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The warriors got lucky i think last year, the only team that i thought that had a better matchup with them were the Spurs.

 

The faced the spurs 3 times last season and the spurs won the regular season 2-1.

 

Hopefully with the new rules set by the nba regarding seeding. No more favoring the conference winners, only by win-loss record. it gives a favorable seeding to the spurs so the warriors can prove that their championship wasn't some lucky fluke should they face san antonio in the conference finals.

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The warriors got lucky i think last year, the only team that i thought that had a better matchup with them were the Spurs.

 

The faced the spurs 3 times last season and the spurs won the regular season 2-1.

 

Hopefully with the new rules set by the nba regarding seeding. No more favoring the conference winners, only by win-loss record. it gives a favorable seeding to the spurs so the warriors can prove that their championship wasn't some lucky fluke should they face san antonio in the conference finals.

 

Why would anyone think that the Warriors' title was a fluke? That's crazy.

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Why would anyone think that the Warriors' title was a fluke? That's crazy.

 

I'm not the only one saying it. NBA analysts, also felt that, certain factors played right into the warriors winning the championship. Luck of the draw, the warriors had the favorable matchups on their road to the conference finals. The pelicans matchup was a wash, since they're still young and on the rise. The grizzlies didn't have enough scoring to keep up with the high powered offense of the warriors' backcourt. Although the warriors struggled against the bigs of memphis, the lack of scoring caught up with them. The rockets matchup favored the warriors heavily. Lack of depth on the bench killed the rockets, relying heavily on Harden to bail them out. Howard's no Olajuwon and i don't consider him an offensive threat. Not to mention the warriors owned the season series 4-0. They dominated the rockets and they had no answer for Curry who was being guarded by who again? i don't even know the guards for Houston. The finals game with Cleveland, having been depleted with injuries to Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, killed all chances they might have had against the warriors.

 

Even having the Best player in the world in Lebron. He can't carry the whole team by himself. Having a healthy Love and Irving would have gotten a different result.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if they don't repeat as champions. The west is heavily loaded as the Spurs and Clippers got better with their free agent signings (Aldridge for the spurs, Veteran Paul Pierce & Josh Smith for the clippers) also the Thunder will come back as Durant and Westbrook are back from their injuries.

 

Looking at the warriors roster. They look thin on their frontcourt. They did not do anything to address their weakness in their frontcourt. Bogut is a serviceable big man but a liability since he is injury prone. Draymond Green is not a center and teams will take advantage of that weakness.

 

They struggle against teams with very skilled big men, like they did with the spurs & grizzlies. Too bad they didn't face them. The Blazers should'nt have gotten the 4th seed since the spurs and grizzilies have a better win-loss record. The blazers got the 4th seed since they won their Northwest division title. This wasn't fair to the team who had the better record. This put the spurs against the clippers in the 1st round which i thought was an exciting series since it went 7 games.

 

Good thing the NBA changed this ruling for the coming season and division titles won't affect the seeding and will rely on the win-loss record.

 

Nothing to take away from Curry and the warriors. I actually wanted them to win against Lebron. and I congratulate them in winning. But in retrospect, it was luck and injuries to other teams that got them the over the hump.

 

If the warriors manage to defend their championship, they deserve to be called NBA champs. Small ball can only get as far as it goes. In the end, it will catch up. If they manage to get past the spurs and clippers in the playoffs and defeat the cavs at full strength. Then they deserve respect instead of being a one hit wonder like the Mavericks

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I think they deserve to be called champs - even if they don't repeat. The Warriors need no validation.

 

The luck of the draw isn't really luck per se. That is the end goal of working your butt off for an entire 82-game season. Get the #1 seeding come the playoffs. Why? To get home court advantage. To be matched up with lower-ranked seed. It's not always the case but lower-ranked opponents means better chances of winning a title. And win the title they did. Even if the new ruling is implemented last year - it wouldn't have made a difference for the Warriors. They were on top.

 

I think it's unfair to blame the weak opposition for an NBA team's success (I can hear fans calling LeBron to dare play in the stronger West to try and win a title but I'm not one of them). In the Warriors' case, they're in the arguably stronger conference. They're the best team in the NBA last season. They may have lost the season series to the Spurs but if the Spurs can't get through their own side of the bracket, we can't really put that on Golden State. It's on the Spurs.

 

They fought a Cleveland team that's without its second and third-best players. Yup, the result could have been different had Irving and Love played but that will always be an "if". The reality is that the Warriors showed up, the Cavs fought valiantly even when short-handed, but the Warriors still ate them for breakfast.

 

Every NBA champion deserves respect. Even one-hit wonders like the Mavs, Big Ben's Pistons, or Bill Walton's Blazers. ;)

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they have the respect since they won. but if they are a great team, they should prove it by defending their championship. This is what separates a great team from a good team. there are teams that lose that desire and hunger to prove themselves after they have won. They should take a page from teams like the Isiah Thomas led pistons, the magic johnson lakers or the olajuwon led rockets who defended their championships back to back.

 

They should take this criticism that they're championship was a stroke of luck and use it as motivation to prove themselves that they can hang with the best teams and win "Convincingly"

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^ Interesting debate from Skip and Stephen as usual. I understand what they mean by the Warriors validating their championship but that doesn't mean that I agree. I would have loved to see the Spurs play against the Warriors in the playoffs but hey like I said - the Spurs are a no-show. They lost to the Clippers. If they really wanted to have a shot at the Warriors, then they should have taken care of business against LAC.

 

When the Spurs lost to the Clippers. I was salivating for a Clippers-Warriors Western finals. Lo and behold! The Clippers were a no-show too. They bowed to the Rockets. The point about Westbrook not having the chance to play against Curry in the playoffs? Guess whose fault was that? Yup, it's the Spurs' fault too. They did not beat the Pelicans.

 

Having said that - it's really hard to put the blame on the Warriors. They did what they have to do and that is to beat the crap out of any team (regardless of who's playing) they will face which resulted to a 67-win season. So if you'll ask me, do they need validation? I don't think so. That question should be asked to the other 29 teams not called Warriors.

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