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As of today, avg years nba experience

1-5 Curry-Klay-Wiggs-Dray-Loon = MANY

6-10 Poole, DDV, Moody, JK, J Dub = a pinch over 2

11-15 Rollins (tbd), PBJ (tbd), Crickets = 0

Wow. I hear Jo, Bo & Steve are flying to the Hamptons to meet with Andre.

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It is starting to become slim pickin's at the Free Agent table. Like finally showing up in the Hotel's continental breakfast room and all that is left is bran muffins. It appears that the biggest deterrent to hitching to the Dubs wagon is minutes availability. Players want to play and everyone knows Poole, Moody, JK and Wiseman are going to get every opportunity to eat as many minutes as they can. Looks like we are going to have to go all in on youth this year. I'm confident that if we can push them hard and long early, we will see real benefits by the end of the year. But it's a long way from OPJ, Beli-GP2, Andre, JTA & D Lee. That's a lot of institutional knowledge and skill to lose in one year.

Still holding out hope Bob has at least one solid vet up his sleeve.

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Looks like TJ Warren is off the board. signing with BKL

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Just a reminder, we got to see a Finals MVP performance from Steph Curry a couple of weeks ago.

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thinking about it, been kind of a bummer week for Warriors fans

we lost fan favorite the Young Glove; three of our exciting young players are injured (one new, two lingering); JoKu's visa troubles robbed us of getting to seem him play; Moody was meh; and now the signing have just ground to a halt

otoh, two weeks ago was the championship parade, so perspective I guess

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how did Quinn play?

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I'm trying to think about what the decisions to let JTA and D.Lee walk tell us about what the FO is thinking right now. My guess is that they really think they can get better (or different) vet minimums than those two guys. I think there is an outside chance that they would give Gui Santos a rookie deal, but I'm kind of guessing no - more likely they stash him - or he gets the 2nd two way and Q.Spoon gets cut.

So if they really think they can get better / different vet minimums than those two guys - I'm surprised it's taking this long. Feels like a ring chase would know there are not a lot of seats on the Warriors bench and would just take one if offered. I hope that they have some good options ahead of D.Lee and JTA, those guys were alright to have on the roster.

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I’m writing it here, although OT. The price theorized for Durant, makes that trade smell like catastrophic failure all over.

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Moody was glaringly upset for having been whacked. He played very nervously. I wouldn’t worry about that performance.

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Anybody post this yet? Sorry if duplicate: Wiseman 5-on-5 apparently went well yesterday.

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/james-wiseman-still-track-summer-league-debut-after-5-5?cid=Yahoo&partner=ya4nbcs

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Jul 5, 2022Liked by Nate P

I came into this draft with pretty low expectations given GSW having less-than-exciting draft position. I was fine with it since we’d kinda flukes our way into 3 lottery picks in the previous two years and hit the lottery with Poole. We were champs again (fuck yeah 🤙🏼) and I figured the days of adding to the young core were over, but I’m feeling pretty good about this draft haul. It’s not hard to imagine all three guys playing well above their respective draft slot.

Poole-Moody-Wiggins-Kuminga-Wiseman-PBJ-Rollins-Looney-Santos-DDV is a super intriguing group of young players. It’s a nice blend of both bonafide NBA players who are still improving and young guys with mind-boggling potential. There’s also a blend of of length, BBIQ and athleticism. Watching these guys develop as our core inevitably ages will be fascinating.

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Jul 5, 2022Liked by Nate P

Thanks for this breakdown. It's a reminder to me that I don't /really/ know what I'm looking at. It's obvious when a guy is beating his man, scoring, or harassing someone on defense. But the context is helpful. I didn't really know how these games were being utilized in player development, and it makes all kinds of sense.

Kudos to Nate and the others who contributed their insightful observations.

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Jul 5, 2022Liked by Nate P

Thanks Nate! After watching him for two games (I’ve only seen highlights), do you think Santos has more of an immediate future as a 2-way or SCW with than draft-and-stash we were expecting? It looks like he’s got some serious guard skills for a guy as big as he is.

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Is it wrong of me to hope that Kyrie gets traded to Miami?

I'd love to see what Jimmy Butler would do the first time Kyrie tried to burn sage on the court. Plus, Spoelstra's disgusted look is top 3 among NBA coaches.

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Jul 5, 2022Liked by Nate P

Thanks for the article Nate. I haven’t watched any games, so this gives a nice perspective on the performances to date. I’m glad Lester settled into this game too.

It’s a real shame we can’t see RR get to work, particularly as he is in a potential roster spot.

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Thanks for this detailed account. The East Bay Times article had pics but not a bit of insight about the game.

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