I know you can't write about everyone but I think it is worth at least mentioning that Moses Moody looked distinctly un-rookie like in the last few games, including 2 solid starts.
He certainly has further to go to break into the wing rotation because he doesn't stand out as much as Kuminga but Moody is going to keep earning minutes, especially on the veteran rest back-to-back schedule days.
And if Klay keeps progressing and Steph gets back to being Steph, we can look forward to a lot of 4th quarter minutes.
Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray have been named replacements for Kevin Durant and Draymond Green in the NBA All-Star Game.
There hasn't been much reporting on Bjeli, despite being out now for basically two weeks and counting. I wonder when we'll find out the underlying issue, if ever.
Injury and record wise it seems the Warriors are in the optimum position to give Moody consistent, meaningful minutes, it will be interesting to see how well he performs against the Clippers
Duby, your assessment is spot-on and encouraging. It also appropriately shouts out multiple contributors to the Warrior success to date. Yet there is no individual shout-out for Otto Porter, Jr. This is unacceptable in today's NBA. YO OTTO YOU ROCK TX FOR BEING OTTO! There, fixed it for ya.
It might be just me, but I'm wanting the Warriors to go 6-0 going into the ASB. Is that too much to ask for? 46-13 would be an awesome record at that point, especially with the potential of getting Draymond back on the other side (knock on wood) or soon thereafter. Fine, I suppose I'd also accept 45-14.
As Sleepy pointed out below, and Duby mentioned in the article, given the challenges the team has faced to this point the current record is really incredible. I can't wait to see what happens when we actually do get our big three + Wiggins all on the floor at the same time. As I've mentioned before I think we can essentially rule out Wiseman for this season. Even if he does come back at this point there's just not enough time to get him properly integrated. That will be next season's problem.
The other thing that happened with chips is that nobody anticipated that people would buy millions of them to burn electricity and accomplish nothing. Sort of like the Lakers.
Feb 7, 2022Liked by punk basketball, Daniel Hardee
This season overall may not be *that* surprising, but what if I had told you going into the season that at this point we’d have seen:
• Zero games with both Dray and Klay
• Zero games with Wiseman
• Steph losing 40 points of 3FG% and 66 points of TS% relative to last season
I think even the rosiest-colored glasses-wearing among Dub Nation would have been *extremely* hard pressed to envision us 40-13 with the best net rating in the league.
And ESPN/Hollinger with the info above probably would have pegged us 13-40.
I know you can't write about everyone but I think it is worth at least mentioning that Moses Moody looked distinctly un-rookie like in the last few games, including 2 solid starts.
He certainly has further to go to break into the wing rotation because he doesn't stand out as much as Kuminga but Moody is going to keep earning minutes, especially on the veteran rest back-to-back schedule days.
And if Klay keeps progressing and Steph gets back to being Steph, we can look forward to a lot of 4th quarter minutes.
So…… game thread?
OPJ and Iguodala playing tonight.
No trades made today. That's surprising. Will there be one tomorrow or on Wednesday?
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1490792904406835200
Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray have been named replacements for Kevin Durant and Draymond Green in the NBA All-Star Game.
There hasn't been much reporting on Bjeli, despite being out now for basically two weeks and counting. I wonder when we'll find out the underlying issue, if ever.
Injury and record wise it seems the Warriors are in the optimum position to give Moody consistent, meaningful minutes, it will be interesting to see how well he performs against the Clippers
Duby, your assessment is spot-on and encouraging. It also appropriately shouts out multiple contributors to the Warrior success to date. Yet there is no individual shout-out for Otto Porter, Jr. This is unacceptable in today's NBA. YO OTTO YOU ROCK TX FOR BEING OTTO! There, fixed it for ya.
Thunder stats:
Offense:
30 in points scored (101.0)
19 in points in paint (44.8)
29 in fastbreak points (9.3)
30 in offensive efficiency
30 in shooting % (41.8%)
30 in three point % (31.5%)
28 in two point % (49.3%)
21 in off. rebound % (21.7%)
18 in def. rebound % (76.2%)
25 in total rebound % (48.7%)
29 in opponent blocks (6.2)
26 in opponent steals (8.0)
30 in assists (21.1)
11 in turnovers (13.5)
Defense:
11 in points allowed (107.4)
13 in opponent points in paint (45.4)
2 in opponent fastbreak points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (9.5)
12 in defensive efficiency
10 in opponent shooting % !! (44.6%)
11 in opponent three point % (34.3%)
13 in opponent two point % (52.3%)
21 in blocks (4.6)
16 in steals (7.4)
22 in opponent assists (25.2)
20 in opponent turnovers (13.4)
Did anyone predict the Warriors would be 33-9 in games where Klay Thompson doesn’t play?
It might be just me, but I'm wanting the Warriors to go 6-0 going into the ASB. Is that too much to ask for? 46-13 would be an awesome record at that point, especially with the potential of getting Draymond back on the other side (knock on wood) or soon thereafter. Fine, I suppose I'd also accept 45-14.
As Sleepy pointed out below, and Duby mentioned in the article, given the challenges the team has faced to this point the current record is really incredible. I can't wait to see what happens when we actually do get our big three + Wiggins all on the floor at the same time. As I've mentioned before I think we can essentially rule out Wiseman for this season. Even if he does come back at this point there's just not enough time to get him properly integrated. That will be next season's problem.
The other thing that happened with chips is that nobody anticipated that people would buy millions of them to burn electricity and accomplish nothing. Sort of like the Lakers.
This season overall may not be *that* surprising, but what if I had told you going into the season that at this point we’d have seen:
• Zero games with both Dray and Klay
• Zero games with Wiseman
• Steph losing 40 points of 3FG% and 66 points of TS% relative to last season
I think even the rosiest-colored glasses-wearing among Dub Nation would have been *extremely* hard pressed to envision us 40-13 with the best net rating in the league.
And ESPN/Hollinger with the info above probably would have pegged us 13-40.
(Great stuff as always, Duby!)