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Warriors vs Kings GM-66

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Warriors vs Kings GM-66

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Podski is the set back up PG for me because he is a Swiss Army Knife. When Steph moves on then maybe starting pt. I predicted Moses would be starting 2G from before he got his contract. He has all the tools of an ideal 2G for Dubs. GPIi would be if he had a greater wing span and height. Let read the gamebflow from the bench then come on and play starter minutes. That NBA practice of paydifference between starters and benches should be expanded to inclued minutes played per game in the equation. I also believe Lacomb already locked down a lucrative contract for JK which will be top heavy guarantied at the back end (3 yrs) . It will also be renegotiate up in yhe last of the 5. JK could be the first super star since LBJ to go on a run of 2 year max deals after this first. At 27 that would be bouco $$$$$$$ beyond what he would ever had dreamed.

Dale Happy Knowles

I fully agree with you Dale. I am not a Podz hater, I know he’s like a Swiss Army knife, but I prefer him coming off the bench and playing between 24 - 28 min imo. Post for me should be the starter if it’s against a big team, and kuminga or santos to start against smaller teams. Lately we have had good starts with Post, but I have a feeling when Podz comes back he’ll be reinserted to the starting lineup. Thank you for your thoughts 🙏🏽

Uday A.

I’m even more excited for Kumingas defense. A poa defender would help a lot. Tired of seeing dubs struggle to get 2 points in 24sec and then the opposition running and getting a layup right away. Let’s goooooi

Salvador

Warriors have lowkey blown a 20+ point lead twice in last 2 games. Hope it doesn't continue..

Erin Laskey

I’ve just been calling him the king slayer but yours is much better

Swole Mole

I agree. Especially LAL leaking oil with Lebron and Doncic injured and the difficulty of their schedule, I bet they keep dropping

Kevin Morris

He got consistent playing time. FINALLY!

Point Gawd

I don't know. Buddy has upped his defense, he hustles as much as anyone and more than most, and he brings joy every minute of the game. Basically, Buddy gives you Klay-like shooting numbers but in every other way is the opposite of post-injury Klay, to the relief of every Warrior on the team and knowledgeable members of Warrior Nation. It'd be a shame to bench that. I'd say for Buddy 15-20 minutes a game seems about right, IF my memory of what minutes he's been playing lately is accurate (big IF).

Point Gawd

I am surprised anyone thought JK just wanted to "get his." But, how could he contribute languishing on the bench behind Anthony Lamb? A talented person who wants to be part of a team is probably not going to be happy seeing their skills waste away while less talented lower-potential players are placed ahead of them AND screw up on court without consequences.

Point Gawd

May I suggest a line up many may not fathom. Starters: Steph Moody Jimmy JK Post Backups: Podski Buddy Gui GPII/TJD Looney Closers; Steph GPII Moses Jimmy Dray/JK

Dale Happy Knowles

Yo Alch. Curious what you think the starting line up should be when Podz comes back. Keep rolling with Post? Go with Podz? Or base it on which team we play against? Btw, that was a great comment about us having Butler, teams can no longer switch everything.

Uday A.

Seeing JK's interview it struck me how I think he enjoys more than just "getting his", he honestly likes being part of the team and making the team better. That's a very important attribute for success. Curry culture baby.

Neal X

Those are the lineups that change the fate. The 4 guard lineups perform the worst. I see Dray minutes reducing to 20 with focus on closing. JK and Jimmy carry the load. Dray and Steph to seal the deal.

Dale Happy Knowles

BTW I forgot to give Post his due love. The shooting I newbwasbthere but that dawg is coming out. He even calling or direction traffic. That will be big when he really have that down pack.

Dale Happy Knowles

KD might be a better talent but Jimmy is a far better player. KD is one dimensional. - Scorer because of his height advantage. When matched up against long lengthy argile components KD ain't all that. Jimmy, Steph and GPII play way bigger than their size. Most bigs post players up in the paint and post up players their size or smaller. Steph post up all sizes at the 3 pt line with success.

Dale Happy Knowles

KD might be a better player, but Jimmy is a better leader

Qiushi Hu

thats tufff

Jordan Reitzes

You’ve always talked about how important “winning habits” are in this league, particularly towards the end of the season. Not only is Jimmy’s presence winning us games, he’s helping develop winning habits custom-fit to our roster construction. His superpower is finding the straightest-line path to victory and executing it, no matter what that means for his stats. Steph and Dray have similar mentalities, although not quite as extreme. Jimmy is the perfect addition to the strength in numbers culture.

thomas

If Podz come back just let him be the back up PG, don’t cut Gui. Gui is obviously better player and bigger size at this point of time.

Natto Santo

Love ur take on kuminga’s defense~ and now going noticed is dray’s activeness. They do belive.

Sean An

With respect I dont think Steph was “bad” last night. All game I was happy that he played the right way. Unc shd check the clip at the end of the game petty king told keegan where he shd have helped off. Kings wanted to pull another usual strategy against the Ws and no it didnt work this time.

Sean An

Lavine shot 80% but was -34! I can't remember a player with a larger minus in a game this season.

Jerry Heverly

I try not to also but I got a good amount of homies from sac so they got a lil annoying 😂

Alaase Shambe

I agree, podz is the backup pg and thats it, cant shoot and is a hustle guy, gui is basically podz with better size and a better shooter. He shouldnt be getting 20 or 30 min. Cut podz to normal back pg min and let gui get some of those

realdubs

Got to go to this game. Great one. Also QP's first name is pronounced quin-ten not quen-tin. Great vid alch

nick deupree

What pods brings is the same as what draymond jimmy and gui bring.

B Master

Maybe a bad workout or didnt work him out...

Athletic Alchemy

I give you permission to be optimistic Jensen lol its healthy!

Athletic Alchemy

true true they have been.. but I never payed it no mind

Athletic Alchemy

in a good way.. it means he does the dirty work

Athletic Alchemy

that would be ideal.. but I dont know if we want to go back to these super big rotations thats why I suggested Gui being the odd man out.. but I could be talked out of it!

Athletic Alchemy

Also JK was awesome in his first game back. And if Kerr is trying to figure out where to get minutes for him it’s simple. Buddy seriously only needs to play like 10 minutes a night. Is Kerr seriously ready to roll into a playoff series with Buddy Hield playing more than 15 minutes in a game? Will be a disaster.

Brett Levenson

Real talk Sac now looks like we did pre Jimmy. The biggest change since Jimmy joined is just that Steph and Draymond in particular have belief and are playing like it. But the whole team believes they’re going to win every game and so they fight the whole game. Runs from the other team don’t lead to panic but instead to persistence as they just believe they’re going to get it under control. Sac looks like us before the trade. They expect they are going to lose.

Brett Levenson

Others hitting threes was a huge part of the '14-'16 stretch: Iguodala, Draymond, Speights, etc.

Steve

GUI and jimmy and draymond are all ball handlers.

B Master

The Warriors turning Jimmy Butler into Jokic is something im here for

Andy Williams

Alc I suggest 10 of JK minutes is going to come from Steph and Dray. Save their backs. JK is a beast! Not a Soul on that court and bench have the talent to stop him. In clutchvtime, Steph, Jimmy and JK will be a 3 headed monster to try and deal with. Now remember I keep saying Kerr need to use Buddy like Vinny Microwave Johnson. Just come on to cook and all the rest is gravy. Steph, Jimmy, JK and Buddy are all 20 plus point a night scorers. That's a problem for the league. I bet they thought Jimmy was going to blow up the locker room.

Dale Happy Knowles

Definitely one of the easiest. Who’s to say Houston, or even LAL, won’t drop below both GSW + MIN? Just saying nothing’s static, things can shift for other teams, too.

wcd

Need a ballhandler.

Jansen E

They fizzled out faster than they came onto the scene hahah. The "little bro who thinks he can take on his big bro" energy was REAL. You think they wouldve learned when Steph served them the 50 burger in their own house in gm7, but hey. They chose to learn the hard way lol. They really thought they were "up next" xDD

Jansen E

Only one way to find out!

wcd

Yeah, I hate it when they announce Steph is about to break a record, because until he does Dray is going to hunt him incessantly. That breaks the rhythm of the offense, makes for ugly basketball, and any lead gets whittled away. I'm surprised no team has announced "Steph is about to get his 4,010th 3 pointer!" or some such over the loudspeaker, to try to throw a wrench into the Dubs offense.

Point Gawd

called our guy gui a "garbageman" player 😭😂

OhSomeABeanLoadin

7/8 isn’t as big a problem as 8/10.

Irritated Inanimate

Anyone else look at the wolves’ schedule? For how hot we are, still a real possibility that end up in the play in.

Ford Carlson

BABY KLAW SZN. Moody is on fire

Keegan Barsuglia

Moody is reminding me of 09 Trevor Ariza

Dee Silencieux

Love the run game analogy. Agreed on JK/Gui minutes, and such a great backup option Gui will be, especially behind injury prone and aging GPII, Dray. JK’s smiling energy is a thing, and the way vets and coaches talk about and support him is a beautiful thing! Matchup driven choice between Moses & Podz at 2? Jimmy’s ball handling helps free up this choice, less reliant on solid ball handling Podz brings. Thanks for spotlighting the growth in Moses’ D game, using his assets - length, hands. Better feet/angles for fewer blow by’s. Jimmy feels like he’s yet to shift into highest gears, saving for offs. No one can speed him up, almost always great decisions. Keep sharing your excitement and love, Alch! Let’s enjoy this together, cranky Dubs fan base!!!

Chip Tingle

Wow, Warrior basketball is so fun again.

e40

I dint realize how much I missed the announcers yelling “KUMINGA!” like it’s a verb for a massive dunk. I think Kuminga being back makes us unstoppable. 🤞

Joseph A White

I don’t feel bad for sac at all they been talking crazy for the last three years and haven’t even won a playoff series 😂😂 now they’re back to being irrelevant again as God intended

Alaase Shambe

They could have beat them by 40 if they tried. The downfall of SAC is wild. This was the best rivalry in the NBA a couple of years ago.

Derrick Maples

Nuggets/Bucs b2b will be a good test for where we're at. Gotta at least split the games

Abhi Kelkar

Was at the game last night (sitting next to Anthony Slater lol), and half my videos are just turnovers from the team playing sloppy/trying to get steph his 4,000th three lol. SAC seemed to care more about not letting steph break the record than winning the game.

Abhi Kelkar

That’s interesting, why do you think he has always hated them? I wonder if he worked out with them pre draft or thought they were going to select him. They chose Donovan Mitchell over Moody and that’s probably a $6-7M difference in the value of their first contracts.

Stephen Jones

I’m out West for the weekend. Nice surprise getting the noon time Alch drop! Everything is better in PST

Ejikeme Uzoigwe

Only things I’m slightly concerned with is our top dawgs. Steph should get back to being the “Chef” but he’s starting to look a bit sluggish of late. Jimmy has been playing well and at a methodical pace but I’m wondering when it’s time to turn it up in the playoffs if he’ll actually be able to be consistent with it.

Daniel Del Bene

it’s crazy how jimmy has changed this team so quickly

Elrealdavid45xbeats

This is worrying me. I am concerned. I am anxious. I am scared. Why you ask??? Because.....after last night, I so badly **want** to BELIEVE again. JK silenced nearly all the doubt I had about his return. Dear god, seeing someone be able to put pressure on the rim, and attack smaller/weaker players without needing to be 7ft? Brought several tears to my eye. How badly we were missing the athleticism for cutters to finish above the rim! We all love GP2 obviously but with all the work he does defensively and still being small, sending him flying all the time is not always a great idea. Kuminga had probably the most perfect comeback game I've ever seen. In that it was so seamless you wouldnt have even known he was gone to begin with! But not in a bad way at all. Everything was JUST as smooth as before and he was integrated flawlessly. I'm hoping to see him shoot the middys again. But I was so glad to see him back on the court. But man oh man. I say I "WANT" to believe. The kings obviously have kind of fallen off hard. These next 3 games, with the Nuggets game in particular. If they win these. I'm full steam ahead jumping on the #5 CHAMPIONSHIP TRAIN. I didnt know Sabonis was out. I wanted to see how he would match up with Post. But Valanciunas was a pretty good test in itself. Post continues to impress. Where is the REAL Gp2 and what has this masked man done with him? Theres no way he's shooting this good from 3. Im kinda actually nervous because I would want him to save this play for the playoffs. I hope he and Moody dont go cold by then. They are both playing out of their minds. This game got pretty close after the 20pt lead. And because they are a division "rival", I was expecting the game to be back and forth the rest of the way. Especially with Curry clearly forcing it and not shooting all that well. Whens the last time Draymond led the team in scoring???? Game 7????? This run of play with Jimmy has been nothing short of unbelievable. I, as well as many others, severely underestimated the power of competitive fire. We knew Wiggins lacked that more often than not, but I never expected it to inject steroids into the entire roster!!! When has there ever been a time when the WHOLE TEAM was playing this well???? GP2 hitting 3s like hes Klay. Buddy had the dunk the other night. I am scared to believe again and then have my heart ripped out lol. Somebody quell my anxiety!

Jansen E

Go back to his rookie year Moody has always hated the kings and I don’t know why

Sarcasm 360

Yea, I'm confused because we do need what podz brings. He has also gotten so much better 1st since he came back from injury and then again when jimmy joined. I think Alc is right. Its will be Gui and he is the most built to deal with it and still come in when needed and provide a spark. it would kill the others confidence and rhythm. The good new is we have options. We can play many different ways and win. They all need to just stay ready.

Carla Davis

yooooooo

John Pettus

Against teams that are better than SAC, we usually do need what Podz brings.

John Pettus

Another thing that may help JK watching Jimmy is how effective your floor game can be without shooting the 3. With all that athleticism, don't bail out the defense by jacking up 3s.

David Y

we going for it this year brother

yan't get right

Also hope you doing well Alch

Sicarii Wendell

We look good. We have solidified we are one of the better teams but We really need some comp, I can’t wait for the back to back. So far we beat Knicks without Kat Bucks without Giannis Pistons

Sicarii Wendell

Even if we’re not good enough to hoist the title at the end of the year, I’d love to see this team run it back with added chemistry and the way the younger players are playing it could allow the vets to take more of a back seat next year. Go dubs

Offtopic K

I think what's gonna end up happening is that Gui is gonna play alot more small ball 5 with JK at the 4. He's too useful as a 5-out playmaker to just remove all his minutes

Billy Roberson

Why not just play gui over pods many nights? We don’t seem to need what pods brings so why be smaller than we have to?

B Master

Moses really took that leap. Love to see it.

Mitch Coob

Gotta start calling Moody the Zodiac Killer because every time it's a northern california matchup he's out for blood

yan't get right

Motherland cut 😂😂 Are we not sure that Jimmy Butler at this stage of his career isn't just us having the most chill, lowest-maintenance version of Bron on our team? The bootleg, more realistic version of that dream pairing?

yan't get right

Welcome back Kuminga!

Andrew Lee

Sac came out with only one purpose last night. And they failed miserably.

BruceWayne

We are back to having too many good options! Good problem to have going into the playoffs tho man. Role player gets hurt and ya barely notice. Thats what ya want.

Kenny Bobby

These next 3 games will show us a lot

Jordan Smith

“S/O A Wiggs” 🥲🥲

JW

Something clicked for Moses. He's contributing at a different level.

Valantur

We're looking reaaaalll scary y'all!

Andrew Lee

Even Jimmy can chill with JK back that’s wild, they gotta double the post no matter which of them two is in 🤣

Sarcasm 360

Mmmmm

Lucas


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