I have a good feeling about this mighty morphing defense that we have... it feels fresh and something the rest of the league is not yet prepared to go against nor emulate (similar to the ball movement, 3s, and pace of the '14-16 teams; see Abaddon's theringer.com link below).
These man-zone hybrid defenses really punish top-heavy teams that rely on 1 or 2 creators and 3-4 guys spotting up. And being able to switch defenses on-the-fly just to throw off the opposing offense for a handful of possessions per game is pretty huge, in addition to not giving them a static defense to fine-tune their attack in-game.
The video title is clickbait and only a little accurate, there's a little bit about Steph in here, but it is a GREAT interview of D Wade that is well worth listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz_t5bLUdPA
Someone at my work was asking for a good resource for Warriors X's and O's and another person brought up DNHQ's E1P series on Youtube as one of the first options. Your footprint is growing Apricot
Another great video, hitting your stride this season.
After Kerr mentioned that the rebounding this season "came out of nowhere", I checked out some of the rebounding rates compared to last season. There are a lot of standouts, especially Looney who is easily the most underrated player on the team this season imo.
Looney averaged 9.7 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 13.7 this season.
-Bjelica averaged 7.9 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 10.2 this season.
-Porter Jr averaged 6.7 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 9.4 this season.
-Curry averaged 4.8 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 6.8 this season.
-Wiggins averaged 4.5 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 5.5 this season.
-GP2 obviously has a more limited sample but averaged 6.6 rebounds per 36 in 808 minutes before this season, is averaging 8.4 this season.
-9.6 per 36 is not a career high rebounding rate for Draymond but his highest since 2015-2016.
Probably should have looked at Per 100 Possessions numbers given how fast the Warriors play but didn't think of it until now and don't want to look again.
Looking at the trailer of Garnetts Documentary, I'm still getting depressed at the idea that we could have traded for Garnett (adding him to the We Believe Warriors) until the Warriors owner nixed the deal. Honestly, we were so cursed.
Nov 18, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball
“ For some time, it seemed the Warriors were losing their grip. They went from being innovators with their pace and 3-point shooting to falling to the middle of the pack as other teams began to play faster and shoot more. Kerr wasn’t adapting his system. Players were leaving or retiring. Bob Myers couldn’t find good young players. The rest of the NBA caught up, frankly. But things began to shift last season and now it’s all coming together because the Warriors have dramatically shifted their habits.”
First off, that was extremely helpful. I now know what the box and 1 and the triangle 2 mean, which I certainly did not before. Thanks!
Two thoughts:
1. The Warriors got into foul trouble this game. Certainly, the refs are part of that, but could running these sorts of defensive schemes contribute at all to picking up fouls more easily? Really not sure on the answer to that, and this is certainly a causation vs. correlation sort of question, but I'm curious if there could be a relationship between the two (picking up fouls and these defensive sets).
2. It's great to see Klay on the bench with his teammates. How often do injured players actually travel with the team? It's just so obvious that Klay loves being with the team, on the bench, around the action. Little things like that just can't be overlooked when it comes to team unity, etc.
Oh my. Brilliant work. I am so grateful to learn and understand more about the game.
I have a good feeling about this mighty morphing defense that we have... it feels fresh and something the rest of the league is not yet prepared to go against nor emulate (similar to the ball movement, 3s, and pace of the '14-16 teams; see Abaddon's theringer.com link below).
These man-zone hybrid defenses really punish top-heavy teams that rely on 1 or 2 creators and 3-4 guys spotting up. And being able to switch defenses on-the-fly just to throw off the opposing offense for a handful of possessions per game is pretty huge, in addition to not giving them a static defense to fine-tune their attack in-game.
The video title is clickbait and only a little accurate, there's a little bit about Steph in here, but it is a GREAT interview of D Wade that is well worth listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz_t5bLUdPA
Someone at my work was asking for a good resource for Warriors X's and O's and another person brought up DNHQ's E1P series on Youtube as one of the first options. Your footprint is growing Apricot
You're an internet phenomenon! Great stuff.
Another great video, hitting your stride this season.
After Kerr mentioned that the rebounding this season "came out of nowhere", I checked out some of the rebounding rates compared to last season. There are a lot of standouts, especially Looney who is easily the most underrated player on the team this season imo.
Looney averaged 9.7 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 13.7 this season.
-Bjelica averaged 7.9 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 10.2 this season.
-Porter Jr averaged 6.7 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 9.4 this season.
-Curry averaged 4.8 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 6.8 this season.
-Wiggins averaged 4.5 rebounds per 36 in his career before this season, is averaging 5.5 this season.
-GP2 obviously has a more limited sample but averaged 6.6 rebounds per 36 in 808 minutes before this season, is averaging 8.4 this season.
-9.6 per 36 is not a career high rebounding rate for Draymond but his highest since 2015-2016.
Probably should have looked at Per 100 Possessions numbers given how fast the Warriors play but didn't think of it until now and don't want to look again.
"The People's Court" needs to be a regular feature!! Ha ha ha!
Freaking hilarious. "Tasty dime", "skanky".. how you can work these into a super-informative video is beyond me.
Looking at the trailer of Garnetts Documentary, I'm still getting depressed at the idea that we could have traded for Garnett (adding him to the We Believe Warriors) until the Warriors owner nixed the deal. Honestly, we were so cursed.
Thank you! Totally can see those schemes now.
“ For some time, it seemed the Warriors were losing their grip. They went from being innovators with their pace and 3-point shooting to falling to the middle of the pack as other teams began to play faster and shoot more. Kerr wasn’t adapting his system. Players were leaving or retiring. Bob Myers couldn’t find good young players. The rest of the NBA caught up, frankly. But things began to shift last season and now it’s all coming together because the Warriors have dramatically shifted their habits.”
A lot more at the link: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/11/18/22789074/golden-state-warriors-stephen-curry-draymond-green-title
First off, that was extremely helpful. I now know what the box and 1 and the triangle 2 mean, which I certainly did not before. Thanks!
Two thoughts:
1. The Warriors got into foul trouble this game. Certainly, the refs are part of that, but could running these sorts of defensive schemes contribute at all to picking up fouls more easily? Really not sure on the answer to that, and this is certainly a causation vs. correlation sort of question, but I'm curious if there could be a relationship between the two (picking up fouls and these defensive sets).
2. It's great to see Klay on the bench with his teammates. How often do injured players actually travel with the team? It's just so obvious that Klay loves being with the team, on the bench, around the action. Little things like that just can't be overlooked when it comes to team unity, etc.