Moses Moody getting 1 on 1 work in with KD, Naz Reid, Gilbert Arenas' son, and some other guy. It's not actual 5 on 5 basketball but it's September 6th so we work with what we have.
EDIT: Some other guy is rookie Ryan Dunn, who I think I read is supposed to be very good defensively, Thybulle type player who needs to prove himself on offense
MM looks good! He definitely forces a lot of turnovers where he pokes the ball away, and it only bites him once or twice where he goes for the steal and gets totally blown by instead.
Fun to watch for a few minutes, and I have to say Moses looked pretty decent.
I wonder how many hours of play this was, with so much content edited out. If this were ‘real’ footage then we should expect to see TS%s in the 90s. ;)
Great to see Moods getting his three off the dribble with tight D (including KD!). Also, he gets a lot of stops via Iggy-swipes and pokes. Naz and KD easily get their shots off in the paint and elbows over him 'cos they're taller, but Moody does a good job of disrupting them when they go baseline and have less wiggle room. Looks to me like Moody will be hard to keep off the court when an opposing 2 starts roasting his defender. And, yeah, he needs to work on a lefty finish.
KD is probably the GOAT for this specific king of the court type game. 5 seconds, 1 on 1, I honestly don't know who in NBA history could beat him in a competition like that. So these are fantastic reps for Moody to get, his agent has him going to the right places.
Just noticed that a wnba game was on when I went into the Amazon app, which made it really easy to tune into a game.
First time watching it and hoping to get into the playoffs. Like most I'll be watching CC above all else but hoping I can get into the league.
With the NBA, we all know all the players and story lines, which makes it engaging. This season is great for the wnba in that it's giving people like me story lines to latch onto. If I watch more games and slowly become invested in outcomes, which is the key to making new fans.
Off-topic, but absolutely crazy happening here in Goofusland:
We’re currently is staying in our family beach home on the Oregon Coast in a sleepy little vacation town called Lincoln City. It’s a small duplex and while we’re staying in one unit, my 89-year-old mother in law is staying with us in the other unit.
Two days ago, my wife and I drove on an overnight trip to Oregon wine country. Our neighbors/good friends said they’d watch over my MIL, who they adore, so we were sure she’d be fine.
That day, Lincoln City police pulled over an out-of-state converted school bus with expired tags and the occupant inside fired shots at the police and took off. He ditched the bus in an hotel parking lot and took off for the beach below the bluffs with his rifle. He eventually came back up the bluffs and broke into a house…ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR HOUSE! Police dogs tracked him to the house and they surrounded it with local police, police from two other towns, a tribal nation and Oregon State Police, including SWAT.
We had no idea all this was going on and after a day of wine tasting and dinner with friends, we called my MIL to check on her. She said, rather casually “You won’t believe what’s happening.” and brought us up to speed. We were 1.5 hours away and the entire neighborhood was cordoned off, so we stayed put. The police had come over and told my MIL to stay away from the window and parked a big tactical SUV in front of the house and windows.
All night long, we’re getting text updates from the neighbors with clips like “Put down your weapon and come out with your hands up. We want to resolve this peacefully.” on a big PA system. At about 3am, they either fired tear gas or flash grenades into the house and it caught fire, or the suspect lit a fire. The house became fully engulfed and flames could be seen from miles away. The suspect came out a window onto the roof and either pointed his gun or actually fired, and a gun battle broke out. The suspect was shot, dragged away from house and did not survive life-saving efforts.
We came back the next morning and got permission to cross the crime scene tape to get back to our home. I was also asked to inspect our home for bullet holes, as well as my camper van, which was parked in our neighbors’ driveway 30 feet from the burned up house, and found no damage to either. There’s still blood stains just in front of our next door neighbor’s house from where the suspect died. We’re thankful no one innocent was hurt/killed. We’ve heard the suspect was wanted for a murder in another state, so it sounds like he might not wanted to have been taken alive.
Other than being tired from being kept awake all night, my MIL was remarkably non-plussed.
Wow, I enjoy following your adventures, and that's some drama! I'm so glad your MIL is safe and taking all this in stride. As yet another ex-Cali-gonian, now living in the Columbia River Gorge, I'm learning my new state has its own brand of mayhem. If your travels draw you toward riparian wind sports shoot me an IM, it'd be cool to meet another Dubs fan of roughly similar vintage with common SoCal roots. Be well and safe travels!
Again googled the Americans in the Semis (but now the men)
“Through his mother, Fritz is the great-great-grandson of David May, founder of The May Department Stores Company, which merged with Macy's.” - Wiki
To be fair his mom was a top 10 tennis player so genetics help in this case but cmon man lol U cant make this sh!+ up these players are so up the financial rung that they have absolutely no viewership appeal for me unless again ur talking the Williams sisters, Naomi Osaka, or as another one of our dear posters pointed out: Francis Tiafoe
I think if you stop rooting for all the sons/daughters of millionaires, your list of athletes to root for would be much smaller (including at least three Dubs, of course).
It's not exactly a great trend, but I'm not sure what you do about it. Talent isn't enough anymore. In many sports you need lifelong coaching to get to the top level and that costs a lot of money.
Even table tennis academies cost $750-$1,000/month for their champions in training juniors programs at the entry level and $2,800/month and more for their top-level juniors programs.
Same for musicians tbh. Hella music was developed from poor kids who had resources available to them through a church or public ed, and I've not heard very optimistic projections for either institution
Not disagreement on mentors, but e.g. of the musicians I know a large majority come from families that could pay for lessons, among the other costs associated with competitive school bands. Most of the rest come from musical families. From what I gather, that wasn't as true in earlier generations. While there are many paths, some are clearer and more well-trodden.
@OverLords I remember there was a suggestion in the season (I think after the infamous Explain One Name post) about our own best sports playing memory and it was shelved for the off season.
So i havent kept up with professional Tennis ever since well pretty much Serena ended her dominant run but I saw that two American women were in the us open semis so I googled them both and this is what stood out
“ Pegula's parents own the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL's Buffalo Sabres; her father was in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands Thursday, as were her sister, brother and husband.” -ESPN
Navarro is the daughter of billionaires Ben and Kelly Navarro, and the granddaughter of Frank Navarro, a former American football player and coach. - WIKI
Like with the story of Richard Williams and rhe Williams sisters, tennis felt so attainable to the masses. But it seems lately as an American, you want to reach the top tiers you better come
From wealth. Not just millionaires but the top 1% in this country. Heck even Coco Gauff’s
Parents are pretty wealthy. Anyways i think the last player with a similar story to Serena and Venus (and the last player to elicit interest from me) was Naomi Osaka.
I don't know a lot about tennis players back stories, but I doubt success was ever attainable by the masses. It seems you need access to a court, someone to play against, and someone who knows something about tennis. The easiest way to get all that is just to have a lot of money. Richard Williams found another way by essentially devoting his life to it, which most parents can't or won't do. And even then it perhaps only worked because he had two daughters close in age who could play against each other.
Id be cirious to see if thats always been the case with the vast majority of top tier American tennis players or if this is the absolute extreme. Im not talking about wealthy. This is almost Top 1 percent of 1 percent wealth
Lol who was it on here that used the term "keep your powder dry"... I think it was Hammystyle? Well I think someone in the blogosphere reads this site and they're parroting it left and right. Either that or that phrase is way more common that I would have thought.
Oliver Cromwell, at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642 (English Civil War), is supposed to have told his troops, ''Put your trust in God, my boys, but mind to keep your powder dry." Back then, soldiers needed to keep their bags of gunpowder dry or their muskets would become useless. Nowadays it means to be calm and ready for a possible problem in the future.
"An anonymous NBA coach implies that the Golden State Warriors are a washed-up band still being carried by Stephen Curry
“They’re like one of those rock and roll bands that’s still touring. They’ve still got their lead singer, and he can still crank it out at a high level. But it’s not the same band as before — and they haven’t had a hit record in a few years. That championship they won against Boston … that’s looking like a lifetime achievement award now.”
Now ask the guy or gal about the Lakers' championship from the bubble... or the Raptors championship against a MASH unit... or the Cavs championship that required intervention from the league office... or the Celtics championship where they beat exactly zero teams with more than 50 wins, and missing their best players... or etc.
Or maybe the Death Star Warriors raise the bar from all the record setting winning so high that it was always going to be impossible to repeat?
I also find it interesting that they got to the second round of the playoffs in 2022-2023 and because the vibes were so bad that season it is remembered as if they missed the playoffs.
I think this is probably more intended as a comment on how the "half measures" approach of the front office is putting them on a one way ticket to no man's land, a critique I agree with, but I do find it interesting that finishing dead last and going to 6 games in the second round of the playoffs have no degrees of separation between them in the evaluation.
Nah, that dismissal of the ’22 title has no justification at all. It wasn’t handed to them in recognition of a body of work; they won it by showing greater talent, focus, and collective will than any other team in the playoffs. It isn’t diminished in any way by the fact that they haven’t yet won another.
PS (Edit): Doesn’t say whether it’s a head coach or not, but if it is, the obvious first guess is Taylor Jenkins. It could only be somebody like him, who has never won anything of significance in the NBA, because no one would hand wave a championship away like that if they actually knew what it takes to win one.
Jenkins sounds like a good choice - he's a jerk who's watched his squad go from losing in WCSF with home court to losing in the first round of the playoffs with home court to not even making the play-in. Yes, they've had bad injuries, but now their young "stars" need to get paid, and they haven't come close to the level of success that could justify spending deep into the luxury tax.
That is of course true, but the reality is that title was won mostly by the old guard and Kerr. I personally am by now going so far to say that title was won *despite* Bob Myers and Joe Lacob and not because of them.
Not seeing why it's won despite them. Lacob is the $ man and he ponied up far more money that year on salary+tax than any other team. Like $100m more. He did his job.
In terms of Myers, I can't agree either. He put together a team of such great contributors beyond just the core. Wiggins, Poole, Looney, Otto, Bjeli, GP2... even getting contributions from rookies JK and Moody, and the occasional old man Iguodala. Of all the Warriors championships, it had the biggest distribution of playoff minutes across the roster, a fitting exclamation mark to the strength in numbers dynasty.
... I mean sure? Steph is likely the greatest player the Warriors will ever employ, and Dray and Klay are both in the top handful. All that's saying is none of the youth or prime age players are GOAT candidates as of right now, which is a shallow observation the speaker is trying to give depth.
And 22 wouldn't have happened without Wiggins and Poole playing as well as they did. Neither got benched like Dray in the finals. Idk, this feels like you're overthinking a silly statement Klon.
I had no update as of mid July when chatting with Perks in the infamous unreleased mega-video discussing the summer league team. I guess I should get around to putting that out…
So Kelly Oubre the scapegoat 46 months later even though it was obvious from the beginning that he shoulda been a natural 4 with this roster instead of pigeon holed into the 2. Easy for Lacob to take the mea culpa on a one year rental when he not only doubled but tripled his obsession with Wiseman when i can make an argument that that draft pick and subsequent forced playing time/roster spot affected our intermediate future way more than the Oubre trade.
That article smelled more like "oh man, there's still another month left... what do we write about?". I think Monte just got bored... I mean:
> In the eight years since Durant departed, the Oubre deal is the only individual move made under the theory that it alone would be enough to keep the Warriors among the contenders.
Did *anyone* think that -- back then or with hindsight? It was a last-minute scramble move when Klay got injured. I agree with this reddit thread:
But thats the point. That deal is an easy out on Lacob because it allows him two do two things
1). Use making this deal as the glaring example of him making a mistake in spite of other voices in the building against it. The fact is that it tworked. It wasn’t a mistake. Getting him to play the 2 was. But cmon Joey Lightyears is trying to paint himself in a positivr light. Why doesn’t he talk about the Wiseman pick and all the reports both prior to and after of some in the FO pushing back on the pick.
2). Gives him a convenient out not to
Make a major move. While I agree with the premise of their stance in not making any major moves, just to make moves, Using this deal as the reason why Not is completely disingenuous. It wasnt the deal blowing up in their faces (it didnt) its the taxes and restrictions he has to pay now if another commensurate move like that is made today
Bob Myers in his post season press conference had acknowledged wanting Oubre coming off the bench the next season if he re-signs. Prior to his wrist injury, Oubee was coming off the bench. At the 4. With most other teams hes more of a natural 3. With us he woulda had to have been a 4. But certainly not a 2.
Yeah, he was finally in his proper role at the end of the season before he got hurt. Was too bad, I always appreciated that Oubre waited until he was out of his contract to start reflecting on his frustrations with that season, that was very professional of him to not be a distraction. Also I hope we don't have a repeat of forcing someone into a position they aren't fit for with Kuminga this season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFFcyUEVeXE
Moses Moody getting 1 on 1 work in with KD, Naz Reid, Gilbert Arenas' son, and some other guy. It's not actual 5 on 5 basketball but it's September 6th so we work with what we have.
EDIT: Some other guy is rookie Ryan Dunn, who I think I read is supposed to be very good defensively, Thybulle type player who needs to prove himself on offense
MM looks good! He definitely forces a lot of turnovers where he pokes the ball away, and it only bites him once or twice where he goes for the steal and gets totally blown by instead.
Fun to watch for a few minutes, and I have to say Moses looked pretty decent.
I wonder how many hours of play this was, with so much content edited out. If this were ‘real’ footage then we should expect to see TS%s in the 90s. ;)
Great to see Moods getting his three off the dribble with tight D (including KD!). Also, he gets a lot of stops via Iggy-swipes and pokes. Naz and KD easily get their shots off in the paint and elbows over him 'cos they're taller, but Moody does a good job of disrupting them when they go baseline and have less wiggle room. Looks to me like Moody will be hard to keep off the court when an opposing 2 starts roasting his defender. And, yeah, he needs to work on a lefty finish.
KD is probably the GOAT for this specific king of the court type game. 5 seconds, 1 on 1, I honestly don't know who in NBA history could beat him in a competition like that. So these are fantastic reps for Moody to get, his agent has him going to the right places.
Still no left hand!
Yeah it's disappointing, if he's not doing it in the offseason then it's hard to imagine him doing it during the season.
Maybe no lefty finishes, but he drove left repeatedly, with good coordination and speed. Just switched to his right when he got to the rim.
Not sure I saw any lefty finishes by KD or the other guys, either?
I agree, I'm being a bit facetious. Better at driving left, still seems Jaylen Brown-ish in terms of actually using the hand.
I didn’t see any… and I think I saw more clips of Moody getting to a layup off a lefty drive than anybody else in the 8 min I watched.
Potentially a point of emphasis for him, compared to others.
Just noticed that a wnba game was on when I went into the Amazon app, which made it really easy to tune into a game.
First time watching it and hoping to get into the playoffs. Like most I'll be watching CC above all else but hoping I can get into the league.
With the NBA, we all know all the players and story lines, which makes it engaging. This season is great for the wnba in that it's giving people like me story lines to latch onto. If I watch more games and slowly become invested in outcomes, which is the key to making new fans.
Off-topic, but absolutely crazy happening here in Goofusland:
We’re currently is staying in our family beach home on the Oregon Coast in a sleepy little vacation town called Lincoln City. It’s a small duplex and while we’re staying in one unit, my 89-year-old mother in law is staying with us in the other unit.
Two days ago, my wife and I drove on an overnight trip to Oregon wine country. Our neighbors/good friends said they’d watch over my MIL, who they adore, so we were sure she’d be fine.
That day, Lincoln City police pulled over an out-of-state converted school bus with expired tags and the occupant inside fired shots at the police and took off. He ditched the bus in an hotel parking lot and took off for the beach below the bluffs with his rifle. He eventually came back up the bluffs and broke into a house…ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR HOUSE! Police dogs tracked him to the house and they surrounded it with local police, police from two other towns, a tribal nation and Oregon State Police, including SWAT.
We had no idea all this was going on and after a day of wine tasting and dinner with friends, we called my MIL to check on her. She said, rather casually “You won’t believe what’s happening.” and brought us up to speed. We were 1.5 hours away and the entire neighborhood was cordoned off, so we stayed put. The police had come over and told my MIL to stay away from the window and parked a big tactical SUV in front of the house and windows.
All night long, we’re getting text updates from the neighbors with clips like “Put down your weapon and come out with your hands up. We want to resolve this peacefully.” on a big PA system. At about 3am, they either fired tear gas or flash grenades into the house and it caught fire, or the suspect lit a fire. The house became fully engulfed and flames could be seen from miles away. The suspect came out a window onto the roof and either pointed his gun or actually fired, and a gun battle broke out. The suspect was shot, dragged away from house and did not survive life-saving efforts.
We came back the next morning and got permission to cross the crime scene tape to get back to our home. I was also asked to inspect our home for bullet holes, as well as my camper van, which was parked in our neighbors’ driveway 30 feet from the burned up house, and found no damage to either. There’s still blood stains just in front of our next door neighbor’s house from where the suspect died. We’re thankful no one innocent was hurt/killed. We’ve heard the suspect was wanted for a murder in another state, so it sounds like he might not wanted to have been taken alive.
Other than being tired from being kept awake all night, my MIL was remarkably non-plussed.
Glad to hear your you and your family are safe.
Wow, I enjoy following your adventures, and that's some drama! I'm so glad your MIL is safe and taking all this in stride. As yet another ex-Cali-gonian, now living in the Columbia River Gorge, I'm learning my new state has its own brand of mayhem. If your travels draw you toward riparian wind sports shoot me an IM, it'd be cool to meet another Dubs fan of roughly similar vintage with common SoCal roots. Be well and safe travels!
For sure! I didn’t even know there was an IM option here.
Yikes! And you're sure you haven't been watching too many TV cop shows and dreamed all this....
My MIL said the whole thing was like a movie.
Yeah, that is unexpected. Glad your family are all safe.
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Glad you and the family are safe. That is scary stuff. Feel real bad for your neighbors house.
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....that is an absolutely insane story.
Glad to hear your family and bystanders are all OK, and no one feels unsafe in the neighborhood having experienced what went down.
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Jesus. Glad your family is safe, Goofus. That's way too close for comfort.
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Sounds like a TV show! See what happens when you’re gone for a day!
That’s what we said!
Again googled the Americans in the Semis (but now the men)
“Through his mother, Fritz is the great-great-grandson of David May, founder of The May Department Stores Company, which merged with Macy's.” - Wiki
To be fair his mom was a top 10 tennis player so genetics help in this case but cmon man lol U cant make this sh!+ up these players are so up the financial rung that they have absolutely no viewership appeal for me unless again ur talking the Williams sisters, Naomi Osaka, or as another one of our dear posters pointed out: Francis Tiafoe
I think if you stop rooting for all the sons/daughters of millionaires, your list of athletes to root for would be much smaller (including at least three Dubs, of course).
It's not exactly a great trend, but I'm not sure what you do about it. Talent isn't enough anymore. In many sports you need lifelong coaching to get to the top level and that costs a lot of money.
Theres the son of Dell and Sonya and then theres the spawn of Illuminati
Which one is Coco Gauff, again?
Son of Dell and Sonya.
It's time for us commoners to invent new sports and get good at them before billionaires get in on the act!
Even table tennis academies cost $750-$1,000/month for their champions in training juniors programs at the entry level and $2,800/month and more for their top-level juniors programs.
Maybe that's part of the appeal of e-sports. A sport practically every kid can do.
Or we could institute the academy system like they have in Europe.
Same for musicians tbh. Hella music was developed from poor kids who had resources available to them through a church or public ed, and I've not heard very optimistic projections for either institution
At least a lot of musicians learned because they found a mentor in the neighborhood or family. There are multiple paths.
Not disagreement on mentors, but e.g. of the musicians I know a large majority come from families that could pay for lessons, among the other costs associated with competitive school bands. Most of the rest come from musical families. From what I gather, that wasn't as true in earlier generations. While there are many paths, some are clearer and more well-trodden.
In case you all missed it. Steph was on with Colbert last night talking about golf and had his usual shooting contest
https://youtu.be/i_oR16f988g?feature=shared
Steph has been busy making guest appearances in New York.
Today Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3tWctXw3lw&t=217s
CNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT8VdcMZO0Y
Bloomberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz06u8FW9s
@OverLords I remember there was a suggestion in the season (I think after the infamous Explain One Name post) about our own best sports playing memory and it was shelved for the off season.
Anything in the pipeline or did I miss it?
You didn’t miss it… I forgot about that, but it’s a good idea!
So i havent kept up with professional Tennis ever since well pretty much Serena ended her dominant run but I saw that two American women were in the us open semis so I googled them both and this is what stood out
“ Pegula's parents own the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL's Buffalo Sabres; her father was in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands Thursday, as were her sister, brother and husband.” -ESPN
Navarro is the daughter of billionaires Ben and Kelly Navarro, and the granddaughter of Frank Navarro, a former American football player and coach. - WIKI
Like with the story of Richard Williams and rhe Williams sisters, tennis felt so attainable to the masses. But it seems lately as an American, you want to reach the top tiers you better come
From wealth. Not just millionaires but the top 1% in this country. Heck even Coco Gauff’s
Parents are pretty wealthy. Anyways i think the last player with a similar story to Serena and Venus (and the last player to elicit interest from me) was Naomi Osaka.
I don't know a lot about tennis players back stories, but I doubt success was ever attainable by the masses. It seems you need access to a court, someone to play against, and someone who knows something about tennis. The easiest way to get all that is just to have a lot of money. Richard Williams found another way by essentially devoting his life to it, which most parents can't or won't do. And even then it perhaps only worked because he had two daughters close in age who could play against each other.
You might like Tiafoe's backstory. Also not easily repeatable, but his immigrant father worked on construction of a tennis facility, and was able to live at the facility and get free access. https://olympics.com/en/news/tennis-frances-tiafoe-son-sierra-leonean-immigrants-2024-us-open
Id be cirious to see if thats always been the case with the vast majority of top tier American tennis players or if this is the absolute extreme. Im not talking about wealthy. This is almost Top 1 percent of 1 percent wealth
Lol who was it on here that used the term "keep your powder dry"... I think it was Hammystyle? Well I think someone in the blogosphere reads this site and they're parroting it left and right. Either that or that phrase is way more common that I would have thought.
Oliver Cromwell, at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642 (English Civil War), is supposed to have told his troops, ''Put your trust in God, my boys, but mind to keep your powder dry." Back then, soldiers needed to keep their bags of gunpowder dry or their muskets would become useless. Nowadays it means to be calm and ready for a possible problem in the future.
It's pretty common
I suppose that's the more likely answer... I don't think I'd heard it before
Clearly you need more revolutionary war re-enacters in your life
Ohhhh ... that kind of powder!
NVM.
whatever it is, keep it dry!
Don't we all.
it is now!
"An anonymous NBA coach implies that the Golden State Warriors are a washed-up band still being carried by Stephen Curry
“They’re like one of those rock and roll bands that’s still touring. They’ve still got their lead singer, and he can still crank it out at a high level. But it’s not the same band as before — and they haven’t had a hit record in a few years. That championship they won against Boston … that’s looking like a lifetime achievement award now.”
https://heavy.com/sports/nba/golden-state-warriors/mike-dunleavy-jr-trade-market/?utm_content=buffer3eaa6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
... well, I should want to argue but I kinda can't.
Steve Kerr?
Now ask the guy or gal about the Lakers' championship from the bubble... or the Raptors championship against a MASH unit... or the Cavs championship that required intervention from the league office... or the Celtics championship where they beat exactly zero teams with more than 50 wins, and missing their best players... or etc.
Or maybe the Death Star Warriors raise the bar from all the record setting winning so high that it was always going to be impossible to repeat?
Must be a coach who has never won a ring and/or one who has been beaten by the Warriors several times.
So….. any guesses as to who the salty coach is?
My guess: Doc Rivers. The comment sounds like him to me. Just a guess, of course.
I want to pretend it's Nick Nurse.
Is a lifetime achievement meant to be bad here? It kinda was in the best way possible for steph, dray, and klay.
But unlike bands, the roster can change and steph and dray can do it again with the right roster.
Also, it reeks of saltiness. Most teams peak for 2-3 years. Dubs did for a decade and are not done quite yet.
Heh. Name me a ‘washed up band’ that had the top selling record in 2022?
I also find it interesting that they got to the second round of the playoffs in 2022-2023 and because the vibes were so bad that season it is remembered as if they missed the playoffs.
I think this is probably more intended as a comment on how the "half measures" approach of the front office is putting them on a one way ticket to no man's land, a critique I agree with, but I do find it interesting that finishing dead last and going to 6 games in the second round of the playoffs have no degrees of separation between them in the evaluation.
Nah, that dismissal of the ’22 title has no justification at all. It wasn’t handed to them in recognition of a body of work; they won it by showing greater talent, focus, and collective will than any other team in the playoffs. It isn’t diminished in any way by the fact that they haven’t yet won another.
PS (Edit): Doesn’t say whether it’s a head coach or not, but if it is, the obvious first guess is Taylor Jenkins. It could only be somebody like him, who has never won anything of significance in the NBA, because no one would hand wave a championship away like that if they actually knew what it takes to win one.
I think it is very likely that the coach is just some random assistant coach somewhere.
Jenkins sounds like a good choice - he's a jerk who's watched his squad go from losing in WCSF with home court to losing in the first round of the playoffs with home court to not even making the play-in. Yes, they've had bad injuries, but now their young "stars" need to get paid, and they haven't come close to the level of success that could justify spending deep into the luxury tax.
That is of course true, but the reality is that title was won mostly by the old guard and Kerr. I personally am by now going so far to say that title was won *despite* Bob Myers and Joe Lacob and not because of them.
Not seeing why it's won despite them. Lacob is the $ man and he ponied up far more money that year on salary+tax than any other team. Like $100m more. He did his job.
In terms of Myers, I can't agree either. He put together a team of such great contributors beyond just the core. Wiggins, Poole, Looney, Otto, Bjeli, GP2... even getting contributions from rookies JK and Moody, and the occasional old man Iguodala. Of all the Warriors championships, it had the biggest distribution of playoff minutes across the roster, a fitting exclamation mark to the strength in numbers dynasty.
You phrased it nicer than I would have.
so, it was mostly won by the guys who are supposedly washed, and that's supposed to be evidence that they're washed? I'm confused.
... I mean sure? Steph is likely the greatest player the Warriors will ever employ, and Dray and Klay are both in the top handful. All that's saying is none of the youth or prime age players are GOAT candidates as of right now, which is a shallow observation the speaker is trying to give depth.
And 22 wouldn't have happened without Wiggins and Poole playing as well as they did. Neither got benched like Dray in the finals. Idk, this feels like you're overthinking a silly statement Klon.
There are two number 69s. Is this on purpose? No way to differentiate?
It takes two to 69.
But does it have to be Horace Grant and Chris Bosh?
This really is the doldrums for hoops fans. We're sinking low. 😆
They are tied…
I blame Goofus
Fun video behind the scenes of GSW Summer League:
https://youtu.be/W7Wn-1efJe4?si=_KgE74PbHW2ZkgfO
This reminds me, did we ever hear any update at all on Marques Bolden? Was it an Achilles tear?
I had no update as of mid July when chatting with Perks in the infamous unreleased mega-video discussing the summer league team. I guess I should get around to putting that out…
Jerry Stackhouse - Excited To Impart Wisdom On The Warriors | 95.7 The Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dBGiJt56cQ
(Warriors discussion starts around 8:30)
It kills me that in 2024 my phone will still autocorrect stackhouse to steakhouse, show some respect
If you ate more pancakes you wouldn't have this problem
Mmm, pancakes
Now I am hungry
Hah. Reminds me of my best friend in college who hated North Carolina and dubbed the famous duo Stinkhouse and Wall-ass.
OT: The great Alex Morgan is retiring from soccer: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/alex-morgan-world-champion-olympic-gold-medalist-retires-soccer-rcna169765
Congratulations on an amazing career, champ!
Apparently the Dubs also are going to work out Troy Brown Jr. I don't know why.
Dennis Johnson's secret play to Larry Bird Tribute https://youtu.be/tQYs5rsSud0?feature=shared
So Kelly Oubre the scapegoat 46 months later even though it was obvious from the beginning that he shoulda been a natural 4 with this roster instead of pigeon holed into the 2. Easy for Lacob to take the mea culpa on a one year rental when he not only doubled but tripled his obsession with Wiseman when i can make an argument that that draft pick and subsequent forced playing time/roster spot affected our intermediate future way more than the Oubre trade.
That article smelled more like "oh man, there's still another month left... what do we write about?". I think Monte just got bored... I mean:
> In the eight years since Durant departed, the Oubre deal is the only individual move made under the theory that it alone would be enough to keep the Warriors among the contenders.
Did *anyone* think that -- back then or with hindsight? It was a last-minute scramble move when Klay got injured. I agree with this reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/warriors/comments/1f8zaoe/comment/lli8p6f/
> TL;DR They took a smart gamble. Even though it didn't pan out, it was a good trade, no lesson needed to be learned.
But thats the point. That deal is an easy out on Lacob because it allows him two do two things
1). Use making this deal as the glaring example of him making a mistake in spite of other voices in the building against it. The fact is that it tworked. It wasn’t a mistake. Getting him to play the 2 was. But cmon Joey Lightyears is trying to paint himself in a positivr light. Why doesn’t he talk about the Wiseman pick and all the reports both prior to and after of some in the FO pushing back on the pick.
2). Gives him a convenient out not to
Make a major move. While I agree with the premise of their stance in not making any major moves, just to make moves, Using this deal as the reason why Not is completely disingenuous. It wasnt the deal blowing up in their faces (it didnt) its the taxes and restrictions he has to pay now if another commensurate move like that is made today
Oubre has always been a 3. He's 6'7", 203 lbs, and a fine athlete, built for the SF/wing spot.
Bob Myers in his post season press conference had acknowledged wanting Oubre coming off the bench the next season if he re-signs. Prior to his wrist injury, Oubee was coming off the bench. At the 4. With most other teams hes more of a natural 3. With us he woulda had to have been a 4. But certainly not a 2.
Yeah, he was finally in his proper role at the end of the season before he got hurt. Was too bad, I always appreciated that Oubre waited until he was out of his contract to start reflecting on his frustrations with that season, that was very professional of him to not be a distraction. Also I hope we don't have a repeat of forcing someone into a position they aren't fit for with Kuminga this season.
Kelly Whobre?
Kelly Poobre
Tsunami Poopi