More tainted ring? 2015 or 2019?

[TheCorporation]

Which ring will be the bigger asterix?

2015 had Love and Irving missing in the Finals

2019 had KD and Klay missing in the Finals

How would Kawhi done without Siakam AND King Lowry?

[Gileraracer]

2016

[TheCorporation]

2016

Why did Adam Silver suspend Curry's scoring to 22.6

[Wally450]

2015 imo. Losing without KD also shows that the 2017 and 18 rings taint Curry's legacy.

[Gileraracer]

Why did Adam Silver suspend Curry's scoring to 22.6

He averaged 21.5 when they were up 3-1 so that wasn't the problem.

[superduper]

Daily meltdowns by Bran stans only further validate both rings

[Turbo Slayer]

2015 was an asterisk ring. Curry and the rest of the Warriors won against Lebron with no help whatsoever. Love was injured for the playoffs and Kyrie was injured for the 2015 NBA Finals.

In 2016 Curry couldn't win against a fully healthy Cavs team. He and the Warriors choked a 3-1 lead in the finals. He had to get KD for help. It proves that in the 2019 NBA Finals, Curry needed help desperately. Without KD they doomed.

It makes me question...what if the Warriors faced a healthy Cavs team in 2015. Would they win? Probably not. Whoa. If the Warriors lost in 2015 the KD trade would have never happened and we could have witnessed an exciting rivalry between GSW and Cavs instead of watching the boring finals in 17' and 18'.

It blows my mind.

Can you answer my questions: What if GSW faced a full-strength Cavs team in the 2015 NBA Finals? Would the KD trade happen?. Would there be a rivalry between GSW and Cavs?

I need your help, guys.

[StrongLurk]

2015.

Imagine the 90's Bulls teams losing Pippen and Grant or Rodman in an NBA finals.

MJ would go off still...but no ring.

[Bronbron23]

Which ring will be the bigger asterix?

2015 had Love and Irving missing in the Finals

2019 had KD and Klay missing in the Finals

How would Kawhi done without Siakam AND King Lowry?

2019 easily. Cavs still had the best player on the team and floor with LeBron. Warriors lost the best player on the team and floor. They also lost Klay who is probably there second best player when you take his defensive impact into account

[StrongLurk]

2019 easily. Cavs still had the best player on the team and floor with LeBron. Warriors lost the best player on the team and floor. They also lost Klay who is probably there second best player when you take his defensive impact into account

Besides Lebron, Warriors had the next 4 best players easily in 2015.

[TheCorporation]

2019 easily. Cavs still had the best player on the team and floor with LeBron. Warriors lost the best player on the team and floor. They also lost Klay who is probably there second best player when you take his defensive impact into account

Ditching your "BronBron" gimmick account already?

[Bronbron23]

Besides Lebron, Warriors had the next 4 best players easily in 2015.

True but they still had LeBron who is the best player in the world and will go down as a top 5 ever and maybe best ever depending on what happens. There's a reason why teams will trade 3 or 4 really good players plus draft picks for one superstar. Warriors only had 2 guys who can score and both rely heavily on screens so if your defence is discipline enough they can be stopped or slowed down. Cleveland with Kyrie and love out were actually better defensively. They did a good job gaurding splash Bros in 15. If LeBron shoots 50% from the field cle wins that series. His lack of a jumper killed them.

This year with Klay and kd out warriors not only losed more offence than cle in 15 but they lost way more defence also. It's easily 2019

[TheMan]

2015.

Imagine the 90's Bulls teams losing Pippen and Grant or Rodman in an NBA finals.

MJ would go off still...but no ring.

It happened...1998

Pippen blew out his back in the ECFs, reaggravated in GM 6, played like a shell of his former self during those Finals (15.7 on 41%, MJ had to score more than double that)...Rodman's minutes were reduced, defensive liability Kukoc played more mins at PF) and basically was just relegated to bothering the Mailman...

MJ still got us the ring

[Bronbron23]

It happened...1998

Pippen blew out his back in the ECFs, reaggravated in GM 6, played like a shell of his former self during those Finals (15.7 on 41%, MJ scored more than double that)...Rodman's minutes were reduced, defensive liability Kukoc played more mins at PF) and basically was just relegated to bothering the Mailman...

MJ still got us the ring

Yup this

[StrongLurk]

It happened...1998

Pippen blew out his back in the ECFs, reaggravated in GM 6, played like a shell of his former self during those Finals (15.7 on 41%, MJ had to score more than double that)...Rodman's minutes were reduced, defensive liability Kukoc played more mins at PF) and basically was just relegated to bothering the Mailman...

MJ still got us the ring

You've been a pathetic troll for the past couple of weeks.

Pippen and Rodman played the whole series, a series MJ would have lost especially if Pippen only played game 1 (like Kyrie). So that situation isn't even close to 2015 Cavs.

Besides, the NBA was near it's weakest point of the modern era in the late 90's. Neither those Bulls or Jazz teams would make the finals this decade.