golden state warriors thread

i think the one aspect that could really alter their future and how they plan for it is if they think or come to understand that they will be major players in the free agency/star trade market in the post-steph/klay/dray era because of their location, willingness to spend, and recent history of success. can they basically become the junior lakers? i don't think it's out of the question. but if that's the case then you're basically never looking to rebuild, ever, and you go ahead push in w/ this core w/ the belief that once you have an opening on your roster for a new set of stars, those guys will want to come to you. i think the lakers tried to earnestly rebuild post-kobe w/ the lonzo, ingram etc group and decided, prob w/ good reason, that such a thing is for the birds. i could see the warriors ending up in much the same place.

they want to be seen that way but its yet to be seen if they can do it, of course.

yeah. the clippers w/ balmer & a new arena complicate matters but i think california can support three star driven teams. SF will never be LA but i don't see why the warriors couldn't get in there

The Warriors would have to suck for a long time to struggle for support here.

If free agents don't want to live in SF, that's another story.

https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Warriors-Andre-Iguodala-says-media-to-blame-17036640.php

"This is my second time playing here," Iguodala said after Monday's loss in Memphis. "I think that's just part of how sports and fans have become. They are more into the games with their emotions and feelings and obviously the narrative that can be driven, especially from those that are of wealth that control the media and are in ownership position. They can kinda control the narrative of how it goes out there."

This guy says some wild stuff sometimes

Fun fact:

Kevon Looney is 30th in the NBA in dunks with 81. He is 3 behind LeBron James.

— Grant Liffmann (@GrantLiffmann) March 30, 2022

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2022/3/30/23002662/jordan-poole-stephen-curry-golden-state-warriors

Dray rocking the GP2 jersey at practice pic.twitter.com/UYZ8D5FKcI

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 1, 2022

4th q was wild

This is absolutely wild pic.twitter.com/1O7CdtTiS5

— Denver📈 (@doubledworth) April 3, 2022

Pooles last 16 games

https://imgur.com/a/NwExsk8

vintage klay sequence

good stuff seems like klay has a lil more boogie to his game than when we last saw him looks looser out there

Wow this is some insane trolling:

https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Warriors-Kerr-should-consider-divorce-17058820.php

lol

The Deadspin-ification of SFGate continues

Haha wow. This is one of Kerr’s best coaching jobs imo.

klay is looking really good of late. first time in his career hes had three 30+ points games in a row
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hrmRu9OBjo

Inconclusive update on Curry's status for Game 1

https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2022/4/12/23022572/warriors-release-steph-curry-update

lot of ambiguity, and there was no mention of a bone bruise until today :(

maybe i'm being too literal but i feel like lebron suffered this injury in the exact same way last season and took even more time off and came back for the playoffs and looked awful. so i'm a bit pessimistic about what kind of steph we'll see, but hoping i'm wrong

that was a high ankle sprain, the worst kind you can do. this is something else, its the mid foot area.

Yesterday was the first time they used the term "bone bruise"... that's a 1-2 month injury according to bing.com

dubs org has been super lame with their injury reporting this season

Yesterday was the first time they used the term "bone bruise"... that's a 1-2 month injury according to bing.com

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, April 13, 2022 11:32 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

game 1 will be 1 month from the injury

which game will it be for 2 months ;)

sadly, it wouldnt surprise me the way theyve been with injuries this year :(

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry (foot) is on track to make his return in Game 1 vs. Nuggets on Saturday as long as he clears team’s scrimmage today without issues, sources tell me and @anthonyVslater.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 14, 2022

nice

Seems kinds crazy how much everyone is discounting the Warriors' chances in the playoffs. Am I just being a homer, or do we have a decent chance here?

its just a lot to figure out on the fly so the skepticism is warranted. currys health (and shot?), drays health, iggys health, where is klay at really, will poole be able to keep doing what hes doing with everyone back and less shots to go around, how do steph/klay/dray look back together (not too worried about this), which wiggins will we see, can looney/dray survive a deep playoff run as our only two defensive bigs. every team has questions of course but these are a lot.

having said that, they do have the highest ceiling of any team in the playoffs imo. they were the best team in the league for the first ~third of the season and that was without klay. plus poole has grown even more.

i just wouldnt be surprised with just about any outcome in these playoffs. i do expect them to beat the nuggets tho.

they are extremely rickety for the type of run you need to have to go deep in the playoffs. you need 7-8 guys who can play big minutes at a high level every other day.

cad otm. the warriors were occasionally dazzling during the regular season, but not lately, and they have lots of unanswered questions about what kind of a playoff run they can muster.

Halfway through the 2nd was I think our first glimpse of the Steph/Poole/Klay/Wiggins/Dray lineup. That also happened to be when they pulled ahead and never looked back.

otm

Ya it looked good

"We gotta make sure we keep him on the team. He's the future," E-40 said about Jordan Poole on NBCSA. "Our team is so dope. All the other rappers jealous of me."

— Steve Berman (@BASportsGuy) April 17, 2022

i’m crying pic.twitter.com/byh0I1bqhk

— ✩ (@JPSZZN) April 18, 2022

There’s gotta be at least some people who follow me who will appreciate seeing this pic of Steph Curry and Bob Weir. pic.twitter.com/WR29cKUd0u

— Barry Petchesky (@barry) April 19, 2022

bay area legends

Ok when do we start Poole and move Curry to 6th man? :P

― DJI, Tuesday, January 4, 2022 9:20 AM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink

apparently the answer was game one of the playoffs

It's working great! They should stick with it!

basketblolz

How do you guard @StephenCurry30?

Chuck and @TheJetOnTNT get into it 🍿 pic.twitter.com/MmW8EGKHf5

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 19, 2022

^ shaq saying "your job is effective communication" takes on an extra level of irony

haa theyre flustered just thinking about it

great analysis and discussion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWiYmtPM16A

“Jordan Poole… maybe the worst pick in the draft so far” (2019)pic.twitter.com/aIo6cAUnr3

— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) April 22, 2022

haa love cold takes nice cameo by cam johnson too

so good

yesss