Why were people so mad? People said it was because it wasnt fair to add KD, but at the same time, despite the hype of the splash brothers, most people also didnt regard Curry highly, always trashing him. And why do people hate Curry and mistake his joy as arrogant? Dude is obviously just a charming cute nerd. It's the same crazy logic of men towards women; make them shut up and break up their dangerous gatherings, yet also women are stupid and aren't to be taken seriously and belong in a kitchen. Which is it now? Are they too dangerous and threatning positions of power, or are they irrelevant? Is KD +Curry unfair, or is Curry a bum?? People always hated the Dubs and only now are willing to credit Curry after these last Olympics now that he's over the hill. Too little too late, bandwagen jumpers - they'll immediately revert back to crazy logic as soon as the Warriors glimps as a possible playoff danger. I always hated people and their stupid false logics. Sorry for trauma dumping. But i am genuinely interested in why people were so mad about the underdog small curry showing greatness and always being humble and working for the team. Sure he has annoying antics but he's a nerdy kid who survives amongst all these butthurt macho bigs, so let him have his joy.
Not to mention, they were playing in Oracle which was the loudest arena in the league. Those 3rd quarter explosions + the noise would make teams struggle to defend or even create any offense
@@jdapaul1351I was in Oracle when steph had 45 with 8 threes once. You legit are surprised whenever he misses. Watching him launch, you would swear that the ball looks like it's going to go in. The arena would get mind numbing loud. And especially younger teams would absolutely crumble when those "warriors" chants would start and everyone would start standing! Cause every loose ball would turn into Montana to Rice for 6 lol and the crowd would just be excited to see how the guys would make it happen
For as much as the offense of this team gets talked up their defense was equally as impressive during this run which was the scary part of facing them I imagine
@@MrSkeleton131 KD always been an incredible help defender. He really got to showcase how he can anchor a defense with mostly defensive scrubs on the Nets, which is crazy considering his age and injuries at the time.
Yeah for sure. These runs dont happen without shutting down your opponent multiple possessions in a row. Curry and Durant could step up in the big moments defensively, they just knew they had to spend their energy on offense.
I started watching basketball when curry won his first mvp and watched so many great teams and championships from warriors. Here's hoping for more from them. They have a legitimately good shot at winning this year.
Good shot lol. They got rocked hard by the Cavs. The team beside their aging core has no depth and no playoff experience. Either a big trade happens at the deadline or Curry probably asks out at the end of the season.
@@hawkname1234 This. In recent years the warriors have not run roughshod over the rest of the league. It's because the rest of the league have caught up to this style of basketball. Everybody's spacing the floor now. Drop coverage is no longer the default defensive scheme because a good shooter will have a field day with your drop coverage. And every team has good shooters now.
@@The_Catalyzt That's actually much simpler than that: the Warriors have obviously been a far inferior team. 2017 Warriors would be unguardable even today.
Better than the 73 - 9 team, but they had to make sure they have the energy for the playoffs instead of recreating the choking incident of their previous season. 16 - 1 in the playoffs is just insane, I don't think any team will be able to recreate that for a very long time.
@SantaClaraFella The Spurs didn’t get swept you casual. And that team didn’t have Gasol and a vastly improved Kawhi Leonard. We all saw what happened Game 1. Even Zaza knew that if he didn’t take out Kawhi they was cooked.
@@BrightNights645You're basing that off of 1/2 of a game. How many times have we seen a championship team have just a dud of a game? Hell, on the topic of the Warriors, that 2022 team lost in Game 5 of the Second Round to Memphis by some 50 points and yet still won the 16 games they needed to. Even if the Spurs won that game, there is no telling if they would have got the 4 they needed. The problem with this take is it is based off of like 28 minutes of basketball which of course, does not define the 800+ minutes of basketball played post mid April.
It's the Duncan/Ginobli/ Parker Spurs and this Splash Bro/Durant team...the most beautiful basketball I've ever witnessed. Just beautiful. Everyone touches the ball. Everyone sets screens. Everyone cuts. Ball never stops. Every play feels like a design play even when it's not. Spurs didn't have a walking cheat code Seth Curry though.
Man Kawhi was up 20 on these niggas and Jonathan Simmons was able to get a contract based off a game versus them😂😂😂 Spurs would’ve beat them frauds in 6 lmao
Oh man and don’t forget 2018 when the rockets were up 3-2 before CP got hurt 😂 niggas say anything this team was not only beatable but should’ve lost a few times foh
You do such a good job of breaking this down and it is the hidden sneaky thing about this team. They weren't really the three point shooting team people thought they were. They were amazing from 3, but it was a decoy for the rest of their offense. All these teams trying to "play like the warriors" must not have really watched the game and only thought analytically. What made the warriors good was the unpredictable nature of the offense. They could score from everywhere on the floor. A team like the Houston rockets was going to the paint or the rim. They were dead last in midrange scoring % of their offense in 2017. However, the 2018 version of this warriors team was top 5 in midrange scoring. This big 4 was so misleading. It was closer to a decade ago now but we're still learning things about their offense. They weren't just bombing threes. It was so much more than that.
KD was the FIRST Big Ticket free agent the warriors has EVER got. Still haven’t gotten a FA at that caliber since KD. Andre was near his older years and didn’t impact a team like KD did at the time too.
And when when they won their 4th ring that solidified their stance even more, Curry won a ring without KD, that's what folks don't talk about, he won 2 with him and 1 without him, while staying with the same team! If he not over LeBron then people are just insane!
Everybody criticized KD for going to Golden State but this breakdown perfectly illustrates why. He wanted to play in this offense. Simple as that. Being the purest that he is, in his mind this was purest way to play basketball.
The same person after he left ended up criticizing this style of play. I guess it's a perfect example of not knowing how good you had it till you're out of that situation.
@@federicotomadin1969 That's the "finals". He's not referring to prolific event games. He's talking about regular season games that are near impossible to retrieve. People have no idea how much they have missed out in the NBA.
This is the talk when people say Stephen Curry was the best player. Kevin Durant got a lot more freedom and space because Curry was the better and more feared player. Don’t let people change history
Yeah, I was pissed off of this team because they destroyed every team they faced nevertheless the way they play ball is something else. It's beautiful, even though it hurts watching it when they're doing it against the team that you're supporting.
@SantaClaraFellabad boys pistons has a little edge because of their disturbing defense but if gsw could adjust their gameplay faster than them it would be a different outcome
@@arvinferrer5168 that team never faced any offensive juggernauts in their career that requires you to chase 3 pointers the whole game. they are built to battle against heavy iso but not that kind of movement.
Crazy how time flies. It doesn't seem like this was that long ago. I remember when their run first started in 2014. At the end of this video, it really shows just how much time has passed because you see Andre Iguodala holding his 10 year old son 20:42 who is now 17 years old and taller than his dad at 6'8.
In my 40+ years of watching basketball that 2017 Warriors were the best team I've ever seen. I don't give a damn about eras and nostalgia. No team in the past or present could beat those Warriors in a series
Dog, look at how Steph sets screens. THAT'S SOMETHING NO OTHER POINT GUARD DOES! He will give up the ball, run to the corner to take his man there, then fake a cut to step into the three point line so he can create room in the corner for a cutter coming from the opposite side of the floor, SCREEN BOTH HIS MAN AND THE CUTTER'S, and it's a wide open three every time. Steph Curry can create wide open looks anywhere on the floor with his mere presence warping the defense around him
The was like Mind the Game Podcast before that. The analysis of each play was impressive and gave me a much better understanding of how their offense was so effective.
Zaza still ruin the 2017 WCF (I didn't say the Spurs would win the series, but Warriors still wouldn't be as much as inevitable like how we regard them now.
The addition of KD’s Presence in the court also made Curry and Thompson get so much Open Looks. If KD is out in the line up, Curry can make plays on his own or set-up an open look for the shooters and open man as well. This Line-up is literally deadly
Basketball fans an nba fans are two different things. Nba is no longer basketball it is a entertainment league that is based on/resembles basketball but has been bastardised so much it is no longer basketball
I tell people all the time when they say Steph isn't a point guard that there are actions that ONLY WORK in certain scenarios with Steph that generate wide open dunks. The thumbnail is a perfect example. Running that FROM THE LOGO is hilarious. You wouldn't even bother setting a screen that high with anyone else. Sending two at steph from the logo is basically conceding a free dunk because the free guy is so far away from his switch after like one screen
Simple: They pulled the biggest punk move in NBA history. If I was the ref in the 2017 Western Conference finals, I would make EVERY single call against them, good or bad call. In other words, I would rig the heck out of this whole thing
I have been a warriors fan since Run TMC i always like Tim Hardaway and Baron Davis, i remember when we had folks like Nate Robinson and Ish Smith, Al Harrington, Stacks, and that we believe squad, i dont think people realize how much off an intricate part of the warriors office centers around Draymond Green, he has become one of if not the most accurate and efficient passer in the NBA. Just look at him throughout the years and how much of a chemistry he built with Steph and Klay, he knows exactly where their spots are and he knows how to pass it to them, whether it be a direct pass or a bounce pass. Draymond is the Warriors as much as Steph is.
I like how everyone just forgets how the Spurs were Killing the Warriors in the playoffs until Zaza injured Kawhi Leonard on purpose to stop the Spurs from winning. 2019 Warriors got beat by 1 man Compared to 3 hall of famers won. KD got hurt game 5 Raptors were up 3-1 so yeah Warriors were not this unstoppable team like people claim, and Draymond and Nick Young trippin if he really think they can beat 2000,01,02, Kobe and Shaq. I don't even think they beat the 1999 Spurs or 2005 or 2014. So people need to Stop with that. Thunder was a great team if they stayed together i think they'd be better than them
I've been a warriors fan since the 80s so I've seen the good, bad , and the horrible days, we could just walk in the game in East Oakland we were that bad lol 😂😂😂the A'S were the only thing good raiders left to LA in 83; who won the super bowl the first year there and has not ever won again . I'm happy I was around when they did when Golden State and the Athletics
When people are matching them with the 96 Bulls, people put matchups on them. The reason why they are so dangerous is because you cant put them in an iso on offense unless you switch everything which opens a lot of lanes and either a KD mismatch or Curry on a big.
@@MillanGamesPlay 2017 Warriors have an elite offense and an ELITE DEFENSE. WTF are you talking about? Stop what? The Warriors have multiple bodies to throw at MJ from Klay to Iggy to KD to Draymond who are all elite defenders. So who are you gonna throw to Steph, Klay and KD with all those movements? The Bulls are scoring 80 pts -- the Warriors can pull that in 2 quarters.
Curry said in that JJ interview that in his opinion, game 1 of the 2017 Finals was the absolute peak of skill and competition. It's not hard to see why with how ridiculous this team was and how amazing Lebron had been that postseason.
I never had a problem with KD going there because I knew it would be great basketball being played. Instead of not hating them and actually watching them play, it was just as fun to watch the 16-17 Warriors as the 15-16 Warriors. Plus they got extreme hate from the Lebron and Cavs crowd which didn’t help.
This offense is the mold that all other teams are working off of today. High volume threes to create space for easy lays. No one does it as good as what we see in this video, but that's what they emulate.
@@galaxyyedits If KD never left and they're all healthy. They wouldn't win just that year, they would've won many more. And they would be in the finals every year.
THANK YOU!!! For posting this. I forgot how amazing this team was when Looney saw zero court time!! When draymond got to play alongside a center and 7 footer at the same time. And when draymond gets a T, another 7 footer comes on court. We had Zaza a real center and a Durant 7 footer. We had a Mcgee 7 footer, David West!! NOT LOONEY. for some insane reason, Looney gets credit for 3 rings, and these guys are completely forgotten about. I am so sick of dumb warrior fans praising looney. And we used to have actual able body centers on the roster. Now we have podz and looney and franchise Is a joke instead of a dynasty
No one could stop them because they were the greatest team of all time with the #1 and #2 shooters of all time, and then added the best scorer of all time. It's not rocket science.
Start at 4:27. Blake Griffin reaches out with his elbow to strike Curry in the jaw, turning his head. At the other end Griffins violence episode continues, Draymont is pulled down and gets a foul called. Maybe a Griffin preemptive strike prior to retaliation. Draymont can’t deal with it, but the strike on Curry was viscous.
@@joshchambers5163 They average like 90 ppg on made three pointers alone. You can't guard the pass or they iso you with KD and Curry. You can't guard the three, because they get easy layups. You can't guard the rim, because they will knock down every jumper you give up. This is the greatest shooting team of all time.
@@joshchambers5163 they're just unguardable. Klay went for 60 in 3 quarters that season, and he was the third option. Him and Steph are 1 and 2 in the record books for single game threes, and Curry can make the hardest shots on the planet look effortless. And don't get me started on KD. Even if they don't have the best defense, there is no other team ever that could outscore them if it came down to it. The spacing, the bench, the scheme. only the 2001 lakers and them went 16-1 in the playoffs, and while i think those guys would give the 2017 Dubs the best run for their money, it would still probably be over in 6. Shaq could put up 50 each night and it wouldn't be enough. 1996 Mike would've been reminded of what it was like getting bounced in the 1st round by Larry's Celtics. The Heatles would've gotten cooked with how little depth they were rocking. No one could hang with those Warriors teams, there's a reason everyone knew who was winning it all before the season even began. People don't give the 2017 Cavs nearly enough credit for being an all-time team as well (notice in the video for one of the eye-popping stats for the Warriors TB had to specifically mention "besides the 2017 Cavs") because the Warriors sonned them in 5 games. That team is cruising to a ring today, and it wasn't even close outside of one historic game from Bron and Kai.
0:46 HOLY SHIT 😂😂😂😂, i was already think kerr looked young af and now jj appears, no idea he was at the clippers in 17. It's weird to be following something for a long time.
The way Steph, Klay and KD look so young is amazing
Kerr too. He looks so much older now.
Draymond too lol. He has so much gray in his beard now
U sure? They look similar to me, ofc a little younger but look similar
That’s how time works
And they had young legs!
This era made me so mad at the time but looking back as an adult, this is just beautiful basketball
Why were people so mad?
People said it was because it wasnt fair to add KD, but at the same time, despite the hype of the splash brothers, most people also didnt regard Curry highly, always trashing him.
And why do people hate Curry and mistake his joy as arrogant? Dude is obviously just a charming cute nerd.
It's the same crazy logic of men towards women; make them shut up and break up their dangerous gatherings, yet also women are stupid and aren't to be taken seriously and belong in a kitchen. Which is it now? Are they too dangerous and threatning positions of power, or are they irrelevant? Is KD +Curry unfair, or is Curry a bum??
People always hated the Dubs and only now are willing to credit Curry after these last Olympics now that he's over the hill. Too little too late, bandwagen jumpers - they'll immediately revert back to crazy logic as soon as the Warriors glimps as a possible playoff danger.
I always hated people and their stupid false logics.
Sorry for trauma dumping.
But i am genuinely interested in why people were so mad about the underdog small curry showing greatness and always being humble and working for the team. Sure he has annoying antics but he's a nerdy kid who survives amongst all these butthurt macho bigs, so let him have his joy.
You heard 'The Pop!'
Facts
Fr I despised KD during this time but looking back for a team with so much star power their chemistry was so insane
Why did it make you mad back then?
Im glad the NBA recognized your expertise
Seeing JJ Reddick here balling, and realizing that he is the Lakers coach. Man, time moves so fast.
And I realized why JJ hates Stephen...
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Best team of all time. We're lucky we were alive to see basketball played at its highest level ever.
Lol
Super LOL
Ignore the lols ur right
@@joshchambers5163 why lol? whos beating these team? MJ's Bulls? nope
@@joshchambers5163 whos beating this team?
Not to mention, they were playing in Oracle which was the loudest arena in the league. Those 3rd quarter explosions + the noise would make teams struggle to defend or even create any offense
As aptly called, "Roaracle"
@@jdapaul1351I was in Oracle when steph had 45 with 8 threes once. You legit are surprised whenever he misses. Watching him launch, you would swear that the ball looks like it's going to go in. The arena would get mind numbing loud. And especially younger teams would absolutely crumble when those "warriors" chants would start and everyone would start standing! Cause every loose ball would turn into Montana to Rice for 6 lol and the crowd would just be excited to see how the guys would make it happen
For as much as the offense of this team gets talked up their defense was equally as impressive during this run which was the scary part of facing them I imagine
Draymond deserves a lot of praise and flowers for that
@SantaClaraFella Even KD can defend well with his speed, athleticism, and size.
@@jdapaul1351he was a great shot blocker during this time too! I remember him being in the top 5 averaging over 2 blocks per game
@@MrSkeleton131 KD always been an incredible help defender. He really got to showcase how he can anchor a defense with mostly defensive scrubs on the Nets, which is crazy considering his age and injuries at the time.
Yeah for sure. These runs dont happen without shutting down your opponent multiple possessions in a row. Curry and Durant could step up in the big moments defensively, they just knew they had to spend their energy on offense.
I started watching basketball when curry won his first mvp and watched so many great teams and championships from warriors. Here's hoping for more from them. They have a legitimately good shot at winning this year.
They have no chance.
They not winning nothing they’ll be in the play in
I stopped watching basketball when curry won his first mvp, dude has destroyed NBA for me
@@InfiniteCoreXD haha lol see you in playoffs your teams suck doesn't mean warriors also sucks😂😂 kid grow up
Good shot lol. They got rocked hard by the Cavs. The team beside their aging core has no depth and no playoff experience. Either a big trade happens at the deadline or Curry probably asks out at the end of the season.
3:49 , Their Chemistry is so good that players are synchronized to each other even when running😂
I was about to point that out
FMVP Zaza Pachulia
I used to see stuff like this on NBA 2K and think this game is so unrealistic 😂
@@mico5536kawhi
It even looked like AI. Lol
NBA please keep promoting thinking basketball, this is head and shoulders the best content on this channel
Some of the best spacing ever seen
Yeah - before the league figured out how to play modern basketball, aka Warriors basketball.
@@hawkname1234 This.
In recent years the warriors have not run roughshod over the rest of the league. It's because the rest of the league have caught up to this style of basketball. Everybody's spacing the floor now. Drop coverage is no longer the default defensive scheme because a good shooter will have a field day with your drop coverage. And every team has good shooters now.
@@The_Catalyzt That's actually much simpler than that: the Warriors have obviously been a far inferior team. 2017 Warriors would be unguardable even today.
Better than the 73 - 9 team, but they had to make sure they have the energy for the playoffs instead of recreating the choking incident of their previous season. 16 - 1 in the playoffs is just insane, I don't think any team will be able to recreate that for a very long time.
The 17 Warriors were smart injuring Kawhi, otherwise they might’ve lost in WCF
@BrightNights645 that was 2018. No one had any answer against the 2017 Warriors.
@@ouro2164 Check again, 2017
@SantaClaraFella The Spurs didn’t get swept you casual. And that team didn’t have Gasol and a vastly improved Kawhi Leonard. We all saw what happened Game 1. Even Zaza knew that if he didn’t take out Kawhi they was cooked.
@@BrightNights645You're basing that off of 1/2 of a game. How many times have we seen a championship team have just a dud of a game? Hell, on the topic of the Warriors, that 2022 team lost in Game 5 of the Second Round to Memphis by some 50 points and yet still won the 16 games they needed to. Even if the Spurs won that game, there is no telling if they would have got the 4 they needed. The problem with this take is it is based off of like 28 minutes of basketball which of course, does not define the 800+ minutes of basketball played post mid April.
2017 warriors was just differnt🔥🔥
2017 spurs would’ve destroyed this team if injuries are off
@@L.S.1said nobody ever😂
73-9 team that went to game 7 finals and you add KD. 😂 that’s why KD’s 2 rings ain’t respected.
@ndnd7614 you would of join a 73-9 team too
u a champion team, then u get Durant, what do you expect???
It's the Duncan/Ginobli/ Parker Spurs and this Splash Bro/Durant team...the most beautiful basketball I've ever witnessed. Just beautiful. Everyone touches the ball. Everyone sets screens. Everyone cuts. Ball never stops. Every play feels like a design play even when it's not.
Spurs didn't have a walking cheat code Seth Curry though.
This team was so cold 🥶
nobody can beat this team.
I tried it in 2k vs '96 bulls vs '00 Lakers
nobody can stop this team.
😂😂😂
spurs 2014
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Warriors in 5... That 2014 Spurs team was good, but Duncan was already past his prime.
Man Kawhi was up 20 on these niggas and Jonathan Simmons was able to get a contract based off a game versus them😂😂😂 Spurs would’ve beat them frauds in 6 lmao
Oh man and don’t forget 2018 when the rockets were up 3-2 before CP got hurt 😂 niggas say anything this team was not only beatable but should’ve lost a few times foh
You do such a good job of breaking this down and it is the hidden sneaky thing about this team. They weren't really the three point shooting team people thought they were. They were amazing from 3, but it was a decoy for the rest of their offense. All these teams trying to "play like the warriors" must not have really watched the game and only thought analytically. What made the warriors good was the unpredictable nature of the offense. They could score from everywhere on the floor.
A team like the Houston rockets was going to the paint or the rim. They were dead last in midrange scoring % of their offense in 2017. However, the 2018 version of this warriors team was top 5 in midrange scoring.
This big 4 was so misleading. It was closer to a decade ago now but we're still learning things about their offense. They weren't just bombing threes. It was so much more than that.
Warriors still lack defense and shot blockers. Also lack Big Men and Front Court size…
KD was the FIRST Big Ticket free agent the warriors has EVER got. Still haven’t gotten a FA at that caliber since KD. Andre was near his older years and didn’t impact a team like KD did at the time too.
And when when they won their 4th ring that solidified their stance even more, Curry won a ring without KD, that's what folks don't talk about, he won 2 with him and 1 without him, while staying with the same team! If he not over LeBron then people are just insane!
@@1phreshhe won one before AND after KD, anyone discounting his legacy because of the KD rings is just in denial of his greatness
Everybody criticized KD for going to Golden State but this breakdown perfectly illustrates why. He wanted to play in this offense. Simple as that. Being the purest that he is, in his mind this was purest way to play basketball.
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The same person after he left ended up criticizing this style of play. I guess it's a perfect example of not knowing how good you had it till you're out of that situation.
It was BS. I didn’t even watch that year bc I knew they would win
@@terrorkf Not sure what situation you're referring to
@@toppdogg2815 It was 5 years ago. After he left GSW. He got tired of team play and wanted more iso
2017 warriors was legend😢
Yeah when you have a fucking shit show of a Kevin Durant trapsing his way around the league then yeah.
Steph🐐 this was the best and beautiful basketball I ever seen
The Greatest Team Of All Time
Bulls 1996
Lakers 2001
Heat 2012
@@WAT_UWantbro stop. 2017 warriors would beat all of those teams easily, not even close.
Clueless@@conste9143
i wish the nba would release these old games, id love to watch them
People with brain back then recorded the games and sell them
it’s on the nba app. or look for it online, there are archives for these kinds of things
they have every finals game since the 80's on the nba website
@@federicotomadin1969 That's the "finals". He's not referring to prolific event games. He's talking about regular season games that are near impossible to retrieve. People have no idea how much they have missed out in the NBA.
@@macabree5856they wanna hide the illegal screens and blatant bias
This is the talk when people say Stephen Curry was the best player. Kevin Durant got a lot more freedom and space because Curry was the better and more feared player. Don’t let people change history
Yeah, I was pissed off of this team because they destroyed every team they faced nevertheless the way they play ball is something else. It's beautiful, even though it hurts watching it when they're doing it against the team that you're supporting.
Thinking Basketball is the GOAT 🐐
No one could stop them because they had 3 of the best shooters of all-time in Steph, prime Klay, and KD
KD was mostly a midrange shooter
@@MillanGamesPlay what? he has a pretty efficient 3pointer lol
@@iinarrab19 that's why he's bricking from 3?
@@MillanGamesPlay what? KD literally shoots 42% from threes with 6 attempts per game that year. dafuq do you mean? check the stats.
Imagine if they had managed to draft Jokic, if he were part of the lineup with Steph, Klay, Dray, and KD, they'd be INVINCIBLE!!!
Now that's a literal Superteam
@edwardteach1992 MEGA-team
That would be insane levels of off ball movement.
What this video shows, is that Steph is the system. None of this works if defenders aren't terrified of him even getting the ball.
Wow. Revelatory comment.
2016-2017 warriors greatest team of all time
Arguably the best offensive team ever assembled. I don't think the prime Bulls, Lakers or Spurs could have dealt with this offense.
@SantaClaraFellabad boys pistons has a little edge because of their disturbing defense but if gsw could adjust their gameplay faster than them it would be a different outcome
@@arvinferrer5168 that team never faced any offensive juggernauts in their career that requires you to chase 3 pointers the whole game. they are built to battle against heavy iso but not that kind of movement.
What a time to be alive to witness these guys. As a kid I was pissed they were that good but now i recognize their greatness
Let’s be real klay and Durant stay healthy warriors three peat
Yeah that’s why 2019 finals is w/ an asterisk to me
@@MD-tr1yvNot when the warriors beat the cavs the exact same way.
Missing the old times of nba
Any top Player joined the defending champion will be unstoppable
Defenses prioritizes Curry and Thompson which frees up Durant. So many open looks because everyone were chasing both the splash brothers
Crazy how time flies. It doesn't seem like this was that long ago. I remember when their run first started in 2014. At the end of this video, it really shows just how much time has passed because you see Andre Iguodala holding his 10 year old son 20:42 who is now 17 years old and taller than his dad at 6'8.
These are amazing! Absolutely love content from Thinking Basketball 😁
In my 40+ years of watching basketball that 2017 Warriors were the best team I've ever seen. I don't give a damn about eras and nostalgia. No team in the past or present could beat those Warriors in a series
Dog, look at how Steph sets screens. THAT'S SOMETHING NO OTHER POINT GUARD DOES! He will give up the ball, run to the corner to take his man there, then fake a cut to step into the three point line so he can create room in the corner for a cutter coming from the opposite side of the floor, SCREEN BOTH HIS MAN AND THE CUTTER'S, and it's a wide open three every time. Steph Curry can create wide open looks anywhere on the floor with his mere presence warping the defense around him
Point guards do that now lol
Wait! Whoa Whoa whoa! Thinking Basketball got a video on the NBA channel?? Man, everybody moving up in the world but me!
15 - 18 Warriors / Tiki Taka Barca - both played head and shoulders above every other team because of their tactics
And the players.
2016-17 Warriors Season Was One Of My All Time Favorites
You love superteams? You're not a real nba fan then 😂
@@WAT_UWantjust bc people love super teams don't make em fake NBA fans I love super teams too, and so what?
The was like Mind the Game Podcast before that. The analysis of each play was impressive and gave me a much better understanding of how their offense was so effective.
Zaza still ruin the 2017 WCF
(I didn't say the Spurs would win the series, but Warriors still wouldn't be as much as inevitable like how we regard them now.
Legend says that Raymond is still out there looking for Steph
The addition of KD’s Presence in the court also made Curry and Thompson get so much Open Looks. If KD is out in the line up, Curry can make plays on his own or set-up an open look for the shooters and open man as well. This Line-up is literally deadly
Someone tell Kerr it isn’t 2017 any longer.…. Every team shoots three’s and they’re good at it. Draft a big.
The problem with drafting and playing a big is Draymond Green, cant play them both at the same time.
Doc's face at 20:29 just about sums it up
Everyone says that they're basketball fans yet they can't appreciate what this team did.
Basketball fans an nba fans are two different things. Nba is no longer basketball it is a entertainment league that is based on/resembles basketball but has been bastardised so much it is no longer basketball
The fuck are you talking about lmfao
Literally everybody knew how good this team was. Bro is lying for RUclips thumbs.
Loved every minute
Full W's experience from that era. Sloppy turnovers, Draymond tech, and clowning the Clippers with a 3rd quarter run.
Man, that was beautiful to see. Great breakdown!
LA was playing very good defense. Cannot do a damn thing when Curry is on the court.
Wish I was a Warriors fan.
I tell people all the time when they say Steph isn't a point guard that there are actions that ONLY WORK in certain scenarios with Steph that generate wide open dunks. The thumbnail is a perfect example. Running that FROM THE LOGO is hilarious. You wouldn't even bother setting a screen that high with anyone else. Sending two at steph from the logo is basically conceding a free dunk because the free guy is so far away from his switch after like one screen
Simple: They pulled the biggest punk move in NBA history. If I was the ref in the 2017 Western Conference finals, I would make EVERY single call against them, good or bad call. In other words, I would rig the heck out of this whole thing
I have been a warriors fan since Run TMC i always like Tim Hardaway and Baron Davis, i remember when we had folks like Nate Robinson and Ish Smith, Al Harrington, Stacks, and that we believe squad, i dont think people realize how much off an intricate part of the warriors office centers around Draymond Green, he has become one of if not the most accurate and efficient passer in the NBA. Just look at him throughout the years and how much of a chemistry he built with Steph and Klay, he knows exactly where their spots are and he knows how to pass it to them, whether it be a direct pass or a bounce pass. Draymond is the Warriors as much as Steph is.
Love the collab, need more tactical breakdowns in the modern era
Best team ever
legendary stuff
Alt Title: DeAndre Jordan being exposed on both offense and defense, over and over.
Just so beautiful
I like how everyone just forgets how the Spurs were Killing the Warriors in the playoffs until Zaza injured Kawhi Leonard on purpose to stop the Spurs from winning. 2019 Warriors got beat by 1 man Compared to 3 hall of famers won. KD got hurt game 5 Raptors were up 3-1 so yeah Warriors were not this unstoppable team like people claim, and Draymond and Nick Young trippin if he really think they can beat 2000,01,02, Kobe and Shaq. I don't even think they beat the 1999 Spurs or 2005 or 2014. So people need to Stop with that. Thunder was a great team if they stayed together i think they'd be better than them
I've been a warriors fan since the 80s so I've seen the good, bad , and the horrible days, we could just walk in the game in East Oakland we were that bad lol 😂😂😂the A'S were the only thing good raiders left to LA in 83; who won the super bowl the first year there and has not ever won again . I'm happy I was around when they did when Golden State and the Athletics
When people are matching them with the 96 Bulls, people put matchups on them. The reason why they are so dangerous is because you cant put them in an iso on offense unless you switch everything which opens a lot of lanes and either a KD mismatch or Curry on a big.
@SantaClaraFellaehhh the bulls would win
@@MillanGamesPlay have you seen Steph demolish PnR in the finals? You put Kukoc in there and he gonna get cooked in a PnR
@@iinarrab19 bro Bulls would beat the warriors they wouldn't stop the bulls
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2017 Warriors have an elite offense and an ELITE DEFENSE. WTF are you talking about?
Stop what? The Warriors have multiple bodies to throw at MJ from Klay to Iggy to KD to Draymond who are all elite defenders.
So who are you gonna throw to Steph, Klay and KD with all those movements?
The Bulls are scoring 80 pts -- the Warriors can pull that in 2 quarters.
Curry said in that JJ interview that in his opinion, game 1 of the 2017 Finals was the absolute peak of skill and competition. It's not hard to see why with how ridiculous this team was and how amazing Lebron had been that postseason.
This video is 🔥
I never had a problem with KD going there because I knew it would be great basketball being played. Instead of not hating them and actually watching them play, it was just as fun to watch the 16-17 Warriors as the 15-16 Warriors. Plus they got extreme hate from the Lebron and Cavs crowd which didn’t help.
Forever Young hits different for this team😥
This offense is the mold that all other teams are working off of today. High volume threes to create space for easy lays. No one does it as good as what we see in this video, but that's what they emulate.
11:52 how is that not a travel?
Only if KD never left this team this will be a contender even in this era this deceaion was such a big mistake😢
Tell us you didn’t watch the NBA before 2022 without telling us you didn’t watch the NBA before 2022
@@galaxyyeditsLOL your comment is hilarious but i understand what he trying to convey though
@@galaxyyedits If KD never left and they're all healthy. They wouldn't win just that year, they would've won many more. And they would be in the finals every year.
@@galaxyyeditsThat still doesn’t take away the potential of more rings earned.
Best team ever and I think Steph has a very strong case to be the best offensive player ever
THANK YOU!!! For posting this. I forgot how amazing this team was when Looney saw zero court time!! When draymond got to play alongside a center and 7 footer at the same time. And when draymond gets a T, another 7 footer comes on court. We had Zaza a real center and a Durant 7 footer. We had a Mcgee 7 footer, David West!! NOT LOONEY. for some insane reason, Looney gets credit for 3 rings, and these guys are completely forgotten about. I am so sick of dumb warrior fans praising looney. And we used to have actual able body centers on the roster. Now we have podz and looney and franchise Is a joke instead of a dynasty
6:35 they called a tech on gsw bench but not the cavs bench in the final possession of the 2015/16 finals?
No one could stop them because they were the greatest team of all time with the #1 and #2 shooters of all time, and then added the best scorer of all time. It's not rocket science.
Kawhi bout broke em up twice😂😂😂
Thinking basketball the GOAT
There is no way in hell the 96 Bulls or 2001 Lakers can beat this team in a 7 game series.
Who’s guarding Shaq?
@@FranciscoPizarro1475 no one needs to guard him. Let shaq get 60, but the combo of steph, klay, and kd will be averaging 90. It's a wrap
Unlike last year's champion, this is truly basketball at its finest.
Start at 4:27. Blake Griffin reaches out with his elbow to strike Curry in the jaw, turning his head. At the other end Griffins violence episode continues, Draymont is pulled down and gets a foul called. Maybe a Griffin preemptive strike prior to retaliation. Draymont can’t deal with it, but the strike on Curry was viscous.
I forgot how good Zaza was in the warriors system. Can we get him to suit up for the '24 dubs? He's already at the games!
1:45 that's exactly the point Steve Kerr used to make during interviews.
thinking basketball content!!!
Greatest team of all time
How? Other than your ignorant opinion
@@joshchambers5163 They average like 90 ppg on made three pointers alone. You can't guard the pass or they iso you with KD and Curry. You can't guard the three, because they get easy layups. You can't guard the rim, because they will knock down every jumper you give up. This is the greatest shooting team of all time.
@@joshchambers5163 they're just unguardable. Klay went for 60 in 3 quarters that season, and he was the third option. Him and Steph are 1 and 2 in the record books for single game threes, and Curry can make the hardest shots on the planet look effortless. And don't get me started on KD. Even if they don't have the best defense, there is no other team ever that could outscore them if it came down to it. The spacing, the bench, the scheme. only the 2001 lakers and them went 16-1 in the playoffs, and while i think those guys would give the 2017 Dubs the best run for their money, it would still probably be over in 6. Shaq could put up 50 each night and it wouldn't be enough. 1996 Mike would've been reminded of what it was like getting bounced in the 1st round by Larry's Celtics. The Heatles would've gotten cooked with how little depth they were rocking. No one could hang with those Warriors teams, there's a reason everyone knew who was winning it all before the season even began.
People don't give the 2017 Cavs nearly enough credit for being an all-time team as well (notice in the video for one of the eye-popping stats for the Warriors TB had to specifically mention "besides the 2017 Cavs") because the Warriors sonned them in 5 games. That team is cruising to a ring today, and it wasn't even close outside of one historic game from Bron and Kai.
Lmao dray getting techs in the past present and future
Doc Rivers face after curry hit that three. 20:33😂😂😂😂😂
Seeing speights not on the warriors make me sad even now lol
We loved you mo buckets
Don't forget that Curry deferred to Durant and "held back" his own offense.
Basketball IQ makes a difference.
This year Cavs looking like a Warriors in the making 👀🔥
The NBA really dropped his video, that’s dope
0:46 HOLY SHIT 😂😂😂😂, i was already think kerr looked young af and now jj appears, no idea he was at the clippers in 17. It's weird to be following something for a long time.
Hope Ben Taylor gets a big fat check well deserved
Let’s go thinking basketball (goat)
This video could have been two words long
👏 Kevin 👏 Durant
Please do more videos analysis like this💯💯
Is This means They Are the Greatest Team of All Time 🔥
No one can stop the 2017 warriors cause they have the DPOY(Dangerous player of the year) Pachulia
Literally the last 3 previous MVPS on one team KD 2014 Steph 2015,2016 with the Defensive player of the year Draymond Green 2017