Klay and the Warriors are not only back, but they have three youngsters they’ve selected in the past two lotteries who can’t even get on the floor. Injured center James Wiseman, Johnny Kuminga, and Moses Moody are all potentially better than anyone the Thunder have drafted so far in their Tank-a-Quest minus maybe Josh Giddey.
It’s no longer the Splash Brothers. It’s more like the Splash Quartet of Steph, Klay, Jordan Poole, and Andrew Wiggins, plus do everything Draymond Green who make up the New Death Squad which takes small ball to a new extreme.
On Thursday night the Warriors took a 3-0 stranglehold on the road in their first round series versus the Denver Nuggets by a 118-113 margin. The Splash Quartet combined for 89 points with each of the four plus Draymond making a key play in the game’s final four minutes.
If second year center James Wiseman, who was the 2nd pick in the 2020-21 draft, ever gets healthy at the center position the Warriors will have a conventional lineup as well.
In the history of the NBA, no team has ever come back from 3-0 deficit so it would appear the Nugget’s injury decimated season is about to end with the Warriors moving into the Western Conference semi-finals.
This is a great stat. The road win by the Dubs marks the 23rd straight playoff series in which the Warriors have won a road game in a playoff series. Now…that’s sustainability.
It’s nice having Klay and the Warriors back in contention given the fact that Sam Hinkie-Presti and his tanking Thunder still appear to be two years away from even contemplating the possibility of having a legitimate NBA season in Oklahoma City.
If Memphis can close out the dumbest team in the NBA in the Minnesota Timberwolves, we have our Golden State-Memphis matchup in the semis.
Charles Barkley was absolutely spot on when he said the T-Wolves are the dumbest team in the NBA. Barkley wants to move the Wolves to the USFL and I would say …let’s send the Thunder with them. I’ve never seen any basketball coach sit there while his team gives up a 21-0 run and not call a timeout. Even Coach Mark for the tanking Thunder would not have done that.
Coach Mark…that’s what the Thunder’s fifth year maxed NBA vet Shai Gilgeous-Alexander called his tanking head coach in his exit interview. Kids in U-8 rec leagues don’t even do that. Little Nick Gallo’s influence once again showing why the Thunder are the most coddled NBA culture in the league. Nothing is changing in Oklahoma City until Sam Hinkie-Presti changes his support staff. I cannot believe Nick Collison could be a part of this nonsense.
Coach Mark….I love it. Game, set, and match. USFL or bust, baby.