BTW, with Big James' ongoing growth, we have big plans to expand the bar on Wiseman Island to be a complete bar and grill, with great eats. In addition to the sort of food you'd expect at a high-quality sports bar and grill, The Chef's Curry will be featured, as well as Captain Klay's Fish Special of the Day, Oakland BBQ, pasta with Donte's Big Ragu sauce, PBJs, JK's Congolese GOAT stew, and Draymond Green salads (available with very hot peppers that are guaranteed to draw a technical foul). We'll even have pancakes with Canadian Maple Jordan syrup — always nice! Want dessert? We'll have Kevon's #5 Flavor Pound Cake! The bar serves great Big James Slammers of course.
I can’t believe nobody has praised Ty Jerome for NOT giving Steph the high five. Clearly Ty noticed Steph was recklessly sticking out his left hand that is obviously attached to his left wrist, elbow, and yes - shoulder, that is injured. Seriously veteran move by Ty to avoid further shoulder aggravation.
I took one of those Carnival cruises you're always seeing advertised and wondering who the hell would go on something like that. Say what you will, hella buffet AND we caught a glimpse of Wiseman Island. I was belowdecks but my fam got some selfies.
Nothing to do with Wiseman, but two plays late in the game that really impressed me were from Klay. No, not flame throwing shooting, but instead passing to the open man (I think it was Lamb both times) for the wide open three. I love to see Klay exerting a little of his own gravity on a dive and then kicking to the open man for the better shot. Smart choices and Klay can have a significant effect, even when his own shot isn't dropping.
Of course, if teams see this happening and start giving Klay more room, then FlameThrower Klay will torch them to cinders :).
So many interesting angles to this game. Nice call to focus on Wise's improvement, who had gotten so much flak, some of it deserved. I hope he continues to get spot opportunities, but maybe one more stint in the G League once JMG is back?
One angle that popped into my mind regarding Klay's behavior: maybe Brooks was just the on-court proxy for Danny Green's ugly mug sitting on the bench, shown only briefly during the broadcast: "Guess who's out here playing and winning?"
Scientists are reporting a sea level drop around Wiseman island, it remains to be seen if this was just a Christmas anomaly, or is an interesting long term development.
Good breakdown. If i were to hold the staff accountable on one thing and one thing only on Wisemans development, its not properly utilizing his lateral movement on defense. Say what you will about defensive positioning and rotations with Wiseman BUT i saw him more than hold his own guarding smaller quicker players from the onset in the G League. That straight drop coverage he was playing to open up the year was more counterproductive to our defensive sets IMO than just to have allowed him to switch and guard out at the perimeter.
I find this play kinda revealing. Clarke comes over to set a screen for Morant but then they decide that they like the Morant/Moody matchup. Clarke moves over and begins to set a screen on Klay in order to get Bane open, which he probably would have since it is a 2 on 1. It is a 2 on 1 because Draymond doesn't even consider going over there, he knows Morant isn't going to pass the ball and just waits on the drive for an easy block off of a dumb shot. Bane doesn't even use the Clarke screen because he knows that Morant isn't passing that ball, if Bane was on the Warriors that would have been an automatic pass from Curry if the center was positioned where Draymond was at imo.
The reason no one has ever beaten the Warriors with hero ball is because of Draymond imo, he's way too smart for that.
Sidenote, Morant carries all the time and this move to explode by Moody was no exception. It's a lethal combination when you are as quick as he is because he can push the ball so far in front of him and explode forward once he gets his hand under it. I wouldn't care except they've decided to selectively enforce carrying against Poole and nobody else. And Morant does it damn near every play. What is Looney supposed to do here:
Ty Jerome is making the case that he deserves the 15th roster spot. Unfortunately he is also making the case, as is DDV, that he is worth more money than the Warriors can pay him but that's a problem for next year. Between those 2 guys and Lamb, maybe Bob Myers knows something about basketball after all.
Really encouraging to see Wiseman stopping his dropbacks on defense outside the circle more often (see particularly 6:42). He would previously just keep giving ground until he was holding the photographer's bag off-court. They have clearly been working on "drop back and set" points for him. Looking forward to seeing what happens now when he gets a scoring center on him and whether he can hold those positions.
BTW, with Big James' ongoing growth, we have big plans to expand the bar on Wiseman Island to be a complete bar and grill, with great eats. In addition to the sort of food you'd expect at a high-quality sports bar and grill, The Chef's Curry will be featured, as well as Captain Klay's Fish Special of the Day, Oakland BBQ, pasta with Donte's Big Ragu sauce, PBJs, JK's Congolese GOAT stew, and Draymond Green salads (available with very hot peppers that are guaranteed to draw a technical foul). We'll even have pancakes with Canadian Maple Jordan syrup — always nice! Want dessert? We'll have Kevon's #5 Flavor Pound Cake! The bar serves great Big James Slammers of course.
I can’t believe nobody has praised Ty Jerome for NOT giving Steph the high five. Clearly Ty noticed Steph was recklessly sticking out his left hand that is obviously attached to his left wrist, elbow, and yes - shoulder, that is injured. Seriously veteran move by Ty to avoid further shoulder aggravation.
I took one of those Carnival cruises you're always seeing advertised and wondering who the hell would go on something like that. Say what you will, hella buffet AND we caught a glimpse of Wiseman Island. I was belowdecks but my fam got some selfies.
Nothing to do with Wiseman, but two plays late in the game that really impressed me were from Klay. No, not flame throwing shooting, but instead passing to the open man (I think it was Lamb both times) for the wide open three. I love to see Klay exerting a little of his own gravity on a dive and then kicking to the open man for the better shot. Smart choices and Klay can have a significant effect, even when his own shot isn't dropping.
Of course, if teams see this happening and start giving Klay more room, then FlameThrower Klay will torch them to cinders :).
The view from my volcano lair on Wiseman Island is looking great. I'm buying up all the real estate cheap for when the price inevitably skyrockets!
So many interesting angles to this game. Nice call to focus on Wise's improvement, who had gotten so much flak, some of it deserved. I hope he continues to get spot opportunities, but maybe one more stint in the G League once JMG is back?
One angle that popped into my mind regarding Klay's behavior: maybe Brooks was just the on-court proxy for Danny Green's ugly mug sitting on the bench, shown only briefly during the broadcast: "Guess who's out here playing and winning?"
He is going to be a completely different player this time next year, assuming he gets reps here or in the GL. His development track is headed upwards.
Scientists are reporting a sea level drop around Wiseman island, it remains to be seen if this was just a Christmas anomaly, or is an interesting long term development.
Good breakdown. If i were to hold the staff accountable on one thing and one thing only on Wisemans development, its not properly utilizing his lateral movement on defense. Say what you will about defensive positioning and rotations with Wiseman BUT i saw him more than hold his own guarding smaller quicker players from the onset in the G League. That straight drop coverage he was playing to open up the year was more counterproductive to our defensive sets IMO than just to have allowed him to switch and guard out at the perimeter.
https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&GameEventID=637&GameID=0022200496&Season=2022-23&flag=1&title=MISS%20Morant%205%27%20Driving%20Finger%20Roll%20Layup
I find this play kinda revealing. Clarke comes over to set a screen for Morant but then they decide that they like the Morant/Moody matchup. Clarke moves over and begins to set a screen on Klay in order to get Bane open, which he probably would have since it is a 2 on 1. It is a 2 on 1 because Draymond doesn't even consider going over there, he knows Morant isn't going to pass the ball and just waits on the drive for an easy block off of a dumb shot. Bane doesn't even use the Clarke screen because he knows that Morant isn't passing that ball, if Bane was on the Warriors that would have been an automatic pass from Curry if the center was positioned where Draymond was at imo.
The reason no one has ever beaten the Warriors with hero ball is because of Draymond imo, he's way too smart for that.
Sidenote, Morant carries all the time and this move to explode by Moody was no exception. It's a lethal combination when you are as quick as he is because he can push the ball so far in front of him and explode forward once he gets his hand under it. I wouldn't care except they've decided to selectively enforce carrying against Poole and nobody else. And Morant does it damn near every play. What is Looney supposed to do here:
https://twitter.com/MoDakhil_NBA/status/1607192906804400128
And who can forget this carry Morant used to get the upper hand on Wiggins in crunch time of Game 2 last playoffs:
https://twitter.com/brianschimaneck/status/1521707510838677505
Oh what fun it is to watch a Warriors victory!
I had a feeling that the Dubs might rise to the occasion - didn't they destroy Phoenix last year on Christmas?
Ty Jerome is making the case that he deserves the 15th roster spot. Unfortunately he is also making the case, as is DDV, that he is worth more money than the Warriors can pay him but that's a problem for next year. Between those 2 guys and Lamb, maybe Bob Myers knows something about basketball after all.
Really encouraging to see Wiseman stopping his dropbacks on defense outside the circle more often (see particularly 6:42). He would previously just keep giving ground until he was holding the photographer's bag off-court. They have clearly been working on "drop back and set" points for him. Looking forward to seeing what happens now when he gets a scoring center on him and whether he can hold those positions.
“Seeing eye grounder” or “a ground ball with eyes”?