1. Somebody other than Anthony Lamb — and presumably somebody better than Lamb — will get the 1,195 minutes he played last season.
  1. Kuminga probably won’t merely be a rotation piece, he could be a difference-maker this season.
  1. The Warriors will miss Poole’s offensive firepower and durability, but they can get more than that from Paul and others.
  1. Paul is good for the Warriors, even if his arrival complicates Kerr’s starting and closing lineup decisions.
  1. They should be a lot better on the road than they were last season. They have to be.
  • Lost_Employer_4148@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The warriors and lakers are both contenders but they’re not not good enough to be able to play anyone and have an advantage.

    Lakers have bad guard defense so a team like the Suns especially are going to roast them

    Warriors problem is kind of the same as always, kind of weak in the paint, so Denver and the Lakers are going to be a headache for them

    Both teams if they can avoid the bad match ups are definitely capable but I don’t think they’re in that like prohibitive favourite spot

    Long as both teams stay healthy they have curry and Lebron and AD so they always have a chance but they have some bad match ups for sure

  • MC-Jdf@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Looking back it’s genuinely insane that Lamb got that many minutes only for Kerr to basically DNP him the entire playoffs lmao.

    • Nillafrost@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      But I think he will be able to score 10 ppg, with maybe 8 ass, and few TO, which is better for this team. Poole gave an inefficient 20 with hardly any assist and lots of TO. A net win for the dubs I think

    • CarBallAlex@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      27 games together isn’t that little. Bucks played 25, Celtics played 35 (if you count White as a starter and not Rob Williams where they played 10). Grizzlies played 11. Clippers played 13. All these teams had a better record.

      The Warriors issue was their bench (which all the above teams had), and when Wiggins and obviously Curry missed time, they had terrible depth to make up for it.

      Looney and Poole gave them 82, Draymond played 73, Klay played 69, which is relatively healthy.

      The issue is Curry is so much better than their number 2 so whenever he doesn’t play the Warriors are just bad, and a bad bench. Bad regular season combo.

      • RVAIsTheGreatest@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I think the second point was solved this season. I’m a real believer their bench will be significantly better this season. I’m not a believer in them holding up without Steph however, so hopefully he doesn’t get hurt again. He’s had a lot of flukey injuries, not necessarily concerning injuries in terms of his body breaking down.

  • nikop@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Is this a real article? lmao what the fuck happened to the athletic already?

  • schuuin@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Nobody wants this outside of that Metropolitan area. The parity era is here and interest is at an all-time apex.

  • snyder810@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago
    1. They still have Curry
    2. Maybe Wiggins doesn’t sit out most of the season
    3. Poole, DiVincenzo, & Moody were all terrible against LA in the playoffs. Wouldn’t take much to have improvement over that from their 6-7 guys in a series.
    4. Other teams guys could get injured.
    5. They still have Curry.
  • asitistome2@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago
    1. Full season from Wiggins.
    2. Fit GP2
    3. Good big men on the bench
    4. Kuminga playing more.
    5. Klay playing less.