Golden State is struggling because they're not playing bigs who are good at rolling to the rim

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]

Bogut and Ezeli were great rollers. Having those two players fill in the C position, setting great picks, effectively rolling to the basket for 48 minutes a game freed up a lot of movement and shots on the weakside.

Now they have Zaza and West popping out for a mid-range jumpers, weakside D can stay at home.

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

They'll get it together.

Let's not pretend like they won't get to the finals.

 

[SadimirPutin]

They'll get it together.

Let's not pretend like they won't get to the finals.

While yes I have them as favorites to come out the West.....

Reaching 3 finals in a row is not an easy task and many of you underestimate how hard that is....

 

[malbaker86]

ONE game

 

[duckbutta]

Rollers has nothing to do with it...

Golden State need two big men who can rebound and defend the rim...and Draymond Green is NOT a candidate to be this person due to what he will need to do on offensive...

David West is not this person...he is not tall enough, or athletic enough, or physical enough, or imposing enough

Zaza Pachuilia is not this person...he is not athletic enough, or imposing enough, and honestly the way he ended with the mavericks he might not even be physical enough anymore...

Javele Magee has the physical makeup of this person...Jonathan SImmons attacking him right at the rim should be a signal that he is NOT this person...when a second year backup player sees you standing under the rim and doesn't think twice about dropping lucille on your scalp then the kawhi leonards and james hardens and 5678's of the world aren't going to give two fukks about ramming it down Javele throat :chattyguurrrlll:

The big guy the warriors need is not o their team at the moment...probably won't be on their team at all this year...and depending on if steph and durant both want the max next year might NEVER be on their team while klay durant steph and draymond are together...

Them not winning a chip will change this though because one of those 4 will be gone if they don't...

 

[the cool]

Klay won't be on this team next year

the warriors done fukked up something good

they were tied with 3 mins left in the finals and you break up a 73 win team

you need guys like harrison barnes on the floor that doesnt need shot attempts but will play D

bogut being gone is huge too

 

[ryderldb]

Has nothing to do with rollers. They need big men that can rebound and defend the paint. If they have a center put up 0 points 12 rebounds they are happy as fukk.

 

[Bay Area]

Klay won't be on this team next year

the warriors done fukked up something good

they were tied with 3 mins left in the finals and you break up a 73 win team

you need guys like harrison barnes on the floor that doesnt need shot attempts but will play D

bogut being gone is huge too

Klay is signed for the next 4 years,who are we trading him for? Also KD >>>>> barnes in every aspect. The sky isnt falling.

 

[sfgiants]

Klay won't be on this team next year

the warriors done fukked up something good

they were tied with 3 mins left in the finals and you break up a 73 win team

you need guys like harrison barnes on the floor that doesnt need shot attempts but will play D

bogut being gone is huge too

 

[Archangel]

Rollers has nothing to do with it...

Golden State need two big men who can rebound and defend the rim...and Draymond Green is NOT a candidate to be this person due to what he will need to do on offensive...

David West is not this person...he is not tall enough, or athletic enough, or physical enough, or imposing enough

Zaza Pachuilia is not this person...he is not athletic enough, or imposing enough, and honestly the way he ended with the mavericks he might not even be physical enough anymore...

Javele Magee has the physical makeup of this person...Jonathan SImmons attacking him right at the rim should be a signal that he is NOT this person...when a second year backup player sees you standing under the rim and doesn't think twice about dropping lucille on your scalp then the kawhi leonards and james hardens and 5678's of the world aren't going to give two fukks about ramming it down Javele throat :chattyguurrrlll:

The big guy the warriors need is not o their team at the moment...probably won't be on their team at all this year...and depending on if steph and durant both want the max next year might NEVER be on their team while klay durant steph and draymond are together...

Them not winning a chip will change this though because one of those 4 will be gone if they don't...

Klay won't be on this team next year

the warriors done fukked up something good

they were tied with 3 mins left in the finals and you break up a 73 win team

you need guys like harrison barnes on the floor that doesnt need shot attempts but will play D

bogut being gone is huge too

@Miami316

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

@Miami316

Why are you tagging me? I think everyone can agree that bogut was a valuable asset for the team but they were about to lose Barnes unless they gave him a max deal. They got Durant for less but would have lost bogut either way it seems. As is they spent less money to get Durant than they would have had to for Barnes.

 

[Illuminatos]

you need guys like harrison barnes on the floor that doesnt need shot attempts but will play D

They literally had Harrison Barnes and he was arguably the worst player in the series.

 

[Jplaya2023]

WARRIORS will be fine, no one in the west can beat them and they will avenge their loss to cleveland. 1 game doesn't make a season

 

[Archangel]

Why are you tagging me? I think everyone can agree that bogut was a valuable asset for the team but they were about to lose Barnes unless they gave him a max deal. They got Durant for less but would have lost bogut either way it seems. As is they spent less money to get Durant than they would have had to for Barnes.

Because the argument being made here is basically that Golden State is worse off with KD than they were last year and you always refute these opinions. Just wanted to see your thoughts.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Because the argument being made here is basically that Golden State is worse off with KD than they were last year and you always refute these opinions. Just wanted to see your thoughts.

Well there isn't anything Barnes does better and he got a bigger deal from the Mavericks than Durant did from the Warriors. That's the better move no matter how you slice it. Bogut, as valuable as his skill set was for them, didn't play huge minutes so they can handle losing him if the rest of the team is strengthened.