” You need to take a step back and state, Were going to be excellent partners,” he said in a phone discussion. “Were going to do whats best for the league in a challenging environment.”
Yet general manager Bob Myers just recently said the Warriors would be “team gamers” and, in the end, do whatever is best for the league.
Insofar as the Warriors run a fairly democratic operation, with each player having a voice and the core veterans running as consultants to head coach Steve Kerr, an invite to enter into a proposed but not approved second NBA “bubble” provides a predicament.
If mandated by the NBA, theyll go, whether its Chicago or Las Vegas or another website. That the veterinarians– Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson– would not be anticipated to play makes the groups participation cursory, if not totally meaningless.
Understand, the Warriors do not desire to exist– and why should they? Their 2019-20 season is over, and there is no conclusive start date for 2020-2021. They d be scrimmaging, at possibly increased danger of the coronavirus (COVID-19), with the team that absorbed most of the minutes last season.
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Preferably, that would occur at Chase Center, which has actually opened for specific activities with participation restrictions however remains suspended for complete team activities.
Which brings us to their real desire. They wish to collect as a group before the next training school, currently penciled in for November. Kerr informed me a couple of weeks ago that he “wouldnt mind” getting his team together for what amounts to a minicamp in the middle of an offseason extended by the pandemic.
Coaches want it, therefore do the gamers. They all would like the experience of playing with each other, which didnt exist last season. Thompson missed the whole season, and Curry played four video games, just one with Andrew Wiggins, who came by in a February trade.
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Kerr told me a few weeks ago that he “would not mind” getting his group together for what amounts to a minicamp in the middle of an offseason extended by the pandemic.
Must the day come when the existing constraints are relaxed, anticipate the Warriors to identify a week to get everyone inside.
Coaches want it, and so do the gamers. Thompson missed the entire season, and Curry played four games, only one with Andrew Wiggins, who came over in a February trade.
That would be efficient, in addition to their very first blowout activity given that early March.
Needs to the day come when the current restrictions are relaxed, anticipate the Warriors to determine a week to get everybody inside. Get Thompson on the flooring with Wiggins and others, scrimmaging together for the very first time. Assess how Curry and Green have actually reacted to the long layoff.
Going into a 2nd bubble, with a stripped-down squad, confined to a hotel for a week or two, is something the Warriors want to do. Willing, but hardly excited and barely engaged.
