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TorturedBlazerFan said:
In my opinion no, contender status belongs to GS and thats about it this year.
They may come out of the east though. I wouldnt give them or anyone else over there a realistic shot to beat the warriors though.
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Don't sell them short. Over the past few years, they've given the Warriors as much problem as anyone. Their overall team length is precisely the counter necessary for the W's ball movement. Now with a decent coach and scheme, they can definitely be a problem for Golden State.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Don't sell them short. Over the past few years, they've given the Warriors as much problem as anyone. Their overall team length is precisely the counter necessary for the W's ball movement. Now with a decent coach and scheme, they can definitely be a problem for Golden State.
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Heres the deal though a lot of teams have given GS problems and then got swept by them in the playoffs. Houston is the only team who has come close to beating them in the playoffs in a couple years.
If Cousins comes back at say 80-90% of the player he was, how do you legitimately beat that team? Giannis is far and away The Bucks best player but do they even have the advantage there considering he basically plays the same position as KD.
I mean is GS guaranteed anything? no, they have to play the games but Id pick the warriors in 4 or 5. Also Budhenholzer has done this before, he’s been a good regular season coach, the year in Atlanta they set all those records they werent even close to a challenge for Lebron.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Heres the deal though a lot of teams have given GS problems and then got swept by them in the playoffs. Houston is the only team who has come close to beating them in the playoffs in a couple years.
If Cousins comes back at say 80-90% of the player he was, how do you legitimately beat that team? Giannis is far and away The Bucks best player but do they even have the advantage there considering he basically plays the same position as KD.
I mean is GS guaranteed anything? no, they have to play the games but Id pick the warriors in 4 or 5. Also Budhenholzer has done this before, he’s been a good regular season coach, the year in Atlanta they set all those records they werent even close to a challenge for Lebron.
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Yeah, that ATL team was all predicated on team ball though; they had no superstar. The Bucks are actually constructed in a manner fitting with the current NBA. And yes, I would give Giannis an advantage over KD.

Sure, if Cousins is added to the current Warrior core, then it could take them to another level, but I'm not looking at what they might be; I'm only looking at who they are now. And with Middleton playing at a Klay-like level, Bledsoe and Brogdon meshing well in their backcourt, and Lopez providing a legit scoring threat at center, their starting 5 is legit. If they can use their length to defend like I think they can, this is a completely different situation from that 60-win ATL team, or just about any team the West has offered up recently. Specifically because Giannis is such a beast.
 
I didn't see one created FAMS. Let's roll! Big game tonight. #RipCity
 
THE HCP said:
The Bucks are a blast to watch. Have been the last couple seasons. Giannis is taking this league over!
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Should've said walking all over to more accurately portray how much traveling he does. :).
Nah the dudes really good, until this year he's been the only fun thing about watching the bucks though (at least to me).
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Yeah, that ATL team was all predicated on team ball though; they had no superstar. The Bucks are actually constructed in a manner fitting with the current NBA. And yes, I would give Giannis an advantage over KD.

Sure, if Cousins is added to the current Warrior core, then it could take them to another level, but I'm not looking at what they might be; I'm only looking at who they are now. And with Middleton playing at a Klay-like level, Bledsoe and Brogdon meshing well in their backcourt, and Lopez providing a legit scoring threat at center, their starting 5 is legit. If they can use their length to defend like I think they can, this is a completely different situation from that 60-win ATL team, or just about any team the West has offered up recently. Specifically because Giannis is such a beast.
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Bledsoe / Brogden not as good as Steph and Klay. KD and Giannis well I don't think either can really stop the other so there's that. Draymond is better than anything they have at the other forward spot. Lopez is a good scoring guy, but he's not better than Cousins, and yes Cousins hasn't played yet, by play off time he will be playing, and he will have had a few months to get back into a rhythm it's not like a situation where we don't know if he's coming back or not... Both benches are "alright" in my opinion. It's not that I think the Bucks are bad, they may come out of the East, but in a 4 game series GS is going to be really, really hard to stop...
 
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