MJD on (lack of) Bigs: “I want to get into camp to see a little about our needs. I’m not fully committed to see we’re good in that position. But I know for camp we are. We got 5 guys who can play Center. We have to be careful on who we bring in” (1:07)
by NokCha_
@Golden State Warriors
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5 guys who could play center, but no one over 6’10
5 guys who can play center? Lmao this clown
TLDR: we want to bring someone that fits our system because we are not desperate.
For the big obsessed among the fanbase, Jared Weiss, Celtics beat writer for the Athletic, did a great job of explaining how and why Warriors being undersized in a traditional sense is not a defect because of the defensive scheme we run, in an [article](https://theathletic.com/3354389/2022/06/08/celtics-warriors-defense-film-study/?source=user_shared_article) he wrote during the 2022 finals series:
>“The Warriors aren’t big, but they’re fast and accurate. They don’t shove you around so much as they guide you where they want you, then pounce at the last second.
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>“This is a team that’s undersized,” Celtics head coach Ime Udoka said. “We talked about it going into the series, that they really pack the paint like several other teams we’ve seen, but doing it a different way — without rim protection, more rotations from their players.”
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>Golden State’s big thing is having great hands in passing lanes to get deflections, especially in tight spaces. Just as they love to create traffic with bunched split actions on offense, the Warriors love making the passing lanes claustrophobic, especially on drop-offs. The Celtics thought they could expose a perceived lack of size under the rim a few times and missed wide-open kickouts to the elbow to make a drop-off that got deflected instead.”
The reason we had problems all last year defensively was because half the roster couldn’t be trusted to make accurate rotations or reads, which often meant vets over helping to try and cover for mistakes, which in turn put them out of position and when you’re late or out of position on rotations and your defense is based on disrupting passing lanes and using quick hands, you end up stabbing and fouling or worse, just getting blown by.
We don’t need more size than we already have (TJD and Saric add size we didn’t have last year so we *did* get “bigger” and we also have 7ft at heart microball center GP2 back), we just need guys who can play fundamentally sound defense and the BBIQ to make the right reads, which I think they’ve done a good job doing. Add in a full season of GP2 for POA defense, and we’re solid.
What happened with Jayce?
Mike Jr. Dunleavy?