Looks like "The Big O" was right after all

Wait do the same people that harp that MJ is so much better than Lebron also argue that the game is much better today than it ever has been? That's a spin for you.

It's not that teams don't guard the perimeter against GSW. It's that GSW is running moving screens all along the 3 point line.

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It's not that teams don't guard the perimeter against GSW. It's that GSW is running moving screens all along the 3 point line.

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And shooting from the logo.

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I'm going to pressure you with three-quarters, half-court defense. But now they don't do that. These coaches do not understand the game of basketball, as far as I'm concerned."

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This is ignorance on O's part. guards are too fast these days for pressure like that frequently. If coaches could do it, they would do it in a heartbeat. Nobody is going to pressure Curry half or 3/4 court very often bc he's too good.

Part of the reason that he wasn't as effective is that the refs let the defenders play more physical with him when he didn't have the ball. There was a ton more contact when he was moving without the ball. It was definitely noticeable in both the Thunder and Cavs series.

The Warriors were missing wide open threes in the last two games. I think the Cavs have a little something to do with it, but I don't think they have some blueprint on how to defend the Warriors.

I agree with parts of O's argument, but saying teams should pick him up 3/4 court isn't realistic and devalues his underlying point. Curry is a more dominant regular season player for three reasons (outside of him just being really good at basketball).

1. You obviously are playing different teams each night, so there's less opportunity for those teams to get a feel for how their personnel stacks up against you. GS is the deepest team in the league, so if you put all this effort into stopping Steph, they'll just beat you somewhere else. Even if you slow down Steph and get a lead, their bench will kill you. Too many good players to just focus on getting the ball out of one guy's hands all night

2. You're playing better teams, and those teams are playing harder. A lot of guys coast through the regular season, and bad teams will just roll over and die when a team like GS gets a lead on them. That lazy play enables him to get a ton of open looks that lead to a scoring spurt.

3. The officiating is different. I think it's retarded to call games differently depending on the time of season, or game for that matter, but it's reality. There was a lot of holding and bumping both ways in this series, and it interrupted GS's rhythm much more than the iso-dominated Cavs' offense

What's the blueprint?

Other than get Lebron and Westbrook/Durant.

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You'd figure that more teams would've thought to switch on Curry before then.

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If people ever want to argue about the quality of the athletes the NBA has today, all you have to do is look at guys like Tristan Thompson and Steven Adams guarding Steph on the perimeter and giving him fits. That kind of length on the perimeter used to be found sporadically in guys like Pippen, but now you can get it from mid level 4s and 5s.