My experience with playing sports ( God, it seems so long ago, can’t believe we wore leather helmets) was that I almost always played better when we were winning even if not as many minutes. A great example of that, for me, is the beginning of last season when we were on a tear and JTA starting looking like a beast in limited minutes. Once we hit a rough patch his play seemed to drop off in lockstep with our losses. That’s why I think it would be wise for Kerr & Co to focus on winning instead of worrying about sunk costs and the puzzle pieces might just fall into place.
I’m glad i can read comments here without listening to hate filled screeds or takes that dont remember this is supposed to fun even when it’s a dissapointing mess. The world is too fucked up, so I like that I can come here and laugh, learn, and still smile when the dynasty falters.
There's an argument to be made here that the offseason mistakes the FO made were letting DLee and JTA go. Both of them knew the system well enough to help integrate OPJ, Bjeli, and GP2 well last year. This year, they let go of everyone who knew the system except for JP3. Perhaps they thought MM and JK picked up more of the system their first year than they actually did (and MM's 2-man ratings back this up), or perhaps they just were too confident in the starters. But it's quite apparent that the utter lack of system knowledge by anyone on the bench is really fucking shit up. If instead of JMG, they had kept JTA, would they be better off right now? If DLee was playing instead of DDV or even TW (requiring the 15th spot), would they be better off right now?
I think it could be argued that the answer to both is Yes.
I'm surprised kerr isnt getting more flack for this year. The lineups he has been playing have proven over the years not to work. The drop coverage with wiseman has been something alot of us have disagreed with for 2 years and it seems it's being forced onto the team.
Alot of ua have also wanted to let wiseman spot up and show his jumper every now and then, this would help spacing so much.
Kerr has also refused to play kuminga which is just ridiculous imo. You cant say it's because of his play because we are 3-6 without him and you cant say it's his attitude because how do you bench a 20 year old for attitude but have 32 year old man in the starting lineup who just punched poole
whole bench (with partial exception of Moody) has struggled (to put it mildly lol), but the biggest issue I see here is Poole: just got the bag & he doesn't have a single positive pairing on the team right now
the team can adjust around Wiseman's struggles much more easily than around Poole falling from Sixth Man of the Year candidate to how he's playing now
We had a hell of a 2021-2022 season that was capped with a RING. This was partly due to the awesome supporting players that we had. Yet, we let go four of them and one left voluntarily. I know the plan is to develop young players but I sometimes scratch my head on why a team who played so well together and won a championship doesn’t keep those key supporting players. Wouldn’t you want to keep a winning team together? Just letting off some steam.
My feeling, at this point, is you either run it back hard or build for the future. Start moving pieces further and further to the back of the bench until they fall off as new pieces are needed to keep the run going. JMG and JW for GP2. Interested, Dame?
Yep, nowhere near panic yet. We have some real talent on that bench, though less experience this year. Time will cure ALL; got to figure out their roles/combinations first, then, build that familiarity/chemistry into winning, 2-way ball. No doubt, Kerr/staff/team will get there for another Ship run. 66 pts from Splash Bros was a real positive to take away. So, let the young uns get their run and figure it out tonight, and remember the 0-6 road start of this season...
Back-to-backs are always tough for our coverage here. Trying out something between a game thread and preview. Please let me know any feedback you may have: https://dubnationhq.com/p/just-forget-it-kerr-resting-everyone
(as usual these days, that's going to be the game thread)
According to Hollinger's NBA Team Stats, Warriors are #13 in offense and #22 in defense.
Headline/ KoolAid signs Ye and Kyrie to multimillion $ endorsement contracts…….for same flavor, of course!
My experience with playing sports ( God, it seems so long ago, can’t believe we wore leather helmets) was that I almost always played better when we were winning even if not as many minutes. A great example of that, for me, is the beginning of last season when we were on a tear and JTA starting looking like a beast in limited minutes. Once we hit a rough patch his play seemed to drop off in lockstep with our losses. That’s why I think it would be wise for Kerr & Co to focus on winning instead of worrying about sunk costs and the puzzle pieces might just fall into place.
I’m glad i can read comments here without listening to hate filled screeds or takes that dont remember this is supposed to fun even when it’s a dissapointing mess. The world is too fucked up, so I like that I can come here and laugh, learn, and still smile when the dynasty falters.
End love letter to dnhq
You know what? I've reconsidered my stance after considering the points made in this video, I think last night was actually a productive game:
https://twitter.com/defaut_zero/status/1588637648096493570
There's an argument to be made here that the offseason mistakes the FO made were letting DLee and JTA go. Both of them knew the system well enough to help integrate OPJ, Bjeli, and GP2 well last year. This year, they let go of everyone who knew the system except for JP3. Perhaps they thought MM and JK picked up more of the system their first year than they actually did (and MM's 2-man ratings back this up), or perhaps they just were too confident in the starters. But it's quite apparent that the utter lack of system knowledge by anyone on the bench is really fucking shit up. If instead of JMG, they had kept JTA, would they be better off right now? If DLee was playing instead of DDV or even TW (requiring the 15th spot), would they be better off right now?
I think it could be argued that the answer to both is Yes.
C.J. Holmes 🦹🏾♂️
@CjHolmes22
I asked Stephen Curry what it takes to respond to this kind of adversity. He said the keys are essentially staying positive and not pointing fingers.
I'm surprised kerr isnt getting more flack for this year. The lineups he has been playing have proven over the years not to work. The drop coverage with wiseman has been something alot of us have disagreed with for 2 years and it seems it's being forced onto the team.
Alot of ua have also wanted to let wiseman spot up and show his jumper every now and then, this would help spacing so much.
Kerr has also refused to play kuminga which is just ridiculous imo. You cant say it's because of his play because we are 3-6 without him and you cant say it's his attitude because how do you bench a 20 year old for attitude but have 32 year old man in the starting lineup who just punched poole
https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/1588585826744606720?t=xTw93Tlqf7QtKAl1TlqsIQ&s=19
No Curry, Klay, Dray, or Wiggins tonight.
Maybe they can pull off something like the game @SAS last year.
Warriors 2-man net ratings: https://twitter.com/Baltej_hoops/status/1588569224733429760?s=20&t=dfFguTVibXp8S-gTr4m_oA
whole bench (with partial exception of Moody) has struggled (to put it mildly lol), but the biggest issue I see here is Poole: just got the bag & he doesn't have a single positive pairing on the team right now
the team can adjust around Wiseman's struggles much more easily than around Poole falling from Sixth Man of the Year candidate to how he's playing now
We had a hell of a 2021-2022 season that was capped with a RING. This was partly due to the awesome supporting players that we had. Yet, we let go four of them and one left voluntarily. I know the plan is to develop young players but I sometimes scratch my head on why a team who played so well together and won a championship doesn’t keep those key supporting players. Wouldn’t you want to keep a winning team together? Just letting off some steam.
Kuminga has to be watching JW’s play from his perch in the 2nd bench row and thinking “What the holy hell.”
My feeling, at this point, is you either run it back hard or build for the future. Start moving pieces further and further to the back of the bench until they fall off as new pieces are needed to keep the run going. JMG and JW for GP2. Interested, Dame?
So the Warriors are 3-1 at home. Now they just need to convince the NBA to let them play all their games at Chase...
Yep, nowhere near panic yet. We have some real talent on that bench, though less experience this year. Time will cure ALL; got to figure out their roles/combinations first, then, build that familiarity/chemistry into winning, 2-way ball. No doubt, Kerr/staff/team will get there for another Ship run. 66 pts from Splash Bros was a real positive to take away. So, let the young uns get their run and figure it out tonight, and remember the 0-6 road start of this season...