Anyone eyeballing Sunday's game vs. the Clips?

The Clippers seem unstoppable at the moment. They're blowin out the Bucks, you think we have a shot at taking the Pacific Division lead this Sunday guys??

 

^^i agree, they probably are a little overrated. nonetheless, they've been lookin real nice so far...

 

Who would have thought that Warriors and Clippers will challenge the Pacific? Their two veteran additions are really mixing well with existing cores. I can't say I feel too confident about this game, but if we can get a win, that would be really great...

 

Clippers are definetely overrated. Don't get me wrong, they deserve all the credit in the world but history says that they will plummet. What makes this year different? Sam Cassell? I don't think so.

That said, DON'T QUOTE ME! You never know, but I just don't see it lasting. I guess we'll see when they play the Dubs.

 

Yeah, I think they will fall off eventuallly. Hopefully. With the way they are playing I bet Sam Cassell is thinking about his "precioussssssss..."

 

I'm not really eyeballing Sunday's game, but maybe the only one or two warriors girls that are hot. Man the Warriors dance squad need to improve the overall attractiveness of the girls because it means either of two things: the ugly ones can really dance, or there were a lot of vacant positions that needed to be filled. Let's hope it's the first one.

I know I'm being bad, but c'mon best squad ever!

http://www.nba.com/media/warriors/WG_800x600.jpg

 

SPAM? lol J/K Custodian. Also that is last years squad.

 

I am not looking forward to the Clippers yet. First we have to beat the Bucks again. If we can do that then I will look forward to the game. But if lose to the Bucks I am going to be very disappointed...

 

i'm more looking forward to the Nets game actually. By then Dun should be sufficiently planted on the pine. Then we can come with BD, Jrich, and Pietrus against Kidd, VC, and RJ. Hopefully it will be an uptempo game.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Warriorfansnc93:</div><div class="quote_post">I am not looking forward to the Clippers yet. First we have to beat the Bucks again. If we can do that then I will look forward to the game. But if lose to the Bucks I am going to be very disappointed...</div>

Bah, get over the Bucks loss...at least we split the series. It will be a learning experience or something

I expect Baron to have a much better game against Portland and again, I am hoping Dunleavy can score more than 10 points...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kensaku:</div><div class="quote_post">Bah, get over the Bucks loss...at least we split the series. It will be a learning experience or something

I expect Baron to have a much better game against Portland and again, I am hoping Dunleavy can score more than 10 points...</div>

I typed that before the game...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Warriorfansnc93:</div><div class="quote_post">I typed that before the game...</div>

 

It's a double whammy since Dunleavy Jr. doesn't play well against his old man's team and he's not due for a breakout game until about 5 more games. We need some kind of consistent scoring production from Murphy or Dunleavey because Baron can be streaky and there's no offense coming from Foyle. Richardson also has the possibility of not showing up, but he's been the most consistent warrior so far.

 

Hopefully they lose against the Lakers and us. If we can win tomorrow..and beat the Clips.drumroll.......... Warriors 7-4 and the Clippers 6-4. Let's put on our rally caps.

 

Actually since, BD can't penetrate and finish on his own, why not have people slash to the rim when he penetrates? Easy points every time. If BD didn't jack up 21 shots against the Bucks but pass the ball to someone else like Murphy, I'd say we got that game. Oh wells, what's done is done. Destroy the Blazers and bring on the Clips. How about 4+ players with 20 points? Heh. Overly optimistic.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting jzblaze:</div><div class="quote_post">i'm more looking forward to the Nets game actually. By then Dun should be sufficiently planted on the pine. Then we can come with BD, Jrich, and Pietrus against Kidd, VC, and RJ. Hopefully it will be an uptempo game.</div>

With the way RJ is playing and the way Dunleavy is playing... I expect RJ to have a career high in everything, unless Pietrus is on him.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting openglfx:</div><div class="quote_post">Actually since, BD can't penetrate and finish on his own, why not have people slash to the rim when he penetrates? Easy points every time. If BD didn't jack up 21 shots against the Bucks but pass the ball to someone else like Murphy, I'd say we got that game. Oh wells, what's done is done. Destroy the Blazers and bring on the Clips. How about 4+ players with 20 points? Heh. Overly optimistic.</div>
If it were that easy we'd be doing it by now. It's called "off the ball movement". We seem to lack that part of the game and it's one of the reasons why Monty was brought in. (Too many of our guys just stand around waiting for something to happen by the ballhandler). Unfortunately, our most talented players don't seem to buy into it that much and would rather stand around or chuck it after the first pass.

Take Pietrus for instance. Quite a player in the open court and on isolations, but he simply doesn't understand playsets or any of that. So what happens if 4 of the guys are moving around out there and Pietrus isn't where he's supposed to be or isn't spacing the floor properly. It destroys the whole play.

Murphy also has had similar trouble with what to do with the ball besides jab step and shoot. At least Murphy seems to be adjusting better, he's got some big problems with learning the plays and learning to pick up the slack of others on help defense. He's getting better though on both ends. He sure didn't give up on that one fastbreak play that almost resulted in the other team scoring. He also had some nice plays where he dropped the ball to somebody running backdoor, indicating he could become a proficient playmaker from the high post. Guys just need to get comfortable with running plays they haven't had to do since the days of PJ Carlisimo.

 

I put this in the Bucks thread, where was the cutting off the ball that we saw in the game against the Bulls? That's what sparked the win over the Bulls, Pietrus and JRich cutting off the ball to the hoop and finishing.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting philsmith75:</div><div class="quote_post">I put this in the Bucks thread, where was the cutting off the ball that we saw in the game against the Bulls? That's what sparked the win over the Bulls, Pietrus and JRich cutting off the ball to the hoop and finishing.</div>
Yes, you did. Hmm, maybe it's the Warriors getting lazy or stupid? (especially getting all the one-pass or off the dribble 3-point shots off in the game [9-29 from downtown]). I have no clue.

I think our star players have it in their mind to bring us back by single acts of heroism rather than calloborating as a team and cycling the ball around. I think a lot of that play has to do with the fact Dunleavy has been failing miserably. When he's out, Fisher/Pietrus will do a lot of great things, but then we fail to get that player that will make the extra pass and find a guy that's the most wide open for the perimeter shot. But, I don't think Dunleavy makes everyone all that much better, but he does a few good things that won't destroy fluid ball movement. He's like a hockey assist guy.

On the flip-side when Dunleavy makes the extra pass he keeps giving it to Foyle who can't handle the pass or can't convert unless he's going to his right hand... or he just passes up a good look at the basket. Well you just rather have Dunleavy shoot the damn thing and make it for once, but he keeps missing... really badly at times like uncontested airballs.

When Murphy and Dun both play great, we can't really lose because Baron has more options to go to and will distribute the ball to either one of them. When they're not on... that just leaves only a few options. Jrich, DFish at sg, Pietrus at sf. Out of those three, Jrich is probably the wisest matchup to go to since he's not playing undersized. Then again he's expected to take more shots and he's known to launch a few ill advised shots every now and then. Jrich can create his own shot but not as well as Baron can. Pietrus can create his own shot, but not very well making decisions. Fisher tries to create his own shot but just isn't that great at it. That leaves Baron with the chuckfest or the dribble drive pull up jumper if he can't get all the way to the rack.

We need 50% fg + touch fouls type of inside presence in the worst way because perimeter shooting guys that can't create their own shot in this league can't keep consistent stats Plus, our point guard was never a high fg% kind of guy. The only thing he's been good at is distributing the ball and performing well down the stretch. So unless we master playsets, we need Ike Diogu on isolation plays like we use Baron on isolation plays. Baron wins with ballhandling, speed and strength. Diogu can win with strength, footwork, and positioning.