FIRST TAKE | “The Dubs is still a BIG threat!” – Stephen A. reacts to Warriors DESTROY Bucks 125-90

FIRST TAKE | “The Dubs is still a BIG threat!” – Stephen A. reacts to Warriors DESTROY Bucks 125-90

Win that is the Buck’s first loss since the allstar break uh Stephen Curry caught up with Geor Sano we don’t have that so I’m going to go to you perk on this one are the Warriors back as true contenders in the west hell no hell no they’re too late to

The party they too late to the party they didn’t get the VIP rist Vans and they can’t get in here’s the problem right are they playing some exceptional basketball right now yes they are but at the end of the day they’re playing catch up for where they started off from the

Beginning of the season and when I look at this team I strongly believe that Jonathan kaminga he’s going to be special right what Pinsky is bringing to the table leading the league and charges taken right now he is going to be huge for them in the future but we all know

This is that that Playbook gets a little bit thicker when it comes to the postseason okay and Jonathan kaminga he’s going to go through growing pains right he’s is going to have a they’re going to have a scouting report on him he’s going to have to do things out of

His character and out of his body that’s going to make him go work on other things in the off season and that’s okay at the end of the day I just look at the top dogs I look at the Denver Nuggets I look at the Lost uh the Clippers I look

At all these teams that are in the top of the West and if I have to match the Warriors up with them I can’t see them getting past those teams I just don’t believe that the Warriors are true contenders list I want to disagree with

You just for the sake of good TV uh uh but I I have to agree with perk here man uh listen when you talk about this team they’ve had struggles all year and I I love kaminga first off I want to give a shout out to kaminga for him for him to

Call out a Hall of Fame coach about needing more playing time and then get that playing time and do what he’s doing with it I got to give you that respect Jonathan um but this team is just not what they used to be uh I I have the mo

Utmost respect I’ve taken too many L’s from the Warriors over my career but if we’re talking about right now in the landscape of the Western Conference do you see them beating the Clippers the answer would be no you see them beating uh the Denver Nuggets we know that’s a

No I don’t see them beating Phoenix either so when we talk about the top teams which they’re going to have to play considering where their seatings at I don’t see them advancing or moving forward and having a Deep Run I just don’t think they have the depth for one

Uh you know obviously Klay Thompson is not the Klay Thompson of old he’s still a very solid player you know you got to give him that respect but he’s not the 2015 2016 Klay Thompson who’s averaging 20 points game their system doesn’t have the same fluidity obviously Jonathan

Kaming does a lot of things but he’s a different traditional player than the Warriors are used to having their team is usually always based off of ball movement and just passing and screens and and that whole type of jazz you know kaminga is more of a new age uh score so

That’s been a new Dynamic that they’ve tried to been figuring out over the uh over the season and they have they’ve been playing better and better but if we’re seriously talking about contention for a title I I just don’t see that for the Warriors I think they could possibly

Get into the play play offs again just how we don’t count out LeBron James I don’t like to count out Stephen Curry but I don’t think they can contend well it depends on your definition of contender I mean if your if your definition is do I see them in

The finals no I don’t but I do see them as as a threat in the west and a couple of reasons one in the opposite of the Lakers when you look at the Warriors record I don’t think it’s indicative of who they are because they’ve had a lot

Of drama this season Draymond situation plus they’ve totally changed their style of play from where they were in November and December to where they are now elevating two young guys into the starting lineup reformatting their style a little bit and they’ve got a favorable schedule I think I don’t know if I would

Predict it but I think they’ve got a real chance to get into that top six to not only avoid the 910 but potentially even get into the top six and if they do that then you’re looking at well where’s the matchup fall is there is there a favorable matchup that falls I think

They’re more comparable to last year’s Lakers than this year’s Lakers team is and so that’s why I wouldn’t write them off I think they are ascending as a team they’ve been playing better basketball for five six weeks now um I am not afraid of them I’m not laying awake

Thinking about them if I’m Denver like I might have been two years ago but if you if you end up on the opposite end of them in the first round especially if you’re inexperienced team especially if they haven’t had to win in a play in I think they’re still dangerous and I’m

I’m going to be very interested to see how high they can get over this next uh month I I do want to mention one St because I found it very interesting per Elias the Warriors of the third win streak here’s the situation in the west okay you see just how jammed up

Everybody is I mean the distance from five to 10 is basically one good week yeah so we’ll see where this thing all shakes out so so me will the real Golden State Warriors please stand up they’re down 50 on Saturday night and here they are blowing at Milwaukee what what is

Steph’s team right now it’s hard to judge you know on one end we have a game like last night where they’re going against a red hot bucks they have a great game it’s not like Steph had a dominant performance but it just seemed like from a team aspect they were all

Around pretty solid and then on the other end we have a game where they lose by 50 to the Celtics so I think right now what we need to look for is consistency in this team to where they’re getting consistent play from players other than Steph it seemed like

Last night they played with good energy multiple guys stepped up at games uh that’s what you want to see from them are you a Believer I I mean they have Championship pedigree I’m more of a Believer than them in them than the Lakers at this point I yeah I I do

Especially with the with the ankle injury with with LeBron um you know it they had bad loss last night to the Kings you know for me I feel right now the Warriors are tapping into a Groove they could be a dangerous team well that’s interesting we we we opened the

Show actually this morning by showing you that highlight of the Lakers getting blown out by Sacramento and LeBron limping off the court with that ankle with about four minutes to go he he talked afterwards like he didn’t think the injury was a terrible deal but but let’s let’s get into that so LeBron’s

Team which made a run from the playin all the way to the final last year the Western Conference Final you trust Steph’s team more than you trust LeBron’s team the only reason I say that is just because this team was in a similar spot last year so to ask them to

Do the exact same thing again is a lot especially on a you know what is this a year 21 for LeBron to ask him to do this again and put this team on the shoulders just seems a little bit too much for me uh whereas the Warriors it seems like

This whole year they’ve been kind of lacking but now they’re starting to tap in Steph has a guy named Jonathan kaminga a young player who he knows he can rely on who’s shown that he has the capability to be a big time second option so so you know I neither of these

Teams I have contending in the west but you know if I have to pick a team who I think can get out of the playing make the playoffs make a little run I’d have to go with the Warriors we we could live in a world I don’t expect it because I

Think the suns are going to get hot but we could live in a world where LeBron Steph and KD are all in the playing if that doesn’t tell you that the NBA is changing in a New Direction I I don’t know what else does young stars and of

Those three the one we believe in the most their team this year is Anthony Edwards I like Minnesota oh okay so we’re going away from all of the superstars or the older guys I’m talking about I like I like many I know that’s a little people aren’t talking about them

As much but that that team is serious with their size and their defensive capabilities I think Minnesota can cause problems for Denver he is the real thing okay stay stay close by of we’ll have much more Hoops as we continue in the meantime back to the football in a moment the D for

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FIRST TAKE | “The Dubs is still a BIG threat to NBA title!” – Stephen A. reacts to Warriors DESTROY Bucks 125-90