Aloha,
I watched the Warriors beat the Clippers by 15 in Staples. And I came away with a few takeaways. Steph is definitely the best player in the NBA, still our big 3 are better over all then then their top 3. You can even argue that our role players are more talented over all then then they are. So why are they 18 and 2 and we are 10 and 11?
First there is the continuity issue. Most of Warriors played together last year. But that is only a small part of it. The bigger issue is coaching.
The Warriors players are constantly moving as is the ball. Our offense is, iso one of our stars and get out of the way. No ball movement and no player movement. There is a lot a talk about adding more offensive punch to the starting unit which only makes sense if they are going to get them involved in the offense. If not, what’s the point?
The Warriors play under sized but they are locked in defensively and they gang rebound. The Clippers were much bigger but only out rebounded then by 4. And the Warriors got 11 offensive boards.
It’s up to the coaches to get the players moving and getting everyone involved. I watched Draymond do the things that LeBron should be doing more of, if only Frank had the guys moving.
If we must go big I would start Dwight and have him, LeBron and AD rotate at the 5. If we do the sensible thing and start AD at the 5 then I would start either Malik or Ellington at the 2 and THT at the 3. THT actually played well last game but only got 24 minutes and Ellington also played well in his 16 minutes. Yet we let LeBron and Melo play close to 50. As good as they are at their ages they need more of a blow from time to time. We saw LeBron completely gassed with the game on the line and that’s cost us the game.
Yes the players have to play with more energy and commitment but ultimately it’s up to the coaching staff to get the best out of them. If Frank can’t do that he may not be around when the rest of our players are back.
Aloha, Michael.
We need change. Frank cannot stand pat. Not with Bradley and Jordan.
If he wants to stay with two bigs, at least start Dwight and DNP DeAndre. Or even Melo.
If he wants defense at the two, start Reaves instead of Bradley.
I would replace Bradley and Jordan with Ellington and Monk and maybe even have LeBron play the five and AD the four tonight. Let’s see LeBron vs. Stewart at the five.
Do something, Frank. The Lakers train is suddenly out of control and threatening to crash and cost you your job.
We have no offensive system. Passing the ball around the perimeter isn’t the same as good ball movement. There must be a plan & sense of purpose in place. So often it feels like we’re just killing time until LeBron or Russ decide to go ISO. That’s a huge difference between what we do as opposed to what teams like GSW & PHX are doing.
Yep, we seem to start every possession by making a half dozen passes on the perimeter that do nothing to open up cutters or shooters. Then with less than 10 seconds, we go into superstar iso mode.