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| Topic | ~~SephG's decennial "Best of" topic: the 2010s!~~ |
| Nelson_Mandela 11/07/19 2:00:55 PM #4: | Best Professional Sports Team of the 2010s: The Golden State Warriors Runners Up: New England Patriots, Miami Heat Let me begin our first category with a bit of a foreword: This list is (generally) an objective look at what are the "best" items in each respective topic. However, I am also factoring in a few other criteria: how much influence did they have on the decade at large and how emblematic they were to the 2010s (ie, how much will we remember this winner as being "so 2010s"). Luckily for the Warriors, they win in all three categories when it comes to professional sports. In a decade that saw the highest levels of parity we've ever had across the 4 major US sport leagues, the Warriors absolutely massacred everyone in their path in the latter half of it. Although they "only" netted three championships, that 5-year run culminating in KD and Klay's injuries in the 2019 finals was unprecedented--and easily could have resulted in 5 consecutive titles. The Warriors of the 2010s were the only team that had the resume of a true dynasty. 5 consecutive finals appearances resulting in 3 wins, 2 of which were total dominations. They took MJ's Bulls' all-time NBA regular season record for wins that no one ever thought would ever be surpassed. They had the most likable, game-changing athlete in all of sports this decade (more on that later) in Steph Curry, along with a superstar in his prime (KD), and iconic supporting stars (Klay, Draymond, Iggy). And as much as people have grown to resent the team, it's hard to be mad about how it all happened--home-grown, underrated athletes who broke through with their own forward-thinking style and transformed the NBA. This is the team we'll remember when we're 80. As for the runners-up...this was a hard one. As I mentioned before, the 2010s showed incredible parity, for better or worse, in every major sport. The Lebron/Wade/Bosh-era Heat was a force to be reckoned with at one point, even if it didn't last very long. The Pats have a crazy resume on paper, but will we really call a team that fluked its way into two of their last three Super Bowl wins the best of the decade? The 2010s were the decade of the Golden State Warriors. And, to me, this one isn't even up for debate. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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