golden state warriors thread

haaa

i think poole might be the worst defensive player in the league, down there w trae

Jordan Poole's defense can often be hard to mask, even with a solid rotation from Moses Moody pic.twitter.com/pcCX329lR0

— Charlie Cummings (@klaytheist11) April 21, 2023

just decided to stand there

he puts so much pressure on the rest of the team. ive seen a few good defensive games from him this season so i think he has it in him i just dont think his focus can be counted on. and you have to play him with 4 other good defenders

in the 'offs the other team would work as many picks as they need to isolate him on defense

chase crowd sucks.

This is really interesting to me. I thought the crowd was dead starting at Thrive City and the entire game and I think Steph felt the same way. pic.twitter.com/bGDT2EgFOh

— Matt Nahigian (@mattnahigian) April 21, 2023

this is what u get for abandoning oakland

get outta here with "thrive city"

i am really tired of warriors gentrification handwringing + guilt tbh!

oakland crowd was cool! sf crowd is bad! we all get it!

cmon man we can’t give the yuppies a pass it’s one of the classic safe targets

i'm not giving them a pass! it's just that the facts are well established and there's not a lot left to say!

i think the talk has been pretty muted but it was just way more obvious in comparison w the sac crowd. and i think its interesting that curry looked that bugged about it.

there should never be that many bay area billionaires in one room is what it boils down to

or…should there

well

is "the hague" a room?

yogi looney

myles turner is also really into yoga

By the middle of last season, Looney had become such a believer that he organized a Joga session for anyone in basketball operations — players, coaches and staff members — who wanted to learn more. As usual, Webb led the class remotely. Even from thousands of miles away, she could sense varied levels of interest.

“Draymond clipped his toenails during it,” she said, laughing. “I was like, is this actually happening?”

draymond should do yoga lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBNKFTvOECU

all my dubs do yoga heeeyy

good thread

Curious about where AD matches up tonight if Warriors stick with GP2 (assume they do). Second half adjustment saw AD on Wiggins in an effort to negate some of the Warriors' short roll activity.

This is the exact type of read Wiggins will need to make to exploit that. pic.twitter.com/WtjxT79w4c

— Alex Regla (@AlexmRegla) May 10, 2023

good thread

Curious about where AD matches up tonight if Warriors stick with GP2 (assume they do). Second half adjustment saw AD on Wiggins in an effort to negate some of the Warriors' short roll activity.

This is the exact type of read Wiggins will need to make to exploit that. pic.twitter.com/WtjxT79w4c

— Alex Regla (@AlexmRegla) May 10, 2023

cowherd otm lmao yes please

Colin Cowherd thinks the Warriors should trade Jordan Poole for Jaylen Brown

Warriors receive: Jaylen Brown and Malcolm Brogdon

Celtics receive: Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins

(Via @TheHerd ) pic.twitter.com/xya76H8lnj

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) May 10, 2023

yes please lol

I'd trade Poole for a tuna sandwich at this point

hmm i think they should trade him for giannis

would prob have to include a 2nd round pick for him. a price too steep.

can we trade for a new player development staff too

didnt they staff up like crazy in that department just a couple years ago?

Too bad we traded five 2nd rounders for Gary Payton *pukes*

lol

win or lose this offseason gonna be interesting for the dubs.

"Interesting" is underselling it, it's going to be a bloodbath.

I’m still holding onto my JP and Wiseman stock #tothemoon

— Juan Toscano Anderson (@juanonjuan10) May 9, 2023

poole was very good last year for long stretches and was especially great in the playoffs.

players are complicated beings. poole's game is thrown off kilter and may never come back. or it could be back full force next season.

its weird that curry shoots bad at staples w the dark lights in the background, its a pretty big sample.

Steph Curry 3-point shooting vs the Lakers at Staples Center over his last 14 games:

-28.6 percent (40-for-140)

— Drew Shiller (@DrewShiller) May 12, 2023

maybe the celebs make him nervous

it must be jack staring into his soul without his sunglasses now

"Will never forgive you for Game 4 ..."

Steph left a special message on a signed jersey for Lonnie Walker IV 😅

(via @lonniewalkeriv / IG) pic.twitter.com/eF5unn4H1i

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) May 14, 2023

Really curious to see how this offseason plays out. After that Lakers series it's hard to see the core 3 getting another chip. Dray and Klay are both going into the last year of their contracts. I'd like to see them get more serious about Kuminga's development and make him a starter.

The core is still strong imo. Klay had a bad series and currys threes weren’t falling. Two of those games were nailbiters and I think they match up better vs the nuggets then the lakers. Poole turning into an extremely detrimental player killed them too. I think they’ve got another run but they have to get creative w these contracts and trades to bring in some more vets and size

All the cap issues spelled out in one place: https://theathletic.com/4530603/2023/05/18/warriors-salary-cap-roster-sign-trade/

They don't have an MLE
They can't receive anyone from a sign and trade
They're already past the second luxury tax threshold with just 10 players signed on the roster (excluding Draymond and DiVincenzo's options, but including their upcoming FRP)
The new CBA doesn't fully kick in until the off season after this one, and the cap is expected to rise again, so there's a narrow pathway for them to be able to extend Dray and Klay (if they combine for $37 million), keep Poole, and avoid the most stringent penalties

All those restrictions are in place largely for the purpose of preventing dynasties from perpetuating themselves. Finally seems to be kicking in with the dubs, who lucked into a great core at low cost and have ridden it as deep into the luxury tax as anyone could have imagined.

BREAKING: Golden State’s Bob Myers – a two-time executive of the year and architect of four NBA championships -- is stepping down as the franchise’s president and general manager, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “It’s just time,” Myers said. pic.twitter.com/r9nkqFOETw

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 30, 2023

I guess we're going to find out just how much the veterans lean on him when it comes to Klay's and Dray's extensions.

apparently lacob might put his son in there? i guess the dubs have won enough titles to last a lifetime