Inside The NBA: Chuck thinks Warriors will face major problems against Portland.

I'm not one of the people who pound on Chuck. I respect his opinion, positive or negative

 

Far and away the best, most entertaining person who talks about basketball for a living. I literally couldn't care less about anyone else who talks about basketball - I can't stand sports radio or any of that bullshit - but I love listening to Chuck.

 

I think that Barkley's point is well taken, assuming that Nurk is healthy and can play at something approaching the level he was prior to the injury (two pretty big assumptions, but they were built into what he was trying to say). What other team in the NBA has the perimeter guard play of Blazers AND a dominant scoring big man like Nurk? Toronto is probably the closest, with Derozan, Lowry and Valenciunas, but I think Dame, CJ and Nurk are better. The Blazers at full strength would test the Warriors. I don't think that the Blazers will be at full strength and I wouldn't expect them to win more than a couple of games if they were, but here's hoping...