This is just the story of our team post-2022 honestly. It’s painful.

Holy shit I had to reread that. That’s absolutely buns territory

I was pulling hair out over the refs in the Sun’s game, this might be worse, 48 and an L is brutal

everyone blaming kerr but this roster is buns. Dont let Joe Lacob off the hook for constructing a roster that relies on old players who are underperforming or just flat out not playing (Jimmy an Horford) or young players expected to take a leap but havent (Kuminga, Podz)

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The offense generates insanely open looks it’s really not Kerr’s fault that nobody besides Steph can make them. 

You on your 35th alt account have been on a personal vendetta against Kerr for years. What did he ever do to you?

Lmao “I never watch Warriors games” take

Kerr is absolutely not the issue, this roster is terrible and would be playing just as poorly with the ghost of Red Auerbach coaching them

Well when none of your role players can hit a shot to save their lives, this is what it looks like.

Literally not a single one of our role players has played with any level of consistency this year. Maybe 4-5 games here and there and then 4-5 games of trash play.

We can blame coaching but at the end of the day, the players need to play well. Dudes are missing practice level shots game after game. Not just a few but a ton of them night in night out.

STEVE KERR is taking a match and lighting the entire GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS franchise on fire

Yep, he’s really getting exposed as a coach this year. Should not be losing these games

This was the team they assembled last year to give Steph one last chance to push for a title. Right now they’re in “wait for Steph to retire and then tear it down and rebuild” territory. I don’t know what people expect out of a team that’s still starting Curry and Draymond and then brought in Jimmy.

That’s just how it is, dynasties usually end not with a bang but with a whimper.

Simple. We suck.

Kind of seems like they’re finally being punished for lack of size. Steph is amazing but he’s another year older, never has been a great defender, and everyone else is just aging and getting slower around him.

Bringing in Jimmy after he started to show signs of regressing in Miami was just a way to keep fans engaged

Was there ever any doubt?

GGs btw, you got a nice future on the horizon, hope it results in a trip to the promised land!

GG.

This team is just…

Really wish even one of our rookies took the leap that Sharpe did

With what assets?

And even still if you made it so that every 3 lebron ever made was only worth 2 hed still be comfortably ahead of kareem

Believe it or not…

This is such a ridiculous comment.

Only time he came remotely close was in 87 when he shot 27.8 fga per game while averaging 37.

Jordan averaged over 25 fga just two times

But nobody did that better than MJ. Generally, shooting and efficiency share an inverse relationship with fatigue, defensive predictability and an inability to always find preferred scoring zones being big factors. So it’s extremely difficult to maintain regular efficiency on high volume, in fact it’s nigh on impossible. MJ was different though, let’s look at his playoff series shooting 30+ shots a game. Playoff series are a more accurate reflection of that ability because it’s a series of multiple games, not just one game where a player gets hot and just keeps shooting to take advantage of his hot streak, then next game he’s back to shooting 18 shots. No, a playoff series with those types of FGA averages usually means there were external factors that forced the player to shoot way more than he normally did.

88 vs Cavs - 30.4 shots, 45.2ppg on 55.9% shooting
90 vs Sixers - 31.4 shots, 43.0ppg on 54.8% shooting
86 vs Celtics - 31.7 shots, 43.7ppg on 50.5% shooting
93 vs Suns - 33.2 shots, 41.0ppg on 50.8% shooting

Shooting over 50% in every series on that volume is just completely absurd.

Let’s look at LeBron’s only playoff series shooting that much:
2015 vs Warriors - 32.7 shots, 35.8ppg on 39.8% shooting

How about Kareem, a guy who regularly shot 55% or better?
72 vs Lakers - 32.8 shots, 33.7ppg on 45.7% shooting

In fact, how about every other player in history not named Michael Jordan?
32.5 shots, 36.0ppg on 41.0% shooting

In fact, nobody has shot 49% or better in a single series on that volume, let alone 50%.

How about the 50 highest FGA seasons in NBA history? Most are less than 30 shots per game, but it’s still an entire season of high volume shooting.

Only two of those seasons did the player have an eFG% of 55% or higher:
Kareem
Jordan
That’s it. And Kareem was a center!

The stats paint an absolute and inarguable picture of Michael Jordan being the most efficient high volume scorer the game has ever seen. So, go off with your ‘but he shot 30 times a night’ because aint nobody scoring as well as MJ while shooting that much.

That could not be further from the truth

Also only played 5 games in the 19-20 season, well before the lockdown

He’s not Joel embiid / he’s played a ton /

He didn’t have the green light he got until Kerr showed up 6 seasons into his career.

Personally, I’d have him 6th, only behind SGA/Jokic/Giannis/Luka/Wemby (not in specific order, so no debates here). Advanced stats also support that placement, roughly. The key with Steph is he can still be the best player on the floor any given night.

What he lacks compared to someone in their peak form like SGA is that consistency (obviously). But it’s still possible in a series of 7 that he lights it up for 4 games and they can beat a great team. He doesn’t have the backup to make that happen, even in games where he does light it up.

That’s the tragedy here.

Yeah there is absolutely no way he is above any of Shai/Jokic/Giannis/Luka. But putting him top 5 is fair.

Yeah. Those guys are still in their primes, they’re very consistent. I do think Steph can still outplay anyone on his best nights, but that’s obviously not every night.

Yea top 5 is about eight. Top 3 is a bit much. But he is top 1 for players over 35 however 😅