CJ from the Bench?

Due to the emergence of a third star. Draymond's minutes INCREASED by more than 10 MPG, and his role increased dramatically.

That was Kerr's real genius compared to Mark Jackson. Jackson tried to play Curry as a conventional PG. In that role, Curry was relied upon to be GSW's #1 scorer and their #1 facilitator. It wasn't just how many minutes Curry was playing that wore him down, it was how much he had the ball in his hands and how much he had to do. It also allowed defenses to really key on Curry.

Kerr realized that Curry could be much more efficient, and much "fresher" if he could play off the ball more. Without Draymond's emergence as their primary ball handler and leader in assists, Curry would probably have continued to play big minutes.

With Nurk, we may have the third piece of a legitimate Big 3. He won't play the same role as Draymond, but he can still make things easier for his teammates. Hopefully, that leads to more and bigger leads and more rest and less fatigue for Dame and C.J.

Since we clearly don't have four stars of the same caliber as GSW, we still need Dame and C.J. on the floor to win close games. Hopefully, with Nurk and an improved team defense, we will have fewer close games that need winning.

BNM

 

He played 21 MPG the year before Kerr took over as coach. How is increasing his PT to 31 MPG "resting" him?

And, as pointed out that GSW team had an average margin of +10.5 ppg. That makes it pretty easy to rest your stars in the 4th quarter of blowouts.

To really answer the chicken and egg question, you need to look at PT per quarter before and after Kerr. Also, factor in the score. Did, Curry and Thompson still play comparable of minutes over the first three quarters under Kerr as under Jackson. Is their extra rest coming primarily in the 4th quarters of games where they have large leads? I'll leave that exercise for you.

BNM

 

Of course more rest leads to less wear and tear. The problem is, unless you are also blessed with four stars, including two MVPs and multi time league scoring champs, it also leads to more losses.

BNM

 

Again, it's a LOT easier to rest your starters when your average margin is greater than +10 ppg.

The Warriors plan seems to be, build a 20 point lead early in the 4th quarter, rest our starters and coast to a win. Most teams, including the Blazers, don't have players to execute such a plan.

You're the one ignoring the "cause". The Warriors can rest their stars because they have more talent than their opponents. That superior talent leads to big leads, which then lets them rest that superior talent.

BNM

 

6min of rest per half compared to 7min changes nothing in terms of my argument. Where's CJs rest coming from each half if he's brought off the bench?

 

Thanks, the bolded part is exactly the point I was making. It's easy to rest your stars when you have more stars than anyone else and you have a large number of fourth quarter blowouts.

BNM

 

If CJ doesn't start giving effort on Defense then yes.

 

CJ already comes off the bench but he plays first 4-5 minutes too. We did not get off to great start last night anyway. Didn't get going til Pat came in.

 

Let's wait till we see how the defense does against Indiana with CJ starting.

 

3 blocks or no, Dames defense last night was still atrocious. He was trailing the plays woefully.

If the defense was better, it was because we inserted a 6'7" SG next our point guard.
If CJ was the PG, then the defense would be even better - he's a better defender than Lillard.

 

There are people maniacally obsessed with the idea that Dame/CJ can't contend. In order to win you need both scorers on the floor, but they are too much of a defensive liability. It's the Curry/Ellis scenario that keeps getting brought up. So how do you keep both happy without losing too much on D? Start Dame and sit CJ but then switch CJ out at PG..... then have Turner the primary ball handler and run Dame off screens? I think it's crap but the dialog is out there.

 

I actually think our system and coaching does no favors for either guy. Watch how easily CJ & Dame are 'shed' by the opposing PG in play. Its just flat out woeful.
That it hasn't been addressed in years now is on the coaching staff as much as the players.
The execution is just not there.

 

Yea that makes a lot of sense, but let’s bench CJ right? Smh

 

I don't know what game you were watching but Dame played excellent D last night.

Your post has absolutely no clue of what it's talking about.