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The thing that worries me about Moody is that he doesn't seem to make others better. We can't say that about Kuminga. In many ways, Moody seems kind of lost. He is primarily a shooter, not a creator or defender. I can see why he fell to #14. Without a good playmaker next to him, he doesn't excel. Rebounding and passing seem to elude him. I'm starting to wonder if the Warriors should have grabbed Sengun or Trey Murphy. I know they should have grabbed Sengun but Murphy looks like the kind of player that will have an impact. Moody is now questionable in my mind. I'd like to think differently about him. He really needs to add some muscle for power. He looks weak.

Jessup will be a player at some point. No doubt he still needs work on his game but is Australia the best place for him?

I still think we need someone big on the roster, not Guy or Jacquori. Their development would hold the Warriors back. They are gleague material and should develop there. We need another stud.

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Watching Jessup bomb from deep and make some really nice plays and I’m all “OK, so maybe he’s not Smileyinan Jessup.🤷🏼‍♂️“

If he’d played like this in the first SL game, I’d have started a GoFund Me account to buy out his Aussie contract.

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Well that was the first letdown game of this Summer League to me, where both the rookies were bad (well only the one who played) and the team got demolished. Still felt like a really good summer league, and if it makes sense developmentally, I hope they give both rookies a shot this season to see if they can work as role players in the NBA.

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Good Summer League, but weird how there's only like a month and a few weeks until training camp. Don't know if that's really enough time for Kuminga and Moody to work on their SL issues but whatever.

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I know these announcers are paid to act like they give a fvck, but they don't actually have to pretend the result means something.

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Moody rocks the team worst -22

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Garbage time layup for Moody but it was with the left hand!

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Good thing is that I think there is a lot for Moody to look at on film (all the overplays, the pressing too hard, the losing focus on D), so this hyped up scrimmage can be a real learning experience.

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Lakers figured out they could out-physical this Warriors team and the Ws just crumbled. Seems like every bucket has been a putback off 1-2 offensive rebounds or a 1v1 defensive strip leading to a fast break.

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*googles nba presason schedule*

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Terrible execution that whole quarter

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I keep seeing Moody showing up in the picture just LA lays it in.

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Booo.

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Moody good cut. But play before he got burned going for a steal in the corner, next play he overhelps off the other corner leaving an open 3.

A bit surprised to see JaQuori off-ball and Guy on-ball down the stretch. Guy with a very good find of the Moody cut, but...

Moody again overplays going for the ball fake and gives up the drive and score

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Great cut by Moody. Guy should be handling on every play at this point.

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I'm not seeing anybody here that deserves to beat out GPII for the 15th roster spot. I'm pretty sure that once the roster cuts start happening there will be better players deserving of a 2-way as well.

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