Stephen Curry jokes about a potential top 70 finish for Charles Barkley at this week's celebrity golf tournament: "No. Hell no...as much faith as Chuck has had in the Warriors and jump shooting teams, that's the amount of faith I have in him"
Three key quotes that are panicking people, lifted from the TK article, and my optimistic take on them after each:
Quote 1:
“I’m going to tell you your numbers are kind of messed up,” Lacob said. “You were throwing numbers out like 400, 500 … those numbers are not even remotely possible. They’re just not."
Joe is talking in the present sense. he is saying that for this season, those numbers won't be possible. he has not ruled out going over 400 for next season.
Quote 2:
"I’m already in trouble with the rest of the league. We are in trouble for being where we are. In fact, in Vegas there’ll be a board of governors meeting Tuesday. They’re not happy. It’s not just us. Other teams are going into the luxury tax now as well. ... You know, we kind of blew a hole in the system, and it’s not a good look from the league’s perspective. They don’t want to see it happen. And there are limits. I’m not going to say what they are, but there are limits to what you can do.”
I read this as he is saying the right thing for the upcoming CBA negotiations. In a way, not extending GP2 was also playing the part. he is trying not to alienate the league and owners away from potential changes that would benefit the Dubs' future anymore than has already been done. That means there's a possibility that once negotiations are complete, he no longer has to play as nice or obedient to league wises anymore, at least not until the next set of negotiations. Furthermore, if the negotiations break right, he may not have to play the deep pocketed villain anymore.
Quote 3:
“What I’m saying is to assume that we would go 4-500 million dollars at this time, it’s not possible,” Lacob said. “We’re not far from it. I’m just saying you can’t expect those kinds of numbers, unless we were to raise everyone’s ticket prices immensely, and I don’t think anyone wants that.”
Again, present tense. Not going to 4-500 million this season. Not raising ticket prices this season. Next season? Both may very well be on the table.
Good night to ALL...great to see some old reliable bball sages in here...STILL the BEST FORUM for TRUE DUB FANS...We gonna keep getting them ''Shampionships''...
Both Kuminga & Moody had nice turn around jump shots and defensive efforts. Inconsistent as heck sure but these guys can do a lot, especially when they are playing with our top 7 guys.
How many regular season games have we watched where teams stop playing their structured offense and defense late in games when they’re way behind? Loss of discipline is human nature. ‘This game is a loss, guess I’ll try to show something.’
Another takeaway is that the SL Dubs cannot defend in the paint. Something I hope they work on because that part of the game wasn’t pretty.
I enjoyed the first half. Moody showed a lot and the team ran some decent defensive sets. Kuminga showed some good bounce and D but obviously couldn’t find his shot. I saw what people like about Santos & McClung. Oh and Quinderry showed good effort. They fell apart at the end of course but still this was a good exhibition and practice for the guys.
Let's see now....which 3 of our SL prospects will give us what GPII gave us, 2-way, his rook season....for that matter, which free agent will replace him....
Duh, is this the dumpiest SL squad we've ever fielded, or, am I getting senile....looks a lot like our free agent strategy....hopefully, a lot of last-minute surprises....
Kuminga will be fine, needs to get his wind back and shake the rust off. They were putting him on the perimeter where he needs a ton of work, it won't look as good compared to when he is just being a roll man or working in the low post. But that is what Summer League is for, same reason Moody is forcing the issue on drives.
Sidebar, some of Moody's best finishes as a Warrior have been during dead balls in this Summer League. Had a really nice one today where he stepped out of bounds first, and had this one in the CC:
600+ comments on a summer league game thread for a team that just won the NBA championship... world class community right here
Clearly what our summer team needs is a point guard, so I propose we trade for Kyrie, just for the summer team.
I'm willing to give the Nets Mac McClung and free parking validation for a week.
Stephen Curry jokes about a potential top 70 finish for Charles Barkley at this week's celebrity golf tournament: "No. Hell no...as much faith as Chuck has had in the Warriors and jump shooting teams, that's the amount of faith I have in him"
https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/34211152/stephen-curry-says-charles-barkley-finish-top-70-american-century-championship-celebrity-golf-tournament
Also Curry's chip in from 97 feet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_X6rOmnv4A
Heroic effort by the SL Dubs to get kris banned today, I’m proud of them.
Rose-colored glasses on Lacob.
Three key quotes that are panicking people, lifted from the TK article, and my optimistic take on them after each:
Quote 1:
“I’m going to tell you your numbers are kind of messed up,” Lacob said. “You were throwing numbers out like 400, 500 … those numbers are not even remotely possible. They’re just not."
Joe is talking in the present sense. he is saying that for this season, those numbers won't be possible. he has not ruled out going over 400 for next season.
Quote 2:
"I’m already in trouble with the rest of the league. We are in trouble for being where we are. In fact, in Vegas there’ll be a board of governors meeting Tuesday. They’re not happy. It’s not just us. Other teams are going into the luxury tax now as well. ... You know, we kind of blew a hole in the system, and it’s not a good look from the league’s perspective. They don’t want to see it happen. And there are limits. I’m not going to say what they are, but there are limits to what you can do.”
I read this as he is saying the right thing for the upcoming CBA negotiations. In a way, not extending GP2 was also playing the part. he is trying not to alienate the league and owners away from potential changes that would benefit the Dubs' future anymore than has already been done. That means there's a possibility that once negotiations are complete, he no longer has to play as nice or obedient to league wises anymore, at least not until the next set of negotiations. Furthermore, if the negotiations break right, he may not have to play the deep pocketed villain anymore.
Quote 3:
“What I’m saying is to assume that we would go 4-500 million dollars at this time, it’s not possible,” Lacob said. “We’re not far from it. I’m just saying you can’t expect those kinds of numbers, unless we were to raise everyone’s ticket prices immensely, and I don’t think anyone wants that.”
Again, present tense. Not going to 4-500 million this season. Not raising ticket prices this season. Next season? Both may very well be on the table.
Good night to ALL...great to see some old reliable bball sages in here...STILL the BEST FORUM for TRUE DUB FANS...We gonna keep getting them ''Shampionships''...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZWEXLXcpOM
Ben Simmons had a crazy 2021-2022 highlight reel, I still can't believe we didn't trade the picks and Wiggins for him.
Both Kuminga & Moody had nice turn around jump shots and defensive efforts. Inconsistent as heck sure but these guys can do a lot, especially when they are playing with our top 7 guys.
How many regular season games have we watched where teams stop playing their structured offense and defense late in games when they’re way behind? Loss of discipline is human nature. ‘This game is a loss, guess I’ll try to show something.’
Another takeaway is that the SL Dubs cannot defend in the paint. Something I hope they work on because that part of the game wasn’t pretty.
I think I’m gonna go check out this new movie “Not Without my Dolphin “
I enjoyed the first half. Moody showed a lot and the team ran some decent defensive sets. Kuminga showed some good bounce and D but obviously couldn’t find his shot. I saw what people like about Santos & McClung. Oh and Quinderry showed good effort. They fell apart at the end of course but still this was a good exhibition and practice for the guys.
Your so stoopid lol. Gonna have to teech you all basketball. The coches to. Thay dont know anything wtf
Let's see now....which 3 of our SL prospects will give us what GPII gave us, 2-way, his rook season....for that matter, which free agent will replace him....
Duh, is this the dumpiest SL squad we've ever fielded, or, am I getting senile....looks a lot like our free agent strategy....hopefully, a lot of last-minute surprises....
I’m debating whether to be in here or stay away from social media altogether when James Wiseman makes his summer league debut.
Kuminga will be fine, needs to get his wind back and shake the rust off. They were putting him on the perimeter where he needs a ton of work, it won't look as good compared to when he is just being a roll man or working in the low post. But that is what Summer League is for, same reason Moody is forcing the issue on drives.
Sidebar, some of Moody's best finishes as a Warrior have been during dead balls in this Summer League. Had a really nice one today where he stepped out of bounds first, and had this one in the CC:
https://twitter.com/gswcba/status/1543749107843362816