That's a 9 man rotation of guys who know what they are doing. 9 guys who Kerr can rely on to do the right thing on both sides of the ball, understanding there will be short adjustment period as Klay works his way back into the fold.
NBA Vets: OPJ & Belly (2)
It shouldn't take these guys too long to get accustomed to the Warriors system. Team defend, team rebound, make the simple pass (find Curry & Klay), hit open 3s. Give these guys about 2 months and Kerr should be able to pop them into any rotation. By mid-season, barring injuries, that's an 11-man rotation guys who know what they are doing on the court.
Rooks: Wiseman, Kuminga, Moody (3)
Anything we get from these guys is a bonus. The goal should be to determine what, if any, regular roles they could play in post-season rotations. And we have a full season to do this.
15th Roster Spot (and/or TPMLE): No Chriss.
Sadly, I suspect that a reunion with Chriss is not in the cards. I think they will sit on the MLE until the trade deadline, keeping the 15th roster spot open for a mid-season addition when they will have a better idea of their needs at that time. In the meantime, I suspect we will see a lot of Belly as a stretch 5 (and a little Kuminga) to start the season as Wiseman works his way back from injury.
The signing of Andre signaled that Poole now has the keys to the second unit. He is our official back-up point guard tasked to play all 15 non-Curry minutes as well as an additional 10-15 minutes with Curry. Can't wait for that. This has to be one of the most well balanced and versatile rosters I've seen and it comes with Poole, Moody, JTA, Kuminga & Wiseman, a 5-man group of players who are poised to take mini to giant leaps in their abilities on the court this season.
Pretty much all betting odds sites have us at #4 to win championship (after Net, Lakers and Bucks). Why don't I feel that confident? Now I am going to go and self-flagellate myself for not believing in Dubs.
So Warriors. Culture, culture, culture. Andre could have been in a full body cast and they would have still brought him back just on the intangibles. Curry is the cultural leader. Dray will lead on the court. Andre will lead in the locker room. Klay will lead rooks to Chic Fillet or a cruise on the Bay for some Zen-like head clearing. The Warriors should be able to afford that 15th roster spot with the savings they get on fewer replacement clipboards for Kerr this year. Let the good times roll.
Looks like Schakel and Dowtin are gone from the Summer League team. McLaughlin still on.
GP2 still on the roster, he has two games before they'd have to cut him to avoid his salary partially guaranteeing (deadline is the same day as the second game, I assume they have until midnight but maybe not).
Having watched the first game, and some interviews of Moody I just love him.
He seems so mature, so smart. The game he plays is so easy to adapt and perfectly complimentary. My bold prediction is this guy will have a storied basketball career. He will play on multiple championship teams (hopefully all w Warriors!). I see the beginning of a story of a guy who played in high school w Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, then immediately w Steph, Klay and Dray in the pros and kept playing on great teams w great players. (Again, hopefully w Warriors and the future greats are Wiseman and Kuminga!).
So it's hard to look up which point guards are still available. Hill and Payton are out. Looks like Exum, Bradley and Teague are still available. Seems to be the shallowest position right now unless they believe Poole, Mannion and Dre being distributors. Or Mulder or GP2.
Andre Iguodala was the best possible vet min signing of the entire off-season.
The Warriors front office has been exceptional this off-season.
The team they built prior to Klay’s injury last off-season won at a top 3 in the west clip without Klay.
The organization must have panic spasmed due to Klay’s injury because they added two guys who had negative net ratings with Steph (the only 2 in the last decade playing real minutes) and Wannamaker.
A Championship might not be guaranteed (they never actually are,) but this team can absolutely compete for one against anybody.
Every time you have one of these articles with all the great comments, invariably, I start to hit the like button for those comments.... (ima slow learner)
Now that the dust has mostly cleared did any team in the West get all that much better? In theory replacing Schroder with Westbrook and adding a bunch of ring chasers makes the Lakers better, and I suppose that OKC and Houston got better because they couldn't get worse. The Jazz bbig move was to add ... Eric Paschall. The Suns got JaVale. The Nuggets will be missing Jamal Murray for the entire year, the Clippers will be missing Kawhi, the Blazers and Mavericks did essentially nothing, the T-Wolves are the T-wolves and the Kings are still the Kings though Mitchell probably makes them somewhat better, the Grizzlies, I don't know, did they get worse?
Check out the great Alex Squig article about Andre at SF Gate
Old Guard: Steph, Klay, Andre, Dray, Loon (5)
Know the System: Wiggs, Poole, D Lee & JTA (4)
That's a 9 man rotation of guys who know what they are doing. 9 guys who Kerr can rely on to do the right thing on both sides of the ball, understanding there will be short adjustment period as Klay works his way back into the fold.
NBA Vets: OPJ & Belly (2)
It shouldn't take these guys too long to get accustomed to the Warriors system. Team defend, team rebound, make the simple pass (find Curry & Klay), hit open 3s. Give these guys about 2 months and Kerr should be able to pop them into any rotation. By mid-season, barring injuries, that's an 11-man rotation guys who know what they are doing on the court.
Rooks: Wiseman, Kuminga, Moody (3)
Anything we get from these guys is a bonus. The goal should be to determine what, if any, regular roles they could play in post-season rotations. And we have a full season to do this.
15th Roster Spot (and/or TPMLE): No Chriss.
Sadly, I suspect that a reunion with Chriss is not in the cards. I think they will sit on the MLE until the trade deadline, keeping the 15th roster spot open for a mid-season addition when they will have a better idea of their needs at that time. In the meantime, I suspect we will see a lot of Belly as a stretch 5 (and a little Kuminga) to start the season as Wiseman works his way back from injury.
The signing of Andre signaled that Poole now has the keys to the second unit. He is our official back-up point guard tasked to play all 15 non-Curry minutes as well as an additional 10-15 minutes with Curry. Can't wait for that. This has to be one of the most well balanced and versatile rosters I've seen and it comes with Poole, Moody, JTA, Kuminga & Wiseman, a 5-man group of players who are poised to take mini to giant leaps in their abilities on the court this season.
Damn.
Pretty much all betting odds sites have us at #4 to win championship (after Net, Lakers and Bucks). Why don't I feel that confident? Now I am going to go and self-flagellate myself for not believing in Dubs.
So Warriors. Culture, culture, culture. Andre could have been in a full body cast and they would have still brought him back just on the intangibles. Curry is the cultural leader. Dray will lead on the court. Andre will lead in the locker room. Klay will lead rooks to Chic Fillet or a cruise on the Bay for some Zen-like head clearing. The Warriors should be able to afford that 15th roster spot with the savings they get on fewer replacement clipboards for Kerr this year. Let the good times roll.
Some highlights of the Spurs #12 pick Josh Primo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8T5HYTOeWI
I don't think he had a particularly efficient night, but at 18 years old, you can kind of see what the Spurs are thinking...
The roster is amazingly well balanced for the modern game/the Warriors game. The one question left is who will be the point of attack defenders.
Guys who have done it: Klay, Kuminga
Guys who might do it: Wiggins, Iguodala, Looney, Curry
Will Curry and Poole have to really step up their on ball game this year?
https://twitter.com/WarriorsPR/status/1424098129180123138
Looks like Schakel and Dowtin are gone from the Summer League team. McLaughlin still on.
GP2 still on the roster, he has two games before they'd have to cut him to avoid his salary partially guaranteeing (deadline is the same day as the second game, I assume they have until midnight but maybe not).
Also, no Mannion.
Would still love to see Chriss back if that’s even possible now and call it a summer. We did pretty good
So did Andre sell his house here. Or knew he was coming back all along? This is the kind of news I need to know
Having watched the first game, and some interviews of Moody I just love him.
He seems so mature, so smart. The game he plays is so easy to adapt and perfectly complimentary. My bold prediction is this guy will have a storied basketball career. He will play on multiple championship teams (hopefully all w Warriors!). I see the beginning of a story of a guy who played in high school w Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, then immediately w Steph, Klay and Dray in the pros and kept playing on great teams w great players. (Again, hopefully w Warriors and the future greats are Wiseman and Kuminga!).
Everything about him screams winner to me.
58-24 plus a championship, I'm callin it now!
So it's hard to look up which point guards are still available. Hill and Payton are out. Looks like Exum, Bradley and Teague are still available. Seems to be the shallowest position right now unless they believe Poole, Mannion and Dre being distributors. Or Mulder or GP2.
I’m just super excited for the season… that’s it. That’s the comment.
Late night musings:
Andre Iguodala was the best possible vet min signing of the entire off-season.
The Warriors front office has been exceptional this off-season.
The team they built prior to Klay’s injury last off-season won at a top 3 in the west clip without Klay.
The organization must have panic spasmed due to Klay’s injury because they added two guys who had negative net ratings with Steph (the only 2 in the last decade playing real minutes) and Wannamaker.
A Championship might not be guaranteed (they never actually are,) but this team can absolutely compete for one against anybody.
This should be an exciting season!
Every time you have one of these articles with all the great comments, invariably, I start to hit the like button for those comments.... (ima slow learner)
Now that the dust has mostly cleared did any team in the West get all that much better? In theory replacing Schroder with Westbrook and adding a bunch of ring chasers makes the Lakers better, and I suppose that OKC and Houston got better because they couldn't get worse. The Jazz bbig move was to add ... Eric Paschall. The Suns got JaVale. The Nuggets will be missing Jamal Murray for the entire year, the Clippers will be missing Kawhi, the Blazers and Mavericks did essentially nothing, the T-Wolves are the T-wolves and the Kings are still the Kings though Mitchell probably makes them somewhat better, the Grizzlies, I don't know, did they get worse?