Lead Shrinks to Just a Game for Play-In Tournament After Golden State Warriors Blow Another Lead
Have now blown 13 games this season when they’ve had a lead of 12 or more that’s tied with the San Antonio Spurs for the most leads blown this year when they’ve led by 12 or more I know the League’s different 12 isn’t what it used to be
But the fact that they still lead the NBA in that category not a good sign and side note the next worse after the Spurs the Atlanta Hawks with 10 and the Miami Heat with 10 but this game was egregious on a lot of levels and it starts
With I’m sorry to say it sorry to sound like a broken record but this coach just doesn’t know what he’s doing if he doesn’t have the perfect players on his roster he’s gonna mess up and play the wrong players I’ll explain what I mean next but if you’re frustrated dub Nation
If you’re pissed I get you I feel you I’m gonna hopefully share your grievances I’m going to hopefully Echo your sentiments of frustration disappointment because you should be feeling that the Warriors had this game and they’re now just a game up on the Houston Rockets in danger of missing the
Plan that is a very real possibility that we’re going to talk about next yeah it’s been that kind of year this is locked on Warriors you are locked on Warriors your daily Golden State Warriors podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day Thank you for making locked on Warriors your first listen every day we’re free and available wherever you get Podcast and on YouTube We’re part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day today’s episode is brought to you by prize pick I need to see if I wanton
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$100 you can follow me Cyrus hes on threads at dog wild the program is also there at locked on Warriors and speaking of the Warriors a colossally disappointing 114 110 loss what sticks out to me in a game where they they were in this throughout the Warriors LED this
Game after the first quarter 278 the Warriors LED this game at the half by eight points the Warriors LED this game after the third quarter by three points they get uh they get outscored in the final quarter 36-29 lose this game by seven and if there’s any real realization I’ve come
To from this game tonight is that Steve cerr does not know what the hell he’s doing except to rely on four players who are now past their Prime at least three of them are certainly past it Stephen Curry bless you I I don’t know if you’re
Still at the peak of your powers that could be a debate for another show but regardless at least three of the four players that Steve Kerr is in love with who is he is dependent on and who he has no idea what to do if those four aren’t
Doing well that’s all he’s got that’s his one card up his sleeve Steph clay Dre Wiggins and if those four are not playing Championship level basketball Steve cerr is exposed for the average at best head coach that he is there is no good reason that those four along with
Chris Paul who is 39 years old in May who was six feet tall that was the five that was out there for the majority of the final game the last four and a half minutes you saw Steph 36 Dre 34 clay 34 Andrew 29 going on 38 that was four of
Of your five players out there those four players this season Steve Kerr has played collectively 355 minutes together in those 355 minutes that those four have played together they are a whopping plus 2.2 they’re average at best and when you’re playing one of the best teams teams in the NBA the Minnesota Timberwolves
Instead of relying on the legs on the athleticism of the players who have gotten you to this point you abandon them and rely on the players that two years ago want you won you a title but sorry Steve cerr times change people age individuals evolve Andrew Wiggins is a
Shell of the player he was two years ago maybe that what we saw two years ago was a fluke Klay Thompson is no longer the Hall of Fame level player that he was did you know Klay Thompson tonight led the Warriors in minutes what is the
Reason for that to to to give you the stat sheet for Klay Thompson in terms of again your leading minute gatherer for the Golden State Warriors tonight he played 32 minutes 55 seconds six of 15 from the field that’s not good that’s well below 50% three of 11 from Beyond
The Arc that’s below 30% shooting from three he scored six points he’s a liability defensively if the shots not falling offensively all he does all the the only value he gives you is spacing not enough Moses Moody supposed to be the future of this team got a
Dnp Jonathan kaminga third on the team in scoring second on the team in free throw attempts I believe second or third in field goal percentage second on the team in net rating wasn’t even in the game the last four and a half minutes why oh he’s also second in free throw
Attempts Kingo scored 14 points today one of the only players that has shown any consistency on this roster and he’s not in the game for the last 4 five minutes why it’s the only coaching decision that made sense tonight that I do want to tip
My cap to Steve ker for was Gary payon II actually getting a real run tonight shadowing Anthony Edwards and that strategy worked that was it though kudos to Steve Kerr for remembering you have an elite defensive player on your roster I don’t know why we haven’t seen the strategy
Implemented more often normally Gary Payne II plays what eight minutes nine minutes sometimes gets dnps no he actually got a decent run tonight 23 minutes and he played good defense on Anthony Edwards the face of the future of the NBA already one of his biggest stars he was held to just 23 points
Tonight on seven of 18 shooting but we also saw again Chris Paul out there again for the closing minutes of a game that you had to win and instead the Golden State Warriors with this loss that’s the bottom line all right you can’t defend decisions whether it’s
A coach whether it’s a player you can’t in sports the objective is winning if you don’t win your decision failed it is not complex it is not complicated that is how things go okay you lose in sports your decision didn’t work you win in sports Bravo your strategy is working
The strategy that Steve ker is implementing not working the Golden State Warriors right now are just separated by the Houston Rockets by just a game the Rockets if they win tomorrow’s game are only a half game back of the Warriors how many of you out there thought we would be having a
Discussion about what happens to this team if they don’t even make the plan it’s not like they’ve suffered a major injury where they’re missing one of their pivotal pieces this is a roster that Steve cerr endorsed at the start of this season and up to the trade deadline
Because they didn’t make any moves make sense of that by the way and their delusional head coach thought they had a roster that could compete for a title they had a roster that could go deep in the playoffs he’s he’s tampered down those expectations a little bit early in the season he was
Calling him a world championship team last time I heard him uh using any type of verbiage pertaining to the future of of the Golden State Warriors I heard a comparison to how the LA Lakers last year as a playing team made it to the Western Conference Finals all right so
Now you’re lowering your expectations you got to make the plan to even have a shot of that and the Golden State Warriors right now are just two games above 500 by the way Steve Curry is a 500 head coach the last five years haven’t said
That in a while need to remind you of that folks because there’s still Cur apologists out there and the man just got a two-year whopping contract extension that makes him the highest paid coach in the NBA anyways so they’re now a half one game up in the Houston Rockets the
Warriors are 36 and 34 the Rockets are 35 and 35 the Warriors are now two games behind the LA Lakers for the nine seed that goal is slipping away this was embarrassing what I mean I know the Timberwolves are a great team but you had this game you led this game
For three quarters and then in the fourth quarter when it mattered most you Steve CER just again showed his true colors he the players he trusts are not the best players on this team Klay Thompson should not be getting the most minutes on this team your five oldest players should not be finishing
The game if your five oldest players are part of their Prime if they if they’re in the middle of the peak of their powers sure when the vast majority if not all those players are on the decline make that make sense for me because I don’t get it I’m going to read
Some stats to you when we come back which were alarming because the Timberwolves won this game thanks to another facet of the Warriors that has been failing all season long and playing those old guys is a huge reason for it and that’s their perimeter defense the Minnesota Timberwolves shot lights out in this
Game and most of those threes that were falling they weren’t guarded they’re wide open why are you giving up open threes just so you can be in better position to to defend two-point field goals make that make sense there is virtually nothing with this Warriors
Team since the start of the 2022 no yeah since the start of the 2022 2023 season that has made any sense it makes no damn sense none let’s give some uh love to our sponsors I got intern Carl I can’t wait to get his take he’s going to join
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And in this particular sound bite he’s talking about the fact that the Warriors can’t rely on Stephen Curry game after game it’s a very valid assessment wholeheartedly agree with that real fast before I get to cerr Stephen Curry on the night and I heard some people complaining about his fourth
Quarter uh minutes and I want to read that real fast Steph tonight in the fourth quarter played 6 minutes 54 seconds a little less than what we’re normally accustomed to normally we see him check in at about the 8 Minute Mark uh tonight it was under six minutes
Before he came in in the fourth uh but in the game he’s not the reason why they lost this game Stephan Curry’s if there’s problems with the Warriors you know people people ask me like why do you why do you not complain about kaminga it’s like well besides the fact
That he’s incredibly young he’s a body of work that is far from finished but most importantly the Warriors are two games above five 00 the Warriors are still in the playin contention because of him and if there’s one player that they’re that’s ahead of him in terms of
Why the Warriors are even relevant in the NBA today it’s Jonathan Kinga 2 and it’s Stephen Curry one there are 14 players on this active roster why would I complain about the two best players when there’s 12 others stinking up the joint a hell of a lot more than those
Two Stephen Curry tonight played just shy of 30 minutes and again if you’re wondering why he even played 34-35 that’s a valid question we’re going to hear from Steve C just a second nine of 21 from the field five of 11 from Deep had a great shooting night was a perfect eight of
Eight from Beyond The Arc was a positive in net rating him gp2 and Draymond were the only players who were in the positive in net rating everyone else was negative kaminga was minus one he was close anyway so here’s Steve Kerr talking about Stephen Curry and how the team can’t
Rely on him here’s Steve keep him around 30 um trying to get him as much rest as as we can um we’ve played him a lot of minutes played him 35 two days ago so um as long as we were hanging in there then then uh we wanted to to limit the
Minutes a little bit not limit them but not over overplay him there was kind of that stretch in the fourth where you took time out with like N9 minutes left down four L like you might go back to Steph didn’t and then it was eight and
You did go back do you feel like that was the deciding one of the deciding stretches no no we got Chris Paul out there we got clay we got Dre we got we got great players out there so um wigg it’s uh you know we can’t expect to to just ride stu
Um game after game after game you you know these last few weeks have been really tough on we we we’ve put the burden of this franchise on his shoulders for 15 years um we can’t expect him to play 35 minute we got five games in
Seven days on this road trip so um if you want to say that him playing 30 minutes instead of 32 was a difference in the win and the loss I I totally disagree with that we’re trying to we’re trying to win the game we’re trying to
Uh to keep him fresh too I’m going to have an episode in in the near future where I list off every single time that Steve cerr has whiff because of his gut uh we had Sam Gordon on this show recently and he’s going to be back on soon was a fantastic guest fantastic
Contributor uh he’s the beat the new Golden State Warriors beat reporter covering the San Francisco Chronicle and as we covered on that episode about a week or so ago approximately um Kerr revealed to him in a in a one-on-one interview that he bases most of his decisions on his
Gut I mean look science recognizes intuition it it it as a part of the human decision-making process and it it acknowledges it to a certain extent in terms of logic and reasoning but certainly not in a court of law and certainly not if you’re trying to explain a point of reasoning to someone
Else bringing up your gut is no different than saying because I felt like it that’s how I felt there’s nothing logical in that line of of thinking of explanations of decisionmaking and you heard right there when he listed all the players when when uh I think that was Anthony Slater who
Was interviewing on and Kudos by the way to Anthony Slater one of the only media members who actually asks difficult questions of Steve Kerr um because most of the people who cover the team or their their bigger focus is just having Steve and like them I which makes that’s a whole other discussion
But I digress the point is you heard him right there his response to that was to to the question of you know like well who else was going to carry the team I mean with those two three minutes make a difference whether or not you’re
Bringing it back in at the you know the six- minute Mark and change or the eight or n minute marker change and he mentioned the fact that there other players like he mentioned Chris Paul right third 38 going on 39 he mentioned Klay Thompson he mentioned Draymond
Green and you could tell he was about to mention Andrew Wiggins before you just literally saw his line of thinking exposed trickling out of his mouth for the world to hear that those are the only players he trusts but if your issue is that you can’t have Stephen Curry doing
Everything why did you endorse this roster constructed the way it was why did you ignorantly think that Klay Thompson was still at the peak of his powers why am I six months to a year ahead of you on everything Steve Kerr the podcast host is routinely telling the audience and everyone else who’s
Watching and listening what’s going on with this team six months to a year before their head coach is realizing it and if if that if if you really don’t want all the pressure and the impetus placed on Stephen Curry why did you construct this roster the way it is I
Know Steve cerry doesn’t have the GM title but he is the ruler of that Kingdom okay decisions are not made without his approval the only thing he’s not doing is dealing with the Nitty Gritty of the front office but no decisions are made without his Blessing
No GM in the right mind constructs the smallest roster in the NBA on on their own valtion this is a Steve Kerr team this is a Steve Kerr roster and Steve Kerr grossly miscalculated this season that Klay Thompson was still at the peak of his powers he’s still good but he’s
No nowhere near what he was he grossly miscalculated on Andrew Wiggins he grossly miscalculated on small balls still being relevant and we saw today that Steph has no help except for Jonathan kaminga who he doesn’t trust because we didn’t see him in in nearly the last five minutes now why did what
Was so horrible about Jonathan kiga performance tonight in 30 minutes let’s see he shot above 50% he was six of 11 from the field did not take a single three-point attempt which normally makes Steve Kerr happy had two trips of the free throw line oh no he missed two free throws his
His free throw percentage he was two for four from the line so his three free throw percentage went down from what 74 to 73 I being just totally just uh spitting that out in conjecture he had three rebounds two assists two turnovers in 30 minutes
That’s not bad 14 points had a block he actually had a fantastic sequence early in the game defensively and I thought he was playing great defensively the whole game but and Steve C according to Steve Ker’s gut he’s not good enough when we come back intern Carl is gonna join
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Every day one final segment of lockon Warriors thank you for making locked on Warriors your first listen every day for the every dayers we’ve been do going at this for post game after every game but one and I apologize for that I was incredibly sick but so at the late this
We’re going to be back at this day after tomorrow although I’m feeling like I’m going to get behind the mic tomorrow uh to uh get a little more into the Warriors there’s I mean the season is on the verge of ending without even a playin appearance think about the ramifications
Of what happens if that’s the end result of this season I digress anyways we’ll be back at this at the latest Tuesday when the Warriors play the first of a backtack against the Miami Heat and then they play Orlando the very next day new slash those two teams are
Good Warriors are in trouble this is like red alarms like panic button being like hammered with a fist this is bad this is very bad let’s bring an intern Carl Carl are you ready to go man you want to do this I got to change the background here
How you doing brother go I’m doing all right how you doing Sai well I I I’ve been better I’ve been better but you know uh unfortunately my mood is oftentimes dictated by how this Warriors team I grew up and loved even during their Decades of pure uh you know
Irrelevancy just pure trash that they were I still love this team and I think there’s still potential there if the right decisions are made but I digress how are you doing and what’s what’s on what’s on the agenda for kls minute this week yeah so uh first of all I just want
To say as frustrating as the team is to watch sometimes especially the first half of the season and kind of now in the past month it’s been a little bit tough but I still enjoy watching this team more than I enjoyed even the Durant teams because you know they just uh you know
It’s not guaranteed it’s not an inevitable March towards Victory it’s sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn’t but yeah and look honestly man I would be enjoy it with you if we weren’t seeing favoritism by the head coach in terms of player decisions like it it lit I literally cringe every time I see
Moses Moody with another dnp it it it hurts man like like this is a kid who if he was under the right leadership if you had a head coach who actually believed in him believed in developing players and not just writing the coales of veterans who have carried you I would be
Enjoying this as well like when the warriors were I had that three in1 road trip where they beat New York they beat Toronto and they beat the Wizards I know that I know the competition wasn’t exactly the most difficult but that I that I enjoyed I thoroughly enjoyed that
Because we had a chance to see not just a winning Warriors product that might not be a championship Contender but they had the makings of something that two two to three years from now could very well be a championship Contender watching old hasb been veterans who like
Like I no I’m not enjoying this at all Moses let me ask Moses how does it feel getting another dnp I mean he sucks yeah he’s and he he doesn’t like it either so I’m so my point is I would enjoy this a lot more if we were watching players who
Should be playing in terms of wash up veterans who have seen their best days go by and are still getting minutes because their coach is playing favorites over certain other players but I digress start to make things so negative Carl yeah I’m grumpy I’m grumpy what do you
Want from me Carl go go ahead man floor’s yours I’m I’m grumpy too I mean so uh kuminga uh so there’s a faction of the Warriors fan base that doesn’t believe in kaminga much like Kerr I think that’s crazy the guy’s 21 years
Old he’s 21 if he was 25 I’d be like all right maybe it’s time to you know let him move on but it’s he’s 21 he’s 21 and here’s thingl the stat statistically speaking the only part of his game that has a blemish is his three-point shot
Right because he’s had like 30 I think he’s shooting 32% on the year which is not horrible by the way but it’s not you need to be shooting at least 33% his field goal percentage is is stupendous it’s fantastic he scoring he’s third on the team and scoring he’s getting to the
Line he’s one of the only players on this team doing that he’s a great defensive player already and that’s only going to improve he’s he’s improved his rebounding number where he’s just shy of five a game I think he’s averaging more rebounds per game than Zion Williamson
Right now what part of his game are people not happy with like like the only reason why so many people are not on board with kaminga is because of Kerr it’s the only reason it’s because you have a lot of people who who literally if Steve K says something they just go
Yes sir and they just roll with it without adding any critical thinking of their own without having any independent thought of their own there’s a hell of a lot of group think out there Carl and when Steve Kerr makes a decision the group follows and if Steve Kerr was
Riding with kaminga from day one and actually having faith in this kid I guarantee you all those haters would not exist but Steve Kerr has built a following man Even though like that following was based largely on the success of other players because again he has nine Rings right nine uh he got
Five of those as a player with Michael Jordan as the best player on three of those as with Tim Duncan as the best player on two of those it’s not like he was out there being a Difference Maker he’s averaging like 10 15 minutes a game
For those teams and then he’s the head coach of a dynasty that has Stephen Curry Mark Jackson set the foundation for it you you had Kevin Durant for two of those anybody could have been the head coach for those Kevin Durant teams and still done wonders and when I do
That episode by the way on Steve Kerr’s gut and how often it’s been wrong I’m gonna pull examples from that era as well because in my opinion from my observation skills this team under Steve Kerr has underachieved they could have done more I think if they had a head
Coach that had more Ingenuity more more innovative tics to his decisions I I digress man I’m taking up your time the rest is yours go ahead sorry all right so two things number one um if you look at uh Oklahoma City and Minnesota it’s showing there’s being a
Little bit of a Changing of the Guard in the hierarchy of the NBA I mean of course nuggets Celtics but this needs to be apparent to Curr that times change you need to evolve you need to find your players and the players that you have aren’t always
Going to be your players clay love him but he’s inconsistent at best at this point H that’s the best you’re G to get once out of every three or four games he’s gonna you know cook it and that’s going to be it but he’s not a 40 minute
A game player every night and uh so Steve Kerr you need to realiz this and you need to evolve evolve let kuminga play get moody Off the Bench Stephen Curry played 29 minutes today why why why is he playing 29 minutes against a top team on the road
In a critical game why is he playing 29 minutes he should be playing 35 at least Carl Carl what were your thoughts on Steve cerry saying that two three extra minutes of Stephen Curry would not have made a difference when they lost this game by four points
I have nothing to say yeah there you go there you go it that made no sense again but his gut he’s got to listen to his gut so you know that’s that’s what the entire F fan base has to roll with whatever Steve Kerr’s gut is feeling uh
That is what we’re subjected to Carl uh I I appreciate your your contribution um your your work on the on the promos is exemplary if you follow this program on Instagram at locked on warriors uh Carl’s work is often featured there tell people how they can follow you on social
Media man as we to show up uh so k a r l f o r r p r e z d i n t Carl for president um I’m running not this election but maybe 2028 all right I’m sorry for not having the graphics set up
For you man I’ll do that next time Carl I love you uh thank you so much for for uh jumping in and giving us your thoughts for a few moments there um and we’ll do this again once a week as long as you’re available we’ll we’ll hear
Your thoughts uh Carl thank you and um yeah and if you ever want to be an intern for this program again uh that option is a possibility uh oh my God I don’t think I even added the right graphic to begin with for this program oh well I digress thank you to everyone
That was frustrating if you’re frustrated I feel you and uh we’ll be back at this again soon that was rough folks yeah that was rough byebye
Cyrus Saatsaz hosted a Sunday Night Live postgame show following the Golden State Warriors blowing their 13th 12+ point lead of the year (tied for the league lead with the San Antonio Spurs) in a catastrophic road loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves (thanks in no small part to Head Coach Steve Kerr yet again playing favorites with his rotations, including Klay Thompson leading the team in minutes) which reduced their lead over the Houston Rockets to just a game for the final place in the Play-In Tournament with just 12 games remaining in the year.
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This guy Naz Reid, salary its under 13 millions, we have a bunch of bad players, that have way bigger salary than him. If you want to construct a championship team, its not about the millions, its about signing the right guys and play the right guys. Get guys like naz reid, not washed old players, with big salaries.
Ive held my breathe long enough..we aint going no where this season this was the last straw..its obvious we need some players for offense mainly
Rotations…rotations…rotationswho got a better roster than us.
The Dubs have many problems and we all know what they are. Lack of shooting, turn overs, no put backs, bad spacing for rebounds, no multi dimensional skilled players and more.
Kerr is the problem that why common man…NOBODY CALL THE OWNER
Kerr has to go. We need to get younger and more athletic. Pathetic.
The delusion has to end. That's it that's all!!!
warriors overhelped leads to wide open threes, they overhelped to compensate for their lack of size. JK needs to improve his defensive IQ like where to go up or under the screens. Like on Memphis game Kerr got mad at JK for leaving Aldama space to shoot threes, this game he did it to Reid. Opposing teams are not afraid to shoot threes over warriors coz they're small and they have a better chance to get the rebounds if missed. They should do a better job of guarding the 3pt line and don't overhelp.
We bout to be Dallas from last year
Chris Paul 39 over Poole 24 šššššš
Paul 39 Curry 36 Thompson 34 Green 34 your prime is 27-32 .š¤
3:50 Cy mentioning the final line up. Kerr's gamble so they can match the 3pt shooting with those five was awful. They could have focused on a more defensive line up, then make gradual buckets on the other end. Having Klay out there for defense is sad to watch. Even though he made a few 3's, he gave up a bunch more points back
Steve Kerr is a tool
Intern Carl rather watch this team than the Durant teams. Wow š
All hope is lost.
You are such a bitter guy. You critique the coach everytime the Warriors lose. I listen to a lot of locked in channels and no one is more critical of their teamās coach more than you are. You must think that you are better than Kerr. You are one arrogant host.
As a lifetime fan and those fans who cant see the larger picture plating Pod startung him putting Green as a 5 goes so far. The worse part a coach who fans praise as a lifetime great so lack vision of the game know only how to ride a one trick pony.
The seadon is over even if they make the play in.
Biggest mistake of this season is to give Kerr an extension. Unless Jr. And owners step in we got two more years of this nonsense of small ball.
They donāt have a big
It's Kerr? So you saying the same coach that brought us to 6 finals in a row….is responsible for this lame team? Klay is a ghost of his former self. Wiggins is super passive and inconsistent. Draymond gives 100% every 4 games. Kuminga is 21! Podz is a rookie! Wake up everyone, this team has the right record. Remember when our good old Warriors sucked and they were competitive a lot of games until the other teams woke up and smoked us? That is THIS version of the Warriors. Get off Kerr….it's the lack of all-star talent. We have ONE…and that's it.
Yeah the wide open 3ās are disgusting. Itās funny because every press conference after they lose after some no name lights them up they say āwe didnāt expect McBride or Aldamaā or whoever the guy on the night is to shoot this well and itās like bro – these are paid professionals. If you over help and are always in rotation these people are capable of making you pay for leaving them wide open ā¦ hopefully this registers in Kennyās head so they can make some damn adjustments. š¤¬
Bob Myers saw the writing on the wall and got. Lacob needs to blow this up THIS SUMMER….get young talent and 1 round picks and start the next version. Stop holding on…2022 was an anomaly – all the seasons except that year were bad seasons.
Golden state will be going back to its days before the Core soon if they donāt clean this up while they have a chance. Itās unfortunate because i believe they can attain one more chip before they wrap it up.
Unless Podz is Haliburton or LeMelo, he should not avg 30 mins a game.
This season is a wrap we are consistently inconsistent. They are wasting Curryās final good years š¤¦š½āāļø
If Klay and Wiggs are back next year, it will be a repeat of this year.
Wiggins is a disappointment!!
Brandon podzimski is a non shooter he is offense liability playing together with draymon green makes difficult for steph to get his shot because the defense is fucos on him with jk, podz draymon they don't mind if he shoot, as long as they can stop curry and jk, they know offense will go to curry and jk
Giving Kerr two more years means two more years of mediocrity, failure, no growth for the young players. Lacob will regret this.
I hope Lacob and Dunleavy have the cojones to make big changes (including with the coaching staff).
its so far from disfunction its insanity. theyre not worth watching…steph should seek a trade where he can win titles. this team stinks once again because of coaching and owner decisions….
Dynasty finished after the Celtics series
Going out sad.
the league going bigger and younger we going smaller and older
S.M.H. …Wow GP2 we can't seem to make them late game clutch lay-ups wtf?? Dude blew an easy lay-in that could have given us the lead which lead to a three point swing for the wolves I felt that was a real dagger in the heart for us and let the air out of our momentum š¤¦š½āā
Denial. From Lacob down to Kerr, Curry, Draymond and Thompson, all the old vets refuse to see the obvious. And the rooks arenāt taking over because they were only picked to compliment the old core.
I was hoping to lay off Kerr, this season. Why because I though with no contract, no moves, the owner and Kerr agree after this season he would walk away. Based on off sesson it was Kerr and the core they could run it back.
But if a true fan of the game they werent blinded past success could see here we go again with Kerr.
After a win, lost, worse a streak nothing had really changed but to fans caugh up in stats plus minus all theor problem were still there Ive been daying it 15 games into the season.
Start thinking now if Jr.is in charge and not an attaboy when season is over sit Kerr down if he cant change by getting some size two more 6'10-6'11,7'0 a true rim protector who can push back a big power forward like Nas Reed if not suck it up tell him to walk. Personally I dont care who they get it can be a women from the college ranks or Chris Paul himself that knows how the game was invented and play by Nasmith.
With Kerr, the ship is sinking they are scooping water he cant even figure out a rotation as to who to do the scooping.
Rockets hot on your trail!
Itās not lack of effort.Thereās a combination of factors that contribute to the Warriors descent into mediocrity:
1. Aging core. Steph, dray, and Klay are not able to perform like years past. Injuries and waning stamina restrict them generating the energy and lift in their legs.
2. Slow development of young players and regression of Andrew Wiggins. The inconsistency in play of the complimentary players has not provided much reliability to take pressure off Steph. Wiggins was supposed to be the best overall player on the Warriors but his erratic play and lingering off court issues have disrupted team chemistry
League wide adaptability. Because the Warriors continue to use the same offensive approach over the past decade teams have been able to develop more schemes that disrupt the Warriors half court sets.
Exactly, remember this team of splashes was MARK JACKSON teamā¦for real for real bro
This team was doomed when it didnāt trade Klay, Dray, or Kuminga. You could trade everyone except the Chef!
Unfortunately the end for the original guys has come to an end. Klay will be traded without a doubt. They will most likely lose about 6 or 7 of the remaining 11 games. They know they wonāt have the energy to do anything if by chance they make the play in. Iām not a big MJ fan , but his refusal to lose is what makes him the goat. Players like Steph and LeBron like to win but itās not their entire existence. They have a balance in their lives. Thatās why player actually feared MJ , because you got his best every time he was on the floor . He played all 82 games so many times itās ridiculous. And they use to abuse him every time he drove. Today it just a different game. Players do not take winning to heart like the older players did. There is much more to an NBA players life than winning. So hats off to the Warriors for having the run they did and given us some tremendous memories šš.
Yup keep playing with Wiggins, Podz, CP3 and we can build another Dynasty.
Kerr is a narcissist. He was saved by Draymond for soo many years now he is getting exposed.
Unless people with money, power, influence can do something and inform Mike & Joe to get rid of Kerr, Wiggins nothing is gonna change for the next 2 years.
Iām just here to watch the world burn. You would think that Warriors fans would accept that they had a helluva long run and eventually things come to an end. Maybe show some respect to the guys who won you multiple championships. Especially after they got the most recent one. Nope! You blame the coach. You call your players oldā¦ newsflash, you donāt win forever. Show some respect instead of begging for those guys to be on the bench or traded. Truly sad. The league is designed for teams to rise and fall. Even the Lakers and Celtics have had down times. I love that you called the warriors ārelevant.ā Absolutely no team is scared of the Warriors. I think the top 6 teams would win a series in no less than 5 games. Dallas is sitting at 6ā¦ do you guys really think you have a shot at beating them? Itās overā¦ but Jesus man, show Kerr and co. The respect they earned
They were winning till Paul came back. Since he returned they have gone straight downhill.
The 2021 NBA Draft was what has done in the Warriors this season, along with the poor coaching of Steve Kerr. At pick #7, the Warriors should have picked 6'10" Franz Wagner, and with their 14th pick, they should have drafted a center with good offensive skills in Alperen Sengun, who has good size at 6'11". Trayce Jackson-Davis, a great pick in the late 2nd round for the Warriors in 2023, will only be an excellent backup center in the future,because of his limted size at only 6'8.25" barefooted. Jackson-Davis lack of range also limits his offensive game.. Against larger centers like Jokic, Jackson-Davis has little impact in slowing down their game. Wagner, who was picked by the Magic at pick #8, immediately after the Warriors drafted Kuminga at #7, has been much more consistent in his overall game than Kuminga has been during their brief NBA careers. The Warriors, if they had drafted correctly would have had a starting lineup of the following: Alperen Sengun (C), Draymond Green (PF), Franz Wagner (SF), Klay Thompson (SG) and Steph Curry (PG). They should have traded Chris Paul, who they traded Jordan Poole for, along with the 2023 19th pick in Brandin Podziemski for a reliable backup point guard like Terance Mann or Jalen Suggs when they had the opportunity. Mann is very good, offensively and defensively. Suggs is fair on offense and a tremendous defensive guard. Either player would have greatly contributed to an improvement to the Warriors win-loss record. The Warriors definitely had a need for size in the 2021 NBA draft, and their short sightedness led them to draft Moses Moody instead of Alperen Sengun. With Sengun as the Warriors starting center, and Jackson-Davis as the backup center, along with either Mann or Suggs off the bench, as relief for Curry/Thompson, the Warriors would have easily been a top 6 team. Now, the Warriors may even be lucky to get into the playoffs. P.S.- The Warriors could have easily gotten Matisse Thybulle in a trade this season, but failed to do so. Thybulle would have been a defensive stalwark at either the guard or small forward positon.