Game 34, Grizz (23-12) @ Dubs (17-16), 01/04, 5:30pm

Big J · Post #41 » by **Big J** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 3:40 am

These refs are absolutely dog bleep garbage here.

Twinkie defense · Post #42 » by **Twinkie defense** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 3:59 am

Nice win! No Steph... are the Warriors back?!

Crazy-Canuck · Post #43 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:00 am

Best win of the season?

No steph. No jk. No podz. No gp2. Vs the the 2nd best team in the west.

We played old school warriors ball.

watch1958 · Post #44 » by **watch1958** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:01 am

Twinkie defense wrote:Nice win! No Steph... are the Warriors back?!

Waiting to see how things go when Podz returns. Track record is that Kerr screws it up.

Onus · Post #45 » by **Onus** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:01 am

What a win! The shooting is back but we’re getting such better shots as we’re playing smaller. All of our wings can shoot. Rotations shortened.

multo · Post #46 » by **multo** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:02 am

Twinkie defense wrote:Nice win! No Steph... are the Warriors back?!

Hitting their 3's right now. Hopefully that continues.

Onus · Post #47 » by **Onus** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:06 am

watch1958 wrote:
Twinkie defense wrote:Nice win! No Steph... are the Warriors back?!

Waiting to see how things go when Podz returns. Track record is that Kerr screws it up.

It’s really going to be podz and gp2. Podz shooting was trending up before he got hurt but he still wasn’t shooting when people were closing out. When podz and gp2 come back they have to be able to shoot.

Our wings right now can all shoot in buddy/waters/moody/ Wiggins

watch1958 · Post #48 » by **watch1958** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:09 am

Onus wrote:
watch1958 wrote:
Twinkie defense wrote:Nice win! No Steph... are the Warriors back?!

Waiting to see how things go when Podz returns. Track record is that Kerr screws it up.

It’s really going to be podz and gp2. Podz shooting was trending up before he got hurt but he still wasn’t shooting when people were closing out. When podz and gp2 come back they have to be able to shoot.

Our wings right now can all shoot in buddy/waters/moody/ Wiggins

Yeah, but not just the shooting. Will Kerr keep the rotation short? Do we fumble away some winnable games working guys back in?

WarriorGM · Post #49 » by **WarriorGM** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:09 am

This team doesn't have talent? No. This team has talent. Nearly all the players on the roster are playable in the regular season.

Crazy-Canuck · Post #50 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:09 am

Game MVP: Desmond Bane

Him **** talking wiggins to close the 1h woke up the sleeping giant. Lol

cpower · Post #51 » by **cpower** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:10 am

we need to find ways to play slomo more

Onus · Post #52 » by **Onus** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:14 am

cpower wrote:we need to find ways to play slomo more

Well if jk is out a couple of games slomo will get playing time.

Onus · Post #53 » by **Onus** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:19 am

watch1958 wrote:
Onus wrote:
watch1958 wrote:Waiting to see how things go when Podz returns. Track record is that Kerr screws it up.

It’s really going to be podz and gp2. Podz shooting was trending up before he got hurt but he still wasn’t shooting when people were closing out. When podz and gp2 come back they have to be able to shoot.

Our wings right now can all shoot in buddy/waters/moody/ Wiggins

Yeah, but not just the shooting. Will Kerr keep the rotation short? Do we fumble away some winnable games working guys back in?

It seemed like Kerr was shortening the rotation. Will he keep it shortened who knows? Think gp2 needs to be out of the rotation. Im guessing moody will also be out once podz comes back.

wco81 · Post #54 » by **wco81** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:42 am

Kerr said JK’s ankle injury is more than day to day.

23-43 from 3 and they win by 8 because big rebounding and in the paint deficit. Also second chance points. They really wanted to win because they lost to the Kings last night. Also of course the bad blood between these teams.

Grizzlies have a lot of good young players with length. They won’t be able to keep them all so they should look to poach.

Onus · Post #55 » by **Onus** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:46 am

It’s slo mo time!!

Crazy-Canuck · Post #56 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:55 am

Onus wrote:It’s slo mo time!!

Bad timing for jk, he was playing well.

We lose alot of iso scoring, but we get better defense and a better offensive fit. We will need wiggs, Schroeder, and heild to step up.

hamncheese · Post #57 » by **hamncheese** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:58 am

Onus wrote:
watch1958 wrote:
Onus wrote:It’s really going to be podz and gp2. Podz shooting was trending up before he got hurt but he still wasn’t shooting when people were closing out. When podz and gp2 come back they have to be able to shoot.

Our wings right now can all shoot in buddy/waters/moody/ Wiggins

Yeah, but not just the shooting. Will Kerr keep the rotation short? Do we fumble away some winnable games working guys back in?

It seemed like Kerr was shortening the rotation. Will he keep it shortened who knows? Think gp2 needs to be out of the rotation. Im guessing moody will also be out once podz comes back.

Kerr stated he wanted the rotation like this after the Sixers game, but if they are down 10 in the third, he would think about bringing in other players. My guess is Waters would be out for Podz. GPII would be in the same class as Looney and Slo-Mo as the understanding, team player veterans who would be willing to sit and come in when needed.

CDM_Stats · Post #58 » by **CDM_Stats** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 4:59 am

Fun game to be at, unexpected win. Of note in-person:

- havent heard the SF crowd this mad at refs in a long time. After the Schroder tech it was the worst
- sat a few rows behind announce team, but Fitz or Buke said something that had the whole row behind him laughing during the Warriors challenge
- see that JK's already been clocked as out for a significant time, so not breaking anything there. But his trip to the locker room looked painful, looked like his ankle got trapped and rolled, potentially significant sprain there. I'd be shocked to see him before deadline/ASB but young guys can heal pretty quick.. plus much harder to tell live than on TV. Hopefully it looked better there :dontknow:

As for the game -

Schroder looking much more comfortable in the system. Dont care about the hi/lo of shooting with him, that's who he is. But he is the best inside passer on the team by far and a quality defender. He chirps a LOT more than I thought he would too... still, he created some looks for players that no one else on the team can

Lindy shot extremely well, standing by the Damian Lee comp. He benefits a ton from ball movement where he's the end-game. Moody does too. Speaking of, was Moody hurt? He was on the bench in H2 but I dont recall seeing him go back in

At some point, Kerr has to start treating Hield like Klay right? Run plays specifically designed for him not to dribble or make decisions? Also still hilarious that he started despite struggling recently, just re-affirming that Kerr refuses to play him and Curry together for significant time is not only by design, it might be THE design. Like the #1 priority for him

Wiggins was pretty terrible in H1 and then amazingly awesome in H2

Dray has a ton of confidence in his shot now, great to see it. It offsets the drop in defense, he's making more mental mistakes than ever before

SloMo being benched was a terrible idea, a silver lining of the JK situation is that that decision will have to be undone. Looney still being benched is another terrible idea, as TJD looked worse to me in-person than on TV. I will say though, he's got some solid passing lane instincts at times

LaRavia was cooking the hell out of Lindy and Moody early on. Bane beat everyone with his 1st step. I never thought of those guys as especially quick, but Lindy/Moody/Wiggins made them look quick a lot of the game

Crazy-Canuck · Post #59 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 5:20 am

Read on Twitter

That's crazy.

cpower · Post #60 » by **cpower** » Sun Jan 5, 2025 5:47 am

Crazy-Canuck wrote:
Onus wrote:It’s slo mo time!!

Bad timing for jk, he was playing well.

We lose alot of iso scoring, but we get better defense and a better offensive fit. We will need wiggs, Schroeder, and heild to step up.

it would be very awkward when we actually get on a huge run without JK...