10/27 Houston, we have a goblin
The lesson learned: Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry can co-exist, so long as they don’t overlap. Steph needs to play above the arc, as Monta swings around high screens. Let Curry handle the ball, let Ellis po...
Rockets vs. GSW, Experts vs. GSW
Ladies and gentleman, your Golden State Warriors...are getting eclipsed by the 2010 Giants. And eight of nine ESPN experts predict as bad or worse a finish as last year. If the vast majority of NBA writers are ...
Curry’s ankle lives! Biedrins lives!
And the WarriorsWorld forum exists to the fullest. The picture above is from that forum--a teeming, rich conversation that evolves behind the front page door. Talk is unrestrained there, so I can’t fault a ...
Curry at the point of mixed returns
Monta articles are colliding into each other like hypothetical math problem trains. One from Steinmetz speaks to reform, one from HoopsWorld speaks to discontent. And whenever Ellis speaks, Curry domina...
Open Practice: Talking with Lee, Curry, & Smart
What I took from Open Practice at the O:
1. The Warriors have fewer shooters and feel they must compensate with greater ball movement.
2. They still want to run a fast pace.
3. Way too many people show...
David Lee: No longer got five on it
For years, Lee hasn't had "four" years. He's been masquerading as a "five." I'm positionally agnostic, I believe that coaches place too much stock in the idea of fixed court roles. But consequences come wit...
Can Curry help Ellis?
Big credit to Sebastian Pruiti for sifting the dregs of Warriors game tapes. He comes up with real insight and the entire post is well worth reading/viewing.
Additional thoughts:
Yes, Ellis and Curry...
What to make of Curry’s Worlds performance?
Nothing. Really, I don’t care. My point is there is no point--this is sports evaluation nihilism, stop reading you idiot. Glad Steph made the team, enthusiastic about him existing in the presence of basketball ...