Golden State Warriors thread - All Star 5

[fidstar]

Player rankings based on expectations

Curry - C
Draymond - B
Wiggin - B-
TJD - C
GP - C

Kuminga - B
Looney - B
Hield - A+
Pods - B-
Anderson - C
Waters - B+
Moody - B
Melton - NR

 

[AJ_2000]

Player rankings based on expectations

Curry - C
Draymond - B
Wiggin - B-
TJD - C
GP - C

Kuminga - B
Looney - B
Hield - A+
Pods - B-
Anderson - C
Waters - B+
Moody - B
Melton - NR

It's been buckets or air balls with Draymond . Thankfully they've been turning into accidental passed

 

[AJ_2000]

Another huge win key OKC today. Been a great to real up the wins and only one loss.

 

[fidstar]

Talk about making a game interesting that didn't need to be!

2 out of 3 is outstanding!!!

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

It's a shame we had to put 30 back in, but I suppose we're still tinkering with line ups.

Won't help his contract talks, but Kuminga looks good off bench.

 

[AJ_2000]

Nice touch today for the return of Klay to the Bay by handing out sailor captain hats to the fans . Klay has a good outing for the Mavs and Stef hits a night night dagger and everyone goes home happy

Crazy to see the rapid improvement to 9-2 by using the funds saved and salary cap flexibility.

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

Deep down Stef and Dray would have hated to drop that. Both were huge.

Loon has worked his way back to valuable minutes. Setting some Bogut-esque screens and crashing the offensive boards again (9!).

We probably drop that if Luka is humble enough to throw Kyrie the ball.

 

[fidstar]

Watching Klay with another uniform made me sick to my stomach.

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

Perfunctory win. Nice not to have to rack up minutes on Stef and Dray.

We start clear favourite in the next 5 before a ridiculously tough 10 game stretch.

Hopefully we can save a few petrol tickets over the next few games and get through no worse than 4 and 1.

 

[AJ_2000]

10-2 is a crazy good start.

Draymond getting tossed, us building massive leads and watching them get scaled back dramatically.

 

[fidstar]

Clippers have our number!

9-19 from the free-throw line cost us, especially when they were 16-18.

 

[fidstar]

Melton out for the year sucks, though it was always a risk given his history.

 

[AJ_2000]

Clippers have our number!

9-19 from the free-throw line cost us, especially when they were 16-18.

2 losses to a team that is pretty average is a head scratcher.

 

[AJ_2000]

Another close win today, had to grind it out down the stretch, but with the Mavs knocking over the Nuggets, we've won our group and qualified for the knockout phase of the NBA Cup.

Warriors clinch spot in NBA Cup knockout round with Mavs win over Nuggets

The Warriors are on their way to the knockout stage of the NBA Cup.

warriorswire.usatoday.com

Poor Klay went 0-8 today with 0 points. Aside from his return to the Bay, he's really struggled.

 

[AJ_2000]

Back to back road games with the Spurs tomorrow. Not ideal with a really tough stretch between now and the New Year.

Still to be 12-3 and top of the West is beyond any expectations even the most optimistic warriors fan could have.

 

[fidstar]

Well that was harder work than it needed to be.

 

[AJ_2000]

Well that was harder work than it needed to be.

Been a few like that, but facinated to see how we back up at the Spurs today. They're a decent team at 500, and will be interesting to see how we match up with Wemby

 

[AJ_2000]

Compton to The Bay: Kendrick Lamar's new album could be good for the Warriors

The past four times Kendrick Lamar has released an album have coincided with Warriors titles ... could it happen a fifth time?

www.espn.com

Maybe our form turnaround shouldn't be a surprise

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

And so it begins...

 

[fidstar]

Even when we were up 17 we were playing horribly.

 

[fidstar]

Yeah, we probably want to beat the Nets...

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

It's not panic stations but Kerr would want to get his head around some closing line ups...and soon.

What are our thoughts with the Melton trade?

I saw something around Melton and Kuminga for Schroeder and Zaire Williams...don't hate that.

 

[fidstar]

Man, that was bad.

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

FFS. Could argue we did well to be up in the 4th without 30...but failed to close out again.

Kuminga 0-4 and a turnover in the last 5 minutes. Ouch.

 

[fidstar]

Solid game after we could have mailed it in when they got off to a hot start. Could have easily been a 30 point loss.