end of the controversial suspensions against the Suns, then due to the Mavs losing in the first round they got a laughably easy final two series against the Jazz & Cavs to win the title
Absolutely that Spurs team wasn't that good and is easily the weakest champions between those 5 Spurs titles.

[Relinquish]

The Cavaliers slowed the pace to a crawl and played very physical basketball as the officials allowed them to muck it up. Lots of pushing and shoving, jersey grabbing. They were ugly games mainly due to the officiating.

That was done intentionally because they were without their 2nd and 3rd best players against the fastest scoring team in the league.

[JBSptfn]

No. The 00-02 Lakers are. They got to play the heartless Blazer and King teams in the playoffs, and garbage in the NBA Finals. Once they played real competition (03 Spurs, 04 Pistons), they got their butts kicked.

[Akeem34TheDream]

No. The 00-02 Lakers are. They got to play the heartless Blazer and King teams in the playoffs, and garbage in the NBA Finals. Once they played real competition (03 Spurs, 04 Pistons), they got their butts kicked.
Oh come on. Lakers were great and those Blazers and Kings teams were also very good. Lakers could have easily lost those 2 series.

[Stephonit]

The 2015 Warriors faced the highest seeds in their brackets. They faced each team that had a 1st team All NBA player aside from their own. They then follow up their 2015 finals appearance by making it to the finals 4 more straight times. Anyone with half a brain will know that isn't luck.

[FKAri]

The 2015 Warriors faced the highest seeds in their brackets. They faced each team that had a 1st team All NBA player aside from their own. They then follow up their 2015 finals appearance by making it to the finals 4 more straight times. Anyone with half a brain will know that isn't luck.
No mention of the injuries?

[RealSkipBayless]

Nope, the Raptors are.

1) 2019 Raptors - Round one got the Orland Magic for a scrimmage series. Basically an NBA bye week. Then proceeded to face the Sixers where their best player was dealing with a sickness throughout the series. Followed up by facing the bucks which was the equivalent of the 07' Cavs as Giannis had no help in that series at all. Then we get to the finals and Durant barely plays at all. Klay plays hurt the entire series and is also forced to miss multiple quarters and a full game. Boogie/Looney/Iggy were injured as well. Curry also had an injured finger. One of the most if not the most depleted finals squad ever.

2) 2015 Warriors - They did face an opponent in every round that had a key player injured. Beating a top 10 ATG Lebron + scrubs > Curry + scrubs

3) 02 Lakers

[SouBeachTalents]

No mention of the injuries?
:oldlol:

[3ball]

Nah, the 90' Pistons were the luckiest when Pippen had that migraine in Game 7

The Bulls had "demolished" the Pistons in Game 6 and were confident heading into Game 7:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptKLUpw7Z58&t=03m04s

[SouBeachTalents]

Nah, the 90' Pistons were the luckiest when Pippen had that migraine in Game 7

The Bulls had "demolished" the Pistons in Game 6 and were confident heading into Game 7:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptKLUpw7Z58&t=03m04s
Jordan legitimately might've gotten the worst teammate performance in playoff history that night, at least for a game of that magnitude

In Game 7

Jordan: 31/8/9 on 13/27
The rest: 43 points on 15/63 :biggums:

[Gougou]

I think 2007 Spurs is the luckiest, they easily 4-0 gentleman sweep the Cleveland Cavalier with a 23 years old no help Lebron.

2015 Cavs and 2019 Raptors are some sort of lucky but it is not like 2007 Spurs just beat the Cavs like its nothing.

Btw Raptors was down 0-2 against a stacked Bucks team.

[Uncle Drew]

2016 took a miracle comeback, aided by an injured warriors team + a starting player suspension + a bailout by Kyrie.

Nobody gives a **** about 2015.
Your tears are delicious. Keep them coming.

[Bawkish]

2013 Miami

i mean, come on..series is over in game 6

[GimmeThat]

The 2015 Warriors believed that earth belonged to them, whereas the 'unlucky' ones believed human is a specie amongst life forms