A nice press conference with Warriors’ owner Joe Lacob introducing Mike Dunleavy Jr. as the pick to succeed Bobby Myers as general manager.
A nice selection. I was a little bit caught off-guard by Bob’s departure, but I’ve been pretty much tuned in on my own life challenges currently so who am I to say. I would think for Bob it was particularly frustrating to deal with the Draymond-Jordan Poole bullshit and the disaster of picking James Wiseman with the No. 2 pick at the same time.
For most teams it would be a death knell to totally flame out having the draft’s second pick, but I think Steph, Klay, and Draymond will be around maybe four more years…so Mike Dunleavy’s task is one of unique NBA duality. * That being, to try win one or two more championships with his core three while at the same time taking Moses Moody, Johnny Kuminga, and perhaps a player other than Andrew Wiggins as the the team’s next core three. Nothing against Andrew, but I think they’ll need the next big new thing so to speak.
I think it is essential to the future of the team for Johnny Kuminga to turn into the player he has the potential to be. Period. He cannot be a flameout like James Wiseman who had a pitiful Summer League for his new team the Detroit Pistons. What a coincidence…. it was Sam Presti’s former protege Troy Weaver who took Wiseman. The acorn didn’t fall from the tree…did it? That was rhetorical if you’re a Trump supporter.
Even though I’m out here in Deer Creek, Oklahoma…a mere twenty-five minutes from the doors of PayCom Arena…I consider it an honor and pleasure to be the Warriors’ beat writer in godforsaken Oklahoma this season. Who knows how many NBA seasons I have left in me. I can’t be pissing NBA seasons away watching the ‘Process in Oklahoma.’
Stay out of the heat this week as much as possible.
- Duality is such an under-used word. It has such a simple elegant grace to it. I hope to use duality more in my blogging moving forward.
MJ
Year 3 for Johnny Kuminga. Light switch needs to come on, stud hoss. Let’s go.
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