Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

How lucky do you have to be to win a championship? #shorts #nba #warriors #goldenstatewarriors

31 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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In a brief conversational exchange, two speakers discuss how luck influences the number of NBA championships a team wins. Speaker A argues that luck plays a huge role, citing the Houston Rockets missing 27 consecutive three‑point attempts and wide‑open shots that could have altered outcomes, suggesting that without such luck a team might win only one or two titles instead of six or seven. Speaker B acknowledges the points, noting that many of those missed shots were wide open. Speaker A then adds that while luck is significant, a champion’s mentality—knowing when to make decisive plays—also shapes outcomes, and that this mindset is evident in teams that have succeeded. The dialogue emphasizes the interplay between random chance and intentional, mental preparation in championship success.

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People underestimate and undervalue the luck element.
Absolutely.
Because if everything would've gone perfect, y'all could have 6 or 7 championships. Absolutely. Right? Now, if everything would've went wrong, y'all maybe only have 1 or 2. We allow individual plays to determine somebody's entire career. Like, really, if Houston Rockets wouldn't have missed 27 straight 3s, Listen, y'all defense is great, but some of them things was wide open. Like, wide open.
Yeah. At least 10 of them were wide open.
So I believe that there's so much luck, but I also think you make your luck. There's a champion's mentality of knowing when that play is. Like, knowing when you have to make a play. You can only know that when you've won. And watching y'all last year, like, it really was— you knew when it was time. Mm-hmm. I think there's luck, but I also think— You know, there's that mentality.