The Unpopular Opinion thread

[JazzMan]

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The thing about KG to is that he had the latter quikness to stay in fornt of smaller guys.

Exactly. KG was not only the best low-post defender for awhile, but he was also simultaneously one of the best perimeter defenders as well. Defensive matchup nightmare for almost any team he played while he was in Minnesota.

[darkknightrises]

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Exactly. KG was not only the best low-post defender for awhile, but he was also simultaneously one of the best perimeter defenders as well. Defensive matchup nightmare for almost any team he played while he was in Minnesota.

Even the first few years on Boston to

[702]

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I feel like if the "Thuggets" teams from like 07 (?) or so with Melo, JR, KMart, Nene, Birdman, Iverson/Billups etc were more recent they'd of gotten sooooo much more love. Team was really, really talented. Also would of been NBA blogosphere fodder constantly which would of raised their profile a ton. My favorite "forgotten team" of the last decade.

[JazzMan]

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I'm so ready for this to backfire, but...

The Utah Jazz will win 40+ games this season.

I wound up being pretty damn close to this. 2 games off.

[Cyrus09]

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Unpopular opinion? I hate watching Curry hitting contested 3s and chewing on his mouthpiece afterwards with his freakin' babyface.

Rarely seen a star player whos game annoyed me like that.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Because he chews on his mouthpiece? Lol

[702]

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I wound up being pretty damn close to this. 2 games off.

Oh were doing this?

Bumping this thread to say...

Curry/Thompson/Iggy/Dray/Bogut is the best 5 man unit in the NBA.

Provides shooting, defense, passing, and speed. Good enough rebounding not to get killed there, and only big issue is an elite post scorer vs. Dray, but even then don't think that's a huge deal at all.

Steph is a superstar. He's one of the 5 best offensive players in the league.

Gimme dat

[redsox4evur]

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The Celtics had the best big 3 of this millennium.

[ojandpizza]

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The Celtics had the best big 3 of this millennium.

I would actually probably agree with this. But only for 2008, and only because Wade was never really "healthy".


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[redsox4evur]

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I would actually probably agree with this. But only for 2008, and only because Wade was never really "healthy".


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I mean looking back at the big 3's from 2000-now. Would take them over Spurs because I value Pierce and Allen more than Ginobili and Parker. Over the Heat for the same reason as you. Lakers (2000-03) debatable because Allen is a much better 3rd guy over Derek Fisher. Over the Cavs now because Pierce better than Love and Allen better than Kyrie.

Those are the big 3s I can come up with off the top of my head.

[ojandpizza]

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I would say Duncan/TP/Manu at their peak was comparable to Ray/PP/KG in 2008.

After that year Ray started falling off some, especially defensively. And KG started to break down with injuries.

But that 2008 squad when they first came together and won it all, I would put that group up with any other big 3.

I would bring Kobe/Pau/Odom into the conversation with these other groups as well. Odom didn't have the numbers and wasn't a star caliber player, but his versatility was a big plus for LAL. Especially as a playmaker since Kobe simply wasn't one. Pau was arguably the most well rounded big in the league at the time, and was a huge reason they beat out Dwight and KG. And Kobe still around his "prime" level.


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[redsox4evur]

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I would say Duncan/TP/Manu at their peak was comparable to Ray/PP/KG in 2008.

After that year Ray started falling off some, especially defensively. And KG started to break down with injuries.

But that 2008 squad when they first came together and won it all, I would put that group up with any other big 3.

I would bring Kobe/Pau/Odom into the conversation with these other groups as well. Odom didn't have the numbers and wasn't a star caliber player, but his versatility was a big plus for LAL. Especially as a playmaker since Kobe simply wasn't one. Pau was arguably the most well rounded big in the league at the time, and was a huge reason they beat out Dwight and KG. And Kobe still around his "prime" level.


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Yea they match up pretty well. But that '08 Celtics team still wins though because they actually beat them in '08.

[702]

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I would agree with 08 Celtics. They had talent and they fit together extremely well.

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[cima]

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The Eastern Conference is making a great case for ditching East/West Playoffs

lol I couldn't resist, that's totally appropriate for this thread.

But for real though:

- Kobe and Shaq could have been the greatest duo ever. They were dominant in their last 2 Championship runs in the playoffs: 15-1, 15-4.

- The 2004-05 Phoenix Suns would have won the title if Joe Johnson never got hurt and the small-ball era would have started much sooner. I know they had their defensive shortcomings but that team was special. Also, 04-05 Suns > 06-07 Suns.

- Scottie Pippen doesn't get nearly enough credit for how great he was despite being a top 50 player. Bulls only had a 2 game drop off in regular season wins despite losing MJ in 93-94. At the same time though a better question now would be if they re-did the top 50 today, would he still be in it?

[I Djm]

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Because he chews on his mouthpiece? Lol

That stuff messes up your teeth [emoji30]

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