UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
Two Minutes, Well Worth It

I Can't Even Hate Klay Thompson For Laying Into Doc Rivers And The Clippers

10/13/2015

0 Comments

 
Doc Rivers- “You need luck in the West. Look at Golden State. They didn’t have to play us or the Spurs. But that’s also a lesson for us: When you have a chance to close, you have to do it.”

Klay: "I wanted to play the Clippers last year, but they couldn't handle their business"

— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) October 9, 2015

Klay on Doc Rivers: "If we got lucky, look at our record against them last year. I'm pretty sure we smacked them."

— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) October 9, 2015

Klay on Clips: “Didn’t they lose to the Rockets? So, that just makes me laugh. That’s funny. Weren’t they up 3-1 too? Tell em I said that"

— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) October 9, 2015
Hey Clippers fans, be mad at Klay Thompson if you want, but just realize that you are only upset because he is completely right. That's not to say that Doc Rivers is wrong. The Warriors were lucky to avoid the Spurs and the Clippers. However, the Clippers were the team that handed them that winning lottery ticket. You can't say that a team is fortunate that they didn't have to play you when you granted them that fortune. Of course the Clippers would have been a better opponent than the Rockets, but when the Clippers had a chance to prove just that they peed directly down their own leg. Now, "smacked" might be an exaggeration, but the Warriors did go 3-1 against the Clippers last year. There is no evidence to support that the Clippers would have provided better competition than the Houston Rockets.

Should the Warriors have been afraid of the team that defeated the San Antonio Spurs in a hard-fought seven game series? Quite possibly, but by the time the conference semifinals were over that team was but a distant memory. The Clippers team that was up 3-1 on the Rockets was potentially the best basketball team in the NBA. The Warriors were lucky to avoid that team. The Clippers team that epically collapsed in losing 3 straight games was barely a playoff team. The Warriors would have been blessed to play that team. Who is to say which one of those drastically different teams would have shown up if the Clippers did somehow advance to the Western Conference Finals? I can promise you that if it was the one the blew a 20 point lead to Houston while their MVP candidate was sitting on the bench than the series would have been over in four games. I love Doc Rivers, and I understand what he is trying to say, but don't expect it to fall on deaf ears when you try to belittle your rival's accomplishments. Especially after you coached the team that failed so miserably to keep them from their accomplishments. Klay may be outspoken, but there's only one way to shut him up, and it's done with actions on the basketball court, not words away from it.
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Categories

    All
    Dumbest-of-the-stupid
    Footy Fisticuffs Etc
    Hardball
    Hoops
    Jersey's Team
    Pigskin
    Pop Cultured
    Puck
    Scarlet-knights
    Who Dat Nation

    Archives

    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy