1. No, 07 Duncan was top 10 in the L, no way bogut or green is stopping him.
Nobody said anything about stopping Duncan. However, Green has the ability to shift him out of position on post ups (in closer proximity to help defense), limit him from developing constant rhythm, and is disciplined enough to not be baited into fouling or falling into the trap of being scored upon from counters on every possession. Question is, would Duncan fold out on defense when he's suppose to anchor the paint when Green is spotting up for 3? Would he leave him open to shoot every time? Who's going to be guarding the paint, when either Barnes is backing down his man in the post or Iggy driving to the hole, or Klay getting an easy cut to the basket when he shakes his man off multiple screens? Or Curry splitting the double team and finding room in the lane, or by simple breaking Parker off the dribble?
Does Duncan swarm Curry on every PNR, or does he live with the consequences of leaving him open?
2. Iggy is a non factor offensively, hence him being left open in the finals 90% of the time. Pop will live with iggy taking open shots.
This is nonsense, don't simply go by what occurred in the Finals as reasoning behind him being a non-factor offensively. He's still a solid playmaker, still able to put the ball on the floor and finish at the rim and is a competent 3-pt shooter. What's funny about you suggesting this, is the fact despite him being a non-factor he still averaged 16 points on 50% shooting in the Finals. If one was willing to let Iggy take open shots, surely you have to consider that possibility of him providing equal production of a Parker and Manu, don't you not?
3. I was just going by positional small ball matchups. I referenced how parker and steph would rarely guard eachother, they would "hide" on the weakest perimeter player on either team
Then who exactly would Parker guard?
4. younger manu yes. Your telling me klay is going to chase manu around screens and be able to guard him one on one in his prime?
2007 Manu isn't chasing around Klay, at all. That's what Bowen was for, Manu was hardly ever active on defense to the degree where he'd stick to player wherever he went in the halfcourt. He more often than not had the tendency to help off players, leaving his man - which resulted in a breakdown on defense - into a more probable shot. He's a passing lanes type defender, not a chase-a-player-around-a-hunnid-picks type defender.
He was never going to exert that much energy on defense. Klay could easily handle Manu in 2007 and 2005, a lot less easier than Manu trying to stop a 21+ PPG scorer, who's also a top-5 3-pt shooter of all time. This matchup would be reliant upon Klay not shrinking under the bright lights, more than anything Manu could do on the defensive end.
5. your telling me steph is going to stop tony from dropping 30? Like i said they wouldn't be guarding eachother.
When the fukk has Tony shown the ability to score to the same degree as Curry? 2005/2007 Parker isn't fukking with Curry on any level. At all.
Either bowen, leonard, or green would guard steph, while iggy or klay would have the assignment guarding tony
Wait, wait, wait. Hold the fukk up. How the hell are you grouping these three players as if they played together? We're talking about the mid-00s Spurs, more specifically the 2007 Spurs. Leonard and Green have no relevance to this. If you're putting Bowen on Curry, then would the Spurs manage to contain this Warriors small ball offense, when you have players like Iggy and Barnes who can score close to 20 on respectable percentages against favorable matchups?
Plus let's not act like Bowen by himself would be able to limit Curry, especially without the aid of help defense and inexperience dealing with the greatest 3-pt shooter. Which is another thing you must take into account - the Spurs inexperience as a unit against an offense similar to the 2014/15 Warriors. It'd take them at least a few games to become familiar with how to defend them, by that time it might be too late to regain ground in a series.
Here's the heavy advantage the Warriors would have with matchups:
Either Iggy or Klay can guard Parker and stop him one-on-one - Draymond with help defense
Either Klay, Iggy or Barnes can guard Manu and stop him one-on-one
Either Klay, Iggy or Barnes can guard Bowen and stop him one-one-one
Either Draymond, Iggy or Barnes can guard Horry, whose offensive game was non-existent at that point (this is where Curry comes into play)
Draymond can handle and limit Duncan, to a degree where he isn't sacrificing too much momentum.
Not only do the Warriors haver better and more versatile defenders, but they also have more scoring threats in small ball lineups:
Curry can score 30+
Klay can score 20-30
Iggy can score 20-25
Barnes can score 15-20
)or the 2011 Mavs squad but I really dont see Draymond or Bogut stopping Super Saiyan Dirk for 7 games
