Warriors Opened as -130 Favorites To Beat The Lakers In The 2nd Round

[Axe]

And Lebron had a clear cut better help in 2016 and now. His Cavs were also pre season title favorites in 2015 and 2016 so it's not Currys fault lebron couldn't build a 70 win dynasty or whatever. Lebrons teams have never had the ceiling Currys have despite more talent. Imagine swapping 2011 Dwayne Wade or 2020 AD for 2016 klay. Might have won closer to 75-77 games.

And curry's never been to the finals without the main core of his team. Hell, he's the first superstar to have lost b2b in the play-ins around two years ago for what i can remember.

A big part of that was klay being absent for a whole season still recovering from his knee injury even tho the team had won 39 games in the rs without him.

[3ba11]

And curry's never been to the finals without the main core of his team. Hell, he's the first superstar to have lost b2b in the play-ins around two years ago for what i can remember.

A big part of that was klay being absent for a whole season still recovering from his knee injury even tho the team had won 39 games in the rs.

Curry never got to dilute his conference by putting the top 3 first options in the West on 1 team.

So the West was always a real conference where Lebron was lottery with Ingram/Kuzma and needed AD to save his career and standing in LA

[SouBeachTalents]

Curry never got to dilute his conference by putting the top 3 first options in the West on 1 team.

So the West was always a real conference where Lebron was lottery with Ingram/Kuzma and needed AD to save his career and standing in LA

Yeah, he never went out and recruited the best player remaining in his conference from the team that nearly beat him the year before

[tpols]

Which is exactly why this series isn’t a legacy battle.

Lebron is clearly past where he was and Curry isn’t. It shouldn’t really matter either way but people will make a big deal out of it regardless.

ESPN is hyping it as such right now.

[1987_Lakers]

And Lebron had a clear cut better help in 2016 and now.

Wtf is this bullshit?

[3ba11]

Yeah, he never went out and recruited the best player remaining in his conference from the team that nearly beat him the year before

Curry did that after he was already a champion because he didn't have a super-team like Lebron did - he didn't have 3 first options on 1 team

But unlike Lebron, Curry showed that he win as the clear-cut leader of a non-super-team, while Lebron always needed super-teams or a teammate to lead statistically

[tpols]

Curry had 2 All-NBA teammates in 2016, so that's an utterly ridiculous statement to make, and even if you want to say LeBron's team is better now, it's MUCH closer than it was the majority of the time they were matching up in the Finals.

Dray would never be all NBA next to lebron... that's absurd. He came into 2015 an unknown second round bench player. Curry elevated his playmaking and whole game with his off ball play and shooting. Kyrie always smoked klay. And by a ton in 2016. Curry would've squeezed way more juice out of prime Kevin Love as well. There's a reason the cavs were the 2016 title favorites going into the season.

[SouBeachTalents]

Dray would never be all NBA next to lebron... that's absurd. He came into 2015 an unknown second round bench player. Curry elevated his playmaking and whole game with his off ball play and shooting. Kyrie always smoked klay. And by a ton in 2016. Curry would've squeezed way more juice out of prime Kevin Love as well. There's a reason the cavs were the 2016 title favorites going into the season.

Since you're so keen on preseason odds, the Warriors were +600 going into this year, the Lakers +1800.

[StrongLurk]

Warriors win for sure.

[3ba11]

Since you're so keen on preseason odds, the Warriors were +600 going into this year, the Lakers +1800.

The Lakers being -1800 with the best sidekick in the league is a knock on Lebron

You can't see that?

How could the GOAT yield perennial underdogs regardless of the stage in his career?... He was underdog to baby Westbrick or fossil Spurs despite having a veteran super-team

That's a knock on Lebron and the lower team ceilings that his skillset yields.. His teams are only favorites on paper (preseason)

[Axe]

Curry never got to dilute his conference by putting the top 3 first options in the West on 1 team.

So the West was always a real conference where Lebron was lottery with Ingram/Kuzma and needed AD to save his career and standing in LA

Stfu, you weirdo. Doesn't change the fact that he's the only superstar to have blown a 3-1 lead in the finals with a 73-win team.

[tpols]

Since you're so keen on preseason odds, the Warriors were +600 going into this year, the Lakers +1800.

Yea but the Lakers have made a ton of moves since then. The warriors didn't change their personal much. If yall still had westbrick I guarantee you he'd have shot you out of game 4 and possibly the series vs the grizz.

[Walk on Water]

Davis had what two 20/20 games recently? How many players did that in the nba this season? Clearly the best player in this series. There are two sides to basketball not just offense.

Meh... Looney with 3-20 rebound games against Sabonis.

20 points? Eh. Only 3 players have had 3-20 rebound games in a series. Wilt Chamberlain, Nate Thurmond, and Kevon Looney.

[Hey Yo]

Yea but the Lakers have made a ton of moves since then. The warriors didn't change their personal much. If yall still had westbrick I guarantee you he'd have shot you out of game 4 and possibly the series vs the grizz.

You got slayed, chico.

[Full Court]

The Lakers being -1800 with the best sidekick in the league is a knock on Lebron

You can't see that?

How could the GOAT yield perennial underdogs regardless of the stage in his career?... He was underdog to baby Westbrick or fossil Spurs despite having a veteran super-team

That's a knock on Lebron and the lower team ceilings that his skillset yields.. His teams are only favorites on paper (preseason)

The poor preseason odds are a reflection of the ludicrous narrative about how Lebron had a bunch of scrubs for help. That narrative caught on and and a bunch of low IQ people bought into it. Hence the ridiculous odds.

Even back then though, I was saying the Lakers were the most talented team in the league, and if they could get it together they'd be contenders.

Once again, Full Court was spot on.