Steph Lost A Splash Brother, But Gained A Splash Buddy - The Golden State Warriors 2024-25 Season Thread

[who_better_than_me]

Man, the amount of fans I’ve seen say they want Jordan Poole back is crazy



How can anyone watch the 2023 regular season/playoffs and think we’re missing that


All the positives Poole brought got significantly outweighed by his negatives.

His game matured this year. I’ve seen other teams say they want to trade for him this year

 

[Don Homer]

houston streak is over. 15 straight games won over the last 3+ years.

Warriors offense stinks w/o Steph, and buddy hield looking like an all-star. Steph is gonna be 37 soon and he still has to save the team because no one else is good

Kuminga 20pts on 20 shots, 40/33/33 shooting splits

Podziemski and Moses Moody are mid

Draymond has to play center at 34 years old

No size

Starting lineup changes every game or every other game

team has been slowly dropping in the standings

trades clearly need to be made, but won't be done

not great

 

[SuaveyBoi115]

His game matured this year. I’ve seen other teams say they want to trade for him this year

Matured in what way?

From what I’ve seen he’s still the same player just with a green light to do whatever because the Wizards are tanking

 

[hitmonlee]

houston streak is over. 15 straight games won over the last 3+ years.

Warriors offense stinks w/o Steph, and buddy hield looking like an all-star. Steph is gonna be 37 soon and he still has to save the team because no one else is good

Kuminga 20pts on 20 shots, 40/33/33 shooting splits

Podziemski and Moses Moody are mid

Draymond has to play center at 34 years old

No size

Starting lineup changes every game or every other game

team has been slowly dropping in the standings

trades clearly need to be made, but won't be done

not great

Steph playing like he’s still in his prime wow

 

[Ohene]

Man, the amount of fans I’ve seen say they want Jordan Poole back is crazy



How can anyone watch the 2023 regular season/playoffs and think we’re missing that


All the positives Poole brought got significantly outweighed by his negatives.

you blame poole, i blame draymond
the team didnt discipline him enough and he's an idiot
you cant expect a dude who dealt with what Poole did to be able to perform well

 

[Don Homer]

Steph playing like he’s still in his prime wow

is this sarcasm?

 

[aceboon]

last year Wiggs, this year Buddy, it looks like dude be rubbing folks the wrong way. that "10 year vets look up to me" comment from the offseason was wild as hell

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Damn it was all good just a week ago

 

[In The Zone '98]

Damn it was all good just a week ago

I dunno what's happening here

But I ain't like last season when he ran to Twitter bragging about taking Klays spot for a few games

 

[Don Homer]

last year Wiggs, this year Buddy, it looks like dude be rubbing folks the wrong way. that "10 year vets look up to me" comment from the offseason was wild as hell

Damn it was all good just a week ago

I dunno what's happening here

But I ain't like last season when he ran to Twitter bragging about taking Klays spot for a few games

He just rubbing everyone the wrong way, tbh. I forgot all about that "vets looking up to me" statement. He got the start over Klay, and they had to put Klay back because Podz was stinking it up.









Fact is, our young guys arent anything special. Kuminga, Podz, Moody, TJD, no one special. They're just role players of varying levels. But there's no all star appearances, all-NBA selections, All-defense selections, MVPs or even playoffs with these guys at the forefront. I'm over it

 

[SuaveyBoi115]

you blame poole, i blame draymond
the team didnt discipline him enough and he's an idiot
you cant expect a dude who dealt with what Poole did to be able to perform well

You do when you pay him 120 million to be Steph’s replacement.

Also, I blame everyone involved because the situation was handled so poorly.

 

[Don Homer]

you blame poole, i blame draymond
the team didnt discipline him enough and he's an idiot
you cant expect a dude who dealt with what Poole did to be able to perform well

You do when you pay him 120 million to be Steph’s replacement.

Also, I blame everyone involved because the situation was handled so poorly.

i kinda feel for Poole. I've felt for him since it happened. His play was frustrating as all hell during the reg season and playoffs that year. But overall, it's definitely draymond's fault. For sure. You can't physically assault another teammate. And no, i'm not gonna get into the whole "what poole said" stuff because poole didn't say anything outta line. It's good that Poole is away from draymond. On the other hand, I still think Poole is a bench player. He's getting starter minutes and playing above his role. Thats why the wizards are abysmal. However, he is definitely better than Kuminga, Moody, Podz, and TJD. Not much better because I think Poole's a role player the same way those other 4 are

Golden State's front office is bad because they are always reactive and never proactive. A good GM also has foresight, which Myers and Dunleavy never show. Just yesterday it came out that the Warriors are targeting Lebron James. Like, this is not a serious front office. You're not gonna get a LeBron trade to happen. It's just nonsense to even think about. It's been clear for years now that Steph needs a second option and they can't get it done. Why? Because I don't think they know who is truly good in this league, and also because these young guys are "untouchable" in trades. They have the worst talent evaluation i've seen. Steph deferred to Kuminga, who led the team in shots, just to score 20 points on 20 shots. He's lucky he hit that corner three that the Rockets gave him in the 4th because he was 1/5 from 3 and 38%FG before that shot. His TS% is 51% and lowering because he shot 40/33/33 last night. The only criticism i have for Steph is that I wish he would stop turning it over. That it. I got on twitter and see people criticising steph's shot selection, his passes, decision-making, everything. Motherfukker, do u not realize that this team isn't even a modern NBA team without steph's impact?

 

[Ohene]

You do when you pay him 120 million to be Steph’s replacement.

Also, I blame everyone involved because the situation was handled so poorly.

nikka, No matter what you’re getting paid at your job what would you do if a colleague punched you and faced no real repercussions ? Anything short of that dude being fired would have you ready to fight him and your teammates would figure that either they can do whatever the hell they want or that management is playing favourites

It creates a bad work environment period

Without drays stupidity the warriors probably challenge for another title that year

Life isn’t always about money.

 

[Ohene]

This idiot Draymond has cost the franchise at least one ring, possibly two and still hasn’t learned. Don’t care how well he playing, he a clown and i still think he has no business on the team after the shyt he pulled years ago with poole and then nurkic

 

[Jplaya2023]

The warriors been getting cheated these last few games. Damn