golden state warriors thread

Yah that was bad

i dont want the run to be over and im just out here hanging on to any excuses i can find

The Warriors have played just 3 of their 22 games against below .500 teams.

As a point of comparison, the Suns have played 13 such games.

That's a brutal schedule to start the year.

— Jason Timpf (@_JasonLT) December 11, 2023

he's just getting so idiotic

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBR_Ji0aAAAistX?format=jpg&name=medium

wiggins has 20 games to get right

Mike Dunleavy on the Warriors big picture roster decisions: “The bigger impact will be how we do the next 15-20 games. That’ll determine where we go more than this specific incident.” pic.twitter.com/TwRuywcKoC

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 14, 2023

Basically until the trade deadline (whenever that is)?

Starting podz and kuminga! Wiggins benched

I was a little afraid that Kerr would be even more stubborn, glad and a little surprised to see him shaking things up.

Kind of amazing that he is openly agreeing with the indefinite suspension:

“This is about someone I believe in, someone I’ve known for a decade, someone who I love for his loyalty, his commitment, his passion, his love for his teammates, friends, his family. Trying to help that guy,” Kerr said. “Because the one who grabbed Rudy, choked Rudy, the one who took a wild flail at Jusuf, the one who punched Jordan (Poole) last year, that’s the guy who has to change and he knows that.”

Kerr said “it’s not the answer to pick a number” of games to suspend Green because “it’s clear he needs the opportunity to change and that’s what an indefinite suspension gives him the opportunity for.”

yeah curry said similar stuff.

Draymond should have to apologize to everyone he’s hurt like they do in AA. Make it a 30 for 30. 10 part series — finale would be jordan poole.

— jason concepcion (@netw3rk) December 15, 2023

Klay Thompson currently leads the Warriors in total BLOCKS this season.

He is the ONLY guard in the league to lead his team in blocks! pic.twitter.com/seL41rk3qc

— WarriorsMuse (@WarriorsMuse) December 17, 2023

Warriors' four-time NBA champion Draymond Green has started counseling process and is expected to remain sidelined via suspension for at least the next three weeks, sources say.

Story at @TheAthletic: https://t.co/0bIFSZahg0

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 18, 2023

think it's funny how now that there are consequences from the league it's a mental health issue all of a sudden

i mean he can clearly use some mental help

good piece in the athletic pointing out that kerr took absolutely no responsibility for enabling draymond, get his ass

On Thursday night, when discussing Green’s conduct in the years before the punching of Poole, Kerr said: “Everything before that, over a decade of play, what are we really talking about? We’re talking about getting ejected for yelling at the ref or throwing a ball.”

Kerr shrugged when making the comment, which was a wow moment if only for the lack of self-awareness. Did he forget about the swipe to LeBron James’ groin that resulted in a one-game suspension in the Finals? The knee and kick to the groin of Steven Adams? The scuffle with Bradley Beal? The standoff with Tristan Thompson?

https://theathletic.com/5139500/2023/12/16/draymond-green-golden-state-warriors-steve-kerr/

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love to have the whole world know my boss is making me do therapy lol

its one of the issues with assaulting people on national tv

it’s good more super rich lunatics should suffer this indignity

true

was awesome to see them pull out a win with curry having his worst game of the season. wiggins might be getting comfortable, coming off the bench might not be the worst thing for him. klay back to himself. podz is a gamer, seems like one of those guys that just knows how to make winning plays... cant believe kerr is trusting a rookie this much. TJD needs more minutes against young and athletic teams:

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

Steph failed to make a three-point shot against the Blazers this weekend, ending a 268 game streak of games with a made three-pointer. The streak started following his last 3-less game on Nov. 8, 2018.

he was PRESSING for that three too, almost sold the game cos that's all he seemed to be focused on

one wonders what lessons kerr actually absorbed from playing and winning championships with guys like jordan and rodman

yeah good point

i think they messed up with not suspending him longer and getting him anger mgmt help when he chewed out durant. then the poole punch they couldnt have handled worse. shoulda been suspended for a few weeks but the opening night chip celebration was more important apaprently. kerr has been pretty bad the last couple of seasons tbf. they def enabled him and hes a loose canon now.

the thing about how he just couldn’t miss ring night is a pretty stark example of having the wrong priorities

one wonders what lessons kerr actually absorbed from playing and winning championships with guys like jordan and rodman

― call all destroyer, Monday, December 18, 2023 1:33 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

im sure hes trying the zen master routine but obv these things are not plug and play. he and dray have had a hard time getting to this point but in the process i dont think kerr has retained the ability to check him anymore.

exactly xp

reporting from china that klay is indeed still sponsored by anta

https://i.ibb.co/Yc6CbYg/IMG-6305.jpg

ahoy

all the labels say this. thinking about picking up a hoody or something

http://https%3A//i.ibb.co/h10jNsP/IMG-6310.jpg

bah

https://i.ibb.co/h10jNsP/IMG-6310.jpg

ha nice

Love it!

Do they sell the ship captain hat, should make that with that slogan in it

Actually, looking again at the first picture you posted, it is their logo on the hat, so maybe they actually do sell it!

I worry a little bit that this 3-game winning streak might be a mirage instead of a real turning point and that the front office will keep the team in play-in purgatory.

My impression was the dubs have been in a lot of close games this year. Turns out all but 2 of their games have been within 10 points win or lose. So a 3 game win streak could easily be noise.

Something like 12 close games in a row

So this spells out a question I had about drafting TJD:

So how exactly were they able to land Jackson-Davis with the 57th pick?

Contracts are not guaranteed for second-rounders. Teams will often use those picks to draft-and-stash an international prospect or, more recently, find someone that they can give a two-way contract.

Jackson-Davis was a victim of that newer strategy. He’d later learn that right around the 35th pick, almost every team began calling his agency — led by James Dunleavy, the brother of Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy — indicating a desire to draft Jackson-Davis. But they wanted Jackson-Davis to accept a two-way contract, not a guaranteed roster spot.

That’s a team-friendly, restrictive contractual starting point for a rookie. Jackson-Davis wanted a guaranteed deal. So his agency kept nudging him away from inquiring teams unwilling to guarantee a deal. A second-round tumble began. Jackson-Davis, in frustration, tweeted: “Y’all will regret it. I promise you.”

https://theathletic.com/5158386/2023/12/23/warriors-trayce-jackson-davis/

i mean he was already in the second round

The dunleavy connection definitely makes it feel like tampering, at least in spirit, but it's late second round so I guess nobody really cares.

Brandin Podziemski with a SPECTACULAR DIME to Trayce Jackson-Davis for the slam 😤pic.twitter.com/A24bRexgH0

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 24, 2023

Dubs been playing much better with the young ‘uns getting big minutes, dray dnp- suspended, and wiggins less involved. Will see tomorrow at Denver if the dubs have turned the proverbial corner

:)

They need dray to defend Jokic.

don't worry. dray's still on the payroll.

I love klay man

"Sometimes I forget just how successful and how lucky I've been... just to enjoy being in this Warriors uniform."

Klay Thompson shares some heartfelt thoughts after a conversation he had with Steve Kerr on adjusting his mindset through the last chapter of his career pic.twitter.com/aCbJBb2WXa

— KNBR (@KNBR) January 3, 2024

He was incredible tonight, basically locked up paolo all 2nd half. He can’t stay with quick guards any more but he can def body up big some big wings

He also wasn't forcing his shots so much and made some great passes.