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Golden State Warriors Blown Away at Home as Steve Kerr Continues Nonsensical Player Minute Decisions



Golden State Warriors Blown Away at Home as Steve Kerr Continues Nonsensical Player Minute Decisions

Well the Golden State Warriors lost a game that I call embarrassing they had eight players scoring in double figures yet none of them scored higher than 13 a team that for the entire duration of this dynasty if they still are in one routinely led the NBA or were close in leading the NBA

In shooting yet as we heard Bob Fitzgerald mentioned repeatedly tonight they’re 24th in the NBA in field goal percentage 24th and poor shooting was a huge reason for tonight’s loss but it goes much deeper and I’m going to mention something to you right now that is the

Core of the Golden State Warriors issue big decisions in my humble opinion need to come soon whether it’s a trade I doubt we’re going to see the head coach fired in the middle of the season but something needs to happen and because this leadership is inept I mean in case

You haven’t looked at the standings on the record folks the Warriors are a game under 500 and I’m looking at Anthony Edwards who scored 44 points for the first place Minnesota Timberwolves tonight you know who could have had Anthony Edwards a few years ago the Golden State Warriors that

Trade was on the table people don’t talk about that enough I feel like my buddy at the San Francisco Chronicle Connor L turno and I were like the only two media members who ever bring that up and I thought of it just the other day because during the summer when Steve Kerr was

The head coach for feba in the World Cup that the USA team was not successful in Anthony Edwards mentioned that Steve Kerr told him they would have never drafted him because of his work ethic Anthony Edwards who’s now one of the best players in the NBA Anthony Edwards

Who would have prolonged the Warriors Dynasty if they had been smart enough to move up one place in the draft that year and pick him but no the Warriors have a head coach who likes things done his way and for the last five years his way has resulted in

Mediocrity his way has resulted in ineptness don’t forget Frank vogle Won Won championship in the last five years boen holer won a championship in the last five years one title in five years does not automatically mean you’re a great head coach and if you don’t like the focus on

Steve KT tonight I do not recommend watching this show because he’s in the spotlight his player Jonathan kaminga put him there recently I think it’s justifiably so for a young kid who is watching his career being destroyed by his head coach who stubbornly refuses to give him the minutes that he needs to

Develop and grow so yeah I’m gonna talk about the Warriors head coach because I think he’s a huge part of the problem and we’ll get into that next this he locked on Warriors you are locked on Warriors Your da da Golden State Warriors podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team

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I’m not here to talk about the set I’m here to talk about the Golden State Warriors they lost again folks and and to me this was an ugly game for the simple reason that the Warriors started tonight a seven game home stand with a 114 102 loss to a Miami Heat team that

Looks damn good you want good coaching look in Miami Eric spola is a damn fine coach if Steve Kerr was the head coach of the miam heat you’re not seeing them make the NBA Finals year after year you would not it’s not I don’t I don’t even

Know if they they would make any playoffs I don’t even know if they Advanced past the first round tonight’s game was abysmal for a lot of reasons first and foremost we’re going to talk about shooting because as I mentioned in the open the Golden State Warriors had eight players scoring in double figures

Jonathan kaminga had 10 Klay Thompson had 13 Brandon psky had 10 Stephen Curry had 13 Dario shich had 10 Andrew Wiggins had 11 Trace Jackson Davis had 10 Moses Moody had 11 your two leading scorers were Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson the Splash Brothers who did not have good games

Tonight alt together the Warriors offense produced 102 points Chris Paul added nine cavon Looney added five that’s the entirety of your scoring they give up under4 but the Miami Heat showed that defensively they’re a fantastic team cud Topo for his timing when it comes to switching between a Zone d and

A Mand D at impeccable moments in a game to throw the offense off at just the right moments but again this is I know it’s a broken record but until this issue which is completely logical is fixed I can’t just sit here and pretend it’s not a

Problem I I and the problem is minutes the problem is rotations the problem is often times the wrong players are playing and what I mean by that tonight when the Warriors went into the half and the score at the halftime of this game The Warriors were trailing by seven points at the

Half they were trailing by 15 after the third quarter the third quarter is where this game got away from them but at the half with the Warriors trailing in this game 58- 51 they had two players who were in the positive in net rating they they had two

Players who were doing anything CU again the warriors were having an awful night okay at the half just put it in perspective for you in terms of just how bad they were doing right clay had had five points psky had six points Steph had 10 points kaminga had

Four points no one was doing well except for Dario shich who was leading the team at that point or second on the team I’m sorry I’m sorry at that point with eight points and the only again only two players were in the positive though Trace Jackson Davis and Moses Moody I apologize there

Was actually uh four players I do apologize for that Chris Paul actually when I looked at the stat there was like a minute left so Chris Paul and Wiggins were also in the positive my point is though if you’re were watching this game so four players were in the positive and they were

Barely in the positive at that but the player making the most impact in this game and if you disagree with me so be it this this is subjective what I’m going to say but Moses Moody was actually playing fantastic basketball Moses Moody last game was phased out of

The rotation and then Moses moody this game we actually saw him play five minutes in the second quarter and those were awesome minutes he was playing great defense it seemed like he was one of the only individuals out there who seemed to really care I mean this was

Clearly an offn night for the Golden State Warriors but why did we not see him at all in the third quarter when this game got away from him I mean Moses Moody was one of the only players doing anything in this game and Steve Kerr responded in

The third quarter with a donut with a nothing burger for the number 14 pick and one of the deepest drafts in NBA history Moses Moody we saw plenty of minutes in the fourth quarter and he had a fantastic fourth quarter at that moody in this game of the fourth was four for

Seven from the field had 11 points all in the fourth quarter but too little too late he added three rebounds as well and and when I saw that it just led me once again in my in my line of thinking to the bigger issue which is that this coaching staff which has Steve

Kerr which has his buddy from college Bruce Frasier I don’t understand why Fraser sits next to him nice guy not coaching material the only Bruce Fraser’s entire role on this team is to be a shooting coach he’s not a strategist he’s not sitting there concocting schemes and and thinking

About rotations yet he is the man sitting right next to Steve Kerr in his ear the other person is Kenny Aon you’ve heard me criticize him plenty since he took over from Mike Mike Brown The Warriors defense has been trash their substitutions have been awful and and

And again it just it just leads me to to constantly think that Kerr is just creating this fostering this atmosphere of yes people where he just wants people who who fall in line for him well sorry coach I don’t think that’s a recipe for success and here’s a huge reason

Why all right here’s a huge reason why Kerr I don’t give him the benefit of the doubt because when he took over this job Mark Jackson set everything up for him all right Mark Jackson’s laid down the foundation for this dynasty the Golden State Warriors since Rick Barry did not

Play defense all right for nearly 40 years they did not play an ounce of Defense Mark Jackson came in and instilled an atmosphere instilled the philosophy and approach to play defense what does that mean a team first approach playing on a string meaning having each other’s backs when necessary

Being smart in your decision-making in terms of whether or not you’re going to get someone’s back or you’re G to let a Defender hold his own right he got that aggressiveness out of them he got the importance of Defense instilled in the Golden State Warriors Draymond Green became the future Hall of

Famer because of Mark Jackson Stephen Curry constantly praised Mark Jackson Klay Thompson constantly praised Mark Jackson and because of mostly behind the scenes politics Mark Jackson was just not made to play the head coaching corporate game he just wasn’t he and he also said and did some pretty wild stuff

Behind the scenes pertaining to his religious beliefs so two years later Steve Kerr comes in he gets handed the keys to the lambo a revd up machine ready to go and they had arguably the greatest five-year run in the history of the NBA but in these last five years not

A great run the Golden State Warriors 31 games in are 15 and 16 the exact same record as last year okay and when we look at the last five years this is not a body of work for a head coach where you just you know were we just give the benefit of

The doubt it doesn’t work that way so he should be scrutinized and the way he’s treating these young players whether it’s Moses Moody whether it’s Jonathan kaminga who wasn’t even in the game in the fourth quarter during like why was he not in the game in the last six

Minutes when it was already Out Of Reach so he can be getting time getting minutes to develop is the future of this team not a concern at all like Kerr’s infatuation with trying to get something out of Wiggins folks this is Andrew Wiggins 11th year in the

NBA he’s had one season out of those 11 where you could say damn good job impressed and that was 2021 2022 when they won the championship Wiggins was an All-Star that year controversial pick by the way not a lot of people were happy about that but he made the All-Star game

He had a he had a good team he had a good run pretty safe argument he was the second best player on the championship team but before then since then dis appointment former number one pick who never lived up to the hype and yet despite that because of one

Season we’re seeing kinga’s development being sacrificed we’re seeing Moody’s development being sacrificed is that worth it well the team is 15 and 16 right now the team wouldn’t even be in the playoffs today if the season ended Andrew Wiggins is not the answer he was the answer for one season I was

Advocating for the Warriors to trade for him months before Bob Myers pulled that trade which was ingenious by the way but whatever Wiggins was it’s not him now the why of that’s a huge mystery but again to be deferring to him to Andrew Wiggins and sacrificing minutes for

Kaminga and moody in the process that’s ridiculous okay this is a success driven field okay it’s all about wins and losses and the wins and losses are not there the Warriors are losing a lot the Warriors have lost a lot in the five years how much more patience should fans should the

Organization have before somebody puts their foot down and says enough is enough perception does not equate reality in this situation when it comes to Steve Kerr and I got to give some love to a sponsor real quick then and then I’m going to explain to you

One how how bad Steve Kerr’s last five years have been and two why the Golden State Warriors are 24th in the NBA in field goal percentage because their poor shooting cost them dearly tonight but that’s a problem that is fixable if you play the right players if you

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Mavericks that’ll be the last game of their of the year that game is going to be Saturday night they better win that game they better win that if they lose that game I’m I’m saying all Sirens are blaring hope of a championship is lost because if you can’t beat the Dallas Mavericks

After a loss like this this was demoralizing this was embarrassing a lot of people are going to point to to Jonathan kaminga six turnovers tonight as the reason why it was justifiable for him to only play 23 minutes in this game yeah 23 minutes is not a lot especially

For a player who was the number seven pick in one of the deepest drafts in NBA history and again I cannot emphasize this point enough why the hell did you draft him if you did not plan on playing him and what point does the moral ethical approach come in here where

You’re literally destroying the life of a young man who if he was playing on nearly any other team would be getting 30 plus minutes a night would be showcasing his skills and would probably be a lot happier than playing for a coach who clearly doesn’t like him and

In tonight’s game 23 minutes he had six turnovers all those turnovers were in the second quarter a few of those were in my humble opinion the result of very sus officiating there was one call where he was he was called for a travel which didn’t make any damn sense I think one

Call they called they said his foot was on the line I I I saw one replay was I didn’t couldn’t even tell for sure if that was true regardless six turnovers it’s an ugly look until you actually do your research and look at the play-by-play of every one of those

Turnovers and what happened after that the the the result the ramification of those six turnovers was four Miami Heat points all in the second quarter okay so yeah six turnovers it’s a bad Lu but again the broken record which I have to say over and over again

Because in Steve Kerr’s dense head he ignores this Jonathan kaminga is drastically Superior in the second half and next show bring up those stats again because those stats obviously change but his numbers are night and day he’s a much better second half player and hopefully as he gets more experience

It’ll all come together and even the first half will be consistent because right now that is the weakness to his game but he still went five for 11 from the field he still grabbed five rebounds he’s one of the only players on this team who can play effective defense

Because of his size and athleticism and he’s rewarded for that with 23 minutes we saw a brief moment in this game where kaminga and Andrew Wiggins were on the floor together a concept that that Steve Kerr was approached about we talked about this on yesterday’s show with

Janelle Moore and we saw them play together for I think what a minute in tonight’s game maybe two before Steve K was like no no I can’t do this anymore imaginary rules in my head what whatever the the justification is going on in Steve Ker’s mind for why he cannot play

Those two together I understand the net rating for those two as a Duo and again two-player net rating numbers are incredibly subjective the only truly objective numbers when it comes to net rating are fiveman lineups and you could formulate some ideas over a larger sample size with net rating case in

Point look at the net rating for warriors players 31 games in and you might start to see a trend that reflects reality all right single game net rating it’s tough okay it’s part of a much bigger picture but the point is if that’s if net rating is the

Justification for Steve Kerr not willing to play two athletic players together then stop killing kinga’s career over this man Andrew Wiggins tonight played 26 minutes okay 26 he played most of the fourth quarter he turns 29 in a month this is not some young project that you’re developing this is a player in

His 11th year who was stealing minutes from Jonathan kaminga who needs time to develop if this team was some dominant Force out there with legitimate potential for a world championship I could maybe understand that line of reasoning in this in the sense of well we’re trying to win a

Title and you know Wiggins is that good of a player where he has to play but no Andrew Wiggins is not that good of a player again he had one fantastic season out of 11 Andrew Wiggins tonight 26 minutes scored 11 points was four for

11 from the field was 0 for three from the three-point line had two fouls in a turnover so this Andrew Wiggins experiment I I’m I’m real I’m over it in my humble opinion just because there are not enough minutes unless Steve cerr is willing to actually coach and try to get

The best out of kaminga and Wiggins on the floor together but you’re about to have Draymond Green and Gary Payne the second come back and I don’t know what’s going to happen there but for the sake of these two young players meaning Jonathan kaminga and Moses moody moody

Finished the game tonight playing 13 minutes of those 13 eight of them were in the fourth quarter he played five minutes in the second quarter eight minutes in the fourth quarter he played fantastic in the second quarter he played fantastic in the fourth quarter but again this game was lost in the third

And why Steve KR didn’t go to Moses moody in the third quarter I don’t know let’s see if uh let’s see if any sound has come in since then and if uh if any reporters actually asked Steve Kerr about the why of that I will play

It but I don’t see any sound that’s come down so far so we don’t have an answer there oh well there’s one sound bite here is Steve Kerr yeah we’ll play Let’s Hear What Steve Kerr has to say about why whoops the Golden State Warriors lost

And then I’m going to break down Steve Kerr’s last five years because they have not been good and when you look at his body of work the last five years all I keep thinking is why does this individual keep getting the benefit of the doubt when he’s never developed a single

Player into Allstar level and when he doesn’t have a stacked team the results aren’t there I guess what I’m trying to ask is what has he shown that makes him this amazing head coach the right person at the right time in 2015 2014 whatever it was right

Now not the right person let’s hear what Steve C had to say about tonight’s game could not keep this game in in close at all yeah they scored 69 points in those two quarters um so they took control of the game I thought that run beginning of

The second quarter I think we were up six or something five and uh and they made a a really good run and had control of the game from there so one of those nights um you know we’ve um we been you know in every game seems like all year every game’s been close

We’ve been competitive and tough and and tonight we um we kind of lost um that uh that competitiveness and uh you know just it felt like we got demoralized you know shots weren’t going in and and um and it just you know they they just took it to us it’s um you

Know we know what’s coming when three or four guys are out of the lineup you know it’s um this is a a common theme in the NBA and especially when you play Miami because you know they’re going to be tough and they’re gonna they’re not going to you know give anything away and

You look at the box score they had seven turnovers um you know 26 assists um you know they controlled the game so we we got out coached outworked out play well at least you’re honest about that and now now I wish you would explain how and

Why you got out coached but I guess that’s a story for another day um I’m gonna address a few uh uh chat comments because uh what I’m seeing in the chat just makes me think of one thing that’s ignorant very ignorant that’s ignorant you’re being ignorant Super amount of

Ignorance especially when it comes to the kaminga criticism and I’ll explain what I mean in just a minute um after I give some love first and foremost to f fuel I haven’t done a FanDuel read in a little while and when I think when I read FanDuel right now it’s football

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To stop if the team has any ambition of stopping this this uh this rolling momentum that the nuggets have in terms of just utterly owning uh the Golden State Warriors um so we’ll be back at of Saturday um real fast in the comments here before I get to the last five years

And who is shooting the ball horribly Shane West says give Moody and kaminga at least 30 minutes per game agreed Billy 415 says kaminga leads the team with turnovers with six yeah lazy argument to which I respond it resulted in four Miami Heat points Stephen Curry had a six turnover game

Earlier this year big whoop way too much of an emphasis on turnovers unless it cost your team the game four points for the heat sorry coma writes why can’t be we be honest and say kaminga is just not ready yet instead of blaming Kerr well that’s

Honesty how you see it I don’t see it that way Jonathan kaminga is ready to play in fact I don’t understand why you think he’s not ready and this goes back to the cult of Steve Kerr if Steve Kerr was playing kaminga 35 minutes tonight you would not be saying that so think

Independently don’t think based on what Steve Kerr decides because Steve cerr is often wrong Corey pervis writes kaming is an athlete and that’s it is that why he shot 38% from three last year you also add you notice none of the guys give him the pod’s comment of he’s

Just a basketball player dude is not great he’s not even good well Corey that’s incredibly ignorant wholeheartedly disagree with you I don’t know what you base that on but that’s just flat out dumb K Jackson writes he has nine rings are you honestly gonna give him credit for those he had a

Teammate named Michael Jordan for three of those he had a teammate named Tim Duncan for two of those he had a player named Stephan Curry that he coached for four of those and and that’s going to lead into the last five years you know what is record how the Warriors have been The

Last 5 Years through 31 games in 2019 2020 there were seven and 24 excusable everyone gives him a pass for That season because Stephen Curry had his hand broken in in game four they were going through sort of a rebuild process and here’s the thing I would be

Perfectly fine with that 7 to 24 start in 2020 I’d be perfectly fine with the 15- win season that got you the number two pick in the draft if you use the pick in an an an intelligent and intellectual manner but instead you went with James wisman you never gave him a

Shot I’m not sitting here saying James wisman is any good but I never saw any effort to develop this kid either and so if you just wasted a year to waste a draft pick how do you justify that the next season 2020 2021 the Warriors started the season 31

Games in 16 and 15 a game above 500 don’t forget Steve Ker’s love for Brad Wanamaker that year playing off his infatuation with point guards then the 2021 2022 season when the roster was stacked when Jordan p had not decided to let his ego take control when Draymond Green still

Sort of had things in check keep in mind Klay Thompson was not even playing yet at this point and the Warriors started the season 25- six all right the one good year of the last five and if you’re gonna sit here and credit Kerr for that that’s an insult to Stephen Curry the

Man who is really responsible for this dynasty last year the Warriors start of the Season remember this is a team where we’re seeing Ty Jerome and Anthony lamb over and over and over and they went 15 and 16 that year the same record as this season how can you defend Steve Kerr why

Are why do so many people just forget about the last five years and they just want to focus on 10 years ago they want to focus on him being a role player for title teams and pretend like he was responsible for that that’s asinine now Bob Fitzgerald was was

Repeatedly on the broadcast tonight saying pointing out that the Warriors are 24th in the NBA in field goal percentage they’re shooting 46% as a team on the year and that’s not good that’s almost directly why they lost this game tonight the Warriors shot 42% from the field they shot 24.2% from three

Point who are the players tanking that field goal percentage well Chris Paul’s shooting 39.4% Klay Thompson’s shooting 42.6% Andrew Wiggins is shooting 42.8% Brandon psky is shooting 46.3% Dario shich is shooting 46.4% Stephen Curry 46.5% Moses Moody 47.6% Draymond green we haven’t seen him that much but he’s shooting 49% for a

Big not good Jonathan kaminga 50.4% cavon Looney 56.8% and Trace Jackson Davis 65% Trace Jackson Davis tonight by the way who I love played eight minutes in the fourth quarter and which means that he played 17 minutes in in quarters 1 through three why that little again this goes again back to

Coaching philosophy the game has changed in just the last two years it’s bigger okay it’s more offensive you need size out there on both ends of the floor and even Trace Jackson Davis is not getting a good run he got 25 minutes tonight that’s cool that’s it that’s in

The right direction but this team needs size and this team needs players who can make the ball who can make the shot and instead I read to you all the the shooters from worst to best and there is a correlation there between worst to best with who’s getting the most minutes on this

Team and who’s responsible for that who’s the gatekeeper for that Mr Steve Kerr and the middle Pig I I I I uh I agree the right the field goal percentage is suffering because the defense is awful you know what helps defense length size anyways all right I’m done I know

This was a rant of a show I apologize but this head coach is driving me insane thanks for putting up with it this was a brutal loss we’ll be back on Saturday night one thing is very plain and simple if you really think that kaminga is not

Ready if you think he shouldn’t be playing if you think we should be ignoring the future which playing MinGa and Moody helps because there’s no better way to develop a player than to give them experience to give them reps imagine if kaminga and Moody were playing last year where their game would be

Now that’s a coaching problem and I’m tired of it man I’m tired of it I wouldn’t be tired of it by the way if I didn’t actually love this damn team it’s it’s it sucks um so there we go but if you do hate kaminga if you do hate moody

If you think Steve Kerr is some shining Beacon of light who’s some basketball Genie ignorant is ignorant he is proving he is not the right man for this job anymore and if you think otherwise ignorant you’re being ignorant absolutely thank you everyone thanks for putting up with me

It’s just frustration but there is truth behind it I promise you that we’ll be back at a Saturday night thank you again bye-bye

Cyrus Saatsaz went solo for a Thursday Night Live postgame show following the Golden State Warriors getting beaten handily at home thanks in large part to a combination of very poor shooting and more nonsensical player minute distribution decisions by Head Coach Steve Kerr where he continues discriiminating against 3rd year players Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody.

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46 Comments

  1. GSW has spoiled its fans and its followers. Cyrus is the epitome of a spoiled follower. Itā€™s not like GSWā€™s record is 2-29. (Iā€™m looking at you DET.)

    Kerr has coached a team that has literally revolutionized basketball with its motion and small ball offense. And, this isnā€™t an understatement.

    Assessing the current situation is all about understanding the natural lifecycle of dynasties. They peak and eventually decline unfortunately.

    GSW is no different and is in its decline phase of its dynasty. Iā€™m not saying that GSW fans should be comfortable with a mediocrity, but that we should truly appreciate what Kerr and the GSW did during its prime dynastic years.

    And, to expect GSW to perform the way it did during its prime years is setting yourself up for disappointment. Rather, I think we should have more realistic expectations from a dynasty thatā€™s in its decline years.

    What matters at this point is how gracefully the team and its fans will honor the legacy GSW has built by showing the world that small ball can be dominant.

    No amount of trades, firings, and moves will bring back prime GSW, theyā€™ll just tarnish its legacy.

    Playing the younger players will help, but itā€™s not the silver bullet answer as shown by JKā€™s 6 turnovers.

    No coach in the NBA has the luxury to just play whoever has hot hand on game by game basis. Players have egos as big as continents and are very aware of who gets paid what on the team. Meaning, the highest paid players are the ones expected to produce the most. When they donā€™t play, it creates confusion on the team about who is the alpha dog, beta dog, and so on.

    Yes, a few of GSWā€™s highest paid players are under performing, but trading them away is NOT the answer. A temporary benching could be, however. (Iā€™m looking at you, Wiggins and Looney!)

    Kerr is the right guy to find ways to get the team back on track. So, please, letā€™s be graceful with him and the team that showed us how beautifully basketball can be played. And, he showed us the right way to lead, by taking the blame for the loss. He didnā€™t point any fingers at any players despite players not performing.

  2. Kerry, Herky, Jerky, panic šŸ˜± coaching Moody and Kumminga looked scared get pulled at anytime! Great young talent need large minutes let run, work through mistakes get in rhythm. With Kerr you canā€™t!
    To out of control! That staff is awefulā€¦. Yet let Wiggs have large aweful games, or Klay. His vets getting him fired!

  3. Didnā€™t feel like watching but let me guess, Kerr stinks, such and such shouldā€™ve got minutes, over emotional, Kuminga this and that.

  4. Its either they have to let go of Kerr or scatter the big 3. There's nothing to offer after Steph slows down. If not the coaching staff, at least the management should pinch them to make some moves. Theyre wasting young players hunger.

  5. Sadly a LeBron hater (I guess trying to make Curry "greater" than he already is without any hate needed), cause his Kerr stance is brave, interesting and I think… Right

  6. That denver loss killed our joy . When we lose its a straight loss but when we are on the verge of beating a great team we get shafted by refs . That didnā€™t happen tonight but this team isnā€™t allowed to play defense.

  7. Kerr wasted Curry's year last year playing the two way players instead of the youth so they would be ready this year before Curry fades away.

  8. They should install jackson davis pick n roll as their first option on offense. Jackson davis clearly a star in the making. His mentally strong and smart.

  9. Are there any other coaches that have one more than one championship in the last five years? šŸ¤”

  10. This is not rocket science. Imagine in a few years Moody Jk TJD and Podz. The talent is there its the rotation bs. Wiggins needs to be gone.

  11. Jk with 6 turnovers in 10 minutes showed you what? Jk and Wiggins didnt not look good playing together. Other teams are shooting better then the Warriors. Cyrus complains a lot with no real solutions. But hey you have a podcast.

  12. The issues with this team are not the young players.. the vets are under preforming because they are older and tired. Steve Kerr is playing a too small starting line upā€¦ 3 guards none of which are big enough. You canā€™t have Steph, Clay, and BP on the floor at the same time. You canā€™t have Steph, Clay and CP3 on the floor at the same timeā€¦those matchups are getting killed in the paint. If you are small at center (we are very small) you need to be longer at guard and forward positions. That means more of Kuminga, Moody, TJDā€¦ less of CP3, a little less of BP (heā€™s a player but needs to play with some bigs).. That starting line up sucks! Get some length, collective length..use your larger guards, forwards, and centerā€¦

  13. I'm trying to figure out how Kerr is responsible for the awful shooting of Wiggins and Klay, not to mention Steph has had a bad couple of games (for him), and the Dubs usually go as he goes. Steph's gravity is what makes the other players better. Draymond is of course suspended (as usual) so what should we really be expecting right now? The only thing I'd mention is that Moody could be getting some more playing time because he plays good defense and makes good decisions. Kuminga is still at a stage where he's trying to do too much instead of playing to his current strengths. He should be crashing the boards on both ends of the court and dunking any offensive rebound that he gets, yet he's in his 3rd year and and averaging 3.9 boards per game. Meanwhile the less athletic and smaller rookie Podziemski is giving you 5.3 boards per game. HUH? Tells me that Kuminga's head isn't where it should be.

    One day he'll be one of the top 5 players in the league, but he's not there yet. Play your role and do what it takes to win. He's so freakishly athletic and fun that the fans naturally want to see more of him, but what we don't see is what happens at practice. Pretending like Kerr all of a sudden doesn't know what he's doing is ridiculous. His record speaks for itself.

  14. Thank You Cyrus – you're the ONLY ONE putting blame where it deserves. KERR, MYERS, and yes, you must add CURRY. He should have benched himself last night if Kerr didn't have the balls to. But it goes all the way to the bad Draft decisions, terrible trades, on and on .. all sacrificed to the Holy Grail of Steph Curry. That dog is dead.

  15. Even without Draymond, the chemistry stiil aint there. I think to maximize Curry window u got to trade Wiggs and JK for Lauri, Siakim. These are difference makers warriors need, and allows them to shorten rotations.

  16. Kerr has one objective, cater to his veterans. He doesnt care about the future of the team and the young coreā€¼ļø

  17. It used to fun to watch the Warriors play. Last night was like a root canal. There is so much blame to go around i don't see a way out. Time to rebuild. Time for a new coach. Time for the core, except Steph, to be traded. Let the young guys play the rest of this season. They, and Steph, should be the starters. So what if they lose. They're going to lose anyway. At least the young guys can get some minutes under their belt and be ready for next year. This year is toast.

  18. Curry n klay need to b more aggressive on defense why they waving they hands in the air like aint nobody gone hit if them two show the aggressive defense errbody will fall in place

  19. Spolstra is much better than Kerr. Butler and Lowry were out yet their coach managed Miami's rotations like a pro. Kerr should take lessons. Better yet, let Kerr go somewhere else.

  20. I've never thought SK was a good coach. I've been saying that for YEARS, even when they were winning. He's just not good. Now we're seeing what he actually can't do., which is coach. He introduced a system that worked when the league couldn't adjust. Now the league has caught up and he can't /won't adjust. Every single top/good team has a decent to great big man. The fact they will not snag a big man, let alone play a big man, is baffling.

  21. Because they have been doing the same system for decades it's not the players it's the lack of players they really need 1. A BIG Center 6'11" 260lbs no shorter or lighter 2. Big Power forward no shorter than 6'10" 255 no lighter.

  22. Talkin about fuckin mark Jackson Iā€™m gonešŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ’€šŸ˜‚ dumbest warriors pod out there

  23. Last night Cy said JKā€™s 6 TOs only yielded 4 points for Miami. While thatā€™s true, it broke momentum and spirit. Iā€™m guessing it made JK second himself as well. I do understand his frustration though cuz Podz has more leeway than him but he needs to be patient and work on quick decision making. Yā€™day he had a layup and decided to kick it out and turned ball over. Itā€™s those kinds of decisions that he needs to work on. You around the rim with space – look at basket first. Better a miss than a TO.

  24. Curry looks like he's about ready to ask for a trade. I wouldn't blame him. I can't listen to Kerr anymore. Imagine how Curry feels.

  25. Look people the Warriors are playing too many players out of position JK,is a small forward TJD is a Power forward,Draymond PF not a center,Looney not a Center,Wiggins not a PF,Klay not a small forward,Moody not a small forward ok do you see the problem

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