“Steve Kerr is the best relationship manager in the league,” an insider recently told me. I agree. I’m starting to think that he has more belief in the 2023-24 Golden State Warriors than Oracle Arena itself in the #WeBelieve 2007 Baron Davis-led No. 8 playoff team.Maybe it’s relative. Maybe a guy with so much belief in his squad in comparison to the general public stands out … [Read more...] about Kerr believes in Podziemski’s hook shot the way he believes in his team
Some fans still didn’t learn anything 24 hours after Deki’s tribute
I was gonna write a thing about how Steve Kerr (with buy-in over the years from Stephen Curry and Draymond Green and — oh btw at the time — Luke Walton, plus Mike Brown) has never called timeout in that type of situation.But I’m exhausted. By the Sith Lord force lightning. By the whining of fans on social media. So I’ll write about it later, maybe do a video for YouTube. Gonna … [Read more...] about Some fans still didn’t learn anything 24 hours after Deki’s tribute
Memphis top-blocking of Curry led to “get Kuminga the ball” via Steph screens 😱
So it looks like Steve Kerr and the coaching staff actually changed things up from “get the ball to Stephen Curry (or Klay Thompson)” and, after all that top-blocking by the Memphis Grizzlies, decided to put Curry in the screener’s role to ultimately “get Jonathan Kuminga the ball” against the Atlanta Hawks last night. Wow! 😱 I was pleading for it after the Christmas Game, then … [Read more...] about Memphis top-blocking of Curry led to “get Kuminga the ball” via Steph screens 😱
Kuminga “was hesitating a lot…Draymond told me just be who you are”
Wow, did the Warriors run a “pet play” for Jonathan Kuminga at the end of the third quarter, tic-tac-toe style, after Stephen Curry chose to give Klay Thompson the last-second heroics in the previous frame? Check our game notes way below.I ran a poll at halftime to ask the audience if Curry should have delivered the ball to Kuminga instead, to end the half. JK actually got a … [Read more...] about Kuminga “was hesitating a lot…Draymond told me just be who you are”
NBA mourns passing of Dejan “Deki” Milojevic, Warriors on IG, coaches/players on podium
The embedded video above has Dejan “Deki” Milojevic’s fellow countrymen Darko Rajakovic and Bogdan Bogdanovic on the podium recently, as well as Mike Brown, Michael Malone and Erik Spoelstra. Here are chapters and timestamps:0:00 Deki with Festus Ezeli 0:06 Erik Spoelstra 0:38 Michael Malone1:41 Mike Brown6:38 Darko Rajakovic8:36 Jama Mahlalela postgame Raptors locker room9:32 … [Read more...] about NBA mourns passing of Dejan “Deki” Milojevic, Warriors on IG, coaches/players on podium