Can the Curry & Kuminga Duo Lead the Warriors to the Playoffs?

Can the Curry & Kuminga Duo Lead the Warriors to the Playoffs?

Much going on but the Warriors do not look now but things are happening they have won four straight six of their last seven they’re at 500 again they’re sitting in the 10th spot they’ve beaten Philly twice Grizzlies Nets Pacers Sons on Saturday uh Lou you were the first

One in our text thread to sort of bring up the fact that uh is this happening is this the beginning of something for the Warriors absolutely I I I’ve always said it they hadn’t played their best B basketball this year but if there’s going to be a team that’s at the bottom

Of the barrel when it comes to the Western Conference that makes a run it’s going to be the Golden State Warriors they’re battle tested they’re a championship caliber team they have what it takes to turn that switch on and right now we’re seeing them play some really good basketball they’re putting

Themselves in a position to be in that 10th spot right now going into the allstar break it looks like they’re going to move up more than that if they can continue to play like this but you know I think that the difference has been Draymond Green Draymond has found

His rhythm and being that anchor for them on defense offensively he’s giving them looks they’re back to the the dribble handoffs playing fast making sure Steph get a bunch of bunch of um possessions where he can come off of screens and shoot threes and and Jonathan kaminga Jonathan kaminga is

Giving them a lot of energy as well and so this is going to be a team that’s going to be dangerous coming out of the allstar break they’re starting to put together a good run just like the Chiefs dang it shabs tell me about your takeaway from the Warriors right now

Draymond Green I I think that’s my biggest takeway they’s seven and four since he got back in the lineup in mid January there’s six in defensive rating during that time span sixth in offensive rating during that time span they’ve been really the bottom half of the league throughout the season in those

Categories but since Draymond Green’s been back you’ve seen him rejuvenated and I think you you spend if you’re Draymond Green about a month away from basketball you worried about your conditioning you about you worried about your game shape but he came in and he’s looked good he’s played heavy minutes on

Some night and he’s gone back to that facilitator role he’s been really playing point guard at different points he’s he’s the he’s the deao point guard the the M the Meister of this team getting Stephen Curry going getting Jonathan kaminga going those two guys have essentially become the one-w punch

Of this Warriors team Jonathan kaminga uh playing that supporting role as far as that number two option for Steph Curry because a lot of this season Andrew Wiggins has been up and down Klay Thompson we’ve talked about his struggles different points uh he’s at a he’s at a big game recently but then

There were also points Steve Kerr has not been afraid of benching him down the stretch of a game and so uh now that that aspect they’re they’re working through they’re trying to figure out his role to me Draymond Green being back unlocking Andrew Wiggins and Jonathan Kingo those two guys had some horrible

Stats together the number said you can’t play them but Draymond Green has essentially unlocked that well we’ll get to some more of the Draymond because he’s he’s back in a couple different way ways um but the ceiling Li realistically for this Warriors team are are we talking all the way are we talking

Western Conference Finals like how are you seeing this playing out uh listen they got a lot of they got a lot of really good basketball to play to put themselves in a position for us to be talking about that you know right now they’re sitting at that 10 spot

Their game out from the Lakers getting to nine Dallas Mavericks have created some some separation um two and a with two and a half games up on a l is in that e spot so they got a lot of ground to cover so for for them to be in that

Position they’re going to have to play some really good basketball but if you ask me if I’m a Minnesota I’m the LA Clippers and I’m playing great basketball all season and I get rewarded with a Dallas Mavericks or a Los Angeles Lakers or Golden State Warriors to deal

With in the first round I don’t think that’s fair I don’t think I don’t think that’s right but that that shows the strength and numbers that the Western Conference have and the teams that that they have over there and what they’re capable of but the warrior Silling I

Think they sneak into this playoff position they make it really difficult for somebody to advance yeah never count them out all right so let’s go back to Saturday Draymond and Yousef nurkic with a like a reunion of sorts if you will in the third quarter you got nerk taunting

Draymond you got Draymond responding after the game both of them talked about it here they are s he didn’t learn anything man just met time you’re going to knock somebody else again so take everything back what I said you know you don’t deserve a chance he tried to get in my

Head and it didn’t work if he want me to walk around quiet like him I’m never going to do that quiet guys don’t win I don’t know what that means uh Lou what do you think I kind I mean I kind of love it felt like a very real

Response but what did you think um I I I think everything is deserved with these two and and the history that they’ve shared in this season you know ner got hit in the face I’m probably not going to like a guy that’s ever hit me in the face and like

Draymond said he’s going to be who he is um unap unapologetically and he’s going to continue to move forward like that um and so these are probably two guys that’s just not going to like each other and every time they compete against each other you’re going to see some chirping

You’re going to see a little chippiness and and that’s what it’s just going to be you know this is a personal thing at this point so I feel both guys they’ve said their peace they both standing on business and you know that’s what we that’s what that’s what we’re going to

See coming from those two guys oh I’m excited about it it makes me want them to play each other over and over and over again because when you say that guy doesn’t learn anything and didn’t deserve a second chance I’m like uh oh this might go on for a while Michelle

You know you know what’s kind of ironic about that huh is that when when Draymond Green when that incident happened and you know the league does their investigation which Lou knows about you talk to the players involved you talk to people involved involved the referees Etc when they talked to Yousef

Nerk he told them he didn’t believe Draymond Green should have been suspended that’s what I was told in the moment and again he a competition and what happened the other night Yousef nerk probably doesn’t feel that way anymore he probably believes you know what I I think Draymond Green should

Have been suspended so it was but it was interesting in the moment when it first happened uh you know what whatever it was a couple months ago y n was actually on the side of Draymond Green shouldn’t have been suspended I don’t know how many people were in that Lane but he was

He was trying to be cool like I don’t want to be the guy that says he’s got to be punished and now here we are by the way the the big sentiment that he had was he’s going to do it again so I guess

Now we wait and uh we see if in fact that’s what’s going to happen but Lou I want to talk about Jonathan kaminga it feels like it wasn’t that long ago where he was sort of upset with his role and what was he supposed to be doing on this

Team and and he has been amazing since then he’s averaging just under 24 points a game 59% shooting he’s got the rebounds going as well um do you think or let me ask you this because he’s obviously somebody they can build around but what was it that sort of unlocked

Whatever it is kaminga doing now I think he just got an opportunity to play you know they were they were going through a lot of different things trying out different rotations and different game plans and he was one of those guys that benefited from that he

He was one of the guys that benefited from the chaos that they were having early in the season you know he put his head down and just continued to work put himself in a position to be successful and used starting to see the fruits of the labor of that and you know he’s

Becoming the player that they always thought he would be he was going to be the young upand cominging guy that was going to give them a different look that was going to be able to add on to you know these these legendary careers of Draymond clay and Steph when he’s

Playing at he’s playing at a high level now do I think he’s a guy to build around as long as you got number 30 in the locker room everything is going to be built around him I don’t see anything different happening in a foreseeable future um as far as them building around

Jonathan kaminga but he’s definitely one of the great pieces that’s come out of all of this and I’m glad it’s starting to happen

On today’s episode of ‘Run It Back’ on FanDuel TV LIVE co-hosts Michelle Beadle, Shams Charania, Lou Williams, and Chandler Parsons quickly recap the Chiefs win in Super Bowl LVIII. They then discuss the latest news around the NBA League including the warriors hot streak, best teams in the west, and top buyout candidates.

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