[lex24]

Not exactly ISO, but trying to drive to the basket like in game 5 even though apparently Sacramento had made an adjustment and weren't giving up points in the paint so easily anymore.

Iso or hero ball whatever you want to call it the Warriors were playing it. If your ballhandler is getting blitzed as he crosses halfcourt you need to make the passes necessary for a dunk. This would have been a good game to unleash Kuminga who is one of the few Warriors who can attack the rim and make the other team pay.  Warriors only had 20 assists, half of them by Draymond.

Kerr also needs to sit guys that are not producing. Cesspoole and Klay (-28!) were not getting it done. Moody should have played more.

The contrast with the Lakers is stark. A first year head coach integrates a bunch of new players midseason (Hachimura, Russell, Vanderbilt) and turns around the season. By contrast Myers/Kerr are unwilling to get the players they need because they are not sure Kerr can integrate them into the Warriors system. Kuminga and Moody should be much bigger players in the rotation at this point but Kerr pushed for Payton to rejoin the team so he wouldn't have to play them. Kerr is great with veteran players but cannot get the younger players to produce.

Yes, Kerr does not know what he’s doing. He only has 9 rings as a player and coach.  He plays the veterans cause they make fewer mistakes.  And they are his best players. They have a core that’s won 4 Championships.  That time is coming to an end.  


They will, in all likelihood, start transitioning next year. But he’s going to ride Curry, Green, Klay and Looney as long as he can. As he should.  They are, need I remind you, the defending Champs.  And frankly, they had no business winning it last year. 

Kuminga may  be a good player someday.  He is not right now.  An occasional spectacular dunk notwithstanding. 

As for Wiseman, to  whom you offhandedly refer with the Payton comment, you are kidding, right?  He was a liability everytime he was on the floor.  Again, someday he may be a good player. But he was a project.  And when you are playing for championships as opposed to rebuilding, you don’t have the luxury of playing  a project.  Myers made a mistake drafting him.  He doesn’t make many.

They got Payton back cause they wanted to improve their defense. Something they needed to do. Kuminga isn’t going to address that need. He gets lost defensively.

[lex24]

Not exactly ISO, but trying to drive to the basket like in game 5 even though apparently Sacramento had made an adjustment and weren't giving up points in the paint so easily anymore.

Iso or hero ball whatever you want to call it the Warriors were playing it. If your ballhandler is getting blitzed as he crosses halfcourt you need to make the passes necessary for a dunk. This would have been a good game to unleash Kuminga who is one of the few Warriors who can attack the rim and make the other team pay.  Warriors only had 20 assists, half of them by Draymond.

Kerr also needs to sit guys that are not producing. Cesspoole and Klay (-28!) were not getting it done. Moody should have played more.

The contrast with the Lakers is stark. A first year head coach integrates a bunch of new players midseason (Hachimura, Russell, Vanderbilt) and turns around the season. By contrast Myers/Kerr are unwilling to get the players they need because they are not sure Kerr can integrate them into the Warriors system. Kuminga and Moody should be much bigger players in the rotation at this point but Kerr pushed for Payton to rejoin the team so he wouldn't have to play them. Kerr is great with veteran players but cannot get the younger players to produce.

Yes, Kerr does not know what he’s doing. He only has 9 rings as a player and coach.  He plays the veterans cause they make fewer mistakes.  And they are his best players. They have a core that’s won 4 Championships.  That time is coming to an end.  


They will, in all likelihood, start transitioning next year. But he’s going to ride Curry, Green, Klay and Looney as long as he can. As he should.  They are, need I remind you, the defending Champs.  And frankly, they had no business winning it last year. 

Kuminga may  be a good player someday.  He is not right now.  An occasional spectacular dunk notwithstanding. 

As for Wiseman, to  whom you offhandedly refer with the Payton comment, you are kidding, right?  He was a liability everytime he was on the floor.  Again, someday he may be a good player. But he was a project.  And when you are playing for championships as opposed to rebuilding, you don’t have the luxury of playing  a project.  Myers made a mistake drafting him.  He doesn’t make many.

They got Payton back cause they wanted to improve their defense. Something they needed to do. Kuminga isn’t going to address that need. He gets lost defensively.