A note on Klay's return. Has anyone considered how much we as Warriors fans, all the NBA, and dare I say the entire known Universe, have invested in the moment Klay launches his first 3 point shot? Remembering Magic playing in the All-Star game. Any others? Are we talking ESPN or other news outlets going Live for his entrance into the game? Am I overplaying it? Will all Scaffolding work grind to a halt on his return? Will all of China show up late to work? Will everyone wear a headband and hug their dog? Will the Earth's magnetic pole migrate to the South so as to see him at the Chase Center on the way? Will Luke and Laura get back together? The anticipation is killing me.
Kevin Love and the Cavs are apparently working toward a buyout . . . the Warriors are almost certainly going to be interested. I'm a bit worried that the Lakers might grab him since he's friends with LBJ/Westbrook.
Nice deal for PDX, imo. Not earth-shattering, but the type of thing that makes you think maybe we shouldn’t be handing out final final off-season grades just yet.
I was going to write this in yesterday's open thread, but I'm glad I didn't because it fits so much better here:
There is a fair amount of uncertainty regarding what Klay will look like next season, with the most positive saying he'll be back 100% and the 2nd most negative saying he'll be old Kyle Korver (who, if you'll remember could shoot the lights out and then give up more points on D such that he was mostly unplayable). The most negative think he's done but I am not going to think about that.
Like anyone with a soul I have always loved the way Klay approaches the game (and life) and so I am dying to have him back at 100%. Based on what we know, even if that is possible, it seems unlikely that he will be there the first time he steps on the court. He won't have had nearly as much recovery time as KD and almost all other examples took a while to really get their seas legs back. The general consensus seems to be that, day one, he'll still be a great shooter with most of the concern revolving around his ability to play D and maybe to move off ball. If we accept that to be true, I still end up pretty optimistic that he will be a net positive even in the short term.
Offensively, last year's team just needed a guy who could shoot. If Klay he'd been standing still on the opposite side of the floor last year and just waiting for someone to pass him the ball, he probably makes the team 3 points better a game. Somewhere, somehow, even if it's with the 2nd string, punishing the other team's bench he's gonna make it a bit easier for this year's team to score even if he actually is old Korver and there is a lot fo reason to hope expect better than that.
Defensively, I just can't figure out how to project it. I mean he never relied on uber athleticism in the first place, so will he really lose THAT much? I guess it remains to be seen, but let's assume he can no longer contain the other team's best guard (at least for most of this season). It feels like this year's roster has some pretty good defenders and so it seems likely that the coaching staff can devise a system to pretty good defensively even with a reduced Klay on the floor.
Basically, in any scenario where Klay can play at all, I have a lot of reason to believe that overall, the team will be more effective over 48 minutes than they would be without him from day 1 (ok, maybe day 7) and a fair amount of reason to hope that, as he works his way back, he will add more and more to the team so that they are, as many of hope, really scary come playoff time regardless of seed.
And lastly, Warrior basketball is just more fun to watch when Klay is on the floor!
A note on Klay's return. Has anyone considered how much we as Warriors fans, all the NBA, and dare I say the entire known Universe, have invested in the moment Klay launches his first 3 point shot? Remembering Magic playing in the All-Star game. Any others? Are we talking ESPN or other news outlets going Live for his entrance into the game? Am I overplaying it? Will all Scaffolding work grind to a halt on his return? Will all of China show up late to work? Will everyone wear a headband and hug their dog? Will the Earth's magnetic pole migrate to the South so as to see him at the Chase Center on the way? Will Luke and Laura get back together? The anticipation is killing me.
Kevin Love and the Cavs are apparently working toward a buyout . . . the Warriors are almost certainly going to be interested. I'm a bit worried that the Lakers might grab him since he's friends with LBJ/Westbrook.
Great work Apricot!
I didn't fact check but Belly 50/66 from 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBLDm9xRxUU
OT: Shamsbomb.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1431287193918742531
Nice deal for PDX, imo. Not earth-shattering, but the type of thing that makes you think maybe we shouldn’t be handing out final final off-season grades just yet.
I was going to write this in yesterday's open thread, but I'm glad I didn't because it fits so much better here:
There is a fair amount of uncertainty regarding what Klay will look like next season, with the most positive saying he'll be back 100% and the 2nd most negative saying he'll be old Kyle Korver (who, if you'll remember could shoot the lights out and then give up more points on D such that he was mostly unplayable). The most negative think he's done but I am not going to think about that.
Like anyone with a soul I have always loved the way Klay approaches the game (and life) and so I am dying to have him back at 100%. Based on what we know, even if that is possible, it seems unlikely that he will be there the first time he steps on the court. He won't have had nearly as much recovery time as KD and almost all other examples took a while to really get their seas legs back. The general consensus seems to be that, day one, he'll still be a great shooter with most of the concern revolving around his ability to play D and maybe to move off ball. If we accept that to be true, I still end up pretty optimistic that he will be a net positive even in the short term.
Offensively, last year's team just needed a guy who could shoot. If Klay he'd been standing still on the opposite side of the floor last year and just waiting for someone to pass him the ball, he probably makes the team 3 points better a game. Somewhere, somehow, even if it's with the 2nd string, punishing the other team's bench he's gonna make it a bit easier for this year's team to score even if he actually is old Korver and there is a lot fo reason to hope expect better than that.
Defensively, I just can't figure out how to project it. I mean he never relied on uber athleticism in the first place, so will he really lose THAT much? I guess it remains to be seen, but let's assume he can no longer contain the other team's best guard (at least for most of this season). It feels like this year's roster has some pretty good defenders and so it seems likely that the coaching staff can devise a system to pretty good defensively even with a reduced Klay on the floor.
Basically, in any scenario where Klay can play at all, I have a lot of reason to believe that overall, the team will be more effective over 48 minutes than they would be without him from day 1 (ok, maybe day 7) and a fair amount of reason to hope that, as he works his way back, he will add more and more to the team so that they are, as many of hope, really scary come playoff time regardless of seed.
And lastly, Warrior basketball is just more fun to watch when Klay is on the floor!