Were the 2015- Warriors A Fluke? Would they have same success present day?

[jmcwilliams]

Fluke may not be the best word, but Steve Kerr and team came up with A novel basketball strategy that basically changed the league. Noone was prepared for it and it took years for teams to adapt. In that span of time they were obviously Very dominant. LeBron being the genius he is adapted to the environment and took them out until the aquisition of Durant and departure of Kyrie. It seems that the entire league has now adapted to that style of play. Would that same team still win A chip present day? Or did they benefit from being ahead of their time? Not that there is anything wrong with that. They deserved everything they got.

[light]

They were lucky the Cavs didn't have Love and Kyrie or they probably would not have won in 2015.

They still had much difficulty with LeBron James and Matthew Dellavedova.

[Axe]

Steve kerr was responsible in pioneering that team to a dynasty. Who would have thought that a role player who played in the late 80s to early 00s would become a head coach of a franchise and lead them to 67 wins plus a chip in his rookie season?

[SouBeachTalents]

Those Warriors have honestly become criminally underrated. 140 wins, a title and literally a minute away from another and we have people legitimately wondering if they could have won again without Durant :lol

[jmcwilliams]

Those Warriors have honestly become criminally underrated. 140 wins, a title and literally a minute away from another and we have people legitimately wondering if they could have won again without Durant :lol

Not so much about Durant. More about the rest of the league adapting to and adopting that style of play.

[ImKobe]

Not so much about Durant. More about the rest of the league adapting to and adopting that style of play.

There's no adapting when you have the two GOAT shooters who can both get wide open off-ball, a top 5 defense & a deep roster. If Steph doesn't get injured in the 2016 Playoffs, they win 4 in a row.


Those Warriors have honestly become criminally underrated. 140 wins, a title and literally a minute away from another and we have people legitimately wondering if they could have won again without Durant :lol

Yeah, they easily could have. They proved it in the 2019 Playoffs.

[hold this L]

Yeah Lebron the genius figured them out, Warriors got dominated the next year by getting swept. Or the entire 7 games series being decided by 1 shot despite having several injuries. I forget, it's one of the two.

[tpols]

They won 73 games the very next year.

Next question.

[3ball]

clearly

the league didn't catch up for a couple years

but the historically weak athleticism among the core hinders them in the rougher playoffs - heck, AI almost beat them by himself in 2015

(35 on 39% with toni kukoc-level defense)