Steve Kerr is very sorry for the Pelicans fans, but also the viewers. Last night, for the second night of a back-to-back, he felt he had no choice but to rest his four All-Stars: Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green.
“At the end of such a brutal road trip, you clearly have to think about the long term” entrusted the coach of the Warriors. “I have two players who are probably not going to play a lot of back-to-backs, if any, and then two others who are really injured at the moment. I apologize to all the fans who were hoping to see these players and won’t see them, but we’re just trying to keep the main objective in mind. »
“Good luck getting the idea across…”
Steve Kerr assures him: he would like his players to be on the floor every evening, but it is impossible today with a season of 82 matches spread over six months.
“The league is trying to remedy that by relaxing the schedule a bit. I have this in mind all the time: people spend money to see a team, and then someone doesn’t play? It’s not something I ignore. I know it hurts. Over the years we have had many discussions with fans who have found themselves in this situation. But, in the end, player health is the #1 factor in our team’s success and even our long-term fan satisfaction, as we want to keep the guys healthy throughout the season. »
In the end, what would he like as a calendar to align his players every night? “Ideally, a 65-game season, and everyone will play every night. But good luck getting the idea across… Maybe 70”.
The NBA has indeed already rejected the idea of a shortened season, quite simply for financial reasons since players are paid on the basis of an 82-game season, and TV contracts and ticketing revenues are based on 1,230 meetings per year.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Stephen Curry | 9 | 34.8 | 48.7 | 41.4 | 94.4 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 31.0 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 9 | 33.3 | 46.5 | 38.9 | 72.7 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 17.4 |
| Jordan Poole | 9 | 28.6 | 43.1 | 31.1 | 78.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 16.1 |
| Klay Thompson | 8 | 26.8 | 36.4 | 32.9 | 87.5 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
| Draymond Green | 9 | 29.1 | 61.4 | 30.0 | 58.3 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 8.9 |
| James Wiseman | 9 | 13.5 | 59.6 | 0.0 | 63.2 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 7.6 |
| Kevon Looney | 9 | 23.6 | 65.1 | 0.0 | 58.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 7.0 |
| Moses Moody | 9 | 16.1 | 38.6 | 35.5 | 70.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| Donte Divincenzo | 3 | 14.0 | 45.5 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| Jamychal Green | 9 | 18.0 | 42.9 | 25.0 | 80.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| Ty Jerome | 6 | 12.9 | 56.3 | 44.4 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.7 |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 6 | 10.9 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| Anthony Lamb | 1 | 8.6 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Patrick Baldwin, Jr. | 1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ryan rollins | 3 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
