I usually am semi- "proud" of "my team" in a way that sports fans will recognize. Sure I'm a fan, but it's not really a personal matter so I work hard to make it one. You sort of have to do this mental jiujitsu to really pretend that the Dubs are "my" team. But in reality, they don't know me, I don't know them, and so it's not exactly accurate to say that I'm super proud of their character as human beings whom I know. Mostly it's more being pleased that they outscore the opponent or show hard work and grit in a sporting event, flashy play, or maybe determination in the face of injury, and so on, and let it add up to pride in my team. So I *say* I'm proud of my team -- but it's not like the pride I have in my children or something.
But Kerr's speech is different. Makes me truly proud to be a Warrior fan. It's not just that he's right, it's not just that he is using his platform when he could choose not to, it's that, like all of us, he gets emotional and vulnerable. I'm sure a part of him said, "I don't want to share that vulnerability with the world." But then he did it anyway. It's an inspirational reminder to all of us that speaking up for the things we believe in is the right thing to do. As Maggie Kuhn said, "Speak your mind -- even if your voice shakes."
I’m a Kuminga fan and get excited every time he enters a game. He’s exceeded what anyone could’ve reasonably expected on draft day. However, I think some of us are slipping into an irrational booster/apologist role where any time he doesn’t do well it’s the coaches or his teammates’ fault. If he’s so critical that that Kerr’s an fool for not playing him, he shouldn’t need a custom-built lineup around him.
The staff know more about his abilities and faults as both player and person player than we do. After watching his lack of effort in garbage time and G-League games, I suspect there might be some maturity/coachability issues going on as well. You hear everyone on the team gush about the effort, maturity and work ethic of Moody, but I haven’t seen much of that talk about JFK coming from the team.
Watched a Moody interview: he's 19, he looks 29, he sounds like 39 years old. When he goes bald and with grey hair on the beard, will it be like having a HOF in the lineup? Shall we change biblical, Moses with Mathusalem?
That 4tj quarter made it one of my fav losses. So great Mavs had to bring out their starters in an elimination game in the WCF after having a 29 point lead. Ha!
About Kerr's speech on the facts of Uvalde (which was already quite impressive). Imagine his reaction if he knew that, following the barbarian invasion of Ukraine by Russia, those same 50 senators, and NATO governments Italy included, are supporting the evenly barbarian revenge of Ukrainian Army, with NATO weapons and foreign fighters, in a very lucrative scenario, where the bitterest price is paid by thousands, and thousands, and thousands children, women, elderly people from Ukraine first, and now from Donetsk, Luhansk and Transnistria. I know I ask a lot of your notorious weakness in geography, but these last three are Nations, yes they are, and under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, they have right to the political independence and recognition they asked and confirmed by referendums. Those nations are the key to a peaceful solution that no one seems to pursuit. Those are the real victims.
And those 50 senators, and NATO governors, and Russian government, are the real butchers.
May 25, 2022·edited May 25, 2022Liked by Eric Apricot
Ha! I knew from the eye test that they had adjusted. Didn't know that Warriors tried to adjust to that at start of third but that would explain eye test of warriors lost on D worse than first half since they tried to adjust on the fly.
From Slater's article on The Athletic ($):
"....3-2 zone that has given Dallas trouble...., Jason Kidd attacked it differently."
"...The point of the strategy is pretty simple: put an extra player on one side of the court and the zone, in its base form, won’t have an extra defender to cover up that shooter...."
Man… was so excited to see what would happen when they brought Steph in down only 8 at the end. Then Kuminga (with an assist from Bjelica) screwed up a rotation real bad, and Kuminga tried to make up for it on the other end and got called for a charge, and Bullock made a 3, and the game was over.
Ok doomsayers. I thought that was a pretty good game from the Dubs. Obviously a better game from the Mavs but hittting 20 3s like they did, especially so many early, is going to put the game away. So many positives from the youngins playing their hearts out and getting us back in it. Forcing the Mavs to bring back the starters. That’s a victory.
Drink more friends, it will still those unruly hearts. Dubs have this.
I was pretty frustrated after the first half. Shut it off in the middle of the third. Turned it back on for the fourth. Bench mob looked great. Kuminga and Moody are one summer away from being legit rotation pieces I think. I doubt we see Bjelica next year, but he was playing nice, like a Euro league MVP or something. Let’s get ‘em Thursday.
It was clear that Kerr felt the objective was completed in Game 3 with the road split and wasn't going to expend a huge effort chasing this one as soon as we saw the Poole/Kuminga/Moody lineup to start the second and also after a stoppage 3 minutes in when they were losing contact.
The Warriors have access to all types of biometric markers or whatever so if they felt like this was the right call, fair enough. Win in Game 5 and it doesn't matter. Hopefully OPJ can come back.
Good job by the kids coming back to the point where Bullock/DFS/Doncic all had to play reasonably big minutes, hopefully that pays dividends in Game 5. That said, personally I do not want to see Kuminga playing in Game 5.
I usually am semi- "proud" of "my team" in a way that sports fans will recognize. Sure I'm a fan, but it's not really a personal matter so I work hard to make it one. You sort of have to do this mental jiujitsu to really pretend that the Dubs are "my" team. But in reality, they don't know me, I don't know them, and so it's not exactly accurate to say that I'm super proud of their character as human beings whom I know. Mostly it's more being pleased that they outscore the opponent or show hard work and grit in a sporting event, flashy play, or maybe determination in the face of injury, and so on, and let it add up to pride in my team. So I *say* I'm proud of my team -- but it's not like the pride I have in my children or something.
But Kerr's speech is different. Makes me truly proud to be a Warrior fan. It's not just that he's right, it's not just that he is using his platform when he could choose not to, it's that, like all of us, he gets emotional and vulnerable. I'm sure a part of him said, "I don't want to share that vulnerability with the world." But then he did it anyway. It's an inspirational reminder to all of us that speaking up for the things we believe in is the right thing to do. As Maggie Kuhn said, "Speak your mind -- even if your voice shakes."
Let as all remember that the players are gentlemen!
So let's crush them on Thursday.
I’m a Kuminga fan and get excited every time he enters a game. He’s exceeded what anyone could’ve reasonably expected on draft day. However, I think some of us are slipping into an irrational booster/apologist role where any time he doesn’t do well it’s the coaches or his teammates’ fault. If he’s so critical that that Kerr’s an fool for not playing him, he shouldn’t need a custom-built lineup around him.
The staff know more about his abilities and faults as both player and person player than we do. After watching his lack of effort in garbage time and G-League games, I suspect there might be some maturity/coachability issues going on as well. You hear everyone on the team gush about the effort, maturity and work ethic of Moody, but I haven’t seen much of that talk about JFK coming from the team.
Watched a Moody interview: he's 19, he looks 29, he sounds like 39 years old. When he goes bald and with grey hair on the beard, will it be like having a HOF in the lineup? Shall we change biblical, Moses with Mathusalem?
That 4tj quarter made it one of my fav losses. So great Mavs had to bring out their starters in an elimination game in the WCF after having a 29 point lead. Ha!
Sorry for the OT.
About Kerr's speech on the facts of Uvalde (which was already quite impressive). Imagine his reaction if he knew that, following the barbarian invasion of Ukraine by Russia, those same 50 senators, and NATO governments Italy included, are supporting the evenly barbarian revenge of Ukrainian Army, with NATO weapons and foreign fighters, in a very lucrative scenario, where the bitterest price is paid by thousands, and thousands, and thousands children, women, elderly people from Ukraine first, and now from Donetsk, Luhansk and Transnistria. I know I ask a lot of your notorious weakness in geography, but these last three are Nations, yes they are, and under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, they have right to the political independence and recognition they asked and confirmed by referendums. Those nations are the key to a peaceful solution that no one seems to pursuit. Those are the real victims.
And those 50 senators, and NATO governors, and Russian government, are the real butchers.
Tell Kerr. His anger will know no bounds.
https://www.radiocolonna.it/public/images/2022/03/laika-ucraina.jpg
Ha! I knew from the eye test that they had adjusted. Didn't know that Warriors tried to adjust to that at start of third but that would explain eye test of warriors lost on D worse than first half since they tried to adjust on the fly.
From Slater's article on The Athletic ($):
"....3-2 zone that has given Dallas trouble...., Jason Kidd attacked it differently."
"...The point of the strategy is pretty simple: put an extra player on one side of the court and the zone, in its base form, won’t have an extra defender to cover up that shooter...."
https://theathletic.com/3332118/2022/05/25/warriors-mavericks-nba-playoffs?source=user-shared-article
Man… was so excited to see what would happen when they brought Steph in down only 8 at the end. Then Kuminga (with an assist from Bjelica) screwed up a rotation real bad, and Kuminga tried to make up for it on the other end and got called for a charge, and Bullock made a 3, and the game was over.
Kuminga wants it too bad right now, tbh…
Gentleman's sweep. Already booked.
Ok doomsayers. I thought that was a pretty good game from the Dubs. Obviously a better game from the Mavs but hittting 20 3s like they did, especially so many early, is going to put the game away. So many positives from the youngins playing their hearts out and getting us back in it. Forcing the Mavs to bring back the starters. That’s a victory.
Drink more friends, it will still those unruly hearts. Dubs have this.
https://mobile.twitter.com/PointForward4/status/1528907865645121536
Andre, Evan Turner and JP doing a post game spaces, if anyone is interested.
I'm really nervous, guys, have the Mavs discovered our weakness, that all they have to do is hit twice as many 3-pt shots as us?!?!
I was pretty frustrated after the first half. Shut it off in the middle of the third. Turned it back on for the fourth. Bench mob looked great. Kuminga and Moody are one summer away from being legit rotation pieces I think. I doubt we see Bjelica next year, but he was playing nice, like a Euro league MVP or something. Let’s get ‘em Thursday.
It was clear that Kerr felt the objective was completed in Game 3 with the road split and wasn't going to expend a huge effort chasing this one as soon as we saw the Poole/Kuminga/Moody lineup to start the second and also after a stoppage 3 minutes in when they were losing contact.
The Warriors have access to all types of biometric markers or whatever so if they felt like this was the right call, fair enough. Win in Game 5 and it doesn't matter. Hopefully OPJ can come back.
Good job by the kids coming back to the point where Bullock/DFS/Doncic all had to play reasonably big minutes, hopefully that pays dividends in Game 5. That said, personally I do not want to see Kuminga playing in Game 5.
Is it just me, or was tonight's game reminiscent of game 4 2015 WCF against the Rockets? I think Rockets shot lights out in that game.
I've got Warriors winning the series in 5 games, BTW. However, I predicted that the Warriors will lose game 3 and win game 4.