Beijing time on June 29th, Dream Green, who has recently entered the offseason, actively participated in various podcast programs. In a recent program, Dream Green, who had been tit for tat with Durant , had a rare confrontation. Durant gave a positive evaluation, saying that without Durant, the championship would not be possible.
When participating in the show, Chai Meng was asked whether the Warriors in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons could defeat the Warriors and Cavaliers without Durant. Chai Meng's answer was, "That Rockets can never beat us. But without Durant, we can't beat the Cavaliers and win the championship."
Without Durant, the Warriors can't beat the Cavaliers and win the championship. It's very rare for Dream Green to say such things, considering that Dream Chase and Durant were there. When there was a conflict, he said the classic famous saying "Before you came, we were the champions".
After the Warriors won the championship this year, Green's formula has formed a closed loop, "We won the championship before Durant came, and we won the championship again after Durant left." I thought that Dream Green would take advantage of this popularity and energy to talk loudly again, but I never thought that he would affirm Durant's role in turn, which is very incredible. This actually reflects that Dream Green’s big mouth is all about gaining traffic and popularity.
Looking back, is Dream Chaser’s statement that “without Durant you can beat the Rockets, but you can’t beat the Cavaliers” true? If we only look at the 16/17 season, it is obvious that the Cavaliers, who have the Big Three of James, Irving, Love, are stronger than the Rockets. The Rockets in the 16/17 season do not yet have Paul, but Harden 's single-core system, that year's playoffs , the Rockets did not meet the Warriors at all, and were eliminated by the Spurs in the second round of the playoffs. Overall, in the 2016/17 season, the Cavaliers are definitely stronger.
But it’s hard to say for the 2017/18 season. The Cavaliers this season went through multiple hardships in the regular season. Thomas, who was exchanged for Irving, was injured, and the recruited Wade, Rose and others did not adapt to the Cavaliers. style of play; in the end, James led Love, JR, Korver, and others to the finals; on the other hand, the Rockets in the 17/18 season had the dual-core of Harden and Paul, as well as the best sixth man Go Deng, the small ball style is very popular. When they met the Warriors with Durant in the Western Conference Finals, they also reached the tiebreaker. If Paul hadn't strained his hamstring in the battle of Tianwang Mountain , who would have won this series? It’s hard to say if you lose. From this perspective, the Rockets in the 2017/18 season are obviously better than the Cavaliers.
The reason why Dream Chasing praises and affirms the Cavaliers so much may be because there is LeBron James in that Cavaliers team.
