Series Thread: 2nd Round: 6) Minnesota Twolves vs 7) Golden State Warriors

[bksballer89]

Can't believe the Wolves and Pacers are in the conference finals b2b years

I guess there is parity in this league

 

[thunderc]

For him not to win a game without steph shows he isn't the secondary scoring option they needed

He definitely didn’t look the same without Curry, just don’t know how hurt he is.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Can't believe the Wolves and Pacers are in the conference finals b2b years

I guess there is parity in this league

Or the wolves are a good team and the east is trash?

 

[PPhan]

For him not to win a game without steph shows he isn't the secondary scoring option they needed

It's not even that he didn't win a game for them, it's his lack of aggression when they needed him the most. If you're gonna go down, at least go down swinging. Draymond taking more shots than you makes no sense.

 

[bksballer89]

Or the wolves are a good team and the east is trash?

Pacers just beat a team better than any of the 2 the Wolves beat

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Pacers just beat a team better than any of the 2 the Wolves beat

Ok. The East as a whole is trash. Yes they are top heavy but the East isn't a good conference, no need to get butt hurt over it

 

[bksballer89]

Ok. The East as a whole is trash. Yes they are top heavy but the East isn't a good conference, no need to get butt hurt over it

I'm not but I just don't need Indy success should be downplayed when one of the teams they beat won 64 games. I do agree the east as a whole was bad this year basically 7-15

 

[bksballer89]

He definitely didn’t look the same without Curry, just don’t know how hurt he is.

Don't think he's that hurt unless he got injured after game 3 and didn't tell anyone?

He had 26 attempts in game 3 which is more where he should be with Steph out. Followed that up with a total of 20 shots in games 4 and 5

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

I'm not but I just don't need Indy success should be downplayed when one of the teams they beat won 64 games. I do agree the east as a whole was bad this year basically 7-15

It was mostly just a tongue in cheek statement. This pacers team reminds me of the 93-94 rockets. When they are hitting their shots they are unbeatable.

 

[eaglesnut]

Can't believe the Wolves and Pacers are in the conference finals b2b years

I guess there is parity in this league

Lol you can't just ignore the entire Midwest. They need success to drive fan engagement.

 

[trojanfan12]

Not responding to msg because he's clearly a hater, but when Kuminga came back from his injury, Kerr would clearly discourage and bench him everytime he was starting to look for his shots. Just messing with the guy's confidence.

On a team like Boston or OKC, I get it if he's only getting 10 to 15 minutes. On a team like GSW though, he has no business playing less than 25 minutes, much less DNPs. Before Steph got injured, Kerr was playing guys like Spencer and Santos over him. He wasn't even playing in garbage time. Now that Steph's out, now Kerr wants to give him minutes? Lol.

I read that he got benched for looking off Steph to get his own shot. You don't operate outside the offense, especially when ignoring a wide open Steph to do it. Apparently, it was something that was happening fairly often.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Ok. The East as a whole is trash. Yes they are top heavy but the East isn't a good conference, no need to get butt hurt over it

I'm not sure why you are trying to boost up the west. Yes everyone knows they are the superior conference but the East is far from trash. The East had a lot of stars go down this postseason as well. Makes a huge difference

 

[bksballer89]

 

[shopson67]

Or the wolves are a good team and the east is trash?

The Wolves did get somewhat of a free pass with the Curry injury.

 

[shopson67]

I read that he got benched for looking off Steph to get his own shot. You don't operate outside the offense, especially when ignoring a wide open Steph to do it. Apparently, it was something that was happening fairly often.

Two sided coin though. If he defers too much, he doesn't contribute enough to make a case for more minutes. Maybe he needs a fresh start.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

The Wolves did get somewhat of a free pass with the Curry injury.

Somewhat or a complete get out of jail free card?
I don't see any way the Timberwolves win that series with how poor they were shooting if Curry is playing.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Somewhat or a complete get out of jail free card?
I don't see any way the Timberwolves win that series with how poor they were shooting if Curry is playing.

Kudos for acknowledging that fact.

Good luck anyhow in the WC Finals vs Denver or OKC.

Just get the split of the 1st two games on the road then hold serve in Minny.

 

[bksballer89]

Steph all but confirmed he would have played game 6. Too bad Jimmy couldn’t win a single game this series without steph

 

[CitySushi]

This series was in a nutshell everything that is wrong with the current construction of the Warriors team. I think of any team in the NBA, the Warriors are most heavily reliant on a single player than anyone else. The entire offense revolve around Steph and when he's not in there it's a completely different game for the every player on the roster.

We don't have a single post scorer who can be relied up for scoring on any given night. Draymond, Looney, TJD, Post. I'll include GP2 here since he effectively plays like a power forwards in the offense.

The problem with Kuminga is not his talent or skill, it's his basketball IQ. Plain and simple. I'm a big Kerr detractor around these parts, but from everything I've seen this year from Kuminga is that he's been absolutely right on sitting him. But that again reverts back to the premise that the entire offense revolves around Steph. Kuminga has tunnel vision. His first thought is self-create in an offense built around player and ball movement. He would kill entire possessions and create runs for the other teams. Also he checks in and out on defense. Some games he looks like he could potentially be an All-NBA defender and others where he's next coming of James Harden.

And who had Moses Moody becoming unplayable in the playoffs? That is crazy.

There needs to be some overhaul here of the bigs on this roster. It's not good enough to simply have a rebounder/dunker as your bigs. Look at all the teams left and you'll see they have at least 1 big that can step away from the basket or be relied upon for 15 points a game nightly. Chet, Jokic, Randle, Reid, KAT, Turner, etc.