Starting to fall a little behind here with the digests but I promise to make it up to you soon with some super-long informational posts this weekend. Meantime, let’s get caught up on the three biggest developments over the last three days: 1) a boat ride with Captain Klay Thompson, 2) Dario Saric with my favorite description of Steve Kerr’s system for the Golden State Warriors … [Read more...] about Klay boat ride, Saric violent cuts, Lakers pregame + more
Steph Curry details fit with Chris Paul: “he connects a lot of different lineups”
I finally got around to transcribing yesterday’s morning shootaround interview with Stephen Curry and this couldn’t wait, because it was so good. With the questions coming from ESPN’s Ros Gold-Onwude, Curry went into a deep dive on Chris Paul’s fit with him and the Golden State Warriors.There was also the origin story of how his name is pronounced “Steffen”, not “Steven”, on … [Read more...] about Steph Curry details fit with Chris Paul: “he connects a lot of different lineups”
Livingston, Bjelica, Myers, Gui, Lamb, Jessup, Wiggins, Steph, GP2, Kerr, Looney
Haven’t found my rhythm yet for after games, apparently, so this is mostly a digest and then notes from practice yesterday. As for the LA Lakers vs Golden State Warriors preseason game recap, I’m working on a detailed Xs & Os video that has exactly 100 clips in it. That should come out in the next couple of days and I’ll attached the pregame, in-game, and postgame notes and … [Read more...] about Livingston, Bjelica, Myers, Gui, Lamb, Jessup, Wiggins, Steph, GP2, Kerr, Looney
Podziemski: “Just Stephen Curry. That’s it… Goes in every time”
Let us take a moment to simply enjoy Brandin Podziemski’s response to Monte Poole’s question yesterday on if anything about the NBA has surprised him so far. I mean, I’ve talked about BPodz having a “dawg” mentality such that hardly anything ever fazes him. But there’s always Wardell:Just Stephen Curry. That’s it. Really. Nothing in terms of terminology, or flow or stuff like … [Read more...] about Podziemski: “Just Stephen Curry. That’s it… Goes in every time”
Is CP3’s “it’s just basketball” the new “it’s huge”? + music, Mike Brown, Klay’s dad Mychal, Lakers
Yesterday aka Day 4 was the slowest day of training camp so far and yet I feel like there’s still so much to talk about. I know I write these like diarie, but to avoid burying the lede I’ll jump right into the Chris Paul presser.First of all it was held upstairs on what I guess is now called the “Above the Rim” spot on the 9th Floor, formerly known as “Sky Deck”. That’s why … [Read more...] about Is CP3’s “it’s just basketball” the new “it’s huge”? + music, Mike Brown, Klay’s dad Mychal, Lakers