I know I said a couple posts ago that Steve Kerr giving Jonathan Kuminga a DNP against the LA Clippers — which subsequently also happened against Memphis — was a “fireable offense” as it pertains to salary cap optionality, but (a) I'm still getting my hands around the sign-and-trade calculus for JK in the off-season — Marc Stein just gave a tidbit on that during the day of Game … [Read more...] about Kerr references Tex Winter, John Wooden and Lute Olson at practice
Draymond praises Trayce Jackson-Davis for standing in tunnel
There was a super-shout-out last night on the podium from Draymond Green to Trayce Jackson-Davis, when asked if watching one Wardell Stephen Curry score their final 10 points was special:…I wanna mention something that I saw today that no one will give a shit about, sorry. Trayce Jackson-Davis did something on the bench today. He didn't play in the game. There was no seats left … [Read more...] about Draymond praises Trayce Jackson-Davis for standing in tunnel
Will Kerr’s fatal flaw cost the franchise Kuminga?
This one is tough to put in words, so I did a podcast, my first one in about five years. Here are the Spotify, iTunes and YouTube links:I think I’ll just share my conversations with my people below, but some stuff to preface: Steve Kerr and one Wardell Stephen Curry both at the same time revealed their fatal flaws in the loss to the Clippers. Obviously, for Kerr it was the DNP … [Read more...] about Will Kerr’s fatal flaw cost the franchise Kuminga?
The truths about Kuminga
Apparently one Wardell Stephen Curry’s attempt to clear some space for Jonathan Kuminga, over a week ago in LA after the Lakers game, have backfired. I wrote about Jerry Stackhouse and his chess against them and the Nuggets, so I didn’t really cover what was said that night, although I did talk about Kuminga in the previous post after JK’s performance versus the Spurs.Here’s … [Read more...] about The truths about Kuminga
Steph Curry: “make it a one-game blip”
Looking at the critical moments where the Warriors lost the lead the other night against the Spurs, you can see that it boiled down to two instances: the start of the 2nd quarter when a 32-23 end-of-first lead became a 43-35 deficit, and the 10:12 mark of the 4th quarter when a 90-81 lead dwindled to 92-91.In the second, Gui Santos had trouble staying in front without fouling … [Read more...] about Steph Curry: “make it a one-game blip”