Golden State Warriors win NBA Championship // Steph Curry Top-10?

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We do have U.S. Open around to. We will discuss we a lot of things to do. Brian Geisinger is good to talk NBA finals with us and we are done and shouts to my friend. Cannot Edwards not describe spent almost an hour with us in studio yesterday Jasper talked me out of Al Hartford making three threes I saw was 375, but Hartford still went for more than 15 extra so both of them cash.

Both of the Hartford wagers cashed nothing else did, but I don't believe Boston covered seven points.

I shivered Boston -7 for the first four minutes as they were comfortably in front of that 14 to all right we got. We just gotta get to it. There's a lot of a lot to do and we got people join in the soon mailbag segment, and we got all sorts of stuff to discuss what you warriors dynasty affirmed last night, 103 90 closeout game in Boston over something steam that just didn't have a lot of answers last night just didn't have a lot they like. They came out well. This started off well 14 24 minutes if you thought all okay yeah this is how it's going to go anyhow was going to go for another dump. 20.

It will will Golden State went on a 21 to nothing run overlapping the first quarter into the second quarter 21 to nothing that is hard to do in the NBA one. The Celtics answered like a 12 all right, or something like that but my gosh, 21 to nothing. Fourth title in eight years for Steve Curtis team. Maybe this one was the best it's really special to see guys like Wiggs and Ann Luna and Gary Payton just how far they've come the impact they made Jordan Poole same thing and I normative forget people, but it takes a full team effort to do this and we just had a great group who will got it done diminishes the incredible outlook occurs, but had code for all four of these titles obviously and he knows what went into all of them but he also says that there is one reason why all of this works now this happens you know and that's not taking anything away from Joe and Peter's ownership preserve amazing ownership. Dalton incredible organization Bob Meyer Shaw held the GM and you know our players. We had so many great players but stuff ultimately is why this run has happened yet.

I mean, it is.

He was the focal point of the first one and it was his put the team first attitude that enabled them to be able to go out and get Kevin to rent, not to mention he had a favorable contract. The contract was just ridiculously low so they had the financial room to go add Kevin Durant but also when you're as much of a star as Curry was it not a lot of people would've been willing to bringing in somebody who is going to overshadow you and for basically for those well really three years direct got hurt in your three but those two years. Kevin Durant was the focal point I don't I focal point but it was the shiniest object. Why wouldn't he be he is a unicorn there. There is no question about it.

Curry was in tears just prided that simply because it wasn't his first right Curry. This was his fourth title and while yeah they were bad the last two years they got into the playing game and lost last year plan tournament loss last year but to me the year before when they were really bad. It was all injury related right mean Green was hurt.

Steph was hard for a lot of it claims the entire year. But here's my Curry was crying on the court's last three years 48 hours every bit of it is been a emotional roller coaster on and off the floor you carried all that on a daily basis to try to realize a dream go when we did tonight and get goes well. Just think about all the snapshots and episodes that we went through to get back here, individually, collectively, and this was at the distribution his differentness last minute some emotions and still will just because of what it took to get back here also. If it matters, and I think it does to some of you stepped gets that coveted finals MVP award reason why mayors may serve as a back arrow ironic office. I say all chatter we hear today is always on the floor and I thought about this. He was working on that one.

It definitely does.

On the other side. I think the Celtics just ran a fight as a group. I think they just ran out a fight that doesn't mean that they were trying just a limit to what when you when you know what the end is this just a limit to what your body is going to do. I actually think it would.

It manifested itself in Jason Tatum for much of the game and really in the second half they didn't close a 22 point deficit Golden State a balloon. The lead up to 22. I believe it 72 to 50 Celtics got it within eight with 5 1/2 to go. It just always felt like the warriors were in control especially with Boston turning it over 2222 turnovers and so many of them were just careless. Jason Tatum put up a in the second half. Take that for what you will. Jason Tatum had just two points in the second local boys throughout this series and previous series so terrible things like the numbers easy to look back to see if they don't think you could try me. What made it a try too hard but a disappointing finals for Tatum is probably Boston's battle with her second best player but the fact that you have to say probably because while he outscored its average 21 points a game and final.

He outscored Hartford. He outscored smart but they're not expected to score more. I think based on what players are supposed to give you. I think the Celtics got more out of smart and Hartford than they got out of Tatum, relatively speaking, I get mad maybe that's unfair but here's Tatum in the finals shut 36.2% from the floor was good from three was 40 almost 42% from three which is really good. 53.8% from the free throw line. That's not good. I would also say didn't get to the free-throw line a lot, which is also not good at 15 turnovers in the last three average five turnovers again last that's just unacceptable. All right couple of Woodley's one more thing before we get to our first guest Bryce is three football. He absolutely does. Scotty Scheffler has just moved to three under part I, rolled in a birdie. I believe on the 15th hole.

Oh, I'm sorry. On the 16th hole got you morose to go 17 is a birdie hole but Scheffler is at three under part tied for the lead.

There are six players at three under par yesterday 25 players were in red figures after day one 2541 word even par better just I mean I'm not going to compare it to other US opens because typically in round one, we see a bunch of players under par, but not 25 of five players under par again.

41. Almost actually a little bit more than 1/4 of the field and even or better. That number is coming right now and the afternoon wave should be more difficult. The afternoon wave was more difficult by about a stroke per round yesterday.

The afternoon wave will be more difficult today, and frankly, they're expecting some some storms in Boston.

Don't know if that's going to ultimately stop playing if they get lightning obviously will this should be enough rain to get everybody off the golf course. If they get some rain.

Maybe that'll soften it up a little bit about my blade. It's been like posed is that it's not getting easier. It's going to get more difficult, because the wind is going to come up so my guess is that by the end of today will have Volvo anywhere from roughly 15 players under par for the tournament and maybe you'll have 25-ish at even or better, that number will come down. I think your winning score is the leading score right now. I think if you asked any player on the board right now. Would you take three under par Sunday at about 7 o'clock in the evening and they would all go get me to give it to me as I think that's ultimately what will get to see your winning score.

Adam had went just nice rank-and-file PGA Tour member for under par, yesterday's give it all back today host the players at three under par yesterday led by Rory McElroy.

Scotty Scheffler is there today McElroy tease often a little bit more than out there were a bunch more players at 200 par including Matthew Fitzpatrick and what Fitzpatrick is today, but is not to wonder. Fitzpatrick won the US amateur when it was played at Brookline in 2013 John Ron Colin Moore, each with a nice 69 for their opening-round. Neither has teed off yet. In round two. They're both about an hour away Brooks Kappa made it look really good until he made made a mess of harvest like a 2 1/2 foot putt for par and made bogey gave one shot back. He is the round of the day going on. He is 300 par with a couple holes left to play again the scores are going to get there to get higher meaning not in relation to par meeting total strokes.

They were to see the numbers go up, I find to guess I would say for over par will play the weekend maybe even +5 by the Fitzpatrick is one over today, one under for the tournament.

Phil Mickelson struggled yesterday.

Mickelson was eight over par yesterday. Poor guy. I again spell. I know that I'm rooting against rooting against Phil, but this is what Phil was always going to shoot. He's played no competitive golf since February. What would it, whenever that tournament was that he played a Torrey Pine that might've even been late January. No competitive golf. I know you think that last week get on the live tour that was that was competitive golf.

It wasn't.

There was no pressure to make a cut.

That's not competitive golf. Not in that field and he didn't even compete there. So he putted poorly.

He drove it poorly. That's a terrible combination of the way Sam Burgess made a birdie to get to 200 par so we're starting to see a leaderboard look like a U.S. Open leaderboard.

There are still names like Taryn and Ling Murtha and Damon and Hardy that you have no idea who they are, but those people are all their rights back to the NBA finals last night. All I regard Brian Geisinger league Pass litter ACC sports.com I wanted to do games specific here is this before you get the bigger picture stuff was last night a case of the Celtics just not having enough fight to basic to basically to clawback after the warriors ate away that 14 to start. I don't think so.

I'm sure some will view it that way. I think is more to do with with Golden State's defense, which is only like truly in the lead defense and you know what Andrew Wiggins was able to do on Jason Tatum was special and even more to do with and I'm sure will drop us out like Steph Curry both meeting your to throw Adam mean like you can try out the different schemes you can draw the good offenders that him you can try give it 127%. You would Steph Curry do and she just say everything that throughout him. He swatted back in the other rector the other direction with me three layouts you sought again last night.

He was on was incredible snow. I would want to put this more on Boston's offense getting stuck in the book 1 right and last night and really dislike the all-time talent that is Steph Curry and there's being really no defense for him like you get back to Golden State's offense in the second, Boston's defense in game five at Golden State.

I thought that was the blueprint they they essentially eliminated Steph Curry from the equation, Lee eliminated his shot. They frustrated him. I thought if I were Boston I would've done the exact same thing defensively and just trusted that my offense because they they have goals they won the game and hundred and 4.1 like these. They scored big blitz them like that so if you hold Golden State 204 and frankly would've been enough last night. Anyway, as long as your offense was a trash bin fine, but their defense also wasn't great man Golden State after that slow start mean they were they were bonkers it was that 72 points a few third-quarter yeah yeah I think for the most part in game five. I noticed that the arcade shooting the ball from downtown, but you still shot about 50% on to yet you got remember when you sell out then Curry like that. What it opens up everywhere else on the court right you 15 points for Gary Pete right we can to mitigate because you can put two on the all you gotta rotate coverages you going to send extra help at that. That gravity creates so many opportunities for other guys to get not just the looks of the basket not open the basket but like the optimal look dunks open threes and even though they get off night shooting ball. I still authentically.

He was a rector's defense so I would think for the most part series like talking to you authentically with the inability for them to generate my confident bandage half-court.

The continued sort like Google clot authentically and ultimately just didn't have enough constantly. Google is certainly a problem for Boston would but we knew that going in.

They got there the entire Eastern conference without having a great point guard and the times they looked dominant. It really became a problem for them in this series with turnovers at 22 turnovers last night. A lot of them just careless turnovers almost seem like miscommunication is is that a simple fix for Boston on I mean I going To Golden State.

It allowed me to see the note Boston not having like a pure point guard and I still think they managed to sort of navigate the playmaking share between the development of Jason Tatum and Marcus Mark being solid with the basketball. But book will Golden State their ability to switch and send help late the core tenets of Golden State defense unite week we talked about the issues with Fremont Street. Now he was struggling a little bit thinking.

He was also That the series in just yet. Generational defender that gets in the way of everything. Great steel turnovers and ultimately led to Golden State getting to transition think that ultimately, like the transition Golden State, defense, and Stephanie half-court.

That was the difference in the series, ultimately talk if you can get the job half-court. It was just the carelessness of the basketball really the byproduct of Golden State pressure and help that I think sort of like loose lungs. In favor of the warriors J mongering 12 points, 12 rebounds, eight assist to steels to clocks last night by what I want to expand on Golden State's defense, because it yes Andrew Wiggins was great, dream on green since the end of game for he was excellent in game five.

You had the best triple single and never seen just for faith fell short of double digits in all three categories and he was excellent again last night even made a couple threes. I think right there with that one flurry right of the first quarter at the Boston community big storm out that 14 to run the groundwork for post of Marcus Mark to get a kick out no split cutoff Martin a post in the Golden State fights back, in part because Boston's bench kind of relieved was able to hold the fort down right and all of a sudden you get right into the first quarter you dream on three note 1st three make literally all series 3 in the drawer and pull three all of a sudden Boston after doing all of that work and having game plan have the right mentality and think they go to the second quarter, down so you dream on, hit three big jump shots for the left. My 23 little long to and like honestly more than enough to go offensively from him that all that great playmaking defense and I thought he got every big defensive rebound on the stretch that looked like a bomb got a conflict big often to rebounds for them to Fremont just yet, but it was kind of vintage equipment from him last night was a little bit of shotmaking sprinkled into two weeks ago Brendan was here and what it are our other friends in the loop as layer and we have noted that after game one Gary Payton was DNP coaches decision and my feeling was if he was active if he was on the roster and available and didn't play. To me, that meant well, he's not going to play and I thought Brendan agreed that they were going to need Payton's defense Gary Payton, the second was one of the sneaky key players for Golden State this entire series energy. What is Steph Curry because of the tallest 63 guy like you always so much bigger he could guard Tatum he could guard Brown. He gave them a chance to give them another physical athletic body that they could throw at those guys defender right even 6789 months ago to report public interest factor taking the second was applying to your coordinator for the warriors. Player right coordinator you have. You don't get the video coordinator jobs come hang out with me and Brendan Malika Blair) was doing a guest appearance on the article being in MDH. I look like a bit more than I like you to go appreciate that, but nobody look your spot on his way clay was incredible. He allowed them to be small and played Fremont at the five, the wind if they didn't have Munir Porter you leaks and still be athletic still be physical give McKay that they could throw at you. Boston's perimeter creators switch across the addition will you screen dive for staff is huge like this is why Steph said the tall, 63 guy in the world because he kicks and dives like you 7 feet tall and dunks off is vertical when you think freaky athlete in that regard.

So he was perfect for them and so much was made early in the playoffs about the Golden State finding the party line up right, like my mobile right with Fremont at center staff clay pool Wiggins and go to that much final in part because they could play they could be better defensively and skillfully small, still good. Fremont at center and keep Gary Payton and have him damage on both sides of the floor. Did you appreciate afterwords the the fact that Clay and Steph and everybody brought the receipts the jot because I loved it.

Oh my God, all petty things. I mean Clay was progressing an altered state at the press conference calling out Jerry Jackson three months ago Curry doing the euro right yeah yeah exactly. Dream on green wearing all black to the game last night that he was going to funeral. You know they are the all and wonder what the all-time team you truly like the they seem to be a dynastic in a variety of different way.

But they certainly can be one of the all-time petty things to think they had all the receipt last night. I did also was enjoying seeing Bill Curry after the game or actually really would like 10 seconds left in the game on the court regarding red red Auerbach style and I thought that was pretty pretty darn cool to someone that watches all 82 games every year and have the pleasure of getting to hear Dell color analyst. It's pretty cool to see him take off the TV had you incredibly proud father.

So that was pretty neat to write when you take a break here. I thank you very much for your time, but I'm just can say were to rank them and to give you my top 10 all NBA top 10 NBA players because why not looking to be swimming to be stupid and goofy on the in the aftermath of an NBA championship yeah and I got Steph Curry firmly in the top 10 all time.

Yeah I think that's totally fair. I think you could be anywhere like that.

I can't in the conversation you recently, the conversation with the top 10 but considering the top five with no Lebron Michael magic Kareem and bird yeah yeah to get inside the first five. He's definitely in the top 10 I got you not done yet. The other thing that you can keep winning stuff and breaking, I mean break the record, I know you got a run here so but up yelling. He safely went safely in the top 10. I don't know what you can put in it. I think five or six and I would I would push back on that. Honestly Geisinger at the guys_bird will talk to you very soon. We had the draft coming up.

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It's what we do we we now officially have something that we can throw on the pile and so I thought let's rank NBA players one through 10.

I also have an honorable mention also receive a what is like having music that's good and I do think that Steph Curry is a top 10 all-time NBA magic magic is the greatest point guard that ever played. I think Steph is the second best point that ever that's that's where I am II understand that there is an Isaiah Thomas lobby out there.

Thomas was awesome when one type rightly when one side they went to Maven to have to go live on. I am Lebron James one done at me don't care. I'm not getting into your Lebron versus Michael Jordan debate.

I have Jordan to I am Lebron one the matter. If you want to have Michael wanted Lebron to Lebron three. I don't care magic three Kareem four. Interesting that three the top four all played with Lakers Larry Bird five Brian was even stretched Curry's could touch number four on the all-time list which is amazing and it leads it just makes it more credible that I have Steph pretty high in the next five I have Bill Russell six and Steph Curry seven. I think Curry is the best player in the history of the NBA that is under 64 me all these guys were significantly taller. Jordan was 66 Lebron 68 magic 69 Kareem 7 foot Bird 69 Russell Russell was only six none that I am Tim Duncan eighth behind Steph Curry live seventh, but Hakeem Olajuwon knife. The dream is just ridiculous. It was good and Wilt Chamberlain 10th is a guy that literally could do anything he wanted on the basketball ahead of his time physically, athletically, all of that had a hard time getting over on Russell yeah I mean it's is going to happen, but I have Wilt tent also receiving votes. Oh Toby, I shack Oscar Robertson sure Kevin Durrant Durkin of its circles. Really, those are my others might also receiving votes, but I got Steph all time number 7.yet I do. I think this music is more fitting for… Okay my number one, it's Michael or Lebron, depending on how old you are is a lot of younger people say Lebron because he never saw Michael some people my age. I'm 36 swing on the fence right I love you Motorola me say Michael is a Saunders old career which is fine with my number tilts Michael or Lebron number three, a big band that played in the 70s.

Anyone anyone anyone of a pick one.

Kareem Walton the big man the payment out the 60s and their shouts of the people say George Mikan sure stop it, a big man that played before I was born I was born 86, number four magic and bird because you every time we talk. Magic got stop burning time talk bird had taught magic right so magic and bird number four favor watch the Converse commercial with magic and Larry is like a Western yeah they were both Converse okay players it's it's so cheesy bad that it's great I love it anymore.

That number five. Another big man is another big anyone anyone of the one leading to zip report about number 5#yeah you got ago. Number six, some five-star recruit that's going to Kentucky because he is the next greatest thing ever. Real gas so we have to be next next greatest thing knife number seven.

The thought of Zion Williamson just the I didn't know she said he might be something exactly that idea. Like the Zion, the first for Zion number seven number eight some someone we want to elevate because we hate Lebron James hey Lebron because people rate them so I know what I would put this guy ahead of him because I hate Lebron so he's going to get in the top 10 visits Tyree whatever number nine someone no one actually saw play George Mikan Oscar Robertson Jerry West actually saw these people's lives, early 70s for some of the people. No one I became aware of the NBA in the early mid 70s so that I don't remember seeing Jerry West or Oscar Robertson actually exactly my point. I don't have Oscar in my talk.

Also, the video I've seen of Oscar Robertson.

I don't think he could use his left, maybe not. Integrity was all right in our number 10 member ESPN typing.

However, the week is so okay glucagon to she John Moran's horse Trey Young last year in the playoffs.

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I'm not really sure what to member ESPN typing because it's that the gravy train. They will that's my top 10 content. I love my top. I like you very much, Mike said no Oscar Robertson.

I feel like he deserves this list make you last. I just can't put Oscar Robertson on that list over anybody, I've got there like initially I thought the Kobe was a top employer that I was going down. I forget all collage I put on weight but I miss Chamberlain so that Cobia the the NBA last report number 11.

The people of we should argue trying to talk to like this time the great players when you go down tonight.

Number 25 and number 25 is good to be a starkly great player. Yeah, unless you're talking about. John Stockton is like, whatever mean car loan of 20, this I mean yes, it was great player but is not on this list doesn't get on this list a number 25 to be Isaiah Thomas. Thomas hired not by the way, when he won back-to-back titles. Zinc told a story about Isaiah Thomas before he is one of the most interesting people I have ever met. He is incredibly open and honest, while at the same time, conniving yeah just a complete a complete contradiction. Almost all the time but he was an amazing player hello dirty like a dirty player but he played in an era where that was part of the game more more part of the game that that Pistons team was great with Dumars and Laimbeer and James Edwards and Rick my horn to me.

That wasn't a rough, rugged basketball team and they did when back-to-back titles and in Isaiah is mean he could've easily been miked in the in the also receiving votes category easily could have been there like somebody brought up high read to me like were not talking about physically gifted because of her talking about physical gets Kevin Durrant the top five all time player easy top mean yeah help Kevin Durand might be it were simply talking about physical gifts that that's how much of a unicorn. Durrant is means basically a 7 foot to guard who can block shots rebound run the break with all of that but it say it's obviously subjective and that's why we have fun with it. This is the atom gold shell June 19, 2006, but it all started May 6, 1997 the announcement that the Hartford whalers were coming to North Carolina transition of heartbreak.

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