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Cavs just don't want to accept that the Warriors are an all time great team and they just can't compete no matter what they do.
NBA 2015-2016 Season thread
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zzeris
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This Cavs team will feel what the early 90s Bills felt...almost good enough.
Angelwatch
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Zzen
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Wall put up 20 pts on 66% shooting in the half and looks like a scrub by comparison.
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Funny how nobody's talking about Lebron putting up 6 assists. Curry put up a whole 2.
You Warrior nuthuggers are a joke.
popsicledeath
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Yeah, Curry not only had just 2 assists, but 7 turnovers. Terrible ratio there! Overrated amirite?
DickTrickle
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I'm assuming the Warriors haven't released him yet because of cap implications. Might as well hope to get a little something out of him while they're paying him, at least.
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I'll take that joke all the way to the Draft when we get Ben Simmons! If luck actually goes our way, we are going to have a ridiculously talented roster next year with possibly 2 picks in the top 4 and 2 more later in the first.
Summer league would be those 4 guys, Saric and Embiid at the minimal.
popsicledeath
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I think Barnes is a very skilled role player. I don't think he's on the verge of being a breakout star or anything, though. He's skilled enough, smart enough, and works hard enough to not only look really good and contribute meaningfully in the Warriors system. But would probably not look or be nearly as good on a lesser team/system, and I don't think he's going to ever be a go-to guy on his own. He'd end up one of the many guys cursed with great systems who think it was them making the system, not realizing it was the system making them, and leave for a big payday only to be cast into irrelevance. He's one of the many guys the Warriors are building a team with, but not around. You build around Curry. You build with players like Barnes. I'm sure some team will make the mistake of offering Barnes a ton of money with the lure of building a team around him. I just hope for the sake of Barnes he's smart enough to resist, because in the long run being a role player on a dynasty is going to get him much more than being a bust or letdown on a loser (no offense to the 76ers).
Alex
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Some team is definitely going to offer Barnes a max deal in the offseason. I would be surprised if the Warriors matched. I think he's reached his plateau. He'll never be able to lead a team. He just doesn't make enough shots and his court vision and passing isn't good enough to compensate. The guy is a good defender and he's extremely athletic - probably the most athletic on the Warriors outside of Iguodala - but he's definitely a role player. Specializes in corner threes and the occasional drive and dunk. His biggest asset to the Warriors is probably the time he spends with the second unit. He's usually the only starter that plays significant time with them so he solidifies that group a bit.
Djay
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Barnes isn't a max player...if any team offers him that, you can safely rule them out of title contention for the life of the deal.
*Edit: I don't dislike Barnes, but like you said...he'll never lead a team and I don't see how you can justify a max contract on a guy like that.