Can anyone post proof that Pop actually wanted to win all the games that the Spurs lost this year?
Every loss can be attributed to either resting key players OR trying to figure out strategies against possible playoff opponents
Personally, I respect the Thunder way more than the Warriors
Everytime time the spurs lose theres some fagot saying its because Pop somehow wanted to lose because muh strategy
Yall nigas geting BTFO again in the 1st round and im gonna enjoy every second of it just like last season.
>>66764343
How is it not strategy to plan losses?
No other coach is smart enough to figure that out - that the regular season doesn't fucking matter.
The Spurs can be the 8 seed and still be favored to win it all
>>66764358
>losing home court advantage doesnt matter
wew
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w
>playing game 81 like its game 7 of the finals
Good work idiot Warriors. You just fucked yourself over for the playoffs
>>66764358
>How is it not strategy to plan losses?
Even pop himself would smack your idiot dum ass.
>>66764390
When has the Spurs EVER needed home court advantage?
>>66764408
There's a reason why Duncan and Diaw didn't play on Sunday. He'd rather have the loss than give away too much of his game plan
>>66764422
to beat the warriors
too bad that didnt even save them
>>66764433
You do know in 2014 the Thunder went 4-0 against the Spurs
How much good did that do them?
That 2014 Thunder team might be better than this year's Warriors team
And this year's Spurs team is better than the 2014 Spurs
>>66764422
Yeah because theyre old and need the rest, thats no strategy.
And spurs NEED homecourt for the warriors, stop being such a deluded arrogant, every series wont be as perfect as the finals vs the heat so every bit of help will be needed.
>>66764452
I dont see how that matters since the warriors beat the spurs AND the thunder this year
>>66764422
>When has the Spurs EVER needed home court advantage?
Last year? The Spurs looked set up for this same Warriors matchup, but got upset by the Pelicans in the final game of the regular season, losing the division to the Rockets, falling from 2nd to 6th seed and then losing in the first round to the Clippers unceremoniously
>>66764459
>Diaw
>old
You know how I know you don't watch basketball?
>>66764462
Is this the famed mental gymnastics I've been hearing so much about?
The THUNDER went 4-0 against the Spurs instead of the shitty 3-1 the Warriors went against the Spurs, and they still got raped in the Western Conference Finals
The regular season doesn't matter!
>>66764468
Many of the first round games were refballed
>>66763957
So they wanted to lose in the first round last year?
>>66764509
so ignoring the fact that that was more than a year ago, and the spurs got BTFO by the rockets who the Warriors destroyed, that still doesnt erase the fact that the Warriors steamrolled both teams
>>66764523
Game 1: pop wanted to see what Doc's game plan was
Game 2: Spurs win
Game 3: Spurs rape
Game 4: Refball
Game 5: Spurs win
Game 6: Refball
Game 7: Luck and refball
>>66764546
>every game they lost must've been refball
>>66764530
Ok, but you're not disputing the fact the 2014 Thunder are better than the 2016 Warriors and the 2016 Spurs are better than the 2014 version of themselves
>>66764509
Hes 33 years old, thats old for sport standards.
>>66764569
the 2014 arent better than the 2016 warriors, because the 2016 warriors are 72-9 while the 2014 Thunder were 45-37
Can someone tell me how the Warriors plan to stop Leonard and Aldridge, two playoff stalwarts?
>>66764569
2016 just tied the best record in NBA and are coming of a championship season and what looks like to be a two time MVP, how can the 2014 Thunder who achieved nothing but MVP Durant better?
>>66764560
Spurs fans are the bitchiest, they still cry about game 6 against the Thunder even though the refs handed them game 1 and were tripping over themselves to hand the Spurs game 5 and they were too inept to capitalize.
they see the refball that happens against them but when they get the calls they pretend not to see it.
>>66764592
You just started watching basketball, huh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_season
>>66764621
I dont see how this disproves my point
72-9 is still better than 59-23
>>66764599
>tying 72 wins
>accomplishment
teams like the lakers and spurs could've tied this record over and over again but they realize that the regular season doesn't mean fucking anything.
shit franchises like the Warriors treat the regular season like it means something.
If Pop really wanted to, this team could've won 75 games. Easily.
Who wins this 7 game series
2016 Spurs
versus
2014 Spurs
>>66764649
>teams like the lakers and spurs could've tied this record over and over again
so why didnt they?
>he doesn't know every win the Spurs got was from teams pitying the Spurs
lel pathetic casual
>>66764657
He said exactly why in the very same sentence you dope
>>66764655
2014 Spurs in 5 games
the depth in the Western conference is pretty down right now and it's inflating the records of the top 4 teams
>>66764657
Rest is more important.
the 2001 Lakers went 15-1 in the playoffs. People remember that more than 72-10 because that Bulls team went 16-3, which really isn't that impressive.
>>66764684
>People remember that more than 72-10
Wow, pure fucking delusion. Kill yourself faggot lmao
>>66764684
>people remember a 16 game playoff record more than the greatest* regular season record of all time
are you sure about that?
>>66764700
>>66764702
Do you get a ring for winning the regular season?
>>66764684
That team didnt even break 60 wins, do you seriously not think that two competitive players such as Kobe and Shaw, not to mention Phil Jackson. Wouldve wanted to take the record if they were in the same position as the warriors?
>>66764728
no
do you get a different ring for going 16-12 instead of going 16-0?
So when the Mavs almost eliminated the Spurs in the first round in 2014, that was pop's just trolling?
Holy shit! Pop is one crazy man!
Pop employs a beaver nuggies for performance reward strategy with his troops. At a certain point, the Spurs win too much and pops wants those golden bv nuggies to himself. Selfish bastard. Only hardcore Spurs fans will understand.
>>66764728
They both won the championship and the Bulls were far more memorable. I suggest you suck a cock
>>66764739
Yes. People will remember that team as a fluke
>>66764739
16-12 is more impressive because that team would have to had to fucking grind out four game 7s to win the chip. people would be shitting bricks during that entire run.
it would be epic. nobody would forget it
>>66764768
and people will remember 72(or 73) wins too
you are proving that you literally have no point at all
>>66764736
Shaq is a lazy sack of shit. I fucking hate these scumbag sports-hating faggots who think the Golden State Warriors taking the whole season seriously and gunning for greatness in the face of hardship is somehow a bad thing or disrespect it. Go watch a different sport, these guys are making it great.
I'll tell you a secret about Gs fans. All of their basketball takes come from one premise: Why aren't [team]OR[player] like the Warriors? They don't know anything about other teams or franchise's strengths and weaknesses, they try to frame any discussion into beating the Warriors at their own game.
I'll tell you another Gs secret. They have a sample size of 14 postseason games + the 2013 exit, compared to 148 regular season games during their stellar run. All their talking points in assessing how the Gs will fare in this postseason is derived from those regular seasons because they're simply too new a championship franchise so that is all what they can cling to. No western conference champion is legit until they eliminate a Popovich-era contending Spurs in the postseason, every non-bandwagoner fan knows this. Do this first and solidify respect. Otherwise, all i hear is a fanbase who protests too much, as if they aren't defending champs. The onus is completely on them to repeat. They shook.
>>66764813
>the warriors are scum for trying to win all of their games
my sides. This butthurt is just unreal
>>66764682
If Spurs are eliminated, are they going to get the band all together again? I miss Cojo, Ferrari and prime Tiago so much.
>>66764831
They shook the NBA establishment so much that they were immediately dismissed as champions the moment they won. Obviously you didn't watch basketball before this season.
>>66764836
Read again my friend, I'm saying GSW is going for something great when other teams just settle for mediocrity. They are taking the entire season seriously, it's very laudable and awesome.
>>66764858
See, another No U protest of a reply, just according to formula.
>>66764905
It's gotta suck to love basketball so much but be so fucking short. No wonder you're angry.
>>66764888
but IF it turns out it wore them down and the wheels come off in the playoffs, will it have all been worth it?
>>66764934
to be immortalized in the record books? Sure
>>66764926
That all you got, 2.1cm vertical?
S H O O K
H
O
O
K
>>66764934
Yes, I think so. Sports is about more than championships.
>>66764975
>cm
lmao
>>66764990
burgers and wheelchairs really limit elevation. but there's always 2k right chingchong
>>66764934
If what wore them down? Curry has sat out 20 fourth quarters.
You're acting like they're playing starters over 40 minutes a night to win these games. They're not. Draymond leads in minutes with 2800 and that's 13th most in the NBA. Curry and Klay are not in the top 20.
Compare it to the Raptors who have both Lowry and DeRozan in the top 10 minutes played.
>>66764684
wat
>>66765047
I honestly think people are numb to their greatness and don't realize how much better this team is, from top to bottom, than any other team in the NBA.
>>66765080
and who are they supposed to put in to "not be gunning?"
Iggy? Livingston? Barbosa? Ezeli? Rush? all of these guys are already part of the rotation and play a ton every night.
the warriors rotation goes so deep that there's not anybody to sub in to rest players because they don't carry 5 scrubs
>>66765134
so you're saying having a stacked team with no bad players is screwing them over
>>66765134
Makes me wish the NBA would get rid of four teams so we could have deeper rosters and elevated standard of play.
>>66765080
They're great, but they use the Regular season to "prove it" which just makes me want to see them lose.
I believe Cleveland is a better team at full strength.
>>66765047
Yeah but how exhausted mentally do you think the Warriors are down the stretch?
The longer the starters play, the higher chance there's an injury risk
>>66765171
They proved it last year when the won the championship. This is the greatest championship defense in 20 years, at least. Cleveland is complete dogshit, I cannot believe you said that.
>>66765171
even though the warriors beat them in the finals last year, and beat them every time they played them this year?
>>66765177
>Yeah but how exhausted mentally do you think the Warriors are down the stretch?
Not very.
>The longer the starters play, the higher chance there's an injury risk
Same for every team in the playoffs, it's a non-issue.
>>66765190
>They proved it last year
No they didnt. They were down 2-1 to a broken Cavs team (almost 3-0) and didn't play the Spurs.
Luck
>>66765171
>They're great, but they use the Regular season to "prove it" which just makes me want to see them lose.
Tell me, why do you hate sports?
>>66765211
Except no other team going into the playoffs has as much pressure as the Warriors do
>>66765210
They didn't best the Cavs. They beat a hobbled mess that was only there because of LeBron
The other times are regular season contests. Doesn't count for shit.
>>66765214
>They were down 2-1 to a broken Cavs team
yah, and they won the series 4-2, you moron
>>66765214
lol
They blew the Cavs out, it was not a close series. They were great all last season, too. Go be mad and delusional somewhere else.
>>66765262
Lmao they pulled themselves up by yhe boot straps and staged an epic comeback against a dying carcass of a team
Stuff of legends.
>>66765255
>every matchup the two teams have played doesnt matter
Someone prove to me beyond the reasonable doubt that the Warriors could even beat the CLIPPERS in a 7 game series?
They were without Blake for 3/4 of their contests and they were STILL close.
>>66765249
Pressure is relative, some people thrive on it, and it seems like a few of them play for the Warriors.
>>66765282
Did I stutter? Youre going to be eliminated by the Spurs soon, so gloat and troll now.
Are the Warriors even better than the Spurs bench? I'm actually pretty unconvinced of that to be honest
>>66765047
since the All-Star break their 3 core players have all seen their minutes rise and their numbers drop
>>66765297
so if beating them in the NBA finals AND the regular season doesnt matter, how are they supposed to prove theyre better?
>>66765280
They completely shat on the Cavs, who got lucky with one game. It was almost a 5 game sweep.
>>66765303
considering they beat the team by 30 once, and double digits twice, Id say yes
The Warriors are easily the biggest paper tiger frauds in sports history
Unprecedented luck bought them the success they now enjoy, but they arent built to sustain it. They're built to dominate, hotdog and showboat in the regular season where lack of effort and focus makes everything easier.
Their skill is a dead end unless they can somehow dodge the Spurs and a healthy LeBron team.
>>66763957
stop being a false flagging nigger
or if you actually bandwagoned >my team, kill yourself you autistic piece of shit
I bet you're not even from texas, faggot
>>66765363
the state of your mental and emotional health, mate.
>>66765363
but they already beat the spurs 3 times
>>66765315
By surviving the Spurs this playoffs
(They wont)
They'll be exposed soon. You can't keep winning with Iguodala as your best player. They got LUCKY.
>>66765404
they got lucky by dominating the playoffs and the finals?
>>66765448
>4-2 vs memphis
>4-2 vs a dead Cleveland team
>dominating
HAHAHAHAHAH.
>>66765472
>4-0 vs the pelicans
>4-1 vs the rockets
>4-2 over the Clev team you were literally just saying was better than them
>>66765472
>i didn't watch any of the series
lol epin memes
lol "they got lucky" by not playing the spurs last year
they didn't play the spurs last year because the spurs were frauds and got their asses handed to them by the fucking clippers
>>66764343
Let's be honest anon Spurs are a lock for the WCF this year so you'll only get to taste tears after warriors sweep them in game 6
>>66765517
>>66765509
They struggled against MEMPHIS and if it wasn't for insane luck and Tony Allen missing his shots, the Warriors would've been 2nd round exits
The Cavs DOMINATED the Warriors in 3/6 games.
>>66764398
Oh you mean consistently playing at the highest possible level to prepare to consistently play at the highest possible level?
>>66765593
>86-101
>101-84
>78-98
>108-95
yah, thats struggling all right
>The Cavs DOMINATED the Warriors in 3/6 games.
but the cavs didnt even win 3 games
>>66765650
First game went overtime. Warriors lost the next 2.
That's 3-0 with a healthy team.
>>66765523
The Spurs got refballed. That's some real luck right there
The Warriors were also lucky to not play the Clippers last year, again due to refball and a historic collapse
>>66765702
the difference being the warriors won in OT, so its NOT 3-0, dumbass
>>66765731
Warriors """"won""""" (barely) against a broken team
Lucky as shit
>>66764759
u wot now m8
>>66764358
>regular season doesn't matter
ya that's why everybody is hyping up the Warriors because they're about to break the Bulls' record...
>>66765750
how is a 3 game string of victories lucky?
>>66765755
Texas Gold
>>66765702
>Going 2-1
>The same as going 3-0
>>66765768
Because they lost 2 of the first 3, should have lost all 3, and were playing bench players since the starters were out.
You literally got lucky to beat an exhausted team after they dickslapped you when they were fresh.
You will NEVER be champs again.
>>66765815
2-1 with the b team = 3-0 with the a team
Simple
Warriors. Are. Frauds.
>>66765859
>winning a game doesnt count
>the cavs playing like shit is the warriors fault
YOU ARE SO MAD HOLY SHIT
No matter what the warriors do now, in 20 years, we will still be talking about how the Warriors got lucky in the NBA finals against a depleted cavs team.
You think JORDAN would have struggled against a team like that? Get out of here. Stop worshipping your false god
Not related to the topic (though I agree with you) but related to the Spurs. I'm what you call a basketball savant of sorts. Every time I watch the Spurs on TV, I'm live analyzing and always beating Sean Elliot to the punch. Also, I'm banned from most 2K communities because my strategies can not be bested. Anyway, my parents finally gave me money to go to a game, and I was close enough to the Spurs bench to provide my input. We were playing the Raptors and Lowry kept slipping through on high pick and rolls. Of course during time outs I shouted my input to Pop, and I think he heard me and implemented my strategy. Towards the end of the game, I threw a USB drive with my resume, schemes, and analysis on it so that hopefully the coaches get in contact with me to hire me on as a consultant for the playoffs then full time assistant next season. I'm not trying to brag that I got a job, my main point is that Spurs and their fans just get it. We understand basketball, and more importantly, we love beautiful basketball and will do anything to protect it.
>>66765790
haha very good Joe Rogan
I saw a Spurs fan yesterday and I just lost it. Fucking smug prick. I was eating an outside lunch at this nice little restaurant, and he was sitting eating some fucking salad. Salad. Typical fucking Spuds fan. He was there with his stupid Spuds fan wife who of course was eating a fucking salad too.
I could tell he thought he was part of the best fans in basketball. He didn't say anything, but the way that stupid prick was chewing. Jesus Christ. He had a fucking Spurs t-shirt on. I bet you he bought it at the team store like a fucking schmuck. He and the fucking stupid cashier probably had this big self-satisfactory exchange. "I'd like to buy this best t-shirt in basketball with the best money in basketball please." I couldn't fucking believe this asshole. He just kept going at this fucking salad like he's king of the world.
I just tried to ignore that attention seeking asshat but he just kept at it. Every time I looked away he'd conveniently grab for his hot ice or some fucking passive aggressive bullshit so that it would draw my eyes to him. LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME BEST FAN IN BASKETBALL RIGHT HERE. Jesus.
You should have seen his wife. What a bitch. The waitress came by to ask them how their food was and she relayed how fucking satisfied she was in the most smug way possible. This fucking fake-politeness Spurs fans put on is ridiculous.
Next thing I know that guy pulls out his phone and starts texting. Are you fucking shitting me? I bet he just had to text his stupid friend all about his fucking salad was almost as good as being in basketball heaven.
I couldn't fucking take it. I told that fucking idiot what a smug fucking retard he was. He was like "dude what are you talking about" like he didn't fucking know what a prick he was. I fucking tackled him right there. Staff called the cops on me as if I did anything wrong. They are actually going to fucking put me on trial for assault. Fucking Spuds fans.
Poppovich has more rings and more NBA experience than every single person in the Warriors organization combined
He knows what he's doing. He really wasn't trying to win on Sunday. You think a winning lineup includes sitting Danny Green in crunch time for a Kevin Martin who can't play defense?
>>66766140
>poppovich has more NBA experience than Kerr
Might want to try again
>>66766207
kerr has more rings too
>>66766271
thats what Im saying
>>66766207
Coach > player. Players don't control strategy but execution. Strategy is more important than execution
Remember how many times the Spurs organization owned the Suns when Kerr was the GM of it?
Kerr doesn't know how to be anything but a glorified role player. That's why Walton coached the Warriors to a 39-4 start.
>>66766140
But Jerry West is pretty based
>>66766319
thats not even remotely true
Kerr has experience as both, and he's actually led his team to the best record
>>66766140
>You think a winning lineup includes sitting Danny Green in crunch time for a Kevin Martin who can't play defense?
>Danny Green has been shit, why is Pop keeping him in?
>if Danny Green was in, the game would have turned out different
The backpedaling is as real as they say.
Pathetic.
>>66766140
He went 5pts/3attempts then turned it over in a critical possession. He's like a less talented Manu, which is suicidal. I'd like to see Andre Miller on point against their bench, could be a better look.
>>66766468
best REGULAR SEASON record, which isn't even true because they just tied it, not won it
And Kerr was not even important in 95-96. They could've started me in the place of Kerr and there would've been the same results
Kerr wasn't that good of a player. He just got pity because his dad got BTFO in Lebanon
>>66766611
>122 pts in the postseason is nothing
you're just proving more and more you know nothing about basketball
>>66766758
Didn't Kerr help the Spurs beat the Mavs back in 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4caOwS6jI
How ungrateful are you fucks?
>>66766846
so not only are you agreeing with me now, but you're proving my point
>tfw this topic moved faster than the general, and is a tiny bit more instructive
never knew there was so much insecure gsfags that could drive postcount lurking on /sp/ee
>not showing his career-defining play
https://youtu.be/6uDDA73G5YM?t=11
>>66766966
Yeah, they need to practice the mental gymnastics before they get BTFO in the playoffs
>>66767249
says the guys saying OT games dont count as wins, finals games dont matter, a 16 game postseason record is better than the best record of all time, and Steve Kerr is a shit basketball player
>>66767315
>a 16 game postseason record is better than the best record of all time
do you unironically not know this? srs.
>>66767441
sorry, manlet opinions dont matter here
>>66767315
Do you think the average NBA viewer cares about the regular season?
Serious question.
>>66767469
no playing son, do you really value a regular season over a team's performance in the post?
Let's be honest here guys
If the finals end up being warriors v cavs
Will varajao hurt or help the dubs?
>>66767839
depends, varejao is good but he needs to be more assertive and aggressive and he'd help by a huge margin
