I will say that I was extremely skeptical about Kuminga. It's really, really tough to be a star in today's NBA without a good to great jumpshot. It's basically Giannis, Lebron, and then like Simmons. All that said, I am now really excited about JoKu. In a redraft of this draft after .75 years, I might take him 2 after Mobely. And of our internal prospects, he's now #1, Poole #2.
Truly, an incredible development for the Warriors' future success.
Can you do a reel of every atrocious call and missed call of that game? It seems like the NBA officials have gotten the memo from the league office to make sure LeBron makes the play in game.
My favorite moment(s) of the game: Kuminga running down and making a huge stuff on D, then turning around and sprinting past the other 9 players to for the spectacular dunk. OH MY!
My least favorite moment(s) of the game: Looney, as much as I love him, trundling down to the basket on the roll, trying to make lay-ups, getting stuffed … frustrating.
The Warriors were lucky that they had OPJ and the Lakers didn't have Carmello. That said, I think with a Melo adjustment last nights game pretty much showed the Lakers at their best as they don't fit the profile of a championship team (where have I heard that before?). I can't see them being competitive with the full strength Suns, Warriors, Grizzlies, or Jazz. Assuming they get through the play-in, which is a big assumption, they get eliminated in the first round.
Cold coffee anyone? I am perfectly happy if we get to the finals or WCF regardless of the results. Lest we forget, we had the worst record in the league 2 years ago and got bounced, unceremoniously, from the Play In last year. In this age of the NBA, to go from last, to missed the playoffs, to the Chip seems fairly improbable, historically speaking. Honestly, was anyone considering a Chip this year? Personally, I have had my eyes on 2022-2023 from the get.
However, this year has that 2014-2015 vibe, like this version of the Warriors is arriving a little early to the party. We hate to admit it, but the Warriors were tremendously fortunate (hella lucky) that year. Could they win it this year? Absolutely. But if I'm being honest, it would be because they had some similar fortune to that 2014-2015 season. Whatever the results this year, I am already happy. Because next year, we are going to have to start using the word 'dominant' again.
With my low BB IQ and heart stopping action and fireworks by Klay I confess to not clocking that OPJ kept being that guy that made play after play after play. Sweet E1P.
You can see on the last James free throw that Westbrook has shoved Wiggins in the back. The refs missed a similar egregious shove on the prior Anthony Davis 2nd free throw that ended up in a scramble. One might argue that it is Wiggins job to use his "my legs are trees, my core is a giant boulder" martial arts skills to ward off the push, but the truth of the matter is that a shove that obvious should be called what it is - a foul. Nice shooting, Klay.
Good Job EA.....as usual. If only you could have highlighted some of the little but important plays OPJ was able to make down the stretch
I will say that I was extremely skeptical about Kuminga. It's really, really tough to be a star in today's NBA without a good to great jumpshot. It's basically Giannis, Lebron, and then like Simmons. All that said, I am now really excited about JoKu. In a redraft of this draft after .75 years, I might take him 2 after Mobely. And of our internal prospects, he's now #1, Poole #2.
Truly, an incredible development for the Warriors' future success.
Is there any way to keep OPJ for next season assuming his foot holds up due to load management?
Loving that strong eye contact from Steph with the basketball gods.
Klay is playing like a Legend scorned not #77 on that silly All-Time list
Can you do a reel of every atrocious call and missed call of that game? It seems like the NBA officials have gotten the memo from the league office to make sure LeBron makes the play in game.
My favorite moment(s) of the game: Kuminga running down and making a huge stuff on D, then turning around and sprinting past the other 9 players to for the spectacular dunk. OH MY!
My least favorite moment(s) of the game: Looney, as much as I love him, trundling down to the basket on the roll, trying to make lay-ups, getting stuffed … frustrating.
The Warriors were lucky that they had OPJ and the Lakers didn't have Carmello. That said, I think with a Melo adjustment last nights game pretty much showed the Lakers at their best as they don't fit the profile of a championship team (where have I heard that before?). I can't see them being competitive with the full strength Suns, Warriors, Grizzlies, or Jazz. Assuming they get through the play-in, which is a big assumption, they get eliminated in the first round.
Cold coffee anyone? I am perfectly happy if we get to the finals or WCF regardless of the results. Lest we forget, we had the worst record in the league 2 years ago and got bounced, unceremoniously, from the Play In last year. In this age of the NBA, to go from last, to missed the playoffs, to the Chip seems fairly improbable, historically speaking. Honestly, was anyone considering a Chip this year? Personally, I have had my eyes on 2022-2023 from the get.
However, this year has that 2014-2015 vibe, like this version of the Warriors is arriving a little early to the party. We hate to admit it, but the Warriors were tremendously fortunate (hella lucky) that year. Could they win it this year? Absolutely. But if I'm being honest, it would be because they had some similar fortune to that 2014-2015 season. Whatever the results this year, I am already happy. Because next year, we are going to have to start using the word 'dominant' again.
Because we’re men and we show affection by light violence loooooool
With my low BB IQ and heart stopping action and fireworks by Klay I confess to not clocking that OPJ kept being that guy that made play after play after play. Sweet E1P.
During the game, JVG said he grew up in Bay Area, watching Nate Thurmond. So the question is: why he hates so much Golden State?
You can see on the last James free throw that Westbrook has shoved Wiggins in the back. The refs missed a similar egregious shove on the prior Anthony Davis 2nd free throw that ended up in a scramble. One might argue that it is Wiggins job to use his "my legs are trees, my core is a giant boulder" martial arts skills to ward off the push, but the truth of the matter is that a shove that obvious should be called what it is - a foul. Nice shooting, Klay.
Not to steal from Eric's thunder on this excellent E1P, but what is everyone thinking about the rumors that the Warriors are pursuing Goran Dragic?
He certainly seems to be the best buyout candidate, but a big would certainly be nicer.
No bigs worth our time seem to be available at the moment.
And who would go? I'm assuming JTA.