The Warriors Biggest Weakness

Since the 2014-2015 NBA season the question every year is how do you beat the Warriors? With 5 all-stars and 6 hall-of-famers the answer isn't simple, but there is a way. It could be the best way to beat them and maybe the only way, the only question is if it will really work.Now the Warriors don't have any real glaring weaknesses and this way could be a long shot, but it could be the only way to beat them in a 7-game series.

Any team playing the Warriors need to use Draymond Green and Demarcus Cousins to their advantage. Both of these players have a long history of never controlling their emotions and getting into trouble because of it. Last season Draymond Green was second and Cousins was 14th only playing in 48 games in technical fouls, this season Green is currently in 5th place and Cousins was ejected from a game against the Knicks he didn't even play in. In the 2015-16 NBA Championship Green was actually suspended for a game, which turned the momentum. The Warriors were famously up 3-1 in the series and it looked like LeBron was on the verge of losing another NBA finals. Once Green was suspended this caused the Warriors to not be the same team, and it cause the greatest collapse in NBA history. The Warriors lost the series and it showed the league that Green could be a lose cannon and he was a bigger part of the success of the team than anybody thought.

This season Green is hurting the Warriors, averaging 25% on 3 point shot and it is hurting the Warriors. Teams are daring Green to shoot the ball, which is causing teams to stay more in the paint taking an option away from the Warriors. The Warriors aren't as free flowing moving as they have been in the past years, since team can stay more in paint guarding because of Green. 

Draymond Green has also been known to fight within the team. On November 12th, Green and Kevin Durant got into a heated argument on the last play of the game. Durant wanted the ball to hit the game winner over the Clippers, but Green went ahead and turned over the ball. Although the team has tried to cover it up and acted like it was no big deal Green was suspended for being "detrimental to the team." Green has always been one who is very passionate, but sometimes it does affect the team. If a team does get inside of Green's head it could come back and hurt the Warriors in a playoff series. If they could get inside of Green's head they could cause him to get suspended or even fight with his own players. Green could try to prove something to the other team and try to go hero ball. This could cause some riff in the Warriors chemistry and it could blow up in front of their faces in the playoffs.

The long-term effect of the Draymond Green/Kevin Durant fight might not ever be public knowledge with them even denying it will ever be anything past a heated argument. What we do know is that recently Durant has liked some tweets recently that are very peculiar. He liked a tweet in response to an article about his upcoming free agency where it says to "stop bothering him about it and let him be in peace." This could mean absolutely nothing, it could just be as simple as let Durant play this season out before we speculate anything. It could also mean to leave him alone about his decision because he has already decided what he'll do next. The answer to this question won't be answered until the upcoming free agency but it's an interesting wrinkle to think about. This could be used as fuel for a teams trash talkers to put inside the Warriors heads and lead Green to fight with Durant about leaving behind the scenes. 

Demarcus Cousins is the next big weakness the Warriors have, since Cousins has returned the Warriors look unbeatable but are they really? In his first game back Cousins fouled out and since them he's averaging a little over 4 fouls a game. This could be useful to teams who are playing against the Warriors as they could potentially use this to their benefit. If Cousins gets into foul trouble this could potentially leave him playing a weaker form of defense, he could be hesitant on going for blocks and make it easier to score in the paint. 

Cousins also has an anger issue, which makes it easier to get inside his head. Cousins has already been tossed from a game while being on the bench not even playing! Earlier this season against the Knicks, Cousins was arguing with the ref and he was thrown out. He received a tech and referee Scott Foster said that one technical would suffice him being thrown out since he wasn't even playing. 

Cousins has a long history of receiving technical fouls and a team should use this to help them win a series. If they can get into Cousins head it could cause him to get tossed from the game. It could also cause Green and Cousins to fight each other if they are both heated. This could cause the biggest fight between two teammates in a playoffs series that we've ever seen. This could cause they Warriors to break up in the offseason. If Durant sees that they are falling apart within he might not resign and move on to the next team. This could also cause the Warriors to pick between Cousins and Green which could cause they end of the Warriors as we know it.

A background on Cousins history of anger is a long one. With the Sacramento Kings, in 2011 Cousins was sent home early on a road trip with the team because he unwilling to to embrace traveling in the same direction as the team. In 2012 he was suspended for two games for confronting the Spurs Color Commentator in a "hostile way." In 2017 Cousins was suspended for receiving his 16th technical foul for the season. This is just a very brief overview of all the trouble Cousins has gotten in and it could be used to a team's advantage to destroy the Warriors. 

In the playoffs the Warriors could become the most dominate team in NBA history. There is a very glaring weakness with Green and Cousins and it could be a ticking time bomb that the league needs to have a chance to beat them. Of course there will always be the switching Stephen Curry onto a bigger player, but this strategy of getting into these guys head is the Warriors biggest downfall. They have two guys who are very outspoken and have the most potential to be very detrimental to the team.

Raptors game plan!

The Toronto Raptors land Marc Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies. The Memphis Grizzlies land  Jonas Valanciunas, Delon Wright, CJ Miles and a 2024 second-round draft pick. The trade was done on February 7th in time where we are seeing a lot of them trying to trade for some reason or another. 

The upside of for the Raptors they get a skilled big man who can help them make a push for a chip for the year. It will help the younger players to improve their knowledge from a veteran force. Also he is a free agent after this year and this will open more cap room for potential players coming next year.  The down side is losing marc after one year because he could play well. If he plays well he could leave. The Grizzlies only real upside is to make cap room for  better free agents.

Overall the trade was a cap trade for both teams. They are moving to get more free money so they can sign better players.

The Lakers Are The Biggest Loser Of Trade Deadline

The Los Angeles Lakers just traded Michael Beasley and Ivica Zubac to the Clippers in exchange for Mike Muscala. This trades opens a roster spot for the Lakers to potentially sign a buyout contact. Ultimately, the Lakers are the biggest loser of the trade deadline. The Lakers didn’t trade for Anthony Davis and the fear around the league is that the Pelicans did this to try to ruin the Lakers chemistry.  The Lakers offered most of their young core and half of their starting lineup for Anthony Davis, which could be really damaging to a player. An example would be Dennis Smith Jr who Dallas tried to trade but didn’t. Then Smith forced Dallas to trade him to the Knicks. This could happen to the Lakers since the young core knows they are tradable and management will trade them in a heartbeat for the right player. This also causes the Lakers to fail to trade for another big player, Davis is on the same list as Kwahi Leonard, and Paul George for players who the Lakers have failed to trade for. The Lakers are by far the biggest losers of this trade deadline with Anthony Davis not coming, and the potential of the Lakers ruining their chemistry. Their best bet now is to sign Carmelo Anthony in the next couple of days and hope they make a push late into the playoffs to convince free agents to come to Los Angeles.

Anthony Davis Trade affect!

The Anthony Davis trade is the biggest trade this and next season that could shape some teams that we know are good or could get better. Many teams have given offers and they are high offers. The Lakers, Celtics, and Knicks are very interested but the question stands, is this a good trade for any of these teams?

Lakers are the ones who really want to push the hardest. They have offered every but Lebron at this point. The whole team is an assets including all the future picks for the draft. If this trade was go though they would have no future in the assets but lebron and Anthony Davis. There whole team is in the worst condition because they have done nothing to improve there team young players. the team chemistry can not be good at all. The lakers need this trade or they will suffer until he is a free agent in 2020. 

The celtics are in a werid sitution for sure. they have a young talented team like the lakers but the team doesn't need this happen to be a good team in the future. If they do this, it will be out of the chance only. The risk factor is the team chemistry they have is in jeopardy. there young players almost made it to the finals last year but lost the Cavs with Lebron.is Danny Ange really willing to destroy what he has for Anthony Davis the problem lies in the fact he doesn't want to play there. If you trade for him you give up your future fir a one rental player who wants to play in LA. I don't believe the Celtics should go after this with the potential they have right now.

The knicks are the only team that is a maybe because they could get the Number 1 draft pick and that would be good for the Pelicans. They would want to draft Zion Williamson so they would have a young talent for at least 6 years before they would need to reconsider.beyond that the Knicks don't really have anything but young talent that isn't proven yet.

Overall the race for Davis looks more like bomb for any team to get him. He is good but the pelicans are asking for way to much. If any team trades, this will there biggest gamble in there teams history. But i do believe the lakers will get this trade done before the dead line.

Could This Be The Highest Scoring Super Bowl in NFL History?

Today’s game Between the Rams and the Patriots can be the highest scoring Super Bowl game in NFL history. During an NFL, the Rams and Patriots didn’t just have two of the best offenses. They have two of the fastest paced offenses in the NFL this season. There were more touchdowns than ever and points per game approached an all-time high this season. Patriots and Rams don’t just put up big points they also run and gun.

   This year, they played even faster than the exhilarating Chiefs offense who also put up an impressive 51 against the Rams this season. It’s safe to say that you probably don’t want to take your eyes off this game today how fast pace these teams are they only need a second to score. The over-under on the point total for the game had been as high as 58 points earlier this week, which would have been a Super Bowl record. It’s currently at 56 points, which would rank third highest in Super Bowl history. 

   I believe at least a 60 point total will be the case of tonight’s game and with these high powered offenses I’m sure they could put up more. This should a great game for all the fans but a tough one on the defense today and both teams have outstanding defenses who can really be the game changer tonight as well might be a little clique but you know they say offense wins games but defense wins championship.

How A Team Can Use Woj To Benefit Them

Adrian Wojnarowski has quickly became the most influential reporter in the NBA. Through his tweets he has broken huge stories from the Mavericks Knicks trade to just smaller stories from a guy getting bought out. Woj covers it all, but an NBA team could potentially use him to their advantage.

Many NBA reporters now call Woj the 31st franchise because of his influence, whatever he says is automatically true. If a team is trying to make a trade happen, they should simply pretend to leak info to Woj. In order to keep the record "true" a team should word how they put it to Woj. A team could simply just say that they are considering offering a certain player or pick for someone leak the report out to Woj and hopefully another team would get scared. An example would be if a team would be interested in trading for Kemba Walker and the trade market is strong for him. Lets say the Heat call up Woj and say they are going to offer Whiteside and 2 unprotected future picks, it could potentially scare away other opposing teams who might want to offer for him. Other teams could feel as if they can't compete for Walker and it could dwindle the market making it easier to trade for him. Then the Heat could go in there and offer a smaller package for Walker and walk away bigger winners than they would've before. An NBA team could use Woj to help dwindle the trade market or scare a team into making a huge offer and reducing the assets on their team.

Woj could also be used to help sign a potential free agent player in the offseason. Lets just say there are 5 teams about to offer a contract to Rondo this offseason and one of the teams could really use his services. They make a call to Woj and say they are considering offering him a 3-year deal with a player option and say they might overpay him. This could cause one or two of the teams to go we can't compete with this and back off. This could also do the reverse effect and have a team drastically overpay for a player, causing them to have less cap space for other free agents. Teams could use this to their advantage and cause a team like the Warriors to overpay and help dwindle the talent around them. Teams could use Woj to help change the market for a potential players they want.

Woj could be very useful to a team who might want to use his services to help them either attract a free agent or just help them in a trade market. I believe that teams around the league should use Woj to help themselves out in the market. Woj is a very reliable source to many people, reporters, players, and teams around the league. What he says is always right, it seems like, and teams should take advantage of this.

Dallas Trade result

Early in the day, the Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks. The whole thing happen so fast that it was a surprise. There was a meeting between the knicks and Kristaps Porzings but the team got the impression that he no longer wanted to be in new york. So they started inviting trade offers. The deal was done a hour later.

The Dallas mavericks got Courtney Lee, Tim Hardy Jr, Trey Bruk, and Kristaps Porzings. The overall look of the trade goes to the Dallas Mavericks. the trade sent  them a talented young big Man in porzings who can take control of a game. he is still injured but he is set to return healthy next year. Him and Luka have a relationship from playing in Europe and is expected to sign with Dallas at the end of the year.Tim also is a good pick up up with 21 point per game this season giving luka great offenses help. Courtney Lee and Trey Bruke giving Dallas good bench support for the team. The team absolutely won this trade by the pieces they got in return for there talent they gave away.

The New York Knicks is a little more complicated. The best player they received is Dennis Smith Jr. He won the rookie of the year the last season. he is very athletic player with good scoring. The only improvements he needs is to become a better passer while controlling the game with offense. the other pieces were just taken so they could dump salaries for this year free agents. They will have enough money to sign two max contracts plus rebuild around the young players they have already. this trade will only be good for the Knicks if they do get the players they want. Overall team is hoping to tank for the number one daft pick and getting the two stars they need to fill out next years roster. Don't expect to much this year from them.

This trade is very simple Dallas wins because of talent they got. This could put them in the playoff this year an next year be a contender for top team in the west. The knicks are playing Russian roulette and it could work out or fail all together. Even if they get there pieces this trade will change the view of Dallas forever.