It’s A Splash Bros Reunion! Are You Kuminga To The Poole Party? Warriors 2022 Season Thread

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Makes sense.

The rest of the league is already probably mad at how deep the Warriors are in the tax. Imagine if they went even further.

Cap hell is real. At some point the core will have to settle for less so the team doesn't need to be blown up.

Wiggins is 100% out when his contract is up. The real question is how they'll find a way to give Poole a bag.

Yeah Wiggs would be the odd man out considering they have Kuminga in the cut

Unless wiggins continues to improve drastically and Poole regresses offensively and is still bad defensively
 

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I can't agree with that.

Dray brings too much to the table and what he does isn't easily replicated at all.
He was borderline unplayable at times this year because he was so bad offensively :yeshrug:

Got 1-2 years left tops as a starting caliber player on a good team

Not saying they will actually get rid of him but if they choose him over Wiggins or Poole beyond the 22-23 season gonna be a massive mistake they gonna regret for a long time
 

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The tough move but the right one is getting rid of Draymond. Poole and Wiggins are more important 2023 and beyond
Exactly.. Not sure what Wiggins would command, hopefully not a max

In my opinion it doesnt make sense to give up Wiggins when he is just entering his prime. Draymond's probably downward from here...gotta get rid of him IMO. A Wiggins, Poole, Kuminga squad could have a lot of potential in 3 years if Wiseman steps up
 
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Ultimately, that's what's gotta happen. It ain't the easiest of conversations, but you can't have the core eating most of the cap as they get older. They gotta start working on a transition plan.
we really gonna see if they're about sacrificing
 
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:yawn: you look at tmacs rookie season and you’ll see it’s closer. Youhad to refer to kawhis third year, and even still he was not as polished or quick as Kuminga
There isn't any extensive rookie highlights of Kawhi, and I did say, an early version of him(so it's not specifically what he did in his rookie year). T-Mac came into the league pretty much with a refined skillset, it just wasn't utilized as much when he was a rookie. The only real similarities in their games is how athletic and explosive they are, but so are a lot of wings. That's the real lazy analysis here, is that you're looking at their respective games on some picture book shyt., like you see both of them jumping high so they must be the same.

I'm looking at how they get their buckets, their skillsets and how they insert themselves into motion offenses (which is what both the Warriors and Spurs offenses are/were). Kawhi and Kuminga are similar in those respects. I don't come away from watching Kuminga and think T-Mac.
But it’s not that serious. i know just like to double down when you’re wrong cause you’re egotistical so i wont go back and forth
It's not serious, which is why I don't know the hell you're coming at me sideways with this nonsense. I'm not wrong - there's a reason why nobody agrees with your comparison.

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The fact you said he’s an upgraded wiggins then compared him to kawhi shows you dont know what you’re talking about.
This is why it's important to understand the comments in their rightful context.

He's an upgraded Wiggins because to this team Steph and Klay are still whom the offensive revolves around, so Kuminga is playing secondary to that (he'll eat off all the attention the aforementioned receive), which is why what he's displayed on offense thus far is an upgrade on what Wiggins is doing, well, he projects to be an upgrade on Wiggins. However, his style of play isn't like Wiggins because he's aggressive and takes high probability shots (Wiggins is quite the opposite), which is why he's comparable to Kawhi: they're both players who're raw offensively, but still find ways to be efficient and effective.

The same high BBIQ plays that Kawhi was making on offense during his formative years is what Kuminga showed this season. A lot of it comes natural for both of them because they're smart, instinctual players, but it's also the fact they're both playing in systems which emphasize those traits. It's why Kuminga really fits this team well because he operates on the same wave-length as those around him. It's why someone like Oubre was a failure in this environment because he was at the other spectrum on that front.
 

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these nikkas better be ready to take team-friendly deals
I can see this happening. I think Draymond will be the one that's most ready to leave, but he'll be 34 when his contract ends and I doubt the market for him will be all that high. Definitely not the 25 million he's getting now. Klay I can see offering the warriors a discount considering he basically got paid $35 million a year for doing nothing for 2.5 years. I think he also geniunely wants to stay. Steph give him whatever the fukk he wants, but I also think he's very comfortable here in the bay and will take a discount just so he doesn't have to uproot his family.
 

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There isn't any extensive rookie highlights of Kawhi, and I did say, an early version of him(so it's not specifically what he did in his rookie year). T-Mac came into the league pretty much with a refined skillset, it just wasn't utilized as much when he was a rookie. The only real similarities in their games is how athletic and explosive they are, but so are a lot of wings. That's the real lazy analysis here, is that you're looking at their respective games on some picture book shyt., like you see both of them jumping high so they must be the same.

I'm looking at how they get their buckets, their skillsets and how they insert themselves into motion offenses (which is what both the Warriors and Spurs offenses are/were). Kawhi and Kuminga are similar in those respects. I don't come away from watching Kuminga and think T-Mac.

It's not serious, which is why I don't know the hell you're coming at me sideways with this nonsense. I'm not wrong - there's a reason why nobody agrees with your comparison.

:hubie:

This is why it's important to understand the comments in their rightful context.

He's an upgraded Wiggins because to this team Steph and Klay are still whom the offensive revolves around, so Kuminga is playing secondary to that (he'll eat off all the attention the aforementioned receive), which is why what he's displayed on offense thus far is an upgrade on what Wiggins is doing, well, he projects to be an upgrade on Wiggins. However, his style of play isn't like Wiggins because he's aggressive and takes high probability shots (Wiggins is quite the opposite), which is why he's comparable to Kawhi: they're both players who're raw offensively, but still find ways to be efficient and effective.

The same high BBIQ plays that Kawhi was making on offense during his formative years is what Kuminga showed this season. A lot of it comes natural for both of them because they're smart, instinctual players, but it's also the fact they're both playing in systems which emphasize those traits. It's why Kuminga really fits this team well because he operates on the same wave-length as those around him. It's why someone like Oubre was a failure in this environment because he was at the other spectrum on that front.
nobody is coming at you side ways. grow up. youre the one who called me a "a fukkk nikka" or some shyt. how old are you? one should be allowed to disagree with it being considered "coming at you sideways"


this guy is something else Kuminga is nowhere near as raw as Kawhi was and if that's what you think youre simply wrong. Agree to disagree
 
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nobody is coming at you side ways. grow up. youre the one who called me a "a fukkk nikka" or some shyt. how old are you? one should be allowed to disagree with it being considered "coming at you sideways"


smh. thisguy is something else man. and i'm not bothering reading everything you wrote. i'm good
You came out me sideways with this shyt -

"look who's talking up kuminga now. smh
was just saying we shoulda packaged him a month ago"


So yes, you are a fukk nxgga when if you had bothered to pay attention I've been praising him all season long, and even called for him to replace Wiggins when it looked like he was fading in and out of games when Klay returned. What does that bullshyt have to do with Kuminga's game in relation to T-Mac's anyway? You simply wanted to get a shot off for whatever reason.

If you don't like being pressed, next time just stick to the topic/argument.
 
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