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The premise of the title would be much more believable if the team's success weren't so heavily reliant on one guy who is a statistical outlier in his unique ab
by vannevar 11y ago
The premise of the title would be much more believable if the team's success weren't so heavily reliant on one guy who is a statistical outlier in his unique ability to shoot 3s. I suspect the Warriors' "winning strategy" could be largely duplicated just by luring Steph Curry away from the team.
- grellas 11y agoGood point and would agree - without that one key player, the team does often play pretty much just like every other team. No doubt though that the game is changing from a day where big post-up players dominated to one in which most every team emphasizes 3-point shooting. Perhaps the Warriors are ahead of this curve apart from dependence on their mega-star player or just in giving him a setting in which he could best thrive.
- vannevar 11y agoYeah, I would've been convinced if the article had shown that the Warriors were winning with a higher number of threes taken across the board and with players that shot the average or slightly better from three-point range. The thing about a real 'systems' team like the San Antonio Spurs is that they don't need any particular player to put up crazy numbers, and they frequently have a bunch of players in or near the low double figures rather than consistently having a couple of players (often the same two) combining for 50 or more points.