Post-game: Steph pours in magical 60 but Warriors run out of steam in OT; Wiggins leaves with ankle sprain, Kuminga fouls out, Podz plays through knee injury
Post-game: Steph pours in magical 60 but Warriors run out of steam in OT; Wiggins leaves with ankle sprain, Kuminga fouls out, Podz plays through knee injury
Man even if OKC gets swept in the first round I'm not sure I would make a single transaction if were them. The team is great, AND young, AND cheap. To be sure SGA gets paid, but 33 guys in the league make more than he does, and he's arguably a top 5 player. They would love to get rid of Bertans, he's got a dead weight contract, but I seriously doubt anyone else wants him at $17 million these two years.
SGA, Chet, the good Jalen Williams, Dort, Giddey, and a deep deep bench? I wouldn't make a move.
They need to consolidate some of these picks for someone eventually. Giddey, Bertans and like 5-6 picks for another star is almost necessary at some point.
They have a crazy number of draft picks left too. They have 3 1sts (unprotected from the Clips, protected 1-4 from Houston, protected 1-10 from Utah) and an unprotected 2nd this year. In 2025 they have 3 1sts (their own, protected 1-14 from Miami, and protected 1-6 from PHI), a 1st-round swap, and 3 2nds. They have their own 1st and 3 unprotected 2nds (including ours) in 2026. They have their 1st, Denver's 1st (protected 1-5), a 1st swap, and 2 2nds in 2027. They have even more in 2028 and '29, including their own first, a swap, and 6 (!) unprotected 2nds in '29.
If a decent number of those convey, they almost have to trade something in the off season because they only have so many roster spots for young 'uns.
The deadline to hurry up and get here. So we don’t have to worry about any of the young players we love (or any of the Warriors’ remaining draft capital) being shipped off rashly.
Fwiw, I’d part with a bunch of unprotected picks for a young stud like Mobley, but why would the Cavs do that? We might as well target Scottie Barnes or Chet Holmgren while we’re at it.
I'd guess it would need to be a Mobley for JK swap, right? There's no way the Cavs would do it for an expiring and Looney. I don't think their twin towers setup will work, so this at least allows them to get a bit offensive juice
It was "all good" in the prime years because we had enough vets to cover up a lot of mistakes plus he was more mobile on defense. Not the case anymore.
Remember when KD joined the Dubs and Klay pretty much said 'I don't care I'm still getting my shots'... Klay has always been like this. It just didn't matter in the past because we had so many vets
IMO I think we're just not putting him in a situation to succeed in his current state. I don't know what it is but I'm willing to bet a reduced role would do him wonders. A phenomenal shooter like him is not going to forget how to shoot the ball all of the sudden. The coaching staff has to adjust with him
> A phenomenal shooter like him is not going to forget how to shoot the ball all of the sudden.
I don't think that's the problem at all. He used to be like a metronome ... space out to the three point line, jump straight up and shoot.
Now he thinks he's got a much bigger bag and that sideways leaners, Dirk Nowitzki stepbacks, driving floaters, double clutch threes, side-steppers are all things he can do well.
The side-step ones I can live with (you almost have to have that shot in your repertoire now), but the rest are just bad shots for him. He can make them, but not at a rate that really helps the team.
Embiid is getting "a procedure", will be out for an extended period. That sucks for him and for the Association, but at least we get a better chance for a road win on Wed.
OT: A reporter doing a story on big waves and erosion here on South Maui beaches found a couple my videos on YT about it. They’re using some of my footage and interviewed me about it via zoom. I’m supposed to be on the news tonight.
I'm (probably) going to Madrid, Malaga, Granada and maybe Valencia. Weird itinerary, I know but it's driven by where I might be able to move to in summer of 2025, and take a 3rd year of Spanish class.
Valencia is a very low probability thing, because the taxes there are eye-watering, but your video convinced me I need to take a look anyway
We’re in the process of making our house me available to fire survivors where FEMA pays their rent. That means we’ll be away for the next 12-24 months, so it’ll be lots of travel, starting with a four-month, 12,000 mile road trip in our little camper van. It’ll be from Oregon to L.A., then Route 66 to Chicago, then to Midwest ballparks, then to the Black Hills, Yellowstone, Pinnacles and back to Oregon. Then we’ll go north through Washington, then up to Alaska. BART big ass road trip.
Hmmm, if you are anywhere near Truckee (on highway 80, near Reno, NV and Lake Tahoe except June - we'll be in Norway and Sweden), get in touch and I may have room for you.
Very nice of you! We love Trucke! The whole Tahoe area is probably what we miss most since leaving the Bay Area and we almost retired there. On this trip, we’re hugging the coast and are on a tight schedule because we’re going to watch the Lunar eclipse in Austin (April).
Will reach out if we’ll be back that way. Mahalo! 🙏
Fly to Oslo, train to Bergen, boat around fjords to Kirkenes, plane to Stockholm, back to USA end of June. Never been to Norway. Looking forward to the arctic ocean cold plunge.
Keep us in mind if you're coming through. Unless our kids/grandkids are with us, we would have a comfortable separate space to spend a night or two.
Sounds like an awesome trip. I’ve been to Norway once for our friends’ wedding (best interracial lesbian Norwegian-Trinidadian wedding I’ve ever been to) and got to check out Oslo and Drammen for a few days, but would love to go back, especially since I’m 1/4 Norwegian. Only been on a day trip to Sweden, but would love to go there as well.
thanks! I've been on the fence about Seville, because I've read that it's the hottest city in Europe. Maybe I need to work it in (the school I'm looking at has a branch in Seville).
Lots and lots of students. It’s an easily accessible city, easy to walk almost anywhere. There’s lots of street socialization at night amongst students, as I said, with churros always available. I was there in August, and December and was perfectly comfortable both times. And I hate hot weather. But the usually narrow streets have large sunshades stretching from one side of the little street to the other so you are not walking around in full sun. In addition, it is a stroll-after-dinner kind of city. There are areas where you can walk with hundreds of people of all ages strolling, socializing, etc. Over the Christmas holidays there’s an interesting tradition in Seville where all these stores, houses, public places have belen. Those are creches, some of which have been around for centuries. It’s a really interesting and unusual tradition. And to top it all off, they have a beautiful Calatrava bridge.
Thanks ... to be clear, I'm 63, so not really what people think of when they think of school-age ... so the socialization benefits would be a little lost on me. But, it sounds like fun.
After your post last night, I was pondering splitting a week between Granada and Seville. That might work out well.
Well, that makes a lot of difference, but I would still submit that Seville is a great town to spend time in. I enjoyed every minute of it and never hung out with the students at midnight on street corners. But it has an intimacy and a feel to it that seems particularly Spanish. Particularly the after dinner strolls. Also, as I said, you can walk almost anywhere. The cathedral is spectacular, the museum is great, and the food is fabulous. We also took the opportunity to go across to Morocco for a few days while we were there.
Of course, most people prefer Barcelona , but it is not nearly as easy a town to negotiate as Seville.
Summers in europe are much hotter than they were even 20 years ago (jet stream diminished, due to climate change,which used to “protect” it from saharan heat)
I looked at the standings for the first time in a long time ... it's not nearly as depressing as I thought it would be, given the doom and gloom around here.
We're 11.5 back, Houston and Utah are 10.5 back. Basically, we need to make up 2 games in 36 on both these teams to get to the 10th seed. That's doable. And LAL is at 9 back and there is some chance they might slide.
Almost no chance that anyone comes from behind us to pass us. Memphis is the next closest at 16 back, and we've got more games against them to keep them pinned that far back.
It will take luck, but mostly it requires getting healthy and staying healthy. But, it ain't ovah.
Rooting is a little tricker than that, I think. There are edge cases.
Say LAL and Utah are playing a game at crypto.com. A water buffalo charges onto the floor .... who do you root for it to eat? AD? LBJ? Lauri Markkanen? And if it's Lauri, why do you hate the Finns?
Most people would not know what to root for in those circumstances. My answer would be Danny Ainge, because, I've already thought about this, and 'Danny Ainge' is my answer to all 'whom do you most wish to be gobbled up by a scary/fierce predator' questions.
It's this kind of preparation that distinguishes the true fans from the Steph Curry johnny-come-latelys.
Yesterday, I mentioned that it will be up to Houston and Utah to help us get into the Play-In. They both have harder schedules than the Dubs and are currently losing their games as I write this. Of course, we have to win some games in order to climb and take advantage of the falling teams above us. I think they can do this but I'm not optimistic about a playoff run. Their D is non existent, at the moment. Letting Atlanta score 141 points is shocking. Even with Draymond back, giving up so many points in a game means you are not very good. Kerr has not even begun to fix this. The FO seems somnambulant to this as Curry scores 60 points. Nothing wrong with our offense but with an undersized, unathletic team, we gonna suffer.
We just flat had nothing left in the tank in OT. JK fouling out didn't help when we ended up in OT either. But before that we were in trouble. We struggled to defend Okongwu and Capella. And even when we doubled Trae, he blew right past both defenders. Now admittedly that was after Wiggs went down but still.
Well, I'm not expecting a championship, but I've long felt that the best predictor of playoff success is how you play in the last month. We have some time to get guys healthy, and then we'll see (as long as we have a good enough record to make the play-in tournament).
It's certainly a huge longshot to get to what I thought was their ceiling (Western Conference finals).
Chatgpt as dubs fan instaboner (for some reason kept making pub quiz references 😂)
Folks, gather 'round and let me unleash a rant of cosmic proportions about the Golden One, Steph Curry, dropping an otherworldly 60 points! I mean, we're witnessing Threesius himself, the destroyer of opposing souls, raining down treys like it's monsoon season. But hold up, where are the foul calls? It's like he's navigating a pub maze blindfolded, with the refs ignoring the blatant contact.
Steph, the maestro of the hardwood symphony, dances through defenses like a pub-goer navigating the crowded Friday night scene. He's like a chef in the kitchen, cooking up three-point delicacies that should come with a warning: "May cause defensive nightmares." Yet, the refs seem to be in some parallel universe, sipping metaphorical tea while Curry gets manhandled without a whistle in sight.
I'm telling you, if Curry's three-point artistry were a pub quiz, he'd ace every question, leaving the refs scratching their heads. The man is putting on a show, a spectacle of basketball brilliance, and the refs are playing hide-and-seek with their whistles. It's like they're handing out fouls as if they were gold coins in short supply.
In a world where Curry is the undisputed ruler, the Golden One dropping 60 points should be a feast celebrated with fouls raining down like confetti. But no, it's more like a silent pub where the jukebox is broken, and the only music is the swish of Curry's shots. It's time for the refs to wake up and acknowledge the cosmic force that is Steph Curry, the destroyer of opponents, the pub quiz champion of the basketball universe!
Thanks for sharing....I knew he had moved out here....he sure has cleaned up his vivid and stark descriptions but the flaming passion is still there.....
Looks like the NBA L2M managed to find a missed three second call on Draymond so yay, transparency. Somehow there were no missed lane violations despite a lane violation happening on every fucking free throw. I guess we’re the only ones that do it. SMH.
Trying to evaluate/understand the import/use of the❤️ in DNHQ land.
For example, is it considered impolite to heart oneself? I imagine most psychologists would agree it’s OK.
Two, does everyone go back to count how many hearts they have received? Tell the truth, now.
Three, do some people heart everyone?
Four, is it important to heart all comments about your favorite player?
Five, is it necessary to avoid hearting all positive comments about LeBron James or the Lakers?
Six, does your heart say: yes, I agree?
Seven, is it common to heart a comment by another poster just because you usually like their posts? Sort of like refs know what foul they probably should be calling?
Eight, do some people not give hearts to others whose posts they usually do not like? Or whom they find generally annoying?
Nine, are there people who prefer not to heart anyone or any comment? This would be the curmudgeon contingent. And
Ten, do some people see hearting as a way of spreading kindness and sunshine in the world?
I like this exercise :) I never heart myself, and usually heart others. There is little thought about it; if I have to think about whether I like a comment I probably don't. The common themes for comments I don't typically heart are they're overly negative or they come across as patronizing (or I just missed the comment).
Because it's just a spontaneity thing for me, I don't really avoid anyone specifically, although I do have people who I don't heart as much as others. I think it's a nice way to spread appreciation for the community, hence I'm exceedingly generous lol. It also serves a secondary purpose of helping me pay attention to what I'm reading; I also highlight a ton when reading technical docs, which is my preferred tracking method but isn't really easy to do on the mobile version of this site.
This is how i do it, and I’m glad you did all the writing:
1. Tend not to heart the negative stuff
2. Tend to heart insite (as long as not pedantic)
3. Tend to heart the humor, sarcasm, limericks, puns
4. Heart the off topic random stuff
5. Dont heart myself
6. There is a poster that I never heart
7. When night night and someone else get into bigger picture capitalism and linguistics convos I almost always follow those all the way down to the end.
8. I always heart the laker jokes
I never thought about how others feel about it, but it certainly feels nice to see your comment hearted, especially by the titans (ea, dh and ddd)!
Thanks - I still lurk here now and again, but EA has made it clear that I’m not welcome (he confuses critical analysis with ‘criticism’ and ‘negativity’, and has a strong bias toward ‘positivity’ that contributes to this misrecognition). Ive always read the 400+ comments, and only looked at articles by DDD, DH and JV anyway.
But I miss more than a few of y’all - a wealth of Dubs and basketball knowledge here.
I banned you after you personally insulted me repeatedly and then requested that I ban you. I made it a temporary ban so that you might one day come back and be a positive part of this community.
Rules of hearting, never heart yourself. Also, don't think just heart. I'll look a tad but mostly I'm posting stream of counciousness post. Dunno how heart worthy most of them are 😂
Since the team returned to action after Deki’s passing, they’ve gone 3-3, two OT losses, a one point loss, and 3 double digit wins… story of the season… so many tough losses
Moses Moody is cleared to return for the Warriors tomorrow night in Brooklyn. Extra wing depth for the Warriors at a time they need it. Andrew Wiggins is doubtful. Dario Saric is probable.
Reminding myself that this team witnessed a tragic death less than three weeks ago, and has injuries to several important rotation pieces. Their struggles really should not be surprising. And yet.
Somehow, each time they break my heart it feels at once novel and all too familiar.
Warriors wing Andrew Wiggins (left ankle soreness) is doubtful for Monday's game against the Brooklyn Nets, per the NBA's injury report. Forward Dario Saric is probable after missing the last two games with an undisclosed illness.
Team was super banged up on the road... down 4 rotation players at the start of the game, and lost another just before halftime... got good performances from guys like Gui & Lester, but you're not going to be winning a lot of games in the NBA where you're reliant on G Leaguers for 1st quarter minutes...
Also felt like this was also the game where Kuminga really moved up the opponents' scouting report. They put size on him more, gapped his drives, and attacked his dribble a lot more. He's gonna need a mid-range pull up that he trusts to succeed against this type of defense.
Steph Curry, one of the best players of all time, put up one of his best games of all time -- 60 points on 73.8% true shooting. No, you're not gonna usually win a lot of games in the NBA where you're reliant on G Leaguers for 1st quarter minutes, but usually it's because those players are bad and they play bad. In this game Lester was our 2nd best player, and everyone else was terrible. They managed to squander a historic game from one of the best players of all time, and they should be ashamed of themselves. (Yes I'm also ashamed of myself for caring so much and for being a dick).
Man even if OKC gets swept in the first round I'm not sure I would make a single transaction if were them. The team is great, AND young, AND cheap. To be sure SGA gets paid, but 33 guys in the league make more than he does, and he's arguably a top 5 player. They would love to get rid of Bertans, he's got a dead weight contract, but I seriously doubt anyone else wants him at $17 million these two years.
SGA, Chet, the good Jalen Williams, Dort, Giddey, and a deep deep bench? I wouldn't make a move.
They need to consolidate some of these picks for someone eventually. Giddey, Bertans and like 5-6 picks for another star is almost necessary at some point.
Yeah that would get rid of stuff they don't really need and possibly bring them to the next level -- Unstoppable.
They have a crazy number of draft picks left too. They have 3 1sts (unprotected from the Clips, protected 1-4 from Houston, protected 1-10 from Utah) and an unprotected 2nd this year. In 2025 they have 3 1sts (their own, protected 1-14 from Miami, and protected 1-6 from PHI), a 1st-round swap, and 3 2nds. They have their own 1st and 3 unprotected 2nds (including ours) in 2026. They have their 1st, Denver's 1st (protected 1-5), a 1st swap, and 2 2nds in 2027. They have even more in 2028 and '29, including their own first, a swap, and 6 (!) unprotected 2nds in '29.
If a decent number of those convey, they almost have to trade something in the off season because they only have so many roster spots for young 'uns.
True true I'd meant to include that. What a future
Evan Mobley for CP, Loon + picks?
Jerami Grant + Thybulle for Klay + picks?
Really?
What are we waiting for?
> What are we waiting for?
The deadline to hurry up and get here. So we don’t have to worry about any of the young players we love (or any of the Warriors’ remaining draft capital) being shipped off rashly.
Fwiw, I’d part with a bunch of unprotected picks for a young stud like Mobley, but why would the Cavs do that? We might as well target Scottie Barnes or Chet Holmgren while we’re at it.
I'd guess it would need to be a Mobley for JK swap, right? There's no way the Cavs would do it for an expiring and Looney. I don't think their twin towers setup will work, so this at least allows them to get a bit offensive juice
Lacob is frozen.
Get it Joe, Get it JOE!!
Where did you hear these?
The source disappeared. Anyway, the second especially seems realistic, doesn’t it? They are trading Grant and Thybulle, don’t they?
definitely on the second row option!
Aw man, c'mon Bucks, what are you doing here?
Doc taking his 1-3 record (so far) to the ASG
If you aren't following, they just lost to the Jazz whom the Dubs are chasing for a (sigh) play in spot.
Tomorrow's Daily News Headline, brought fresh to you today: "Doc Schlock, Bucks Suck."
time to tell Giannis that Steph can take him to the promised land!
Whoa! Athletic Alchemy unloads on Klay. “Playing for himself” and “Greedy”
https://youtu.be/ZJl5CdEjyfI?si=MrDYdexTe5FTr-02
They've been talking about this ever sense he got back from injury right?
I’d say he's gone from being annoyed with Klay to disgusted.
He’s not wrong this time…
It was "all good" in the prime years because we had enough vets to cover up a lot of mistakes plus he was more mobile on defense. Not the case anymore.
Remember when KD joined the Dubs and Klay pretty much said 'I don't care I'm still getting my shots'... Klay has always been like this. It just didn't matter in the past because we had so many vets
He made shots… and played good defense. Now, for whatever reason, he’s not making shots… and for obvious reasons, he’s not the best defender
IMO I think we're just not putting him in a situation to succeed in his current state. I don't know what it is but I'm willing to bet a reduced role would do him wonders. A phenomenal shooter like him is not going to forget how to shoot the ball all of the sudden. The coaching staff has to adjust with him
> A phenomenal shooter like him is not going to forget how to shoot the ball all of the sudden.
I don't think that's the problem at all. He used to be like a metronome ... space out to the three point line, jump straight up and shoot.
Now he thinks he's got a much bigger bag and that sideways leaners, Dirk Nowitzki stepbacks, driving floaters, double clutch threes, side-steppers are all things he can do well.
The side-step ones I can live with (you almost have to have that shot in your repertoire now), but the rest are just bad shots for him. He can make them, but not at a rate that really helps the team.
Given that he’s playing for his next contract, I don’t think he’ll accept a reduced role without a lot of kicking and screaming.
I’m sure there’s some of that. But he’s also taking a lot of tough shots out of flow early in the clock. Its prob all related.
I could see him doing well with Chris Paul and Dario Sarić. Paul knows how to get the ball to the right people at the right time.
He couldn't dribble and wouldn't/couldn't go to the basket. Catch and shoot Klay.
i heard that he needs bricks for the outhouse he is building! /s
I think that’s a bit of a cop out for Klay. Steph and Draymond only have go switches, but they’ve managed to improve their games over the years.
A switch implies he can flip it off.
The switch is not the problem, it's the toolbox. It was never filled fully.
Embiid is getting "a procedure", will be out for an extended period. That sucks for him and for the Association, but at least we get a better chance for a road win on Wed.
OT: A reporter doing a story on big waves and erosion here on South Maui beaches found a couple my videos on YT about it. They’re using some of my footage and interviewed me about it via zoom. I’m supposed to be on the news tonight.
Edit - Here’s the story in case anyone is interested https://www.khon2.com/top-stories/never-seen-it-this-bad-before-maui-residents-on-kihei-wailea-beach-erosion/
What are your travel plans this summer?
I'm (probably) going to Madrid, Malaga, Granada and maybe Valencia. Weird itinerary, I know but it's driven by where I might be able to move to in summer of 2025, and take a 3rd year of Spanish class.
Valencia is a very low probability thing, because the taxes there are eye-watering, but your video convinced me I need to take a look anyway
Glad to hear our video helped 🙂
We’re in the process of making our house me available to fire survivors where FEMA pays their rent. That means we’ll be away for the next 12-24 months, so it’ll be lots of travel, starting with a four-month, 12,000 mile road trip in our little camper van. It’ll be from Oregon to L.A., then Route 66 to Chicago, then to Midwest ballparks, then to the Black Hills, Yellowstone, Pinnacles and back to Oregon. Then we’ll go north through Washington, then up to Alaska. BART big ass road trip.
Then we’ll do some international travel.
Hmmm, if you are anywhere near Truckee (on highway 80, near Reno, NV and Lake Tahoe except June - we'll be in Norway and Sweden), get in touch and I may have room for you.
Very nice of you! We love Trucke! The whole Tahoe area is probably what we miss most since leaving the Bay Area and we almost retired there. On this trip, we’re hugging the coast and are on a tight schedule because we’re going to watch the Lunar eclipse in Austin (April).
Will reach out if we’ll be back that way. Mahalo! 🙏
Norway and Sweden; nice! Where are you going?
Fly to Oslo, train to Bergen, boat around fjords to Kirkenes, plane to Stockholm, back to USA end of June. Never been to Norway. Looking forward to the arctic ocean cold plunge.
Keep us in mind if you're coming through. Unless our kids/grandkids are with us, we would have a comfortable separate space to spend a night or two.
Sounds like an awesome trip. I’ve been to Norway once for our friends’ wedding (best interracial lesbian Norwegian-Trinidadian wedding I’ve ever been to) and got to check out Oslo and Drammen for a few days, but would love to go back, especially since I’m 1/4 Norwegian. Only been on a day trip to Sweden, but would love to go there as well.
Both countries are really expensive!
Seville is a wonderful place, especially if you’re a student. Churros on the street corners at night.
thanks! I've been on the fence about Seville, because I've read that it's the hottest city in Europe. Maybe I need to work it in (the school I'm looking at has a branch in Seville).
Lots and lots of students. It’s an easily accessible city, easy to walk almost anywhere. There’s lots of street socialization at night amongst students, as I said, with churros always available. I was there in August, and December and was perfectly comfortable both times. And I hate hot weather. But the usually narrow streets have large sunshades stretching from one side of the little street to the other so you are not walking around in full sun. In addition, it is a stroll-after-dinner kind of city. There are areas where you can walk with hundreds of people of all ages strolling, socializing, etc. Over the Christmas holidays there’s an interesting tradition in Seville where all these stores, houses, public places have belen. Those are creches, some of which have been around for centuries. It’s a really interesting and unusual tradition. And to top it all off, they have a beautiful Calatrava bridge.
Thanks ... to be clear, I'm 63, so not really what people think of when they think of school-age ... so the socialization benefits would be a little lost on me. But, it sounds like fun.
After your post last night, I was pondering splitting a week between Granada and Seville. That might work out well.
Thanks for the info!
Well, that makes a lot of difference, but I would still submit that Seville is a great town to spend time in. I enjoyed every minute of it and never hung out with the students at midnight on street corners. But it has an intimacy and a feel to it that seems particularly Spanish. Particularly the after dinner strolls. Also, as I said, you can walk almost anywhere. The cathedral is spectacular, the museum is great, and the food is fabulous. We also took the opportunity to go across to Morocco for a few days while we were there.
Of course, most people prefer Barcelona , but it is not nearly as easy a town to negotiate as Seville.
Summers in europe are much hotter than they were even 20 years ago (jet stream diminished, due to climate change,which used to “protect” it from saharan heat)
Nice.
I'll be able to say I knew him when ....
I looked at the standings for the first time in a long time ... it's not nearly as depressing as I thought it would be, given the doom and gloom around here.
We're 11.5 back, Houston and Utah are 10.5 back. Basically, we need to make up 2 games in 36 on both these teams to get to the 10th seed. That's doable. And LAL is at 9 back and there is some chance they might slide.
Almost no chance that anyone comes from behind us to pass us. Memphis is the next closest at 16 back, and we've got more games against them to keep them pinned that far back.
It will take luck, but mostly it requires getting healthy and staying healthy. But, it ain't ovah.
so the rooting guide from this would be
- anybody above the dubs - lets root hard for them to lose
- anybody below the dubs, lets root hard for them to lose
So we are in a win-win situation as we are strongly rooted in rooting for the Dubs any which way you want!
Rooting is a little tricker than that, I think. There are edge cases.
Say LAL and Utah are playing a game at crypto.com. A water buffalo charges onto the floor .... who do you root for it to eat? AD? LBJ? Lauri Markkanen? And if it's Lauri, why do you hate the Finns?
Most people would not know what to root for in those circumstances. My answer would be Danny Ainge, because, I've already thought about this, and 'Danny Ainge' is my answer to all 'whom do you most wish to be gobbled up by a scary/fierce predator' questions.
It's this kind of preparation that distinguishes the true fans from the Steph Curry johnny-come-latelys.
Now we just have to figure how to get both teams in a game to lose. 😜
Root harder!!
Yesterday, I mentioned that it will be up to Houston and Utah to help us get into the Play-In. They both have harder schedules than the Dubs and are currently losing their games as I write this. Of course, we have to win some games in order to climb and take advantage of the falling teams above us. I think they can do this but I'm not optimistic about a playoff run. Their D is non existent, at the moment. Letting Atlanta score 141 points is shocking. Even with Draymond back, giving up so many points in a game means you are not very good. Kerr has not even begun to fix this. The FO seems somnambulant to this as Curry scores 60 points. Nothing wrong with our offense but with an undersized, unathletic team, we gonna suffer.
We just flat had nothing left in the tank in OT. JK fouling out didn't help when we ended up in OT either. But before that we were in trouble. We struggled to defend Okongwu and Capella. And even when we doubled Trae, he blew right past both defenders. Now admittedly that was after Wiggs went down but still.
Well, I'm not expecting a championship, but I've long felt that the best predictor of playoff success is how you play in the last month. We have some time to get guys healthy, and then we'll see (as long as we have a good enough record to make the play-in tournament).
It's certainly a huge longshot to get to what I thought was their ceiling (Western Conference finals).
Well, I'm hoping for a championship!
Hoping, sure. Expecting... no.
This helps. 🙏
I still have some doom and gloom regarding this season feeling cursed.
Wise words. Thank you.
Is bleacher report a real thing?
This article about the trade deadline seems off somehow.
“Golden State whiffing on lottery picks James Wiseman (2020) and Moses Moody (2021) hasn't exactly helped matters, either.”
It's a bullshit site with bullshit writers.
BR used to be an aggregation of hastily written listicles, and now it's that but AI. I'm really unsure if they have (m)any humans on staff
Chatgpt as dubs fan instaboner (for some reason kept making pub quiz references 😂)
Folks, gather 'round and let me unleash a rant of cosmic proportions about the Golden One, Steph Curry, dropping an otherworldly 60 points! I mean, we're witnessing Threesius himself, the destroyer of opposing souls, raining down treys like it's monsoon season. But hold up, where are the foul calls? It's like he's navigating a pub maze blindfolded, with the refs ignoring the blatant contact.
Steph, the maestro of the hardwood symphony, dances through defenses like a pub-goer navigating the crowded Friday night scene. He's like a chef in the kitchen, cooking up three-point delicacies that should come with a warning: "May cause defensive nightmares." Yet, the refs seem to be in some parallel universe, sipping metaphorical tea while Curry gets manhandled without a whistle in sight.
I'm telling you, if Curry's three-point artistry were a pub quiz, he'd ace every question, leaving the refs scratching their heads. The man is putting on a show, a spectacle of basketball brilliance, and the refs are playing hide-and-seek with their whistles. It's like they're handing out fouls as if they were gold coins in short supply.
In a world where Curry is the undisputed ruler, the Golden One dropping 60 points should be a feast celebrated with fouls raining down like confetti. But no, it's more like a silent pub where the jukebox is broken, and the only music is the swish of Curry's shots. It's time for the refs to wake up and acknowledge the cosmic force that is Steph Curry, the destroyer of opponents, the pub quiz champion of the basketball universe!
Thanks for sharing....I knew he had moved out here....he sure has cleaned up his vivid and stark descriptions but the flaming passion is still there.....
Was he here? I thought he was just at GSOM
He’s not here. I prompt the chatbot to immitate his style ;)
I've long thought that BR stands for 'Barely Readable'.
muahaha
looking forward to Moody getting his chance
Will he play in the next game?
Looks like the NBA L2M managed to find a missed three second call on Draymond so yay, transparency. Somehow there were no missed lane violations despite a lane violation happening on every fucking free throw. I guess we’re the only ones that do it. SMH.
Trying to evaluate/understand the import/use of the❤️ in DNHQ land.
For example, is it considered impolite to heart oneself? I imagine most psychologists would agree it’s OK.
Two, does everyone go back to count how many hearts they have received? Tell the truth, now.
Three, do some people heart everyone?
Four, is it important to heart all comments about your favorite player?
Five, is it necessary to avoid hearting all positive comments about LeBron James or the Lakers?
Six, does your heart say: yes, I agree?
Seven, is it common to heart a comment by another poster just because you usually like their posts? Sort of like refs know what foul they probably should be calling?
Eight, do some people not give hearts to others whose posts they usually do not like? Or whom they find generally annoying?
Nine, are there people who prefer not to heart anyone or any comment? This would be the curmudgeon contingent. And
Ten, do some people see hearting as a way of spreading kindness and sunshine in the world?
I don't have the heart for this..............
I like this exercise :) I never heart myself, and usually heart others. There is little thought about it; if I have to think about whether I like a comment I probably don't. The common themes for comments I don't typically heart are they're overly negative or they come across as patronizing (or I just missed the comment).
Because it's just a spontaneity thing for me, I don't really avoid anyone specifically, although I do have people who I don't heart as much as others. I think it's a nice way to spread appreciation for the community, hence I'm exceedingly generous lol. It also serves a secondary purpose of helping me pay attention to what I'm reading; I also highlight a ton when reading technical docs, which is my preferred tracking method but isn't really easy to do on the mobile version of this site.
This is how i do it, and I’m glad you did all the writing:
1. Tend not to heart the negative stuff
2. Tend to heart insite (as long as not pedantic)
3. Tend to heart the humor, sarcasm, limericks, puns
4. Heart the off topic random stuff
5. Dont heart myself
6. There is a poster that I never heart
7. When night night and someone else get into bigger picture capitalism and linguistics convos I almost always follow those all the way down to the end.
8. I always heart the laker jokes
I never thought about how others feel about it, but it certainly feels nice to see your comment hearted, especially by the titans (ea, dh and ddd)!
Thanks - I still lurk here now and again, but EA has made it clear that I’m not welcome (he confuses critical analysis with ‘criticism’ and ‘negativity’, and has a strong bias toward ‘positivity’ that contributes to this misrecognition). Ive always read the 400+ comments, and only looked at articles by DDD, DH and JV anyway.
But I miss more than a few of y’all - a wealth of Dubs and basketball knowledge here.
Stay Golden.
I banned you after you personally insulted me repeatedly and then requested that I ban you. I made it a temporary ban so that you might one day come back and be a positive part of this community.
We can conclude that even Titans have hearts……big hearts!
Every now and then I log in and see that I’ve got 15 notifications and think to myself “ Chem must have just come around” 🤣
;) if it's ever too much just let me know!
This is pretty much me, too. If I like a post, I heart it.
I actually don't think I even realized the heart was an option . . . .
❤️💙💚💛🧡🖤❤️💖💗💕❣️💓💘♥︎
That about covers it.
I heart you
Rules of hearting, never heart yourself. Also, don't think just heart. I'll look a tad but mostly I'm posting stream of counciousness post. Dunno how heart worthy most of them are 😂
You could replace "Heart" with "Pass" and "Post" with "Shoot" and your post could pass for your namesake.
Since the team returned to action after Deki’s passing, they’ve gone 3-3, two OT losses, a one point loss, and 3 double digit wins… story of the season… so many tough losses
I almost expect a heartbreaking loss everytime it's close in the 4th. If I was a gambler I'd just wait for close endings and bet on the other team.
anthony_slater:
Moses Moody is cleared to return for the Warriors tomorrow night in Brooklyn. Extra wing depth for the Warriors at a time they need it. Andrew Wiggins is doubtful. Dario Saric is probable.
https://www.threads.net/@anthony_slater/post/C28QOhXrVt7
Good to hear.
Whew… just in time to cover for Wiggs’ absence.
and Klay's :)
Klay’s gonna play… whether he’s making shots or not…
Let's hope Moody can impact the game and force Klay to the bench.
But I wouldn't be surprised if he had a shorter leash now that Moody's back
Klay will get his minutes because Wiggins will be out
*Klay’s gonna Klay
agreed -just being a bit...hopeful about the changing of the guard (pun intended).
Kerr needs to be willing to wing it a bit more
With the three wings
No kidding. This charade has gone on too long.
Reminding myself that this team witnessed a tragic death less than three weeks ago, and has injuries to several important rotation pieces. Their struggles really should not be surprising. And yet.
Somehow, each time they break my heart it feels at once novel and all too familiar.
No time for tears in the NBA.
Warriors wing Andrew Wiggins (left ankle soreness) is doubtful for Monday's game against the Brooklyn Nets, per the NBA's injury report. Forward Dario Saric is probable after missing the last two games with an undisclosed illness.
https://twitter.com/BySamGordon/status/1754237819650789671
Is a sprained ankle the same as ankle soreness?
Only doubtful (not out) is way better than I was hoping. Great news.
Man, that went from dire to 'run-of-the-mill' pretty quickly.
Means Philly is in play!
Steph's 60-point night, All-Star snubs, response to Stephen A. Smith on Embiid | Draymond Green Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mN3IEpvznI
Team was super banged up on the road... down 4 rotation players at the start of the game, and lost another just before halftime... got good performances from guys like Gui & Lester, but you're not going to be winning a lot of games in the NBA where you're reliant on G Leaguers for 1st quarter minutes...
Also felt like this was also the game where Kuminga really moved up the opponents' scouting report. They put size on him more, gapped his drives, and attacked his dribble a lot more. He's gonna need a mid-range pull up that he trusts to succeed against this type of defense.
Even two way players look good when they play teams that don't defend.
Steph Curry, one of the best players of all time, put up one of his best games of all time -- 60 points on 73.8% true shooting. No, you're not gonna usually win a lot of games in the NBA where you're reliant on G Leaguers for 1st quarter minutes, but usually it's because those players are bad and they play bad. In this game Lester was our 2nd best player, and everyone else was terrible. They managed to squander a historic game from one of the best players of all time, and they should be ashamed of themselves. (Yes I'm also ashamed of myself for caring so much and for being a dick).