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Lonzo and Wiseman would be too perfect together man let them go crazy against second units

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Lonzo may be auditioning to be a Jr Splash Bro. End of 3rd against the Bucks, he's the leading scorer with 24 pts, 6-11 from 3.

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Jan 30, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

At beginning of season, I commented we needed about 20 games to find out whether this team can mesh; find out if it had enough for a playoff push.

I stated my hope was we could hang around .500 while we found out what we had, and be ready to drive for a playoff berth.

Next game, game 20, Dubs will be at .500 or better, and on the playoff cusp.

Methinks we have a great shot at playoffs, and, have found the BIG Man coveted for over a decade.

Yes, Oubre's inconsistency is frustrating; nonetheless, I am convinced we should hang with him.

The schedule really gets even more challenging this next week; we win if we get through it at .500.

I like where we're at.

LGW

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Final thought: Is anyone else curious how they would do with Wiseman in Paschall’s role now that teams have figured out Paschall’s game a bit. One of the reasons the team is so inconsistent seems to be that some of the starters seem more intent on getting Wiseman going than on winningwhen he enters the game. Wiseman gets himself going just fine, and more naturally, with the bench.

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Is there a reason the team doesn't bring Looney back in with the starters in the 2nd? It seems like the Jazz game and this one were blown open after trending towards being competitive based upon Looney's lack of entry into the game in certain spots.

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"Road team loses 2nd game of back to back against home team on 2nd game of back to back" is never surprising. Before we explode things, let's just explore how often that happens (I saw a study that says a back to back that is first home then away is really hard to do, and usually that team loses 80% of the time). Yes, a very good team could overcome these rough situations, but right now this isn't a very good team. Warriors have flaws, beating up on a bad Timberwolves team just let us win in spite of those flaws. But this loss isn't very telling as far as what we really need to work on - besides consistency (because it wasn't the Suns defense that was making us shoot so horribly last night). Deep breaths.

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The more I see of this team, the more I think they need one more guy familiar with the system to help keep the overthinking and scrambling to a minimum. Can we get a push for trading Oubre for Iguodala going? I don't even care if he's very good any more, he'll pass and cut and help train guys up in the schemes. We just need one more player who knows wtf is going on on the court to help every one progress.

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Question for everyone: Normally I don’t worry about Joe Lacob’s money, but if the season were ending today, do you think he’d tell Meyers to let Oubre walk?

(Assume $15m + $50m cap hit, with no sign and trade options)

I’m having a really tough time seeing it.

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From a fan's point of view, this game is best forgotten, for the coaches, they have some work to do. I would say that from the part that I saw after I got the feed working, Oubre just looked like he had tired legs. He missed a couple of dunks because he just didn't get up above the rim which normally isn't a problem that he has.

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I have to apologize to the Minnesota fans. When they said there would be glimpses of greatness followed by utterly frustrating lapses of judgement- I dismissed them. When they said you will feel as if he had turned the corner, then he would revert back to where he had always been. Minnesota fans I am sorry I didn't listen to you. It was just that I thought you were talking about Andrew Wiggins not Kelly Oubre.

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Jan 29, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs

This game was pretty ugly. They just couldn't keep up the defense and gave up a bunch of easy layups and open threes, then couldn't make the same on the other end.

The game was still fairly close until the beginning of the 4th when we let the Suns get three wide open threes in a row while getting nothing for ourselves.

Part of it, I think, is we didn't play Looney at all the in the 4th. He wasn't looking amazing but Wiseman missed so many easy shots... The other part was guys just weren't knocking down their shots. Credit to Phoenix, they didn't give up a lot of easy ones, and blame the refs, they didn't give us free throws for ANYTHING.

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Since Apricot is devoted to analysis, maybe he can give some insight into Mulder, whom I have a very hard time figuring out why they don't use him more for shooting. Beside being a body for the roster, they don't seem to take him seriously and give him an opportunity to be the marksman that some claim him to be. You know when a guy like JJ Reddick comes into the game, you expect the ball to reach him so he can shoot. Once that ball gets into his hands, he's going to find a way to score more times than not. Lou Williams is another example. There is no reason to think that Mulder is on the same level as those two, so why do we even think about him as a scorer? Why not use his place for a lower tier big man who can fill a much needed role on the boards?

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Could it be that Steph Curry is the problem with this team? I don't mean this in a demeaning way at all because he is one of the gods of basketball. One of the prime characteristics of Steph is his constant motion, changing direction, and appearing at any place he can to get the ball thrown to him and score. Most players have a much more accessible role to their teammates. Curry is the man so most of the scoring is going to go through him. Players need to adjust their game because it is hard to keep up with Steph and focus on their own role at the same time. Draymond is perfect for Steph because he is not looking to score but pass and Klay is so used to being a Splash Bro, it comes as 2nd nature. Other players seem to have a much more difficult time integrating with Steph. His game is not only on another level, and players with an extremely high IQ might be able to figure it out. This team is not on that level. You don't have spot up shooters like Klay, although Wiggins is doing as well as he can, the rest of the club doesn't have the game to play with Steph. They underproduce regularly by deferring and not creating for others. When you need points, you find Curry. This can work with some opponents, but not the better teams who will shut down Steph enough to alter his game and there is no one good enough to dominate in his place. Wiggins should be a 3rd option, not a 2nd. Draymond's diminished offensive game can be tolerated because of his playmaking. The rest of the team doesn't execute on demand. This is just the offense.

Defense seems lost or inconsistent at best. All this talk about top 10 D is nonsense. You win championships with both O and D joining together. Serious flaws here, not fixable with the talent pool we have. It would take a miracle for everyone to be on the same page. The roster needs further tinkering and building for the future. I love watching Steph, but he is NOT the Warriors team. It's ain't working, so far. The optimists will dismiss this and keep hoping for the miracle. The only miracle here is Steph and the amount of money some of the other players make to field a mediocre team.

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This is just an impression and maybe an E1P would show otherwise but I don't like seeing guys like Oubre, Wiseman, and Draymond hesitate even a fraction of a second before shooting a jumper off the pass. I want them to catch and shoot immediately, in rhythm. Otherwise they overthink it and are more likely to miss. Again, just an impression, I have no evidence of this. I'm not talking about true shooters like Steph or Klay or Mulder.

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Anyway we could keep wiggins and Wiseman and get Beal?

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Jan 29, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs

Last night, Oubre and Wiseman were great - tonight they were horrible. Cutting slack for JW as he's just learning, but Oubre's had a lot of stinkers this year; if he misses a couple of shots early, then he seems to press and the suck spirals.

Favorite play of the game was when CP3 tried to take Looney off the dribble and lost the ball through the legs and out of bounds. The Warriors bench was just eating it up - guessing they're not big fans of CP3 either.

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