2022 OFFICIAL NBA PLAYOFF THREAD - NBA FINALS TIME - GS 4-2 - STEVE GETS #4……ON NT - SUMMER JAM SCREEN RECEIPTS INCOMING……

[antidope]

Down 0-1 in the series, but up 2-0 in podcasts.

I slept on this and yeah, they should be able to compartmentalize and be able to spend an hour on a pod and not have it affect anything really but.... We live in a world of optics and this is BAD optics. I don't like it personally. Like don't do this. Especially when the Dre/Dray minutes were a disaster.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Draymond green can always be found in the middle of a warriors implosion holding a stick of dynamite. The 3-1 comeback. The beef with KD. And now..

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

would you prefer to have the nba finals be a day rest between gm and maybe two for travel?
finals could go til 19th if all gms played

Don't worry. It won't take that long

 

[moe200069]

Draymond green can always be found in the middle of a warriors implosion holding a stick of dynamite. The 3-1 comeback. The beef with KD. And now..

implosion? it’s been one game folks. the anti-draymond agenda must be stopped!!

 

[Lizakers]

Lotta pressure on young Poole
Everybody saying he’s the one that has to step up

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Lotta pressure on young Poole
Everybody saying he’s the one that has to step up

Klay more so imo. He had what 12 points in game 1? That ain't gonna cut it when you're one of the Splash Bros

I expect Kerr to get him more involved and for Klay to score 25 plus tomorrow

If Steph and Klay don't average at least 50-60 points combined they're gonna have a hard time winning the series

 

[Based Jesus]

Implosion IS a stretch. It's been one game. But Draymond does taketh pretty damn close to what he giveth.
The worst part is that it's a personality issue, not a talent one. That's a much harder thing to fix. Especially for a vet.

 

[picasso swerve]

 

[lawdog1]

She kind of pulls it off; Perk not so much.

 

[picasso swerve]

Klay more so imo. He had what 12 points in game 1? That ain't gonna cut it when you're one of the Splash Bros

I expect Kerr to get him more involved and for Klay to score 25 plus tomorrow

If Steph and Klay don't average at least 50-60 points combined they're gonna have a hard time winning the series

That, then you add 17 from Wiggs, 8-12 from Looney, you hope Poole gets atleast 15, Otto and others a solid 15-20, Dray with his regular 6-10. Solid.

 

[WASHED KING]

Klay more so imo. He had what 12 points in game 1? That ain't gonna cut it when you're one of the Splash Bros

I expect Kerr to get him more involved and for Klay to score 25 plus tomorrow

If Steph and Klay don't average at least 50-60 points combined they're gonna have a hard time winning the series

This is who Klay is though? Expecting Klay to average 25+ in a Finals is asking for his best playoff series of his career.

Only finals series he did that was 2019, and we all know he ain’t the same player he was then.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

That, then you add 17 from Wiggs, 8-12 from Looney, you hope Poole gets atleast 15, Otto and others a solid 15-20, Dray with his regular 6-10. Solid.

That's the recipe

 

[WASHED KING]

How about Steph scores more than 4 pts in the 4th?

He’s the best player I need to see more.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Before klay was ever injured and in his prime there was a season long debate in here about him being a below average defender . He has always been inconsistent

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

This is who Klay is though? Expecting Klay to average 25+ in a Finals is asking for his best playoff series of his career.

Only finals series he did that was 2019, and we all know he ain’t the same player he was then.

Nah, I just can't agree with that notion.

Yes, Klay has been out two years and may have lost a step defensively. But it ain't even been 10 months since he's been back and we're gonna write him off that quickly? Let's give more benefit of the doubt to the multi-time All-Star and three time champion. Give him a chance to prove himself again. Now if 2-3 years go by and he becomes increasingly inconsistent year after year and struggling to average 16 in a playoff series? Then yeah maybe the "past his prime" conversations can begin.

Klay needs to have opportunities to score to complement Curry because when Klay gets hot, it strikes a different certain type of doubt on the opponents versus when a Poole or a Wiggins gets hot. When it's Klay getting hot, the opposing team now gonna say uh oh, Splash Bros are at it again. Ntm, if both Klay and Curry get hot, guaranteed the rest of the team gonna start feeding off it. We tend to forget that the Splash Brothers show IS the Warriors offense. Its their identity. So they gotta get back to what they do best and let "the others", as Shaq calls them, incorporate themselves and start cookin too.

The reason Klay ain't finding his consistent rhythm is because the emergence of Poole has shifted things a bit in the way the Warriors are utilizing their weapons on offense.

Poole is a ball hamdler who commands the ball and his playmaking abilities, or better yet, his ability to synchronize his play with Klay (like Curry has done all these years) is still for the most part lacking.

That's why in these Finals, Kerr has to find a way to get Klay more involved and coach Poole into slowing down and becoming more picky with his shot selection in order to get his other teammates going

Poole's role should be similar to that of 2015 Barbosa/Livingston. Those two could score 15 plus any given night, but their value was in their ability to impact the game defensively and hit timely buckets. That's the key for Poole in this series. It's not about getting your shots up when GSW is playing a stout defensive squad in the Celtics.

 

[WASHED KING]

Nah, I just can't agree with that notion.

Yes, Klay has been out two years and may have lost a step defensively. But it ain't even been 10 months since he's been back and we're gonna write him off that quickly? Let's give more benefit of the doubt to the multi-time All-Star and three time champion. Give him a chance to prove himself again. Now if 2-3 years go by and he becomes increasingly inconsistent year after year and struggling to average 16 in a playoff series? Then yeah maybe the "past his prime" conversations can begin.

Klay needs to have opportunities to score to complement Curry because when Klay gets hot, it strikes a different certain type of doubt on the opponents versus when a Poole or a Wiggins gets hot. When it's Klay getting hot, the opposing team now gonna say uh oh, Splash Bros are at it again. Ntm, if both Klay and Curry get hot, guaranteed the rest of the team gonna start feeding off it. We tend to forget that the Splash Brothers show IS the Warriors offense. Its their identity. So they gotta get back to what they do best and let "the others", as Shaq calls them, incorporate themselves and start cookin too.

The reason Klay ain't finding his consistent rhythm is because the emergence of Poole has shifted things a bit in the way the Warriors are utilizing their weapons on offense.

Poole is a ball hamdler who commands the ball and his playmaking abilities, or better yet, his ability to synchronize his play with Klay (like Curry has done all these years) is still for the most part lacking.

That's why in these Finals, Kerr has to find a way to get Klay more involved and coach Poole into becoming more picky with his shot selection in order to get his other teammates going.

Poole's role should be similar to that of 2015 Barbosa/Livingston. Those two could score 15 plus any given night, but their value was in their ability to impact the game defensively and hit timely buckets. That's the key for Poole in this series. It's not about getting your shots up.

But outside of 2019 Klay was still only getting you 16-19 a game in the Finals?

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

But outside of 2019 Klay was still only getting you 16-19 a game in the Finals?

That's with KD on the squad. Now that KD ain't there no more, Klay is now Option #2.

Klay has to step up and be more aggressive and manufacture ways to score. Klay has post ability against smaller guys like White and Smart. So find ways to get a switch where you got Smart or White or Pritchard on him, post those smurfs up, and get to the line or shoot a 17 footer over them.

Thr only kind of opportunities Klay seem to be getting are catch n shoot three pointers. He's gotta get more looks in different spots in the court, not just threes.

 

[amitt5504]

If Poole can’t mismatch hunt GS is in the trouble

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Jalen Brown is Boston's undisputed number 2. He stepped up in Game 1.

Who is Golden State's undisputed number 2 behind Curry? Is it Klay? Or some nights is it Poole? Or Wiggins? That's the GSW problem.

Just like you got Tatum and Brown, you gotta have Steph and Klay.

 

[chao7]

I've had a lot of issues with Jaylen in the playoffs, mostly stemming from his sloppy handle. Swear it's not normally this big of a problem. But he came through in the biggest moment possible, all credit to his 4th quarter scoring in general during this run too.

 

[Brownstone]

Why.

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[P C H]

 

[lawdog1]

I've had a lot of issues with Jaylen in the playoffs, mostly stemming from his sloppy handle. Swear it's not normally this big of a problem. But he came through in the biggest moment possible, all credit to his 4th quarter scoring in general during this run too.

Teams put more of an emphasis on attacking perceived player weaknesses in the playoffs. Warriors saw that Jaylen had problems against the Heat, particularly Oladipo, when he dribbled against pressure and reaching.

 

[noblekane]