” There is no dual agenda. There never was, there still isn’t, and there never will be. » Joe Lacob has the merit of being clear in assuring that the Warriors have never sought to develop young people while taking advantage of the last good years of the historic trio Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.
” There is only one agenda every year, which is to have the best product on the field, to have the best team, to be as competitive as possible to win a title “, develops the owner of the Californian franchise, interviewed by Mercury News.
The choices of recent weeks have demonstrated this. Mike Dunleavy Jr., replacing Bob Myers as GM, quickly made his mark by hitting hard with the arrival of Chris Paul, in exchange for Jordan Poole, Patrick Baldwin Jr. and Ryan Rollins. It was therefore a question of recovering a future Hall of Famer, aged 38, by giving up on a potential future All-Star of 24 years.
But several factors came into play, a multifaceted decision as the leader says. The salary aspect of course, since this transfer offers much more financial flexibility to the team. Not to mention a possible favorable effect internally when the start of the 2022 champions’ season had been upset by the punch delivered by Draymond Green on Jordan Poole.
We had to change something
” We had to change something. This is a short term change, but Chris Paul is a fabulous (future) Hall of Famer who I think will definitely help our second five, our top five if he plays there…Wherever he plays he’s a great guy “, Continues the owner, who does not yet know what the status of “CP3” will be.
” It’s up to the coaches to decide. I’m sure they talk about it, but who knows? He might be a starter, he might not be. The goal is to have a lot of talent on the pitch and see what happens. Who starts doesn’t really matter anyway, what matters is who finishes the match “, sweeps Joe Lacob.
The latter, despite the advanced age of the newcomer as well as the team’s executives, is convinced that his Warriors have a bright future ahead of them. ” We can be good for several years, not just one, but we absolutely want to win. We do everything we can. We’re going to have a huge payroll this year, the biggest in NBA history, and we’re trying to win. I can’t try harder “, ends the one who intends to keep the quartet Steve Kerr – Curry – Thompson – Green intact until the end.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Stephen Curry | 56 | 34.7 | 49.3 | 42.7 | 91.5 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 29.4 |
| Klay Thompson | 69 | 33.0 | 43.6 | 41.2 | 87.9 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 21.9 |
| Jordan Poole | 82 | 30.0 | 43.0 | 33.6 | 87.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 20.4 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 37 | 32.2 | 47.3 | 39.6 | 61.1 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 17.1 |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 67 | 20.8 | 52.5 | 37.0 | 65.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 9.9 |
| Donte Divincenzo | 72 | 26.3 | 43.5 | 39.7 | 81.7 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 9.4 |
| Draymond Green | 73 | 31.5 | 52.7 | 30.5 | 71.3 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 8.5 |
| Kevon Looney | 82 | 23.9 | 63.0 | 0.0 | 60.6 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 7.0 |
| James Wiseman | 21 | 12.5 | 62.8 | 50.0 | 68.4 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.9 |
| Ty Jerome | 45 | 18.1 | 48.8 | 38.9 | 92.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| Anthony Lamb | 62 | 19.3 | 47.1 | 36.7 | 76.7 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| Jamychal Green | 57 | 14.0 | 54.0 | 37.8 | 77.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 6.4 |
| Gary Payton II | 7 | 16.1 | 60.7 | 44.4 | 66.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| Moses Moody | 63 | 13.0 | 47.6 | 36.3 | 69.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| Patrick Baldwin, Jr. | 31 | 7.3 | 39.4 | 38.1 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| Lester Quinones | 4 | 4.5 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Andre Iguodala | 8 | 14.1 | 46.7 | 11.1 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| ryan rollins | 12 | 5.2 | 35.0 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
