Oso planning to go pro
No idea. They did have Kyrie for 1 game (they still lost). But people often talk about how James would have had another championship ('15) if not for injuries. Why is it not ok to ponder about a healthy Curry? It isn't a massive upset with an injured Curry.Honestly, it is why I don't look as much at championships (or upsets), as a barometer of greatness for a player. Too many variables playing a role, besides the player. Valid point. In retrospect, I wonder how much of that was influenced still by their regular season, when Curry was healthy.
And Bogut went down, removing any semblance of interior defense (he was 2nd team all NBA defense 2015), leading to high ball screen after high ball screen for LeBron & Kyrie to get a head of steam and finish with no challenger at the rim.And Iggy's back was out the whole series (2015 finals MVP for guarding LeBron).And the Draymond suspension when LeBron egregiously tripped him at midcourt (could have torn his ACL), then Draymond flailed at him.
Lol.
You're right, the only player to ever have mitigating circumstances work against him is LeBron! My mistake.
No I was laughing at your lack of perspective.
Can you elaborate on the perspective I'm lacking? Or are you saying the Warriors with MVP Curry coming off post-season knee surgery, without their only interior defender (2nd team all defense), the 2015 finals MVP with a creaking back, and one of their all-stars dubiously suspended was the same team that won 73 regular season games?
He wasn't "dubiously suspended." It was obvious at the time and is obvious in retrospect.
If that was reversed. Lebron wouldn't have gotten a flagrant and wouldn't have been suspended. If it had been any other two players, it wouldn't have been a flagrant and he wouldn't have been suspended. If you do not realize that. You lack perspective.
Just to be clear, Green didn't get suspended simply for striking LeBron in the groin and then swinging ("flailing") at him again. The suspension came because it was Green's fourth flagrant foul point in the playoffs. LeBron was assessed an after-the-fact technical for his actions. You're right that most players wouldn't have been suspended because very few players would have been assessed 3 flagrant foul points prior to that. You're wrong that Green is the only player who would have been given a flagrant foul for those actions.
I'm aware that it was not a suspension for that one play, that it was for the accumulation of 4 flagrant fouls. I'm simply saying that it was not a flagrant. No way that was a flagrant foul...maybe a technical, but not a flagrant. And in the other situations I described it would not have been called a flagrant foul. It was done because it was Green and Lebron. I actually despise Green. Don't like his game, but I think he was screwed in that call. It was a reputation call (Green for being dirty; and star treatment for Lebron).
And furthermore, when the ball is in play, a technical foul cannot be called for physical contact. It’s either a regular foul or a flagrant foul. So Green could not have simply been given a technical foul. Again, learn the rules.
He most certainly could.You do realize that they could have left it a common foul, and call technical's on both James and Green for jawing, instead of upgrading Green's to a flagrant (wrong decision) and calling a technical on James.
MJ never got swept in the finals.
MJ never lost in the Finals. Heck, he never even faced a Game 7.It's the main reason why despite the annual "who's better" fun that folks like to have, it's really an easy call.One could point to other things, too, but one guy went 6-for-6 ... and the other didn't.
Agreed. In my opinion, this is why Jordan is still on the top. What bugs me is people talk like it's not even close, citing only this stat. I think it's close. And I also think it's not fair to LeBron to fault him for making it to the Finals more times but not winning -- particularly when two of those losses (soon to be three) were against an all-time great team. Only the Dallas series stands out to me as completely inexcusable, and I'm willing to pin that on LeBron..And, after all the debates about how many HOFers each of them had on their teams, as I watched the game last night I couldn't help thinking about that "other" HOFer. Screw Pippen, Rodman, Wade, Bosh, et al. Jordan had Jackson. Game. Set. Match.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Agreed. In my opinion, this is why Jordan is still on the top. What bugs me is people talk like it's not even close, citing only this stat. I think it's close. And I also think it's not fair to LeBron to fault him for making it to the Finals more times but not winning -- particularly when two of those losses (soon to be three) were against an all-time great team. Only the Dallas series stands out to me as completely inexcusable, and I'm willing to pin that on LeBron..
BTW, when Durant is shooting like he was last night, he is the best player on the planet. Also a very underrated defender.