So if things come together with Cousins and the Pelicans and they actually play well...

[Professor Emeritus]

Does that make Warriors-Pelicans the most anticipated 1 vs. 8 matchup in NBA history?

Zaza-Green-Durant-Klay-Curry vs. Cousins-AD-Hill-some guard they get for Terrance Jones-Holiday


First playoff series with Durant-Curry-Klay-Draymond having to co-exist and share the ball.

Talk about whether Cousins-Brow is the best playoff big man combo ever.

People been murmuring about how Warriors defense is suspect against bigs.

Cousins has already exposed them a couple times. Destroyed them in preseason, had 32-12-8 in a win a couple months ago and you can't even say his heart has been fully in the game. Now with AD at PF, ain't no help coming for Zaza anymore.

AD had 45 and 17 against the Warriors already. 33 and 13 in his next game, then 28 and 8 with 5 blocks.


Of course, it might not work at all. But if it does, and both of them are locked in....



I can't think of there ever being a 1 vs. 8 matchup that you could already anticipate as potential fire when the All Star Break was still going.

 

[tremonthustler1]

It would just look like that Dubs series win over Portland where the games were close but you knew Golden State had it anyway.

 

[KOBE]

Dubs/Thunder was the most anticipated 1st/8th seed matchup in history before Durant's bytch ass couldn't get back on the court.

 

[Malta]

It would just look like that Dubs series win over Portland where the games were close but you knew Golden State had it anyway.

Think this is a bit different in that if those two can get Draymond in foul trouble it's a series, the Blazers never had an edge over the Warriors, they were trying to win with their backcourt. This level of frontcourt hasn't existed in the NBA in a very long time.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Dubs/Thunder was the most anticipated 1st/8th seed matchup in history before Durant's bytch ass couldn't get back on the court.

Yup. And this is arguably even more interesting. Warriors-Thunder was just a normal WCF matchup that would have gotten moved to the 1st round by circumstances. This is more of a traditional 1-8 matchup but just with crazy unprecedented storylines.

 

[Rick Roller 10]

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Pissed-off Sacramento fan just one-starred the thread.

 

[El Bombi]

Still going to be a sweep.

 

[horizon]

Pels in 6 tbh

 

[ThaRealness]

Think this is a bit different in that if those two can get Draymond in foul trouble it's a series, the Blazers never had an edge over the Warriors, they were trying to win with their backcourt. This level of frontcourt hasn't existed in the NBA in a very long time.

Yeah, the Warriors one weakness is their front court

 

[BrothaZay]

Warriors don't gotta worry. Draymond green can shut down Kareem

 

[Kovu]

Tough 6 game series ending in a Dubs win

 

[DlAMONDZ]

Sweep

Not only are KD and Dray the better frontcourt pairing, the Pelicans have 0 guard play

 

[010101]

the Pelicans have 0 guard play

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[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Sweep

Not only are KD and Dray the better frontcourt pairing, the Pelicans have 0 guard play

They've still got Jrue (not exactly 0 guard play), but yeah they'll definitely have problems generating perimeter offense against GS, especially 3-pt shooting (they've now lost two of the three best 3-pt shooters in Galloway + Hield):