AirP. wrote:Onus wrote:AirP. wrote:
What about chemistry, if Kerr doesn't find the right rotation for this team, they're as good as done unless Curry or Butler can just carry the team. Butler's addition was pretty seamless, he's an offensive hub that isn't looking to score but run the offense and trying to make the right play, Kuminga came back (hadn't played with Butler yet) and from my limited view, he's been looking for his shot above everything else which leads to the ball stopping for his offense which is why his teammates quit moving because they know they're not going to get the ball, this also drops Butler's value on the offensive side since he's a midrange and in scorer, the spots where Kuminga wants to go.
Like I mentioned, if Kerr can't figure out the lineups/rotations, this team is going to be out early. This team was GOOD in the non-Curry minutes after Butler arrived, but the team looks completely different since the Denver game and a lot of that has to do with effort, something a guy like Santos brought more of before his minutes got cut because of Kuminga. Not saying Santos is better than Kuminga, Kuminga is going to make a hell of a lot more money in the NBA than Santos, but this team needs a big as an energy 3&d guy just to keep the overall team energy up, energy can be contagious.
It's absolutely incredible how different this team looks over the last 5-6 games and it's not just about the offense; it's the defense too and Curry being out shouldn't really affect that side of the court.
Kerr will cut JK's minutes in the playoffs if he has to, but he will give him playing time up until the play in game.
JK's insertion really has screwed up a lot of people's rhythm because no one knows who is going to play and everyone's flow is off.
GS needs a lot of games to figure this out, if Kuminga is retained maybe next year they can figure it out better because adding someone like Butler at max money in the last half of the season is usually tough to figure out with the more different types of players there are on the team and Kuminga is unlike anyone else on the roster. I haven't been here long watching this team, but I would have thought Kerr would have been working Kuminga in pick and rolls with Curry and Podz, I would think that would be a good play to go to on a regular basis, it's worked pretty well with Curry and Butler. It's just weird that a talent like Kuminga hasn't forced the coaching staff to play him more (which should have happened in his 3rd year), maybe skipping college for the G League Ignite was a horrible idea for his overall career, college probably would have helped him greatly.
JK actually did go to the media to get more playing time. His camp leaked he wasn't happy and then all of a sudden he got more playing time. The problem with JK is that he doesn't set good picks, then he's not a good decision maker in the short roll either. Plus when they switch it just ends up with JK taking more midrange jumpers. They've been more successful with the inverted pick and roll with him, downhill driving.
