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.

I"m pretty sure Jordan could lock down Curry at 25 feet today.

At age 53.

Grade 2 MCL sprain. Will be reevaluated in two weeks.

TSIO

doogsinparadise said:

They can play defense without him but will struggle to score 100 points per game, which is what they'll need against SA and Cleveland.

They won't see Cleveland

Tequilla said:

dnc said:

Grade 2 MCL sprain. Will be reevaluated in two weeks.

TSIO

It's a Grade 1 sprain ... not a grade 2 sprain.

If it was a Grade 2 sprain, the odds of him returning before the Finals would be slim to none.

Grade 1 probably puts him best case at the back end of a lengthy series against the Clippers but more likely at some point during the series against the Spurs.

With the type of medical support around for a NBA organization, it's likely that he'll be able to return on the front end of recovery time than the back end of it.

Assuming he's back in a series against the Spurs, I would expect that he'd have some rust to his game. It probably levels the playing field a bit as I would expect the Warriors to win the series in probably 5 or 6 games with everybody 100% healthy. Very likely that you're looking at a 7 game series at this point.

I was just reporting what I was hearing.

RoadDawg55 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.

They will be lucky to win more than a game against the Spurs. The Clippers might even beat them. Maybe not though because it's the Clippers and Blake Griffin is injured/ kind of sucks right now.

I like Livingston a lot a a role player, but the Rockets play no d. The Spurs play the best defense in the league.

NO Dipshit. The Warriors play the best D in the league and Curry has little to do with that.

RaceBannon said:

This is why you don't call players all time greats during their second alleged championship year.

Curry is awesome but greatness also depends on sustainability like our great stadium. That's why a big great player is preferred over a small great player. Curry was dinged up the year Davidson made their tourney run. He was hurt early in his pro career which is why everyone is saying what a great deal Golden State got by signing him to a big contract when other teams were saying what about his durability.

If he never plays again he was great and it was worth it to win one championship. That's not the point.

The point is he's Gus Williams until he shows he isn't. Let it play out.

Golden State will be dangerous the rest of the play offs even if he is out. Winners win and they did a shit load of winning this year. The fumes will carry over.

Was anyone claiming Curry was an all time great? I saw people saying he had an all time great season, not that he was an all time great player. Maybe I missed it. Definitely agree with your synopsis overall.

PurpleThrobber said:

I"m pretty sure Jordan could lock down Curry at 25 feet today.

At age 53.

And dunk on him.

PurpleJ said:

PurpleThrobber said:

I"m pretty sure Jordan could lock down Curry at 25 feet today.

At age 53.

And dunk on him.

True.