I am looking forward to seeing the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals, but I am not looking forward to paying them a lot of praise. The League Pass alert days of 2013 and 2014 are just as fun to watch. Charles Barkley is correct when he says that the Warriors fan base is not great. He almost threw that mug at someone in the crowd during the last episode of Inside the NBA.
This run began in the year 2012-13. The core of Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson advanced to their sixth NBA Finals. Curry stands out as the best of the three. He can shoot from three in a second and is the epitome of the way Morey thought basketball should be played. A game that used to be played forward is now important to be effective away from it.
Green, who is an extremely gifted defender and playmaker, does not get the same shine on him without Curry's talent keeping the eyes of the world on the Warriors. When Colin Cowherd asked Green about the talk that Curry needs a FinalsMVP for some kind of validation, Green defended his star as if he was tasked with guarding him.
Green talked about Curry's selflessness and the double teams that he faces. To drive the point home, Green brought up Kevin Durant's years with the Warriors and the attention that Curry still received from opposing defense.
Kevin Durant was incredible in those finals. Green said on Colin Cowherd's show that Kevin Durant was insane. Curry was doubled-teamed seven times more than K.D. did.
We in the content industry thank him for his service, but he could not let that comment go by without a response. Someone sent a clip of Green's comments on social media, and he replied, "From my view of it, this is 100% false."
Green said that he needed to watch his whole response, and then Durant ended the back-and-forth and kept it civil. K.D. appreciated Green's compliment and his only disagreements were about the double-teams. Maybe he's correct about double-teams, as he has the right to disagree. Tyronn Lue, the coach of the Cavs, said that he chose to cover Curry instead of KD or Klay Thompson. The clip sides with Green as well.
Curry sacrificed for the success of the Warriors according to Green. He could force his shots if he wanted to, but instead he dishes off to his teammates. He is fine with the scoring coming elsewhere. It was one of the reasons that Kevin Durant was able to win the Most Valuable Player award in the finals. He averaged 30 points on 42.3/28.6/91.8 shooting splits while playing against the Warriors in the Western Conference finals with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Curry is also known as Randy Moss, Peter Warrick, and Barry Bonds. Big-play ability terrifies a defense in any sport. Those 35-footers that we have seen Curry make, or when he turns his back while burying a three, those are home runs. Curry plays basketball and breaks teams. The defense doesn't have to come out. The Warriors transition back to defense when the shot clock is running.
A three home run or three touchdown game? Try to hit 11 3-pointers. That's the threat that makes a coach like Lue sell out to make sure that doesn't happen, and the point Green was making was FinalsMVP or no FinalsMVP, Curry's career is the same. Curry is one of the top-five guards in the history of the sport, and is a singular talent that the league had never seen before, having the ability to shoot as fast as a click, off the dribble or catch-and-shoot, and from the logo, consistently. He shot over 90 percent from one of the corners.
The show doesn't work if Curry doesn't force the attention of the entire arena all night long.
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