2015 NBA Finals Won't Have Tim Duncan, Dwyane Wade or Kobe Bryant for the 1st time Since 1998
By Jason McIntyre | May 04 2015
Your NBA stat of the 2015 playoffs, courtesy of a Chris Paul bank jobwith :01 Saturday:
For the first time since 1998, an NBA Finals will be without Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, or Tim Duncan. Insane. pic.twitter.com/OqsAJZ2gWH
— Basketball Forever (@Bballforeverfb) May 3, 2015
The question becomes, was this season an outlier? The Hawks and the Warriors were the #1 overall playoff seeds. Was that because of the shift to the 3-point shot? Or were injuries to Kobe, Durant, Westbrook, Bosh, Rose, and others a huge factor in relatively obscure teams rising to the top?
Or is Golden State on the cusp of a dynasty, with its backcourt locked up for a few years?
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