It’s like a nightmare, isn’t it? It just keeps getting worse and worse. — Grady Seasons
This will be remembered as the night that Ekpe “The Nightmare” Udoh put it all together, against the most hyped frontcourt in basketball. Most startling of all — for those already familiar with his defensive prowess — was the confident offensive game he displayed.
It’s an amazing concept, isn’t it, five on five basketball on the offensive end? Kind of hard to guard, isn’t it? Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Griffin, Chris Paul, Clippers, David Lee, Ekpe Udoh, Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry
Feeling lazy and uninspired, so I’ll limit myself to two quick points about the game. Continue reading
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Tagged David Lee, Ekpe Udoh, Klay Thompson, Memphis Grizzlies, Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry
I’m under the weather, so I’ll limit my recap of last night’s debacle to a few observations: Continue reading
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Tagged David Lee, Dorell Wright, Klay Thompson, Mark Jackson, Monta Ellis, Portland Trailblazers, Stephen Curry
Anyone else sense a little momentum building for this too small, too soft to win Warriors team? A few quick thoughts on the Phoenix game: Continue reading
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Tagged David Lee, Ekpe Udoh, Klay Thompson, Monta Ellis, Phoenix Suns, Stephen Curry
This is a pretty good Houston Rockets team the Warriors beat tonight. 16-12 overall, something like 13-4 in their last 17 games coming into Oracle.
If this keeps up, Adam Lauridsen is going to start pulling his hair out. Watching games like the last two, I would hate to have to keep thinking up reasons why Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry and David Lee are not good enough to be the core of a perennial playoff contender. That’s gotta be hard. Continue reading
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Tagged Andris Biedrins, David Lee, Houston Rockets, Kevin Martin, Klay Thompson, Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry
Nice win tonight for the Warriors, but we must acknowledge that it wasn’t the Denver Nuggets that they beat. The Nuggets’ best player, Danilo Gallinari — who happens to be the kind of spread four the Warriors have no answer for — is out for a month. Their second best player, Wilson Chandler, is stuck in China. Ty Lawson, with a sprained foot on one side and a sprained ankle on the other, is a mere shadow of himself. (I know this because he’s on my fantasy team.) When your main asset is speed, two bad wheels cannot be overcome.
What else? Aaron Afflalo, normally a terrific player, has struggled badly with free agency legs. And Nene has been in and out of the lineup with plantar fasciitis.
Not surprisingly, the Nuggets have been struggling, losing five straight games. The Warriors caught them at the right time. Nevertheless, a road win in mile high Denver is still an achievement, no matter who you’re playing. (The Warriors had dropped 15 out of their previous 16 in Denver.) Continue reading
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Tagged Andris Biedrins, David Lee, Denver Nuggets, Ekpe Udoh, Klay Thompson, Mark Jackson, Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry
That’s the beauty of Mike D’Antoni’s system… there’s so much space, so much creativity… you just be aggressive, you just attack. — Jeremy Lin
You finally got to see it tonight. Finally, after more than a year of a rookie GM adding the wrong pieces to the great Warriors core, and rookie coaches running the wrong plays, with the wrong lineups, in the wrong systems.
You saw it tonight, finally. The reason why David Lee was an all-star for Mike D’Antoni. The reason why Don Nelson traded for David Lee. Continue reading
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Tagged David Lee, Ekpe Udoh, Jeremy Lin, Kevin Durant, Monta Ellis, Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry
If I squinted my eyes really hard, I thought I could see some remnants of Don Nelson basketball in this Warriors win over the Jazz…. Continue reading
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Tagged Andris Biedrins, David Lee, Ekpe Udoh, Keith Smart, Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry, Utah Jazz
I’m not going to recap this Thunder game. Going to save my bullets. I would just be howling in the wind (and mixing my metaphors), because no one in the world believes this Warriors team should be able to beat the Thunder.
Except me.
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Tagged David Lee, Kevin Durant, Mark Jackson, Monta Ellis, Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry
In my last post I called the bottom of the Warriors season. For this game at least, my prediction appears correct. This Warriors team is way too talented to lose games the way they have been. What they have needed is a little health, a little time to play together.
And a coaching staff that gives them a chance to play in a winning style. In this game as in the last, there are signs that may be happening. Continue reading
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Tagged David Lee, Ekpe Udoh, LaMarcus Aldridge, Monta Ellis, Portland Trailblazers, Stephen Curry
