golden state warriors thread

highlight of the season for me so far

SLO-MO HITS THREE STRAIGHT TREYS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/N8TwOtLpxD

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) November 7, 2024

celtics broadcast was incredulous he was like 2-19 before that

progressing to the mean

Buddy Ball:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTkw9CDFcRA

buddys an interesting player he is one of the best shooters but he doesnt give you much else, no one has really figured out how to make him work, indy had an amazing offense with him but they decided their defense was just too bad, the warriors might have the right mix tho they have a lot guys so maybe you find lineups that make sense maybe their defensive style works better for him also theyre prob just a more fundamentally sound team/coaching staff/org than his other teams

also on a really good contract

cuet

Warriors announce they will be handing out Captain Klay hats to every fan for Klay Thompson's return to the Bay Area next Tuesday night for Warriors-Mavericks https://t.co/i7lw05Ti16

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) November 8, 2024

Rough start tonight... Cavs look insanely good under Atkinson

Cavs 13/17 from deep. Yeah gg let's call it a night

lol dubs, bound to lay an egg after all the positive noise from the w in boston

cavs prob just didnt have two all stars out injured

Nasty game from the tip

Old habits die hard. Curry and dray taking turns giving the Cavs the ball

They def need to figure out the starting lineup they basically dig a hole every game

that trend has been so strange to me

Kerr loves to tinker and do the unconventional thing

cavs prob just didnt have two all stars out injured

I mean if you guys had shot 13/17 from deep in the first half you'd have won too. Happened to us in 2017 by the Cavs in the Finals with our healthy death machine at their peak. Sometimes it's just not your night.

They do need to fix the starting lineup though.

really liking melton as the starting 2. might be time to go back to looney over tjd as the starting 5. or at least just a situational change.

still buzzing off that game. so good. proper hoops.

Yeah they'll be talking about this game for a while

Bummed that Melton's already out again. I've been cautious in my optimism so far because of Steph/Dray's age and just how lucky they were health wise last championship run. Regardless of whether they're real contenders this year they're still so much fun to watch.

i think one thing is okc is clearly the best west team but then if they end up not being healthy it could be an insane free for all

both wcf teams currently out of the playoffs lol

yeah much like last year the league has a lot of good teams, and only really one great team? so matchups and health at the right time will determine so much about how far teams can go. like i think the warriors could make a case for getting to the finals right now but i also wouldnt be surprised to see them fighting for a play in spot 40-50 games from now. the way its been going tho is very encouraging with the depth. i almost think that may be the better play with them. sacrifice a true and proven 2nd option for depth and defensive flexibility, give your main guys an easier path to being at their best in the playoffs. and rely on them still having that gear to get to. could work

yeah theyre clicking so making major changes in the form of a big trade might not be wise, also integrating guys midseason is famously not easy, on the other hand all that depth wont be as helpful in the offs

on the other hand all that depth wont be as helpful in the offs

You keep saying this like it's a fact, and it's not. Pre-KD Dubs heavily relied on depth. Also defense carries quite well into the post season! I wonder why you might be so dismissive of this particular team... I wonder.

rotations shorten in the playoffs starters play more its not complicated

btw its kind of odd that saying very mundane obvious things about basketball has got you convinced that i have a grudge against your team

Mostly because you're the only one who's making statements diminishing/doubting them in this thread? The more you do so, the more hilarious it is, though.

Also rotations tighten in the playoffs yes, but depth is often a huge factor, i.e. Celtics last year. FWIW '22 dubs regularly ran 10 man rotations in the playoffs when most everyone else was using 7-8.

FWIW they looked great again tonight, but damn the stupid NBA Cup "differential" tie breaker had everyone going mad hard till the last second.

Fun ESPN stat that popped up: Warriors have started the season 10-2 or better 6 times, previous 5 times they made the Finals. O_o

Mostly because you're the only one who's making statements diminishing/doubting them in this thread? The more you do so, the more hilarious it is, though.

― octobeard, Saturday, November 16, 2024 1:04 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is just called talking about the subject at hand

i also wouldnt be surprised to see them fighting for a play in spot 40-50 games from now.

― lil $CHUB (Spottie), Friday, November 15, 2024 4:24 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

damn theres someone else doing it

haters, all of you!

Generally, the Dubs actually tell you who they are fairly early on. Every year of the Kerr era at least, they show you who they are within the first 20 games. And if they got the defensive juice, that usually sticks (assuming health).

They've never started this hot and fizzled, since Kerr and Curry were running the show at least.

They’re just old and are relying on Wiggins who’s checked out the last two season. Everything gotta fall right, like it did in 22.

Kerr is really coaching this year he seems energized. The klay thing the last couple years might have been a bigger energy suck than it seemed

Steve Kerr is HEATED at the Refs pic.twitter.com/L2QsMcTdw9

— Alex 👋 (@Dubs408) November 16, 2024

They're actually pretty young outside Steph and Dray and Wiggs is playing his best ball since 22 when he was the #2 in the Finals....

Y'all really just keep thinking this is last year's team

The klay thing the last couple years might have been a bigger energy suck than it seemed

1000% this. Last year's games were painful to watch both for basketball and vibes. Could literally feel the vibe shift ooze out the tv opening night this year.

"outside Steph and Dray" is doing a lot of work there

Good thing those old guys are the two best players on the team and playing better than most young dudes in the NBA.

Hope I don't accidentally besmirch the Warriors reputation in a water cooler conversation at work and find octobeard showing up to fight me.

They’re just old and are relying on Wiggins who’s checked out the last two season. Everything gotta fall right, like it did in 22.

― lil $CHUB (Spottie), Saturday, November 16, 2024 1:30 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

suspect a team winning with its two best players being 36 and 34 years old would be unprecedented, draymonds a pretty weird second best player too

oldest i could find was

jordan and pippen at 34 and 32, rodman at 36 on there too, also feat steve kerr (32) https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1998.html

wilt and jerry west at 35 and 33 https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1972.html

all time greats with enough left in the tank which makes sense, tho there is the idea that guys are currently extending their primes via better conditioning and whatnot but that hasnt resulted in two very old stars winning a chip, tho tbf thats prob at least somewhat due to circumstance you gotta get two old star who are still playing really well on the same team and even with the best sports science old stars tend to not be playing really well, you did have lebron winning one at 35 in 2000 but ad was 26, 2022 warriors were pretty old with curry klay and dray at 33, 31, 31 not sure those were their three best players that year but its def a lot of guys in their 30s

that 72 lakers team was stacked too so idk if it was really about two old stars dominating, 98 bulls def a victory for the olds tho

Hope I don't accidentally besmirch the Warriors reputation in a water cooler conversation at work and find octobeard showing up to fight me.

You better watch it! Lol

But seriously, I'm super jacked for this team right now it's like the only thing keeping me going this month emotionally

You should definitely enjoy it.