I went into Sunday prepared for a good chance the Warriors would lose. But I wasn’t expecting them to play *that well* and then lose. I have the most mixed feelings possible.
Thought that was what you meant. Steph/Jimmy are total gamers and won’t let on sh*t before an important game about anything that isn’t right. We’ll have to wait to see them in action. At his postgame presser, Steph did not look comfortable talking about his thumb injury. He’s clearly in pain, “…trying to ignore it,” I think was his answer.
You thought right; not going to be on any injury report. Some of our guys in here though may have some insider indication/hints from practice and so forth…
Yeah, clean injury report. Which doesn’t necessarily mean Steph and Jimmy are 100%, but they’re good to go. And if you believe Athletic Alchemy, sometimes guys play better when they’re hurt (not injured, he clarified, but hurt).
Also, as long as we’re fretting about their lack of rest, it’s worth noting that they’re actually getting a bit more than a full day’s rest, as they went from a 12:30 start Sunday to tonight’s normal 7 pm start. Plus no travel.
So … let’s get this. It’s basically the whole season — no pressure.
Yeah, the injury report doesn't mean that much at this point ... just if you might be really out. It's separating the walking wounded from truly healthy that's hard ... though I'm sure Steph and Butler are in the first category.
LMAO... Amen, SLEEPY...No pressure. LOL I've always loved your sense of humor.
24 hours on a fresh quad contusion and hurting shooting hand for our old superheroes should be no problem...besides, DRAY is fresh from doing the best KLAY imitation from the perimeter anyone has done this season... let's go DUBS....
Adrenaline kicks in due to magnitude of the game...till the 4th quarter...PLAYOFF JIMMY will be springy, and STEPH will get an early start this time...lol...if DRAY keeps seeing the rim from distance, and gets a bit of help from PODZ/MOODY/POST, AND, dare I say, BUDDY?, all we have to avoid is any DRAY early-career-KLAYUPS with the game on line, and we will be good to go...
I’m worried that if we don’t beat Memphis, suddenly LAL have Jokic, Kawhi, Curry, and Shai all on the other side of the bracket, and a relative cakewalk to the WCF.
Not worried at all. I expect they'll beat Memphis and have a good chance to beat Houston. If they lose to Memphis, I expect they'll do nothing in the playoffs even if they manage to get the 8 seed. So either way, no worries.
[[ It is not quite time to panic. Friday is the time to panic. Also, remember that Jimmy brought his 8th seed Heat to the Finals. There’s some copium for you. ]]
I don't promise to be mature and philosophical directly after the end of the season.
But I know that after I get over the pain of however the season ends, I will be grateful that the Jimmy trade let us see some great basketball and Steph often overcoming injuries and age to rise to the occasion of top level, meaningful basketball. And there's still hope for next season. And in the end, I've been playing with house money ever since the 2015 title and been rewarded so much more than one could hope for.
They will beat Memphis. If they don’t, I and probably half the team will be checking out.
They will beat Memphis and then Houston will be a ton of fun. I’ve little doubt it will go six or seven games. The old crafty small ball team vs the young long athletic but relatively inexperienced team: this series will be a perfect addition to GSW lore.
I like our chances and I believe the series will sharpen their game and give them momentum for an easier time in the semis.
I think it’s more likely than not we get to the WC championships. And that will be more than enough for me.
I could watch few games this year, and I had to trust mostly on Your comments and feelings.
I considered before the trade and I still do Jimmy Butler a fantastic player and a better option than Wiggins, who is a second violin, imho. The only weak point was is age.
For sure the team improved, especially the kids, some games were absolutely perfect, but,
in Western Conference tank, full of hungry piranhas, is this enough? Can this team afford 7 games btb?
I take everything as a gift, and I hope to watch them fighting until the end. But I have no expectations .
But on the other Heineken, if we had faced the Lakers and done well, someone would have eliminated a tough team for us. And I don't love the way Houston figured out how to throttle Steph. That was a 500 on the Panic-O-Meter. When's the last time the Dubs were basically healthy, yet Steph only hit one junky three for his scoring, and we lost? If they do that again, eeeeeyikes.
That's where I've been ... we're probably at peak health and rest at the beginning of the playoffs, so why not face the toughest team first? After a month of playoff level whistles (i.e., not very many), Steph and Dray and Butler are all going to be dinged up.
What I failed to consider was that I was NOT expecting us to have two of those guys going into the playoffs hurt. That was probably naive, given that we had to win nearly all of the games to avoid the play-in.
We're in postseason ball, which was very doubtful 10 weeks ago. We (or I, anyway) had a very enjoyable two month end of the season. It was marred by a couple of bad losses, but was still was a far better closing stretch than I expected.
If we get dumped in the play-in, oh petunia well. Still had fun.
If we make the playoffs, I don't expect us to do much, just due to age and being tired. If they exceed my expectations, bueno.
Yes, Phoenix Suns, fire Budenholzer. The reason you had a bad season is not roster construction, it's not poor front office decision making, it's not unmotivated players. It's the coach.
I don't even know Coach Bud's deal all that well, but Phoenix is just so leveraged into KD Booker and (cough) Beal, which was never ever going to work, that it's hard to believe that any coach could have made it work
Yep, agree. Only reason KD worked for us with KLAY and STEPH, is because MR. UNANIMOUS stepped back from 2XMVP, and the entire team allowed KD to do his thing while watching from 4 corners...lol...LBJ is the only other player that could deliver on that difficult task with KD, due to his late-career remarkable transformation.
A season like theirs surely requires a team effort. Everyone pulling in the same direction, toward misery and suckitude.
That said, the vibes coming off Coach Bud have not seemed good lately. Like, at all. Sounds like they’re going to make some trades this offseason, so a total reset is probably in order.
Tier 2, but holding my hands over my ears and singing “🎶LA LA LA LA🎵” when someone makes arguments for Tier 3.
I chose Tier 2 but deep down, I knew I was lying to myself...
Good approach, I am going to try to emulate you...hope it works...lol
Saw some comments that Cooper Flagg may still be in play. Didn't we use our first rounder in a top 10 protected trade?
I think the idea is that if we got very lucky and moved up in the lottery, we’d keep the pick.
I went into Sunday prepared for a good chance the Warriors would lose. But I wasn’t expecting them to play *that well* and then lose. I have the most mixed feelings possible.
My experience was similar
Don't know anything new on BUTLER AND STEPH injuries, so, completely terrified best describes me...
ServantofLuna posted earlier that no one is on Warriors’ injury report for Tuesday’s game.
YEAH, I saw it...
Thought that was what you meant. Steph/Jimmy are total gamers and won’t let on sh*t before an important game about anything that isn’t right. We’ll have to wait to see them in action. At his postgame presser, Steph did not look comfortable talking about his thumb injury. He’s clearly in pain, “…trying to ignore it,” I think was his answer.
You thought right; not going to be on any injury report. Some of our guys in here though may have some insider indication/hints from practice and so forth…
Yeah, clean injury report. Which doesn’t necessarily mean Steph and Jimmy are 100%, but they’re good to go. And if you believe Athletic Alchemy, sometimes guys play better when they’re hurt (not injured, he clarified, but hurt).
Also, as long as we’re fretting about their lack of rest, it’s worth noting that they’re actually getting a bit more than a full day’s rest, as they went from a 12:30 start Sunday to tonight’s normal 7 pm start. Plus no travel.
So … let’s get this. It’s basically the whole season — no pressure.
Yeah, the injury report doesn't mean that much at this point ... just if you might be really out. It's separating the walking wounded from truly healthy that's hard ... though I'm sure Steph and Butler are in the first category.
LMAO... Amen, SLEEPY...No pressure. LOL I've always loved your sense of humor.
24 hours on a fresh quad contusion and hurting shooting hand for our old superheroes should be no problem...besides, DRAY is fresh from doing the best KLAY imitation from the perimeter anyone has done this season... let's go DUBS....
why would they play better if hurt? lol
Adrenaline kicks in due to magnitude of the game...till the 4th quarter...PLAYOFF JIMMY will be springy, and STEPH will get an early start this time...lol...if DRAY keeps seeing the rim from distance, and gets a bit of help from PODZ/MOODY/POST, AND, dare I say, BUDDY?, all we have to avoid is any DRAY early-career-KLAYUPS with the game on line, and we will be good to go...
I’m worried that if we don’t beat Memphis, suddenly LAL have Jokic, Kawhi, Curry, and Shai all on the other side of the bracket, and a relative cakewalk to the WCF.
Don't underestimate the T Wolves. They've been awesome the last 2 months.
Yeah, fair. I think I was hoping the word “relative” would do a lot of work in that sentence, because obviously there are no tomato cans in the mix
It is so disgusting that Luka just fell into their lap. And that JJ actually got through to them about playing defense. 🤮
Something about the LOLAKERS having a long-standing love triangle/affair with LADY LUCK and the NBA WHISTLE...
Not worried at all. I expect they'll beat Memphis and have a good chance to beat Houston. If they lose to Memphis, I expect they'll do nothing in the playoffs even if they manage to get the 8 seed. So either way, no worries.
I NOT happy Memphis got to rest their players on Sunday.
FYI, here was my answer to Daniel in our Slack:
[[ It is not quite time to panic. Friday is the time to panic. Also, remember that Jimmy brought his 8th seed Heat to the Finals. There’s some copium for you. ]]
I don't promise to be mature and philosophical directly after the end of the season.
But I know that after I get over the pain of however the season ends, I will be grateful that the Jimmy trade let us see some great basketball and Steph often overcoming injuries and age to rise to the occasion of top level, meaningful basketball. And there's still hope for next season. And in the end, I've been playing with house money ever since the 2015 title and been rewarded so much more than one could hope for.
Yes yes this is the way
They will beat Memphis. If they don’t, I and probably half the team will be checking out.
They will beat Memphis and then Houston will be a ton of fun. I’ve little doubt it will go six or seven games. The old crafty small ball team vs the young long athletic but relatively inexperienced team: this series will be a perfect addition to GSW lore.
I like our chances and I believe the series will sharpen their game and give them momentum for an easier time in the semis.
I think it’s more likely than not we get to the WC championships. And that will be more than enough for me.
Also, it's yet another chance to make Houston miserable - can't put a price on that.
I’m resigned to Father Time, this is my concern.
I could watch few games this year, and I had to trust mostly on Your comments and feelings.
I considered before the trade and I still do Jimmy Butler a fantastic player and a better option than Wiggins, who is a second violin, imho. The only weak point was is age.
For sure the team improved, especially the kids, some games were absolutely perfect, but,
in Western Conference tank, full of hungry piranhas, is this enough? Can this team afford 7 games btb?
I take everything as a gift, and I hope to watch them fighting until the end. But I have no expectations .
would rather face OKC or HOU in the first round anyway. Legs can't get any fresher. And if it's not meant to be, at least it'll be quick.
But on the other Heineken, if we had faced the Lakers and done well, someone would have eliminated a tough team for us. And I don't love the way Houston figured out how to throttle Steph. That was a 500 on the Panic-O-Meter. When's the last time the Dubs were basically healthy, yet Steph only hit one junky three for his scoring, and we lost? If they do that again, eeeeeyikes.
They put Van Vleet on Dray which allowed them to throttle Steph, we gotta find a way to punish that.
That's where I've been ... we're probably at peak health and rest at the beginning of the playoffs, so why not face the toughest team first? After a month of playoff level whistles (i.e., not very many), Steph and Dray and Butler are all going to be dinged up.
What I failed to consider was that I was NOT expecting us to have two of those guys going into the playoffs hurt. That was probably naive, given that we had to win nearly all of the games to avoid the play-in.
52-win Houston on four days’ rest, sure.
68-win OKC on zero rest … heck no. That’d be only marginally less awful than getting bounced by Sac/Dal and re-entering the Flagg sweepstakes.
lol Heck, I am terrified of our walking-wounded taking on MEMPHIS with just a day's rest/healing...
How hilarious would it be if Golden State got Flagg?
The kind of hilarious that would have me laughing for a long long time.
Clean injury report for the Warriors
https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-04-14_11PM.pdf
JIMMY took a quad shot and was limping...STEPH took another shot at his bandaged shooting hand...hmmm....
Just beat Memphis. I think there’s like a 4 or 5 day rest if they do, should be enough time to rest and reset
Yep, four full days off — the 2/7 series starts Sunday.
That's a perfectly fair amount of rest.
I'm on Tier "Don't worry, be happy".
We're in postseason ball, which was very doubtful 10 weeks ago. We (or I, anyway) had a very enjoyable two month end of the season. It was marred by a couple of bad losses, but was still was a far better closing stretch than I expected.
If we get dumped in the play-in, oh petunia well. Still had fun.
If we make the playoffs, I don't expect us to do much, just due to age and being tired. If they exceed my expectations, bueno.
I 'd feel the same way if I were watching it from the BAHAMAS, while laying on a hammock, after a few shots of rum...lol
Very healthy attitude.
Burp....I guess you are...burp, right...
Yes, Phoenix Suns, fire Budenholzer. The reason you had a bad season is not roster construction, it's not poor front office decision making, it's not unmotivated players. It's the coach.
I don't even know Coach Bud's deal all that well, but Phoenix is just so leveraged into KD Booker and (cough) Beal, which was never ever going to work, that it's hard to believe that any coach could have made it work
Yep, agree. Only reason KD worked for us with KLAY and STEPH, is because MR. UNANIMOUS stepped back from 2XMVP, and the entire team allowed KD to do his thing while watching from 4 corners...lol...LBJ is the only other player that could deliver on that difficult task with KD, due to his late-career remarkable transformation.
A season like theirs surely requires a team effort. Everyone pulling in the same direction, toward misery and suckitude.
That said, the vibes coming off Coach Bud have not seemed good lately. Like, at all. Sounds like they’re going to make some trades this offseason, so a total reset is probably in order.
Coaches’ salary doesn’t affect the cap. Have to start somewhere.
Just realized it's been a HORRIBLE year for all NBA head coaches with the first name Mike/Michael
They really should just row their boats ashore.
Hallelujah