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Hey, uh, Utah? Why are you losing to Indiana on your home court, with no injuries?

Exhibit A: Jordan Clarkson, 2-10 from three in this game, and this year 23% from three, down from 34% last year. Keep shootin' Jordan.

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Now that the whipping boy Wiggins revived for one game, I will turn my wrath on Jordan Poole. We all know that Poole is a volume shooter and he has learned to do some other things in his 3 seasons here. But he has suffered from poor scoring efficiency in every season he has played in. Volume shooting and missing a lot has plagued him. It's improved so don't get me wrong, but he cannot be relied on to be consistent yet. He is now holding the worst scoring efficiency stat of all the rotation players. He will probably move to the bench when Klay reappears but starting is going to be a struggle for him. He is also not a great defender but he has quick hands. I like his Steph-like movement off the ball and this could be more useful off the bench. Both Porter and Bjelica are better spot up shooters so they could thrive with Poole's running around and being setup by Poole. Poole could develop to be our prime bench ball handler, facilitating the offense if he is focused not only on his own shot. He shoots way too much. With Iggy also helping facilitate, this could be a very powerful scoring bench and Poole could finally come into his own if he learns to play his role with more discipline.

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For discussion: If Dray needs a night off, who do we think gets the start? There are really a lot of options:

1. JTA seems like a good candidate to start. He’s familiar with playing that role and knows how to find Curry. He’s also had his minutes curtailed because of all the depth and it’s looked like he’s pressing trying to make things happen in short minutes. (The game Iggy sat and he got more minutes was a notable exception.) Kerr throwing him a bone and letting him start would send a message that he’s still important/appreciated and would seem like the Kerr thing to do.

2. Iggy would give them playmaking and defense, but they probably don’t want to wear him down to start the game.

3. Bjelly would probably do well, but I’m guessing they want him as the only other 5.

4. I could also see OPJ starting in a sort of KD-esque PF role. He’s give them rebounding, but not a lot of playmaking, but they’d have to rely on Poole and Steph for the play-making.

5. Kuminga??!! Very probably not.

6. Something crazy like sliding Wiggins to PF and starting Lee or Moody at wing is possible, but not likely.

Any other ideas?

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Daniel Hardee

I was looking back at the old “my worst take” articles and came across this from Mr Hardee: “Hey! My first viral video! Did you know I recorded this audio on my Playstation 4 microphone because my studio equipment was stolen? A story for another time...” (in reference to the man who didn’t want to play with Steph curry). Can we have the studio stolen equipment woven into a future article?

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So... looking ahead:

The Bulls seem to have a solid 6 man rotation... but they are not deep (with Williams out for the season). Get them in foul trouble and/or run them off the floor. If they want to play Vucevic his normal 34MPG, Steph should feast, right?

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs, Daniel Hardee

Kerr must be pissed.

If the Warriors keep this up he's going to forced to coach the All-Star Game again.

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Uh oh, wife’s awake….better look busy…..see y’all

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Daniel Hardee

We're literally one random ending short of being undefeated right now.

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs, Daniel Hardee

Headline/ Iguodala Puts End to Random Endings

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs

Heck yea! 30 assists! 39% 3 point shooting on 44 shots! But kinda got torched on the boards (41 boards vs 53). Wait … those are the Timberwolves’ numbers???!!?

A different angle: by the classic numbers the Warriors had an odd/bad game.

- 23 assists

- 27.5 3 point shooting (11 of 40)

Making up for it with good rim work - see rebounding - good defense, smart ball movement, team depth, and all the other things we’ve been discussing.

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs, Daniel Hardee

Another fun game last night for sure. Great too see Looney and Wiggs step up, Porter and Bjeli anchor their minutes, smart plays from Andre, Steph, JTA. So many ways to do damage.

Anthony Edwards becoming an unstoppable scoring machine had me a little anxious in the second half. But we’ve seen this movie a zillion times - a single excellent player on a weak team is not enough. He will go far! But probably on a different team …

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Daniel Hardee

Wiggins looked seriously pumped up after that first dunk on KAT. Andre and GPII are just out there having fun like a couple of kids on the playground.

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs

SoS musings; yes, we all know the Warriors have had the easiest schedule in the league to date. It's undeniable. Let me note a few other teams that have also had easy schedules that don't seem to get talked about as much:

#27 Sixers

#26 Suns

#25 Lakers

#24 Jazz

#23 Bulls

#22 Clippers

On a related note, five of the top six teams who have faced the toughest schedules have played the Warriors.

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs, Daniel Hardee

Great stuff, Daniel. LOL...DUBS 10-1...Lead league with a +13.6 Differential, also....Klay and our 7 ft work-in-progress on the way, to boot...Kerr/GM DOING A GREAT JOB...Bummer with Dray's injury; quad contusions very tricky if they are deep/on bone type...I still get reminders where mine was on rainy days, 45 yrs later...Wigs was always capable of this every night; team just needs time to find the right chemistry/balance...hard to do with so many young guys developing talent, but, should be there by the time Klay gets back to work him in with known quantities...gonna be a fun season....sky is the limit, but, we gonna need another big-big....

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Nov 11, 2021Liked by Duby Dub Dubs, Daniel Hardee

Unaggressive Wiggs with the mild knee injury and lack of game shape is still somehow averaging 21.3 pts on .577 ts. If he’s now going to build on that, cool. But I’ll take those numbers all day when you throw in his ability to guard 1-4 with ease and run all day while being arguably the most durable player in the league.

(Wasn’t someone in here just saying yesterday that he sucks?)

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