The Warriors endured a 40-point beatdown at the hands of the Celtics on their home floor on Monday and they admit that the 2022 Finals, in which they defeated Boston, feels like ancient history, Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN writes.
“Yeah, we have an entirely different roster pretty much, obviously,” Stephen Curry said. “Especially without Draymond [Green] out there (due to injury). But you look [at what] they have, besides [Kristaps] Porzingis, they have pretty much the whole rotation still, and they are the defending champs. So, they’re coming in with a level of confidence and swagger about ’em, and it’s the exact opposite of what we have right now. So yeah, obviously great memories, but definitely feels like a long time ago.”
“Seems like an eternity ago,” Warriors center Kevon Looney added. “We have had a lot of iterations of the team since then. Each season brings on a new challenge. That year seems further and further away. But hopefully, we can get back to that feeling of being a champion. But we got a long way to go.”
We have more from the Pacific Division:
- Is it time for the Warriors to hit the reset button? Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo.com endorses that approach, saying they should look to deal Curry and Green while they still have a lot of value. O’Connor explores a number of trade possibilities involving Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, the Lakers and Orlando to demonstrate what the return could be for each player.
- Domantas Sabonis has knocked down 48.4 percent of his 3-point attempts this season, far above his 34.9 percent career average. The Kings big man told Jason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee that he has gradually developed his long-range game. “It’s something I’ve been working on ever since I started playing basketball,” Sabonis said. “Sometimes it doesn’t happen overnight. You’ve got to keep doing it one summer, another offseason, another offseason. You just hope at one point you’re going to break through, and so far this year it’s been going in, so I’ve just got to keep sticking with it and shooting with confidence.”
- The Suns list Bradley Beal as questionable to play against the Nets on Wednesday due to a left ankle sprain (Twitter link). Beal returned to action on Monday at Cleveland after a two-game absence but contributed just five points and four assists in 25 minutes. Jusuf Nurkic, who last played on January 7, remains out due to “return to competition reconditioning.”
Wiggins, GP2 and Looney playing 1000x worse than they did in 2022 is why they are this bad. Also Kerr committing to small ball under -any- scenario, is played out and everyone knows how to beat it. Look at what Kenny is doing in Cleveland – playing 3 bigs sometimes. Kerr, for all his millions of rotations, ZERO of them contain both Looney and TJD. Kerr is a moron who thinks small ball is a winning formula, and it isnt. Trade GP2, Podz, Lindy and Buddy and just let Moody and Dennis be the SG.
I said on day 1 the starting lineup they SHOULD be committing to is TJD, Dray, Wiggs, Moody, Steph, but now I think their best lineup (that Kerr has never used even one time) is Looney, TJD, Green, Moody and Steph.
Curry would have to take 70 shots a game to generate any semblance of offense with that lineup.
Moody is a better scorer than you think
This comment was spot on.
Warriors biggest problem is lack of size, and the coach with predictable plays, and lack of mid-game adjustments.
@DaveyA’sfartyWarrior30 It doesn’t matter what account you use this lineup still has no scorers outside of Curry and no matter how great he is he won’t be effective If opposing teams just triple team him. At least throw the Chef a bone and replace TJD or Moody with Kuminga or Wiggins so he has somebody to cook with.
They have scorer but all of them are inconsistent scorers. One game Wiggins is great the next game he is horrible. TJD can’t make a bucket more than 2 feet from the basket. He has no shot. Heild has been terrible. So has Watters can’t hit a thing some games. Moody inconsistent. I can go up and down the lineup and almost every one of them is not somebody you can say will score every game. Why the Warriors need to be sellers at the deadline and redo the entire bench. Keep Kuminga and Curry all the rest should go.
Oh look, its Davey J trying to act not its not him lmao
Also: the Warriors are the highest-valued sports team in the USA -because- of Curry. Because of that reason, he is -never ever- being traded, and Dray at $25M doesn’t work on any other team either. They -should- trade everyone except those 2 and just take what bullets they have and build better around the 2 icons.
That dynasty is dead. They can choose to be an average/bad team while waiting for draymond and curry to finish out their time before retiring or they can trade them for what value they have left. (Green not much, curry some but still has 2 years left after this year at 60 million per and he’s not going to get better in those 2 years)
Good luck building around aging depreciating assets.
Warriors need Danny GOAT Ainge come in and ship these guys out, lol. Let’s see what Steph can do with Wemby.
Ainge has done nothing with Utah so wait and see before you call him a GOAT
Why would the Spurs trade for Curry?
They desperately need a rebuild after choosing the wrong sidekick to keep from the dynasty…
Wait 2022 is ancient history? Really. ‘Except for Kristaps they have the whole rotation still, lol. Yeah, OK. Pritchard and Hauser weren’t even in the rotation. Horford is now 53 yrs old. White only just got to Boston in 22. You seem to be forgetting Jrue Holiday. Different coach, yada, yada, yada. Complete different style of play when R and G Williams were in Boston and how old was JT and Jaylen in 22? You guys are old now and your roster sucks and you got whooped, and thats what happened. Don’t go all LeBron just give flowers were due. You’ve received plenty over the years.
Yeah these quotes were sour grapes but also what do you expect them to say. Curry can’t be feeling great right now.
Steph normally not like that. Just say they were good, we were bad. They won, we’ll move on.
‘Give flowers’ is the worst newspeak phrase I’ve heard in years I can’t stand it
It’s not ancient history from the Celtics perspective, but from the Warriors perspective.
The Warriors defeated the Celtics in 2022 for the NBA championship.
Though only three years ago, for the Warriors that’s ancient history because they’ve fallen off a cliff.
Celtics have matured and gained experience and plugged in some fantastic players.
While I’m here I really think Jrue Holiday doesn’t get the credit he deserves. Watching him play is a amazing experience. He’s almost always in the right place. He positions himself well and he posts up big men and scores with ease down low. He’s just amazing. Great on defense and that’s to say nothing of his community work and his entire make up. Love the guy.
And Derrick White impresses me also. Outstanding player if you just watch the guy and the little things he does. His defense is outstanding and I could go on and on. Love both those guys, an incredible backcourt in my opinion.
The people that are surprised the warriors are having trouble are the ones that doesn’t watch sports. Any team having a 10 year run is going to have problems because they can’t build up with young stars in the draft. We saw it with the Spurs and Lakers. Warriors got old and now is having a difficult time finding good young players. All they can do is sign mediocre players to fill the roster.
When the Warriors finally dwindle into obscurity, are we still going to get these desperate attempts at Warriors pieces? Are Davey’s daily pipe dreams really worth that much to HoopsRumors?
We all are sick of it lmao. Glad you guys can farm 40 comments on a story about nothing I guess.
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KOC is drunk…
Unless he has to be packaged with Curry to make a deal work Draymond has less value than Butler or Beal…
Nobody has less value than those 2. Green is half the money.
I don’t see how Greens actions over the years are any less toxic to a teams culture than what Jimmy does…
Add in the guaranteed time off for injuries and suspensions…
All 3 are the same class of player… Butler and Beal just contribute more to the box score…
Boner, nrg82, afsooner –
That’s a whole lot of typing, and not a word of it about the news article. (nrg82, I’m especially impressed by the stream of consciousness technique.) Anyway, it’s all a bit negative, wouldn’t you say?
I’m curious. Do you guys ever wonder if Warriors fans are paying attention to you? Or, perhaps you’re working on your personal brands? Or, perhaps you’re researching whether trolling is a sign of underlying issues such as insecurity, low empathy, or a need for attention?
Pro tip. Most of the frequent Warriors posters “mute” Davey J. That means you’re also muted when you respond to him.
Are all of you in some class that teaches you how to be a victim or something?
Me being tired of the daily Warriors slop that gets put out means that Im insecure, not empathetic, and need attention? Really dude?
WARriOrS HaTErs WoNT lEaVE uS AloNE!¡!
It’s cute that Warriors fans think we’re talking to them with our complaints about the Warriors being in the news when there are 29 other teams..
Aristotle….argh, was quoting Steph directly, which was in the article but anyway.
“Do you guys ever wonder if Warriors fans are paying attention to you”
As he writes 500 words responding to you.
Hey hairbrush! or should I say Clay_dagoat! You back to correct some spelling mistakes? I see you bro
They don’t care about the other 29 teams and they certainly don’t care if you do. They live in a nice soft bubble and should anyone even blow on that bubble then it’s time for a meltdown.
If my team dominated the NBA for almost a decade, there would be nothing anyone could say to me that would cause me to throw the fits these dudes have. Can you imagine if they were Kings fans LMAOOOO
Green has “a lot of value”? Thats a new one lol
I’m thinking Green does. Am I way off base there?
He plays great defense still and he doesn’t take a lot of bad shots. He’s a willing passer and rebounder. He can still drive to the hole for a lay up here and there and he’ll hit an occasional three.
But I think he can still lock down a guy for a few minutes whether it’s a small forward or a big man. I think that has a lot of value to a playoff team.
Green is only able to drive to the hole due to Currys gravity. Have him play without Curry and he wont be making those drives from faked dribble hand offs.
That’s a good point, but I think his first step still has some quickness in it and he’s not a statue out there on offense. But I understand what you’re saying. Point made.
I think it was a typo to be fair…
The s is close to the d for “had”…
Right Scarlett. I think Brabo is a warrior fan, so good catch !!
Sometimes it’s in my best interest to not dwell upon the author of a comment. I don’t want to have any lingering resentment from previous exchanges to cloud my response to someone’s current and perhaps very fair analysis.
Warriors have to go for a Cam Johnson trade and then maybe go for Chris Boucher (maybe on a buyout?) Regardless, they gotta get Cam, dream fit.
Warriors can’t get cam Johnson because the only way they can get better is through the draft and his price to get him is too high for the warriors. The warriors b need draft picks at this point.