Seldom has a star and his team cut a swath of destruction throughout the league that has felled so many promising contenders as Curry's Warriors. One probably has to go back to Jordan's Bulls to find one that prevented so many esteemed players from winning a championship. So which team was their biggest victim?
View Poll Results: Who was the biggest victim?
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LeBron's and Irving's Cavaliers
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Durant's and Westbrook's Thunder
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Harden's and Paul's Rockets
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Paul's and Griffin's Clippers
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Lillard's and McCollum's Trail Blazers
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04-02-2020, 01:27 AM #1Good college starter
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Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
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04-02-2020, 01:36 AM #2The Bearded Menace
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
The houston rockets.
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04-02-2020, 02:32 AM #3The Great Wall of Text
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
Easily the Rockets. Who else would've been a shoo-in for the championship sans the Warriors?
Some try to sell the "Cavaliers would've beat anyone else" narrative, except their defense was too porous to win against most Finals-levels teams after full seasons under Lue's coaching. They'd most likely lose to whatever Western Conference finalists were waiting for them, especially the aforementioned Rockets.
The 2016 Thunder would've had a fighting chance, but they wouldn't have been the logical favorites against the Cavaliers sans HCA and with Durant's shaky playoffs run.
The Clippers were always too injury-ravaged (or choking-prone) come playoffs time, and they sadly never even matched up with the Warriors during the Lob City era.
The Blazers? Treadmill fodder at best.
2018 was Houston's most golden opportunity to win it all last decade, and they would've done so despite a hobbled Chris Paul if they didn't have the Warriors' Olympian roster to contend with. The rest on the poll were bound to lose to one championship-level team or another barring oppositional injuries; the Warriors just happened to be their eliminators some years.
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04-02-2020, 09:21 AM #4First Kobe fan on ISH
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
The Warriors are their own victims
They probably have won the easiest rings of all time. Curry lost the FMVP award to Iguodala, embarrassing.
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04-02-2020, 10:30 AM #5NBA Legend
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
Curry's Warriors only played 1 game against Kyrie Irving and that was game 1 of the 2015 Finals when GS was victorious.
In 2017, GS was known as KD's Warriors.
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04-02-2020, 03:28 PM #6Good college starter
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
Originally Posted by Hey Yo
Would KD have joined the Warriors if the Thunder had won the 2016 Western Conference Finals?
No.
It's Curry's Warriors.
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04-02-2020, 03:55 PM #7NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
the rockets and thunder at least put up a fight.
Bran's cavs got humiliated.
Chef just had a knack for shitting on them.
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04-02-2020, 03:56 PM #8Embiid > Jokic
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
Bran's Cavs are literally the only team mentioned to have beaten them Originally Posted by tpols
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04-02-2020, 03:57 PM #92nd Greatest Player
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
This. Tpols turning into a retard again. Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
Bran's Cavs are literally the only team mentioned to have beaten them
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04-02-2020, 03:58 PM #10NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
Bran's Cavs are literally the only team mentioned to have beaten them
the rockets and thunder wouldve easily beat them if there was a suspension to dray... the cavs were getting blown out in 2016 too.
Rockets and Thunder were UP in their series from the start.
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04-02-2020, 04:02 PM #11Embiid > Jokic
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
The Rockets couldn't even beat the Warriors at home without Durant, so that's just baseless. You also, no surprise, completely overshadow the fact that LeBron won 2 games off the Warriors in 2015 minus Kyrie & Love, so bring up the Dray suspension, but LeBron could've easily been looking at a 2-0 mark against the Warriors before Durant showed up Originally Posted by tpols
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04-02-2020, 04:18 PM #12... on a leash
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
LeBron viciously owned Curry pre-Durant, be 2-0 without Irving's injury, so gotta take them.
They also would have won the 2017 title against the Spurs, were too dominant offensively.
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04-02-2020, 04:39 PM #13National High School Star
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
Kyrie Irving outplayed Curry. And Irving wasnt even the best player on his team.
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04-02-2020, 05:42 PM #14The Bearded Menace
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
Yeah but that was a bit short-lived though. Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
Bran's Cavs are literally the only team mentioned to have beaten them
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04-02-2020, 05:44 PM #15Austin Reaves Fam
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Re: Which team was the biggest victim of Curry's Warriors?
what planet do you live on kid. Originally Posted by tpols
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