Explain One Play: Steph Curry and Nemanja Bjelica burn Carmelo and LeBron with an old Klay Thompson play

The new guy is an actual stretch 5 (on offense)

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I wanted to focus on one of the new Warriors, Nemanja Bjelica. And I wanted to look at how the Warriors were using him in a particular set that I always call The Klay Play, because for a long time it was exclusively run with Klay at the end of quarters.

Bjelica's been shooting pretty well in the preseason. He does seem to hit open shots, which the part we were all hoping for. I've been surprised by his attacking closeouts and driving and kicking. That's pretty good for what looks like kind of a slow big guy. And he's also reading the floor really fast. He made good reads and good passes. I think he's really, really perfect for the Kerr system.

Co-starring Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Andre Iguodala, Avery Bradley, plus Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James going through the preseason motions.

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The full experience with no ads: 14 minutes with a couple of extra plays analyzed, co-starring Damion Lee and Andrew Wiggins, with Steph and Nemanja running a new twist on The Klay Play and Draymond’s butterfingers.

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