Warriors are Done

We don't even know what the injury is yet ... so premature to talk about anything until the MRI is completed and results known.

The Warriors will get a week off before the next series starts + a likely 2 week series against the Clippers before playing the Spurs. If it is just sprained knee ligaments then it's very possible that the Warriors will get Curry back.

And, while unquestionably Curry is the best player on the team and the league, they have many other pieces on their roster that are able to play at a high level. While you'd have to put the Spurs as the favorites at that point, I don't think you can write off a team as talented and proud as the Warriors. They'll figure out something.

Tequilla said:

We don't even know what the injury is yet ... so premature to talk about anything until the MRI is completed and results known.

The Warriors will get a week off before the next series starts + a likely 2 week series against the Clippers before playing the Spurs. If it is just sprained knee ligaments then it's very possible that the Warriors will get Curry back.

And, while unquestionably Curry is the best player on the team and the league, they have many other pieces on their roster that are able to play at a high level. While you'd have to put the Spurs as the favorites at that point, I don't think you can write off a team as talented and proud as the Warriors. They'll figure out something.

If Curry's less than 100% for the San Antonio series it will be a bloodbath. San Antonio is damn near as good as GS with Curry at full strength. If he's at 81% GS will be lucky to win two games. If he's out it's probably a sweep.

San Antonio is a monster.

RaceBannon said:

dnc said:

Tequilla said:

We don't even know what the injury is yet ... so premature to talk about anything until the MRI is completed and results known.

The Warriors will get a week off before the next series starts + a likely 2 week series against the Clippers before playing the Spurs. If it is just sprained knee ligaments then it's very possible that the Warriors will get Curry back.

And, while unquestionably Curry is the best player on the team and the league, they have many other pieces on their roster that are able to play at a high level. While you'd have to put the Spurs as the favorites at that point, I don't think you can write off a team as talented and proud as the Warriors. They'll figure out something.

If Curry's less than 100% for the San Antonio series it will be a bloodbath. San Antonio is damn near as good as GS with Curry at full strength. If he's at 81% GS will be lucky to win two games. If he's out it's probably a sweep.

San Antonio is a monster.

I know it was the regular season but Golden State looked like they could run SA out of the gym at will

I put a decent amount of stock in the regular season, but Popovich has made it clear he coaches differently in the playoffs than the regular season. I want the Warriors to win the title but they're not gonna do it without a full strength Curry. San Antonio is great.

Again, we don't know the injury yet so let's let it play out before crowning this team or that team.

The Spurs are obviously a great team and play a ton of defense. My guess is that if Curry is out long term the Warriors will probably tighten up the defense a bit more ... which most forget that they happen to be pretty good on that end of the ball.

The idea of Livingston being over-exposed may or may not be relevant ... I could just as easily see the Warriors expanding Iguodala's role and making him the lead guard while also putting out their best defensive team. That's still a really good team. Obviously not a 73 win team ... but probably more like a 55 win team ... still definitely good enough to be very competitive.

From what I've seen, the Clippers have nothing to threaten the Warriors with in a series with or without Curry. It's basically Paul dragging everybody with him as Blake seems very obviously unhealthy.

I would tend to agree ...

But at this point, we're really just estimating what Golden State is without Curry and trying to extrapolate when/where/how some of the role players will step up. Can Thompson shoulder more of a load? How much does Harrison Barnes see his role expand and step up? Can Iguodala handle playing a consistent 35 minutes per night? Does moving either him or Livingston into the starting lineup compromise their bench? Is it possible that the usage of Festus Ezili becomes more of a factor on the offensive end?

IF there's a team that is positioned to lose a MVP and still be able to keep everything together, it would be the Warriors and their depth.