Okay, now we have an estimate (thanks Being) on how much the contract renewals and keeping the core intact will cost (infinite thanks Joe Lacob, love you). Is out there any marketing mastermind that can estimate what would be the gains for GSW from existing and new sponsors, direct or indirect thru NBA, considering likely victory of a container of LOB trophies, further BIG YEN from Rakuten and Japanese companies endeared by JP and his meerkat, and so on?
The dunk options in this one are a virtual dead heat. Impossible for me to pick a clear winner.
I'll go with #FIVE out of love for Barnes and the fact that Wiggs is going to end up in the final/semi for that dunk on Doncic. Really, he may have two of the four in the semi, as the dunk on Brandon Clarke in the hurt-GPII game was nasty.
#FIVE Not only is Barnes' dunk athletically impressive, it's over an excellent rim protector. Plus I think Wiggs' dunk over Luka is more iconic than this one.
Flying to Des Moines tomorrow. Going to catch the game from the hotel as I prep for an interview the next day. Nothing can go wrong with this plan, right?
I’m actually really surprised people have that Wiggins dunk over Barnes. as I said In The last thread there are four dunks I remember: klay over Singler, Baron over Ak47, Wiggins but against Luka and Barnes against Pekovic.
Patrick Baldwin Jr. is questionable for the Warriors in the season opener with a right thumb sprain. Andre Iguodala starts season inactive. Left hip injury management. Otherwise clean report for Warriors. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook all probable for Lakers.
“I told Bob that I’ve turned into Bear Bryant,” Kerr said. “I just go on the tower and stare down at practice every day. Except I don’t have a tower. But it really does feel like, given the continuity we have from a year ago and the work Jama and Kenny did in the summer with our coaching staff, it feels like a machine right now. Those guys have done an amazing job. Everything is clicking really smoothly.”
The Warriors have what they call the Golden Hour. It refers to the first 60 minutes of practice. The young players are called to the court to go over offensive and defensive concepts and do some tedious 5-on-0 drill work, while the veterans — who have no use for teaching they already know — spend that time in the weight room or training room working on their bodies.
> The Warriors are just really good at what they do, and they know who they are.
But what really struck my fancy was this line from the section about the T-Wolves (#11 overall, in "Tier 3: Playoffs").
> The Minnesota Timberwolves are going for it. It’s fair to question if this is the correct way to go for it, but they’re going for it.
🤣 My thoughts exactly.
I personally haven't put together a list of predictions, but I'm reasonably confident I can outperform FiveThirtyEight's predictions (Dubs: 11th best record overall, 6% chance of winning the title compared with 21% for Boston) so I should probably get on that before the season officially starts.
#5. Just a better dunk.
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Okay, now we have an estimate (thanks Being) on how much the contract renewals and keeping the core intact will cost (infinite thanks Joe Lacob, love you). Is out there any marketing mastermind that can estimate what would be the gains for GSW from existing and new sponsors, direct or indirect thru NBA, considering likely victory of a container of LOB trophies, further BIG YEN from Rakuten and Japanese companies endeared by JP and his meerkat, and so on?
The dunk options in this one are a virtual dead heat. Impossible for me to pick a clear winner.
I'll go with #FIVE out of love for Barnes and the fact that Wiggs is going to end up in the final/semi for that dunk on Doncic. Really, he may have two of the four in the semi, as the dunk on Brandon Clarke in the hurt-GPII game was nasty.
#FIVE Not only is Barnes' dunk athletically impressive, it's over an excellent rim protector. Plus I think Wiggs' dunk over Luka is more iconic than this one.
@TwoRingTest, I consider the way the two-way contract situation played out to be an L for me with Weatherspoon getting cut, so enjoy the likes
I forgot Kenny almost signed up for the Hornets job (Miles Bridges, now Bouknight).
#FIVE
Not an easy call. I'm going with #FIVE because it is so perfectly executed. But Wiggins gave us two dunks for the price of one.
KPJ gets 4/82? Can’t help but feel like that’s a steal next to JP, Herro and the other guard contracts this summer.
Flying to Des Moines tomorrow. Going to catch the game from the hotel as I prep for an interview the next day. Nothing can go wrong with this plan, right?
I’m actually really surprised people have that Wiggins dunk over Barnes. as I said In The last thread there are four dunks I remember: klay over Singler, Baron over Ak47, Wiggins but against Luka and Barnes against Pekovic.
Patrick Baldwin Jr. is questionable for the Warriors in the season opener with a right thumb sprain. Andre Iguodala starts season inactive. Left hip injury management. Otherwise clean report for Warriors. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook all probable for Lakers.
https://theathletic.com/realtime/6He0dPVooPd6/?source=app_brief_share
Anthony has two-timeline plan thoughts:
https://theathletic.com/3661519/2022/10/17/golden-state-warriors-title-defense/?source=user_shared_article
“I told Bob that I’ve turned into Bear Bryant,” Kerr said. “I just go on the tower and stare down at practice every day. Except I don’t have a tower. But it really does feel like, given the continuity we have from a year ago and the work Jama and Kenny did in the summer with our coaching staff, it feels like a machine right now. Those guys have done an amazing job. Everything is clicking really smoothly.”
The Warriors have what they call the Golden Hour. It refers to the first 60 minutes of practice. The young players are called to the court to go over offensive and defensive concepts and do some tedious 5-on-0 drill work, while the veterans — who have no use for teaching they already know — spend that time in the weight room or training room working on their bodies.
Is there not usually a pre-game review?
Or has it been sooooooo long, that I dont remember that the pre game review comes game day?
Feeling spoiled by our, yes OUR writers. Cant ever get enough!
The Athletic's power ranking starts the Dubs at #1. https://theathletic.com/3608925/2022/10/17/nba-power-rankings-season-opening/
> The Warriors are just really good at what they do, and they know who they are.
But what really struck my fancy was this line from the section about the T-Wolves (#11 overall, in "Tier 3: Playoffs").
> The Minnesota Timberwolves are going for it. It’s fair to question if this is the correct way to go for it, but they’re going for it.
🤣 My thoughts exactly.
I personally haven't put together a list of predictions, but I'm reasonably confident I can outperform FiveThirtyEight's predictions (Dubs: 11th best record overall, 6% chance of winning the title compared with 21% for Boston) so I should probably get on that before the season officially starts.