Jack, I thought that's what Steve was talking about the Lakers prior to the
Westbrook trade. That his Lakers were old and that they should trade LeBron and AD for younger blood and have a better future. The traded lots of young ones, maybe 10, who could form a strong team in themselves, but to me what saved them was one exit button, get rid of Westbrook. How were they doing when Westbrook was in when lineup? Back to Steve's comments. But after Westbrook, they got back Russell who was playing very very well in another team, Hachimura and Vanderbilt, among others. Reeves had been with them when Westbrook was there so the huge turnaround, imo was that trade day deadline. The luckiest thing was that their was a team that wanted to take in Westbrook's 40+m salary. Why would any team do that? Prior to that, many trade rumors for Westbrook died out and I heard a comment that no one wanted to help the Lakers out. And the irony is that a former Celtic player and GM did. Danny Ainge. Back to the Warriors, the series is 3-3 because the loser had bad nights with their shots. Pleasant bonus was Monk hitting 28 points to complement Fox. The older splash brothers, if they score 30 each on game 7, will yield win for them most likely. I've seen these past few years that shooting percentage play a big factor in victories.
As for Philly, they played very well the past few weeks, and their giant is another modern day money man, no one can really contain him. Boston will have their hands full. Harden and Harris and Maxey are key scorers.
