Harrison Barnes Should Stop Giving A Shit
Steph Curry don’t give a shit. Draymond Green really don’t give a shit. Klay Thompson don’t give two shits. Harrison Barnes? He gives too many shits.
Basketball players have to not give a shit to r...
Andre Iguodala is the backup point guard and that’s OK
The Warriors, as presently constructed, are a much better team than they were at the beginning of last season. Perhaps you disagree. Perhaps you fret over what was lost in Jarrett Jack heading East, or in C...
Harrison Barnes reflects on “Barnes-at-the-4”
I've long been a proponent of giving Harrison Barnes more run at the power forward slot. Golden State badly needs the spacing, since nobody on the team is especially adept at getting to the hoop. So, I was ...
Don’t be Surprised by the Shooting
Look, I'm staggered. The Denver series at least made sense. The Nuggets were bad at defending 3s, the Warriors were great at shooting them. What happened was less an upset than a series that Golden State pr...
Save me from this bout of Warriors optimism
To be clear, I do not expect Golden State to win this series. I never did. That much hasn't changed, but I have noticed some things that at the very least, make me less pessimistic.
Yesterday, Henry Abbo...
Warriors didn’t win an upset; Nuggets lost to the better team
Did the Warriors win an "upset" over perception, or did they actually beat a better team? After watching the series and reflecting upon it, I'd conclude that Golden State was only a nominal underdog, not an...
Warriors are not better without David Lee, but…
The Warriors are not better without David Lee, but Lee's injury may have caused them to stumble upon a way to get better. Confused? Well, allow me to un-bewilder.
As we have discussed in these parts, pla...
With David Lee down, Warriors must return to Nellieball
David Lee is out for the playoffs with a torn right hip flexor. This brings doom, gloom, and a potential 4-game broom.
In a vacuum, the injury is awful news for an already thin team. There is opportunity...