Harden and Westbrook play exceptional in the regular season but when it comes to the playoffs they can’t seem to elevate their game to a higher level and sustain it during the playoff run without running out of gas. A Westbrook vs Harden western conference would be great given Warriors’s injuries. All time great players are able to sustain that higher level of play during their playoff runs.
@@kabagemayannick5097 they were playing. Kawhi's leg was messed up (knee and thigh) Lowry had dislocated thumb that was taped up for most of the playoffs and back issues
I meant that as to see how these compare to the Warriors injuries Not even close and if u bring Lowry thumb injury...Curry played with a dislocated finger Now what ?
@@Dennzer1 you can't deny Lowry got them going early and had a great game. He scored 20 pts in the first 3 minutes!!! Very few in history have done that. Like maybe 3 guys.
Siakam did have that important late bucket to go up 3 but the very final plays of this playoffs were Kawhi's: - Curry three = "NOPE." - rebound = "BOARD MAN GETS PAID." - free throws = "BUCKET. BUCKET."
This is all very nice, but what really matters is Linsanity got a ring last night He had the last laugh against the New York Knicks, who never offered him a contract Linsanity has a ring. The Knicks have hairy, sweaty balls.
@@runningwithcat6195 I just seen a tweet from Klays father who said there is no question Klay is resigning with the warriors, and the warriors already said they are offering him a max deal
paying max contracts for sentimental reasons to players who will likely never be the same is not a good strategy. It will affect the team for three years.
@@abouttime5000 possibly but other teams will offer them the max and Curry's gravity will make them really good players even when they come back from injury
Thank you Nick and Cris. The Raptors beat the Warriors 6 times (out of 8 meetings) this season. The Raptors have a better match up against the Warriors than most other teams. Don't take this away from how well the Raptors have played in the playoffs. They continued to upset the "favourites" (ie. Bucks, Warriors, 76ers) and did it all under the radar. When most US media doubted the Raptors, they continued to fight against adversity. This is the strangest NBA Final series where there was no "home court advantage". Both teams actually played better on the road (except Raptor's Game 1 win). I think it's the expectation and pressure that got to the players at home court. In any event, this is a collective effort from the Raptors. Everyone contributed to each of the series and each game specifically. Gasol's addition to the team was invaluable. He was excellent in the first three series, but less effective in the finals series due to the style of play the Warriors do (they never post up!). Since Game 4 of the Bucks series, VanVleet has been shooting three's like daggers. Then Siakim showed up in Game 1 and Game 6 of the Warriors. So did Kyle in Game 3, 5 and 6.
@@pane2125 Raptors beat the Warriors without Kawhi in one of the regular season games. So your point is? There is no guarantee that a full Warriors team would win the championship. It is all "what if" remarks. Kawhi played through his injuries in Game 3-6 against the Bucks. Kyle's left thumb was still taped.. VanVleet got his face elbowed.. OG never played in the playoff. it's not like the Raptors didn't have injury issues.
@@pane2125 Exactly my point. Most US media counted out the Raptors from the beginning.. and look what just happened. The Raptors fought hard and came back strong after trailing in the first three series. It's pointless to think about "what ifs". Just give the Raptors credits for winning.
Kawhi this playoff run had so many 📸 iconic poster moments: 1️⃣. series-winning buzzer-beating 'the shot', 2️⃣. and 'the squat', 3️⃣. the huge dunk over Embiid, 4️⃣. the huge dunk in Game 4 over Antetokounmpo, 5️⃣. the superman dunk in Game 6 also over Antetokounmpo, 6️⃣. and the superman dunk over Mirotić, 7️⃣. the huge dunk through Harris and Ennis. Honorary mention: wearing goggles to the post-game conference and abandoning his MVP trophy.
Chris has been the best commentator when it comes to the Raptors, while everybody else making excuses for the Warriors he constantly gives the Raptors due credit
He was cleared by the medical staff to play with no injuries reported by the doctors. So he was experiencing what the rest of the players were experiencing . ....the large amount of wear and tear from playing over 100 games this season. The longest season toronto has ever had.
@@patrickboire8698 maybe toronto and GS will have another go at this in a couple years and we will see how it turns out. Every year people always wonder what would happen if key players were not injured. Every series, every game.......injuries always control the narrative . Defensively I do think toronto is better.....offensively in the playoffs against a healthy golden state? Unanimously most people think toronto probably would've got swept. I think it would've been 5-1 Golden state. Congrats to Toronto. They came out on top
I love how some of you are already suggesting that the Lakers have it after getting AD. They're still missing quality shooters, something LeBron needs to succeed.
Jerome Marshall but philly was no joke, 2 all stars and one superstar in that squad with a border line star in Tobias. They were considered the best starting line up 2nd to the warriors with kd.
Too bad that philly team was a one and done. They traded so much away and those players will leave so we won't see phily for awhile. They risked it all like the Raptors. I would say even more so
Great job guys! Couldn’t agree more, can’t discredit the Raps Champions because the Warriors couldn’t stay on the court. We don’t know how this series would have went if everyone was healthy because that book wasn’t written. Congrats on the wonderful year Dub nation & hoping for a speedy recovery for KD and Klay. #WeTheNorth
3 facts from all this: 1. Boogie took a pay cut for a free ring and didn't get it 2. The warriors sacrificed kd health and whole career for a title 3. Kyle and Jeremy Lin won a ring before cp3 and melo
@@NallaDlanorGomez Lin and Melo played together, Melo wanted no part in linsanity so he got Jeremy lin benched and traded...5 years later Melo is out of the league and lin has a ring💩
He was the only offensive threat on GS, Toronto threw the whole team at him all night and dedicated their entire defense to him. What exactly does he need to be held accountable for?
Congrats Cris Carter! He predicted the Raptors to win the Finals in 7 games. That's good enough. Max Kellerman accurately predicted it in 6. Let's Go Raptors!
So many deserving guys on the Raptors. No top picks, no superstars, just an injured 2-way player and a group of straight grinders. Prayers for the Warriors. They lived up to their name this series and went down like true champions in a war of attrition.
Lebron how you are going to win your championships ? First I'm going to Miami and team up with my best friend and one of the top 3 SGs in the game with a all star Forward and then wait until Cleveland gets a superstar PG and demand they get a all star Forward then come back to Cleveland and GET ONE. So Kawhi how are going to win a Championship? Umm win one with the team that drafts me then win another one with the team that was traded too. Does that make you the best player in the World? Kawhi "I care more about being the best team than the best player."
no excuses Raptors are a better team than the warriors with or without KD and Klay .They met 2 times in the regular season they beat them on both meetings without Kawhi .Their last meeting in Oracle wasn’t even close
I love Cris and Nick. Instead of talking about the "what ifs" like Stephen A and Skip about the Warriors injuries even after the Raptors JUST WONT championship, Cris and Nick focused on what the Raptors have done to get to this stage. It's a collective effort of the team. Besides the consistent Kawhi, you just didn't know which other Raptor would step-up, but it's the collective effort of the whole other 6-man--rotation roster (Kyle, VanVleet, Gasol, Green, Ibaka and Powell) that really worked for them.
This is my favourite show over the otherslike SAS and max and Shannon and skip although Shannon is my favourite Skip is just annoying and a hater and SAS is bias af
Warriors 2015 title: Cavs were injured Warriors 2017 title: Spurs were injured Warriors 2018 title: Rockets were injured But you GS fans keep making excuses, your tears are delicious. LMFAO
Team work over individual talent. The Training/ Medical Staff is a critical part of any major sports team. Maintaining a healthy team, starts long before the finals. Toronto had a better Training Staff.
Why Kawhi is better than KD? He beat steph without Westbrook and beat lebron big 3.. got his second MVP ...KD got his with stephs squad... Facts are facts but nobody wanna say it
Raps 4-0 at Oracle and 6-2 versus the Dubs overall this season. Still remember Klay saying "We don't know them" after losing Game 1. Know them now, Klay?
@@pane2125 New NBA expanded standings column: Wins Against Fully-Healthy Opponents. They could deduct 20% from the win value for each injured starter on the opposing team. I like it.
This played out perfectly! Zaza intentionally injured Kawhi when Kawhi was on the Spurs. Kawhi makes his return and gets his revenge. It couldn't have been any sweeter than this.
The biggest thing that can tend to happen to dynasty organizations, like the Warriors, is that after spending SO long on top of your conference, like Golden State has the last 5 years, players wear down over time, and the injury risk increases. You can't realistically expect to maintain NBA Title-caliber basketball like that over a period that long without that happening, and all it takes is for 1 team to get their set, and jump on that. The Toronto Raptors 2018-19 team lived up to their franchise name.....predators. Ones that smelled blood in the water, and sadly for the 29 U.S. NBA clubs, the Raptors went on a Canada-sized feeding frenzy. They ate everything in front of them(minus the #1 seed in the East and also the NBA regular season title, but I digress), and finally captured The Gold after 24 seasons and 25 years of trying. As a fan of the Raps, due to being born in and living in Canada, my tip of the cap does go to the Raps for bagging the title. But I don't give my wag of the finger to the Warriors. There's a reason they got to the NBA Finals, and a reason the Raps had to beat 'The Man' to BE 'The Man'. Thank you to the 2018-19 NBA Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors for keeping us Raptors fans honest in the whole NBA Finals. Thank you the the 2018-19 NBA Eastern Conference and World Champion Toronto Raptors for finally giving Canada it's Larry O'Brien Trophy, and for handling yourselves with the class you did. The 2018-19 NBA season will be the best in Canadian basketball history for a long time. =)
The Raptors didnt have the most pleasant PlayOff run Almost got eliminated by the 76ers by game 7 Had to make 4 straight Ws against the best team record of the season Had to dethrone the NBA champs of the previous season
What if. What if. This is sport - you play with the cards you have; There are no guarantees. If every win were predetermined then it would not be called competition. The raptors fought every round and won fair and square. Please give credit where it is due. They are the current best team in the NBA!!! Bravo!
If they make the 8th seed in the west next year, maybe they might get deep into the playoffs. We'll see who goes and who stays.....because I find it hard to believe they will play all of next season as is.....we already know Klay and Durant will be out. It's possible Looney will miss a lot of games at the start of the season....Iguadala and Livingston most likely retire.
I love how Nick says that Vanvleet slowed down Steph even though he averaged 31 but when it comes to 2015 finals when Iggy slowed down Lebron he ignores it.
I hope this give the small market teams chance to win. Like Indiana, Portland, Memphis and okc great management but I hope star players see the impact of winning in a small city
@@mefadon459We talking market by population no Toronto isn't NY or LA. It's bigger than Chicago, Miami, Boston, Atlanta, Philly, Houston, Bay Area and Dallas though. Seems to me the LAL are the only constant desirable location, with different markets becoming the flavour of the week (Bay Area, Miami, and Houston). Atlanta, Chicago, NYK haven't attracted squat lately. Fact is on any given off-season 95% of NBA teams have no hope of attracting talent. As a league the NBA would be better served contracting 6 to 10 teams. The top tier talent in the NBA dictate the league much more than the top talent in the NFL, NHL, and MLB. There isn't enough talent for 30 teams.
I find it funny the stance Nick takes now, no one will put a asterisk on Toronto's championship but he wants one on that 2015 warriors. He always brings up the injuries on Cavs that year to protect LeBron but nope not now.
After this I cant honestly say I have more respect for lebron. Curry should and could've stepped up but injuries really killed us now we are in his shoes.
I’m two minutes into this video. And they haven’t even mentioned any of the injuries for Golden State not a single one. Collins reaction to this game is completely different
FTF is most unbiased of all american sports media. Most keep saying oh its an "asterisk" because of all these injuries. Of course it would've been a different series, but injuries happen. Look at 2015 GSW VS Cleveland for example.
Does anyone else see how shady Nick is toward Kawhi since CC has left the show?? What a punk!! If you felt like this the whole time why didn't you act like you are now then?
What are your thoughts on the Raptors winning their first NBA Championship?
First Things First: Cris Carter and Nick Wright
Time to check the false narrative that the media created
Own up too your mistakes
Congratulations Raptors!!!! Great Team Effort in Winning The Championship... Fantastic Team...Love How Raptors Fans Celebrate...😍😍😍😍
No surprise. Everyone with a brain knew the Tor - Mil series was the real championship.
You're stupid, They didn't play a fully healthy Dubs team all year in any game reg or playoffs
First Things First: Cris Carter and Nick Wright that it’s a tainted title the raptors don’t deserve it the warriors deserved more period
Serge Jeremy Lin and Eric Moreland all won a ring before Westbrook and harden
Iblockya deserves his ring... when Harden can make a 3 in a playoff game, then we will talk.
Now this part of it I am happy about
Harden and Westbrook play exceptional in the regular season but when it comes to the playoffs they can’t seem to elevate their game to a higher level and sustain it during the playoff run without running out of gas. A Westbrook vs Harden western conference would be great given Warriors’s injuries. All time great players are able to sustain that higher level of play during their playoff runs.
What about Eric Moreland? Did anyone noticed his ring
the real star of the trio
Congratulations to the Raptors and their fans along with Kawhi winning Finals MVP. You guys deserve it #respect 🇨🇦✊🏽🏆
Those baby dinosaurs up North are still exactly that. They got LUCKY & did not deserve this. Went OFF on this on my channel today. 🙄
Sports with Nick lol, not the best way to grow your channel.
@@snapchatter6761 Appreciate the feedback!
@@nickfriend4633 You clearly know nothing....why would I watch your channel? Lmao....here's an L for you to hold ---> L
@@pelotero11 I'll hold it tightly. Thanks for the feedback!
People forget Raptors playoffs run has been tough long road they lost all their first games in the East down 2-0 vs Bucks then won 4 straight
Warriors still had 4 All Stars on the court no excuses.
U know wat everyone is thinking
BuccLife U definitely don't know basketball.....so their best player tears his Achilles n Klay tears his ACL , how they supposed win?
Yup no excuses
@@kabagemayannick5097 doesn't matter. Banners don't get printed with an asterisk. Raptors won, end of story.
Daniel Kneeshaw True true but how much weight does really it have? Just like the Warriors in 2015
Raptors this season in Oracle “Undefeated...never lost”
Sclub 007 the raptors is the reason why gsw had to change court
And the raptors just beat them in their new court. We have been undefeated against the warriors in their home court for 2 years now.
Crazy!!!!!!! Kawhi is just crazy he killed them
Raptors were injured too. Kawhi at 75%, Anunoby out, Lowry with an injured hand, Siakam leg. Raptors just the better team
kalex888 Wait wasn't kawhi and Lowry playing...? How injured were they?
@@kabagemayannick5097 they were playing. Kawhi's leg was messed up (knee and thigh) Lowry had dislocated thumb that was taped up for most of the playoffs and back issues
I meant that as to see how these compare to the Warriors injuries Not even close and if u bring Lowry thumb injury...Curry played with a dislocated finger Now what ?
FACTS
kabagema yannick Now nothing. Point is both teams had key players that were beat up.
Lowry was big early!! I feel he set the tone and gave his team the confidence they needed for the close out.
Him and Vanfleet won this game.
Facts
Good analysis Kyle Lowry burner account. loll . Just joking
@@jeffreyyoungblood7438 - VanVleet.
@@Dennzer1 you can't deny Lowry got them going early and had a great game. He scored 20 pts in the first 3 minutes!!! Very few in history have done that. Like maybe 3 guys.
The Raptors are the Champs enough of the what if’s.
Siakam did have that important late bucket to go up 3 but the very final plays of this playoffs were Kawhi's:
- Curry three = "NOPE."
- rebound = "BOARD MAN GETS PAID."
- free throws = "BUCKET. BUCKET."
Curry 0 for 8 in Playoff game winning, or game saving shots. Wonder why they got KD, nope.
@@toddstevens13 They need him to be an insurance policy
Thank you KAWHI ,Thank you RAPTORS for all the great MEMORIES and Championship you deserved to CANADA 🏆🙏
Respect bruh.
CONGRATULATIONS TORONTO AND THEIR WHOLE TEAM. THEY DID THEIR THING AND GOT IT DONE.
Kyle Lowry won a ring before Chris Paul
Lol right
Lowry is the better player.
This is all very nice, but what really matters is Linsanity got a ring last night
He had the last laugh against the New York Knicks, who never offered him a contract
Linsanity has a ring. The Knicks have hairy, sweaty balls.
The Future Is Here LOLOLOLOLOLOL
@Michael McMillan I have a way with words.....
The Future Is Here 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'm starting to believe kawhis philosophy. Good things happen to good people
I can see why thry didn't, he hasn't exactly been outstanding on this team. Let's be real
This free agency is going to be even crazier now with Klay's injury
Why is it gonna be even crazier? Klay already said he wants to stay in GS and GS wants him to stay
@@runningwithcat6195 I just seen a tweet from Klays father who said there is no question Klay is resigning with the warriors, and the warriors already said they are offering him a max deal
Golden State will offer KD and Klay the max
paying max contracts for sentimental reasons to players who will likely never be the same is not a good strategy. It will affect the team for three years.
@@abouttime5000 possibly but other teams will offer them the max and Curry's gravity will make them really good players even when they come back from injury
Thank you Nick and Cris. The Raptors beat the Warriors 6 times (out of 8 meetings) this season. The Raptors have a better match up against the Warriors than most other teams. Don't take this away from how well the Raptors have played in the playoffs. They continued to upset the "favourites" (ie. Bucks, Warriors, 76ers) and did it all under the radar. When most US media doubted the Raptors, they continued to fight against adversity. This is the strangest NBA Final series where there was no "home court advantage". Both teams actually played better on the road (except Raptor's Game 1 win). I think it's the expectation and pressure that got to the players at home court. In any event, this is a collective effort from the Raptors. Everyone contributed to each of the series and each game specifically.
Gasol's addition to the team was invaluable. He was excellent in the first three series, but less effective in the finals series due to the style of play the Warriors do (they never post up!).
Since Game 4 of the Bucks series, VanVleet has been shooting three's like daggers.
Then Siakim showed up in Game 1 and Game 6 of the Warriors. So did Kyle in Game 3, 5 and 6.
You're stupid, They didn't play a fully healthy Dubs team all year in any game reg or playoffs
@@pane2125 Raptors beat the Warriors without Kawhi in one of the regular season games. So your point is? There is no guarantee that a full Warriors team would win the championship. It is all "what if" remarks. Kawhi played through his injuries in Game 3-6 against the Bucks. Kyle's left thumb was still taped.. VanVleet got his face elbowed.. OG never played in the playoff. it's not like the Raptors didn't have injury issues.
@@weycool4681 now you're just delusional both teams fully healthy no one would say Raptors would win,... Unless like I said you're delusional
@@weycool4681 This championship needs an asterisk
@@pane2125 Exactly my point. Most US media counted out the Raptors from the beginning.. and look what just happened. The Raptors fought hard and came back strong after trailing in the first three series. It's pointless to think about "what ifs". Just give the Raptors credits for winning.
Kawhi this playoff run had so many 📸 iconic poster moments:
1️⃣. series-winning buzzer-beating 'the shot', 2️⃣. and 'the squat',
3️⃣. the huge dunk over Embiid,
4️⃣. the huge dunk in Game 4 over Antetokounmpo,
5️⃣. the superman dunk in Game 6 also over Antetokounmpo,
6️⃣. and the superman dunk over Mirotić,
7️⃣. the huge dunk through Harris and Ennis.
Honorary mention: wearing goggles to the post-game conference and abandoning his MVP trophy.
Raps are a great ball club. Thanks for validating their victory [sincerely spoken].
Chris has been the best commentator when it comes to the Raptors, while everybody else making excuses for the Warriors he constantly gives the Raptors due credit
MYT MIC Kendrick Perkins and Max Kellerman aswell
Cos before that it was LEBRONTO 😂
Toronto played some of the best defense you might ever see it’s not unlikely that they do the same no matter who plays. 🤫 🔒
J M agreed!! 🤜🏾🤛🏾
Facts
We lockdown
First Things First with the best analysis as usual, thanks for bringing it all year. Best outfits also.
“Boogie Thompson”
Greg A 😂😂😂
The other day it was Klay Johnson 😂
😂🤣😂🤣😎
Nobody saying KAwhai playing at 70 percent. Dude could barely jump all series
Yeh missing our 3rd best defender as well. Lowry with one hand. Siakim's leg. Talking bloody heads can be annoying.
He was cleared by the medical staff to play with no injuries reported by the doctors. So he was experiencing what the rest of the players were experiencing . ....the large amount of wear and tear from playing over 100 games this season. The longest season toronto has ever had.
@@freddiemac327 at the end of the day the warriors just couldn't beat the better team in the Raptors
@@patrickboire8698 maybe toronto and GS will have another go at this in a couple years and we will see how it turns out. Every year people always wonder what would happen if key players were not injured. Every series, every game.......injuries always control the narrative . Defensively I do think toronto is better.....offensively in the playoffs against a healthy golden state? Unanimously most people think toronto probably would've got swept. I think it would've been 5-1 Golden state. Congrats to Toronto. They came out on top
@@freddiemac327 we may never know all we know is Toronto dominated them I the regular season healthy and in the playoffs not healthy.
Bron rubbing his hands like birdman waiting for the season to start
Facts
Basketball God LOLOLOLOLOLOL 💯💯💯
@@lphjustin They got him!
They got AD
I love how some of you are already suggesting that the Lakers have it after getting AD. They're still missing quality shooters, something LeBron needs to succeed.
Everyone keep talking about the injuries but fail to mention all the injuries that have benefited the warriors during their run
People always say that about their first nba championship
He literally said the cavs got got injured in 2015
And to think their biggest challenge was Philly
Jerome Marshall but philly was no joke, 2 all stars and one superstar in that squad with a border line star in Tobias. They were considered the best starting line up 2nd to the warriors with kd.
I think if Embiid didnt have 3 viruses at the same time they could have beat Toronto
Too bad that philly team was a one and done. They traded so much away and those players will leave so we won't see phily for awhile. They risked it all like the Raptors. I would say even more so
@@Psycho_Logical_631 Embiid virus was Gasol.
Patrick Boire Except the raptors actually have a chance at keeping kawhi
He said “Boogie Thompson” 🤣🤣😂
Great job guys! Couldn’t agree more, can’t discredit the Raps Champions because the Warriors couldn’t stay on the court. We don’t know how this series would have went if everyone was healthy because that book wasn’t written. Congrats on the wonderful year Dub nation & hoping for a speedy recovery for KD and Klay. #WeTheNorth
Exactly they beat them 8 time out of 10 in regular season with all their players playing...so all that talk is just the talk
3 facts from all this:
1. Boogie took a pay cut for a free ring and didn't get it
2. The warriors sacrificed kd health and whole career for a title
3. Kyle and Jeremy Lin won a ring before cp3 and melo
DC was offered a mid-level exception from GSW when no one else including NOLA offered him $ after the Achilles/ACL Injury.
Jeremy Lin got a ring before Melo
before westbroke, paul george, harden, auntisometin, cp3, AD, and barkley! heheheheh
@@NallaDlanorGomez lol you didn't understand the comment
@@NallaDlanorGomez Lin and Melo played together, Melo wanted no part in linsanity so he got Jeremy lin benched and traded...5 years later Melo is out of the league and lin has a ring💩
That’s not saying much. Melon won’t be getting a ring ever.
"Boogie Thompson" 😂😂😂 DKM
Warriors risked their players health for a 3peat.
Lol not really
Agreed the price of no depth
This is true. And its the players fault to.
@@tigerhoods7927 Lol GS only cares about rings not players
@@GorgeousGirlGenius Which they will not have any longer!
Steph curry needs to be held accountable. When lebron lost to golden state without kyrie and Kevin love, the media bashed him. Keep that same energy
He was the only offensive threat on GS, Toronto threw the whole team at him all night and dedicated their entire defense to him. What exactly does he need to be held accountable for?
@@ComicsLamar ok and lebron was the only threat and responded by averaging 35+
@@BC21beats
Curry averaged 31, dude...
@@BC21beats Bruh...Curry averaged 30+
And he still average over 30 points
Congrats Cris Carter! He predicted the Raptors to win the Finals in 7 games. That's good enough. Max Kellerman accurately predicted it in 6. Let's Go Raptors!
Patrick McCaw needs to join the Lakers so he can that fourth ring in his fourth season.
The Mexican Joker patrick mccaw didnt chose the championship life, the championship life chose mccaw.
he good where he at. his championship instinct is still working. LOL
So many deserving guys on the Raptors. No top picks, no superstars, just an injured 2-way player and a group of straight grinders.
Prayers for the Warriors. They lived up to their name this series and went down like true champions in a war of attrition.
Lost me at no Superstars. Kawhi is probably 1 or 1A with KD in the world of hoop.
Lebron how you are going to win your championships ? First I'm going to Miami and team up with my best friend and one of the top 3 SGs in the game with a all star Forward and then wait until Cleveland gets a superstar PG and demand they get a all star Forward then come back to Cleveland and GET ONE.
So Kawhi how are going to win a Championship? Umm win one with the team that drafts me then win another one with the team that was traded too. Does that make you the best player in the World? Kawhi "I care more about being the best team than the best player."
Kwahi wasn't drafted by the spurs but your point mostly stands
So u gon forget his rings don't even rank high as the others ?
Shout out to First Things First - always keeping it REAL.
no excuses Raptors are a better team than the warriors with or without KD and Klay .They met 2 times in the regular season they beat them on both meetings without Kawhi .Their last meeting in Oracle wasn’t even close
I love Cris and Nick. Instead of talking about the "what ifs" like Stephen A and Skip about the Warriors injuries even after the Raptors JUST WONT championship, Cris and Nick focused on what the Raptors have done to get to this stage. It's a collective effort of the team. Besides the consistent Kawhi, you just didn't know which other Raptor would step-up, but it's the collective effort of the whole other 6-man--rotation roster (Kyle, VanVleet, Gasol, Green, Ibaka and Powell) that really worked for them.
What people miss is that the Warriors still had more All-Stars than the Raptors and the Raptors still closed them out in their own building.
BIG FACTS!
This is my favourite show over the otherslike SAS and max and Shannon and skip although Shannon is my favourite Skip is just annoying and a hater and SAS is bias af
Absolutely agree. No noise no childish antics and nonsense. Intelligent crystal clear analysis.
True
@@trwwn3804 Could not agree with you more. No need to watch anything else.
Warriors 2015 title: Cavs were injured
Warriors 2017 title: Spurs were injured
Warriors 2018 title: Rockets were injured
But you GS fans keep making excuses, your tears are delicious. LMFAO
The Raptors wanted it more congrats to them
Team work over individual talent. The Training/ Medical Staff is a critical part of any major sports team. Maintaining a healthy team, starts long before the finals. Toronto had a better Training Staff.
Why Kawhi is better than KD? He beat steph without Westbrook and beat lebron big 3.. got his second MVP ...KD got his with stephs squad... Facts are facts but nobody wanna say it
Nobody saying cuz of the injury he just got but truely people know
EC No they don't
Raps 4-0 at Oracle and 6-2 versus the Dubs overall this season. Still remember Klay saying "We don't know them" after losing Game 1. Know them now, Klay?
They didn't play a fully healthy Dubs team all year in any game reg or playoffs
@@pane2125 New NBA expanded standings column: Wins Against Fully-Healthy Opponents. They could deduct 20% from the win value for each injured starter on the opposing team. I like it.
@@911___________DIVOC lmao
Marco Gonzalez Neither did the Warriors play a fully healthy Raptors all year.
Clive Pinnock lol
LETS GO RAPTORS!!!!
This played out perfectly! Zaza intentionally injured Kawhi when Kawhi was on the Spurs. Kawhi makes his return and gets his revenge. It couldn't have been any sweeter than this.
There are lots of champs that won partly because the other team was injured. Like the Warriors a couple of years ago agains the Cavs in 2015.
Kawhi got the same amount of rings and fmvp as kd without joining the a 73-9 Warriors team
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FVV? Stop, please stop 😂😂 we not callin him that 😂
Don’t sound too bad tbh😂
Brian Tannenbaum no just stop it’s trash
Best day after- commentary...cuz espn trippin ...they wanna ride GSW so bad ...ppl mad salty
END OF A DYNASTY. All you Gsw fans can take a long break it'll be a while before you get another Chip.
END OF WARRIORS DYNASTY YEAAAH!!!= ....Yeah, still GO DUBS.
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@@ericbennett8398 No more Dubs. Hold this L
All Right ..... Let's see who gets there faster ....raps or dubs cos they still have Steph Klay n draymond and u have Pascal siakam 😂
Which is never!
Has any other team ever been swept, then come back the next year and win the championship?
Only show I’ve seen to actually celebrate raptors win
Raptors had a tough road to the final, 76ers with Embiid, Butler, Simmons, etc and 60 win Bucks with Giannis, Middleton etc.
The biggest thing that can tend to happen to dynasty organizations, like the Warriors, is that after spending SO long on top of your conference, like Golden State has the last 5 years, players wear down over time, and the injury risk increases.
You can't realistically expect to maintain NBA Title-caliber basketball like that over a period that long without that happening, and all it takes is for 1 team to get their set, and jump on that.
The Toronto Raptors 2018-19 team lived up to their franchise name.....predators. Ones that smelled blood in the water, and sadly for the 29 U.S. NBA clubs, the Raptors went on a Canada-sized feeding frenzy. They ate everything in front of them(minus the #1 seed in the East and also the NBA regular season title, but I digress), and finally captured The Gold after 24 seasons and 25 years of trying.
As a fan of the Raps, due to being born in and living in Canada, my tip of the cap does go to the Raps for bagging the title. But I don't give my wag of the finger to the Warriors. There's a reason they got to the NBA Finals, and a reason the Raps had to beat 'The Man' to BE 'The Man'.
Thank you to the 2018-19 NBA Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors for keeping us Raptors fans honest in the whole NBA Finals.
Thank you the the 2018-19 NBA Eastern Conference and World Champion Toronto Raptors for finally giving Canada it's Larry O'Brien Trophy, and for handling yourselves with the class you did. The 2018-19 NBA season will be the best in Canadian basketball history for a long time.
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Kawhi is going to stay I just have a feeling he will
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The Raptors didnt have the most pleasant PlayOff run
Almost got eliminated by the 76ers by game 7
Had to make 4 straight Ws against the best team record of the season
Had to dethrone the NBA champs of the previous season
guess what... Lowry and Leonard were injured!!
What if. What if. This is sport - you play with the cards you have; There are no guarantees. If every win were predetermined then it would not be called competition. The raptors fought every round and won fair and square. Please give credit where it is due. They are the current best team in the NBA!!! Bravo!
Golden State Warriors 2015-2019 R.I.P. end of a dynasty.
If they make the 8th seed in the west next year, maybe they might get deep into the playoffs. We'll see who goes and who stays.....because I find it hard to believe they will play all of next season as is.....we already know Klay and Durant will be out. It's possible Looney will miss a lot of games at the start of the season....Iguadala and Livingston most likely retire.
Pistons was 1 of the good collection of players u forgot to mention that.
Finals 2020 Raptors v Lakers hype 🏀
Callum Brown please 😂
Because of the golden state injuries nobodies gonna give the raptors as much credit as they deserve which is disappointing
True but the Warriors first championship came at the hands of a Cleveland team without Kevin love or Kyrie Irving.
After some years of boring finals we got an exiting series
The MBA 🤣🤣🤣
The perfect storm of injuries beat the Warriors and Toronto took advantage like they were suppose to.
Like GSW did on Cleveland, OKC etc... It is what it is...
Soji SideQuest What perfect storm. Warriors still had more all stars and still couldn’t win. Looks to me like the team was constructed wrong.
he’s right about the 2016 finals
I love how Nick says that Vanvleet slowed down Steph even though he averaged 31 but when it comes to 2015 finals when Iggy slowed down Lebron he ignores it.
MR.GRINDLIFE LeBron Stan to be sure
5:20 oh the hypocrisy. CC didn't apply that statement to the Warriors last year.
I can't wait to see what Skip Bayless has to say about this
Yup dam hater
I hope this give the small market teams chance to win. Like Indiana, Portland, Memphis and okc great management but I hope star players see the impact of winning in a small city
Toronto has 10 million people within a 2 hour drive from its downtown. not exactly a small city
@@brendananderson39 they not LA, NY, MIA, TX either.
@@mefadon459We talking market by population no Toronto isn't NY or LA. It's bigger than Chicago, Miami, Boston, Atlanta, Philly, Houston, Bay Area and Dallas though. Seems to me the LAL are the only constant desirable location, with different markets becoming the flavour of the week (Bay Area, Miami, and Houston). Atlanta, Chicago, NYK haven't attracted squat lately. Fact is on any given off-season 95% of NBA teams have no hope of attracting talent. As a league the NBA would be better served contracting 6 to 10 teams. The top tier talent in the NBA dictate the league much more than the top talent in the NFL, NHL, and MLB. There isn't enough talent for 30 teams.
@@brendananderson39 but no one is looking to go there.
I find it funny the stance Nick takes now, no one will put a asterisk on Toronto's championship but he wants one on that 2015 warriors. He always brings up the injuries on Cavs that year to protect LeBron but nope not now.
Yea you can put it on this championship too.
I had no idea Tom Green switched to doing basketball commentary with Cris Carter.
Steph is a great player but fails in the clutch
We’re just supposed to get that the real “decisive advantage” was klay tearing his acl........ good analysis cris cater
Bring Cris Carter back
Man, Kawhi is the MVP of the whole playoffs but Lowry could’ve won FMVP.
Crazy. It took lowry his entire career to get to that finals and win a chip...it only took Kawhi 1 healthy season for him to get his second chip
LOWRY? Lowry did nothing the WHOLE finals😭 except for game 6. I would have gave it to fred over him
@@jadenrobinson1561 Are you high? Fred over Lowry? Really?
33Chapter you really responded to a year old reply😭 get a life
@@jadenrobinson1561 SHUT UP! Idiot!
After all those HATERS said about KAWHI esp. SKIP BAYLESS, kawhi has the last laugh.
Aha ha ha ha ha
Aaaaand Nick Wright predicted wrongly two series in a row. Eastern conference finals, and the NBA Finals. Wow, what an expert.
Nick Nurse out coached 4 great experienced coaches... how about them apples. Forget 1 timeout it wasn't a factor at all.
Patrick mccaw wasnt ring chasing but he has more rings than kd...get well soon though kd...
It was a contribution from Clay
Risking kd health for a 3xpeat, just not natural.
After this I cant honestly say I have more respect for lebron. Curry should and could've stepped up but injuries really killed us now we are in his shoes.
Julian Magana now you’ll see what it’s like to be Lebron and how much he carried teams and how easy he made it looked. It ain’t easy.
Chris Carter your created some of the narratives. Saying “Kawhi won’t even play a game for the raptors this season”
just waiting for the "I know kawhi" comment...
If anyone tries to dispute the legitimacy of this championship just have them listen to 8:06
You wanted Van Fleet benched?
NICK ARE YOU #KRAZY?
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I’m two minutes into this video. And they haven’t even mentioned any of the injuries for Golden State not a single one. Collins reaction to this game is completely different
I watch the first two minutes of this one. Maybe you should watch the first two minutes of colin
FS1>ESPN
Even LeGone stays in Cleveland... Kwahi will check LeGone... Kwahi is a dynasty-killer.
Whatever happened to Chris Carter?
FTF is most unbiased of all american sports media. Most keep saying oh its an "asterisk" because of all these injuries. Of course it would've been a different series, but injuries happen. Look at 2015 GSW VS Cleveland for example.
I bet nick be debating his way out of getting some yams!!!!!
Does anyone else see how shady Nick is toward Kawhi since CC has left the show?? What a punk!! If you felt like this the whole time why didn't you act like you are now then?
raptors only had 2 all stars. warriors for the most part iced 4 all stars still at any given time. give me a break
lol I forgot how salty they were