2015-16 Warriors vs 1986-87 Lakers

[thegreatunknown]

Lifelong Lakers fan.. This series would be much tighter than most believe. I saw the 87-88 Lakers play..I think they win in six, but with no blowouts and maybe an overtime game or two, that's why I chose slight edge. Warriors would have no answer for Kareem though..

 

[S2J]

Bruh... Magic Johnson and Kareem. No debate.

Kareem was 39 in 86, 87.

This is what im talking about. ..

 

[S2J]

Who checking Magic?

Who checking Worthy

Who checking KAJ

GS would get points early but they will get ate up on calls as the game goes on because on the size difference.

My nigga what does this even mean?

Like that team was a product of pure clear outs and 1 on 1.

Gs is actually equipped better than most to guard Magic bc of Klay and Iggy. You speak as if they not clamping down a very comparable offensive player in Lebron now..???? Dumbass

As far as Jabbar, again, he was FORTY. Bogut and Ezeli

Worthy gon get his lil 20 but 'who gon guard him' what does that even mean? !?!? Like Worthy was prone to 40 point outbursts. Draymond would be just fine.

The more we go down the line the more we realize how maliable this GS team is. Has speed, length, size, 2 top notch wing defenders. Tough. Its close

 

[S2J]

Karem Abdul Jabbar 1987-88 stats

Regular season: 14ppg, 6 prg, 1 bpg, 30mpg

Playoffs: 14ppg, 5.5rpg, 1.5bpg, 3pmpg

Niggas keep wondering why i post like i know more than niggas... :joy: Aint my fuckin fault

 

[Shizlansky]

I didn't even look at the year

Why would you even pick that year?

 

[T. Sanford]

I hate that Worthy sustained an ankle injury in 91 & knee injury in 92. He was damn near done after that. Those two injuries robbed him from his quickness & leaping.

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

If they playing 80's ball Lakers gonna kill em, back when you could assault niggas and the referee's would just give you the Kanye shrug. If they playing under today's NBA I still think Lakers win but it a 6/7 game series.

 

[dalyricalbandit]

I'll go with show time

 

[2stepz_ahead]

niggas done really smoke some good shit today

 

[aneed123]

I guess golden state beats every team now... man get fuck outta here

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

Karem Abdul Jabbar 1987-88 stats

Regular season: 14ppg, 6 prg, 1 bpg, 30mpg

Playoffs: 14ppg, 5.5rpg, 1.5bpg, 3pmpg

Niggas keep wondering why i post like i know more than niggas... :joy: Aint my fuckin fault

But the thread title says 1986-1987, so Kareem's putting up 18ppg, 7rpg 57% regular season, and playoffs: 19ppg, 7rpg, 2bpg 53% and he's 7'2. He's too skilled for Bogut and far too big for anyone else.

Wait, wasn't wackass no offense having Steven Adams stuntin on Golden State due to his height advantage? Yeah, they'd get embarrassed by old ass Kareem and Magic in the post. Lakers take it in 5.

 

[PanchoYoSancho]

I guess golden state beats every team now... man get fuck outta here

Co sign.

Warriors vs 07 Patriots - who wins?

 

[804]

I guess golden state beats every team now... man get fuck outta here

Co sign.

Warriors vs 07 Patriots - who wins?

I'm confused as to how a team that won the most games in a season all time coming off a championship, whilst playing in the championship for the second consecutive season, is inappropriately matched against these Lakers. Pull your head out of your ass and open your eyes. If you think this is a wash, then you don't know basketball.

 

[5 Grand]

Bruh... Magic Johnson and Kareem. No debate.

Kareem was 39 in 86, 87.

This is what im talking about. ..

And as soon as you explain who's gonna guard Kareem Abdul Jabbar we can close the thread.

 

[_Lefty]

Take that thunder team, make them better coached and give steven adams super powers, slow westbrook down, make him smarter and 6'9" and distibute durants skills evenly to the rest of the starting 5 and you essentially have the 86-87 lakers. They would win going away. Theres no matchup in the league for them.

Remember, the clippers made things difficult with a good point guard and a center with no post moves. Imagine magic and kareem. That lakers team checked a lot of boxes. I give gs a punchers chance, but that lakers squad could switch everything and shrink the floor with their length. Its easier to chase shooters off 3s when you know you got size behind you.

Crossmatching would give the lakers fits if they decide to start running, but they dont have an anchor, and they have no answer for cap.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Curry and Klay are good, but are we really going to act like they don't wither a little when faced with decent defense? The Lakers could put enough pressure on them to pull off a win.

 

[Peace_79]

Curry and Klay are good, but are we really going to act like they don't wither a little when faced with decent defense? The Lakers could put enough pressure on them to pull off a win.

This is an exaggeration ... but not by too much.

Length and consistent physicality can bother them. I think that can change if they get tougher and more resilient, but as of now - due to their era, that's just the way it is.

 

[S2J]

Take that thunder team, make them better coached and give steven adams super powers, slow westbrook down, make him smarter and 6'9" and distibute durants skills evenly to the rest of the starting 5 and you essentially have the 86-87 lakers. They would win going away. Theres no matchup in the league for them.

Remember, the clippers made things difficult with a good point guard and a center with no post moves. Imagine magic and kareem. That lakers team checked a lot of boxes. I give gs a punchers chance, but that lakers squad could switch everything and shrink the floor with their length. Its easier to chase shooters off 3s when you know you got size behind you.

Crossmatching would give the lakers fits if they decide to start running, but they dont have an anchor, and they have no answer for cap.

@ bolded are you being sarcastic? ? :joy:

Magic is a slower , taller, smarter Westbrook? ...yea so thats a completely different player

The funy part is 'whos gonna stop Kareem'

Again, this is not an all-time battle, we are talking about a specific year, where Kareem was almost 40. Andrew Bogut and Festus Ezeli are MORE THAN ENOUGH to just mitigate Kareem. Too many people het caught up in the whole 'shut down/ destroy ' frame of mind, like its either he scores 10 or he scores 40. The man was 40 years old he averaged 18ppg,they would contain him to 18 points per game.

 

[PanchoYoSancho]

I guess golden state beats every team now... man get fuck outta here

Co sign.

Warriors vs 07 Patriots - who wins?

I'm confused as to how a team that won the most games in a season all time coming off a championship, whilst playing in the championship for the second consecutive season, is inappropriately matched against these Lakers. Pull your head out of your ass and open your eyes. If you think this is a wash, then you don't know basketball.

Its about match ups bitch. And the Warriors dont have the personnel to match up with those Lakers. At least not enough to win a 7 game series.

And this is a team that won the most games in a season in a watered down league. Aint nobody taking away from what they're accomplishing or already accomplished. The Warriors ARE an all timee great team. But the 80s Lakers went up against some of the greatest teams in the history of basketball and won more rings than any of em. How many all time great teams have the Warriors beat in the last 2 years?

 

[_Lefty]

Take that thunder team, make them better coached and give steven adams super powers, slow westbrook down, make him smarter and 6'9" and distibute durants skills evenly to the rest of the starting 5 and you essentially have the 86-87 lakers. They would win going away. Theres no matchup in the league for them.

Remember, the clippers made things difficult with a good point guard and a center with no post moves. Imagine magic and kareem. That lakers team checked a lot of boxes. I give gs a punchers chance, but that lakers squad could switch everything and shrink the floor with their length. Its easier to chase shooters off 3s when you know you got size behind you.

Crossmatching would give the lakers fits if they decide to start running, but they dont have an anchor, and they have no answer for cap.

@ bolded are you being sarcastic? ? :joy:

Magic is a slower , taller, smarter Westbrook? ...yea so thats a completely different player

The funy part is 'whos gonna stop Kareem'

Again, this is not an all-time battle, we are talking about a specific year, where Kareem was almost 40. Andrew Bogut and Festus Ezeli are MORE THAN ENOUGH to just mitigate Kareem. Too many people het caught up in the whole 'shut down/ destroy ' frame of mind, like its either he scores 10 or he scores 40. The man was 40 years old he averaged 18ppg,they would contain him to 18 points per game.

Magic is a better player than westbrook period. Magic and Kareem provide the achilles heal on offense to GS's defense. A pure point guard that if the lakers got up, would control the game like westbrook couldn't. Yes Kareem was only scoring 18 a game at that point, but an 18 PPG primary post player would destroy GS's defense because there must be a double, You think Ezili and Bogut could handle Kareem? Contain to 18. They couldn't even do shit with Mozgov last year.

A center who could score and pass out of the paint would collapse any defense. But especially a GS team who would have to help, they have to help on lebron and he doesn't even have a legit post game. You mean to tell me somethin about the fuckin sky hook? Nah B. There are too many ways for that lakers team to beat golden state. If golden state's shots aren't falling the way they want, what do they fall back on?

The only team in the league that can beat GS in a 7 game series right now just happens to be the team that looks the most like the 86-87 lakers, sans Kareem. GS would get they issue.