Seeing what Yaxel's been doing so far (impressive), I can't help but think:
Why weren't they running their offense through Jimmy more in the first 20 gms last season (started 10-10). Everything Yax is doing on offense can be done by Franz, Lauri, KD, Jimmy, etc. All play PF. 1/2
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Urkel and Shadow were right. Right about what wins in the league (wings). Right about former Warriors who fit the archetype. It's clear some would rather watch the team lose and struggle than admit being wrong.
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The best attributes of the opposite curb the negative excesses of the inherent, and with that gone what remains is a far more beautiful soul, and so poetically then, to be humanised is to touch divinity through the integration of duality.
For the very same reason women are attracted to men with integrated animas, that is, a man who is as tender as he is ruthless - a conqueror and thinking man with courage capable of being deeply romantic without becoming pathetic - men are attracted to women with integrated animuses: discerning, logical, stoic restraint, high truth preference, and most crucially, the ability to transcend her solipsism to see beyond herself to acquire true empathy, and with it, the soulfulness absent in the otherwise highly self-referential and self-consumed feminine.
Of course, integrated people of both sexes are very rare, for it is a type of spiritual alchemy to furnish the soul with generative contradictions that complement rather than fragment.
This is why the ugliness that women see in men and men see in women are both pointing to a deeper truth. They are not fabricated. They are a sensitivity to the absence of desirable traits one finds more commonly within their own sex, which is why beyond the raw attraction of visceral polarity, a woman cannot truly find a man beautiful in soul unless he has acquired positive feminine attributes, and a man cannot find a woman beautiful in soul unless she has acquired positive masculine attributes, for when such desirable traits are conspicuously absent, both see the other as insufficiently soulful, and thereby subhuman.
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The phony sympathy act for Steph now in the media is sickening and my guy @CantStopDaRayne breaks down why it is. It’s very mighty convenient the tone has changed once the dynasty faded away compared to the heyday of it when nobody seemed to care about his impact then.
youtu.be/oz2p3ac_jyY?is=OY5Q…
I think what Urkel (@spacegang30) said about pay hierarchy on NBA teams is spot on. The bigger your pay, the bigger your say (voice, cache, etc.) on the team. Have you noticed after Poole (35M/yr), no other young player since has signed a contract exceeding 25M/yr (Draymond's career avg)? Gui just signed for 10M/yr. Had they matched, Post would have signed for 10M/yr. JK signed for 24M before the trade. Podz expected to sign for a similar amount.
I keep asking, had they drafted Franz and/or Halliburton, they making less than 30M on this team?
Does Draymond still have the same cache in that scenario?
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Beware of the S.I.G.N. Language.
Shame. Insult. Guilt. Need to be right.
This is a gaslighting tactic they use to shut down all conversation when you’re expressing thoughts, opinions, and perspectives that may go against their narratives and agendas.
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Outside of local and national media, only 4 people I follow for b-ball sources, the Four Source Men:
@urkle91 (or @spacegang30 )
@sbremindem
@jrichardgoodman
@SoCalJay01
Dishonorable mentions: Rob Morrow, GSWBallReport
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I know I'm going to annoy many people for this take.
But Lacob's not the biggest reason the Warriors have failed to win more. I know, I know.
It's a national pastime to blame the owner. In every sport. I get it.
Following the '22 title, who's done more to jeopardize the Warrior's chances of winning?
I think you know who.
People that never played sports underestimate or underappreciate team chemistry.
When you punch a teammate that's well liked, playing the right way, it affects the locker room. Especially when that teammate helps you win a title. Incidents like that can and do linger long after the punch.
Let's break it down, be precise, like in math.
When people say Lacob cost them chips, which one(s) in particular?
The '23 Denver title? The '24 Boston title? The '25 OKC title?
Sorry, but the Thunder were an ELITE defensive team with a historic net rating. Presti one of the best GMs in the league. Well-coached team. Those teams tend to win titles. Barring an injury to SGA, it's unlikely another team in the west beats them in 7 games. Warriors would have had a better chance at beating OKC w/Wiggins and JK. They went 2-1 vs OKC that year. But many in the fanbase are too blinded by their dislike of SB and Urkel to think straight. Wiggins is one of the best defenders of Shai in the league. If not the best.
Denver was well balanced with its athletic wings and shooting (KCP, MPJ, Gordon). The Nuggets won their matchups in the reg season vs GS. Steph is great, but GP2 is not the player you roll out vs the big, athletic frontcourt DEN had then. But that's who Kerr and the vets wanted in the Wiseman trade (Dray especially). Also little mention of the $43M player (Klay) shooting <50% TS in the Lakers series. But sure, let's blame Lacob.
You can make a case, the 23-24 season, the Warriors had as good a chance as any to come out the west (Mavs were the 4th seed). The Warriors have beaten BOS before. Could the Warriors have made trades? Sure. But Draymond does B.S. behavior and gets suspended TWICE. What owner is giving up valuable assets in that scenario? I'll wait. They missed the playoffs that season.
It was the young and unproven role players that helped them win a title in '22 (Poole, Wiggins).
It was young players that kept the team afloat in 23-'24 (JK) while a vet was out (suspensions).
Lacob has made his share of mistakes. No one is arguing that. But as it pertains to who has cost the team's chances the most?
It's Kerr and the vets. The dudes.
Since 21-22, the Eastern Conference Finals runner-up has made the finals the next season:
21-22:
MIA
Lost ECF? Yes
Made Finals in 22-23'? Yes
22-23:
BOS
Lost ECF? Yes
Made Finals in 23-24'? yes
23-24:
IND
Lost ECF? Yes
Made Finals in 24-25'? Yes
24-25:
NYK
Lost ECF? Yes
Made Finals in 25-26'? Yes
25-26:
CLE
Lost ECF? Yes
Made Finals in 26-27'? TBD
If I had to guess where #23 will sign? I would say Cleveland. Especially for the narrative and optics.