Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, and Draymond 25-26 Thread

TroubleS0me · Post #21 » by **TroubleS0me** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 12:43 am

Caneman786 · Post #22 » by **Caneman786** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 4:17 am

Fun simulation by the ESPN analytics guy predicting 56 wins for the Warriors.

Warriors get the 1 seed, win 63 wins, and Jimmy, Draymond, Steph all become all-stars. Warriors win the West and lose to the Magic in 7 games!

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46554922/simulating-2025-2026-nba-season-predictions-nba-cup-playoffs-finals-champion-draft-lottery

That would be a fun season.

Even better if they win that game 7 too

EmpireFalls · Post #23 » by **EmpireFalls** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 1:37 pm

Crazy delta between that win total (56) and the Vegas win total (46)… don’t know if I’ve ever seen something like that from Pelton’s model

parsnips33 · Post #24 » by **parsnips33** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 4:16 pm

I'm gonna start really acting up if Draymond is an all-star this year

TroubleS0me · Post #25 » by **TroubleS0me** » Sat Oct 18, 2025 4:23 pm

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Caneman786 · Post #26 » by **Caneman786** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 3:54 pm

My prediction:

3 seed, 59 wins.

TroubleS0me · Post #27 » by **TroubleS0me** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 5:09 pm

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TroubleS0me · Post #28 » by **TroubleS0me** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 7:00 am

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parsnips33 · Post #29 » by **parsnips33** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:03 pm

Love how Kuminga played in that one

Caneman786 · Post #30 » by **Caneman786** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:33 pm

Milestone:

Congratulations to Stephen Curry. He played 32 minutes last night.

Around the 25-minute mark, he played his 35,000 career minute in regular season games, becoming the 80th player in NBA history to accomplish this!

parsnips33 · Post #31 » by **parsnips33** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 8:33 pm

I just love the way Jimmy plays basketball man. Power wing

Caneman786 · Post #32 » by **Caneman786** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:56 pm

As per BetMGM via sportsoddshistory.com, yesterday on October 21st:

The Warriors had -325 odds to make the playoffs and +260 odds to miss the playoffs. That translates to an implied probability:
A 73.4% chance the Warriors had to make the playoffs (vigorish 4.2%).

The Warriors' over-under for wins was 47.5 (6th in the West), with the over being at -110 odds, while the under was at -110 odds. Implied probability:
A 50.0% chance the Warriors had to have 48+ wins (vigorish 4.8%).

The Warriors' odds to win the finals stood at +2500 (10th in the league and 7th in the West), meaning an implied probability of:
A 3.0% chance the Warriors had to win the 2026 NBA title (vigorish 27.2%).

I expect all these numbers to rise precipitously as the season progresses. I'll be keeping track and giving updates.

TroubleS0me · Post #33 » by **TroubleS0me** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 5:08 am

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parsnips33 · Post #34 » by **parsnips33** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 3:50 pm

So far so good

TroubleS0me · Post #35 » by **TroubleS0me** » Tue Oct 28, 2025 10:39 pm

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parsnips33 · Post #36 » by **parsnips33** » Tue Oct 28, 2025 11:48 pm

Battle of the Old Men tonight, let's see what happens

eminence · Post #37 » by **eminence** » Wed Oct 29, 2025 1:19 pm

parsnips33 wrote:Battle of the Old Men tonight, let's see what happens

A throwback to the basketball of their childhoods. A beatdown and not cracking 100, don't see that combo in 20s ball.

EmpireFalls · Post #38 » by **EmpireFalls** » Wed Oct 29, 2025 1:56 pm

They look amazing, no notes, no caveats. They don’t need Steph to be Superman to be effective offensively anymore, he can just be merely good and it still works, and their defense is the best in the NBA.

I don’t see any real weakness aside from possible injury prone-ness. Their basketball is flawless.

parsnips33 · Post #39 » by **parsnips33** » Wed Oct 29, 2025 4:10 pm

EmpireFalls wrote:They look amazing, no notes, no caveats. They don’t need Steph to be Superman to be effective offensively anymore, he can just be merely good and it still works, and their defense is the best in the NBA.

I don’t see any real weakness aside from possible injury prone-ness. Their basketball is flawless.

The offense still looks a little clunky when Steph sits, but overall I'm loving how they've played so far

Post #40 » by **Outside** » Wed Oct 29, 2025 5:11 pm

Besides the durability issue, they are vulnerable to size and length. Draymond foul trouble and volatility is always lurking. We'll see how they do against teams with real size like Cleveland and Houston (lineups with Steven Adams always worry me). Will the shooting hold up against a top defense like OKC? We'll see if improved play by Moody, Podz, and Kuminga hold up over time (other than health, that's the biggest factor to me).

But yeah, nice start. Another Steph title seems like irrational hope, but it's more than most teams have