I think there’s a significant shift in team building that I didn’t really see completely until these playoffs
For most of the Warriors years when acquiring players it was always like: Can this dude play vs Lebron/Kawhi/Harden/KD/Steph (for opponents)etc and not get picked on defensively, and will they hit shots or will the moment be too big???
There was a REALLY high bar for good role players and lots of dudes got exposed.
But it’s a new era lol. Dudes like Derrick Jones Jr and PJ Washington are hitting crucial 3s to beat a 1 seed. Jaden McDaniels is going for 23 vs the champs in a game 7. TJ McConnell is crucial to a ECF berth 😭Moments do not feel too big for anyone bc honestly no one is playing against legends like there’s not much of a psychological advantage anywhere.
There’s a *lot* of talent in the league that is capable of playing in high level games because the top teams are just not as excellent as 2015-2021ish with all those 60+ win teams
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JFC steph is being inserted into these legacy talks, and he’s not EVEN PLAYING IN THE PLAYOFFS
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Would really love if we could buy our way up to pick 40… alot of my favorites are rising and I’d be confident if we could creep just a little bit higher up.
My favorites change by the day but today…
Bigs… Adem Bona… Oso Ighadaro… PJ Hall… Darron Holmes II.
Wings… Alex Karaban… Baylor Schierman… Nikola Djurisic… Ryan Dunn.
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I think there’s a significant shift in team building that I didn’t really see completely until these playoffs
For most of the Warriors years when acquiring players it was always like: Can this dude play vs Lebron/Kawhi/Harden/KD/Steph (for opponents)etc and not get picked on defensively, and will they hit shots or will the moment be too big???
There was a REALLY high bar for good role players and lots of dudes got exposed.
But it’s a new era lol. Dudes like Derrick Jones Jr and PJ Washington are hitting crucial 3s to beat a 1 seed. Jaden McDaniels is going for 23 vs the champs in a game 7. TJ McConnell is crucial to a ECF berth 😭Moments do not feel too big for anyone bc honestly no one is playing against legends like there’s not much of a psychological advantage anywhere.
There’s a *lot* of talent in the league that is capable of playing in high level games because the top teams are just not as excellent as 2015-2021ish with all those 60+ win teams
JFC steph is being inserted into these legacy talks, and he’s not EVEN PLAYING IN THE PLAYOFFS
Would really love if we could buy our way up to pick 40… alot of my favorites are rising and I’d be confident if we could creep just a little bit higher up.
My favorites change by the day but today…
Bigs… Adem Bona… Oso Ighadaro… PJ Hall…
Darron Holmes II.
Wings… Alex Karaban… Baylor Schierman… Nikola Djurisic… Ryan Dunn.
X-factor dudes… Enrique Freeman… Ulrich Chomche… Pacome Dadiet.
Vibing alot of those dudes are gone by pick 35.