Crazy-Canuck wrote:Impuniti wrote:Crazy-Canuck wrote:
Like it or not, he's our starting sf. He needs to get adjusted. The team is investing too much in him to do otherwise.
For now. He's not good enough to be a starter in this team. The team investing too much on a player they shouldn't have is a common theme in the Warriors organization the last few seasons. Wiseman, Klay, and now Kuminga.
He might be the 2nd worst defender on the team after Buddy, but without any playmaking or shooting.CDM_Stats wrote:
and bad defense
and no playmaking.. and tunnel vision
I think he'll be better vs the Clippers. They wont try to play as fast. The pace and the style jk wants to play is messing him up on offense. Jk is pushing to keep up with the pace, but he's got only 1 read right now because he wants to be kobe. So, that read is to attack the rim regardless of where anyone is on the floor. He's pushing.
Defensively it hasn't looked great, but it's limited because we are essentially hiding him. Just look at the match ups, steph is chasing guards all over the place right now. Jk is on the least threatening stationary player. Just need steph to hold up.
He just looks really confused right now.
He doesn't need to play as bad as last night, I just don't think he's good enough to start. It was a similar convo about Klay the last 3 years. He's fine to play on the team but on a much more limited role and minutes. The same is true about Kuminga. His BBIQ is not good enough to make the reads at the frantic pace the Warriors play in. In a more isocentric offense, he may do better (and if he plays the 4).
They're either starting him because they want to give it 1 more shot to see if he can make it with the Warriors with a top role, Lacob is forcing Kerr's hands, or they're trying to raise his value before the trade deadline. Noone can make a reasonable argument that he should start over Melton for example. This also forces Wiggins to play out of position.
