With Green coming out of Tokyo, Klay and Wiseman still mending, I expect to see heavy minutes from Lee, JTA, Loon, Andre, OPJ & Belly at the outset. This should get the 2 new vets acclimated pretty fast. Because of this, I think Kerr will limit rookie minutes at the outset, "chase wins" early in order to avoid a repeat of last year's mistakes. And once team is cohesive, start letting the leash out on the rooks. I think they think you can win and develop at the same time, but I think internally, they believe they can do a much better job of it.
It appears Atkinson is going to be a real player on the staff. What GSW has done with staff reminds me of current Giants. A lot of really smart and involved guys around to coach up players. We have had a few wall-flowers on the staff and I think this is a great sign of things to come.
Unrelated to tonight's game: Can someone help me understand why the Ws signed Chiozza when they have two-way options on their on Summer League team that are actually showing something right now? Is Atkinson advocating for him? His physical attributes can't be the reason. What does he have that's special enough to compensate for being 5' 11" and not really having done much in the NBA?
After this game, I remain pleased with Kuminga and Moody. They have skills energy, athleticism and will be contributors. Yea Kuminga is borderline out of control but W coaches will get that chilled down a degree. Moody was less involved but it seems like good things always happened when he touched the ball. GP2 is less clear to me. Way better today. Crap in the last game. Inconsistency is way of not being great. McLaughlin again impressed me. He could become a real asset. Jessup got hot, but still too inconsistent. Guy was a less good Jessup.
Winners: fans like me with something fun to watch in August.
I don't think it matters who starts, who doesn't. What's important is the combinations we put on the floor. Steph-Moody-Wiggs-Dray-(Loon or JTA) is fine. It surrounds the rook with 4 guys who know what they are doing and will speed his development within the system. If Kuminga is logging minutes, yeah, I have Lee instead of Moody, again ensuring that the rook is surrounded on all sides by guys who know the system. Hopefully, OPJ and Belly will get acclimated quickly so you can add them to the list of guys who know what they are doing. I think what's important for the Warriors is that they start off this year the way they finished last year - playing THEIR game. So they let the rooks in one at a time to play with any experienced 4-man group. The rotations remain cohesive and the rooks learn how to play within the system. Anywho, that would be my approach. The rooks can develop without having a negative impact on each rotation, because any group of 4 experienced Warriors should be able to shepherd one rook on the floor with them.
I'm not sold on moody as the starter over lee, hes very shaky with the ball and around the rim, hes looked decent, jumper is awesome but I'm glad as hell we didnt take him at 7
I think kuminga can absolutely give us positive minutes this upcoming season, hes not going to be running pick and rolls all game during the season, hes going to be running the fast break, getting touches off of dives to the post, handoffs and screens to get him downhill and cutting from the corners.
Defensively on ball hes looked great, off ball hes not engaged at all but has shown great timing on blocks. These are easy fixes considering he has barely had any coaching his whole life.
I hope the coaches put a extra focus on his rebounding during training camp because dude could become a force on the boards as well
Well, I'm not sure what we learned today in that choppy game.
We learned that
* Kuminga has a whole enemies-to-lovers arc beginning with Barnes.
* Kuminga has S-tier dunk misses and f'ed around on defense (when not on Barnes) gambling for highlight steals like he has nothing to prove.
* Moody continues to be smooth, though he needs intensive Klayup therapy
* GP2 can absolutely catch a body, but I'm not sure he can generally bend a defense.
* GP2 with a great small sample size of three pointers.
* Jessup might be recovering a little confidence. No one expects him to hit threes with tough closeouts coming, but at least make the open ones and the little midrange pullups.
With Green coming out of Tokyo, Klay and Wiseman still mending, I expect to see heavy minutes from Lee, JTA, Loon, Andre, OPJ & Belly at the outset. This should get the 2 new vets acclimated pretty fast. Because of this, I think Kerr will limit rookie minutes at the outset, "chase wins" early in order to avoid a repeat of last year's mistakes. And once team is cohesive, start letting the leash out on the rooks. I think they think you can win and develop at the same time, but I think internally, they believe they can do a much better job of it.
It appears Atkinson is going to be a real player on the staff. What GSW has done with staff reminds me of current Giants. A lot of really smart and involved guys around to coach up players. We have had a few wall-flowers on the staff and I think this is a great sign of things to come.
Unrelated to tonight's game: Can someone help me understand why the Ws signed Chiozza when they have two-way options on their on Summer League team that are actually showing something right now? Is Atkinson advocating for him? His physical attributes can't be the reason. What does he have that's special enough to compensate for being 5' 11" and not really having done much in the NBA?
So is Kuminga our loose nuclear warhead or?
After this game, I remain pleased with Kuminga and Moody. They have skills energy, athleticism and will be contributors. Yea Kuminga is borderline out of control but W coaches will get that chilled down a degree. Moody was less involved but it seems like good things always happened when he touched the ball. GP2 is less clear to me. Way better today. Crap in the last game. Inconsistency is way of not being great. McLaughlin again impressed me. He could become a real asset. Jessup got hot, but still too inconsistent. Guy was a less good Jessup.
Winners: fans like me with something fun to watch in August.
Moody is now at 7 for 16=43% from three in Summer League. Not a bad early return for a young guy extending out to the NBA three point line.
I don't think it matters who starts, who doesn't. What's important is the combinations we put on the floor. Steph-Moody-Wiggs-Dray-(Loon or JTA) is fine. It surrounds the rook with 4 guys who know what they are doing and will speed his development within the system. If Kuminga is logging minutes, yeah, I have Lee instead of Moody, again ensuring that the rook is surrounded on all sides by guys who know the system. Hopefully, OPJ and Belly will get acclimated quickly so you can add them to the list of guys who know what they are doing. I think what's important for the Warriors is that they start off this year the way they finished last year - playing THEIR game. So they let the rooks in one at a time to play with any experienced 4-man group. The rotations remain cohesive and the rooks learn how to play within the system. Anywho, that would be my approach. The rooks can develop without having a negative impact on each rotation, because any group of 4 experienced Warriors should be able to shepherd one rook on the floor with them.
Josh Giddey better rest his ankle on Friday.
I'm not sold on moody as the starter over lee, hes very shaky with the ball and around the rim, hes looked decent, jumper is awesome but I'm glad as hell we didnt take him at 7
I think kuminga can absolutely give us positive minutes this upcoming season, hes not going to be running pick and rolls all game during the season, hes going to be running the fast break, getting touches off of dives to the post, handoffs and screens to get him downhill and cutting from the corners.
Defensively on ball hes looked great, off ball hes not engaged at all but has shown great timing on blocks. These are easy fixes considering he has barely had any coaching his whole life.
I hope the coaches put a extra focus on his rebounding during training camp because dude could become a force on the boards as well
Jessup had active hands all game, I liked to see it even if his feet were cemented to the floor. Plus when he heats up his shot is a lazer.
Barnes: (-10, 25:16)
13 points 2/8 FGs 1/2 threes 8/12 FTs
8 rebounds (3 off.) 1 assist 2 turnovers
Kuminga: (-1, 28:22)
18 points 5/17 FGs 3/6 threes 5/8 FTs
4 rebounds (3 off.) 1 assist 6 turnovers 2 steals 1 block
Moody: (+1, 23:11)
14 points 4/15 FGs 3/7 threes 3/4 FTs
2 rebounds (2 off.) 1 turnover 1 steal 1 block
Of note: if we can believe the record, Kuminga is 14 months younger than Barnes.
Well, I'm not sure what we learned today in that choppy game.
We learned that
* Kuminga has a whole enemies-to-lovers arc beginning with Barnes.
* Kuminga has S-tier dunk misses and f'ed around on defense (when not on Barnes) gambling for highlight steals like he has nothing to prove.
* Moody continues to be smooth, though he needs intensive Klayup therapy
* GP2 can absolutely catch a body, but I'm not sure he can generally bend a defense.
* GP2 with a great small sample size of three pointers.
* Jessup might be recovering a little confidence. No one expects him to hit threes with tough closeouts coming, but at least make the open ones and the little midrange pullups.
* JaQuori had a damned smooth move and finish
Well that was fun. It’s official, Kuminga has chutzpah!
For a guy who’s known as a “black hole”, he’s a willing passer and answers questions from the media with talk about the team.