golden state warriors thread

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.

poole plays like a microwave, not sure if thats his ideal role tho...

its happening

After strong week of scrimmages, Klay Thompson has been cleared to be a full participant in all Warriors practices, trending toward return within week of Christmas, sources tell me and @anthonyVslater.https://t.co/0UsfjrL5Ub

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 21, 2021

ngl, I'm gonna cry when he hits that first 3

Otm

Poole plays very hard. Needs to watch the fouls and a bit tighter handle and he’ll be a more serious problem.

Fun game tonight. Nurse only cared about stopping Steph so he box 1d him the whole game and Wiggins and Poole and others were shooting wide open warmup 3s. Wigg and Poole both 30 pieced curry only 12

Poole and Wiggins were on fire from deep against the Raptors 🔥

They are the first Warrior teammates to each score 30 in a game since KD and Curry in 2019 👀 pic.twitter.com/lST79TgN08

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 22, 2021

Draymond on Wiggins: “He’ll continue to play aggressive. I’ll make sure of that.”

— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) November 22, 2021

lol

he's gonna be a real dick of a grampa someday

Klay putting in work while rocking the 77 jersey 🤣 pic.twitter.com/xNY2dhEbTe

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) November 23, 2021

<3

good read:
https://theathletic.com/2939010/2021/11/23/how-do-the-warriors-have-the-nbas-best-defense-inside-its-construction/?source=emp_shared_article

The shimmy just glitched... pic.twitter.com/wVhonz9qmE

— Bryant Barr (@bryantabarr) November 25, 2021

Another classic weirdo steph reaction

This feels so much like the 14-15 warriors. Every game is a blast to watch and someone off the bench always gets cooking

Insane stat line by Juan Toscano-Anderson off the bench: pic.twitter.com/bKqxRSq7wU

— Alex👋 (@dbs408) November 25, 2021

xps "lord of the prance"

A short story:

It started with the referee T’ing up Steph Curry. It ended with Steph T’ing up the ref. pic.twitter.com/pernQDoYEN

— Antonin (@antonin_org) November 28, 2021

Many wanted to see Jordan Poole develop like Jordan Clarkson last season (Sixth Man of the Year)

JP is starting now but here's a stat comp:

Clarkson last season
27 mins 18.4 pts 42.5%fg 34.7%3pt 4 reb 2.5 ast

Poole this season
30 mins 18.5 pts 45.6%fg 34.7%3pt 3.1 reb 3.3 ast

— Grant Liffmann (@GrantLiffmann) December 3, 2021

GP2 is "shooting" .671 from the field this year. That's a big step down from last year when his fg% was .769.

he's a great center

The man just doesn’t get calls it’s wild

Curry now has 10 free throws in his last 174 minutes of game action

— Marcus Thompson (@ThompsonScribe) December 4, 2021

This picture 🔥🔥🔥

📸: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images pic.twitter.com/MBTBDLD8lg

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) December 4, 2021

So good

lol

Nobody in the world like Stephen Curry 🔥

(via @warriors)pic.twitter.com/CdfqPevbdo

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 7, 2021

this move/finish was sick

Sheesh, JP pic.twitter.com/IaayC7et7Z

— Joe Viray (@JoeVirayNBA) December 7, 2021

Michael Jordan Poole 🙄 pic.twitter.com/l7QE263Tu4

— MagiCast 🇧🇷🏀💉 (5-20) (@magicastbrasil) December 7, 2021

looked practiced and polished for sure

They either need to find more minutes for Kuminga or trade him to someone who will play him more. His athleticism is thrilling.

dude floats in the air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWwHtXEASGc

not yet 20!

tonight should be interesting. plane out of indy got cancelled until this morning then met by more delays. theyll have just a few hours to prep after landing haha

The Warriors’ plane finally took off out of Indianapolis at 10:35 this morning. Expected to arrive in NYC a bit after noon. Team will probably get to hotel between 1-2 pm. Tip vs Knicks at 7:30.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 14, 2021

my feeling is steph should do some dramatic fake threes to really get the crowd into it before taking one

steph should inbound the ball and shoot exclusively from the logo for the entirety of the first half and the knicks should allow it

should be some good upset knicks fans/media over the crowd which will obviously be unabashedly rooting for steph

yeah hah

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/264828454_4884164764951079_8073753120678891588_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=dbeb18&_nc_ohc=1MtI4pcmgF4AX9qPUFK&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=00_AT9RBnmGouibbS1CvdLqW0071_zVtwstoGMgbLdsHBs8gQ&oe=61BE2D97

http://i.imgur.com/o4ojaGe.jpg

looks remarkably similar to

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/FF444gKXsAQcVcl.jpg

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.