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Jonathan Kuminga Brings the Force as Golden State Warriors Dominate to Maintain Playoff Positioning



Jonathan Kuminga Brings the Force as Golden State Warriors Dominate to Maintain Playoff Positioning

Yes it was the hapless Memphis Grizzlies yes the Golden State Warriors are playing at home yes they were widly expected to win that game but when you’re this deep in the regular season when you have no idea which Warriors team is going to show up each night for

The Warriors to avoid a clutch game for the Warriors to have a nice calm relaxing blowout dominant kickass Victory will take get dub Nation it was a beautiful win we’ll break it all down next this is locked on Warriors you are locked on Warriors your daily Golden State

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Follow me Cyrus sa’s on threads at dog wild it’s super short it’s super easy the program’s also on there at locked on Warriors the Golden State Warriors speaking of which picking up a badly needed Victory they were in control of this game pretty much from the second

Quarter on the Memphis Grizzlies did put up a fight early the warriors were only ahead by one at the end of one 3332 but they finish in dominance and with style in dominating style 13716 the final in a game that again the team desperately needed when you consider how tight the standings are

Right now and the Golden State Warriors if it’s going to be a battle for the N or 10 seed you damn well want that nine seed uh you want to be at home and even though the Warriors won this game tonight there’s still a half game behind

The LA Lakers in the battle for the N9 seed they’re currently three and a half back of both the Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns for the seven seed and they Trail the Sacramento Kings by four games for the six seed not out of the question but there’s only 14 games remaining nine

Road games remaining five home games remaining for the Golden State Warriors and upcoming uh uh this was they had to win this game for a lot of reasons but when you look at the schedule and what’s coming up the Indiana Pacers are no joke and that’s who they play on Friday then

The Warriors go on a road swing that includes the Minnesota Timberwolves and Anthony Edwards and that vaunted huge front court and lineup of theirs they’re on the road in Miami the last I don’t know if you folks remember last year’s road trip when they went to Miami and

Did Orlando and Charlotte I mean that that was the epitome last year of how bad that season was there is a chance for the team this year to avenge that road swing so again pivotal games coming up especially the next three Indiana at home Minnesota on the road Miami on the

Road Orlando comes immediately after that that’s on much easier before they get a bit of a respit when they play the Charlotte Hornets a week from Friday that’s a schedule coming up but a beautiful victory in tonight’s game interestingly enough this game was tight

Until we saw a moment that I think a lot of Warriors fans were kind of clenching their their their collars clenching their shirts when Draymond Green started to show his old self a little bit he he gets into a a bit of a tussle I I still

Don’t know exactly what started it uh he was playing defense on um Santi Alama uh who had a great game tonight both inside and out that dude was six of 12 from three he was nine of 18 from the field he got an offensive rebound on Draymond

Scored on him I don’t know if words were exchanged but draymond’s grabbing his jersey pushing them for some reason the NBA officials who apparently got a memo a week or two ago saying from now on whatever if it’s a 5050 situation don’t call the foul back off we’ve been

Playing it way too easy on offensive players this year and we’re seeing a tightening in a sense or maybe a loosening I I don’t know what the right verbiage is there but basically they’re not C they’re they’re letting them play now which I personally love I we’re finally seeing basketball without the

Officials being a huge part of it um but the flip side of that was and again I I don’t mean to attack Dre saying this but it was a it was pretty wild for the refs to just let him get away with that he again grabbing uh alama’s Jersey um and

Then and then pushing him as well not a single repercussion for that and then a moment later uh you see Taylor Jenkins having a conversation with the officials and then Draymond decides to kind of slide in there and get involved in that conversation himself Desmond takes offense to that uh those two

Started grabbing each other’s arms because Dre feels like Desmond Bane’s getting into his personal space which he was um and and it almost erupted into a fight thankfully doesn’t Draymond Green gets hit with just a technical and it was an offsetting technical both on him and Desmond Bane so no penalty for all

That Draymond gets away with it a huge side of relief but honestly the Warriors needed that I mean I mean that was a wakeup call and then the the other huge wakeup call was Steve Kerr calling a relatively angrily timeout uh because he didn’t think Jonathan kaminga was

Playing tight enough defense on that same player Santi Alama who was lighting up the Warriors especially in the first half in fact let me pull up his first half numbers here um because Alama was just a pest for a while out there in the first half of this game Santi Alama was

Seven of 12 from the field six of nine from Beyond The Arc and at 21 first half points finished game with 27 so so it was a combination of his shot not falling in the second half coupled with the Warriors really tightening up the defense and the intensity but Dre being

Himself I think is the best way to describe that scenario uh thankfully he didn’t he didn’t cross any lines where he got ejected he didn’t get a flagrant again relief um but Jonathan kaminga clearly took the message to Heart from Steve cerr being challenged for his

Defense on Santi Alama and look from my perspective watching this game I thought it was just a a an overall entire team lack of effort when it came to their defensive lapses including an Alama it wasn’t just kaminga gingham and get as as evidenced by you know the affirmation

Uh Draymond Green incident that he was eating a lot of players up but kaminga took that to heart and when they came out of that timeout kaminga responded strongly he gets he gets not one but two steals those lead to monster slams and again we’ve talked about this before momentum

Is a real thing and Jonathan kaminga has such a force to his game that when he’s fully engaged and and when he’s playing at the peak of his powers this Warriors team is borderline Unstoppable it wasn’t just him though that was lighting it up tonight I I’m gonna give Andrew Wiggins

His absolute due the dude has just not been consistent this year but if if if for the remaining 14 games this regular season if Andrew Wiggins plays like this Anything could happen for the Golden State Warriors I genuinely mean that but the problem is every time we see a night

Like this from Andrew Wiggins he follows it up with like a single digit scoring night uh real fast the stat lines for these Players let’s start off with Jonathan kaminga uh one of those rare nights where he led the team in scoring 26 points in this game five rebounds in

This game four assists two steals which was and I think both of those were immediately following that timeout but his efficiency just continues to impress 12 of 17 from the field his three-point shot continues to be lights out lately he was two of three uh from Beyond The

Ark tonight and and again that’s uh uh you know I was watching the ESPN broadcast of this game and Bob Myers was the color commentator he was saying a lot of fascinating things in fact every time he speaks I’m I’m listening intently uh just because the man knows

Basketball he he was the architect of this entire Dynasty and I I I am fascinated I’m intrigued every time the man talks so when he’s doing a when he’s the color commentator for a game that’s like three plus hours of just Bob Meyer school and I you know my my focus is all

In on his verbage and um and he says a lot of interesting things and and uh so you know anyways so so but he bought up Jonathan kaminga and kaminga ceiling and I’ve been saying on this show that kaminga ceiling is most likely uh Jason

T of the Boston Celtics I don’t know for sure yet it’s it’s still like a TBD situation but Bob Myers said Jaylen Brown might be the ceiling um I think Jason Tatum would be a slightly higher ceiling but either way if that’s who Jonathan kaminga ends up awesome I mean

Like I mean talk about you know winning the the draft like you know just winning the lottery figuratively and literally um and so so Bob Myers it was interesting that he brought that up and then he said that what we saw tonight when kaminga is hitting those threes

When he’s getting those steals that is the ceiling that is what could eventually become with Jonathan kaminga and that’s part of what excites me so much about this kid who knows what we’re gonna end up with for the for this guy I mean I it’s it’s fascinating I’m very

Curious to see who Jonathan kaminga is two years from now and who he is five years from now when we see the total picture but it’s three-point shooting again the last five games uh just to put it in perspective going back to March 11th at the Spurs he shot 67% from Deep

Uh at the Mavericks he shot 100% from Deep at the Lakers he shot 67% from deep in that Knicks game I don’t think he had a three-point attempt so the stats say 0% and then tonight again two for three the dude is shooting lights out from

Deep you saw all those monster slams um there was a give and go between him and Gary pton II that was just basketball poetry in effect right in front of us and and then there was another play that really stuck out to me was Chris Paul

With uh what we normally call a lob but in this case it was more like a laser I mean it was just a dart pass I at first I thought it was going to be a turnover and then there’s kaminga grabbing it in midair and just slamming it home

Fantastic night for kaminga he had 18 points in the first half finishes the game again with 26 points and really quickly Andrew Wiggins I have to give him his due this was might have been at least from my perspective the best game we’ve seen all year

Whether or not you know how seriously we can take it considering considering it was the Grizzlies on the other side but look this was a must-win game for the Warriors it absolutely was let’s not kid ourselves here for even a second uh I mean the Warriors have to start playing

With momentum with confidence and with Effectiveness and with execution going into the playoffs uh you know you could talk all you want about the final regular season record and where they are in the standings when they go in but how they’re playing going into the playoffs it means everything and they

Have to be firing in all cylinders if they’re going to have any chance of a run and if we get this version of Andrew Wiggins 29 minutes of play nine of4 from the field he was four of six from Deep his shooting stroke is what’s been

Sticking out to me for the last few weeks uh or a month plus in terms of what’s turned around for him um that that outside shot is huge when it’s falling but maybe the best part for Andrew Wiggins tonight 10 rebounds when when we look back to the 2022 Warriors

And when we think back to the Andrew Wiggins that was the second best player in a team that won the World Championship it was his tenacity his ferociousness inside grabbing big rebounds playing like a power forward that that really was a differenc maker for this Warriors team and the

Rebounding part of it statistically is what sticks out for me when I see Wiggins and whether or not he’s a version of his old self especially from that world title team so to see him grab for to sorry to see him score 22 points to see him grab 10 rebounds uh and and

And on top of all that going four of six from Beyond The Arc Maron Bravo Andrew great game uh and and the third player when we come back that I have to give a lot of love to because he also looked good and he’s relishing that six-man

Role and that’s Klay Thompson there’s a lawo to discuss I have to go I I want to bring up that Draymond fight again because there was a there’s a lot there um and and especially there’s a lot there in terms of the Rivalry between these two teams um it evokes some

Memories especially when it comes to Taylor Jenkins and John Morant that I have to bring up on the program so we’re going to touch on that we got Klay Thompson a lot of interesting statistics to bring up as well from this game uh that I that I at least jotted down in

The notebook uh while doing my research a lot more to discuss But ultimately a great night the Warriors win any win is going to be a celebratory especially at this part of the season 14 games to go and who knows where the Warriors going to end up um in all likelihood nine or

10 but even if that’s where it ends up let’s hope it’s nine I mean it’s it’s a huge difference playing that LA Lakers team between being at home in the Cozy confines of Chase Center or being in Staple Center where where uh or I’m sorry crypto uh where Stephen Curry

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Because he played great and he’s been playing great the switch to the bench was a massive difference for his game better late than ever I wish we saw this six months ago or three months ago or whatever earlier in the season maybe even late last season but again better

Late than ever and Klay Thompson coming off the bench tonight 25 minutes of play the dude shot 50% from the field when you get that from a wing that’s always incredible but five of 11 from Deep that’s just shy of 50% shooting from three beautiful night for Klay Thompson

23 points on the evening he had two assists I believe both of those were were to trace Jackson Davis uh a player who he has developed a rather unusual chemistry with but those two clearly have it uh they they run a pick and roll that is seamless uh Trace Jackson Davis

By the way he played 25 minutes tonight and when it comes to trace we briefly saw what two weeks ago a starting lineup where Draymond Green was shifted to the power forward position and Trace Jackson Davis was in and Trace Trace Jackson Davis was inserted as the starter and I’m drawn a

Blank on which game that was but Steve Kerr abandoned it four minutes into the game in a tie game by the way and it was a game that they ended up losing and we’ve never seen Trace Jackson Davis start again I don’t know why we’re not

Seeing that uh you know I I I do pay attention to the chat for this program and and anybody who tags me on social media or DMS me I do read uh what you’re sending and there’s a lot of disgruntled fans in dub Nation when it comes to

Brandon psky maybe rightfully so uh Ryan Leong who’s going to join me on Friday from uh Associated Press uh radio again he’s he’s in those press conferences interviewing Steve cerr every pre and postgame show he told me during today’s pregame presser uh someone asked Steve Kerr about Brandon pmy and Kerr gave uh

Basically scoffed and said that he doesn’t he thinks psky is fine but if you watch this game tonight and if you’ve been watching uh these games a lot recently you know as fervently especially as me I mean it it’s there’s no denying that psky is struggling when

It comes to finishing at The Rim there was a play in tonight’s game where where Jonathan kaminga threw a perfect quarterback to receiver style pass it was it was like almost 90 feet and psky catches it and then he gets blocked he was and then and thankfully Wiggins was

There to to get the rebound and put it in for the followup there was a sequence later where psky missed two straight layups late in the third quarter um so something is clearly a Miss there and and uh and and I bring that up because

Maybe that this the answer to a lot of Warriors problems is starting Trace Jackson Davis and shifting Andrew Wiggins to the shooting guard position making Jonathan kaminga small forward and this would this would definitely take a lot of pressure off Draymond Green but Trace Jackson Davis has to

Play I mean whatever success the Warriors are enjoying this year it’s coming largely from these young players kaminga and Trace Jackson Davis especially Trace Jackson Davis tonight was six of eight from the field he also grabbed five rebounds scored 13 points he played 25 minutes good things happen

When he plays um and then P but but then here’s the other the count to psky and I think this is why Steve K says that he’s fine is I don’t think the team is relying on him for offense what I mean by that is first of all the Warriors

Scored 137 points tonight which is a lot of damn points and they scored that with 40 uh they had 43 assists uh led by Chris Paul who had 14 of those to go with 12 points they’re moving the ball so even though Brandon pky in his 22

Minutes 51 seconds of play tonight he had two points he had had five rebounds again another poorest shooting performance he was one for six from the field didn’t make any of his threes but that I don’t think that’s what Steve cerr is playing him for and I think

That’s why he’s getting this extended Leash from Steve Kerr because I I they’re not relying on him for offense Steve cerr is relying on him to handle the ball because he has a borderline fetish when it comes to ball handlers certainly infatuated with players that can handle the ball like a point guard

But the intangibles that pamy brings the the charges I saw another one tonight I believe um that that you know the grittiness the the the the always being in the right place of the right time being tough in the interior you can tell other teams are annoyed by Brandon pky

That when you have an irritant like that on your team that is such a positive so clearly that is the role that that Kur sees in him and that’s why he keeps getting all these minutes and why he keeps maybe getting this extended leash but with that said there’s also no

Denying that Brandon pmy is struggling especially offensively and thankfully tonight we did see a slight reduction in minutes but I really think that that Trace Jackson Davis should be starting he’s he’s a differen maker he he had at least one block tonight had two blocks tonight you know he’s finally the ri

Protector this team’s missed all season so from my humble opinion from my perspective I think it’s time that that Trace Jackson Davis starts and I think it’s time that Brandon J maybe takes a bench roll you’re also a bigger Longer team you no longer are at a disadvantage

With that lineup regardless of who the opposition is but that’s my point on it um when we come back sorry for teasing this so much I I just have to touch on the Grizzlies real fast because when I saw that Draymond incident it reminded me of of

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You are locked on Warriors your daily Golden State Warriors podcast part of the locked joh podcast Network your team every Day thank you for making locked on Warriors your first Liston every day for the every dayers at the absolute latest we are back at this on Friday when the Warriors host the Indiana Pacers a fast team a very efficient offensive team I know Tyrese halberton has been uh slowed

Down recently because of that hamstring did I say his name right I hope I did but uh that’s that’s what’s next at the absolute latest but we might have a program tomorrow as well uh I got some fun ideas I still have to dedicate an entire episode to Jonathan kaminga he

Deserves it his background to me is very interesting but earlier in this game we saw this incident with Draymond Green uh where him and Desmond Bane who Bane by the way had an awful game tonight uh two of 13 from the field two of nine from Beyond The Arc six points one

Rebound did they did a good job defending him and him and Draymond got into an incident and during this incident Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins uh tumbles over and falls in the process and but it reminded me when I saw this this incident especially when I’m when I was watching Taylor Jenkins

Cuz whatever he was saying to the ref Draymond wanted to hear it he wanted to get involved with it and it reminded me of that 2022 series and it reminded me of that series because I still have not forgiven Taylor Jenkins and John marant for trying to blame Jordan P for

Injuring his knee do you remember that ludicrous accusation it was asinine it was utterly ridiculous Jordan P by was playing defense and happen to touch John morant’s kneecap in the most harmless innocuous way man inable was just a basketball swipe and it did not cause the injury yet there was Taylor Jenkins

I understand Defending Your player but you cannot rush to judgment like that especially when you’re accusing someone of intentionally injuring a player it was such a joke I and I I I just want accountability for those types of actions and I don’t think Draymond Green forgot about that either I really do

Believe strongly there was a hint of that series still lingering in a lot of the Warriors players minds and it was part of the reason yeah and Richard sarong you’re absolutely right they accused Jordan P of yanking on a kneecap it was just utter BS and uh so you know so there is

There is still animosity there between these teams and it was totally understandable to see Draymond uh you know have these emotions against the the Memphis Grizzlies these two if the Grizzlies ever do get some big wins I know they beat the Warriors in uh in the

2021 plan um but this could be a huge rivalry uh if the Grizzlies ever pull off a huge win against them um but there’s animosity there so I think that was a huge part of what went into Draymond acting the way uh he did um I I want to bring up as well

There’s a great stat tonight over on the ESPN broadcast and I’ll share my screen for this so you all can see the the visual um that was Pres presented and Bob Myers was doing the color for the game tonight and I want to give him his his due because he gave

Mark Jackson a lot of credit and justifiably so in regards to the development and Rise of the Splash Brothers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson Stephen Clay Time and Time and Again acknowledge Mark Jackson as as being the individual who molded these two players into who they are he gave them their

Confidence he toughened them up he taught this team defense and I know Steve Kerr gets all the credit for the dynasty but I I will never forget Mark Jackson’s influence and his impact those two years because before Mark Jackson came to the Golden State Warriors and became their head coach for those two

Seasons the Golden State Warriors were the laughing stock of the NBA for nearly 40 years true story and so I’ve never going to forget Mark Jackson for that ever I can’t if you love The Warriors and you’re old enough I know there’s a lot of young people who follow this now but

If you’re old enough to remember Mark Jackson and those two years I think you will appreciate as well his impact and Mark Jackson early in his tenure again he’s only coaching this team for two years but he was boldly saying publicly that Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are

The best shooting back court this game has ever seen ever he was saying this back in like 2012 and people laughed at him nobody’s laughing at him now nobody laughed at Mark Jackson just two years later he was right he was 100% right and I bring that up because uh Stephen Curry

Tonight by the way had a very quiet game um and I want to say something about Stephen Curry real fast which I have noticed uh from observing um Steph had 14 points in this game five of nine from the field four of seven from Deep very efficient very quiet and it didn’t

Matter I mean the Warriors blew the Grizzlies away um it was a reminder that Steph doesn’t have to carry this team he does have help uh it just it’s just whether or not that help shows up and in a game like tonight with Wiggins and Clay doing what they do consistency has

Been the biggest issue with those two guys this is what happens when everyone shows up they dominate um so Steph had a quiet 14 points tonight but he had four three-pointers Klay Thompson had five three-pointers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined have the most games by a duo with four plus three-point games

Each with 130 so there have been 130 games where both Steph and clay in the same game have hit four plus three-pointers that’s incredible the next closest is Eric Gordon and James Harden with 51 Dame Lillard and CJ McCullum are third with 40 so Props to Bob Myers for for the

Acknowledgement of Mark Jackson’s influence props of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson aka the Splash Brothers for doing what they do Bravo to you two I want to finish to show up with some interesting statistics that I joted down we saw Pat Spencer tonight the TW player the former

Crossplayer he scored his first bucket tonight and Mike Breen had a very interesting stat which is what you hear in blowout games Pat Spencer wears number 61 the last player to wear the number 61 in the entire NBA was in 1963 why I have no idea I have no clue

But it’s a rarity and it’s the number Pat Spencer wears he’s the first number 61 in the NBA since 1963 I have no clue why that is but it’s true and I want to mention as well I it’s again Chris Paul coming off the bench he played 24 minutes

Tonight 14 assists Draymond Green had seven assists Draymond Green by the way led the team in that rating tonight plus 25 Wiggins was plus 22 kaminga was plus 21 but Chris Paul his 14 assists Draymond had seven kaminga had four Wiggins had three psky had four Steph had three Klay had

Two Trace Jackson Davis had two and and a few others had one combined they had 43 assists that was the 17th time in the Steve ker era that the Golden State Warriors have gotten 40 plus assists in a game that’s damn impressive so kudos to them leonitis sortis I hope I pronounced that

Correctly in the chat go dubs from Germany what’s up real truth wres bjy needs to sit on the bench and watch and learn for a few games yeah he was playing garbage time tonight I think that was the most symbolic thing I saw in terms of maybe the coaching staff being a little

Concerned with psky part of it could be as well College play a lot of rookies especially those who played in college they do struggle this time of year they’re not accustomed to the 80 plus game NBA season they play over half that less than half that if I’m saying that

Correctly in college maybe he’s wearing down Richard Marquez writes what’s up with guba I don’t know great question I don’t know Joe Rice just cut pauses 30 plus minutes to 20 2 2 minutes and they’re fine we saw that tonight so we’ll see what happens and Joe I’m with you 100% Moody

Should be playing if it’s not gonna be Trace Jackson Davis I really would like to see Moody start I’m totally with you and no Bible boy we’re not throwing a parade for the Warriors being the Grizzlies but a win is a win folks thank you so much for joining me as always

We’ll be back back at this again soon go dubs bye-bye

Cyrus Saatsaz went live for a midweek postgame show following the Golden State Warriors dominating the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center thanks to Jonathan Kuminga playing with force on both sides of the ball while Andrew Wiggins and Klay Thompson played like old versions of themselves and a feisty Draymond Green thankfully avoided serious repercussions during a scuffle with Desmond Bane that woke the team up and led to a blow out night.

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39 Comments

  1. Good game by JK, Klay, Wiggins, TJD, Draymond, CP, Curry, other players played well within the system! Brandin should be coming off the bench in the rotations ! Moses should be getting those minutes

  2. Pods is a bit overrated. Hear me accurately. He's not garbage, he is a good young player. But Pods is a bit overrated so far.

    His moxie and grit win people over and make the optics positive. But while i do like Pods and have him penciled in as the "PG of the future," or at least one of the Gs in the G rotation of the future….i like Pods, OK? But i think due to him being a solid draft pick late-ish in the first round and being tough, rebounding well….he's VERY rough around the edges with the %s so far, his shooting comes and goes and it's tough for him to get his shot off other than floaters which is a tough way to make a living scoring.

    One more time. I like Pods. I do think he's a BIT overrated. That's all.

  3. Podz hit the lottery and his messiah is Steve Kerr. Cannot believe how unfair this world is. If Moody make even 10% of mistakes as he does he will be DNP

  4. TJD is a great player! All young players are getting there, PODZ recently plays so so, why not let Moody plays more !

  5. Podz can still be a starter but its really baffling why Coach Kerr puts him back right away in place of Wiggins/Kuminga and plays with CP3. Why not go to Moody right away? Understand that he can play with Steph so that he could be the ball handler when Steph tries to come off screens to shoot some 3s. But to play him alongside CP, he becomes redundant with CP handling the ball most of the time. Moody can get in the flow of the game earlier.

  6. Good win?? We played grizzlies who are a g league team. We’ll see how we stack against timberwolves on Sunday and we still have pelicans and Dallas.. doesn’t change anything from this win

  7. glad Curry got to rest 4th. They need to make Wigs and JK the focus on of the offense going for next few weeks, and let Dray and Curry cruise as much as possible. Play CP3 more in Curry place, and TJD more in Dray place. Pods also needs some rest.

  8. JK did great, he didnt just settle with dunks but he shoot midrange and threes. I know its too much but i want JK to have the ceiling of MJ haha. Watching JK reminds me of MJ.

  9. Wiggins made the difference as Wiggins was really defending and also shot 9 out of 14 (and stunning 4 of 6 three pointers) with 10 FREAKING rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. THIS IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN PRODUCTION and EFFICIENCY for Wiggins. Why doesn't he do this for every game and no one is talking about how good he was in this game???? Look at the highlight videos for this game where he is chasing everyone down and trying to block shots and boxing out Memphis players for rebounds and all. It is like someone sat him down and said, "Look, this is your last chance to produce and show what you are made of or we''ll go to your agent and cut you by sending you to join your friend Jordan Poole in Washington where YOUTUBERS will constantly make mocking videos about how you failed your career so badly." Either that or someone game him some testosterone shots so he grows some 'tiene huevos.'

  10. Draymond was elbowed after he got rebound. Which is why you see Draymond shaking his head no telling him not to do that. He was clearly brung baited. It wasn't huddle Draymond has every right to be there. Lebron does the same thing. This coming from the same person who played therapist and agreed that Draymond was a narcissist.

  11. If you're going to start TJD, who will be the roll man for Klay and/or CP3? Loon or Saric? Really? Brandin also takes over ball handling duties from Steph. He helps Steph's off ball movement. So I think the starting lineup, as it is, is fine.

  12. @Cyrus, the reason Kerr doesn’t start TJD alongside Draymond is because then you don’t have enough shooters to space the floor. While PODs has struggled as of late, he still shoots 37.4% from 3, and he is a ball handler and playmaker that allows Curry to play off ball, and keeps the offense focused around Curry, Kuminga and Wiggins. POD also is the 2nd or 3rd leading rebounder most nights and leads the league in charges.

    TJD in the second unit has unlocked both Klay and Paul. TJD is getting them easier looks with his screening and then when two defenders jump to Klay or Paul they lob to TJD to finish. Don’t mess with that unit. Saric and Looney as a replacement for TJD would be bad.

    With that said, I agree Moody should be getting more minutes in that second unit. Too often Kerr brings POD right back in with the second unit, when it should be Moody getting those minutes. Will also give PODs some needed rest, he’s played a lot of minutes as a rookie and it’s affected his shot as of late.

  13. We ain’t winning shit this year, better to lose first game in season then re collect, klay needs permanent bench spot he’s happy with, curry needs someone athletic and fast in the guards with him so Steph stays good, trayce needs to stay 20 mins a game minimum, Kuminga starter and then they need a star in that last position, garuntee good push next year

  14. I am speaking on the future games. The warriors need to look at films or footage on the teams that are killing them. They should look at the other teams weakness. Since everyone is looking at them in that manner. They have to look at Lakers, Nuggets, Pacers, Clippers even the Jaden Browns team. I can't think of their name. Boston Celtics is who I'm talking about. I think Golden State can do it but it's going to be hard. I getting old, they have to forget about size. They have to leap.

  15. The Grizz aint really hapless. They looked solid but I wonder where is Moses. I cant figure out his game.

  16. Warriors beat one of the worst teams in the league with multiple players on ten day and two way contracts. This team is going no were. There record against teams over 500 is awful. They can beat up on bad teams all day but struggle against good teams.

  17. Nah this team done, they just want to maintain sellout games, winning the championship is not the priority for owner‼️
    👎🏽💩👎🏽

  18. LQ is a better ball handler, shooter and defender than BP. MM is a better shooter and defender. Kerr sees himself in BP, and that's why he is avg 25 to 30 minutes

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