The Golden State Warriors are smack dab in the middle of a winless East coast road trip, another dreary chapter in what has been a ghastly story of a season. As rough as it can be for Dub Nation to watch the Bay’s team stack losses in this rehabilitation season, it has to be even more difficult for the players and coaches.
During these frustrating times, it’s important for the Warriors to stay centered and find something familiar in the chaos. Thankfully, Golden State is headed to Cleveland tonight, where they are quite used to celebrating victories.
Ah, what a great feud it was when the Warriors and Cavs met in four straight NBA Finals. The basketball itself was a magnificent chess battle, with legacies hanging in the balance, and two long suffering franchises on a collision course with championship destiny.
And the trolling! These two teams broke new ground for social media-era hoops disrespect.
As a Dub Nation member fighting off the clammy hands of depression, I decided to reminisce via my very first video podcast with my special guest Thomas “Dr. Tom” Bevilacqua.
He authored the book, “Golden Age: The Brilliance of the 2018 Champion Golden State Warriors” a riveting memento of the Dubs-Cavs rivalry. Together we discussed five major undertones that colored their physical and psychological clashes.
Lebron’s beef with Steph
“The Warriors got lucky” narrative going viral after the 2015 Cavs got injured
Next level troll wars
Kevin Durant joining the Warriors and ruining basketball in Cleveland forever
The amazing clash of basketball styles that made this rivalry must see TV
The original conversation we had was hours long and we just couldn’t get into all the fascinating minutiae surrounding this rivalry.
If you have any memories/reflections/gloating left over from the classic feud, make sure to share them below!
Thank you, Daniel! As I said, my wallet and my...no, not my mouth but my typing fingers 😁 are at your disposal. So far the content is well with the money and if all goes well with me going fully private with my work I'll be upping my monthly donation.
I hope everything works out well for you guys here and hey, if possible, I might want to and soon be in a position to contribute an article or two every now and then. Assuming my writing and analysis make the cut, that is. 😂 If not, well, then the lesson is "get better."
For now, though, it seems like your launch has been good and I'm glad to see do much of the usual gang here.
Oh, you should TOTALLY contact Athletic Alchemy and see about getting him onboard in some capacity.
He's hilarious and he's taught me more about ball than anyone, even old coaches, though Mr. Apricot is a close second.
For now, though, I can't wait to see what comes next for the site and for the Warriors.
Simply stated: LBJ went from standing up and cheering Steph at the NCAA Tournament when Steph broke into National Bball prominence, to outright bitter dislike!
Why?
Stolen Legacy!
IN LBJ's prime, he won only once in 4 meetings, and, that was with LOTS of NBA FO help and MUCHO whining! Worse, he knew he should have been deposed as the King of the ERA, were it not for a reluctant media! Those 3 rings Steph took from him would have given him 6, like you-know-who!
Thanks for the video guys.
That was excellent, as per usual, gents.
yo! FarEastMatt! welcome aboard bro
Thank you, Daniel! As I said, my wallet and my...no, not my mouth but my typing fingers 😁 are at your disposal. So far the content is well with the money and if all goes well with me going fully private with my work I'll be upping my monthly donation.
I hope everything works out well for you guys here and hey, if possible, I might want to and soon be in a position to contribute an article or two every now and then. Assuming my writing and analysis make the cut, that is. 😂 If not, well, then the lesson is "get better."
For now, though, it seems like your launch has been good and I'm glad to see do much of the usual gang here.
Oh, you should TOTALLY contact Athletic Alchemy and see about getting him onboard in some capacity.
He's hilarious and he's taught me more about ball than anyone, even old coaches, though Mr. Apricot is a close second.
For now, though, I can't wait to see what comes next for the site and for the Warriors.
Oh weird old account/profile voodoo. Yes, this is Matt also. Huh.... Have to sync my phone and laptop.
That was fantastic! Thank you.
you are quite welcome!
And, yes, Warrior Ball (with and without KD), broke Cavs Bball!
Great vid, Daniel!
DINO MADE IT!!!!
Simply stated: LBJ went from standing up and cheering Steph at the NCAA Tournament when Steph broke into National Bball prominence, to outright bitter dislike!
Why?
Stolen Legacy!
IN LBJ's prime, he won only once in 4 meetings, and, that was with LOTS of NBA FO help and MUCHO whining! Worse, he knew he should have been deposed as the King of the ERA, were it not for a reluctant media! Those 3 rings Steph took from him would have given him 6, like you-know-who!
TS, LBJ!
Hella love this format! Super enjoyable watch!!
Is this the first appearance of Gold blooded king and dr. Tom on the new site?
Thanks Duby!!Kobe pod technically is first i suppose??
Fun to see W's turning the tables on the "3-1" issue.
Oops...not original! Just watched the video. It’s awesome!
Thank u! And yes that champagne line truly is the winner :)
When the Warriors were in Cleveland the season after the 2015 championship, Steph said the locker room smelled like champagne...