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Curry injures left leg leading Warriors over Mavs 119-113
"Even without the injured Luka Dončić, the warriors barely held off the Mavericks to win it one 19 one 13. Stephen Curry had a team high 21 points, but left the game with a lower leg injury late in the third quarter. Forward to Michael green added 14 points off the bench. It's been an up and down season for us. Sometimes we get going and we think that we clicked and we'll take a hit. So it's a lot of adversity. We're fighting through, but we will be fine. We'll be fine. Great position. We just got to get some wins in a row. The Mavs had all 5 starters in double digits led by Spencer Dinwiddie with 25 points. Ryan
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Biden-Supporter Stephen Curry Moves to Block 'Low-Income Housing'
"Biden supporter NBA star Stephan curry moves to block low income housing, near his $30 million mansion. He endorsed Biden in 2022. In 2020, I mean, and he is coming out very clear that he is opposed to the low income housing development. We hesitate to add to the not in our backyard rhetoric, but we want to send a note before today's meeting, safety, and privacy for us and our kids continue to be our top priority and one of the biggest reasons we chose. I think that's Atherton as home, stepping his wife, miss curry wrote in a letter to officials in Atherton. Now, you should. You should. Not want them to add low income housing in an area where there's $30 million mansions. But the hypocrisy though, the hypocrisy, it was an attempt by Stephan Kerry, who was a 5th, the 5th highest paid athlete in the world last year, according to Forbes to prevent undesirables from crowding the area around his home in California.
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Poole beats buzzer with layup, lifts Warriors past Grizzlies
"Jordan Poole's layup with one second on the clock lifted the warriors to a one 22 one 20 win over the grizzlies. The victory ends Golden State's four game home losing streak. Stephen Curry had a game high 34 points, but was ejected late in the fourth quarter for throwing his mouth guard into the stands. JP with the game winner at the end execution was great. We needed that one. So there's a lot of there's a sense of urgency for sure. And kind of let my emotions get in the way of it. Klay Thompson added 24 points and pull had 21. The grizzlies have now lost four in a row on the road. In the loss, John morant had 29 points and 12 assists. Ryan leong. San Francisco
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Bridges leads undermanned Suns past Curry, Warriors 125-113
"Despite missing four or 5 starters, the Phoenix Suns got in a probable win as they got past the warriors one 25, one 13, Macau bridges led the suns with 26 points and former warrior Damien Lee added 22 off the bench. Don't have, you know, our big dogs, but no, no, we got to try to hold the fort down so they come back. Flying out. Denver is going to be a tough game, but every game in this league is tough game. If you want to, if you want to be great, you got to go through the greats. For the warriors, Stephen Curry meat has returned after missing 11 games with a partly dislocated left shoulder and scored 24 points in the loss. Ryan leong, San Francisco
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Stephen Curry's shoulder injury latest concern for Warriors
"One 20 in overtime, and indeed the warriors lost Steph Curry to a shoulder injury in the third quarter, and still made it close against the pacers. Golden State came back from 25 down to pull to within a basket of Indiana late in the game, but the pacers held on for a one 25 one 19 win. Tyrese Halliburton had 29 points and leading the pacers to their second win this season against the warriors. Any night, no matter who we're playing, we have an opportunity to win that game. We felt like we can compete on a nightly basis with everybody in the NBA. So obviously to come out here and beat these guys, think of confidence booster for guys. There's correspondent Tom mccabe. I like Brooks scored a season high 27 points off the bench, Killian Hayes at a 25 as
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The latest in sports
"AP sports I'm Dave ferry, another southern cow player has won the Heisman Trophy. Tom maryam tells us more. UNC quarterback Caleb Williams is the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner. The sophomore QB through 37 touchdown passes with only four interceptions, covering more than 4000 yards and leading the Trojans to an 11 and two record and a spot in the cotton bowl against tulane. On the 80s weather of the husband trophy, so it will change my life. I just don't exactly know how yet. Correspondent Michael luongo was that the army navy game. I think the 39 yard field goal in the second overtime to give army a 2017 win over navy. Hit a 37 yarder that tied the game with one 50 feet of play in the fourth quarter, his game when it came at the army had recovered on AV fumble at the best three yard line. College basketball and Alabama has become just the second team to beat a pair of number ones in the same season. Noah Clowney had 16 points and 11 rebounds as the 8th ranked tide knocked off Houston. 71 65 after trailing by 15 in the second half. It wasn't a matter of how much we knew when we started clicking. We had the chance and we wanted to give up to them. The warriors knocked off the Celtics as Ryan Leung reports. Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry combined his score 66 points. As the warriors ride out of the Celtics one 23, one O 7. Curry scored 32 points making 6 threes while Thompson had a game high 34 points when you face the best your game usually reflects that and you try to rise to the level of competition. And for such a long season, it's always really fun when you get to play the best teams. NHL and the lightning scored three straight goals in the third period to beat the Panthers four one Tampa Bay Steven stamkos had one of those three goals. Is there a period we know if we could stay 5 on 5? I like their game and you know fast you made the big saves when he had to certainly and capitalize on their chances in the third. France and Morocco have moved on to the World Cup semifinals. I'm Dave ferry, AP sports.
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Thompson scores 34, Warriors beat Celtics in Finals rematch
"In a rematch of the NBA Finals, Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry combined to score 66 points as the warriors ride of the Celtics one 23, one O 7. Curry scored 32 points making 6 threes, while Thompson had a game high 34 points. When you face the best, your game usually reflects that and you try to rise to the level of competition. And for such a long season, it's always really fun when you get to play the best teams. The Celtics were missing danilo Gallinari, Robert Williams and veteran Al Horford, who tested positive for COVID. In the loss, jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 31 points and 9 rebounds. Ryan leong, San Francisco
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Curry, Warriors cruise to 137-114 win over Timberwolves
"Stephen Curry, Jordan Poole and clay Thompson combined to score 70 points as the warriors routed the Timberwolves one 37 one 14. Curry led Golden State with 25 points of oven rebounds in 8 assists. Pull added 24 off the bench and Thompson had 21 points going 5 of 8 from distance. This is warriors forward draymond green who had 19 points and 11 assists. I think we're starting to put it together and if we can keep building at this rate, you know, we'll be poised for a run pretty soon here. The warriors scored 47 points in the first quarter and had 86 at the half. In the loss, Minnesota's Anthony Edwards scored 26 points and Karl Anthony towns had 21. I'm Ryan Leon
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Suggs, Magic hand Warriors fourth straight loss, 130-129
"The magic storm back from a 16 point second half deficit to hand the warriors their fourth straight loss one 31 29 Jalen suggs scored 9 of his 26 points in the final two minutes allowing Orlando to secure just its second win in 9 games Whether we were out whether we were down you know we stayed the course you know we trust the game plan And it was a great team win and everybody contributed Everybody played great minutes Rookie Paulo Bon Caro had another strong game delivering 12 points in the last half of the third quarter He finished with 22 points and 8 rebounds as the magic dropped the defending champs to zero one 5 on the road this season Stephen Curry had 39 points and 9 assists for the warriors I'm Dave ferry
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Stephen Curry scores 33 as Warriors hold off Heat 123-110
"Stephen Curry led the way for Golden State scoring game highs with 33 points and 9 assists as the warriors beat the heat one 23 one ten The warriors now embark on their first road trip of the season Klay Thompson added 19 points It was just a great win We did not want to be on the other side of the loss being two and three So always nice to have a winning record and hopefully this propels us to a win streak Golden State's largest lead was 13 points as the heat kept the game close for most of the night In the lost Jimmy Butler had 27 points and bam adebayo had 26 Ryan leong San Francisco
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Nikola Jokic notches triple-double as Nuggets top Warriors
"Nikola Jokić didn't let a sore wrist prevent him from recording a triple double as the nuggets topped the warriors one 28 one 23 The Denver center provided 26 points 12 rebounds and ten assists despite a taped wrist Yo kitch also had a key rebound in the closing seconds before sinking two free throws to clinch the win We had so many defensive defensive mistakes and they had a couple easy layups backdoor cuts or whatever and we didn't rebound well Bruce Brown finished with 20 points and Michael Porter junior added 17 for the winners Stephen Curry scored 34 points for the warriors who committed 19 turnovers that led to 30 points I'm Dave ferry
The Officer Tatum Show
Steph Curry Says Britney Griner Was 'Wrongfully Convicted'
"I just don't understand why. Men are so weak these days. They just soft, man. They solve. I'm gonna get a stiff curry clip of him talking about Brittany griner. It's like, God just don't make me in like he used to. I don't know what. I don't know what didn't happen to me. They're so fake and soft and weak and weenie and wimpish and whatever you want to call it. They just whack, bro me and a whack. They don't have a spine. You are grown to me and told my Britney grind is wrongfully held up. She pled guilty fool, where you been in. She played guilty. Just say we want her home. You ain't got a lot on her. You ain't got she's wrongfully held in prison. You can say it's unfortunate, we want her back. Russia, can y'all make a concession for us? We really need her to be back home. Don't lie and say that the girl is being wrongfully held. Because what this does is it inspires the stupidity in the minds of other young people that are watching because somehow they think the big boogie bad Russia has just confiscated this Bigfoot woman and got her incarcerated for no reason. They just made it up. And young people don't realize that there's consequences for your actions. How about they tell them what Britney did. So they don't go do the same thing. But you know, you know, these people can't be, they can't be honest about nothing.
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Bobby J. Tatum Jr. Becomes Keller, TX First Black Fire Chief
"Let me give a special shout out I should have said this at the beginning of my show, special shout out to my father, Bobby J Tatum, junior for being selected hired in an impressive victory to becoming the first black bar chief of killer Texas. Why do I say the first black, right? Me, nor my father care about that. But I'm going to tell you why I say that. Because my father has been a tremendous influence. My father is a tremendous leader and he just killing the game. Going from the projects to retiring twice is chief of the fire department. Working his way up since he was like 18 to 19, he was a firefighter, our whole life. He still is a firefight. He's retired for like two years. And he came back. My father's a tremendous example and a great leader. And he did the work. He went and got his degree. I'm talking about he had a high school diploma. That's all he had when he joined the fire department. He went and got his bachelor's, went back and got his masters from Grand Canyon university. My dad had got all the training. He is leaps and bounds about every single chief in the whole United States of America. There's not one more qualified chief on the books and in practice is my father. That's why when he show up to interview, he dominate. That's why he went to kill her because he said, you know what? I don't want to sit on the couch no more. I want to go work again. He went to the interview and he was leaps and bounds above every single other candidate. And they hired him. Not because he's black, not because of a friend of action, because he's the doggone best. That's what it is.
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Did You Really Care About George Floyd?
"Patrice colors buying $20 million houses and stuff. These people, these people, I hope that God deal with these people. But then George Floyd's family, where are y'all been, George Floyd, whole life? For y'all being? I'm not gonna get mad at his daughter because she's a little kid. But the baby mama, where y'all been when big Floyd was doing them drugs in the streets. Y'all didn't give a flying flip about him because he wasn't nobody to you. Maybe your baby daddy, but what would y'all worry out at when he was alive? How many of y'all was checking on him? According to Candace documentary, his roommates said, since the father, 8 years of some he was living in the house, they haven't seen a single-family member. Come over George because see how George Floyd with George Floyd was doing. They ain't nobody came to this house and see how he was doing. And checked on him and cared about him. Enough to see him physically. They never seen nobody. Mama, daddy, cousin. Everybody want money right now. They ain't seen them. Ain't seen liquor. And now Kanye West, you know, a lot of people talk about George Floyd. But when Kanye West do it, another black man, y'all suing. Ain't that funny? Is it that funny? I haven't seen them file a lawsuit against nobody, but Kanye West. Because they know he got money and he another brother and y'all want to sue another brother. Ain't that funny. Black Lives Matter don't you want to sue the only black man is talk about you want to sue him. I don't know why they I don't know why people being fake. Man, of course, it's a money grab. You can get 250 million. I mean, you can carry nothing about George Floyd. I mean, his life is more valuable, dead than he was alive. Unfortunately, nobody knew about George Floyd in and out of prison. Nobody cared about him. And he dies and he gets 5 funerals, a gold casket, during COVID, he got a Plaza where they killing people at, they still thugging in his Plaza, killing each other in the Plaza where George Floyd names on. The autonomous zone.
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Kanye West Claims George Floyd Died of Fentanyl Overdose
"George Floyd's family is now suing Kanye West for $250 million over. They say flagrant remarks about his death. Now, I didn't hear all of Kanye's remarks, just like I don't hear all of his anti semitic remarks that people are saying are inside semitic. I haven't heard them. Listen to them. But I haven't heard all of his comments on George Floyd. But I heard a clip of it, and he said that George Floyd actually died from fentanyl. How is debt defamatory? His opinion aligns with the defense. Of Chauvin. You know, the defense team argued, they brought in experts that argued that George Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose. Just because the jury cited with George Floyd side, don't mean that the defense wasn't, didn't have accuracy and facts in it. How can you give a fact pattern consistent with the defense team and somehow you get defamatory defamatory lawsuit?
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Is Kanye West Anti-Semitic?
"I want to first of all talk about this Kanye West thing. You know, it's very, it's very weird to me, right? Because I don't know if people are aware it is, I'm sure most of you guys are, I'm new to politics, so I'm not aware of none of this stuff. There's this floating sentiment of people who have certain opinions about Jews like a conspiracy that believes that Jews are running the world and they're doing all this stuff. So I'm starting to find out that there's people that have this sentiment. They hold this idea that these things are true. Now I'm not here to say if they write around, I have no idea. I don't follow none of this stuff. But what I'm saying is that I'm finding out that there's sectors. There's not sectors. It was the word I'm looking for. Factions. There's factions that believe this and don't, and I feel like Kanye West is in the faction that believes that there is somewhat of a conspiracy of Jews against him. Now, this is where I'm just, I don't understand. I need your help listeners. I need you guys to help me understand this. I don't understand why people are jumping so quick to say that Kanye is anti semitic. I don't understand it. And I'm asking for your help to understand. I think that the things that he say a person could argue their own and maybe you disagree with him, I mean, he's saying that certain Jewish people that he know are collaborating against each together to do something against him. But he's also saying that he don't have a problem with all Jews. Just these Jews. And I'm not saying what he's saying is right or wrong. You know, I don't have a dog in the fight. But what I'm saying is that people are starting to throw this anti semitic word around, just like they're doing these other words. Like homophobic and transphobic and xenophobic and what is the one, if you're a misogynist, you're a misogynistic. People just throw these words around and I don't understand. I really don't.
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Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers
"The warriors received their championship rings and raised another title banner then beat the Lakers one 23 one O 9 Golden State controlled the tempo especially in the third quarter using a 21 to two run to take a 27 point lead Stephen Curry scored a game high 33 points You got some really talented teams that are going to be gunning for you So we got to be ready for it all Knowing that's going to be a very long journey But that's why we play that's why we're competitive That's why we work as hard as we do For the Lakers it was the head coaching debut for darvin ham LeBron James had 31 points 14 rebounds and 8 assists Ryan leong San Francisco
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"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Thrown around. First of all, the very best players in this game from Magic Johnson to shack to LeBron to covey. You name them. Players who have cemented their legend and had already cemented their legend more so than Tatum have had worse, if not bad finals. So it happens, okay? Acting like it doesn't happen, is ridiculous. As you mentioned, he's really young. This team is so clearly ahead of schedule, they've been ahead of schedule during every single one of their playoff runs. The only reason they were in those Eastern Conference Finals, all those years because of the east was kind of middling. And credit to them, they took advantage. This idea that, I mean, you look at the box score and it's like 22 7 and 7. I think 36% shooting. It's obviously not good. But when you watch his performance in the context of each game, show me the game where you're like, this guy's straight up playing off. I mean, game one he couldn't score. They won the game anyway because of his playmaking. Game 6 he was bad. Game 6 was probably the only time I was like, he didn't, he did it step up. And to say, oh, that means he's the kind of player that can't step up after the number of times during this postseason whether or was it game 5 against Miami game 6 against Milwaukee, which to me is still one of the most impressive games of any tea or any player in the playoffs. Yeah, he ran into a championship defense. He ran into a team that it's like LeBron going up against the spurs in 2007, a team that was, you know, people thought old at the time, I would say I don't think Tatum's quite as good as LeBron, but these things happen. It's a learning experience. You have to lose in the final sometimes. It's not always going to be sweet. So to me, I'm encouraged after this playoff run, as someone who it's no secret if you listen to this podcast. I'm a heat fan. I'm not looking forward to playing Jason Satan in a playoff series. And by the way, they beat the consensus best teams in the east, okay? They beat the number one seed, they beat Giannis, they beat Katie in the nets, who had Kyrie. So what more could he have done? He wasn't necessarily the best player in all those series, but he was more than just carrying his weight. So I'm like no desire to listen to any like what's wrong with Tatum takes after this series. Chris, I know you got to run a little bit early. Do you have anything you want to say about Tatum? How maybe he's going to be your number two? I know number two on the top 100 was waffling a little bit. Just what are your thoughts? I don't think he's going to occupy that spot for me. Or for the aggregate when we got to compile our own notes. It was an uneven series for him. It was weird in the sense that he shot the ball fine from distance. He just could not get comfortable and really find a comfort zone from inside the art, going to the basket, I kind of felt like he and Brown both held onto the ball a beat too long, particularly when the defense was kind of ready and prepared for them. At the rim, and..
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"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"That's disdain. That's just yeah, that is just smoked. Grant Williams, we don't even need to get into it. But it's okay. I was going to say something about step. Oh, I was going to say that was a shifting narrative coming into these finals that I saw in a few places that was like, it's crazy that there's no top 5 player in these finals, like guaranteed top 5 player in these fights. A prevailing narrative about the death of the super team and super duper stars leading their teams to the championship and I was like Steph Curry constant state media's best efforts to turn Tatum into a top 5 player. I can't believe that. We're about to we're about to talk about Tatum, but please lay off. I mean, okay. Okay, I will. But Steph, yeah, I think he has to be in the top 5. In our top 100. Absolutely commendable. My brother. If he's not, given that he was last year, right? He's not in our top 5 this year. We're going to get some angry emails. What all NBA? I think he was actually on. I think he was fourth. I'm looking at our list now, we had Katie one, Giannis two LeBron three, Steph was fourth in front of jokic, who was 5. LeBron's taking a little bit of a tumble. I hate to break it down. This is gonna be really interesting. Step will probably be three then, is my guess and maybe jokic four. I think LeBron's gonna get a lot of motivation out of my list. Well, unfortunately yeah, we also have to, the tricky part, of course, is pitching it forward. So it's like you have a guy like when was when was the last time KD LeBron escaped last year on our list, by the way? In the top ten? Who? Hardin? Better than beat. He was 7. It's disgusting. Oh my God. So I would be closer to 77 this year. When was this? When was the last time KD KD Kawhi LeBron and Steph were all healthy during the playoffs? That's what I want. That's what I do. I know. I just need to see that. Hopefully. And that's going to make the playoffs next year. Do you guys want to talk I don't want to talk about Jayson Tatum, but I have it here on the outline. I guess just what was your impression of his performance in the finals, his entire postseason run. As I will say, credit to your guy, D wade, really the only parallel that I can see in recent NBA history for someone that young 24 under being the best player in a team that gets to the finals little and winning the championship. Tatum, wade, LeBron and O 7, that's like the whole list. I might be missing someone. I think that's like, that's it. It's pretty impressive stuff. Yeah. So first of all, shout out to D wade, don't get me started on the heat ruined the first 7 years of his career. Absolutely botched it. They did. They did. They flew too close to the sun. It's like the Lakers argument with LeBron, it's like they wanted title, but every other year has been a disaster. I don't know that the Antoine walker James posey Jason Williams veteran core of role players was the smartest move in hindsight. But I will actually mount a defense for Jason Sanders because I've seen people being like, that was an embarrassing series for him..
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"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"They didn't know what their rotation was until late in the second round of the playoffs, and then a key part of that rotation goes down. So to your point, it all just goes back to Steph because he makes the entire organization's life so much easier. Agreed. Yeah. As Steve Kerr said after the game, none of this happens without Steph Curry. I wrote a story in November about the resurgence of their offense when they got off to that hot start. They were in Brooklyn and they had, I think, the best offense in the NBA. After last season, they finished, I don't even know what the same. They think they finished 21st in offensive rating. I could be making that number up, but almost positive. And they looked like they looked like the warriors again. And it was like, I asked everybody in after the game that came to the podium or the interview room or whatever. And Kerr Wiggins, draymond, and Steph, I asked him, what's the key to this renaissance here? And Wigan's just laughed and was like, Steph Curry. Is that a serious question? Everything is about sniff curry. He's just amazing. And we didn't even talk about the production..
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"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"But they weren't able to get enough stops in those moments. It felt like Al Horford hit three or four threes in a row that would drop the lead to 13 and then the warriors would come back and hit another one that would make it 16. Al Horford was the Jon Snow sword meme. In the second half, just trying to watch enough TV to know what that even means. Don't admit that on TV. Game of Thrones brother? I didn't watch and watch Game of Thrones and it sounded like for the last season I was better off for not having done it. So I learned a lot of TBI. Well, I don't watch games. You've seen the affair, but you've never seen Game of Thrones. Yup. And I'm proud of it too. And I'm proud of it. I'm proud of it. Use my spare time watching basketball. I don't know what you do. Aside from watching the affair, but harford, yeah, I mean, Horford kept hitting threes and you kind of felt like it was weird 'cause I was also in that space night, I tweeted this like trying to figure out whether I should start my story without going to have to write overnight. And I'm like, are the Celtics going to do this or not? Because it would be nice to know whether I need to get a head start on writing this piece. So it was a little bit annoying from that standpoint, but you did get the impression in the first half when they had their highest turnover half of the playoffs. This probably isn't going to end well for this team, even if they mount a little bit of a comeback. That was the case. It was even as someone with no dog in the fight, not caring who won. It was frustrating to watch because it kind of that was where the series became less competitive. Boston couldn't afford to turn the ball over and still have a chance. It also felt like every time Horford hit a three, it was like the most random three the warriors would come back and hit the next. It was like auto border. It's like what? Yeah, it was like stuff coming back. Oh my God, draymond green. So yeah, the turnovers. I actually have an email here real quick that I just want to read..
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Danny Green is hoping Celtics can force a Game 7 vs. Warriors | THE HERD
"For the fourth time in 8 years the Golden State Warriors are NBA champions after beating the Boston Celtics one O three to 90 in game 6 Stephen Curry led the way with 34 points Andrew Wiggins scored 18 and draymond green amassed 12 points 12 rebounds and 8 assists Curry earned his first NBA Finals MVP award after averaging 31.2 points in the series Boston trim golden states 22 point lead to 8 in the fourth quarter but couldn't come any closer Jaylen brown's court 34 while Jayson Tatum had 13 for the Celtics who fell short of their first title since 2008 Geffen kobach
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"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"He's got this like crazy close out and and foot quickness to stay with legitimate point guards out on the perimeter so like i just wouldn't want any part of that i just think and you're in a series with erik spoelstra to boot like the heat i could almost. I could definitely see the heat beating the sixers. I could see the heat beating the bucks. I could see the heat. I don't know if i can see the heat beating the nets. Maybe i'm just really high on the on the on the miami heat no. I think you're absolutely right. That's the team that a lot of a lot of the favorites are gonna be fearing and it's crazy because imagine being the one seed in either conference like in the western conference reward could be a first round series with steph curry in the eastern conference. You reward for winning. The one seat could be a first round series with the miami heat. I mean they've been so up and down here they haven't been able to get that same level of late season. Push that. We're seeing from both boston and new york and so you know. Maybe they're just thinking well. Hey look you know. This has been a crazy year and a half. We don't necessarily need to gun down the stretch for seething. Whoever we draw we draw. And you know we're feeling good that we can challenge basically anybody we get. I mean milwaukee. As well i mean that's kind of a nightmare scenario for them like they would much rather have teams like new york or charlotte or atlanta. You know compared to miami right. And so i do wonder you think we're going to see any seatings kind of jockeying when we get to the very end of teams may be trying to avoid miami. I'm not sure it's going to be possible for those top teams or for miami. Do you think that they're going to try to make a push to get to six to avoid the plan because even though we're we're hyping them up here a little bit. They have not been very consistent in their offense has not been that good. You get them into a plane scenario. Where the offense goes flat. I mean that's pretty. That's pretty dicey as well. Where do you think they're going to finish in the seating order by the end of the season. I mean right now. i think they're in seventh behind the knicks. Celtics hawks like i like. I feel like boston's turned a corner. I feel like the knicks are really solid just because they bring it on defense and their defense carries even against some of the better teams And i just liked the hawks. I don't think the hawks are gonna drop too far based on once you know once they get a little bit healthier..
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"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"We're just gonna skip over that part all right. So what did basketball reference tell you when you did this. Well harden statistically if you just look at the total numbers if you look at some of the advanced numbers he just isn't quite on par with steph. I've mean steph is steph leads all those candidates in p. e. r. true shooting wind shares per forty. Voor just all like the advanced catchall scurries just like there. And i have. I have a stat for you that i think you'll absolutely love the gap between curry. Who leads all players in offensive plus minus the gap between curry and the runner up. Who happens to be dame right. Now is the same difference between dame and the thirty sixth-ranked tiger rome think about that. That's one of the most astonishing statistics. You'll ever hear. No it's pretty wild. I mean he's been way out in front for a while on that stat. You know the rpm guys do tend to like tinker with their formula every couple years. I do wonder of curry broke it and like they're going to have to go back to the drawing board. It'd be like all right. There's something crazy going on here so on that basis alone. Are you taking luca and steph. Is that your. Is that your final answer. I have stephan. Luca penciled in my first team right now yes and that was tough because you know i love dame and i think what dame has done i mean. Maybe it's like a little bit of recency bias and dame has been relatively struggling Recently and man. It's tough 'cause like you go back. And you think about the season he had and carrying the portland trailblazers. When cj was out in winner was out having one of the better clutch seasons in memory. He was absolutely incredible so it it stings to put dame where i've put him Which is second team. I have him on. Second team with harden But i don't know like steph. What he's doing now is just something that you have to like honor. It's so unprecedented. Even for him. I didn't think he would ever be better than he was when he when he when he was unanimous. Mvp in two thousand and sixteen and the extended stretch. That we've seen now is better than that. And it's with like inferior teammates around him. Which only makes it more impressive. And he's older i man. He was like leaving me speechless on saturday night. No i hear you for sure i do. That sounds to me a lot like recency bias to be honest. But i look. I'll have dame right now. But i think there's a good chance he loses that spot. Especially if steph keeps this thing going I would have hardened dame i team luca and steph second team so we basically we just flipped but i think that four way race is really really close in it. Kinda just comes down to a matter of taste and like you're saying matter of values do you care more about the statistical production or the team performance and for me. I try to balance both. And so i give a little bit more weight to the team. Production and mostly..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"It's not a big deal. I just. It's tough with luca. In michael i think ernst and young handles the nba's like official balloting procedure. You know to keep it all on the up and up. I think they're the accounting firm. That handles that. I don't work for ernst and young so like you're going to have to take that question that whole line of questioning a completely different direction and and you know maybe ask somebody who cares. I'm calling luca garden. Okay so luca is then i team row. Really you think that that is controversial. Up for debate okay I watch a lot of the mavericks. I watch a lot of. Maverick's games i. I don't think it's a hater. Up for god's mercy like he's he's like nearing perfection on offense now that he's got the three point shot down pretty good and i think he leads the league in assists reiter. He's up there in assist straight. He's yeah he's just absolutely a total monster. I don't know how you defend him. Just real quick one sentence answer who had the better shot lucas. Push out game winning. Three pointer or steph curry's left-handed double clutch three pointer against boston curry. No doubt about it really close. Oh i mean like. If i'm playing horse which do i think i can hit with my life on the line it's lucas. I have literally no chance. I am a dead person. If i am trying. What steph did over grant williams. Incredible dad shot was so tough by steffi probably only makes it seven out of ten times in an empty jim anyway back to your arguments in favor of logo. Okay so. I'd like luca he's first team for me. I let me ask you if golden state could catch dallas in the standings unlikely. I think there are two and a half games back right now. Would that flip your decision. Or are you gonna have luke and steph as your first team. So i don't i don't really factor team performance that much like if you are on a team. That is six and seventy three or something. Then we have a problem. And i don't think you're you're no matter what your statistics are. I don't think you're going to make all nba. But it's it's less of a factor here for me which kind of goes in line with how i pick all star teams too but that explains a lot you yeah use don't results so does that mean heart is not getting any bonus points from you for leading the the brooklyn nets the top of the standings like he did for a solid two and a half months there. He was nearing his way back into the conversation. And then i don't know if you watched Their game against the miami heat yesterday but he had on a sweater that was very festive in a way. That almost offended me. I did not like his his attire. So he he got bumped back down like kind of conversation for that jacket. This is the g. q. Roots showing through. Just to say. I would have hardened i team as actually my first guard selection because i do value winning an awful lot and consistency factor. I know he's not the flavor of the month right now. Frankly not really the flavor of the year. Either you know my sure. People are really rallying around him. But i will personally and say he's my first all nba. First team guard selection. So i was. I basketball reference. Let you take all these different players and match their statistics up against each other. So i filtered in steph luca dame and harden and then also i. You're going to get upset. But i also included brad. Be oh you you didn't do that..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"About job. They also need to make sure. Composite gets about six inch heels out there so he can match up little defensively. some people Yokich is the least of their concerns. Man his playoff numbers are going to be absolutely wild. And i'm actually kind of looking forward to unleashed yokich in the playoffs. Because you know. We saw a little frustration. That boston game where i think. He was feeling like maybe teammates. An down or not everybody's competing at the highest level right No excuses in the postseason yorkers will just put everybody on his back it should be really really fun If i were them i would seriously consider playing some these seeding games Just because i really don't like that lakers matchup for them. And i think one of the unintended if you want i mean winners is not the right word. But the unintended beneficiaries of murray's injury is absolutely the lakers because they were looking at a situation where if they fill him to play in that was gonna be their worst case scenario. They're gonna visually tough path through the playoffs if they can get you. Know kind of a hampered nuggets in the first round the jazz in the second round. I think the lakers are feeling great about that don't you. Yeah probably Can i can. I zoom out with you for two seconds and ask you kind of a big picture nuggets question. Yes are they screwed. Is the question well kinda so we are left to assume that jamal murray is likely going to miss the rest of this season but then because of the timing of this injury. There's a good chance. He misses all of next season as well right or a vast majority of it. Yeah they put time line usually at nine to twelve months. I'm sure they're going to be really careful with it. And you know. Nine months would be right around january. So you're still getting a good chunk of the the regular season if it's the full twelve months. You're looking at the start of the playoffs next year. Which i don't think he's going to just come back and then play high intensity basketball in the playoffs. That just doesn't seem smart. What do i know now is do you think or do you think at all this impacts yokich is next contract and just like so. Let's like is like stepping back for two seconds. So they're going to. We're remaining that they're not going to win the championship. This season despite being. I think a lot of people thought that they could win the title this year next year. Murray does not play which he probably won't they aren't going to win the title next year either..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"I mean obviously spacing without horford has drastically improved for philadelphia. And i think that that trickles down to your quality of shot selection. There was an awful lot is bad bailout shots from bead in the mid range the crazy fall away as the leaners the you know just desperation shots hero shots in some situations. I do think he likes to be viewed as kind of is do it all big man and sometimes he was just taking it too far anecdotally from the eye test. I feel like he's tightened a lot of that up and it's probably because he doesn't find himself such dire situations this year because they do have better spacing and because i think he's in better shape and kinda can kind of get to things more quickly. Would you agree with that. Yeah one hundred percent. I mean having you know horford and no josh richardson instead. A instead now having seth curry danny green Tobias harris having the shooting season of his career. There's just a lot more space to to operate. And i just want also quickly highlight My former editor mike parada At espy nation He wrote a a really really awesome piece about embeds balance on his on his subject newsletter And how embiid's ability to kind of face up more. This season has improved his ability to knock down those mid range shots and those long twos. So i think that that's a factor as well and i think embiid said Recently i think it was after the mavericks game. He kinda compared himself a little bit to kevin. Durant said that's the type of offensive player. He wants to be. He doesn't wanna be just back to the basket. Sh like old school shack tape. And all this centers that for all the singers wannabe beyond say all the big men wanna be katie. It's just hilarious to me. I mean you know. He's doing the same thing working on the perimeter game constantly. It's so strange. Because you know katie's given up seventy five pounds of some of these guys that feels like and yet they watch him handle the ball. That looks like fun. I want to do that too. And beat is a good shooter though for eighty percent free throw shooter and he gives to the line an awful lot. That's been one of the key. Strengths for this philadelphia team. Is him getting to that foul line. You know just eleven times a game and really being able to deliver their. I think they might be number. One in free throws or free throw attempts this season as a team. That's a huge advantage when you're going into the playoffs especially if you're looking at under undersized frontline among the opponents right so that that's huge in their favor but what you are seeing. Is that look this guy. Shot selection was so bad in past years and or his conditioning was so bad in past years. So he's settling for bad shots and he's way below where he should be if you get a wide open mid range shot. I don't expect you to hit that at an eighty percent clip. Like you do a a free throw but it shouldn't be completely crazy and surprising that you can hit out a really good right. I mean this goes back to lamarcus. Aldridge thing he was a great free throw shooter himself and he was awesome from those elbows. If you left him open and and that's kind of 'em beats got that soft touch. He's got good form. That's where it should be. I also think this conditioning though it comes through in a lot of different ways for embiid i mean his three point. Shooting number is up For sure his overall shooting efficiency is up his late game..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Some really intrigued to see. I hope we see them in the playoffs at some point. But i'm not too worried about the nets. As i said when we did the the expecter episode like i didn't even consider i said like if aldridge were to get hurt for the rest of the season i wouldn't be couldn't like that nervous about brooklyn so don't think my stance has changed. No you were wrong then. And now you're gonna pay for it. Michael that's the only way i can see it No i hear your point. I mean it's not absolutely devastating but they had assembled all deep record there with different options. And you know depending on how things go across the course of a series. I could see that frontline getting worn down or getting into foul when we saw with embiid really having his way with brooklyn At least what was available last night before we dig into 'em and how sensational he's been this year. I just think we need to tell the sixers fans. They made a big mistake on wednesday night. michael they should not have boo'd kevin durant in the manner that they did if the nets and sixers meet in the playoffs. And there's a game in philadelphia. I promise you kevin durant will score at least forty points in that game right it down. Now he was looking around all miffed on the bench. I'm sure you saw his reaction. Why are they doing me on. Not even playing big mistake is not going to forget that and you should've taken that one back sixers fans. I know you're happy to be back in the building. Everyone's glad to have fans back in the building when it safe and appropriate big mistake. Michael big mistake i. I'm calling it right now. You said forty in the game. He's gonna have forty at halftime. I'm sorry that was a big mistake. I totally agree with all right man all serious this year with them beat. I know you wrote about him this week. I got the sense that maybe you were doing some of your dork stat diving and coming across some wacky stats and you were like. I've got turn this into a column. Am i right. Well you told us before you know you like to kind of just dig in deep into the database and then when you find a number you want to explore it and ask about it and so forth. I think this was your explanation for your clink cappella defensive player of the year nomination. Call him a couple of months ago..
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"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"And that could be As shams rates Family members or longtime close personal friends. Who reside in the city where the team is staying and reading that i was like. Why is this allowed. This makes absolutely zero sense to me. So as you know as we're recording this there have been reports that the The nba and the mvp is going to be discussing. Changes to the to the protocols because stuff like this just doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever. Obviously there's a mental health component to isolating in your hotel room every time you're on the road versus being able to you know have people who asked human interaction. I guess is the most fundamental way to put it. But it's all it's all very strange from this off the court. The these rules to you know watching terry's maxi go off for thirty nine points celebrating it. It's just like i don't even know. I don't even know what like if you're trying to put out this product as an mba as the nba. What is even the point because as you said it really like the results are not legitimate right. yeah well. I think The television money people are watching. There have been some amazing games. It's one of those situations again where we're just being forced to compartmentalize at the same moment where we're having these other. These games ruined also having some spectacular individual performances from guys like steph curry and kawhi leonard over the weekend And you can go right down the list yokich in last week in You know. I'm sure people saw lebron's left-handed full court pass the other night. I mean it. it's not completely ruined but it's it's definitely damaged in my concern is that it could get significantly more damaged if if these trends continue because it's it's certainly accelerating here over the last week in a noticeable way now in terms of some of the things that the nba do here to tighten up. I think that's an important question because the nba said in a release on monday it was going to meet with the players association about how they could you know. Try to get You know some adjustments to the health and safety protocols and they kind of left it at that You know talking to experts prior to the season in terms of what they were worried about There was the the road..
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"stephen curry" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Maybe you don't win a championship them with them in this year. But in the years to come you're guaranteed to have fats whereas how many other teams are guaranteed to have some combination of two players on that level. So i certainly wouldn't do it for hard. Like the celtics are not in the position. Where james harden is such upgrade over jalen brown that you make the deal in risk potentially blowing the next ten years of your franchise out who else is out there on the market that i would that is considered a trade chip in a situation like that so i think you know jaylen brown to me is become too big to trade at this point jason. Tatum already was jalen brown. After being you know the guy you trade for kawai the guy you trade. Anthony davis at this point. Jaylen brown too big to deal. Well i mean look if not that it would be but if we're doing the hypotheticals if it were jalen brown for anthony davis tomorrow when you compare. Anthony davis jason tatum. You'd probably do it but the l. That's that's not a realistic discussion One other wrinkled to this one Coincidental to this to this podcast agenda. Because i didn't know When i had this conversation a couple of days ago that we would be discussing jaylen brown today but Back and forth with with a friend who's a fan and we were just talking about simmons and beat this and the as sixer fan you know. I wonder if you had to do over again in that draft because it went simmons ingram brown. Would simmons still be number one. I thought well we hold on an so. The your your initial reaction is always think like that's crazy. of course. Ben simmons unicorn six ten point guard at all this but i started thinking about it. You know obviously ingraham's becoming all star and jaylen brown's on his way there and when you think about two skill sets and just the offensive repertoire. That the other two guys have. The benjamin does not have at this stage and so out of curiosity i through this at at a scout who you know as seen plenty of all these guys and he like i was expecting the get the hell out of here with that question response and it was not it was you know. I think i'd take jaylen brown. The dow was literally the response. Was i throughout this..
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"stephen curry" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"But you do need to do it in a way. That doesn't hamstring you. One quick note. It may not just be the timber wolves pick and maybe the warriors bad as as they've shown time so we'll see where this goes it may be too top five top eight top ten whatever in a strong draft and if weisman blossoms into a star still a little early for that the a good indication so far but yeah they may have that rare ability to pull off the smoothest transition from championship era dynasty era to the next era without having to bottom out in a major way or bottom out for too long like they they kinda did bottom out in terms of record this past year but weird circumstances with klay out and all that stuff but they might be able to thread that needle. It's really tough to do. And but you want curry therefore it if if at all possible the one thing i'll say just in supportive of your your framing which is like. Let him hit free agency. he'll be thirty four at that time right. And so how many teams even if the if the fear we're we're going to lose them for agency. How many teams are going to go. Max out of thirty four year old Especially a smaller guard who. They don't generally age as well probably. There's probably not a lot of risk there unless you know say it's charlotte. Who just wants to bring him home and like you know have plant a flag. You'll put up. Put a nice little know flagging their kappa. Whatever i don't think there's a lot of danger there. I guess the other danger though is more of are you. Are you doing a disservice as it insulting in some way to steph curry to say you know what we're waiting waiting for free agency. We we just have to see where we are in hand and how you look like. Is that the wrong way to treat a guy who's much the franchises at the wrong signal to send to other stars and their agents and their families because that is. There's a political reality to chris. You do have to factor in perceptions and just wanting to show that we're the kind of franchise that always takes care of its own. I get that. Although i would argue that writing checks the total forty five million dollars in that last season is thanks enough. I mean i mean you. And i know it's never that simple. It isn't right. It isn't worth watching. Good piece by michael pena check it out over at sl dot com It's up right now on the site. You decided it was time to upgrade your outdoor deck. So you got all the essentials to do it. You.
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"stephen curry" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"It's more about this chris. When he lands in philadelphia to play joel embiid or he lands in brooklyn to play with durant or when land miami to play with jimmy butler and bam out a bio wherever he ends up is he insists on still being a thirty five to thirty eight percent usage guy is still gonna want to dominate the ball and the offense the extent that he always has because if he gets somewhere else chris especially gets to one of his preferred destinations. It's going to mean pairing up with at least one. If not two other all stars and those guys are going wanna just sit around watching hardened beat the ball into the ground so the question i have is. What's he willing to do at this stage at thirty one having gotten all the individual accolades possible but not the ultimate prize. And i apologize to the celtics. Two thousand seven eight. Talk to ray allen for the story and it's about that sacrifice that ray allen paul pierce and chemical that made that enable the celtics to be better than the sum of their parts wanting to three hall of famers but if they don't play in concert with each other and each take a step back and serious steps back that they took then then you can't get there and james harden if he does land with multiple other stars somewhere that that's going to be the first question. How do you make it work. Yeah i think the counter i would make to. That is twofold one. It was a lifetime ago. I get that. But every time i talk to people in oklahoma city. I'm reminded of just how comfortable hardened was playing off of durant and westbrook again. It was a long time ago. And james harden was a complimentary player back. Then he's an mvp can't last now. What three four time nba scoring champion. So things have changed significantly but in that role. It's misleading for people to rewrite history. Not saying you do it but like some people rewrite history and say harden one out of oklahoma city because he wanted a bigger role he did got out of oklahoma city because they made the catastrophic of not maxing him out and thinking that you know salary cap ramifications were more important than signing james harden. If they had signed there may be the same things would have happened. Maybe would have wanted to be an alpha somewhere else but we don't know that to be true the other side of it is to that like everything you say is right. But i can't fathom by. James harden saying i want to go to brooklyn and i'm going to be the same.
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"He was two or three years ago. I mean he's not making nearly as many impact. Defensive plays on a game to game basis now. Then he did back in the san antonio days not even close and it's because he has security this heavier burden on offense but he's not getting to the foul line ten times like he did against phoenix night. That's just not who he is as a player. And i think that you know. He's smart about how he manages the low but my question is he turn it back up when it matters in the playoffs and he didn't against denver. You look at two of those four losses against denver. They were both his fault right. And so i mean look. I expecting this to get worse by not necessarily better. I feel like his best. Years are probably behind him or if not he's right in the middle of them right now and it's just a huge contract to be carrying when you've already paid paul george it's gonna limit who you are as an organization. I'm not saying that. Their title window is closed. But i i would be goping. If i had to give that quite leonard deal and i wouldn't have said that you know when i signed him in two years ago i would've said well give him whatever he wants. But i don't think the last year and a half has played out very well for well. This is fascinating just because it kind of speaks to the dilemma organizations. Have they have a player. Who's so talented and in their prime but looking for that next contract mean. This goes back to The steph curry conversation at the very top of our episode a little bit But like you know your question of whether or not would be Or how long it could be really effective on. That contract is like yeah players. Who are in their mid. Thirties are probably not worth fifty million dollars. So it's just not what they productions not going to be there. Unless you're lebron james. So if kawhi leonard is lebron james then sure i feel great about it. He's probably not gonna look that way when he's thirty five years old but that's just like what it is. I in with everybody. So i don't really know what to do about that beyond offering him three years and hoping he doesn't get upset but he will so you got to offer the five and that's just what it is but i think a little higher on him in a little bit more optimistic about what he still has to offer and i don't see precipitous decline in his game As much as you do particularly on the defensive end where. I still think. He's an all defensive player us. Oh really yes so. That's basically kind of where i am with colossal..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Trying to do and maybe better used as a number three guy to support players like yokich and jamal. Murray rather than trying to carry an offense himself. Do you think either team would would give the thumbs up to this deal. Michael and and who says no so like as much sense as this makes on paper i just don't see. Why either team actually does it. S thaddeus points out to make the money where you know. The nuggets would have to include significant salary. Because michael porter jr. only makes three point five million dollars. So that's gary harris and another player. So gary harrison paul millsap or will barton indra. Michael green Denver's just like not doing that like that's a lot of depth depth is really important for them and they are a thin and some cert- certain spots as it is For the raptors. You know pascal siakam even after we've just trashed him for nasa trash. We cry we. We're fairly criticized him for his poor play. So far is a standard play in the bubble but like the raptors take a significant step backwards and they full on are entering a rebuilt around michael porter. Jr. og an-and ob and fred vanfleet. I don't know what their path to title is Looking like that. And you know you're giving up one of the best defenders at his position for one of the worst defenders that size that. I think i've ever seen in michael porter jr. and without kyle lowry next year. Potentially he's a free agent this summer like they would just fall off a cliff and i don't like know messiah. Jerry is not under contract for a very long time. I could see him abandoning ship as well if were an actual trade that that went down because i just don't know what how you're going to reach the championship. And that's kind of what the expectations are for that organization right. Now you're are describing. Michael puerto juniors defense like your museum curators. You're like this is some of the worst defense that we've ever seen in the world. And yeah i here's the thing. If i was toronto. I would not do it because i personally don't amount of michael porter. Jr. believer i know. He's an incredible score. But if you're saying and he'd be like so good at scoring and so good at playmaking that he can make up for his defense in leader really efficient offense to you know big success. I say no and part of the problem is i. Don't really trust him as a playmaker. I think he's a guy who gets his own and doesn't necessarily set up his teammates very well. I don't see a ton of vision from him. And so if i'm trying to build an offense around him. I just don't think it's really going anywhere. People rightfully harp on the defensive. Stop because it's a disaster but it's the playmaking his teammates in making his teammates. Better stuff that. I actually questioned more. When you're talking about you know what is his feeling. What's his ceiling. Like as a player. Right i mean he. He's never going to be that multi-dimensional threat. I don't think it's going to be an incredible individual score. But those guys don't usually take you very far if i was denver. Michael i would do it because i would try to buy low on siaka. He's a natural third fit. He gives you a lot of what you need. You can take a lot of the pressure off of him from an offensive standpoint and you just hope the change of scenery it gets back to who he was near the contracts part does make it worse..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"stephen curry" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Who were going to criticize later So i mean like you can criticize him. But just don't go overboard and then to the people who say's beyond reproach she's a human being and he should be criticized when he deserves it. Yeah i think that you know with this group. If clay was out there unhealthy. I would say they would. Face that playoff mandate if you've got claes replacement shooting six percent on three pointers and wiggins looking really clueless and you're starting a rookie center defensively and james out. Do they have a single plus defender on the entire roster that starts to be the kind of situation where clay's contract this time one hand behind your back. Kelly oubre as you know just presence is tying your other hand behind your back and at some point. It's like. I'm not going to hold it against steph if you can't carry this particular group into the playoffs usually i'm pretty demanding and You know i. I expect a lot from a team's best players that when it becomes time to hand out criticism i tend to look there first. You know janas. It started with him in the playoffs. You know he just did not play his best. The bucks go out. He has to bear a lot of the responsibility. Kawhi leonard same deal. You know for the the clippers last year's playoffs. That's where i wanted to start the conversation. A lot of other people wanted to talk about playoff p. Paul george and doc rivers and whatever else that might be. I think the best player always needs to have that kind of magnifying glass. Approach but with steph like he could be sensational. I mean i think the he could actually average forty points a game this season and they still don't reach the playoffs. I think that would be possible. Not predicting that. But i think that's possible given what he's got to work with on this particular roster so i think i'm in almost give him a full pass for the season mode At the same time it matters I guess his spirit and how he plays and is able to make an impact. Is he able to show you sort of glimmers of hope for the future right and i think part of the problem in the first two weeks was there hadn't been a lot of that even when he's scoring thirty something points. It just felt empty. You know the whole the whole experience was just dreary guys. Were having a hard time and and they just couldn't get their spirit right a lot of frustration in terms of shot selection from his teammates Express both by hurry..