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.

Don't the other team blogs on SB Nation have decent writers? The ones for the Warriors are uniformly unreadable.

Couldn’t stop grinning all the way through this:

Jordan Poole is a vibe.

Hear him mic'd up in Game 2... @warriors seek 3-0 series lead tonight at 9pm/et on TNT! pic.twitter.com/IZDh6IiPoa

— NBA (@NBA) May 22, 2022

He seems like a fun guy

xpost Poole. By 2nd half of G2 he was great. He figured out he has the speed and handles to get where he wants & that he can he finish around or over the Mavs relatively weak interior defense. He could go to town for the rest of the series.

the eye test matches

Stat of the day:

Opponents are now shooting 37.5% when defended by Steph Curry this postseason.

That ranks 1st in the NBA amongst all players who have defended at least 125 shots.

— Joey Linn (@joeylinn_) May 23, 2022

Two Way Steph. DPOY!

Steve Kerr’s pregame presser in Dallas. Gives another emotional plea for gun control. pic.twitter.com/aPYpFIInAq

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 24, 2022

better than most public figures

This was a really well-written article about Kerr and his reaction yesterday.

🐦[Steve Kerr’s pregame presser in Dallas. Gives another emotional plea for gun control. pic.twitter.com/aPYpFIInAq🕸
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 24, 2022🕸]🐦

ugh, sorry, that was a double mis-click. Just watched that Kerr clip. Pretty raw stuff.

Go Warriors, go! pic.twitter.com/yeHJIkvolK

— Jane McAlevey (@rsgexp) May 27, 2022

They're a good team, folks. Some might even say one of the 2 best in the league.

Moody's jumper is clean af

moses moody channeling kobe pic.twitter.com/QR22u7QCkz

— Chris Montano (@gswchris) May 27, 2022

I still can’t believe what looney did this series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3GWvLTG_9w

kd been arguing with warriors (steph stans) on twitter for like five hours about curry double teams lol. dray started it on his pod and kd is denying it and now dray is back in arguing. that final 1.5 years of kd in gs was such weird energy i would love to one day know what curry really thinks of the whole situation, im sure we'll never know.

stephs a pro's pro

chase sounded incredible last night. pretty sure that was the best its sounded yet.

Poole Party 💦 pic.twitter.com/PYddNS6yrN

— David Swander (@dlswander) June 6, 2022

That shot by Poole deserved that reaction.

seemed like they were on their feet most of the night and breaking out in random cheers amidst the constant buzz. sounded oracle-esque for sure.

Rough for Dray but happy for him that he was able to have an impact at the end there

GPII's shot wasn't falling but he made up for it with everything else.

Thought everyone had at least one big moment in that game

Yeah Dray had a great final couple minutes. No idea why he’s been anti-Dray so much of this series. Love seeing Klay gets some stops vs Brown down the stretch.

He’s in his own head thinking about things

40+ points in a finals game at age 34 or older

Michael Jordan
Lebron James
Stephen Curry

— Denver📈 (@doubledworth) June 11, 2022

Dray 2/9/8/4 is an actual normal good Dray line lol

Wiggins 16 boards. Career high was 11

I thought GP2 was doing much more GP2 things this game.

Think he got a deflection right when he came in

Still wild that GP2 had a broken elbow 4 weeks ago and is now back to doing GP2 things. That’s some A+ rehab.

Some of the shots Draymond passed up were truly Ben Simmons esque

He’s shook for sure. Worst one I remember was when he had a wide open dunk and kicked it out to bjelica

Sometimes you just gotta spam the pnr button

Steph received 48 on-ball picks tonight. Highest clip of the season, and his highest mark since Game 5 of the 2017 Finals lmbo

— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) June 11, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6_vawdzRok

Some of the shots Draymond passed up were truly Ben Simmons esque

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, June 11, 2022 12:45 PM (yesterday)

I was thinking the same thing

think Boston has to change their scheme vs Steph otherwise the Chase Center is going get very very loud

so true pic.twitter.com/UgIcb42Syg

— strawberry garfield (@megan_e_riley) June 12, 2022

no one on earth has ever enjoyed having a boat more than this guy

Lmao. Very reminiscent of the lebron “I can’t believe this is my life” ig post

nice to see klay is a fellow Cassandra Jenkins devotee

andrew wiggins saw this tweet, instantly got the vaccine and then went on to play the best season of basketball of his career pic.twitter.com/56xOduNYR6

— Molly Morrison (@mollyhannahm) June 14, 2022

inspired by his fellow canadian

Windhorst seems personally hurt the warriors won tonight Hahaa what a dork

Owners sent this man out there to play the poor card this absolutely hilarious https://t.co/IzZxEpQwW6

— Jason Maples (@JJMaples55_MST) June 14, 2022

pooles playoff run was really something.

Highest TS% in a playoff run with at least 20% usage and 500 minutes. Whole lot of legends there. Not a lot of guys doing it under age 25. pic.twitter.com/II0Vp2Gjng

— Richard Yannow (@RichardYannow) June 18, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHPvcM246v0

he really danced around this one huh

Glad this was asked on @NBATV

Warriors have drafted and kept their best players and are now being punished while trying to keep Looney and Poole along with Steph, Klay and Draymond. pic.twitter.com/tyenREgMGz

— #FreeBrittneyGriner (@CandlestickWill) June 23, 2022

On the one hand, I don't want to see this homegrown team broken up over cap issues. On the other hand all these billionaires should be forking up the extra dough to compete. It's a bummer that none of that luxury tax $$$ goes to the players, though.

"Player sharing" is kind of a gross way of putting it too -- puts the focus on the team/management over the players.