erod009 wrote:Outside wrote:erod009 wrote:He didn't create the Warriors offensive system. Draymond Green turned into a key by Luke Walton, when Kerr was out and they had that amazing winning streak.
Plus, Draymond and Durant don't get their "egos handled".
And I just don't see how can someone be considered one of the best at handling player egos coaching Steph, Klay and Iggy.
Just want to point out that this is utter nonsense.
What I meant is Warriors just became unstoppable when Draymond Green took a bigger role on their offense.
That doesn't necessarily mean they were not the best in the league already.
But let's all remember that Kerr didn't start the season and was out during most part of their 73-9 campaign.
Nothing that you said is true.
Kerr implemented the ball-movement, player-movement system his first year. It wasn't Walton who implemented it.
Going against the the Cavs in the 2015 finals, the Warriors won the first game but lost the next two. However, at the end of game 3, after being down 17 entering the fourth quarter, the Warriors went with a small-ball lineup that got them back into the game. Seeing how well that worked, they went with what became known as their Death Lineup to start game 4 (Curry, Klay, Green, Barnes, Iguodala) and beat the Cavs handily, and the small-ball lineups are what turned the series around.
It worked because the Cavs doubled Curry, and Curry then drew the defense away from the basket and passed to a teammate (David Lee in game 3, Iguodala or Green for the most part after that) who exploited the resulting 4-on-3.
The 2015 finals was the genesis of all that, not the start of the next season.
As for the start of the 2015-16 season when Kerr was out, he was not on the bench during games, but that doesn't mean that Walton was now the coach and used a different system. The Warriors were still using Kerr's system, it's just that Walton was on the bench during games instead of Kerr. Kerr ran most of camp, and once the season started, Walton and the other coaches talked with Kerr all the time. At home games, Kerr was in the locker room. It wasn't like Kerr "left."
Walton did a nice job being game coach, but that doesn't mean he was the guy running the show.
If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.
