More Strength And More Numbers: Official 2016-17 Golden State Warriors Season Thread

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Why you shouldn’t worry about Steph Curry
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After a hectic 2015-16 campaign, Steph Curry is showing off a different plan of attack in his eighth NBA season.
by AndrewFlohr Jan 5, 2017, 12:30pm PST TWEET


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OAKLAND, Calif. — Wednesday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers served as a shot of methadone for all of the Stephen Curry addicts of the world.

The two-time MVP danced and dazzled his way to 35 points, his second highest point total of the season, to go along with seven rebounds and five assists.

His up-and-under layup in the 3rd quarter (where he switched the ball from his left hand to his right in mid air) gave us that warm fuzzy feeling that felt all too similar just a season ago.

Curry looked noticeably aggressive right from the tip. Maybe it was because Damian Lillardmissed the game with an ankle injury. Or it could of been the Blazers’ undependable pick and roll defense.

Or maybe, just maybe.. It was Steph being Steph.

Many point to the addition of Kevin Durant as to why Curry’s production has dropped in comparison to last season. Which is a legitimate argument.

A team does not simply plug in a career 27 ppg scorer and expect everybody to play the exact same way as before.

So yes, Curry’s numbers are down from a season ago. But how does one honestly top one of the greatest offensive seasons from any player in the last 30 years? (See: OKC Thunder & Russell Westbrook).

Draymond Green said of Curry after Golden State’s victory over Portland. “I think that everybody makes a big deal of him not taking a lot of shots in certain games or here and there. At the end of the day, he’s a smart player. He plays within the flow of the game.”

Playing within the flow of the game will not get you MVP considerations. Instead it makes you a fringe all-star on the best team in the NBA with the occasional SportsCenter top play nomination and record setting performance.

As Draymond so eloquently put it after last night’s game, “When the game says shoot, you shoot. When the game says pass, you pass.”

Make no mistake about it; Curry is in full control of his game.

Wednesday night marked only the seventh time this season he attempted more than 20 shots in a single game. At this point last year Curry already had 17 games with 20 or more field goal attempts.

As of today, the Warriors lead the NBA in offensive efficiency (116.3) and defensive efficiency (104). They also hold an ace up their sleeve in the form of the Curry-Durant pick and roll which Steve Kerr will most likely start to use more of as the Playoffs near.

If you’re worried about Curry’s numbers, don’t trip chocolate chip because his game is still sweet. This season is simply a step forward in his career in learning how to pick and choose the necessary spots of when he needs to unleash his fury.

It’s merely just a schmuck’s opinion, but save it for June Steph
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you think he's saving himself for later on down the line brehs :lupe:
 
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Good they acquire his defense as well

He hasn't been the same since cheap shot to his ankle
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plus championships aren't won on paper

at the end of the day the Warriors still have the best record in the league, are at the top of the league in defensive and offensive rating, and they're still gelling. and all this when Steph is pacing himself for when the games really count.
 
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i might catch flack for this but i personally believe the team needs to go back to making Stephen Curry the #1 option on the team / the star. I never stopped believing that he was still the second best player in the league. Whether or not thats true is another conversation but I just think the team functions better when Curry is the focal point.
 
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Asantehene said:
i might catch flack for this but i personally believe the team needs to go back to making Stephen Curry the #1 option on the team / the star. I never stopped believing that he was still the second best player in the league. Whether or not thats true is another conversation but I just think the team functions better when Curry is the focal point.
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honestly, Im ok with Durant going ISO on zbo. It's a huge matchup problem. I just hate the fukking shot he took. With Durant he needs to just keep it simple. Big man on you at the perimeter. Drive. Small guy on you. Go in the post.
 
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honestly, Im ok with Durant going ISO on zbo. It's a huge matchup problem. I just hate the fukking shot he took. With Durant he needs to just keep it simple. Big man on you at the perimeter. Drive. Small guy on you. Go in the post.
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He needs to stop settling for long jumpers in the 4th :mjcry:
 
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Klay Thompson calls Cavaliers’ Halloween antics “childish,” Warriors may use it as motivation
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By Kurt HelinJan 12, 2017, 5:04 PM EST


When Cavaliers’ players showed up to LeBron James‘ Halloween party, they had to step over a Stephen Curry dummy to get in the door. There were other digs at the Warriors throughout the home, including a 3-1 lead drum that rubbed some Warriors the wrong way.

What the Warriors needed to do about that was answer back on the court. Instead they blew a lead on Christmas Day and ended up falling to the Cavaliers on national television. The Warriors let the same narrative live.

Klay Thompson recently went on the A to Z Podcast with Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt of the USA Today, and he called the Halloween party moves “childish” but said maybe they need to use that as motivation.

“It’s obviously not respectful, so it’s got to be on the other side of the spectrum, so that’s fine with us. They can do that childish stuff. It doesn’t matter to us. All we’ve got to do is handle it on the court, you know?

“No, it didn’t (come up on the court in the Christmas Day game). But shoot, it might have (to). I mean, I still think we need to play with more of an edge next time we see them … I mean when we won the championship, though, we didn’t do some stuff like that. But that’s OK. People are built differently. We’re not going to – I’m not going to hold it against them. I’m just going to go out there, and we just want to beat them down next time we see them. That’s how it is. Hold that in the memory bank, and just remember that they do that stuff…It’s a good rivalry, and it’s good for the NBA. It makes it more fun, you know? It’s rare in pro sports you get rivalries like this, so we enjoy it, and we embrace it.”

This is the best rivalry in the NBA right now, and you can be sure the suits at ABC/ESPN are rooting for a rematch because the ratings will be fantastic. Plenty of fans want to see a rubber match, too. Rooting for it or not, there are moments it seems inevitable.

Thompson is right, the Warriors do need more of an edge. The Cavaliers are a very good team able to knock the Warriors off their game. Part of that is the ability to match up better than anyone else in terms of talent, but it’s also about taking the Warriors out of their playground flow. Cleveland takes away some of the easy baskets, and the Warriors don’t always deal well with that.

The game’s greats — Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, and on and on — used even perceived slights as motivation. This wasn’t perceived, this was LeBron throwing shade on Halloween. The question is how the Warriors ultimately respond.
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Dubs need to get :demonic: on these cats on monday brehs


also, y'all ever notice that whenever the Cavs lose it's league a media-wide conspiracy to not acknowledge it but when the Warriors lose it's alllllllll over Sportscenter and other outlets? :patrice:
 
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Dubs need to get :demonic: on these cats on monday brehs


also, y'all ever notice that whenever the Cavs lose it's league a media-wide conspiracy to not acknowledge it but when the Warriors lose it's alllllllll over Sportscenter and other outlets? :patrice:
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Its just weird that whenever the Warriors lose, they got "exposed", but the Cavs get blown out by the Blazers, and have a 10-7 road record.. and nobody really says anything. They really shouldn't, but the same should go for the Warriors.

But they do need to get that edge back in general, not just against Cleveland.
 
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