Originally Posted by
Bricklayer
I think it would be more accurate to say with the Warriors that as all time great teams go, they have an obvious potential fatal flaw to exploit. And its not accidental either -- they have grown up and developed their team in an era when nobody had the personnel to exploit it, so they thought they could cheat inside and get away with it. And they have been right.
But I've said before that people not intrigued by the Pelicans, well, kinda suck. Because this team, right now, has the potential to change the small ball/perimeter paradigm. To eb the team that breaks the game back the other way. And great as the Warriors are, that's the one thing they are not built to contend with. Because why would they be in an era when big men were on the run and the few the league had were stuck on vastly inferior teams?
Basically its matchups. The Pels have an opportunity to be a nightmare matchup for the Warriors in excess of the overall talent on the team. They hit the Warriors where the Warriors are weak. Doesn't mean they'll beat them. But does mean they could cause problems in excess of their overall talent.