It’s A Splash Bros Reunion! Are You Kuminga To The Poole Party? Warriors 2022 Season Thread
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Maybe. All I know is that nikka is garbaggio
When has this ever been a narrative?I was listening to a podcast earlier yesterday, and they were talking about how the "rookies cant contribute to winning ball" narrative isnt 100 percent true. List of rookies this past season that were able to contribute:
-patron pritchard
-Immanuel Quickley
-Aaron Nesmith
-Tyrese Maxey
-Onyeka Okongwu
-Obi Toppin (to a smaller degree)
-Desmond Bane
Also, everyone says that Tyrese Haliburton and LaMelo would have been able to contribute if they were on our team. A lot of those guys were late in the 1st round.
All im saying is, lets wait and see what this season brings us. Maybe we do a lot better than expected
This is about rookies can't be key contributors on a contender.
None of those aforementioned players were ready this past season to help a team contend, which stands to reason because nobody should expect those players to be the best versions of themselves in their first seasons, which is the problem here: you can't have your cake and eat it too in the NBA. You can't look to contend whilst simultaneously develop players. It's one or the other, and the Warriors should've decided when coming to this fork in the road last season which path they wanted to take, not continue to go straight down the middle, leading to nowhere.
When you come into the league as a player, your makeup doesn't change. There's this misconception that you can fundamentally change who you are as a player when you're 19, 20, 21 years old. This isn't about actual basketball skills which can be developed, fine-tuned and mastered, which everyone has the benefit of getting better at, it's about how you play. Throw all the stats aside, if you watched LaMelo play last season, you can see he just gets it. He's making the right read, he's making the right pass, he's putting himself in the right spot, he knows when to be aggressive and when not to be. These are all traits which have been hardwired since he was a young cat. To the contrary of this you have someone like Wiseman, who is at the other end of the spectrum.
This is the situation you've got right now:
You've got two unknown quantities in Kuminga and Moses, who if/when they develop into pieces that can help this team contend won't be ready until 2-3 years from now, and another in Wiseman, who if he has any hope of rewiring himself, is going to be an even longer, rigorous process to rebuild who he is, and even that isn't something that is particularly realistic, especially now given the climate of the league.
Steph will be 36 going on 37, Klay will be 34 going on 35 and Draymond will be dead by then (in the basketball sense).
If that’s the case then a more NBA ready player that can shoot should have been taken. Just last year we were losing games by having a raw rookie getting minutes, when he went down we started winning and now we’ve added another.
Unless we’re trading him he’s not going to help for the next 2/3 years.
idonttouchgrass
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Breh really said smileycac can shoot and handle 
edit: and said he’s a big 3/small 4
edit: and said he’s a big 3/small 4
Lol, little guy got hit with the funk and skunk and said nooooooooooo.
We need to stop normalizing grown women twerking on little boys.
This argument/narrative is complete idiocy
The front office has been fukking up for quite sometime
Between letting Chelsea Lane go
Fumbling Iggy
Saying goofy shyt after the first ship with KD
Draft selection being shytty(except for Wiseman, I still have hope for youngin)
Clearly disrespecting Steph and undervaluing what he means not only to The Bay but he is literally The House
Putting a lot of expectations on Klay seemingly right out the gate
Dray doubling down on being fukkery filled liability on offense
Not looking for any type of veterans to fill the bench
Yes, Steph has every right to explore his options
This ain’t the same league it used to be
These owners know that but stay talking slick
I can understand going young but you still need old heads with good locker room mentalities and advice giving
And to keep swinging your proverbial dikk around in these interviews
The Last Dance wasn’t just some one off
If you can’t see history repeating itself
Better get you some bifocals
Egos are everything in sports.
Krause MJ.
Heck, as a Pats fan... some Patriots fans don't want to admit it but Belichick/Brady is similar
.... Beli gets called the GOAT coach, but he still hated having a guy like Brady that was his equal in the locker room and on the field. He wants to prove he can win with anyone, and have a guy that will bow to him.Similar here. Lacob wants his own guy that he can say "I got", and to prove that he's the reason the Warriirs are good, not just Steph.
SuaveyBoi115
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Good riddance
. Legit got angry anytime he got subbed in, even during garbage time.
idonttouchgrass
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"Boston’s acquisition of Josh Richardson could spell the end of Marcus Smart’s run in Boston. Smart has become a fan favorite over seven years in Boston, but Brad Stevens has been frustrated by Smart’s unpredictable play in recent years, per sources. Smart, one of the NBA’s better perimeter defenders, is entering the final year of his contract. Boston could extend Smart, but two people familiar with Stevens thinking tell SI it’s more likely Stevens will look to trade Smart before the start of the season. Boston shopped Smart last season, seeking multiple first round picks, a team executive with knowledge of the discussions told SI. Smart’s value now? “Probably a first round pick and a rotational player,” a high ranking Eastern Conference executive told SI. “Might be able to swap him for similar player that fits a positional need. [Danny Ainge] valued him like an All-Star though—he is not.”
Come on Lacob, pony up for Marcus Dumb in a sign and trade with/for oubre and next years first
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idonttouchgrass
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If Steph is fine w/ the team, We’re fine with the team
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" Look at Curry man"
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If Steph is fine w/ the team, We’re fine with the team
Posters in here crying that because of Lacob Steph Is going to leave
I love the hot takes in here
