[Russo] The LA Clippers are the 8-seed after tonight’s win and Golden State’s loss. Both teams are 32-32. Clippers have the current head-to-head tiebreaker (2-1). They meet on the final day of the regular season.
i’m so fucking stoked for garland being the primary ball handler and being the 1b option, he’s going to show why he’s earned two all star nods. dude’s fucking filthy but has had freak injuries like the broken jaw after running into porzingis, which fucked up his 23-24 season due to losing ~15 pounds, then recovered to come back as an all-star from that… then fucked up his foot on a bad landing in the playoffs and is working back from that.
those feel like more bad luck injuries than injury prone type injuries but since there are more than 1, it’s a trend
They feel like bad luck injuries, but also, Garland gets fucking beat up when he plays. I don’t know what it is, but even in his short games on LAC, he just kind of gets bruised up on a bunch of plays.
That being said, he’s such an exciting add. We’re simply better with him on the floor, and the added pace is amazing. It’s a huge bummer that he didn’t get much time with Collins or YKN, but I think they’re perfect to play alongside him.
He’s small, and unfortunately that isn’t ever going to change
No but he still plays hard on defense + is consistently in the right position. This iteration of our team is largely able to mask his size issues with defenders like Dunn, DJJ, and Kawhi. Hell, he’s even playable next to Mathurin who is a strong isolation defender who can play fast and strong on that side.
What definitely hurts the most is only having BroLo to hold down the fort as a true C. Yanic and Garland seemed solid together before the injury, but Ijax is just kind of small.
I mean yeah, being undersized and fighting hard on defense is pretty much the formula for being injury prone lol
Jackson has done more than I was expecting so far, but yeah, losing Niederhauser is a huge problem, especially with Collins banged up. If Brook gets hurt we’re kinda fucked
Is he the 1b? I think he’s more like 2a or 2b with Mathurin.
Spurs we coming for you!
bringing that Booker T energy
WCW – whateva happened there
They became the most hilarious shit show on television and died
25 years happened
Warriors should just save everyone the embarrassment and tank the rest of the year. Of the teams contending for the 7⁄8 spot they probably have the worst chance of making it competitive with OKC or the Spurs.
They can’t tank out of the play in because Grizz and Utah are not trying to get 10th and too far.
The Mavs were in the play-in and got flagg. I could see the Warriors having the “luck” of landing a top pick to extend Curry’s career.
Rerun of last season
Script writers lazy
The Warriors will be nowhere near the Clippers by the end of the regular season
If John Collins comes back in the next couple games, this team is going to be hitting on all cylinders come playoffs. I don’t love Lopez as starting center in any playoff situation, especially with Niederhauser out, but I would love to see what a Kawhi, Garland, Collins, DJJ, Dunn small ball lineup could do.
An I dumb or shouldn’t the warriors be trying to tank? Like, ya, odds arent great of getting a high pick…. But they’re clearly going nowhere if they make the playoffs. Isn’t a lottery pick better for them both long and short term?
They cant out tank memphis and mavs. It is too late now.
But they can improve their lottery odds by missing the playoffs all together, vs getting in to the playoffs, right? Or is that not how it works?
They could still do that by just losing the play in game
But isn’t that what they should be doing? Improve their lottery odds and save the risk of injury for Steph for next year.
Steph isnt playing anyways and their lottery odds will remain the same regardless of if they win or lose games because they cant outtank the teams below them so might as well play the young guys and win a few games if possible
Steph is coming back I thought
They’re only reevaluating him on wednesday iirc so theres a chance he just sits out for the season
And unlike previous seasons hes actually sat out quite a few games so he should be fine playing the last few games of the season, provides theres no freak injury
But that’s kinda my point. Like youd think they’d want to avoid they playoffs/playins. Virtually no chance to win, increases the risk of an injury to curry -cause well it’s curry and you know he’s gonna go all out in any elimination game and marginally improves where you are in the lottery.
Theres no chance the warriors are falling out of the playin, nothing they do will change that, might as well win a little
I mean, Steph hasn’t played since like All Star break, and they’re clearly willing to lean into their young guys. I’m not sure what else you want them to do. It’s not like any of the teams that are tanking are literally asking their players to lose games. They still play to win with whoever is on the court, and the Warriors roster at this point with no Steph/Butler is literally just as bad if not worse than actively tanking teams as indicated by tonight.
I guess I was more talking like just shutting down Steph for the season because I thought he was coming back
I think you know the answer to this
They really klawed their way back up
Curry soft ass needs to come, people don’t give him enough shit for his availability
played 70 and 74 games in the last 2 seasons but apparently people need to shit on his availability
plus if he came back too early and his stats weren’t up to par mfs would shit on him for that