We Just Witnessed The Warriors Ruin Their Future

Опубликовано: 19 Март 2024
на канале: MJ2KALLDAY

64,761

The Warriors need helo #nba

The Warriors started the season 5-1 with Curry going off, but it quickly went downhill, a lowpoint being the Warriors losing to the Grizzlies without 4 of their starters and right now they are 10th in the West.

They are trying to win a championship, not be stuck fighting for a play in spot, but they have been inconsisten

*You might think that the Warriors core is old and you’d be right.* Curry is, Klay is, Dray is, but the Warriors have actually stockpiled multiple lottery picks during their short stint of being ass between 2019 and 2021. Jordan Poole at the end of the first round in 2019, they drafted Wiseman with the #2 overall pick in 2020, then Kuminga, Moody in 2021.

Coming into the draft, Wiseman was hailed a physically dominant 7 foot center that could shoot.

The Warriors would finally have a big man of the future and it seemed unfair. I mean the Warrriors have a great track record for developing talent with Curry, Klay, Draymond, even Gary Payton, Poole at the same time period.

He eventually got traded to the Pistons in his 3rd season, the Warriors gave up.

In their championship season, the front office wanted the Warriors to develop their young talent. Wiseman, Kuminga, Moody. Both Bob Myers and Steve Kerr have repeatedly said that they were genuinely surprised that they won last year, that they had a lot of doubts

At least that’s what I said a year and a half ago.

Now the Warriors have more promising young players like Brandin Podziemski, Traycon-Jackson Davis, but still haven’t decided.

And if we look at Kuminga’s minutes for instance, he’ll play 19 minutes one night, then 28 the other, then back to not finishing games in the clutch.

especially when he’s no longer the rookie that makes several boneheaded mistakes, he’s taken a leap especially defensively which we’ll get into in Piece 2.

And Moody, he’ll still get DNPs this season.

Kuminga even said “"Obviously, I'm still a little nervous because I'm still younger on the team where if you lose the ball sometimes, you might come out.” He doesn’t enough faith in his team and coaches to let him play through mistakes and why would he.

Now usually the veterans have been the stable options but not this year and that’s piece #2, the Warriors are alienating their own future in a time where the veterans are struggling and not leading to results. And this young vs old dynamic has been emphasized more because of Wiggins. Wiggins statistically has been one of the worst players in the league in terms of impact.

And by now you should know that Klay Thompson has been inconsistent, but if you don’t, here are some of Klay’s performances 3 points in a loss to Dallas, 1 of 11 from the field, 5 points against OKC, 1 of 10, bro what…several single digit performances along with 7 3 pointers and 30 points against the Bulls.

In fact even looking at his overall stats, he’s shooting 38% from 3, worse than his return season from the Achilles tear, his lowest ever in his career. It’s not that Klay can’t go off, it’s that he’s inconsistent and while that sucks to see, it’s a new reality for the Warriors and what they have to deal with this season.

And Klay’s defense is just not great…Klay and Wiggins on pick and rolls have been hard to watch this season.

It’s why Kerr was forced to bench Klay after waiting more than half the season hoping the old Klay would come back, and while there isn’t anything wrong with that, you would hope that younger players would get the same treatment.

It’s actually the younger players that have been providing consistency.

Brandin Podziemski in his rookie year in just 27 minutes a a game is averaging 9.7 points on 38% from 3, with 5.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists while also creating his own shots. In fact he’s part of the Warriors best lineup. Give him more opportunities. His usage rate has declined a little bit while his minutes have skyrocketed, the next step is to trust him more, more than what Wiggins or Klay have been able to give you.

Now Kerr has found a role for Kuminga to thrive alongside Wiggins in the new Warriors small ball lineup. Curry, Klay, Wiggins, Kuminga, Green and it’s been working. Defensively holding teams to 106.9 defensive rating in 569 minutes, which would be best in the NBA.

These younger players aren’t feelings that same love and so what happens a few years down the road when these players want bigger opportunities?

And that’s the third piece, the veterans need to step up.

Steph Curry started out averaging over 30 points in a game, but had a midseason slump, especially without Draymond. But for the Warriors to have any shot, they need him to basically be an MVP and while that’s not out of the realm of possibility, it’s a tall task.

Chris Paul has been a bit of a disaster, we all know that his curse usually happens in the playoffs but he improves the team in the regular season but not this time.