Lakers are guaranteeing contracts for Austin Reaves and Wenyen Gabriel. Nets will guarantee contracts for Yuta Watanabe, Edmond Sumner, and Markieff Morris.
So, two days ago, Mrs. Goofus and I were playing long toss with the Frisbee on the beach, like we do 3 or 4 days a week for cardio. I reached up with my left hand to make a catch and immediately felt pain shooting through my shoulder, grabbed it and knew something was wrong. I’ve been in a sling and it’s getting better, but I think I curry’d myself with a subluxation.
The bad news: Unlike Curry, this is my dominant hand.
More bad news: Unlike Curry, I don’t have a highly-trained medical staff to micro-manage my recovery.
Even more bad news: Unlike Curry, my track record of faithfully following rehab programs is pretty dismal.
The good news: Unlike Curry, this injury will in no way affect your quality of life, unless you’re eagerly anticipating exciting whale footage from me as stand-up paddling is out for a bit.
re: Moody's defense since I saw a comment downthread about it.
Athl. Alch. mentioned that he thinks Moody's issue is that he still thinks he's more athletic than his competition. He pushes up on defense too much, and guards in the NBA are just too quick for him, so he ends up fouling to prevent them from getting past him. Alch says that Moody needs to give them more space, and use his length to his advantage. He's bigger and longer than most guards, so back off a step or two and close the angles using length. They may get the quicker first step, but since you're bigger and longer, he should be able to cut off the driving angle, and defend and funnel appropriately.
Clippers are playing their bench for the rest of the game. They have a game tomorrow in Minnesota, and there's no way they can win tonight due to them down by a ton of points.
Apparently yanking another player out of bounds by the shoulder to prevent him from getting to a rebound, and using the momentum to propel forward to get it yourself is now a legal move ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
> Stewart (DET) and Green (GSW) briefly engage and disengage as they pursue the rebound. CNC
We’re only halfway thru the regular season and Green already has 12 technicals. I really don’t trust Green to control himself to not get a T. Take last night. I’m sure he knows that refs always give a T to both opposing players even if the aggrieved player reacts in any way to defend himself. And since it’s Green, it’s almost an automatic T from the refs because of his reputation. He needs to control himself. If he didn’t get ejected last night, he could have been the one guarding Bey and prevented that last shot. Who knows? which is why, he needs to stop with the technicals.
I don't want to turn DubNationHQ into a mastodon tutorial because.. well, wrong place unless @apricot or @dubdubdub want me to but this link should help a little bit.
I really hope Kuminga and Wiggins are back for Orlando. The guys were noticeably gassed by the end. I feel like even if Bey missed that shot, we would have been run off the court in OT from exhaustion.
In other news, John Hollinger in the Athletic rated the sophomore class. He dotes on Franz Wagner (8th pick, right after Kuminga) and overall is disappointed in the progress of this draft group. His analysis seems pretty reasonable at a high level. For we rabid fans, here’s what he wrote about Kuminga:
“The Warriors may rue taking Kuminga ahead of Wagner with the seventh pick in 2021, but of late, he’s begun to round into the player they hoped he might become. Kuminga’s defense and energy have factored prominently in several recent Warriors wins — most notably in the closing minutes of a recent win over Charlotte.
Kuminga is still just 20 years old and won’t turn 21 until October, and if he can pair his elite athleticism for his size with more skill development, he’s going to be a problem.
However, I can’t put him in a tier higher than this when his overall production is actually substantially down from a season ago. Kuminga still really struggles from the perimeter (25.8 percent from 3, 67.2 percent from the line), which limits his offensive capability in the half court. He’s also a very mistake-prone player, with high rates of turnovers (17.4 percent of possessions this season) and fouls (5.9 per 100 possessions).
That said, Kuminga’s best moments can rank with almost anyone’s on this list, and he could have All-Defense selections in his future. His combination of youth and obvious athleticism make him a real threat to breakout at some point; it just hasn’t happened yet. Unhelpfully, he hurt his ankle last week and is out of the lineup after what had been his best stretch of the season.”
Lakers are guaranteeing contracts for Austin Reaves and Wenyen Gabriel. Nets will guarantee contracts for Yuta Watanabe, Edmond Sumner, and Markieff Morris.
So, two days ago, Mrs. Goofus and I were playing long toss with the Frisbee on the beach, like we do 3 or 4 days a week for cardio. I reached up with my left hand to make a catch and immediately felt pain shooting through my shoulder, grabbed it and knew something was wrong. I’ve been in a sling and it’s getting better, but I think I curry’d myself with a subluxation.
The bad news: Unlike Curry, this is my dominant hand.
More bad news: Unlike Curry, I don’t have a highly-trained medical staff to micro-manage my recovery.
Even more bad news: Unlike Curry, my track record of faithfully following rehab programs is pretty dismal.
The good news: Unlike Curry, this injury will in no way affect your quality of life, unless you’re eagerly anticipating exciting whale footage from me as stand-up paddling is out for a bit.
Call me crazy but I would be interested to see what the Warriors do to the league if they have no all-stars.
re: Moody's defense since I saw a comment downthread about it.
Athl. Alch. mentioned that he thinks Moody's issue is that he still thinks he's more athletic than his competition. He pushes up on defense too much, and guards in the NBA are just too quick for him, so he ends up fouling to prevent them from getting past him. Alch says that Moody needs to give them more space, and use his length to his advantage. He's bigger and longer than most guards, so back off a step or two and close the angles using length. They may get the quicker first step, but since you're bigger and longer, he should be able to cut off the driving angle, and defend and funnel appropriately.
Gui Santos scores 25 for Santa Cruz, only saw one play of his online but it's solid:
https://twitter.com/GLeagueWarriors/status/1611207709759787008
Nuggets beat the Clippers 122-91.
Clippers are playing their bench for the rest of the game. They have a game tomorrow in Minnesota, and there's no way they can win tonight due to them down by a ton of points.
Nuggets up 66-32 against the Clippers at halftime.
Oh wow. Markkanen with 43 points on 13/24 FGs, 4/12 threes, 13/13 FTs.
L2M says no missed calls last night in the last two: https://official.nba.com/l2m/L2MReport.html?gameId=0022200573
Apparently yanking another player out of bounds by the shoulder to prevent him from getting to a rebound, and using the momentum to propel forward to get it yourself is now a legal move ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
> Stewart (DET) and Green (GSW) briefly engage and disengage as they pursue the rebound. CNC
About to become only 2 games behind 4 seed… with Wiggins and Curry coming back soon.
We’re only halfway thru the regular season and Green already has 12 technicals. I really don’t trust Green to control himself to not get a T. Take last night. I’m sure he knows that refs always give a T to both opposing players even if the aggrieved player reacts in any way to defend himself. And since it’s Green, it’s almost an automatic T from the refs because of his reputation. He needs to control himself. If he didn’t get ejected last night, he could have been the one guarding Bey and prevented that last shot. Who knows? which is why, he needs to stop with the technicals.
"just" follow the hashtags.
I don't want to turn DubNationHQ into a mastodon tutorial because.. well, wrong place unless @apricot or @dubdubdub want me to but this link should help a little bit.
This post explains more:
https://dubnation.social/@dubnation/109633041550328936
I really hope Kuminga and Wiggins are back for Orlando. The guys were noticeably gassed by the end. I feel like even if Bey missed that shot, we would have been run off the court in OT from exhaustion.
Some idiots on the NBA app (Channing Fry and Greg Anthony) left Steph out of the AllStar Selection for the West. Unbelievable.
In other news, John Hollinger in the Athletic rated the sophomore class. He dotes on Franz Wagner (8th pick, right after Kuminga) and overall is disappointed in the progress of this draft group. His analysis seems pretty reasonable at a high level. For we rabid fans, here’s what he wrote about Kuminga:
“The Warriors may rue taking Kuminga ahead of Wagner with the seventh pick in 2021, but of late, he’s begun to round into the player they hoped he might become. Kuminga’s defense and energy have factored prominently in several recent Warriors wins — most notably in the closing minutes of a recent win over Charlotte.
Kuminga is still just 20 years old and won’t turn 21 until October, and if he can pair his elite athleticism for his size with more skill development, he’s going to be a problem.
However, I can’t put him in a tier higher than this when his overall production is actually substantially down from a season ago. Kuminga still really struggles from the perimeter (25.8 percent from 3, 67.2 percent from the line), which limits his offensive capability in the half court. He’s also a very mistake-prone player, with high rates of turnovers (17.4 percent of possessions this season) and fouls (5.9 per 100 possessions).
That said, Kuminga’s best moments can rank with almost anyone’s on this list, and he could have All-Defense selections in his future. His combination of youth and obvious athleticism make him a real threat to breakout at some point; it just hasn’t happened yet. Unhelpfully, he hurt his ankle last week and is out of the lineup after what had been his best stretch of the season.”