golden state warriors thread

so we dont spam up the main thread with too much gsw stuff

i love any and all klay boat content
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBryU1pVcAYoZx4?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

I totally missed Avery Bradley is on the team now

he might not make the final roster. everyone is hoping its gary payton II. bradley has looked bad in the minutes ive seen him and hasnt looked good in a few seasons really

My understanding is: Payton is signed for this season so they'd have to eat the money for this season if they waive him. Bradley is on an exhibit 10 which they could convert to a 2-way even if they keep Payton. If they cut Payton they'd have to have him pass through waivers to sign him to a two-way.

actually, bradley is ineligible for a two-way due to service time, so he would have to be a straight up g-leaguer

hmm. i think they should roll w GP2. Obv if AB was even like 80% of what he was he would be better but I like the idea of a real defensive ball hawk that's young and hungry to prove himself.

Spottie, thanks for creating a safe space to talk about how Jordan Poole will make the all star team this year

haha i think 6th man of the year would be ideal honestly, or most improved. he may get too many starts in klays absence to be eligible for 6moy. either way im probably more excited to see him play than anything outside of klays return.

Nice to see Steph and Dray at the Giants game.

well thats an option i guess. might not be too bad an idea to leave that spot open for buyout spot idk

Warriors waived tonight: Jordan Bell, Avery Bradley, Mychal Mulder and Gary Payton II. 15th roster spot open for now.

— Monte Poole (@MontePooleNBCS) October 16, 2021

aww was kinda rooting for bell.

yeah same, i thought he was a building block!
is payton's son an nba player for the long haul or no? i haven't seen enough of him.

apparently payton II can’t do anything at all on offense

Yah report on him is that he’s an all time on ball defender but a zero on offense. Like a shorter and worse offensive player than tony Allen

so.... euroleague?

After waiving him Saturday, Golden State has re-signed Gary Payton II.

More NBA from me: https://t.co/LGN9cVpeGP pic.twitter.com/Od3jt7rMDF

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 19, 2021

makes sense

GP2 played for like 3 seconds to end the 1st half and he got a steal haha

wiseman is a large human
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCP1_PxUcAEghAg?format=jpg&name=medium

cuet
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/warriors-damion-lee-juan-toscano-anderson-share-evil-twins-bond

Toscano-Anderson said their friendship helped him survive in the NBA, a place he “thought I knew” but discovered was far different. He trusts Lee with his deepest thoughts.

“You need that. You need that in life, you know, as men we don't express ourselves when we don't find people we can just be vulnerable with. Not only as men, but as Black men. We tend to just kind of mask that stuff.”

Well, I finally saw my first pro 8-second violation. One of Dray's many boneheaded turnovers last night.

the TOs were brutal last night. felt like the majority of them were just plain stupid and pointless

I was yelling at the TV “a no-look pass means you don’t look!”

lol Andre - 2p/4r/10a/2s in 17 minutes

insane line

and liek every assist he was pointing at the pels bench someone musta said something to him early on

Andre Iguodala on their 7-1 start and if he thinks they are a good team: "Uhh, we okay, a work in progress. We had a favorable schedule so you shouldn't look too much into it.

— Joe Viray (@JoeVirayNBA) November 6, 2021

I agree

classic iggy lol

seriously the chase crowd is doodoo steph and dray having to yell at them just stand up and clap

“Come on muthafuckas” he fed up wit that bunk ass crowd 😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/gMRiNdTH0k

— STAY100 (@Bounc3Bike9800) November 9, 2021

shouldve stayed in oakland

i watched the hawks feed last night and those boys were salty when curry got his 50 lmao

Hawks Play by Play guy in his feelings about Steph getting 50 pic.twitter.com/t1IdYBfNwb

— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) November 9, 2021

lol what babies

pffffft 50 i do that for brkfst

I wonder if I'll ever go to another Warriors game. $120 for nosebleeds with a bad crowd? In a boring neighborhood? Zzz

come out to phx we can see them for less

Yeah the tickets are ridiculous for the Dubs. .01 percenters only.

I love Steph, Klay and Dray with all my heart but if they never get another ring because of the Curse of Oracle I'll understand.

So fun tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbqxrHpdE6g

Wiggins most aggressive game I’ve ever seen.

Does he promise to?

Andrew Wiggins: “I’m going to keep it rolling. I’m going to stay aggressive.”

— Rusty Simmons (@Rusty_SFChron) November 11, 2021

the highlight clip on espn was titled wiggins dunks hard on kat twice lol i was like hmm

really promising stuff from kuminga the last few games.

From @ElGee35’s recent video: Steph’s greatness pic.twitter.com/HckrWeS00q

— mathketball (@Mathketball1) November 19, 2021

and after all that the most impressive part is how he's able to set his feet and get off the shot after sprinting to the spot from the other direction

The Warriors starters tonight

Gary Payton II
Jordan Poole
Andrew Wiggins
Juan Toscano-Anderson
Kevon Looney

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) November 19, 2021

and after all that the most impressive part is how he's able to set his feet and get off the shot after sprinting to the spot from the other direction

― J0rdan S., Friday, November 19, 2021 2:10 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah all that and he still has less than a quarter of a second to get the shot off clean, and does

they won with that lineup! know your opponent i guess.

Good stuff from Poole and Wiggins last night. Once klay comes back Poole will fill his rightful role as the microwave 6th man and he’ll be able to maximize his strengths a little more.

Steph’s reaction to Draymond’s ejection pic.twitter.com/5TH5DYC9w1

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) March 27, 2024

🚨Steph chair kick!!! we might be back. pic.twitter.com/agO3eP78mf

— chano (@chanodesigns) March 28, 2024

Very emotional season for him. Thinking he’s coming to grips with his declining athleticism just like Klay has had to. And dray stuff just compounds it.

oh man his reaction, I've walked away from the poker table many times like that

Refs really pushing the let them play agenda in this game

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/rLtZ8hZOTt

— TheWarriorsTalk (@TheWarriorsTalk) April 3, 2024

Also this team just can’t finish halves at all. Curry so many inexcusable turnovers this year.

good game tho and they stopped everyones favorite dallas mavericks

Yah that was a fun game lots of swings. Wiggins best game of the season and did really well guarding Luka.

mavs top 3 scorers were 30 27 20 and they only scored 100 i thought their role players were the shit now

23 points in 126 mins for their other guys

havent looked at the box score but seems like PJ was like 2/12 fg

steph since the asb 19 games 40/36 splits and only 2.5 fta per game. the ankle injury was in there and im sure its part of the issue but he really doesnt look right, like his mind is somewhere else.

pj is the one who scored 20! (8-19)

yeah steph seems like hes in a weird place hes making strange emotional faces all the time

pj is the one who scored 20! (8-19)

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 11:27 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

well aright then

21 y/o with tendinitis seems not good

Jonathan Kuminga is out again tonight, per Warriors. Sixth straight missed game with knee tendinitis.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 5, 2024

no wiggins or kuminga tonight. moody better see 35 minutes

Game was on at the gym. In the first 10 min or so it was a comedy of turnovers missed layups blown defensive assignments.

Then the bench settled it down. But they’re running out of gas to start this 4th

Would be a great game for young legs Kuminga

Curry can’t get any separation right now 😔

steph bb

Got a game thooooo

Curry can’t get any separation right now 😔

Go for the three now

ahhhh

good look

Uggggh

Dray wide open under the hoop but they wanted the three to be done

chris paul +22 in a loss tonight. many such cases…

He’s been good

you’ve been hating on him all year my friend! the dubs
are fighting with the jazz for lottery odds right now if not for the point god

I hate him but he’s been solid lol

Final five games set up pretty well for the Warriors, but path to move up would've been far clearer with W tonight

vs Jazz
at Lakers (tiebreaker on the line)
at Blazers
vs Pelicans (tiebreaker on the line)
vs Jazz

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 6, 2024

if they lose tonight i think theyll just rest the final few games.

What a sad season. Just gotta laugh looking back at my misplaced optimism to start the season. The ride was inevitably gonna end tho. They don't really have a lot of options for improvement this offseason. Just gotta hope the young guys can make a leap big enough to offset the core three's decline and maybe they can squeak into the 1st round next year. At least Steph is still fun to watch in 2/3s of the games. Gonna go watch some old highlights to soothe the pain.

do the big three want to keep doing this, obvs you want them and particularly steph to retire warriors, but i assume they all want to play multiple more years are they willing to be on a bad team

I don't see any real point to a big teardown. None of their young players are particularly coveted, and they fit the program and timeline well enough.

They'd be quite fortunate to find anyone as good as TJD with their late 2nd round pick this year, and he's a decent starting center at best.

Try to move Wiggins to the Raptors to free up some space, maybe re-sign Klay for the fans, and hopefully Dunleavy will keep hitting singles and doubles in the draft.

do the big three want to keep doing this, obvs you want them and particularly steph to retire warriors, but i assume they all want to play multiple more years are they willing to be on a bad team

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (one hour ago)

he got asked at his press conference last night "what makes you confident that you, klay, and draymond as a trio have more gas left in the tank" and you could see him sort of sigh and almost acknowledge w/ his face that there was no good answer to that question. he replied w/ some pretty standard stuff about knowing they're getting old but still feeling confident in their ability but imo you could tell that he wasn't believing what he was saying

he being steph, obv

its an interesting situation where reality is rubbing up against the romanticism of playing for one team whole career, the current scenario is getting depressing for all parties involved

do the big three want to keep doing this, obvs you want them and particularly steph to retire warriors, but i assume they all want to play multiple more years are they willing to be on a bad team

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

have a feeling steph and probably also dray are going to ride it out until the end. chris paul however will win his first ring after signing with denver on a minimum

their best bet is to resign klay cheap, trade wiggins and picks for something. curry needs some more shot creation around him badly. hope that kuminga can find another tier. or maybe flip kuminga for an all star level player. i think they were an honest 5-6 seed this year if draymond didnt get suspended and or kicked out of ~20 games. idk they are prob better than what they showed last night but the ceiling has lowered significantly. curry was quite average over the last two months or so.

im good with whatever they decide as long as curry retires a warrior (if thats what he wants). would love to see all three do the same but sometimes you gotta make hard decisions.

there were only 4 games between 10th and 5th, it's not outrageous to say they were more of a middle of the pack team this year, it's prob true. i just don't see many good reasons for why they're likely to rise to the top of the morass next year aside from just some random luck breaking one way or another

xp yeah Curry was pretty rough after the All Star Break. He really needs to be load managed now more than ever and he played a lot of games, a lot of back to backs, and it def seemed like his tank was on empty.

If they can't get a top tier scorer along side him next year (or one emerges from the youth group, i.e. Kuminga), they won't be going anywhere.

I agree with trading Wiggins, resigning Klay cheap, and keeping him on the bench, but wouldn't be against him not on the team at all so the org can begin to transition beyond the big 3 and "warm feelings". It's either nostalgia or an outside chance at a seed higher than 6 it feels like with them at this stage.

That said, they were not far from winning like 54 games this year which could have had them as the 4th seed.

im good with whatever they decide as long as curry retires a warrior (if thats what he wants). would love to see all three do the same but sometimes you gotta make hard decisions.

Or trade him to the Hornets for Lamelo + fillers (Seth!), it'd be a sweet homecoming for Steph.

I highly doubt he has any interest in playing for the Hornets. He wants to win.

xp yeah Curry was pretty rough after the All Star Break. He really needs to be load managed now more than ever and he played a lot of games, a lot of back to backs, and it def seemed like his tank was on empty.

If they can't get a top tier scorer along side him next year (or one emerges from the youth group, i.e. Kuminga), they won't be going anywhere.

I agree with trading Wiggins, resigning Klay cheap, and keeping him on the bench, but wouldn't be against him not on the team at all so the org can begin to transition beyond the big 3 and "warm feelings". It's either nostalgia or an outside chance at a seed higher than 6 it feels like with them at this stage.

― octobeard, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 3:03 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i think that was the real cost of drays suspensions. put them in a hole early and curry had to play a ton and had to be pressing every game to try and get them back in the mix. he woulda sat probably ten more games if there were more comfortably set in the standings. kerr needed to unleash kuminga (and moody) much earlier in the season and given wiggins a much shorter leash until he could figure out whatever was going on w his brain. also gave loon way to long of a leash, dude looked like a 10 minutes per night guy from the jump.

the sudden plunge in looney's production was one of the sadder developments for the dubs this season

yeah man its crazy the life they were able to squeeze out of him for those 4-5 seasons after those hip surgeries.