(The original text was published on November 30, and The author is Tim Athletic of The Kawakami website. The content of The article does not represent The translator’s point of view)
Some obvious warning cases of the Warriors have been repeatedly mentioned. Eric pascarl’s sharp decline after the Warriors experienced a short boom may be the most convincing example. Want to know why cuminga returned to the team’s main rotation, while Moody’s and Wiseman didn’t? Want to find the secret of success or failure for young players in a unique team like warriors? Someone told me to ask pascarl. No one knows better than him.
Do you still remember the rise of pascarl as a rookie in the 2019-20 season? Curry played only 5 games that season due to injury restrictions. Dream Green struggled to play 43 games, after playing 33 games, De Angelo Russell was sent to the Timberwolves for Wikins by the Warriors. The Warriors won only 15 games throughout the season, setting the worst record in the league history. However, as the second round show, pascarl has become a rare bright spot in the slow attack of warriors. He can get 14 points in the field and looks strong and energetic in the power forward position, and successfully selected the best rookie for a while.
Then the next season came, Curry and Dream Green returned strongly, and the Warriors began to transfer the ball again, entering Curry’s rhythm and returning to the Warriors team that everyone was familiar. However, at this time, pascarl once thrived in the slow and singles-emphasizing Warrior system without Curry, but now he can no longer find a foothold. He began to find no direction on the court. When the ball moved to his hand, it stopped. Stopping the ball and passing it to the next person recklessly was exactly what warrior Coach Cole couldn’t stand most. Pascarl began to force his shots and was unable to defend, and finally lost confidence completely. He wants to contribute on the court, but he can’t. So the team adjusted passkar’s position in the rotation lineup and played as the center of the second lineup for a while. Then, after March 15, Paskar almost had no chance to play. This is not entirely a coincidence. The warriors rushed into the additional playoff area through a wave of winning streak, proving that it was right to abandon pascarl.
During the off-season of that year, Warriors traded out of pascarl, and now the latter has faded out of NBA. To be honest, playing with Curry and Dream Green is not that difficult. The key is to play high quality, be smart and play neatly. If someone passes the ball immediately when there is an empty space, the ball will be empty cut and run. If there is a chance, shoot the shot. Don’t hesitate. Defend well, don’t always think about doing too many things. Also, always pay attention to the location of the library and always look for the location where the library will go. By the way, some basic technologies must be solid. After all, this is a team that has won four championship trophies and may win the championship in the future. Dream Green is destined to be selected into the Hall of Fame, because he really fits the style of Warriors perfectly.
If you can play in this warrior, you are likely to play in any team. If you can’t play in Warriors, it’s hard for you to win in any team.
This is why cuminga suddenly entered the regular rotation of warriors in the past few matches. Last season, cuminga, who had only scattered playing time, learned the lessons of passkar this season. He began to run on the court. He could defend well while controlling fouls. He could spread out quickly after receive the ball. He gave up his right to Curry, clay, Poole and Wikins. When Curry and Dream Green held the ball, he either covered the two or cut the basket empty. It is easier to play, and it does not hinder the line of teammates. At the same time, it directly uses sports talent to take over the game.
I suspect that cuminga’s epiphany began last Friday when the Warriors beat the Jazz. At that time, Cole asked him to play a few minutes more than usual. Cuminga scored 0 shots and 0 points in the 13 minutes of his appearance, but he grabbed three rebounds and sent out one assist. The defense was great. He made some cover for Curry and did not disturb the team’s offensive tempo. Perfect performance!
Cuminga won more playing time for his victory over the Timberwolves on Sunday, and then he broke through the 26-minute mark in the solo game! Cole said in an interview after the game against the Lone Ranger: “This is the best game I have ever seen cuminga play. Everything he does on the court can help the team win. His defense against Dong cheqi is excellent, full of discipline, lowering the center of gravity and interfering with shooting…… He remained patient on the offensive side. Only when the opportunity came did he shoot, and he also hit a key three points. Cuminga played so well! He finally found his own state, which was very exciting.”
Meanwhile, Moody was not activated again, and he had completely dropped out of the rotation lineup. By the way, Wiseman has also gone to the development alliance, and there is no clear return schedule yet. They are completely different players compared with pascarl and each other, but they all fail in the performance of the Warrior system. Curry said of cuminga’s performance against the Lone Ranger: “Do what you are required to do, play with confidence, and use the talent God has given you. Cuminga did just that.”
Of course, the situation of cuminga may change or even completely reverse at any time. Coach Cole likes to let everyone in the lineup play and often do so. At the same time, Cole also likes to let players sit on the bench without any warning, just like what he did to cuminga in the first few matches of the season, cole did the same thing to Wiseman and Moody’s. However, the rotation of Warriors has become more and more stable these days. A few games ago, Coach Cole also asked dream Green to play with a substitute team to stabilize the performance of the ten-person rotation of the team. In addition to the stable five-person starting, the main the replacements of the Warriors include Poole, DiVincenzo, jiemai Kerr-Green and lamb, and now there are more couminga.
The better the Warriors play, the less likely Moody will have the chance to return to the rotation lineup. At present, I think only when warriors encounter injury problems can Wiseman have the chance to enter the regular rotation this season, or he may never have the chance again. This summer, the Warriors still believe that Wiseman is the core member of the team now and in the future, and today’s attitude has turned 180 degrees. The Warrior plans to make Wiseman and Poole the new cornerstones of the second lineup, restrict some freedom in playing, and make full use of the advantages of the two to break down. Perhaps this can extend the competitiveness of warriors to the next decade, namely the later library era.
However, the combination of Poole and Wiseman has not made any progress. Poole started very slowly, but Wiseman couldn’t handle it at all. So Cole changed his plan and let dreamgreen play with the second squad to stabilize the situation and help the replacements play warrior-style basketball. The transfer of the ball, no hesitation, heavy defense, no mess, finally worked, but part of the reason was that Wiseman was no longer there.
In the face of the Lone Ranger game, the strongest five-player group in the league this season-the Warriors started the five-player group. After the start of the game, there was a problem. As a result, the game was played back by the substitutes. The positive and negative values of all Warriors starter players are negative, while the replacements except for jiemai Kerr-Green (-2), everyone exceeds +13. After the game, Curry said about the replacement team: “If they can play like tonight, then we will be an unparalleled team.”
After 3 wins and 7 losses at the beginning of the season, Warriors have achieved 8 wins and 4 losses in the past 12 games, and played the 11th defense of the league during this period. Although Warrior defense is still the 22nd in the league at present, the trend is on the rise. Things became clearer and clearer. The Warriors could also win away. The substitute players played their own elegant demeanour, including cuminga. Curry said of kuminga: “I think everything he does is to win, and he makes me feel incredible. Defense, physical confrontation, ball dealer, weak side cap, rebound, pass to find a vacancy, hit the key three-pointer, all these things are very important. I feel his confidence. I hope he can be proud of his mode of play and realize that there is a reason for the 26-minute appearance, because the coach team likes his performance.”
Not only pascarl, the whole 2020-21 season of Warriors is basically the process of deciding the players to stay. Find out all the good and bad parts in the lineup, which advantages are sustainable and which are irreparable problems. Basically, all the necessary decisions were made that season.
Ubray, pascarl and wernamec had no effect and were all abandoned in the end. As a rookie Wiseman, his performance may be the worst of all. He is hesitant, always foul and often completely disconnected from what the team is doing. But at that time, Wiseman was too young for such a talented player to give up casually. After the offseason, the Warriors introduced Gary Peyton II, little Otto-PROTONIC, berica and igodala. These players can adapt to the Warrior system, finally, the Warriors successfully won the NBA championship. At the same time, Wiseman was absent for the whole season because of a knee injury, and it was not entirely a coincidence between winning the championship with the Warriors.
At the beginning of this season, Wiseman once again struggled on the court and has now gone to the Development League. He is still young, but this season he seems to play almost exactly the same as the rookie season. Still hesitating or out of touch with the team, wasting Curry’s remaining career. As long as Wiseman plays, the substitute lineup will be defeated.
If you think Wiseman is an oversized pascarl or a more gifted version, I won’t oppose your point of view, at least in the Warriors. However, Wiseman still has time, full of talent and hard training. He only played 50 NBA games in total, which is also part of the problem. Warriors can’t give Wiseman room to make mistakes. The latter’s competition experience has always stopped. I don’t know when Warriors will allow Wiseman to make mistakes.
Moody’s situation is different. He will definitely get some playing time this season. Coach Cole’s decision to move Moody out of the rotation lineup was a mystery at first. Moody played steadily last season when he was a rookie, and even trusted to enter the main rotation of several matches during the Western finals. With the deepening of this season, Cole’s decision is becoming easier and easier to understand. Cole trusted lamb and other players to enter his system more. He didn’t trust Moody’s to make quick decisions, transfer the ball, and defend without foul to ensure the normal operation of the system.
Some players can make good use of the unique competition environment created by Curry, and certainly some players are not suitable. Warriors cherish those who are willing to adapt, and those who are not adapt, Warriors have no spare playing time and switch position for them.
It sounds rigid, but this is the real “way of Warriors” and the secret of Warriors winning all the time. If you want to understand these problems, you have to look at them like warriors. They have seen players who can adapt and players who can’t adapt. They should give up when they should give up. Sometimes the answer is as simple as that.
Original: Tim Kawakami
Compile: Li Taibai
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