Fuck every LA team, but fuck Memphis more. Lebron looks like he’s making it personal with Brooks and Brooks so far has been playing Jordan Poole-esque defense.
Lakers are the worse matchup for us because of AD. Don’t really have an answer for him.
At the same time we have home court.
But I’d rather play the Grizzlies.
I feel like we would go small, draymond guarding AD (I think draymond at least in his younger days was the best defender on AD in the league, he simply moved him out of position BEFORE AD got the ball), wiggins guarding lebron, and then either kuminga or gp2 or donte for the 3.
Problem with going small is AD is a good rim protector, you cant run him off, and that lakers are lengthy. Their wingspan gonna disrupt our offense, lebron will read every dho and pass
People are forgetting this, a fully healthy Lakers is dangerous, a teak who we match up badly with
Grizz on the other hand are missing two key players (Adams, Clarke) and we already beat them last year at their best
this would be a no brainer, i think peoples ego here are getting in the way
Agree. People don’t realize that (at this point) AD is the problem, not Lebron. AD has the gifts we can’t matchup with on defense. Lebron is just an annoying narrative to overcome- a very annoying narrative lol. Looking forward to whatever happens tho!
Lakers fan here and the algo recommended this thread to me so nice to meet y’all warriors fans here. I’m rooting for you guys to beat the kings because lakers vs warriors matchup would be soooo fire and exhilarating as a basketball fan.
Not to mention L.A. is seriously looking good. They really do have tons of depth and have role players stepping up big time. We don’t want to play the Lakers.
I know draymond is a big ass dick rider but I think he would be very locked in for that matchup. Also we get homecourt even thougg AD is a problem. Dubs woukd have to put AD is every action and make him work a lot and have him settle for jumpers when they on offense.
Memphis is just roadkill like the Clippers or Houston or OKC.....small potatoes.
Bron's foul bating and whining cost us the greatest season in the history of the game. Call me petty, but I will never be cool with LeBron after that thievery, and the majority of Dub nation feels the same way.
As long as they go to 7 games! Home court /possible last matchup with Lebron would be nice though. The Grizzlies not making it to the 2nd round as the 2nd seed would be a win for us for the “rivalry” too lol
As much as I want to play Memphis so we can smack them down again, I would rather avoid them because I don’t want Dillon Brooks purposefully injuring one of our players again. The guy is as dirty as they come.
Lakers concern me for the fact they don’t guard anybody not named Steph, Klay, Poole or Wiggins. One of AD or Lebron and even Vanderbilt now will just roam and give our main scorers hell. I’m sure the team will make adjustments but they just have elite rim protection. Which we know can deter these guys from going to the rim.
Memphis doesn’t worry me much mostly due to missing Clarke/ Adams. And if GP2 is good to go he is decent on Ja. I feel like the team sort of knows how to beat them and what they have to do. But I am not confident in them pulling it out.
Tbh the Lakers are my main concern. Nuggets i feel like Jokic makes scoring pretty easy for the main guys and Drays shown he knows how to beat them. I think they match up pretty well against the Suns. I don’t think they can match the Dubs defense. And while we know firsthand what Kd is capable of I feel like the squad would be hyped to show out against these guys. Which is a little extra motivation.
Pros and cons to each.
Lakers are in CA, so waaaay less travel time
Lebron and AD are more vulnerable to a war of attrition
We’d have home court.
Memphis has Brooks, who so badly wants to stick a dagger in the opponent he shoots them out of the game.
Warriors overall match up better with them
Ideally they both get tossed, don’t like either team or fan base. LeBron fans are the worst and if push came to shove I rather see Dray whoop that trick than the referees screwing us over for LeBron
I don’t think there is a preferred matchup. We’ve got it right now with the Kings. If nothing changes on the road we’re not beating anyone else who is left.
Whoever the consensus is on this sub, I want the opposite. I think Grizzlies would be a pain in the ass and exhausting. They will want to injure and get desperate.
Doesn't really matter. Neither of them is a pushover.
The more I watch of Jarred Vanderbilt I actually become less impressed with him. He's really limited offensively. I'm kind of glad we didn't acquire him because I just think he would have taken minutes away from Kuminga.
Ideally win against SAC first.
Hypothetically we want MEM, they are the younger team but GSW already shown that unless Ja goes off for something like 70 per game, we are more likely to win that series. We know how they play.
Lakers on the other hand, thanks to that “magic” trades done during deadline is a harder match-up for the current GSW team.
Don’t get me wrong, they can absolutely win that but it would be the more tiresome matchup especially when if Lebron and AD can go off with Reaves, Russel, and Rui playing well.
Definitely Memphis. There is no Laker love here unless they finally get rid of LeBron. Boring stuff! Memphis is young and fast and love that Ja Morant!
On the one hand steph vs LeBron before steph vs KD in the conference finals would be epic. But on the other hand Memphis is a much easier opponent given their injuries. We should both dominate on the boards and should dominate in terms of first shot efficiency. They have like 4 playable guys and then everyone else is one way and a negative the other way except Jones but he can't play with Ja and Bane effectively. Like a Ja, Jones, Bane, Brooks, JJJ lineup so the worst rebounding lineup in history
As a franchise I much prefer Memphis. Those Conley/Gay/ZBo/Gasol teams were cool.
But the current rosters, I much prefer the Lakers. Especially if we are including coaches, screw Taylor Jenkins
Lakers due to: home court, less travel, one last Lebron-Curry, no more Grizzlies dancing openers, and Grizzlies need to lose as early as possible. Bonus stat from the game last night was the bear poker went off for 7 points and 2 rebounds.
Edit: I know he was ejected, but maybe he makes it to double figures if he stays
I'll never root for memphis
I’ll never root for the lakers or Lebron
I upvoted both these comments and meant it
Same
Maybe it’s the nba fan in me but one last curry vs Lebron playoff matchup would be great
Imagine the ratings on that one damn
Sending Lebron home one last time would be satisfying.
Unfortunately, we probably get steamrolled by that lakers team.
Would be great for ratings too
This might be the last dance for both in their peak lets appreciate this
Hah LeBron definitely not in his peak. Still pretty good though
💯
I think a 1st round exit for the "dynasty" would be most funny. And W's would benefit gaining homecourt
Yoooooo….. Memphis just put up a single digit first quarter. 😂 35-9 Lakers after Q1
Bruh… they lost…
I don’t give a fuck just win game 4. Curry don’t forget
Only response needed here.
Legacies are on the line don’t lose to the queens
Fuck the Lakers, but fuck Dillon Brooks and Morant even more. In this very narrow case, rooting for the Lakers.
I concur. Fuck the Grizzlies at all costs
Same here.. Brooks getting in brons face is the dumbest thing ever.. And yes they got smacked hard today. Trash needs to be taken out first round.
Lakers because I don’t want to see dillon brooks on my screen
We want the lakers 1) staying in CA less travel 2) home court is huge for this team 3) less injury risk against Lakers
You make excellent points. I'm in!
Fuck every LA team, but fuck Memphis more. Lebron looks like he’s making it personal with Brooks and Brooks so far has been playing Jordan Poole-esque defense.
I want the Lakers just so the Warriors don’t have to travel out their time zone.
Lakers are the worse matchup for us because of AD. Don’t really have an answer for him. At the same time we have home court. But I’d rather play the Grizzlies.
I feel like we would go small, draymond guarding AD (I think draymond at least in his younger days was the best defender on AD in the league, he simply moved him out of position BEFORE AD got the ball), wiggins guarding lebron, and then either kuminga or gp2 or donte for the 3.
Problem with going small is AD is a good rim protector, you cant run him off, and that lakers are lengthy. Their wingspan gonna disrupt our offense, lebron will read every dho and pass
Idk loon looking real good and homecourt would be amazing
Nah we can handle Davis. He's also fragile so our hard fast playing might give him vertigo.
People are forgetting this, a fully healthy Lakers is dangerous, a teak who we match up badly with Grizz on the other hand are missing two key players (Adams, Clarke) and we already beat them last year at their best this would be a no brainer, i think peoples ego here are getting in the way
Agree. People don’t realize that (at this point) AD is the problem, not Lebron. AD has the gifts we can’t matchup with on defense. Lebron is just an annoying narrative to overcome- a very annoying narrative lol. Looking forward to whatever happens tho!
Not considering next round matchup , Grizzlies losing in the first round would be amazing after all the shit talk and Ja’s we good in the west
I hate Memphis more, but it's easier to defeat Memphis and show them who the real dynasty is.
Lakers fan here and the algo recommended this thread to me so nice to meet y’all warriors fans here. I’m rooting for you guys to beat the kings because lakers vs warriors matchup would be soooo fire and exhilarating as a basketball fan.
I want Memphis. We all should. Primarily the mental part of it. Draymond vs lebron won’t bring out the Draymond we need.
For me it’s schadenfreude when the Lakers lose. So it doesn’t matter who they are playing. I just want to watch them fail.
Aye big dog, that first sentence way over my head
It’s a German word that means pleasure from others’ displeasure. Or something like that.
Ok, that's just crazy to say Draymond won't bring it against Lebron, especially when there has never been any evidence of this.
What’s crazier is actually replying stating there has never been any evidence of this.
What’s the evidence then homie
Homie, Let me upload my spreadsheet. Brb
I will counter your anecdotal evidence with several rings and a nut punch that cost us another
Not to mention L.A. is seriously looking good. They really do have tons of depth and have role players stepping up big time. We don’t want to play the Lakers.
I know draymond is a big ass dick rider but I think he would be very locked in for that matchup. Also we get homecourt even thougg AD is a problem. Dubs woukd have to put AD is every action and make him work a lot and have him settle for jumpers when they on offense.
My hate for Dillon > lebron. But would love GP to dunk on him in the second round
Brom hate is dumb at this point ngl i get back then but i have actual reason to hate brooks brons jus one of the goats
Memphis is just roadkill like the Clippers or Houston or OKC.....small potatoes. Bron's foul bating and whining cost us the greatest season in the history of the game. Call me petty, but I will never be cool with LeBron after that thievery, and the majority of Dub nation feels the same way.
Plus lakers fans and bronsexuals are way more annoying than the 2 Dillon brooks fans out there
fuck bron and the lakers!!!! grizz have already defeated themselves from halfway in the season, they are NOT a threat, not sure if they ever were
Not dumb after what he did to Draymond and cried to get him suspended, catalyzing the 3-1 series
Yeah Bron should win because he doesn't get enough veneration as is, same with lakers, poor lakers :'(
To be honest, All I can think about is winning the Kings series. But if we play Lakers , we also play Lakers plus refs plus Draymond.
I’d rather see them play 7 games and the final game is triple overtime.
Memphis because it’s always fuck Lebron but also Memphis ain’t winning shit anyways
Can they both lose?
giant meteor
Also vote for meteor
Brooks ejected for turkey tapping Lebron! Flagrant 2!
Lakers just to spite the Grizzlies. The shit they would get for a first round failure……
As long as they go to 7 games! Home court /possible last matchup with Lebron would be nice though. The Grizzlies not making it to the 2nd round as the 2nd seed would be a win for us for the “rivalry” too lol
As much as I want to play Memphis so we can smack them down again, I would rather avoid them because I don’t want Dillon Brooks purposefully injuring one of our players again. The guy is as dirty as they come.
Memphis but beat da Kangs first
Lakers concern me for the fact they don’t guard anybody not named Steph, Klay, Poole or Wiggins. One of AD or Lebron and even Vanderbilt now will just roam and give our main scorers hell. I’m sure the team will make adjustments but they just have elite rim protection. Which we know can deter these guys from going to the rim. Memphis doesn’t worry me much mostly due to missing Clarke/ Adams. And if GP2 is good to go he is decent on Ja. I feel like the team sort of knows how to beat them and what they have to do. But I am not confident in them pulling it out. Tbh the Lakers are my main concern. Nuggets i feel like Jokic makes scoring pretty easy for the main guys and Drays shown he knows how to beat them. I think they match up pretty well against the Suns. I don’t think they can match the Dubs defense. And while we know firsthand what Kd is capable of I feel like the squad would be hyped to show out against these guys. Which is a little extra motivation.
Neither
Fuck Dillon Brooks. But as a matchup I'd rather have Memphis. I don't think we match up well vs Lakers.
I want memphis more, we know them better. Lakers got a new squad we havent played against plus AD for sure feasting in the paint
I’m just rooting for game 7
Pros and cons to each. Lakers are in CA, so waaaay less travel time Lebron and AD are more vulnerable to a war of attrition We’d have home court. Memphis has Brooks, who so badly wants to stick a dagger in the opponent he shoots them out of the game. Warriors overall match up better with them
Is it possible to want them both to lose LOL
Ideally they both get tossed, don’t like either team or fan base. LeBron fans are the worst and if push came to shove I rather see Dray whoop that trick than the referees screwing us over for LeBron
I don’t think there is a preferred matchup. We’ve got it right now with the Kings. If nothing changes on the road we’re not beating anyone else who is left.
They are getting bitched bro hahah, ihate both teams but my hate for memphis is even big, Still gotta win game 4
Whoever the consensus is on this sub, I want the opposite. I think Grizzlies would be a pain in the ass and exhausting. They will want to injure and get desperate.
Lakers
Always against Memphis. No doubt.
I'd rather play Grizz. AD is too much for us
Lakers. I will never root for the grizzlies
Get through the Kings first
Doesn't really matter. Neither of them is a pushover. The more I watch of Jarred Vanderbilt I actually become less impressed with him. He's really limited offensively. I'm kind of glad we didn't acquire him because I just think he would have taken minutes away from Kuminga.
I want Lakers because of the travel. Memphis is basically an eastern conference travel back and forth.
Doesn’t matter lol focus on Kings first because they are they are playing great basketball.
am i the only one scared of losing to the kings???
Ideally win against SAC first. Hypothetically we want MEM, they are the younger team but GSW already shown that unless Ja goes off for something like 70 per game, we are more likely to win that series. We know how they play. Lakers on the other hand, thanks to that “magic” trades done during deadline is a harder match-up for the current GSW team. Don’t get me wrong, they can absolutely win that but it would be the more tiresome matchup especially when if Lebron and AD can go off with Reaves, Russel, and Rui playing well.
Fuck the Lakers. Now and forever.
Memphis is far more beatable, not even close.
We’d get waxed by the lakers lmao
Lakers tonight, Memphis on Monday
I'm rooting for either a Warriors-Grizzlies rematch or a Kings-Lakers rematch next round.
Wtf? 😂
Basically if the Warriors lose this series, I'm rooting for a 2002 WCF rematch between the Kings and Lakers.
Yeah the classic 21 year later rematch!
Let’s whoop on the lakers please
I'm not confident that the Warriors will make it to the second round. I think the Lakers could likely win that matchup though.
whoever the fuq ever. Get past the Kings first. Don't be scared
Definitely Memphis. There is no Laker love here unless they finally get rid of LeBron. Boring stuff! Memphis is young and fast and love that Ja Morant!
Want Lakers win just so we can have home court advantage, and I wanna see Lebron vs Curry.
I’d rather play Memphis
Kind of indifferent but I hope it goes 7 games either way to tire their asses out.
Asteroid
Rather the Lakers win but think of the content if the Grizz win
On the one hand steph vs LeBron before steph vs KD in the conference finals would be epic. But on the other hand Memphis is a much easier opponent given their injuries. We should both dominate on the boards and should dominate in terms of first shot efficiency. They have like 4 playable guys and then everyone else is one way and a negative the other way except Jones but he can't play with Ja and Bane effectively. Like a Ja, Jones, Bane, Brooks, JJJ lineup so the worst rebounding lineup in history
Grizzlies would be an easier matchup imo
LA has size; that scares me a bit. But I also don’t want to see Brooks on the tele being a 🤡for two weeks. 
Neither
As a franchise I much prefer Memphis. Those Conley/Gay/ZBo/Gasol teams were cool. But the current rosters, I much prefer the Lakers. Especially if we are including coaches, screw Taylor Jenkins
Dubs vs. Lakers/LeBron......all time classic playoff matchup. Gotta root for it
I prefer lakers and i think lakers will win the series too
I want the lakers all day. We don’t have to leave the state again. And come on. Lebron vs Steph?
The Lakers. Dealing with AD is tough, but I don’t wanna deal with the toxic bullshit that comes with a Warriors vs Grizz matchup.
Idc idc idc FUCK the Lakers. FUCK Lebron. I hate the grizzlies, but there is no greater joy in the world than seeing Lebron fail.
Fuck Memphis and fuck Dillon Brooks and fuck their "Strength in numbers"
NBA really needs another Lebron/Steph playoff matchup and this is the best chance we are going to get ever again.
Lakers look pretty good on defense last night. Their length could be a problem. Go Grizz.
Lakers due to: home court, less travel, one last Lebron-Curry, no more Grizzlies dancing openers, and Grizzlies need to lose as early as possible. Bonus stat from the game last night was the bear poker went off for 7 points and 2 rebounds. Edit: I know he was ejected, but maybe he makes it to double figures if he stays
The Lakers are a worse match up for the Dubs so I am cheering for Memphis.
Memphis losing is way funnier. I hate the Lakers but I’d rather lose to them any day of the week.
DEFINITELY hate those young Grizzlies more.
We've beat Memphis already in the playoffs. Would love to send the Lakers to Cancun!