golden state warriors thread

so we dont spam up the main thread with too much gsw stuff

i love any and all klay boat content
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBryU1pVcAYoZx4?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

I totally missed Avery Bradley is on the team now

he might not make the final roster. everyone is hoping its gary payton II. bradley has looked bad in the minutes ive seen him and hasnt looked good in a few seasons really

My understanding is: Payton is signed for this season so they'd have to eat the money for this season if they waive him. Bradley is on an exhibit 10 which they could convert to a 2-way even if they keep Payton. If they cut Payton they'd have to have him pass through waivers to sign him to a two-way.

actually, bradley is ineligible for a two-way due to service time, so he would have to be a straight up g-leaguer

hmm. i think they should roll w GP2. Obv if AB was even like 80% of what he was he would be better but I like the idea of a real defensive ball hawk that's young and hungry to prove himself.

Spottie, thanks for creating a safe space to talk about how Jordan Poole will make the all star team this year

haha i think 6th man of the year would be ideal honestly, or most improved. he may get too many starts in klays absence to be eligible for 6moy. either way im probably more excited to see him play than anything outside of klays return.

Nice to see Steph and Dray at the Giants game.

well thats an option i guess. might not be too bad an idea to leave that spot open for buyout spot idk

Warriors waived tonight: Jordan Bell, Avery Bradley, Mychal Mulder and Gary Payton II. 15th roster spot open for now.

— Monte Poole (@MontePooleNBCS) October 16, 2021

aww was kinda rooting for bell.

yeah same, i thought he was a building block!
is payton's son an nba player for the long haul or no? i haven't seen enough of him.

apparently payton II can’t do anything at all on offense

Yah report on him is that he’s an all time on ball defender but a zero on offense. Like a shorter and worse offensive player than tony Allen

so.... euroleague?

After waiving him Saturday, Golden State has re-signed Gary Payton II.

More NBA from me: https://t.co/LGN9cVpeGP pic.twitter.com/Od3jt7rMDF

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 19, 2021

makes sense

GP2 played for like 3 seconds to end the 1st half and he got a steal haha

wiseman is a large human
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCP1_PxUcAEghAg?format=jpg&name=medium

cuet
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/warriors-damion-lee-juan-toscano-anderson-share-evil-twins-bond

Toscano-Anderson said their friendship helped him survive in the NBA, a place he “thought I knew” but discovered was far different. He trusts Lee with his deepest thoughts.

“You need that. You need that in life, you know, as men we don't express ourselves when we don't find people we can just be vulnerable with. Not only as men, but as Black men. We tend to just kind of mask that stuff.”

Well, I finally saw my first pro 8-second violation. One of Dray's many boneheaded turnovers last night.

the TOs were brutal last night. felt like the majority of them were just plain stupid and pointless

I was yelling at the TV “a no-look pass means you don’t look!”

lol Andre - 2p/4r/10a/2s in 17 minutes

insane line

and liek every assist he was pointing at the pels bench someone musta said something to him early on

Andre Iguodala on their 7-1 start and if he thinks they are a good team: "Uhh, we okay, a work in progress. We had a favorable schedule so you shouldn't look too much into it.

— Joe Viray (@JoeVirayNBA) November 6, 2021

I agree

classic iggy lol

seriously the chase crowd is doodoo steph and dray having to yell at them just stand up and clap

“Come on muthafuckas” he fed up wit that bunk ass crowd 😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/gMRiNdTH0k

— STAY100 (@Bounc3Bike9800) November 9, 2021

shouldve stayed in oakland

i watched the hawks feed last night and those boys were salty when curry got his 50 lmao

Hawks Play by Play guy in his feelings about Steph getting 50 pic.twitter.com/t1IdYBfNwb

— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) November 9, 2021

lol what babies

pffffft 50 i do that for brkfst

I wonder if I'll ever go to another Warriors game. $120 for nosebleeds with a bad crowd? In a boring neighborhood? Zzz

come out to phx we can see them for less

Yeah the tickets are ridiculous for the Dubs. .01 percenters only.

I love Steph, Klay and Dray with all my heart but if they never get another ring because of the Curse of Oracle I'll understand.

So fun tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbqxrHpdE6g

Wiggins most aggressive game I’ve ever seen.

Does he promise to?

Andrew Wiggins: “I’m going to keep it rolling. I’m going to stay aggressive.”

— Rusty Simmons (@Rusty_SFChron) November 11, 2021

the highlight clip on espn was titled wiggins dunks hard on kat twice lol i was like hmm

really promising stuff from kuminga the last few games.

From @ElGee35’s recent video: Steph’s greatness pic.twitter.com/HckrWeS00q

— mathketball (@Mathketball1) November 19, 2021

and after all that the most impressive part is how he's able to set his feet and get off the shot after sprinting to the spot from the other direction

The Warriors starters tonight

Gary Payton II
Jordan Poole
Andrew Wiggins
Juan Toscano-Anderson
Kevon Looney

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) November 19, 2021

and after all that the most impressive part is how he's able to set his feet and get off the shot after sprinting to the spot from the other direction

― J0rdan S., Friday, November 19, 2021 2:10 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah all that and he still has less than a quarter of a second to get the shot off clean, and does

they won with that lineup! know your opponent i guess.

Good stuff from Poole and Wiggins last night. Once klay comes back Poole will fill his rightful role as the microwave 6th man and he’ll be able to maximize his strengths a little more.

"the player and his crew were taking bags and bags of catered food home after games." lol

hes got a hungry crew

Good lord that's pretty bogan af. Unprofessional to use a different term

Ultimately, after reading the article and stepping back, Lacob getting involved in the basketball decisions is what fucked this. More he does that, more this franchise will crater post Curry. Let the basketball people do their thing and stay out of it

time stamp 58 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1uX6dUZWhE

Wondering if they're just sneakily tanking at this stage with Curry out indefinitely. Maybe Lacob can pull some strings and get the #1 pick while finishing 10th

pretty impressed with the effort level. even with a decimated roster theyre mostly hanging around

Steve Kerr wants to go out with a winning record I guess.

the dubs have five former or current santa cruz sea dubs playing at once right now

starting lineup tonight:

Brandin Podziemski
Malevy Leons
Nate Williams
Pat Spencer
Kristaps Porzingus

mostly players i have heard of

@anthonyVslater

The Warriors will rule out Steph Curry for another 10 days, stretching five more games, sources tell me and @ShamsCharania. There has been notable progress. He’s back on the court and expected to intensify workouts in upcoming days. Absence will reach at least 20 games.

I mean at this point just shut him down... I would hate to see him have to potentially sit out most of next year injured

Depends what he wants. I think he’d still rather try and get into the playoffs and play some meaningful games. Prob the right move to shut it down. Everything setting up for one last ride next season.

Exactly, but Curry def has agency here. I just hope he doesn't get unlucky. Seen too many Achilles tears lately

not much silver lining on the season but loving the gui santos experiment. 16/6/4 post all star break plus all the hustle plays he already made. showing some pretty crafty playmaking and bucket getting too. seems like he'll be a lock in the rotation going forward.

career high 31 last night

going to be a really weird season next year. starting without one star plus one of their starters and who knows if moody will play at all next year. draymond has really lost it and probably needs to be scaled to 22-25 minutes per game. a lot riding on if jimmy is himself when he comes back.

will they re-sign zinger? i think they offer him like 2/45-50 type of thing.

can they keep melton? he will opt out and i think he'll get ~15M a season pretty easily out there. dubs can only pay him like $4M so unless he wants to take a crazy pay cut... he gone

blow it up imo

i think after next season they will. and currys not gonna ask for it so you gotta ride it out til the wheels fall off with him i think

This was the ride til the wheels fall off year. They fell off.

steph jimmy and dray all coming off the books after next season gotta think theyre planning on riding it out, not sure what happens after tho

yeah it was always next year when they're all off the books.

Yeah it's better to 'honor' Curry with another terrible season at the end of his prime. That way you can achieve the cool goal of having him ride into the sunset with his boys.

worse things have happened

I mean if that's what Curry wants, who am I to judge. But I would rather see him playing meaningful basketball somewhere.

they could still try and put a better roster together too

That would probably require curry to consider taking less than his supermax

the podz hate is really weird to me, sometimes our fanbase is the worst

podz is a good-ish NBA starter. there's a fuckton of guard talent in the league, so it isn't like he's much better than the preponderance of the starting guards out there. no reason to hate him, but no reason to attach more than about average value to him.

hes fine. completely fine player. always available, plays hard, glue guy. pretty good late 1st round pick. but he's getting booed by fans at sporting events and its weird and dumb.

Kerr back, 2 year deal

goin down with the ship, cant say i blame him.

yeah gotta ride it out

Much better gig than espn

Didn't expect it, but happy to see it

sad state of affairs right now

Yeah, one theory is that they're staying in a holding pattern this offseason and waiting for NEXT offseason to try get another big FA when they have more cap space (presumably could pick up someone who wants a big extension via trade too).

lolz its now or never folks

(it's never)

mmmm yes next year when curry is 39 years old, sounds good!

Steph 2 years $116 million

Really don’t know how much maneuvering they can do… I guess this leaves them with 10 mil in cap space.

With Steph nominally healthy and wanting to play GS had no leverage in these negotiations other than to say 'please be reasonable in your demands.'

GSW wasn't attempting to have leverage. They let him do whatever he wanted to do.

wonder what hes thinking about how long hell play, hes still really good cant stay healthy tho

GSW wasn't attempting to have leverage.

Thus showing a perfect understanding of their position going in.

Apparently that's the discounted price.

nthony Slater
@anthonyVslater

Kristaps Porzingis is out indefinitely to open training camp with a health issue, per Warriors. Another immediate blow to their depth.

I mean it's Kristaps MoreSickness. What did you expect?!

amazing career of never playing basketball

The true hoops unicorn.

hate health issues those ones tend to recur