Wondering how often unvaccinated players have to be tested before getting onto the court at Chase. What about vaccinated players on visiting team. Any different than requirements for GSW? Anyone know?
Dish doesn't carry ABC currently due to some contract issues...so...can sumbuddy gimme a place to freely watch the game? (I don't wanna sign up for anything).
I know this comes up now and again, but i never paid attention cause i didn't have to before.
Iceberg slim has it right. Without Green who excels at chaos ball, the team as it stands now know where to be and how to play there role. Good all around BB, thanks Kerr.
One other thing that I'm sure many have already said: I'm so glad Andrew got the vaccination. In the alternate universe where he went Kyrie and refused to get vaccinated, the Warriors are not 36-13 and Wiggins is sitting at home wasting his talent and maybe another year of the Warrior core's championship window. Either that, or someone from among Wiseman, Kuminga, Moody, and Poole is probably no longer a Warrior. It's painful to imagine, so I'll stop there, but I'm grateful that we all live in /this/ universe where everything is working out nicely.
I wonder who the most valuable Dub and most valuable player in the league is by this metric: salary divided by minutes played. Meaning ignore points or plus minus, etc. Just how much are you paid, and how much do you work? I'm guessing Looney ...?
Ah, good catch. Wiseman for “LVW” this season, for sure.
At the same time, Klay has made roughly $110M over the past 2.5+ seasons for playing 181 minutes, which works out to … wait for it … $600,000 per minute played.
Not counting the grueling physical and emotional toll of daily rehab over that time, of course … but still pretty nice work if you can get it. Glad it’s all going to a lovely prince among men like Klay. 😊
Dang, that blows my billable hour rate way out of the water. Guess I should have been a top 77 NBA player instead of an attorney. Poor life choices get ya every time
Tom Brady just announced retirement. I hope this is an inspiration to other players to ask if their time to leave has come. Specifically I have in mind Devin Booker, Chris Paul, DeAndre Ayton, Giannis, Embiid, Durant, and anyone else who is even remotely likely to get between the Dubs and a ring.
No need for those guys to retire. Happy for them to stay in and get beat -- especially Chris Paul and Kevin Durant. Paul because it's his calling in life to be the Washington Generals to Curry's Globetrotters, Durant because he abandoned ship and it would be fun to beat him the Warrior way -- as a team.
As for Brady, the guy is colossal. It's good he's retiring; he was running out of fingers for all of those rings.
I wonder if we're also thisclose to his actual retirement. Honestly I feel sorry for the guy sometimes even though he has always been The Evil Rival. Hang up the jersey, buddy. You've done enough.
While that might be cool, the son is not likely to make the NBA is my guess but I haven’t watched too much footage. Moreover, I never know when you’re grammar-trolling, but I am under the impression that Bronny is his son and brony is a male fan of My Little Pony. I await correction on these assertions with a double take of breath
a. While Bronny at this point is certainly not a sure fire NBA talent (I don't think there are many kids who are at only 17 years old), he looks like he'll at least fall into the borderline category. If he were just any other player I'd say making the NBA would be a longshot, but considering he's the son of LeBron, if LeBron has indicated that he'll join whichever team drafts his son then I'm sure that some team will use at least a second round pick on him. The revenue from the jersey sales alone would probably make it worth it.
2. As for his name, I did not realize that he was a "double n Bronny" as opposed to a single one. Although now that I realize as much it does make me wonder if Bronny is a Brony. That would be pretty awesome. Also, some of my trolling is legit, and some is the product of me posting primarily from my phone and not double checking what I'm writing thoroughly. I'll leave it up to you to decide what's what. My guideline is if it makes me seem funny and witty then it's totally intentional, but if it just seems awkward and dumb then it was probably an unfortunate drafting oversight on my part.
Random tidbit from Bronny's Wikipedia page: apparently when he was younger he wore the jersey number 0 as inspiration from his favorite NBA play who was none other than current Lakers legend... Russell Westbrook.
It's always funny and witty, except when it's not, but I've been assuming that's when someone else grabs your phone. You're probably right that LeBron could get me a contract, good point. Lastly, I'd mock the fact that Bronny is a 0, but that's low hanging sour grapes.
Is that a certainty -- all herniated discs mean done for the year? There's no resting mild cases and swelling recedes? Is that like a known medical thing?
As a physical therapist I will tell you there are a lot of variations with regards to a bulging or herniated (has it been confirmed herniated?) disc. Most do well without surgery and management with physical therapy. Especially for someone young and active like Draymond.
It really depends. There is no concrete answer for that. If they are able to get pressure off of the nerve that the disc is pressing on, and that pressure stays off, then he should be fine. Usually that can be done with mobility exercises for the back and strengthening for the glutes/back/abs, etc.
From what I can tell he is in good spirits (as are the Warriors) so hopefully that means he is responding well to PT.
Warriors now 10-6 with Curry and without Draymond the last two seasons. Some impressive wins (Miami last season, Dallas, Cleveland), some unimpressive wins (@Bulls last season on a buzzer beater, Rockets on a buzzer beater), some unimpressive losses (Pacers), some understandable losses (@Nets, @Bucks twice).
Probably a slightly above .500 team without Klay, maybe the 42-44 win range over an 82 game season. And then in the 45-50 win range with Klay. Add Draymond into the mix and I'm thinking low 60s.
Was listening to Fridel on the radio wrending his garments about how “Steph going in a slump during the playoffs is the Warriors Achilles heel”, then waxing about how great Kyrie is on offense. Made me realize that Steph just created such a cognitive dissonance in the larger spectrum of NBA observers that they just can’t believe he’s going to keep making the shots he does… they’re just constantly expecting a “regression to the mean”. Any slump looks like an Ah Ha! See, he’s mortal. He’ll be more appreciated when he’s retired, and those same observers will shift to “Player X is no Steph Curry… nobody ever will be again”
There is NO comparison between these guys. Kyrie is one of the best offensive players in the game. Curry is a transformational figure in the history of basketball, one of the all-time greats. And that's just on the court. Off the court, Curry is a kind, generous man who is a good (not perfect) role model to kids everywhere. Irving is a flat earth anti-vaxer who disappears on his team for weeks at a time just because. He's what no parent should ever want their kid to become, this side of his talent and contract.
🤣 Plus those Kyrie stats were put up with him being the secondary scorer on his team, with the defense focused on one of the greatest players of all time.
Let me be the 1,347,221st person to say it: It's stupid that Kyrie can play in Chase.
He'll get his when his team has the ball, but I can't wait to see GPII on him, and I hope Steph, Klay, and Jordan Poole roast him, going over, around, and through him repeatedly.
I also hope Harden plays and wears a looks of perpetual frustration that he can't get all of the cheap fouls he thinks he entitled to.
A taste is fine, I just want to see them win this game and Kuminga's defense against Brunson hasn't filled me with confidence that he can deal with the speedy/crafty guards:
Yeah, he’s going to be inconsistent… gotta learn from the fire for next year… or maybe marginal competence in the playoffs to fill some minutes if Dray is on foul trouble
I not only hope these things, I think they are pretty likely. One never knows, but I think that the Warrior defense is going to frustrate the Nets pretty well. Their stars will be guarded by Klay, Steph, Wiggins, GPII, in waves, and hopefully that will make them get frustrated to the point of vaccination.
This seems like a good game for GPII to play a lot. The Nets' hopes hinge on star guard play. I'd be curious to see how well he can limit Kyrie and/or Harden. As a homer I'd like to say that those guys are bums and he's going to shut them out, but that's not quite reality. Be interesting to see how many minutes he gets. Because another way to look at it is that they are both subpar defenders, so put Klay and Steph and Poole out there and outscore them. (Yes, before you jump on my post, I am aware that Klay and Steph have shown they can play defense. But I'd love to see GPII go into Full Court Menace mode)
For Kyrie yes, but for Harden you usually want length so you can bother his stepback. It's one of the reasons Looney has done surprisingly well against him in the past.
Haren is not quick enough to just beat Wiggins with speed, so definitely should be good match up for him. Kyrie will get him flat footed and blow by him.
Is Quinndary Weatherspoon available? It would be fun to see him get a shot as well. He's got that dog mentality and six fouls to give. Time to deploy him.
I know! We saw a brief flash or two, and really haven't seen him since. He's kind of a dawg out there. Still, hard to get minutes in the Warrior back court. Yes, in the back? Oh, Moses Moody is raising his hand....
Hopefully Steph and Klay decide to get Wiggy with it and join the Poole party in the 3rd- splish splash!
Just joined. How are splash bros doing?
Not well. They're due in the 2nd half.
Go to game thread :)
All Star Wiggins showing out on national tv
Wondering how often unvaccinated players have to be tested before getting onto the court at Chase. What about vaccinated players on visiting team. Any different than requirements for GSW? Anyone know?
Dish doesn't carry ABC currently due to some contract issues...so...can sumbuddy gimme a place to freely watch the game? (I don't wanna sign up for anything).
I know this comes up now and again, but i never paid attention cause i didn't have to before.
https://www.streameast.live/as-nba-streams/
nbabite dot com
Sportsurge dot net
Nets stats:
Offense:
5 in points scored!!!!!!!!!!!! (112.0)
15 in points in paint (46.1)
9 in fastbreak points!!!! (13.5)
7 in offensive efficiency!!!!!!!!
3 in shooting % !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (47.3%)
14 in three point % (35.1%)
7 in two point % !!!!!!!! (54.1%)
14 in off. rebound % (23.1%)
22 in def. rebound % (76.0%)
15 in total rebound % (50.1%)
20 in opponent blocks (5.1)
22 in opponent steals (7.9)
8 in assists!!!!! (25.5)
19 in turnovers (14.3)
Defense:
19 in points allowed (110.0)
16 in opponent points in paint (46.8)
29 in opponent fastbreak points (14.2)
13 in defensive efficiency
5 in opponent shooting % !!!!!!!!!!!! (44.1%)
2 in opponent three point % !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (32.9%)
8 in opponent two point % !!!!!! (51.6%)
7 in blocks!!!!!!! (5.4)
26 in steals (7.0)
8 in opponent assists!!!!! (23.1)
27 in opponent turnovers (12.9)
Are there any restrictions on burning sage at Chase Center?
I’ll check with the fire marshal.
Sage must be organic, less than 1 ounce, but use only by vaccinated players.
Iceberg slim has it right. Without Green who excels at chaos ball, the team as it stands now know where to be and how to play there role. Good all around BB, thanks Kerr.
One other thing that I'm sure many have already said: I'm so glad Andrew got the vaccination. In the alternate universe where he went Kyrie and refused to get vaccinated, the Warriors are not 36-13 and Wiggins is sitting at home wasting his talent and maybe another year of the Warrior core's championship window. Either that, or someone from among Wiseman, Kuminga, Moody, and Poole is probably no longer a Warrior. It's painful to imagine, so I'll stop there, but I'm grateful that we all live in /this/ universe where everything is working out nicely.
I wonder who the most valuable Dub and most valuable player in the league is by this metric: salary divided by minutes played. Meaning ignore points or plus minus, etc. Just how much are you paid, and how much do you work? I'm guessing Looney ...?
On the Warriors:
1. Poole
2. Porter
3. Payton
4. DLee
5. Bjelica
6. JTA
7. Looney
Least valuable Warrior by your equation: Klay.
Thanks! Provokes thought. I'm guessing Wiseman is technically the LVW here, if we're allowed to divide by zero.
Ah, good catch. Wiseman for “LVW” this season, for sure.
At the same time, Klay has made roughly $110M over the past 2.5+ seasons for playing 181 minutes, which works out to … wait for it … $600,000 per minute played.
Not counting the grueling physical and emotional toll of daily rehab over that time, of course … but still pretty nice work if you can get it. Glad it’s all going to a lovely prince among men like Klay. 😊
Dang, that blows my billable hour rate way out of the water. Guess I should have been a top 77 NBA player instead of an attorney. Poor life choices get ya every time
You just need to chase bigger ambulances.
And if we're not: his value is undefined... which is probably more accurate.
Tom Brady just announced retirement. I hope this is an inspiration to other players to ask if their time to leave has come. Specifically I have in mind Devin Booker, Chris Paul, DeAndre Ayton, Giannis, Embiid, Durant, and anyone else who is even remotely likely to get between the Dubs and a ring.
Don't forget Lowry and Butler
He plays some other sport right?
Heard the name before but thats about it.
Also a lot of current referees.
Aaannnd1!
No need for those guys to retire. Happy for them to stay in and get beat -- especially Chris Paul and Kevin Durant. Paul because it's his calling in life to be the Washington Generals to Curry's Globetrotters, Durant because he abandoned ship and it would be fun to beat him the Warrior way -- as a team.
As for Brady, the guy is colossal. It's good he's retiring; he was running out of fingers for all of those rings.
I think that if you can deflate some of those rings, you can get more on his hands
Geriatric comeback!
Wishful thinking
I wonder if we're also thisclose to his actual retirement. Honestly I feel sorry for the guy sometimes even though he has always been The Evil Rival. Hang up the jersey, buddy. You've done enough.
I kinda really want to see him and Brony on a team. I think that would just be cool.
While that might be cool, the son is not likely to make the NBA is my guess but I haven’t watched too much footage. Moreover, I never know when you’re grammar-trolling, but I am under the impression that Bronny is his son and brony is a male fan of My Little Pony. I await correction on these assertions with a double take of breath
In response to your two contentions above:
a. While Bronny at this point is certainly not a sure fire NBA talent (I don't think there are many kids who are at only 17 years old), he looks like he'll at least fall into the borderline category. If he were just any other player I'd say making the NBA would be a longshot, but considering he's the son of LeBron, if LeBron has indicated that he'll join whichever team drafts his son then I'm sure that some team will use at least a second round pick on him. The revenue from the jersey sales alone would probably make it worth it.
2. As for his name, I did not realize that he was a "double n Bronny" as opposed to a single one. Although now that I realize as much it does make me wonder if Bronny is a Brony. That would be pretty awesome. Also, some of my trolling is legit, and some is the product of me posting primarily from my phone and not double checking what I'm writing thoroughly. I'll leave it up to you to decide what's what. My guideline is if it makes me seem funny and witty then it's totally intentional, but if it just seems awkward and dumb then it was probably an unfortunate drafting oversight on my part.
Random tidbit from Bronny's Wikipedia page: apparently when he was younger he wore the jersey number 0 as inspiration from his favorite NBA play who was none other than current Lakers legend... Russell Westbrook.
It's always funny and witty, except when it's not, but I've been assuming that's when someone else grabs your phone. You're probably right that LeBron could get me a contract, good point. Lastly, I'd mock the fact that Bronny is a 0, but that's low hanging sour grapes.
I would like to give this post three or more hearts!
Why does SF permit unvaccinated players to play?
If Draymond has a herniated disc he is done for the year, so saying "when he returns' is slightly optimistic.
Is that a certainty -- all herniated discs mean done for the year? There's no resting mild cases and swelling recedes? Is that like a known medical thing?
As a physical therapist I will tell you there are a lot of variations with regards to a bulging or herniated (has it been confirmed herniated?) disc. Most do well without surgery and management with physical therapy. Especially for someone young and active like Draymond.
It really depends. There is no concrete answer for that. If they are able to get pressure off of the nerve that the disc is pressing on, and that pressure stays off, then he should be fine. Usually that can be done with mobility exercises for the back and strengthening for the glutes/back/abs, etc.
From what I can tell he is in good spirits (as are the Warriors) so hopefully that means he is responding well to PT.
So... What if they just give him "the good stuff" and tell him to walk it off. That should work, right?
Personally, I hope the City of SF bars Kyrie from entering the facility. The loophole seems really really whack to me.
At least there are many places in San Francisco which he will not be allowed to enter.
Maybe they should invite John Stockton to make a speech before the game.
And Elon Musk to join the cheerleaders.
I deeply appreciate Tesla, but damn did he go in a horrible direction
I don’t follow that guy much, he done gone anti Vax?
Ironically, Irving is allowed to be in Chase because he's a visiting performer. Stockton is not and wouldn't make it inside the arena.
Lock 'em out!!
Warriors now 10-6 with Curry and without Draymond the last two seasons. Some impressive wins (Miami last season, Dallas, Cleveland), some unimpressive wins (@Bulls last season on a buzzer beater, Rockets on a buzzer beater), some unimpressive losses (Pacers), some understandable losses (@Nets, @Bucks twice).
Probably a slightly above .500 team without Klay, maybe the 42-44 win range over an 82 game season. And then in the 45-50 win range with Klay. Add Draymond into the mix and I'm thinking low 60s.
With “Slumping” Curry, no less. I bump all those by 5 wins with non slumping Curry.
Now do Wiseman please
36-13, lol
But how many of this wins/losses were impressive vs unimpressive???
Was listening to Fridel on the radio wrending his garments about how “Steph going in a slump during the playoffs is the Warriors Achilles heel”, then waxing about how great Kyrie is on offense. Made me realize that Steph just created such a cognitive dissonance in the larger spectrum of NBA observers that they just can’t believe he’s going to keep making the shots he does… they’re just constantly expecting a “regression to the mean”. Any slump looks like an Ah Ha! See, he’s mortal. He’ll be more appreciated when he’s retired, and those same observers will shift to “Player X is no Steph Curry… nobody ever will be again”
Career playoffs
Curry
26.5 pts on .609 true shooting
5.4 reb
6.3 ast
Three rings
====
Kyrie
23.4 pts on .563 true shooting
3.6 reb
4.8 ast
One ring
There is NO comparison between these guys. Kyrie is one of the best offensive players in the game. Curry is a transformational figure in the history of basketball, one of the all-time greats. And that's just on the court. Off the court, Curry is a kind, generous man who is a good (not perfect) role model to kids everywhere. Irving is a flat earth anti-vaxer who disappears on his team for weeks at a time just because. He's what no parent should ever want their kid to become, this side of his talent and contract.
Curry actually outscored Kyrie from an efficiency standpoint in the 2016 Finals as well.
🤣 Plus those Kyrie stats were put up with him being the secondary scorer on his team, with the defense focused on one of the greatest players of all time.
JR Smith?
Which means Kyrie is Sauron and Steph is the Elven Rings. Just sayin'
Does that make Robert Horry a dwarf?
+1 nerd cred
Tolkien references are nerdy?
Aw shucks
Let me be the 1,347,221st person to say it: It's stupid that Kyrie can play in Chase.
He'll get his when his team has the ball, but I can't wait to see GPII on him, and I hope Steph, Klay, and Jordan Poole roast him, going over, around, and through him repeatedly.
I also hope Harden plays and wears a looks of perpetual frustration that he can't get all of the cheap fouls he thinks he entitled to.
Time to end the homestand strong. Go Warriors!
I have a feeling that this might be a JK training game too. Let him go get some lessons from James and Kyrie.
Harden yes, Kyrie I'd say no.
I’m not saying he’ll be successful, he won’t. But I think they put him there for a few minutes to give him a taste.
A taste is fine, I just want to see them win this game and Kuminga's defense against Brunson hasn't filled me with confidence that he can deal with the speedy/crafty guards:
https://youtu.be/4j-d-qEWars?t=193
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzVQu5_Wi-8
Yeah, he’s going to be inconsistent… gotta learn from the fire for next year… or maybe marginal competence in the playoffs to fill some minutes if Dray is on foul trouble
I not only hope these things, I think they are pretty likely. One never knows, but I think that the Warrior defense is going to frustrate the Nets pretty well. Their stars will be guarded by Klay, Steph, Wiggins, GPII, in waves, and hopefully that will make them get frustrated to the point of vaccination.
If there was a Splash Bros vaccine, would Kyrie take it?
He's already received natural immunity
He’s been infected, but I don’t believe he’s got antibodies.
His body rejected it outright.
This seems like a good game for GPII to play a lot. The Nets' hopes hinge on star guard play. I'd be curious to see how well he can limit Kyrie and/or Harden. As a homer I'd like to say that those guys are bums and he's going to shut them out, but that's not quite reality. Be interesting to see how many minutes he gets. Because another way to look at it is that they are both subpar defenders, so put Klay and Steph and Poole out there and outscore them. (Yes, before you jump on my post, I am aware that Klay and Steph have shown they can play defense. But I'd love to see GPII go into Full Court Menace mode)
For Kyrie yes, but for Harden you usually want length so you can bother his stepback. It's one of the reasons Looney has done surprisingly well against him in the past.
I'd say Wiggins makes the most sense for Harden.
Haren is not quick enough to just beat Wiggins with speed, so definitely should be good match up for him. Kyrie will get him flat footed and blow by him.
Is Quinndary Weatherspoon available? It would be fun to see him get a shot as well. He's got that dog mentality and six fouls to give. Time to deploy him.
I know! We saw a brief flash or two, and really haven't seen him since. He's kind of a dawg out there. Still, hard to get minutes in the Warrior back court. Yes, in the back? Oh, Moses Moody is raising his hand....
Not to mention JTA.