The difference between Kerr and Shanahan was made very clear today. Kerr recognizes his strengths and weaknesses or at least does not deny them when they become apparent and works on changing them. First year coach with a win now roster? Fuck it, go get me Alvin Gentry. I've spent my whole coaching career with a championship favorite and now I'm being tasked on developing high lottery picks and my first stab at doing that sucked? Fuck it, go get me Atkinson, Milojevic, and Mahlelala.
Shanahan either does not recognize his weaknesses (which certainly includes young QB development) or does not care to improve on them. People throw out the word "stubborn" for Kerr a lot which is laughable to me, but if you gave that label to Shanahan I would not object.
I can't tell if this is real news or not, via RealGM aggregating Marc Stein:
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The Golden State Warriors expect Andre Iguodala to return for one more season in 2022-23. Iguodala intends to announce his decision on his podcast with Evan Turner in the next week or so.
Iguodala played 19.4 minutes per game over 31 regular season games last season. The veteran forward averaged 4.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in his 18th season.
The Warriors prize Iguodala for his veteran leadership. Despite battling injuries last season, Iguodala's presence helped Golden State through some rough patches during the season, including in the playoffs.
Eric, I just want to thank you for pouring your passion into this site. You are single-handedly responsible for a significant portion of my love for basketball and more specifically, basketball analysis.
We're one week out from training camp and still haven't heard from Iguodala yet. I get giving him all the time he needs, but at some point some decisions need to be made on both ends!
I wonder if the one and done drafting eligibility of college kids, and now the G league specials like Moody and JFK actually make it easier for a good player to slip into the later picks in round one. I get that the lottery picks offer players/teams with a high percentage of good results. The later picks are always going to be a mixed bag, but as I said, I wonder if there are more hidden gems later in the draft because the players are so young and inexperianced.
This was really fun. It really shows how hard it is to draft someone late, who becomes effective enough fast enough to contribute to your current run. Your dynastic core really needs to last 3-4+ seasons for the players to mature...
I guess all the critiques are always hindsight 20/20-type critiques, where there is an "obvious" answer of who the best player was drafted after #20, but only after the fact.
Very fun recap, giving credit where it is due. I really enjoyed the commentary on Andrew Toney. I lived in Boston at the time, and Toney was *the* Celtics-killer. He would just rip their hearts out single-handedly with his unstoppable scoring, time after time. It was truly sad to see his career decline and end too early.
Sep 17, 2022·edited Sep 17, 2022Liked by Eric Apricot
Great series! Obviously a lot of work went into researching this, thank you.
Now every time I hear someone bloviating about the “historic cap spike that unfairly let the Warriors sign Kevin Durant” I can counter with the historically bad trade that allowed the Lakers to draft James Worthy #1 and was SO bad the NBA had to institute a new rule to prevent it ever happening again,
The difference between Kerr and Shanahan was made very clear today. Kerr recognizes his strengths and weaknesses or at least does not deny them when they become apparent and works on changing them. First year coach with a win now roster? Fuck it, go get me Alvin Gentry. I've spent my whole coaching career with a championship favorite and now I'm being tasked on developing high lottery picks and my first stab at doing that sucked? Fuck it, go get me Atkinson, Milojevic, and Mahlelala.
Shanahan either does not recognize his weaknesses (which certainly includes young QB development) or does not care to improve on them. People throw out the word "stubborn" for Kerr a lot which is laughable to me, but if you gave that label to Shanahan I would not object.
Congrats to Bo Cruz! I still wish we’d take a flyer on him. Maybe if Andre retires…
Looks like the Trey Lance era is over.
I can't tell if this is real news or not, via RealGM aggregating Marc Stein:
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The Golden State Warriors expect Andre Iguodala to return for one more season in 2022-23. Iguodala intends to announce his decision on his podcast with Evan Turner in the next week or so.
Iguodala played 19.4 minutes per game over 31 regular season games last season. The veteran forward averaged 4.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in his 18th season.
The Warriors prize Iguodala for his veteran leadership. Despite battling injuries last season, Iguodala's presence helped Golden State through some rough patches during the season, including in the playoffs.
https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/268653/Warriors-Expect-Andre-Iguodala-To-Play-One-More-Season
Eric, I just want to thank you for pouring your passion into this site. You are single-handedly responsible for a significant portion of my love for basketball and more specifically, basketball analysis.
Too late to tank for Victor?
https://mobile.twitter.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/1571279838920740864
We're one week out from training camp and still haven't heard from Iguodala yet. I get giving him all the time he needs, but at some point some decisions need to be made on both ends!
I wonder if the one and done drafting eligibility of college kids, and now the G league specials like Moody and JFK actually make it easier for a good player to slip into the later picks in round one. I get that the lottery picks offer players/teams with a high percentage of good results. The later picks are always going to be a mixed bag, but as I said, I wonder if there are more hidden gems later in the draft because the players are so young and inexperianced.
This was really fun. It really shows how hard it is to draft someone late, who becomes effective enough fast enough to contribute to your current run. Your dynastic core really needs to last 3-4+ seasons for the players to mature...
I guess all the critiques are always hindsight 20/20-type critiques, where there is an "obvious" answer of who the best player was drafted after #20, but only after the fact.
You need more "likes." This was a LOT of work. Nice job.
Sat down this morning to enjoy a light DNHQ snack with my morning coffee... Instead I get treated to a 3 star Michelin dining experience!
TL;DR Re Drafting: Ay caramba, truly the 1980s were Amateur Hour in the NBA, except amateur hour lasted a whole decade.
Very fun recap, giving credit where it is due. I really enjoyed the commentary on Andrew Toney. I lived in Boston at the time, and Toney was *the* Celtics-killer. He would just rip their hearts out single-handedly with his unstoppable scoring, time after time. It was truly sad to see his career decline and end too early.
Great series! Obviously a lot of work went into researching this, thank you.
Now every time I hear someone bloviating about the “historic cap spike that unfairly let the Warriors sign Kevin Durant” I can counter with the historically bad trade that allowed the Lakers to draft James Worthy #1 and was SO bad the NBA had to institute a new rule to prevent it ever happening again,