Game Thread: GSW vs POR, Happy New Year 2021
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Game Thread: GSW vs POR, Happy New Year 2021
Flush 2020 down the toilet
GAME DETAILS
WHO: Golden State Warriors (2-2) vs Portland Trailblazers (2-2)
WHEN: Friday, January 1, 2021 // 7:30 pm PST
WATCH: NBCSBA
Possible plays I will look for tonight
Steph-Dray PNR, Dray short roll lob to Wiseman dunker spot.
The Steph-Wise PNR with Steph passing to Dray who relays an alley oop to Wiseman
BE BOLD STEVE, try a Steph-Wiseman split cut with Dray in the post.
Your Game Thread
Please use this for your Game Thread purposes. I have to be somewhere, so I will be a lot less of a presence tonight. So be clever and kind to each other and remember in the end it’s just ten men throwing a ball at a piece of metal.
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Game Thread: GSW vs POR, Happy New Year 2021
There is just too much entropy in first unit right now including Wiseman in general and also Oubre+Wiggins trying to figure out motion offense. Kerr needs to reduce it and add to it incrementally instead of trying to hit home run given Oubre's motion offense BBIQ. Wiseman would be another choice but his development is critical for next year and future.
I don't think this is going to be a popular opinion but I think Oubre should move to second unit for sometime. Let him get his get stroke back in a simplified offensive unit. Ridiculous drop in his in 3 pt shooting can't all be statistical variance. He is his head because he is lost in trying to do the right thing in motion offense.
I would put in D Lee instead. Atleast he can spread the floor and has familiarity of playing with Steph+Dray. DLee is not great on defense but it's not like we are playing a great defense anyways
Paschall was a beast on the second unit! He was awesome as the center tonight and Steph needs to have a talk with Wannamaker about feeding the hot hand (my random impression was the Warriors might have been able to get close to even if Mannion was out there instead of Wannamaker because Paschall would have gotten more touches in the second quarter.) There are some adjustments to be had that make me think the Warriors have a decent chance to win on Sunday. But Oubre needs to buy into the whole pass up a good shot for a great shot concept.
Green was clearly struggling to find the flow, but the rotations make sense with him starting. Now the starting unit just needs to not completely suck on both ends of the floor with Green out there (This will eventually happen!)