Post#19 » by anchorman123 » Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:47 am
Hi
I'm a new Warriors fan. I'm from Australia so I follow wherever Bogut goes so I've been following the warriors ever since the trade. I reckon Bogut would love the warmer weather and I got the sense that he wasn't happy with skiles (a task master who never trusted him on offence) and I also got the sense that he had a falling out with Jennings. The second part is pure speculation of course based on intuition only. A sea change is what was needed for him and the bucks.
This might sound very critical but bear with me (it's a form of tough love)...
One of the toughest issues is going from watching a strong defensive team (with bad offence) to watching a team that plays terrible defence but should have good offence.
Not only are there a handful of bad defensive players: Lee, Curry, Landry and Klay but it looks like the defensive structure is terrible. Which to me spells poor coaching. Some might say we were tanking last year so it's not much to go by or it is only pre season, so that's not much to go by either but still the clippers embarrassed us the other day. Paul and Griffin made us look like amateurs out there. Lee and Landry were embarrassing out there trying to guard Griffin. Whether pre season or not I don't see that 'improving' during the regular season. With so many great pfs out there especially in the west you have Love, dirk, pau, randolph, milsap/favors, griffin, aldridge etc. you have to wonder how we are going to stop those guys. All of those guys are on teams that are legitimately competing for playoff spots. Pau is obviously a lock. In the near future someone like Lee, Draymond Green or Landry will need to be traded or dropped in place of a pf who can play d otherwise the aforementioned pfs will continually eat us up for breakfast. Getting back Udoh or getting someone like Amir Johnson or some such player that can play defence against these guys and is still relatively young and affordable would be ideal.
My next major concern is Curry. Whilst Bogut has had freak injuries over his career it's not the same as being prone to injury. I've been told by a re-constructive surgeon that surgery should always be a last resort and that if you need surgery on one area more than once, then chances are you'll have major problems with it for the rest of your life. This is why Curry will now and always be prone to spraining his right ankle. So the question everyone's been asking is should they extend him now or hope he has a good season and see what the market says after this season... I say don't extend him but then don't wait until the end of the season either. I say showcase him now let him get his 20 ppg and 6apg then boom at the trade deadline trade him for Mike Conley or Kyle Lowry. Why this makes sense? Toronto and Memphis both have great perimeter defenders but are lacking a true 3 point shooter. Curry can be that 3 point shooter for them and yet still do a commendable job of running the offence. They have enough good defenders to cover for curry on the defensive end. As for us? It means we get a player who is a great perimeter defender and a great penetrator which are 2 things we are severely lacking right now. They are both solid at running the offence and though they aren't as talented as Curry, at least they aren't prone to injury.
Lastly is coaching. As mentioned before the defensive structure is horrible to watch. No help d, no awareness everybody looks a bit lost. But worrisome still is the offence. It looks so inconsistent. Being reliant on good shooting is one thing but again the structure is lacking. Bad spacing, poor communication, no penetration/cutting, mediocre passing. It relies on Lee bailing us out with a tough low post move or Klay (the only one cutting) to nail an outside shot. I do like Curry in this regard. I think he's very smart, in control and can score when needed too. He's also a talented passer and great decision maker (if only he wasn't injury prone). Getting Bogut to control from the pivot is important too. I'm hoping that this is just an early 'pre season' thing but my sense is that the coaching is below par. Jackson seems to be all talk with no substance. Both defensively and offensively I see a lack of structure, a lack of tightness and cohesion. Again, I hope this is only because it's early but I really think if we don't have wins on the board after 2 months I say dump him. Get maybe a Stan Van gundy type. I think he would be suitable for the personnel that we have.
Unless changes are made, I predict 10th.
LAL
OKC
SAS
LAC
DEN
MEM
DAL
UTA
MIN
GSW
POR
HOU
PHX
SAC
NOH
If everything fell into place I'd say at best 7th but then we'd be bounced out of the playoffs by OKC who we don't match up well against.
, I have gotten the standings prediction games up and running for 2012. You can find them here:
