Dec 28, 2020Liked by punk basketball, Daniel Hardee
The biggest insight from last night's game is that Paschall will be playing quite a bit of smallball center to fill the Chriss hole. I'm thinking Wiseman will get the first 6 minutes of the first and third quarters (to pair him with Draymond as much as possible), Looney gets the last 6 minutes of the first and third quarters, and then the "bench unit" that rolls out to begin the second and fourth quarters could be:
Wanamaker
Lee/Bazemore/JTA*
Oubre
Wiggins
Paschall
Lee gives the most offense, JTA the most defense (he'd play the 4 in this lineup), and Bazemore is the compromise option. I'd lean toward Lee but it also depends on who Kerr plays with Curry because he might be playing a lot there after Oubre and Wiggins are taken out. JTA probably fits best with Curry, problem for him is Draymond fits even better and they play the same position. I think he might be more of a Draymond injury insurance type of player, but I can see him getting some minutes with this unit here and there. So far, Kerr has exclusively played Mulder with Curry, so I didn't consider him. Poole is the odd man out, his defense isn't good enough to play him at SG, so he's a Curry/Wanamaker backup to me.
Not an ideal second unit if Wiggins is your primary creator and Paschall is your defensive center, but it has a swarming Nellieball defense character to it and Paschall at center surrounded by 4 (decent) shooters is probably the way to maximize his isolation game.
And then to close the halves, they'd go with either Wiseman or Looney at center, or occasionally Draymond when it's a big game.
I watched the Bulls broadcast, so don’t know if it was broken down on the replay, but Lee almost completely screwed up that final play. He was off-balance almost fell inbounds before getting the ball to Looney.
On further review, Wiggins was mauled on that play where Loon ended up with the layup. Way worse than the foul Curry got the and1 on (which was still a foul, but much closer to a no call). The left arm in particular comes down and isn't vertical at all (although his body is) and just hammers Wiggins, no call. Sigh...
Warriors currently third in the league at 41.7 threes attempted per game behind Utah and Toronto. It makes sense, when you are worse at shooting, you need to shoot more threes to keep up.
Watching Wiseman clearing wide swaths of driving lane space for Wiggins, my tune has changed a bit as to when Wiseman plays. Originally I thought his minutes should be almost exclusively paired with Curry. Now I think Wiseman's minutes should be paired with Wiggins and let Looney close out each quarter. If Kerr reluctant to go high PNR with Curry then maybe he'll be less reluctant letting Wiggins run it with Wiseman and having a couple of shooters spaced out in the corners for the drive and kick.
Two sequences that stood out to me: Wanamaker defense that quickly erased a 4-5 point deficit. Oubre’s defense that energized the team and got them in the position for the win. I love the active hands, willingness to get in passing lanes and pick up full court. I am not concerned about Oubre’s shooting. His vision at times was frustrating but just a few days ago he was talking about still getting to know his teammates-let alone knowing how to play with them. It will be great to get Dray back, but even more important is for this team to go through adversity together, to support each other and to emerge stronger. They have the personalities to do it, but it may be hard to watch at times. Hang in there Dubs fans, it will get better.
I mean, really? Dlo has transformed the Wolves 3 games into the season? Lol! I love how the writer glances over the prospect of a probable top 10 pick from MIN next draft
The biggest insight from last night's game is that Paschall will be playing quite a bit of smallball center to fill the Chriss hole. I'm thinking Wiseman will get the first 6 minutes of the first and third quarters (to pair him with Draymond as much as possible), Looney gets the last 6 minutes of the first and third quarters, and then the "bench unit" that rolls out to begin the second and fourth quarters could be:
Wanamaker
Lee/Bazemore/JTA*
Oubre
Wiggins
Paschall
Lee gives the most offense, JTA the most defense (he'd play the 4 in this lineup), and Bazemore is the compromise option. I'd lean toward Lee but it also depends on who Kerr plays with Curry because he might be playing a lot there after Oubre and Wiggins are taken out. JTA probably fits best with Curry, problem for him is Draymond fits even better and they play the same position. I think he might be more of a Draymond injury insurance type of player, but I can see him getting some minutes with this unit here and there. So far, Kerr has exclusively played Mulder with Curry, so I didn't consider him. Poole is the odd man out, his defense isn't good enough to play him at SG, so he's a Curry/Wanamaker backup to me.
Not an ideal second unit if Wiggins is your primary creator and Paschall is your defensive center, but it has a swarming Nellieball defense character to it and Paschall at center surrounded by 4 (decent) shooters is probably the way to maximize his isolation game.
And then to close the halves, they'd go with either Wiseman or Looney at center, or occasionally Draymond when it's a big game.
I watched the Bulls broadcast, so don’t know if it was broken down on the replay, but Lee almost completely screwed up that final play. He was off-balance almost fell inbounds before getting the ball to Looney.
On further review, Wiggins was mauled on that play where Loon ended up with the layup. Way worse than the foul Curry got the and1 on (which was still a foul, but much closer to a no call). The left arm in particular comes down and isn't vertical at all (although his body is) and just hammers Wiggins, no call. Sigh...
Warriors currently third in the league at 41.7 threes attempted per game behind Utah and Toronto. It makes sense, when you are worse at shooting, you need to shoot more threes to keep up.
https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/three-pointers-attempted-per-game
Watching Wiseman clearing wide swaths of driving lane space for Wiggins, my tune has changed a bit as to when Wiseman plays. Originally I thought his minutes should be almost exclusively paired with Curry. Now I think Wiseman's minutes should be paired with Wiggins and let Looney close out each quarter. If Kerr reluctant to go high PNR with Curry then maybe he'll be less reluctant letting Wiggins run it with Wiseman and having a couple of shooters spaced out in the corners for the drive and kick.
Oubre was just doing his best to make my prediction that he would make a 3 wrong. For the next game, I'm going to predict that he won't make one.
Two sequences that stood out to me: Wanamaker defense that quickly erased a 4-5 point deficit. Oubre’s defense that energized the team and got them in the position for the win. I love the active hands, willingness to get in passing lanes and pick up full court. I am not concerned about Oubre’s shooting. His vision at times was frustrating but just a few days ago he was talking about still getting to know his teammates-let alone knowing how to play with them. It will be great to get Dray back, but even more important is for this team to go through adversity together, to support each other and to emerge stronger. They have the personalities to do it, but it may be hard to watch at times. Hang in there Dubs fans, it will get better.
OT
har to share this hilarious article.
https://clutchpoints.com/dangelo-russell-andrew-wiggins-trade-made-zero-sense-for-warriors/
I mean, really? Dlo has transformed the Wolves 3 games into the season? Lol! I love how the writer glances over the prospect of a probable top 10 pick from MIN next draft