Do you believe we can win a title with small ball 3 guard rotations?

No
Against early playoff matchups, sure, but if we get to the conference Final our lack of size and length will show.

I don't understand Morey's obsession with the same 6'8 or shorter players he collects.... And when he does get a 7footer, they are either too old or soft as Charmin tissue paper

 

They absolutely can if they play lockdown defense for 48 minutes

 

I'm going to edit this post after the season and I'll let you know how I feel then


Of course. We are the underdog and can win it all with some hard work and good shot selections. We're going to shock the world.
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Nah, we're the underdogs it takes more then some hard work and good shooting to win it all. I don't think we are going to shock the world

 

the only chance we can win a series against fakers, clippers or bucks is that we shoot at least 40% 3pointers through out the whole series..

 

we're not winning a title witout 2 more rotation players. or one really good one.

I agree that without another defensive forward we have no chance. The fact of the matter is that even with Clint Capela as our only rim protector, he will often have to go out to the 3 point line to defend AD or LeBron and the middle will be wide open. and its not like he can guard AD in the paint anyways.

As much as I love Clint, I think he'll be gone by the end of the summer. He helps us tremendously against a lot of teams, but against the good teams he will be exposed. and I think its too much of a liability to have him and russ as bad shooters on the floor at the same time, as we just saw even the warriors take clint out of the game.

but who knows? we can always strike lightning in a bottle through the playoffs. EG would have to shoot 45 percent or better throughout the playoffs from 3 and russ would probably have to shoot 35 percent. Can it happen? sure...but probably not.

The fact of the matter is that House and Benmac aren't good enough defenders to guard all-stars on the perimeter. They need to be able to guard 1-4 sufficiently, and those players are hard to find. It would most likely take giving up clint or Gordon.

unless morey somehow pulls off a miracle from G league.

 

No.

 

Imagine if harden puts the same effort on creating absurd offensive moves and knock down those ridiculous step back threes on defense instead, he will be the goat. Same problem for the last 3 seasons with dantoni, small ball is not gonna cut it. Offense can only bring so much, and we all know that we won 2 championships with Hakeen because they played defense at the time. We are gonna be stucked at this level and i believe that the cp3 years was the peak year of this dantoni team

 

I just spit out my coffee. Great joke!

 

Nope , dont believe in this team as constructed.

Its mainly the inability of the rest of the roster to take advantage of teams doubling Harden at half court .... they are 4 on 3 and not winning enough of those battles. Often they dont get even get good looks .... others they miss open ones.

I dont think EG returning solves all their problems either .... he's not a 3/4 and thats the biggest void.

Then there's the zebra's .... they have really changed how they call Harden the past few weeks. He went from shooting 15 fts a game to 8 and is still fouled just as often - I expect that to get even worse if they play The Lebrons or the Kawhi's.

 

A 6'10" Tucker would be a near max level player. How do we get one of those? How many 6'10" Tuckers do you think are even in the league?

 

Too many specialists and not enough play-makers on this team to have a shot (as currently constructed)

 

Yes they can but it would have to take a miracle for that to happen.
I’m talking NBA JAMS “he’s on fire” level from downtown!!
We’d have to go bananas from 3 the entire way and set some crazy % record that will never be broken.

Short answer- no

 

No. Smallball only works when you have flex wings who can guard with length and athleticism. With guys like Ariza on the wings, sure. With guys like EG and House being relied on to guard the best scorers in the league on the wings... No. This team doesn't have flex wings who can guard multiple positions. The guards we have can't even guard guards for crying out loud.

For the "small-ball bigs".... with shorter, but effective bigs like Rodman, or Draymond yes. Not with PJ Tucker who is good but he's not 6'9" and long like those other two.... he's freaking 6'4".

Small ball can absolutely win a title... but not THIS small, and not THIS lacking in length and athleticism. Our small-ball isn't just short like traditionally perceived "small ball" teams or Small Ball players in the past.

 

we are rewriting the history to win a title w/ 3 small guard rotations? may say yes. but kinda history definitely could not be rewritten by the team under coach MDA, who usually hardly have a plan B, and just let free fall.

 

Until it happens, of course everyone will say no.
And then when it happens, "Oh, so it can be done."

"Warriors are never gonna win. Jump shooting team, not gonna work, not gonna happen."

"James Harden is never gonna win this way or that way."
"Rockets are never gonna win this way or that way."

NEVER EVER EVER! Not gonna happen! Not in our lifetime!
Until it's done.

 

We're not going to win because we have no backup plan when the other team has decided to double team Harden at the half court mark every possession and we aren't setting screens for Harden to get open offball.

On nights when our role players hit shots, then it's okay but when nights like vs the Warriors happen, then we lose every game, even against tanking teams.

We don't have 4 All-Stars on this team like the 2015 Warriors. They had Curry, Klay, Draymond and Iggy (who was nearing the end of his prime coming off the bench).