And that also ignores JTA almost turning the ball over multiple times down the stretch, including a slow floater of a pass thrown way up court that became a 50/50 ball Steph saved, and a handoff that got blown up so badly Steph had to race the defender into the backcourt to barely save it. JTA can be a great player without a doubt. But given that it was pretty hard to see what JK did to get pulled from the game three minutes into the second half, it's easy to imagine JK getting instantly pulled out of the game after any of those plays.
Worries me a little bit that they're building up JFK's expectations ("you're going to start and fill in for Draymond!") and then holding him to an absurdly different standard than the players who replace him.
TICKETS FOR TONIGHTS GAME: Hey Dub Family, I have two tickets for tonight’s game that I cannot use because I am out of town due to a family emergency. I really just want to recoup the money I paid for them. They are in section 121, seven rows from the court, behind the basket on Warriors side. $300 for both. DM me on twitter; you can transfer money on PayPal, and need an account on Warriors Ticketmaster for me to transfer them to you.
My twitter is @Mariamaria2u
I will delete this message when they are sold. Peace, WGG
I may be bit of a Mavs fan after Cuban released his online pharmacy. It is truly criminal what people are charged. Hope it helps. https://costplusdrugs.com/
Draymond wasn't at the arena, right? Because I think that game in particular really needed Dray's in your face fire.
Apparently, Kerr said he benched Kuminga for being undisciplined? But where's the accountability for Wiggins being in a fog all game? For Curry not once, but twice, forgetting about the inbounder and giving up a wide open 3.
Is Kerr too scared to call out his vets? We all know Draymond would say it to their faces.
Well done Daniel Hardee. This write-up is truly an example of making lemonade from lemons. As I was extremely down from a crushingly disappointing loss you actually got me to 'pull my head out' and learn something. Thank you.
I looked back at one of the close games where the Warriors did foul when they were up three. It was the 10/21 game against the Clippers earlier this season. After Curry hit two FTs to put the Warriors up 115-112, Looney fouled Zubac with 3.7 seconds left to go. Zubac hit the first FT, missed the second, and Paul George got the offensive rebound, but he didn't have time to score and the Warriors won.
Coaches, especially Coach Kerr needs rest too. Keep the # 2 seed( until All star week). We don’t want coaches make mental mistakes in game #7 playoffs 😱
After this game, Warriors offensive efficiency has fallen to #11. It feels like their offensive efficiency in the past several games without Draymond has fallen to bottom 10 in the league or something.
I'm going to propose something crazy: Last night's game was actually pretty exciting, especially considering how close they came to winning when the shots of everyone but Steph were completely broken. To me, regardless of who they were playing, there were some good things to focus on. JK was a big part of it, and I understand the frustration about him not coming back. They needed him badly.
Amid all the talk of the dubs players and team being trash now, I'm pretty excited that Steph's shot came back in a big way. He looked great last night. That may matter to me more than an isolated team victory right now.
Jan 21, 2022Liked by punk basketball, Daniel Hardee
Kuminga and Duarte have a lot of interesting parallels. Let's take a look.
Duarte grew up in the Dominican Republic and moved to upstate NY at age 18 to finish (or re-do?) two years of high school at a sports-focused boarding school. At age 20 he went to Northwest Florida State (a 2 year school) to improve his basketball and English. At 22 he switched to Oregon and had a solid two years there. Finally at age 24 he enters the NBA draft this year and goes to Indiana.
Kuminga grew up in the Congo. He moved to the US at age 14 and went to three different high schools (in West Virginia, NY, and NJ) as he developed his basketball experience. The first and third of these were basketball focused boarding schools. Instead of senior year of high school, at age 18 he joined the G League Ignite. Drafted by the Dubs, he turned 19 in October of 2021.
With the Pacers Duarte fairly quickly got incorporated into the team's system. This year he's played in 38 games, started 26, and has played over 1100 minutes. He's averaging over 16.8 minutes per 36 minutes played and has been developing into a decent defender. Not ROY but a very good rookie.
As we all know, Kuminga has been brought along more slowly (4 starts in 33 games played, 389 total minutes). He's at 19.8 points per 36 minutes. Both offense and defense have been choppy but improving steadily.
Comparing these two guys is rough. Duarte is 5 years older and has 4 years of college hoops under his belt. He has gotten way more playing time with the Pacers and appears to be a solid up and coming NBA player.
Both of these International guys have had unusual journeys getting to the NBA. They both separated from their families fairly young, and have been deep inside the world of basketball youth talent development. For Duarte, this started at 18. For Kuminga at 14! Duarte probably had some semblance of real college experiences at NWFS and Oregon, but who knows. Probably never been to Indiana before moving there to play for the Pacers.
Kuminga is still basically a kid, separated from his family for 5 years and tossed around on the whims of the basketball gods. Why did he go to three different high schools in three years? Was he able to develop those great youthful friendships that we all remember fondly? Challenging when you move every year. In the last few years, he's been on the road with the G League and the Dubs, and also has had to deal with the isolation of Covid. I know we have crazy high hopes dreams and expectations for kids like Kuminga, but put in the context of his youth, immaturity, and personal experience of the last 5 years and I'm utterly amazed that he's progressed as far as he has. He has precious little formal education. He has no long term friends to lean on. Hopefully his family has come from the Congo to give him some stability. When we talk about him being a project for the Dubs, it isn't just about basketball. He needs a father, mother, brother, sister, and best friend or three and he's had to find those after having moved to San Francisco in August and playing full time pro NBA. I'm rooting for him and I really hope the Dubs are investing in Kuminga as a human being as much as they are as a basketball player.
Back to Duarte - sure either of these guys are projects in different ways, though at age 24 Duarte has a lot more life & basketball under his belt. I think Kuminga will develop into a more significant talent and impact player than Duarte over time. But at this point I think more - much much more - will depend on his development as a person, emerging from childhood, than on honing his basketball skills. But I'm rooting for him!
Frustrating on so many levels. Beaten by an inferior team after playing terrible and still having a chance. I’m just a fan and still upset about it. If I were a coach or player on that team I would not be fun to be around right now.
Old news but can anyone explain why GP2 got a tech when the crazed opponent head butted him?
JTA: 1 assist, 2 turnovers, 4 fouls, 15 minutes
JK: 3 assists,1 turnover, 3 fouls, 15 minutes
And that also ignores JTA almost turning the ball over multiple times down the stretch, including a slow floater of a pass thrown way up court that became a 50/50 ball Steph saved, and a handoff that got blown up so badly Steph had to race the defender into the backcourt to barely save it. JTA can be a great player without a doubt. But given that it was pretty hard to see what JK did to get pulled from the game three minutes into the second half, it's easy to imagine JK getting instantly pulled out of the game after any of those plays.
Worries me a little bit that they're building up JFK's expectations ("you're going to start and fill in for Draymond!") and then holding him to an absurdly different standard than the players who replace him.
TICKETS FOR TONIGHTS GAME: Hey Dub Family, I have two tickets for tonight’s game that I cannot use because I am out of town due to a family emergency. I really just want to recoup the money I paid for them. They are in section 121, seven rows from the court, behind the basket on Warriors side. $300 for both. DM me on twitter; you can transfer money on PayPal, and need an account on Warriors Ticketmaster for me to transfer them to you.
My twitter is @Mariamaria2u
I will delete this message when they are sold. Peace, WGG
I may be bit of a Mavs fan after Cuban released his online pharmacy. It is truly criminal what people are charged. Hope it helps. https://costplusdrugs.com/
Draymond wasn't at the arena, right? Because I think that game in particular really needed Dray's in your face fire.
Apparently, Kerr said he benched Kuminga for being undisciplined? But where's the accountability for Wiggins being in a fog all game? For Curry not once, but twice, forgetting about the inbounder and giving up a wide open 3.
Is Kerr too scared to call out his vets? We all know Draymond would say it to their faces.
For the record, though I liked Duarte as an immediate rotation piece for the Warriors, I preferred JK, and preferred Moody to both lol.
Well done Daniel Hardee. This write-up is truly an example of making lemonade from lemons. As I was extremely down from a crushingly disappointing loss you actually got me to 'pull my head out' and learn something. Thank you.
I looked back at one of the close games where the Warriors did foul when they were up three. It was the 10/21 game against the Clippers earlier this season. After Curry hit two FTs to put the Warriors up 115-112, Looney fouled Zubac with 3.7 seconds left to go. Zubac hit the first FT, missed the second, and Paul George got the offensive rebound, but he didn't have time to score and the Warriors won.
Re-watch this until 7 pm today
https://www.instagram.com/p/CY-u7W_LWF5/?utm_medium=copy_link
GP2 thinks the game was Head scratcher too😆
https://www.instagram.com/warriors/p/CY-uYo-PGkk/?utm_medium=copy_link
Coaches, especially Coach Kerr needs rest too. Keep the # 2 seed( until All star week). We don’t want coaches make mental mistakes in game #7 playoffs 😱
After this game, Warriors offensive efficiency has fallen to #11. It feels like their offensive efficiency in the past several games without Draymond has fallen to bottom 10 in the league or something.
I'm going to propose something crazy: Last night's game was actually pretty exciting, especially considering how close they came to winning when the shots of everyone but Steph were completely broken. To me, regardless of who they were playing, there were some good things to focus on. JK was a big part of it, and I understand the frustration about him not coming back. They needed him badly.
Amid all the talk of the dubs players and team being trash now, I'm pretty excited that Steph's shot came back in a big way. He looked great last night. That may matter to me more than an isolated team victory right now.
Kuminga and Duarte have a lot of interesting parallels. Let's take a look.
Duarte grew up in the Dominican Republic and moved to upstate NY at age 18 to finish (or re-do?) two years of high school at a sports-focused boarding school. At age 20 he went to Northwest Florida State (a 2 year school) to improve his basketball and English. At 22 he switched to Oregon and had a solid two years there. Finally at age 24 he enters the NBA draft this year and goes to Indiana.
Kuminga grew up in the Congo. He moved to the US at age 14 and went to three different high schools (in West Virginia, NY, and NJ) as he developed his basketball experience. The first and third of these were basketball focused boarding schools. Instead of senior year of high school, at age 18 he joined the G League Ignite. Drafted by the Dubs, he turned 19 in October of 2021.
With the Pacers Duarte fairly quickly got incorporated into the team's system. This year he's played in 38 games, started 26, and has played over 1100 minutes. He's averaging over 16.8 minutes per 36 minutes played and has been developing into a decent defender. Not ROY but a very good rookie.
As we all know, Kuminga has been brought along more slowly (4 starts in 33 games played, 389 total minutes). He's at 19.8 points per 36 minutes. Both offense and defense have been choppy but improving steadily.
Comparing these two guys is rough. Duarte is 5 years older and has 4 years of college hoops under his belt. He has gotten way more playing time with the Pacers and appears to be a solid up and coming NBA player.
Both of these International guys have had unusual journeys getting to the NBA. They both separated from their families fairly young, and have been deep inside the world of basketball youth talent development. For Duarte, this started at 18. For Kuminga at 14! Duarte probably had some semblance of real college experiences at NWFS and Oregon, but who knows. Probably never been to Indiana before moving there to play for the Pacers.
Kuminga is still basically a kid, separated from his family for 5 years and tossed around on the whims of the basketball gods. Why did he go to three different high schools in three years? Was he able to develop those great youthful friendships that we all remember fondly? Challenging when you move every year. In the last few years, he's been on the road with the G League and the Dubs, and also has had to deal with the isolation of Covid. I know we have crazy high hopes dreams and expectations for kids like Kuminga, but put in the context of his youth, immaturity, and personal experience of the last 5 years and I'm utterly amazed that he's progressed as far as he has. He has precious little formal education. He has no long term friends to lean on. Hopefully his family has come from the Congo to give him some stability. When we talk about him being a project for the Dubs, it isn't just about basketball. He needs a father, mother, brother, sister, and best friend or three and he's had to find those after having moved to San Francisco in August and playing full time pro NBA. I'm rooting for him and I really hope the Dubs are investing in Kuminga as a human being as much as they are as a basketball player.
Back to Duarte - sure either of these guys are projects in different ways, though at age 24 Duarte has a lot more life & basketball under his belt. I think Kuminga will develop into a more significant talent and impact player than Duarte over time. But at this point I think more - much much more - will depend on his development as a person, emerging from childhood, than on honing his basketball skills. But I'm rooting for him!
Frustrating on so many levels. Beaten by an inferior team after playing terrible and still having a chance. I’m just a fan and still upset about it. If I were a coach or player on that team I would not be fun to be around right now.
Oh, and when you have the Ghost of Turnovers Past making repeat appearances throughout the game, you are going to lose.