Justin Verrier, Wosny Lambre, and Rob Mahoney discuss the Golden State Warriors losing to the Sacramento Kings in the in-season tournament and why this feels like an unsatisfactory start to the season for one of the league’s most prominent teams.
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the warriors need Spartacus to give them a motivational speech.
Kerr cares more about Klay's feelings than he does about winning
It Went WRONG with Draymond Green's INABILITY to Check His EGO at The Arena's Door and DO what HE DOES BEST !! PLAY BALL…The MATURATION PROCESS (FOR SOME PEOPLE) NEVER Comes into Play. Steph and Klay DESERVED a Teammate That not ONLY could PLAY, but KNEW How to conduct Himself. It's One thing to be REAL but Draymond is OVERBOARD with it. Plus, FATHER Time is catching up to Them.
Problem is they old and dray sucks
Was Draymond "very good" when he bounce-passed to nobody with less than a minute to go in a game lost by one point? Or was that the game within the game?
lol does Kerr do a good job managing a roster or locker room?
If you were on the team YOU would of punched Poole too!!!
I saw all these problems before the season started. For one, they are severely undersized compared to the rest of the league. You can get away with having an okay starting center, but your back court better be stacked. And the Warriors don't have either. Idk what people see in Kevon Looney? I've never been impressed by him and he's the ONLY center on this team. Career stat line of 5ppg/ 7rpg/ 2apg. The league now has so many versatile centers who look like prime Shaq/Hakeem when they play the Warriors.
Curry is still the top PG in the league to me and he's playing MVP caliber basketball. So far this season. But that doesnt mean jack when there is no other good scorer on the team. Klay ain't himself. Wiggins has never been a true elite scorer and looks lost every other game. Draymond has never been a a scorer period and his antics aren't helping in any way. Then you sign a 38 year old Chris Paul. Like he's going to help take some of the offensive load off Curry's back. CP3 has never been in my opinion an elite scorer. He's been a good scorer. But never truly elite. And at 38? What did you really expect out of him?
To sum up. The Warriors are old, they are undersized, and they are too scared to change their style of play
I understand that they don't want to take a step back while Steph is still cooking
BUT
You're not winning
🤔
I don't understand why they couldn't play Wiseman and try to develop him, let him make mistakes, when you have already lost 20 road games.
Why such dedication to losing in a very specific way?
Lose spectacularly 😂
Last year, you know there's a problem on the road, so get interesting on the road at least
Lastly, i think Draymond must have some dirt on Kerr or else he'd be gone 😂
Warriors needed size and they added CP3. They needed scoring to make up for klays decline but traded Poole. But hey, at least draymond got one last bag am I right? Their championship window is over and they would likely have 6 titles were it not for draymond and the lack of any warrior player or staff willing to either get rid of him or check him
KD would still be there were it not for draymond. Warriors would legit have been just as dominant as those Russell Celtics teams which won 10 rings
A coach on any contending team never wants to play young guys
you love to see it and i hope it gets worse
Woz is the absolute worst. I cant beleive he's still at the ringer.
The draymond part isn't the main problem but it's a major problem that needs immediate handling.Dude is literally costing them games because of this behavior he's either kicked out or he's giving the other team easy free throws and momentum to win.I'm a gsw guy and I'm seriously tired of it he's not worth the drama and the game losses cuz all it takes is to rile him up and his ego goes haywire in ways that even rasheed wallace didn't go to
It’s cuz they traded Jordan Poole
Playing small ball with guys in their prime 20s is cool. Playing small ball with guys in their mid 30s and no one on the court over 6'8 is absurd. They give up too many 2nd chance shots and they turn the ball over too much.
They're an old, small cocky team that refuses to admit to their deficiencies. Shocking that it's coming back to haunt them
Geriatric state
Warriors have had lots of setbacks but are still on track. They have the 4th easiest schedule going forward. They’re going on a winning run.
A big trade – Kuminga or Moody or matching salaries plus several picks for vets like Caruso, Lauri, or Kuzma – is needed.
I’m not sure anyone cares what you,all think
Kerr believes in veterans to a fault. He played Lamb for so many games last year. Development is needed to stay relevant. His belief process needs to evolve based on facts.
Media heads stay pushing narratives. The fact of the matter is, when Gary Payton 2 got hurt, it completely changed the game for the Warriors. Anyone watching could see that tech was the least warranted of any techs Draymond has ever gotten.
Draymond isn’t focused on winning and is a major distraction. It also doesn’t help that Klay is cooked but will never accept that since he’s in a contract year
This is the end of the Warriors Dynasty?
I think we should just acknowledge that the team around Steph is not that good. Wiggins can be good in a complementary role but Klay and Draymond are older and not as good. Draymond's temperament issues are costing them too. Maybe, the front office should have flipped some pieces and acquired younger players to prolong the Warriors' status as contenders. The defence is especially woeful.