Real Talk: If Warriors win title, put an asterisk next to it?

Nope. Its not GSW's fault opponents can't stay healthy, they beat like 4 teams in 7 game series so I think if they win it is legit. Plus GSW also had the best record all season long so its not like them winning a ring is unexpected.

 

Why are people even comparing our titles to the Warriors?

People are saying the Warriors have an asterisk because they faced injury-riddled teams, which is true.
They are saying we have an asterisk because we didn't face Jordan, which is only half-true.

In both cases, you have to play who's in front of you. However, Jordan was in the league one of the years and he didn't EVEN make it to the finals, so that's just bad logic (not to mention we had their number in the regular season). It's similar to those saying the Spurs would've beaten the Warriors this year. They couldn't even get past the Clippers, who couldn't get past us. These are two completely different scenarios. Stop comparing our titles to their potential one.

With that said, I wouldn't put an asterisk if they win, but I wouldn't call them one of the greatest teams ever because they never had to face a fully healthy team in the playoffs. They may have been the best team in the regular season, but crazier things have happened in the playoffs. They have had a truly lucky season this year, but I guess that's what happens when your franchise hasn't done anything in 40 years (sucks for Cleveland though). I just wish their players paid their dues. None have really have experienced losing in finals previously, or gone through long draughts of no success.

 

Not that I agree with the notion about the rockets second championship ring being tainted, but the Jordan that returned just before the playoffs was clearly not the Jordan everyone remembered. He was clearly rusty, not in game shape and not remotely close to his form.

 

You need to put an asterisk on every single championship team for the reason that all the other teams didn't have either the personnel or the opportunities or the luck to build a good enough team to beat them.

 

No.

Golden State has been preternaturally fortunate this season, particularly in avoiding injury while everyone else got smoked, but ultimately they have outclassed the rest of the league by such a wide margin it didn't really matter.

Were they fortunate? Sure. Were they excellent? Also sure. And that's what all great championship runs have.

 

Would be one of the most luckiest champions in nba history but no *

 

He looked like Jordan to me when he dropped 55 in MSG vs the Knicks or hit the game-winner in Atlanta to beat the Hawks or led the Bulls to a 13-4 finish to the regular season(a nearly 63-win pace if prorated over the entire year) or beat the Hornets 3-1 in the first round.

Did he have some non-Jordan moments in the series against the Magic? Definitely. The end of Game 1 being the most glaring. But it's not like the dude played perfect every game prior to that even when the Bulls were winning their first 3 titles.

The real reason they lost that series to Orlando was because their supporting cast wasn't very good. They had no PF and were forced to start Kukoc. And Ron Harper was a free agent bust that season before remaking himself as a defensive stopper the following year. Even if somehow they had beaten the Magic, I don't think they would've made it past the Pacers and certainly not the Rockets.

 

The Warriors should have an asterisk if they win because they didn't have Lin on their team.

 

I may have the similar logic: if Warrior beat healthy Cav in 7 or if they have passed healthy Spurs, I would crown their title.
They are so damn good, but how good they are, can they beat either of them ？

 

Why post something so stupid?

 

They are extremely lucky. But they also deserve to win this championship if they win it.

 

Having a stacked team helps a ton. If every team was as stacked, there would be much less injury to their starters. Gotta give props to Warriors management for creating this team.

 

NO! Because of all the crap Houston gets about winning when Jordan was playing baseball.

A ring is a ring

 

Injuries could have happened to GSW too. If they were somehow exempt from injuries for the entire year (magic genie wish, deal with the devil, etc), then we can put an asterisk on this title.

Like another poster said, luck is a part of sports.

 

*No.

Hope I did not contradict myself. :grin:

 

a poll in this thread will probably work better.

but my answer to the question is no. no *.

luck is part of sports, or life for that matter.

and whether there should be an *,,, i really dont care. and i dont think too many care, nor should they.

 

Warriors winning the championship this year will be one of the bigger surprises of the century.

 

Lucky Imo bc they rode the injury wave to a title.

 

Prob not, they were getting blown out, Curry falling actually changed the momentum in the Warriors' favor and the game was a lot closer afterwords.