Do you consider the warriors 73-9 pre kd a superteam?

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

They were up 3-1 and lost 3 games in a row with a chance to close it out. You got prime Steph and Klay yet they still choked and shyt the bed, game 7 wouldn't have been necessary if they took care of business.

People don't talk about it enough, back when it happened, of course, but in 2025 it's become a distant memory and that's partially because Curry is such a likable guy that fans and the media are willing to overlook his biggest failure by acting like it didn't happen, bringing up Draymond's suspension, or minimizing it like you're doing by downplaying talking about “one shot” when they had 3 opportunities to seal the deal.

That's not minimizing it, it's providing context to what actually occured.

What you're accusing me and others of is actually more reflective of what you're doing, except you're at the other end of the spectrum, magnifying it beyond any reasonable measure. "One of the biggest failures of all time in the history of sport" is just an empty ass statement not only for the fact you don't know enough about every single sport and its history, not only for the fact their season was decided by one shot but also for the fact they had championship success before and after that.

If that season was all that Steph had on his resume, then I could see some semblance of an argument, but it's not.

The media always brings up the 73-9 season and its regular season accolades and Curry's MVP but don't go further on how much of a failure it was,

You must have been living under a pretty big cotdamn rock.

That season was used against Steph for more than half a decade, I should know because I defended him over that period of time through all the dumb shyt and goal-post moving that swallowed up any discourse about him. He wasn't given any credit for winning in 2017 and 2018 and much inferior players (like Dame) were weaponized against him.

It seems you missed out on all that for whatever reason.

yet hypothetically speaking if Bron, KD, and Giannis, among other stars it would be a big blemish on their careers, fans would never let it go but for Curry, it's treated as a “whatever/yeah he lost but so what” moment.

This is ridiculously untrue.

I don't know what would possess you to even bring up Giannis when he's only won one playoff game in over 1000 days, and even had Nike make a campaign [There's no failure in sports. It's steps to success.”] about him losing in the 1st round on some Jay Z Blueprint 2 shyt. He's had a minimal amount of playoff success over the last three seasons, all in the prime of his career and everyone treats it exactly as a "whatever/yeah he lost but so what".

I like Steph. He's one of my favorites, but I notice as time has gone on, he doesn't get much ridicule for that season's failure. It's pretty non-existent.

Because he ended that shyt 2022, after six years of having that season used against him. It's as simple as that. You weren't on this board during those years so I don't really expect you to be cognizant of what went on during that period.

 

[RedBull]

No. When he joined they became one.

Also, it’s time to differentiate what Super Teams are. There are ORGANIC “super teams”where the core of the team are drafted and grow into a team. Or they trade for young players who grow into stars. You cannot criticize these teams for becoming great.

And then there LeBron type of super teams where superstars/HOF bound players from other teams join or force trades to create a team.These teams are open to criticism because it’s GMO.

 

[StatUS]

Was the Russ, AD, Bron Lakers a superteam? Russ was an all-star the year before.

Russ wasn't an all star in Washington and declined in LA pretty quick. 3 all stars is like The Heatles or Boston 3 Party. 4 all stars with two top 10s is usually the way I see it.

 

[Illuminatos]

Nope because no one was calling them a superteam prior to the start of that season. Everyone was saying they weren’t really that good since they only played injured teams in their 2015 playoff run.

 

[RedBull]

Russ wasn't an all star in Washington and declined in LA pretty quick. 3 all stars is like The Heatles or Boston 3 Party. 4 all stars with two top 10s is usually the way I see it.

He averaged a triple double in Washington

22
11.5
11.7

He declined because of Bron ball. Can’t have those numbers playing with Bron. He still averaged 18/7/7 in spite of.

 

[StatUS]

He averaged a triple double in Washington

22
11.5
11.7

He declined because of Bron ball. Can’t have those numbers plain with Bron. He still averaged 18/7/7 in spite of.

Man nobody was calling that Lakers team a super team at the time lol. They panicked at what Brooklyn was doing, AD injuries, and the first round exit previous year. Russ was a high profile addition but adding him didn't put them in the super category.

I'm a Wizard fan. I remember everything Russ did that year but it amounted to them being a play in team and gentlemen sweep by the 76ers team that got hoe'd by Trae Young.

 

[murksiderock]

at this thread...

In addition to setting the regular season wins record, the 2016 Warriors had the first unanimous MVP who went b2b, and was 1st Team All-NBA;

Had a 2nd Team All-NBA forward at his absolute peak;

And had another guard on the 3rd Team All-NBA...

I'll wait for one of you nikkas to point out another team in NBA history that had three All-NBA guys in the same year, that shouldn't be considered a Super Team...

nikkas already invoking LeBron's name in a thread that aint about LeBron, but since yall Stans love bringing him up he's never played on a team where he had two active All-NBA guys with him. Hasn't happened once and yall swear he's had 10 super teams, but the '16 Dubs roll out with THREE All-Pros and that don't fit the characteristics of a Super Team...

Yall nikkas hell

 

[bl2k8]

at this thread...

In addition to setting the regular season wins record, the 2016 Warriors had the first unanimous MVP who went b2b, and was 1st Team All-NBA;

Had a 2nd Team All-NBA forward at his absolute peak;

And had another guard on the 3rd Team All-NBA...

I'll wait for one of you nikkas to point out another team in NBA history that had three All-NBA guys in the same year, that shouldn't be considered a Super Team...

nikkas already invoking LeBron's name in a thread that aint about LeBron, but since yall Stans love bringing him up he's never played on a team where he had two active All-NBA guys with him. Hasn't happened once and yall swear he's had 10 super teams, but the '16 Dubs roll out with THREE All-Pros and that don't fit the characteristics of a Super Team...

Yall nikkas hell

The 04-05 suns, 95 Sonics probably some others in there too

 

[yseJ]

of course not. an organically drafted team and a defensive player on offensive decline who had to change his game to fit the team (Iggy) is not a superteam.

superteam is when you put together great established players on the same team, and they are instantly favored to win it all or at least be immediate contenders every year

superteams are the Real Madrid Galacticos, the Yankees of days past, the Dodgers now, the Heatles, the Eagles superteam attempt (Nnamdi etc) etc


the Warriors dynasty largely exists because of Warriors gambling on Stephs ankle staying healthy and giving him a modest contract, as well as Kerr making Steph into a hybrid SG from a pure PG and building everything around movement, screens and long shooting.

 

[yseJ]

Nah. That team's core was all drafted there and developed together organically. A superteam to me is when already established stars on separate teams decide to get together (or via trade).

exactly

 

[murksiderock]

The 04-05 suns, 95 Sonics probably some others in there too

The term "super team" wasnt in wide use in 2004-05, but are we sure they wouldn't qualify? I'd argue that if the term were popular then, or if they'd made a Finals, we'd view them as such. Best record in league, 62 wins, league MVP, three All-Pros, Coach of the Year, Exec of the Year, iconic 7 Seconds Or Less Offense that still gets lauded today 20 years later...

They flopped in the WCF but other than that, there's nothing to suggest they shouldn't be considered a Super Team...

 

[bl2k8]

The term "super team" wasnt in wide use in 2004-05, but are we sure they wouldn't qualify? I'd argue that if the term were popular then, or if they'd made a Finals, we'd view them as such. Best record in league, 62 wins, league MVP, three All-Pros, Coach of the Year, Exec of the Year, iconic 7 Seconds Or Less Offense that still gets lauded today 20 years later...

They flopped in the WCF but other than that, there's nothing to suggest they shouldn't be considered a Super Team...

In a league with the Spurs, Heat Pistons and Mavs no that was not a super team whether the phrase was used or not. They had a really good year but at no point were overwhelming favorites to win the whole thing

 

[RedBull]

at this thread...

In addition to setting the regular season wins record, the 2016 Warriors had the first unanimous MVP who went b2b, and was 1st Team All-NBA;

Had a 2nd Team All-NBA forward at his absolute peak;

And had another guard on the 3rd Team All-NBA...

I'll wait for one of you nikkas to point out another team in NBA history that had three All-NBA guys in the same year, that shouldn't be considered a Super Team...

nikkas already invoking LeBron's name in a thread that aint about LeBron, but since yall Stans love bringing him up he's never played on a team where he had two active All-NBA guys with him. Hasn't happened once and yall swear he's had 10 super teams, but the '16 Dubs roll out with THREE All-Pros and that don't fit the characteristics of a Super Team...

Yall nikkas hell

The reason Bron name is brought up is because the term , “Super Team”, was birthed by the media due to him forming the Heatles aka the Kobe Stoppers, according to D Wade. Then again in Cleveland and again in LA. It’s no diss to him. It is what it is.

 

[yseJ]

Spurs at one point had Duncan, Parker, Manu and Kawhi and no one *ever* called them a superteam.

Superteam almost has a negative connotation to it lol.

 

[RedBull]

Man nobody was calling that Lakers team a super team at the time lol. They panicked at what Brooklyn was doing, AD injuries, and the first round exit previous year. Russ was a high profile addition but adding him didn't put them in the super category.

I'm a Wizard fan. I remember everything Russ did that year but it amounted to them being a play in team and gentlemen sweep by the 76ers team that got hoe'd by Trae Young.

I didn’t say it was a super team, I’m just pointing out that Russ averaged a triple double to year prior to coming to LA. How many players ever averaged triple doubles? It was only the Big O at that time. Doesn’t matter how the Wiz fared. He put up historic numbers.