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People have been saying his style of play and unwillingness to make any adjustments was problematic going back to his OKC days.
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People have been saying his style of play and unwillingness to make any adjustments was problematic going back to his OKC days.
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Russ in the bubble playoffs last year was a hilarious watch. It was like dude was trying to perform at the combine showing us how great of an athlete he was while completely disregarding the game of basketball.
I kinda give him a pass though cause last season was B/S, he caught COVID, a messed up knee and had to co-exist with Ranger Jim.
I kinda give him a pass though cause last season was B/S, he caught COVID, a messed up knee and had to co-exist with Ranger Jim.
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I've always said OKC won games in spite of him
KD, Harden and Serge more than made up for his boneheadedness
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What do you call a high IQ basketball player with good stats that consistently makes low IQ plays in crucial situations? Is that a bad player as well? Just trying to gauge what the sliding scale on players is since a 9 time all star, 9 time all NBA player is a bad and losing player.
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Do the Warriors (Steve Kerr) actually care about making the playoffs? I can’t tell. They’re not good, but it also seems sometimes like Kerr isn’t that concerned with winning.
If they don’t care, then just go ahead and shut Steve down.
If they don’t care, then just go ahead and shut Steve down.
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He had a quote from early in the season, "we're not going to chase wins" that fans/media are using to kick his ***.
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He's having fun regardless
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I mean why did bruh two posts above type all that 
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There was a recent about whether they were doing a “soft tank” or failing to adapt to the NBA (I’ve included the piece on the Warriors in the spoiler below). I think it’s a mix of both. Kerr’s system hasn’t changed and Meyers ‘n em have compiled a roster of developmental players and pieces that don’t fit in said system. I feel Kerr isn’t interested in making the appropriate adjustments to fit the personnel and here we are. As far as Steph, if he is healthy then I’m onboard with playing him.
It’s time to embrace the pick-and-roll.
Last week, the Warriors ran 10 pick-and-rolls with Steph Curry as the ball handler and James Wiseman as the screener. It was the most Curry and Wiseman had tallied together in a game since late January. Steve Kerr was asked after the game whether he plans to use more pick-and-rolls, which is something he’s long resisted with Golden State’s past contenders.
“We want to continue to run plenty of pick-and-rolls,” Kerr said, noting Wiseman’s grasp of the intricacies of screening—timing, angles, and skills like that—as a reason. The next game, a 53-point loss to the Raptors, Curry didn’t play. And on Sunday against the Hawks, they ran seven, near their season average of 6.5, according to Second Spectrum. None of these totals come close to pick-and-rolls run per game by duos ranging from Trae Young and Clint Capela (19.2) to De’Aaron Fox and Richaun Holmes (15.7) to even Dejounte Murray and Jakob Poeltl (9.1).
It’ll take more than one game to know whether Golden State will really run more pick-and-roll with Curry and Wiseman this season, but Warriors fans have been asking for it all year, for good reason. Since 2017-18, including this disappointing season, the Warriors score 1.07 points per pick-and-roll with Curry as the ball handler, which leads the league during this time frame. Here is the top five:
Pick-and-Roll Maestros
Even if Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, and Green are all off the court, Curry’s name would still rank first (1.05) when he’s running a pick-and-roll. That stat surprised me, but it speaks to his greatness. This is precisely why many Warriors fans have been frustrated: Curry is the NBA’s most efficient pick-and-roll scorer and a dynamic playmaker, yet Kerr rarely utilizes him in this action even when Klay is out, KD is gone, and the team drafted a rim-running rookie whose best skill is finishing.
Adaptability is the hallmark of sustained success in sports history—from the New England Patriots to the New Zealand national rugby union team to the NBA’s own Spurs. After the Warriors lost to the Raptors in the 2019 Finals, I wondered how they’d change in the years to come. Two years later, the system is analogous and the roster has only gotten worse. Kerr and his coaching staff aren’t entirely to blame—Bob Myers and the front office chose to stock the roster with a lot of players who are still in a developmental phase. Even if Curry went full Harden, teams would just blitz and trap his pick-and-rolls all day long to make someone else beat them. Unless Thompson returns to full powers and stays healthy, there’s no other scorer on this team who makes defenses sweat. This team is filled with players—including Wiseman—who struggle to make rapid decisions in the read-and-react system that worked for past veteran teams.
This speaks to the importance of maximizing the coming years by tweaking the system to fit the talents of the players, by finding new players, or both. Curry is 33. Thompson and Green are both 31. Do these three really have time to wait for Wiseman to figure out how to help on defense? Or for Kerr to make the pick-and-roll the first play up the court, and not the last option at the end of the clock? The passage of time in sports often necessitates change. This season has shown the Warriors are in need of a makeover.
Last week, the Warriors ran 10 pick-and-rolls with Steph Curry as the ball handler and James Wiseman as the screener. It was the most Curry and Wiseman had tallied together in a game since late January. Steve Kerr was asked after the game whether he plans to use more pick-and-rolls, which is something he’s long resisted with Golden State’s past contenders.
“We want to continue to run plenty of pick-and-rolls,” Kerr said, noting Wiseman’s grasp of the intricacies of screening—timing, angles, and skills like that—as a reason. The next game, a 53-point loss to the Raptors, Curry didn’t play. And on Sunday against the Hawks, they ran seven, near their season average of 6.5, according to Second Spectrum. None of these totals come close to pick-and-rolls run per game by duos ranging from Trae Young and Clint Capela (19.2) to De’Aaron Fox and Richaun Holmes (15.7) to even Dejounte Murray and Jakob Poeltl (9.1).
It’ll take more than one game to know whether Golden State will really run more pick-and-roll with Curry and Wiseman this season, but Warriors fans have been asking for it all year, for good reason. Since 2017-18, including this disappointing season, the Warriors score 1.07 points per pick-and-roll with Curry as the ball handler, which leads the league during this time frame. Here is the top five:
Pick-and-Roll Maestros
| BALL HANDLER | POINTS PER CHANCE | PICKS PER 100 POSSESSIONS |
|---|---|---|
| BALL HANDLER | POINTS PER CHANCE | PICKS PER 100 POSSESSIONS |
| Stephen Curry | 1.07 | 32.1 |
| Kyrie Irving | 1.04 | 37.9 |
| Damian Lillard | 1.04 | 50.1 |
| Luka Doncic | 1.04 | 56.8 |
| James Harden | 1.03 | 48.6 |
Adaptability is the hallmark of sustained success in sports history—from the New England Patriots to the New Zealand national rugby union team to the NBA’s own Spurs. After the Warriors lost to the Raptors in the 2019 Finals, I wondered how they’d change in the years to come. Two years later, the system is analogous and the roster has only gotten worse. Kerr and his coaching staff aren’t entirely to blame—Bob Myers and the front office chose to stock the roster with a lot of players who are still in a developmental phase. Even if Curry went full Harden, teams would just blitz and trap his pick-and-rolls all day long to make someone else beat them. Unless Thompson returns to full powers and stays healthy, there’s no other scorer on this team who makes defenses sweat. This team is filled with players—including Wiseman—who struggle to make rapid decisions in the read-and-react system that worked for past veteran teams.
This speaks to the importance of maximizing the coming years by tweaking the system to fit the talents of the players, by finding new players, or both. Curry is 33. Thompson and Green are both 31. Do these three really have time to wait for Wiseman to figure out how to help on defense? Or for Kerr to make the pick-and-roll the first play up the court, and not the last option at the end of the clock? The passage of time in sports often necessitates change. This season has shown the Warriors are in need of a makeover.
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“Soft tank” has now supplanted “potential assist” as my favorite NBA related term I just learned this year.
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nice to see you back in here my brother in arms
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Might not be interesting to most of yall but I just found out that Kyle anderson is averaging a career high this year with 82% forehead
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Jersey basketball legend. His shot is much improved it seems. The one "Flaw" in his game was that.
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D rose was ready to check in with his chain on.
okc won despite rush???
okc won despite rush???
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It feels like though that an unwillingness to make any adjustments ≠ doesn't care about winning.
Some of these guys are just stubborn believing they'll come through, while caring about winning, and will throw up 20+ inefficient shots in a losing effort. I don't think if he had played a more controlled style they end up beating the 2014 Spurs or 2016 Warriors (this one is debatable). There was a lot that went wrong for the Thunder in those two. But then again we don't know.
And then any adjustments wouldn't have equaled winning anything for those post-KD Thunder or Houston teams, they wouldn't have had enough no matter if he adjusted his type of play.
I don't think he doesn't care about winning though at all.
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I can see why Russ would take the lion's share of the blame but KD and harden each wet the bed in their own right when they teamed with him
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