2017 NBA Finals preview: Can’t Warriors and Cavaliers fans just get along?
We invited representatives from SB Nation’s Warriors and Cavaliers communities to fight it out before Game 1.
The Warriors. The Cavaliers. The threematch. The NBA Finals we’ve all wanted. The rivalry.
Yes, rivalry. One of the great things about SB Nation is that we have such passionate communities that give us the real pulse of every NBA fan base. In the case of the Warriors and Cavaliers, they’ve had plenty of time to cultivate a feud that’s authentic while still being respectful.
That’s especially true in the case of Ryan Mourton and Bram Kincheloe. Ryan is the hilarious social media manager of SB Nation Cavaliers site Fear the Sword. Bram is the associate editor of SB Nation Warriors site Golden State of Mind. They are mortal frenemies and have been trash-talking each other for years.
Who better to have on to preview Warriors-Cavs Part III? Among the topics discussed:
- How anxious are both fan bases right now?
- What are the key on-court issues that’ll tilt the scales of these Finals in the eyes of both fan bases?
- Do they have a good sense of their teams, considering how little they’ve been tested?
- What’s the one element of the other’s franchise that annoys them most?
- Predictions! Who wins? Who’s an unexpected hero? What happens in Game 1?
