Steve Kerr on Podz’ role next season: “Brandin I think is a point guard at heart. He played combo for us last year, but he’ll play plenty of point guard this year. Knows how to get the team organized, great passer, reads the game, and he’s a good communicator as well”
by NokCha_
@Golden State Warriors
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Now that we don’t have CP3, or Cory Joseph, do we have any other PGs aside from Steph?
Curry/Podz at PG
Melton/Hield/Moody at SG
Makes sense. Melton will probably start at the 2.
Off topic but why did I think that was Gordon Ramsey at first glance
Thank you for the fan service Warriors brass.
I still don’t think he’s a PG but at least they’re acknowledging he played a diff role.
This answers one of the bigger questions I had coming into the offseason – would Podz be used as a do everything guard that could contribute on both the starting and bench units or would he be the lead guy on the bench unit who also got maybe 10 mpg with Steph.
Once we signed Melton, I figured it was the latter but this basically answers it once and for all.
Going to be a lot of Podz-Hield offense off the bench, with some Kuminga minutes with those guys too.
Thank god that means he isn’t starting
I thought the whole point of giving Corey Joseph minutes last year was Podz wasn’t trusted as the ball handler. I hope this means he has mades some strides.
I think my main concern with Podz as a PG, based on last season, is that, by PG standards, he really *isn’t* a great passer yet. He’s an OK passer who still needs to work on making reads quicker. By SG standards he’s a good passer, but the standard changes if you’re asking him to be the team’s primary facilitator in certain lineups.
But I think there’s enough of a baseline level of overall court sense to believe he’ll be able to play the point at a high level in the long run. But next year? I’m not completely sure.
🤦♂️
Podz should be the backup PG and play ~25 mins a night, playing all the non steph mins (16 min) and 10 min a night with him.
Podz had to play combo last year with CP3 and Joseph. Now he’s the only true backup to Curry.
Oh boy sg Steph?
It looks like he’s been the PG for most of his minutes with the select team. He knows what’s up, and I’m sure he’s been working hard on his game knowing that versatility is the key to minutes.
He’ll get much more now that CP3 is gone
Draymond in rare cases where he’s on the floor without Steph can handle the PG duties if need be
“I just overplayed him last year and played him outta position because my internal stance is ANYONE but moody”
-Steve Kerr, probably.
I like Podz and I think he’s a good bench player. Hope he doesn’t play a lot of minutes with Steph. That’s a small backcourt that’s not really athletic and they’ll be cooked defensively
Podz needs to be backup to Steph, not playing with Steph due to lack of size. Let’s hope Kerr sticks to that.
There’s still a logjam in the backcourt with Curry, Podz, Moody, Melton, Heild and GP2. Let’s hope a major trade happens soon.