2001 LAKERS or this 2017 Warriors team? Who u got?

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

draymond locking uo kareen brah shaq will be light work

 

[Malta]

Bruh that ain't more formidable than what these Warriors putting out there?

What exactly do you think happens when Shaq goes to the bench and Horace Grant comes in?

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

So, he didn't score 60pts in any playoff game, but you're saying he'd do it easy even though he never did?

The Lakers scored 101ppg vs the Sixers in 2001, at bare minimum to beat the Warriors you need to go over 110, where is the extra scoring outside of Shaq and Kobe coming from?

the extra scoring is coming from Kobe and Shaq. We haven't even discussed Kobe yet. Prime Kobe in 2017 would have averaged how much a game? high 30s?

 

[Jplaya2023]

This Cavs team is better than the 2001 Spurs, the fukk are you talking about? They had Antonio Daniels, Terry Porter and Danny Ferry starting with Duncan and Robinson. Robinson was 35, Ferry was 34 and Porter was 37


Cot damn man, you overrate the shyt out of everything from the past.

spurs perimeter players were misery d anderson was injured but you got prime duncan and a little older d rob protecting the paint. pop >>> kerr

 

[J-Fire]

Who gon stop Shaq? ZaZA & McGee?lol.

Lakers could control pace. Shaq & Kobe could do it in the post.

Plus hand checking will mess with curry & Durant.


Anyways the X factor is Shaq.

 

[Malta]

This is why It's not good to just study a Stat sheet and make your conclusions from there

Should we just go off cloudy memories then? Those in which dudes say stupid shyt like "Horry > Draymond" or act like Derek Fisher is going to be able to trade baskets with Klay?

So you think Warriors would be able to run a fast pace offense against the 2001 Lakers

In the 2016 Finals, Warriors had their offense slowed down by the Cavs with their post presence of Thompson and Love

This is the Warriors of 2017 vs the 2001 Lakers, what does last years Warriors team have to do with this matchup? The Lakers played at a 96 pace vs the Kings, they averaged 106ppg in that series, the Warriors playing at a 95 pace will score 111ppg, they played at a 96 pace tonight and had 116pts in a loss.

You think it's that easy for any team to generate a fast pace? Elite half court teams put a stop to that. What did the Rockets do when they came up against the Spurs? What did the Warriors do in game 1 against the Spurs before Kawhai's injury?

- How did the fast pace Nets look like in 2002 when they went up against the Lakers?
- How would the putrid Warriors front line look like after prime Shaq is done with them?


Warriors fans I tell ya

I love how you just shot yourself in the foot with that part about the Nets, the Nets played at a 91.8 pace in the regular season, their series vs the Lakers was played at a 90.9 pace Nicely done.

And yes, it's easy for a team like the Warriors to push pace and tempo. Shaq averaged 33ppg against that Nets team with Jason Collins and Todd MacCulloch as the centers, please don't sit here and act like they're a huge difference over Javale and Zaza. You don't get it, you cannot trade 2s for 3s vs this team, whatever the pace is played at the Warriors will score around 14ppg higher than it.

 

[Malta]

spurs perimeter players were misery d anderson was injured but you got prime duncan and a little older d rob protecting the paint. pop >>> kerr

Robinson was 35, that Spurs team had no talent outside of Duncan, hold the fukk up....


Are you implying that they are better than the Warriors too?

 

[Rigby.]

Phil would stick with the triangle, just like he did when the Pistons were killing them guarding Shaq without help, he had no counter to that when the opposing team just decided "fukk it, we can guard everyone else, no double for Shaq"

This the shyt that gets me. They keep asking who gonna guard Shaq like they can't just scheme Shaq out the game. A real question is who the fukk is Shaq gonna defend??? Either hes gonna be running around attempting to play on the perimeter and get tired as fukk or not play defense at all. Im sure that'll go over with Hobe's ego. From a perimeter perspective, they're every bit as versatile as the Pistons, they can do the same thing of letting Kobe get his and clamping everybody else

 

[Jplaya2023]

Robinson was 35, that Spurs team had no talent outside of Duncan, hold the fukk up....


Are you implying that they are better than the Warriors too?

nope i said in another thread the warriors would sweep or go 5 with the 03 spurs who won a ship. they for sure sweep the 01 team

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

If teams could just scheme Shaq away they'd do it but they couldn't. He won 4 rings and faced far better big men than who the Warriors are putting on him

 

[Malta]

This the shyt that gets me. They keep asking who gonna guard Shaq like they can't just scheme Shaq out the game. A real question is who the fukk is Shaq gonna defend??? Either hes gonna be running around attempting to play on the perimeter and get tired as fukk or not play defense at all. Im sure that'll go over with Hobe's ego. From a perimeter perspective, they're every bit as versatile as the Pistons, they can do the same thing of letting Kobe get his and clamping everybody else

It's always just 1 way, they never really break anything down, just "Who gonna guard Shaq" as though we didn't see a perimeter oriented team shyt all over the Lakers in 04.

Like we didn't see perimeter oriented teams beat Ewing, Robinson an Shaq before with some bum ass centers checking them.

 

[J-Fire]

Pelicans have been competitive against the warriors, lol. if the 2001 Lakers couldn't hang...how could the pelicans hang in a December 2016 game!?! Lol.

Hell, Replace Hield with prime Kobe ...and he could get it done with Anthony Davis.

Warriors vs. Pelicans - Box Score - December 13, 2016 - ESPN

 

[Malta]

If teams could just scheme Shaq away they'd do it but they couldn't. He won 4 rings and faced far better big men than who the Warriors are putting on him

He also lost to far worse big men like Luc Longley too.


Shaq is going to get his, the side of the ball you're not seeing is what happens when the Warriors go on offense and drag Shaq's big ass out the paint for high screen and rolls. He was a poor defender on pick's his entire career, but it never mattered because the high screen wasn't a staple of the game like it is today. The Lakers defense would be breaking down left and right every single time he's involved in a screen and has to defend KD or Curry.

 

[Jplaya2023]

@Rigby. please explain how kerr is going to scheme 7'1 350 lb shaq out the game?

is he going to have him drugged, kidnapped, arrested? Phil would literally slow the game down and shaq and kobe touch everytime on the block.

Guess what happens, doubles coming and guys are open. shots go up and shaq will control both backboards.

now on defense yeah run pick and roll with green. Guess what happens, shaq will show on curry or kd and they will likely trap leaving green to play 4 on3 but phil will tell them not to rotate and give up a green 3. If he shoots 60% shake his hand and keep playing

 

[Niqqa You Gay]

You dudes could just go on forever arguing about these never to be proven fantasy matchups, couldn't you? Go to bed already