We've SWEPT the 3-1 jokes away, NOW WE SMELL LIKE CHAMPAGNE AGAIN(OFFICIAL WARRIORS 18-19 THREAD)

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I agree with it too. Dude has heart.

 

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[Kiyoshi-Dono]

It’s go time

 

[Waterproof]

We still West Coastin

The whole Sports Media is like The Warrior's are beatable, this and that and The Warrior's are like



Wait to the Playoffs

The Warrior's are bored, if y'all can't see that, you can't read team's

Wait til End of March when they start blowing out team's

 

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[Roland Coltrane]

great read

I feel like Kerr is fukking up not running the offense through Steph but maybe he's trying to cut down on wear and tear?

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I miss the old Steph Curry
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The Warriors need Stephen Curry to play a subservient role this season, and we’re missing his MVP-caliber genius as a result.
By Zito Madu@_Zeets Jan 15, 2019, 1:00pm ESTSHARE

Last week against the Kings, Stephen Curry was called for traveling on a step-back three-pointer. As he argued with a referee, he made the numbers “1” and “3” with his fingers and held them to his chest — James Harden’s No. 13.

Two days after Curry insinuated that he would have gotten away with a travel if he was Harden, Harden beat the Nuggets by playing in an eerily similar way to how Curry used to demolish his opponents.

The Nuggets, recognizing the threat that Harden presented from deep, were engaging him as soon as he crossed halfcourt, often doubling and trying to trap him. Sometimes his defender was on him as soon as the ball was inbounded.

The tactic might have worked if Harden wasn’t a great passer. Instead of Harden being limited and flustered by the aggressiveness of the Nuggets defense, he picked them apart by passing to open teammates as soon as the double-team came. He turned the game into a series of 4-on-3s.

At the same time, he goaded his aggressive single defenders into fouls, running high screens to free himself, and crossing over Jamal Murray so badly that the defender’s elbows hit the floor.




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HARDEN DROPPED HIM


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Harden finished with 32 points and 14 assists, but the degree to which he demoralized a rival was far greater than his statistical impact. It looked like one of those games during Curry’s magical 2016 season, the kind of Curry game we don’t see much anymore.

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As Curry mimicked Harden’s signature step-back, I wondered if he missed his days as a solo force of nature in the same way that Harden is now.

While the Warriors and Curry are still dangerous this season — and the amount of shots Curry is taking are still in line with some of his best seasons — Curry has been used less as the playmaker of the team, and instead has been asked to do more of his work off-the-ball. Curry is second in the NBA in catch-and-shoot field goal attempts this season, behind Klay Thompson, whereas in his unanimous MVP season he was 20th in the league.

Curry’s new role isn’t an awful idea — in fact, it’s pretty reasonable in the Warriors’ quest to win. For everybody on the Warriors to be happy, someone had to be willing to sacrifice. That someone was Stephen Curry.

But it does mean that we don’t get to see his full powers at the prime of his career. Curry rarely gets to have the type of game that Harden did, simply because he isn’t allowed to operate as the fulcrum of the team in the way that he used to be. Games like Saturday’s 48-point explosion in Dallas are now the exception, not the norm.

Defending this change for Curry, Steve Kerr said:


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Steve Kerr on playing Steph Curry off the ball more when he's with the second unit: "With this year's team, we feel pretty strongly that we have to stagger (Curry and Durant). ... Steph is perfectly comfortable playing off the ball. Shaun can post up. I like the look of it."


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Kerr also commended Curry on handling his new role well, saying, “He’s done a great job of handling it. It may not be ideal for him. But he understands this is the best thing for us right now. We have to put the best groups together.”

Curry’s unselfishness is great for winning titles. The Warriors still have one of the best offenses in the league, and regardless of their struggles this season, they’re primed for another Finals run, if not victory.

The problem with Curry’s new role is purely selfish — it’s not as much fun for us, nor seemingly for him.

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It’s a reminder that Curry and the Warriors can’t be the Curry and Warriors of old. The makeup of the team is different, in part because Kevin Durant, who the team needs to appease in order to retain him in free agency, likes to have the ball in his hands to create his own shots. Their guiding principle is no longer to play revolutionary basketball with Curry at the center — pushing the pace, and forcing defenses into hysterics — but to have better players than everyone else.

When the Warriors first got Durant, there was a question of which of the original players would have to sacrifice to accommodate the new superstar. Klay Thompson quickly said that it wouldn’t be him, and his game has largely stayed the same, though he’s in a shooting slump this season. Draymond Green hasn’t been himself on both ends of the floor, but he maintains a similar role to the one he’s always had. Because of Curry’s obscene talent and an attitude that puts team success over everything, he is the one who the burden of adapting always falls on, especially this year.

Maybe Curry will take center stage again once DeMarcus Cousins starts playing and Curry doesn’t need to prop up the bench unit. But based on Kerr’s comments, he’s comfortable with keeping Curry off-the-ball going forward.

Curry’s versatility then, has made him the most valuable player on the team, and at the same time cost him the opportunity to be at his most powerful.

I — and many Warriors fans — miss that. There are few things better in basketball than seeing the Warriors destroy opposing teams with Curry running the show. He voids defensive plans, just as Harden did against the Nuggets. Opponents’ insistence on preventing Curry’s deep threes either leads to high pick and rolls that give him a lot of space to operate, or double-teams that allow him to use his vision to find teammates for open shots.

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Or, it leads to his best highlights, like him making Chris Paul touch the ground. That’s when he sees the trap, doesn’t pass the ball away, and decides to dribble through multiple defenders before releasing a quick shot that demoralizes those trying to stop him.

When Curry was able to play like that, the Warriors team looked more like the next stage of basketball, rather simply an incredibly talented team. Curry looked like he’d cracked the code to the game, like he was operating at a higher level than everyone else. He made the hardest shot in the game look as easy as a layup, and all attempts to contain him feel ridiculous.

That still happens occasionally, but it’s by design now that those game don’t happen as often. Against the Mavericks on Sunday, Curry had one of those signature games, out-dueling Luka Doncic to finish with 48 points and 11 threes. The performance only happened because Durant asked Kerr to call plays for Curry instead of for himself, as Kerr explained after the game:

[KD] knew Steph had it going, and there were a couple plays I called for Kevin, and he said, ‘No, let’s flip it, let’s go the opposite way.’ ... A couple times in timeouts, I drew up a play and he just said, ‘Why don’t Steph and I flip?’ Those guys, they have a feel for what’s happening on the floor, so I’m always willing to change up and make sure they’re comfortable out there with what we’re doing.

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Warrior Wonder: Durant changed plays late in win over Dallas so Steph Curry could get the ball
And yet, Curry didn’t need to have the ball to have a big game. That playing mostly off-the-ball this season has one little to ruin Curry’s effectiveness is a true testament to how great he really is:


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That's it. To finish it up, Curry is shooting:

55/84 at the rim (65.5%)
38/64 in floater range (59.4%)
13/33 from 10-16 ft. (39.4%)
30/69 on long 2's (43.5)

30/58 on corner 3's (51.7%)
118/266 on other 3's (44.4%)

At age 30, there's no real weakness for him as a scorer


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Still, Curry’s selflessness makes the Warriors offense a lot less exciting. Not that aesthetics should be of primary concern to a championship-caliber team, but the idea of the Warriors, what made them so fun a few years ago, was dependent on Curry being the playmaker that he isn’t anymore.

A sacrificial Curry is still great and probably best for the Warriors this season, but it also means that we are missing out on the best version of him. As sensible as the change is, it’s also bittersweet. I miss the old Steph.

 

[TheNig]

They back and they about to get better in 3 days.

 

[dza]

Feels like we’re about to go on a serious run

 

[dayun]

Good win. Keep that top spot.

 

[yseJ]

Feels like we’re about to go on a serious run

Boogie byke in 2 days