I am thankful for this team’s willingness to bring the energy every single night. I am grateful for the way they play together. I am grateful to the coaches for helping every player take advantage of their chances. And I am grateful for DNHQ for giving us a chance to experience it all together!
This team is so interesting to watch. Between the old guard, the redemption vets, the ex-G leaguers, and the youngsters, everybody has something different they’re fighting for. Because of all that, this team is more interesting than any of the 2014-2019 teams to me.
In the unlikely event that they end up on a big run and within striking distance of 70 wins, it feels like the journey wouldn’t even weigh them down because of the make up of the team, including that the integration of Klay and Wise will keep things interesting and engaging during the dregs of January.
I don't know if this has been posted already by anyone but Colin Cowherd and Marcus Thompson had a pretty good chat about the Warriors yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JXElz2DAxY
Minor stat that kinda indicates the change in intensity for me: at halftime they had, I think, like, 11 assists. Finished with 32. I wonder how many they had at the end of the 1st?
Bruh… they got some announcers on NBA game time who think KD was the dominant player on the warriors 73 win team… more chips on shoulders (and hopefully in rafters)
Poole: Absolute success even if he hasn't been the efficient 20 ppg scorer that we imagined in preseason, he's still averaging 18 ppg + has become a better defender (still has room to improve). He's begun having better shot selection as well so his arrow is only pointed up.
Kuminga: His shot remains trash, but he's demonstrates that he can play good defense, be a solid decision maker with passing, and utilize his athleticism/strength to score inside. Not great, but not bad either showing he can be a contributor Year One.
Moody: Hasn't really shown much, his lack of groundbound explosiveness is harming his ability to contribute allowing for opposing defenders to close out hard (harming his jump shot) while being able to recover because he can't punish them off the bounce. Defense has been fine and rebounding excellent.
Wiseman: Injured so . . . uncertain.
Overall, the youth movement results have been mixed but is looking up with Pooles improvement/Kuminga showing he can contribute/WIseman coming back from injury.
- Blazers (#3 in ORTG) are gonna be a defensive challenge but Dray blasts them away. So no worries.
- Clippers (#3 in DRTG) and Suns (#2 In DRTG) are gonna be offensive challenge especially two of those games being on road and Clippers game starting at 12:30 pm. Having Andre back by Clippers would be great. I think we split two Suns games and Clippers game will have random ending. So hopefully 2-1 or 1-2. Irrespective, I will be holding on to my undies during these games.
I didn’t read the whole game thread, but to all ye of little faith who were crying ‘game over’ when we were down 19: take your digital flagellation like adults. Or JTA gonna come to your house and steal your basketballs!
Great game, exciting comeback, and glory all over the place. Looney stuffs Drummond on one end and JTA posterizes him on the other. He’s going to need sedatives to forget this one.
Do you remember the Run TMC Days? We could hang with the Lakers for two quarters, but they would shift gears in the 3rd quarter and blow us away. It's fun to be a Dubs fan these days.
Nov 25, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball
Man, I was watching Kerr on the postgame presser as he talked about how certain he was that for the rest of the season, different bench players are gonna show up on different nights to help the team. And I was seeing a glimpse of how well he communicates with the players and preps all the players from the big FA vets to even the 15th man on the bench to show up when needed as well as be totally ok with losing minutes when it's not their night...
And I had a flashback to 2016, when Steve's back was killing him, and Luke was coaching the team to a 20+ game win streak. Back then, there were rumors of Steve retiring due to his back.
I'm sure he's grateful as heck that he got healthy and got the opportunity to coach such a different and varied team. This 2021 team is as much Kerr as anyone else. Proud of him.
I am thankful for this team’s willingness to bring the energy every single night. I am grateful for the way they play together. I am grateful to the coaches for helping every player take advantage of their chances. And I am grateful for DNHQ for giving us a chance to experience it all together!
This team is so interesting to watch. Between the old guard, the redemption vets, the ex-G leaguers, and the youngsters, everybody has something different they’re fighting for. Because of all that, this team is more interesting than any of the 2014-2019 teams to me.
In the unlikely event that they end up on a big run and within striking distance of 70 wins, it feels like the journey wouldn’t even weigh them down because of the make up of the team, including that the integration of Klay and Wise will keep things interesting and engaging during the dregs of January.
I don't know if this has been posted already by anyone but Colin Cowherd and Marcus Thompson had a pretty good chat about the Warriors yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JXElz2DAxY
Minor stat that kinda indicates the change in intensity for me: at halftime they had, I think, like, 11 assists. Finished with 32. I wonder how many they had at the end of the 1st?
Bruh… they got some announcers on NBA game time who think KD was the dominant player on the warriors 73 win team… more chips on shoulders (and hopefully in rafters)
Youth Movement Update:
Poole: Absolute success even if he hasn't been the efficient 20 ppg scorer that we imagined in preseason, he's still averaging 18 ppg + has become a better defender (still has room to improve). He's begun having better shot selection as well so his arrow is only pointed up.
Kuminga: His shot remains trash, but he's demonstrates that he can play good defense, be a solid decision maker with passing, and utilize his athleticism/strength to score inside. Not great, but not bad either showing he can be a contributor Year One.
Moody: Hasn't really shown much, his lack of groundbound explosiveness is harming his ability to contribute allowing for opposing defenders to close out hard (harming his jump shot) while being able to recover because he can't punish them off the bounce. Defense has been fine and rebounding excellent.
Wiseman: Injured so . . . uncertain.
Overall, the youth movement results have been mixed but is looking up with Pooles improvement/Kuminga showing he can contribute/WIseman coming back from injury.
Steph retakes the scoring lead over Durant last night 28.2 to 28.1 now
Looking ahead:
- Blazers (#3 in ORTG) are gonna be a defensive challenge but Dray blasts them away. So no worries.
- Clippers (#3 in DRTG) and Suns (#2 In DRTG) are gonna be offensive challenge especially two of those games being on road and Clippers game starting at 12:30 pm. Having Andre back by Clippers would be great. I think we split two Suns games and Clippers game will have random ending. So hopefully 2-1 or 1-2. Irrespective, I will be holding on to my undies during these games.
Let's Go!
It's been a while since I've heard the term "packed" used for a blocked shot but Loon definitely packed Drummond twice...
I didn’t read the whole game thread, but to all ye of little faith who were crying ‘game over’ when we were down 19: take your digital flagellation like adults. Or JTA gonna come to your house and steal your basketballs!
Great game, exciting comeback, and glory all over the place. Looney stuffs Drummond on one end and JTA posterizes him on the other. He’s going to need sedatives to forget this one.
Do you remember the Run TMC Days? We could hang with the Lakers for two quarters, but they would shift gears in the 3rd quarter and blow us away. It's fun to be a Dubs fan these days.
Tale of 4 quarters:
76ers in the paint:
Q1: 7 of 10
Q2: 5 of 8
Q3: 4 of 10
Q4: 2 of 8
Four Dubs with 6 or more assists tonite (Steph 10, Dray 7, Poole 6, JTA 6).
I could watch Looney block Drummond on a 24-hour loop and never get tired of it.
Here's that epic ESPN graphic showing the Dubs winning all 6 games they've been behind by double-digits:
https://youtu.be/C2brPnj2IKM?t=143
Man, I was watching Kerr on the postgame presser as he talked about how certain he was that for the rest of the season, different bench players are gonna show up on different nights to help the team. And I was seeing a glimpse of how well he communicates with the players and preps all the players from the big FA vets to even the 15th man on the bench to show up when needed as well as be totally ok with losing minutes when it's not their night...
And I had a flashback to 2016, when Steve's back was killing him, and Luke was coaching the team to a 20+ game win streak. Back then, there were rumors of Steve retiring due to his back.
I'm sure he's grateful as heck that he got healthy and got the opportunity to coach such a different and varied team. This 2021 team is as much Kerr as anyone else. Proud of him.