This is the highest value I've seen so far for 'No.': <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NBA proposition<br><br>Golden St Warriors win 73 or more games in 2015-16 regular season?<br>Yes -500<br>No +400</p>— Jeff Sherman (@golfodds) <a href="https://twitter.com/golfodds/status/713733263290802178">March 26, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I agree that tksense's statement that SAS playing to win "allowed curry & co to get used to that type of big switching defense on the perimeter" is not some silver lining bonus for GSW. It's not. Pops and his defense gets as much strategic info out of the win as GSW might out of the loss. But, you don't need to fall into subscribing to that theory of "not showing your hand" by arguing whether Pops did or not. This is getting a wee bit silly implying it's best practice to withhold things, in order to hide something for the playoffs. That's more about football, than basketball. There is nothing wrong will playing to win regular season games with your full arsenal. That's what Pop did the last game. You don't need to defend Pops for playing to win that last game with full power. I've watched that game, twice. Looks like he wanted to go all out...and had a defensive plan to run, and get intel on with the litmus test of actual live play. He did that, because he wants practice stopping the GSW uptempo game, small ball lineup and their prolific 3pt shooting set offense. From that, he can make tweaks as well as Kerr. Ironically, Kerr is the one who sat Iggy, Bogut and Ezeli. With Bogut and Ezeli out, sitting Duncan might very well be Pops' normal plan against the GSW small ball. Green was center for 39 minutes of that game. That's why Duncan played 8 mins. tksense: Kerr didn't make the better move in a chess match by not playing Iggy, Bogut and Ezeli to watch what Pops did with his switching d on small ball.
Kerr didn't choose to not play iggy. He couldnt play him. Iggy had been out for more than a week prior to the spurs game due to an ankle injury and is not expected back for atleast another week. Last game he played was on March 11 and isn't expect back till early-mid April.
What are you talking about? Bogut was hurt Ezeli hasn't played in 200 years. Iggy is hurt and it won't be back till the playoff. Warriors have a roster full of injured players. They are out of bodies. They were playing Klay Thompson against the Sixers in the finals minutes because everyone was hurt. They have 5 guys that are injured right now(well, 4, one of them don't count)
Sorry, thought Bogut was available and Kerr chose to "rest". Hate it when my point gets overlooked due to my own error in peripheral facts. I feel my main point was that resting/not showing the hand is overstated in this thread is valid regardless. And that game demonstrated why Pops preferred to get a real test of his defense vs GSW. As I said, he went with full power. That provides a true barometer of where his strengths and weaknesses lie. That's worth more than withholding what you really want to do.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...st-san-antonio-spurs-vs-golden-state-warriors well this takes care of the 2 games vs the spurs
That's just what Parker thinks. No one knows what Popovich will actually do, because Popovich does his own thing. I could see him trying to win the game at home and throwing the game in Golden State.
when they already know they're the #2 seed there's nothing to play for. Nothing else but a championship matters to that team. There's no reason for him to try and win the game at home.
Sounds very much like condescendingly confident venture capitalists. And talking up the product to shareholders and qualified talents.It does NOT make them likable. But its results that matter in the end. Its the "light years" ahead of everyone comment thats kinda irritating. We get #already Lacob - your venture-vision and creativity is to be admired.
Lacob is a dummy and a lucky SOB. Think about this: HE TRIED TO TRADE CURRY FOR BOGUT, BUT THE BUCKS REFUSED AND SAID THEY WANTED MONTA. The freaking Bucks are the reason the Warriors are the greatest team off all time. Not Lacob, not the Twolves taking 4 guards in that draft and passing up on Curry twice.
http://www.sportingnews.com/nba-news/1708621-golden-state-warriors-nba-trade-monta-ellis-andrew-bogut-stephen-curry Lacob willing to trade Curry for Bogut, but Bucks wanted Monta
Lacob is a moron: Before his workout in Milwaukee, Thompson auditioned for the New York Knicks. Thompson told me at his Bucks' workout that then Knicks' director of basketball operations Joseph “Donnie'' Walsh compared him favorably to Hall of Fame shooting guard Reggie Miller, whom Walsh drafted while general manager for the Indiana Pacers in 1987. The Bucks had the 11th overall pick and definitely needed a long-range shooter like Thompson. But the Bucks brass of owner Herb Kohl, general manager John Hammond and coach Scott Skiles determined they needed immediate help and coveted an established veteran. So, the Bucks moved their pick as part of a three-team transaction. The Bucks acquired Stephen Jackson, Shaun Livingston and the draft rights to Tobias Harris from Charlotte and Beno Udrih from Sacramento. Milwaukee also sent Corey Maggette to Charlotte and John Salmons and draft rights to Jimmer Fredette (who was picked 10th) to Sacramento. Thompson was selected 11th by Golden State. Source: Bucks Beat: Milwaukee could have had Curry, Thompson : Basketball. Just to confirm that for you, none of the players that the Bucks acquired in the trade for their No. 10 pick is still on the team. Jackson is out of the league, Livingston is in ... you guessed it, Golden State, Harris is one of the Magic's best players and Beno Udrih is in Miami. Good times. But wait, there's more! The Bucks had to get rid of Jackson, who was constantly clashing with Scott Skiles (who's now in Orlando). They had to shake the team up, and Andrew Bogut could never get healthy. So they dealt Jackson and Bogut to ... Golden State, which knew Bogut could still be the rim protector it needed. In return, Milwaukee got Monta Ellis (who was later traded to Dallas and then signed in Indiana), Kwame Brown (out of the league) and Ekpe Udoh (same). Here's the kicker. If the Bucks hadn't been so conservative, they would have instead acquired (Stephen) Curry, whom the Bucks scouting department was enamored with when he entered the 2009 draft and was taken as the seventh overall selection by Golden State. Unlike some teams, the Bucks scouting department wasn't overly concerned that Curry played at a small college -- Davidson -- and that he was a so-called ‘'tweener'' as a 6-foot-3 guard. But the Bucks were concerned about Curry's ankles. He underwent surgery on his right ankle to repair torn ligaments in May of 2011. The following March, he had season-ending surgery on the same ankle. So, with Curry having ankle issues and with Ellis seemingly entering the prime of a potentially-great career, the Bucks opted for Ellis, who was a huge fan favorite in the Bay Area. Source: Bucks Beat: Milwaukee could have had Curry, Thompson : Basketball. There, naturally, is some debate over whether or not Curry was actually available. Now, of course, Golden State would likely say they never entertained the idea and always knew Curry would be great, even if they didn't know he would be come the human inferno he is now. Likewise, the Bucks have reason to say "we could have had Curry" to show the kinds of moves they can make. Instead, it just reinforces how bad this series of moves, starting with trading the pick that could have been Thompson, was. After all, everyone knows that if you could have gotten Curry, you should have. I mean, that trade was a universal win for the Warriors that everyone lauded. Almost everyone ... This is in the "losers" section in my column on winners and losers from that season's trade deadline: Golden State Warriors This is a hugely risky move. Taking on Jackson's contract ties up a lot of money, and they still have a high payroll. It could work out. Stephen Curry-Jackson-Dorrell Wright-David Lee-Bogut is a pretty good starting five. But Curry and Bogut have injury questions, Jackson is getting older, and that's a lot of money. The Warriors have turned towards the future but still needs a lot to go right for them. Source: NBA Trade Winners and Losers: Bogut to Warriors, Ellis to Bucks - CBSSports.com. Well, then. I guess you could say a lot did go right for them ... not that they're fortunate. The Bucks basically built the Warriors, with a little help from Denver's inability to re-sign Andre Iguodala and Steve Kerr being interested in coaching. They passed on Thompson to trade for Stephen Jackson, which gave Golden State Thompson at No. 11 (hat-tip to the Kings and their terrible drafting, though), and then gave the Warriors the rim protector in Andrew Bogut just to get rid of Jackson, and took Ellis instead of Curry. Even with the Warriors' smallball, they still need Bogut for defense and he was a huge part of their success last year and this season. All thanks to Milwaukee. Funny how these things trickle down. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25413636/how-the-bucks-are-responsible-for-basically-building-the-warriors
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE: LACOB WANTED TO TRADE KLAY AND DRAYMOND FOR LOVE, BUT KERR AND WEST SAID THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY QUIT IF LACOB DO IT. WEST SAID YOU DON'T BREAK UP THE GREATEST BACKCOURT FOR A OVERRATED PLAYER KERR SAID HE DIDN'T SIGN UP TO COACH LOVE. how lucky can Lacob be???????????? http://www.si.com/nba/2015/06/11/jerry-west-klay-thompson-kevin-love-deal According to the Bay Area News Group, Thompson’s father, former NBA player Mychal, said that Warriors owner Joe Lacob and general manager Bob Myer wanted to make the trade, but West and head coach Steve Kerr vetoed the deal. West, a Basketball Hall of Famer and two-time NBA executive of the year, also felt that Thompson would improve and potentially form a Hall of Fame backcourt with Stephen Curry for years to come. Curry was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player this season after helping the Warriors win a league-high 67 games.
