If the playoffs started today, we'd be in the best trucking bracket

Lol, right. I provide a FIVE YEAR sample size where he played in at least 78 games every year, and your come back is a single post season where he missed half a dozen playoff games. He still played in 18 playoff games that year, to go with 79 regular season games for a total of 97 games that year to go with the 101 games (80 regular season + 21 playoff) he played the year before and the 96 games (79 regular season + 17 playoff) games the year after.

That means he played in 294 of a total 308 possible games over that three year span. Not even LeBron James played in that many games over that same three year span. In fact, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson are the only ones to play in more games (both played in 297 of 308 games) than Curry during those three years.

So, yeah your claim that @BonesJones was in junior high the last time Curry's ankle was functional is total bullshit. You don't average 98 total games per year for three straight years with a non-functional ankle.

Just give it up and admit you're wrong.

BNM

 

While none of those teams would be easy, I think I'd prefer to meet San Antonio in round 1.

 

The Big Uneasy

 

I want the Texas Turncoat(credit to @dviss1 for the true name.) For the rare but not impossible chance to see him pout and cry as he realizes that Dame and CJ are sending his ass home and denying another chance at a ring.

 

Yes.... Yes they did. Somehow the Blazers got beat by a total "Trash Team".

 

That lineup played against Utah last night and got blown out of the water and that was at home. That lineup isn;t anywhere near as talented as our strating lineup and who would they have coming off the bench against our bench?

Young is very erratic and can shoot a team in or out of a game (during the same game)

Iggy is getting older and can still play well, but not near as effective as he was

Pachulia is a decent backup but I would take Nurk or Davis over him

Livingstone is a solid player but his game has slowed down as well. A decent bench player

McGee can be dominating or disappear and will make plenty of bonehead plays.

 

Without their 4 All-Stars it's far from a given that they win. Without any of them I don't think there are many teams in the league that wouldn't win a 7-game series against the players you listed above.

I think Curry is pretty much ruled out from the first round of playoffs unless they rush him back.

Depending on who they play in the first round, they may or may not struggle against Curry. As controversial as this may sound, I think with a Curry-less Warriors team Jazz would do them in a 7-game series in their current form. They are equipped well enough to defend the other three All-Stars, and the entire scoring burden would be on Klay and Durant. They can deal with them just fine. If Kawhi is back and plays well, Spurs would be a huge problem for them too. Against Thunder it's a toss because you never know which Thunder show up.

I don't think they'd have problems against Pelicans, Clippers or Nuggets without Curry.

If they are missing both Curry and Durant, I don't fancy them against any of the playoffs team. I think Durant is going to be fit and healthy for sure though, unless a new injury happens.

 

We would beat that line-up 4-0 without any problem. I don't think they would come within 6 points off us in any of the games. Come on, nobody can seriously think we would struggle in any way against Warriors without any of Curry, Durant, Thompson and Green. They were only really missing Curry and Iguodala a couple of weeks ago and we beat them without any trouble at all.

 

In the game until 3 mins left isn't really a blow out. And the Jazz are quite possibly the hottest team in the NBA right now and played all their starters the entire game.
The original statement is outlandish i'll give you that. Blazers probably beat their second unit in 6. Not really that that is saying much.

 

Well, you value that bench a lot more than I do, Not sure about your info on the Utah/GS game as it was a 20+ game pretty much all the second half and then ended up by 19 and that was at GS. Isee a sweep or possible a 5 game series at most. Portland is 13-2 since the all star break where as Utah is 12-4 and we beat them at Utah so I would say Portland is the hottest team in the NBA right now.

 

He isnt the only one. really though, you are off your rocker KJ, if you think our starting unit cant handle GSW's second unit, the same one that is 1-3 since their players got injured... lost to Phoenix the other night I believe?

Come on now....

 

How were they in it with 3 minutes left when they were down by 19 at half time? GSW got smoked man....

 

Nah bro... 53-47 at half.
With 5 mins left the game was over and GS pretty much threw in the towel. 4th quarter was pretty much 20 points all the way.
You can look for yourself here.
http://stats.oregonlive.com/nba/pbp.asp?gamecode=2018032509&home=9&vis=26&meta=true

 

Okay... sorry 5 minutes into the third GSW was down by 20.

Look at that third quarter.... you cant seriously tell me GSW was in this until 3 minuted left and that their second unit would beat the Blazers....

 

Hey no question Utah came out after half and played a solid stretch in the 3rd. They did pull ahead. But GS matched them basket for basket the rest of the way. The game was not over and they competed. With 5 mins left the game was over. Utah is the best defensive team in the NBA without question. They locked them down. That second unit is a quality group. That is the point now isn't it?
How would you like to send out the Blazers second unit against the Jazz?