They can win 4, 5, or even 6 if they stay together. Work on shoe and endorsement deals for everyone to get paid outside of their salary and they can stay together forever and kill the league into there's only GS fans left.

I never understood why Bron didn't do that. Reported billion dollar deal from Nike, but still $30 mil a year from Cleveland. Seems odd to me

I wish they would get rid of the max player salary and just have a team cap. That would make the actual best players be paid accordingly. No reason Mike Conley and Lebron to make the same amount. If you want lebron kawhi Westbrook etc you pay them 50-60 mil a year of the 100 mil cap

Durant and Curry are injury prone. Draymond is undersized so once he loses a step he won't be the defender he is now, but will still keep flapping his mouth.

Even against the full strength warriors, I think the Spurs would have had an outstanding shot had Parker and Kawhi not been hurt. Im curious to see if Cleveland can push them at all. How unbeatable are they really? I don't think anyone knows for sure.

I think they likely have a 2-3 year window. Eventually an injury will derail or personalities conflicts will arise and someone will walk for more money or to make their own name.

Even if they do stay healthy and together, I think the NBA will change the cap rules to break them apart, especially if GSW reels off 2-3 straight easy championships. They already tried to help the small market teams with the max player rules (but it backfired) so there is some precedent.

The tough question is what do you do if you have a superstar in their prime and are good but not great, like SA and Houston. Playing for a WCF appearance is a tough sell to fans and superstars alike.

We are going to either see a ton of rebuilding to be positioned once GSW implodes or more superteams will be formed to try to challenge.

The worst thing for the NBA would be the warriors winning these final in 4 or 5 games and it looking like no end is in sight. As long as the LeBron's are posing a tangible challenge then I think the NBA is content.

Well KD is going to stay with the Warriors whether the core stays or not. He won't return to play for OKC. KD doesn't have the same relationship with OKC in comparison with LBJ has for Cleveland.

SheriffBarclay said:

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so going to gsw and riding curry coattails was really his best bet.

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Durant had 38 points and 8 assists last night. He was the best player on the floor in Game 1. He obviously made it easier on himself playing with Curry/Green/Thompson who actually pass the ball around rather than the ultra ball hoggish Westbrook, but he isn't really riding 'coattails' in the way that phrase is typically used, because the guy is really really good and he kicked some major ass last night. He is also making life easier for his teammates just as they are for him.