What I never understand about the asterisk argument is this. Every year, every NBA team is given the exact same amount of money to build a team with. Every year there’s injuries in the NBA, GM’s know this. There’s lots of ways to build a team. If you choose to build your team by allocating the majority of the salary you’re allowed to pay to 3 guys that’s a strategy, and most of the time if those 3 guys are the level of (Steph/Klay/Durant) you’re going to experience success with this strategy. A known drawback would be, if you have all this money invested in 3 players and 2 get hurt you’re fucked because you’re paying those guys so much that you can’t match the depth of another playoff team.
kidtakahi
You only hear this from hacks in the media who hate the fact Canada has a team like Stephen A. Smith. They questioned the Raptors chip but not the 2015 Warriors chip when Kyrie and Love were out. Injuries are part of the game.
lodermoder
Bro what about the injuries to Kevin Love and Kyrie when they won in 2015 (?)? Where’s the asterisk for that?
Desertsprinter
What ifs are a fun concept but at the end of the day history is history
LostPants7
Send a couple Canadian baddies his way
Oozeinator
The Warriors know better than anyone, you play who’s in front of you, injuries or not.
In the conversation about our championship though, if people want to stretch Klay into it and forget they were lucky to even get 6 games (with him), I simply rebut with OG.
OG guarded LBJ the year before in the playoffs without Kawhi on the team. I can make a real argument that a champion defensive juggernaut was missing it’s second best defender. What does that team look like?
It’s not as if we were 100% and don’t even get me started on our path (sixers, bucks, warriors)… Went through how many MVPs and how many HOFers?
That was an amazing chip run.
Sensitive_Potato5128
Every championship team has some sort of luck on their side. The playoffs are a war of attrition.
-KFBR392
Asterisks are for cheating and nothing else.
gamblewizard98
Klay played the majority of that series anyway
Thealk3mist
Nobody talks about the same Warriors WITHOUT Durant SMOKING the West. They were seen as a shoe in. And we had crazy injuries like Kawhi couldn’t walk after games, guys were dealing with back issues etc. I never understood this.
Acceptable_Age9416
Let’s leave it at this: without KD in the finals almost 90%+ of the analysts predicted the Warriors would win. That alone is forgotten.
If we need to dig deeper, check out the box scores and quarter by quarter stats with Klay in the game.
If we need to dig deeper, how was Kawhi’s leg?
Barnicus57
Shoutout to Chuck for properly pronouncing asterisk.
Dopeeitsd
Media heads and Warriors dickheads always get triggered by us beating them and forgot they were gifted a title in 2015 against the Cavs seeing how kyrie and Kevin were out but no one wants to talk about that
fdisfragameosoldiers
Lowry played with a messed up thumb, Freddie had stitches, and we did not have OG in the lineup so GSW having injuries is a moot point.
Edit: And Kawhi played the entire playoffs on one knee! The Norths players are tougher I guess!
larrylegend1990
No one claims theres an asterisk if they are debating in good faith. You only see it when people want to start arguments online; same people who can claim an asterisk for any championship
Barnicus57
People making this out to be an America vs. Canada thing as if nobody questions the Lakers last championship. Come on.
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What I never understand about the asterisk argument is this. Every year, every NBA team is given the exact same amount of money to build a team with. Every year there’s injuries in the NBA, GM’s know this. There’s lots of ways to build a team. If you choose to build your team by allocating the majority of the salary you’re allowed to pay to 3 guys that’s a strategy, and most of the time if those 3 guys are the level of (Steph/Klay/Durant) you’re going to experience success with this strategy. A known drawback would be, if you have all this money invested in 3 players and 2 get hurt you’re fucked because you’re paying those guys so much that you can’t match the depth of another playoff team.
You only hear this from hacks in the media who hate the fact Canada has a team like Stephen A. Smith. They questioned the Raptors chip but not the 2015 Warriors chip when Kyrie and Love were out. Injuries are part of the game.
Bro what about the injuries to Kevin Love and Kyrie when they won in 2015 (?)? Where’s the asterisk for that?
What ifs are a fun concept but at the end of the day history is history
Send a couple Canadian baddies his way
The Warriors know better than anyone, you play who’s in front of you, injuries or not.
In the conversation about our championship though, if people want to stretch Klay into it and forget they were lucky to even get 6 games (with him), I simply rebut with OG.
OG guarded LBJ the year before in the playoffs without Kawhi on the team. I can make a real argument that a champion defensive juggernaut was missing it’s second best defender. What does that team look like?
It’s not as if we were 100% and don’t even get me started on our path (sixers, bucks, warriors)… Went through how many MVPs and how many HOFers?
That was an amazing chip run.
Every championship team has some sort of luck on their side. The playoffs are a war of attrition.
Asterisks are for cheating and nothing else.
Klay played the majority of that series anyway
Nobody talks about the same Warriors WITHOUT Durant SMOKING the West. They were seen as a shoe in. And we had crazy injuries like Kawhi couldn’t walk after games, guys were dealing with back issues etc. I never understood this.
Let’s leave it at this: without KD in the finals almost 90%+ of the analysts predicted the Warriors would win. That alone is forgotten.
If we need to dig deeper, check out the box scores and quarter by quarter stats with Klay in the game.
If we need to dig deeper, how was Kawhi’s leg?
Shoutout to Chuck for properly pronouncing asterisk.
Media heads and Warriors dickheads always get triggered by us beating them and forgot they were gifted a title in 2015 against the Cavs seeing how kyrie and Kevin were out but no one wants to talk about that
Lowry played with a messed up thumb, Freddie had stitches, and we did not have OG in the lineup so GSW having injuries is a moot point.
Edit: And Kawhi played the entire playoffs on one knee! The Norths players are tougher I guess!
No one claims theres an asterisk if they are debating in good faith. You only see it when people want to start arguments online; same people who can claim an asterisk for any championship
People making this out to be an America vs. Canada thing as if nobody questions the Lakers last championship. Come on.
Chuck is the Best!