Here’s the catch-up post. Aside from Anthony Slater of The Athletic telling us that Stephen Curry and Chris Paul will miss tonight’s game (due to, essentially, load management), we’ll start first with the LA Lakers postgame.Good to see Jonathan Kuminga kind of dispel the rumors that he was ever upset at the coaching staff or front office, telling Ramona Shelburne of ESPN … [Read more...] about Rudy Gay giving Trayce Jackson-Davis advice + mega-digest
Klay boat ride, Saric violent cuts, Lakers pregame + more
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”