Kawakami: Why Jonathan Kuminga is rising with the Warriors and James Wiseman and Moses Moody are not
2 years, 4 months ago

Kawakami: Why Jonathan Kuminga is rising with the Warriors and James Wiseman and Moses Moody are not

New York Times  

There are several clear cautionary examples much mentioned inside Warriors HQ, but Eric Paschall’s brief flourish and precipitous fall in this organization might be the most compelling illustration of them all. That was the season injuries limited Stephen Curry to only five games, Draymond Green dragged himself through 43 of them, D’Angelo Russell lasted for only 33 games before he was traded away for Andrew Wiggins and the Warriors won only 15 times, clocking the worst record in the league. Then the next season arrived, Curry and Draymond came back at close to full force and the Warriors started moving the ball around and playing to Curry’s rhythm … when they turned into the Warriors again. “If they play like they did tonight,” Curry said of the second unit, “we’re going to be a helluva team.” After starting 3-7, the Warriors are now 8-4 over their last 12 games and have the 11th-ranked defense over this period.

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Reintegrating Jonathan Kuminga — the evolving Warriors’ next challenge
1 month, 1 week ago

Reintegrating Jonathan Kuminga — the evolving Warriors’ next challenge

New York Times  

ORLANDO, Fla. — Before the Golden State Warriors’ victory Tuesday over the Charlotte Hornets, coach Steve Kerr spent part of his afternoon meeting with fourth-year forward Jonathan Kuminga. The last time we saw him on the court, Kuminga was ripping off the most encouraging stretch of his career, morphing into a 30-minute per night bench force, attacking the rim, powering …

Steph Curry looks deflated as Warriors lose again, hit low point of their season
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Steph Curry looks deflated as Warriors lose again, hit low point of their season

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry checked out with 3:05 left in a second straight home blowout loss to an opponent missing its best player. He’s definitely struggling with it.” Steph Curry just looked generally exasperated tonight as the Warriors continually tried and failed to come back against a Heat team that played into double OT last night. Once you lose …

Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga sprains right ankle and Kerr expects him to miss time
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga sprains right ankle and Kerr expects him to miss time

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga sprained his right ankle Saturday night and coach Steve Kerr expects the forward to miss some time. Kerr said Kyle Anderson will play more minutes in Kuminga’s absence. “It’s not going to be a day-to-day thing, it was a significant sprain,” Kerr said. JK’s been playing the best basketball of his career these …

Is Jonathan Kuminga’s latest Warriors surge for real? ‘He’s turning a corner’
3 months ago

Is Jonathan Kuminga’s latest Warriors surge for real? ‘He’s turning a corner’

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Wiggins is a career 72.4 percent free-throw shooter. That’s something Jonathan Kuminga specifically noted minutes after he capped his second consecutive 34-point game with three massive made free throws in the final 29 seconds of the Warriors’ 109-105 home win over the Suns on Saturday. Kerr glowed postgame and before Saturday’s back-to-back about the way Kuminga …

What changes are needed to the Warriors’ suddenly struggling 13-man rotation?
4 months ago

What changes are needed to the Warriors’ suddenly struggling 13-man rotation?

New York Times  

PHOENIX — The first of 14 postgame questions sent in Steve Kerr’s direction was a simple one: What was the biggest problem in the Golden State Warriors’ 113-105 road loss Saturday night to the Phoenix Suns? “We didn’t play a bad game.” Kerr pointed to their 28-assist, nine-turnover ratio as a signal of healthy enough offensive flow and felt the …

Kawakami: The fading Warriors, the signs of futility and maybe one last rally … next season
1 year ago

Kawakami: The fading Warriors, the signs of futility and maybe one last rally … next season

New York Times  

Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Steve Kerr are very proud, positive, accomplished people and pretty stubborn, too. And maybe you could see a sign of a new reality in Kerr’s use of Curry on Sunday, which sure didn’t seem to match the general feeling that this was a game the Warriors absolutely had to win to maintain any …

The Warriors are spiraling but may have finally found a lineup to drag them out of it
1 year, 2 months ago

The Warriors are spiraling but may have finally found a lineup to drag them out of it

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — LeBron James finalized another Warriors heartbreak at the free-throw line late Saturday night. I’m not going to comment on Steph shooting three free throws in 43 minutes.” Steph Curry on the officiating in Lakers-Warriors tonight. The Warriors are a plus-65 with Green on the floor in his first four games back and a minus-33 in Kevon Looney’s …

Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga has lost faith in coach Steve Kerr: Sources
1 year, 2 months ago

Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga has lost faith in coach Steve Kerr: Sources

New York Times  

After sitting for the final 18 minutes of Thursday night’s loss to the Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga has lost faith in coach Steve Kerr, and the 2021 lottery pick no longer believes Kerr will allow him to reach his full potential, sources close to Kuminga tell The Athletic, adding another layer of turbulence to an already …

Kawakami: Tyrese Haliburton, the Warriors and the 2020 draft — a story of what could’ve been
1 year, 3 months ago

Kawakami: Tyrese Haliburton, the Warriors and the 2020 draft — a story of what could’ve been

New York Times  

Yes, three and a half years later, Tyrese Haliburton remembers every detail and swish of his pre-draft workout in Las Vegas in front of Warriors owner Joe Lacob, coach Steve Kerr and then-general manager Bob Myers. But Wiseman flamed out so quickly and Haliburton has been so good, it’s hard not to wonder how close the Warriors might’ve been to …

Thompson: A big dunk sent the Warriors a clear message — it’s time to change
1 year, 3 months ago

Thompson: A big dunk sent the Warriors a clear message — it’s time to change

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green threw the lob pass seemingly to the heavens, high enough that only two people on the court could go get it. And when Kuminga dunked it with two hands, it felt like so much more than an exclamation point for the Warriors’ fourth-quarter comeback Wednesday against the Blazers. The Warriors started the second quarter of …

Jonathan Kuminga bullies Blazers, sparks louder Warriors rotation questions
1 year, 3 months ago

Jonathan Kuminga bullies Blazers, sparks louder Warriors rotation questions

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors had two days of rest, one hard practice and a favorable matchup against the 6-13 Portland Trail Blazers at home to wipe away the bitter taste of Saturday’s 22-point blown lead in Los Angeles. “It’s hard to play 10 guys, and frankly, Brandin and Moses have earned all the minutes they’re getting,” Kerr …

Jonathan Kuminga, Brandin Podziemski play key role in Warriors’ win over Clippers
1 year, 4 months ago

Jonathan Kuminga, Brandin Podziemski play key role in Warriors’ win over Clippers

New York Times  

Andrew Wiggins slammed his right ring finger in a car door on Thursday morning. So that left the wobbling Warriors with Cory Joseph, Brandin Podziemski, Klay Thompson, Jonathan Kuminga and Dario Šarić to open Thursday’s fourth quarter protecting a seven-point lead while Steph Curry and Draymond Green grabbed a breather. Very happy for him.” Steve Kerr called tonight Jonathan Kuminga’s …

Thompson: In taking Moses Moody out of that game, Warriors broke their code
1 year, 4 months ago

Thompson: In taking Moses Moody out of that game, Warriors broke their code

New York Times  

SACRAMENTO — The Warriors believe in appeasing the proverbial basketball gods. Moses Moody, by the Warriors’ own belief system, should’ve closed that game against the Kings. Against Sacramento, with Golden State’s In-Season Tournament hopes fading, with a once-24-point lead trending towards a loss, with two critical injuries altering their rotation, Moody was a revelation. Three-plus minutes later, the Warriors’ once-huge …

Kawakami: Brandin Podziemski might be exactly what the Warriors have been searching for
1 year, 4 months ago

Kawakami: Brandin Podziemski might be exactly what the Warriors have been searching for

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — You could tell the Warriors were searching frantically for something on Tuesday at Chase Center, though the individual members of this team went about it in very different ways. “When you have a fighter like that, you want to go into battle and basketball with those kinds of men.” Podziemski cut through the Wolves’ defense and even …

Is the Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga ready to take the Year 3 leap?
1 year, 5 months ago

Is the Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga ready to take the Year 3 leap?

New York Times  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jonathan Kuminga does not enter his third season needing to prove he can be a contributing member of an NBA rotation. “To get more respect and get more playing time, there’s things that you have to always do,” Kuminga said. “I was confident, but I wasn’t as much as I am this year,” Kuminga told reporters after …

Kawakami: How Steph Curry’s Game 7 speech set the tone for this Warriors offseason
1 year, 8 months ago

Kawakami: How Steph Curry’s Game 7 speech set the tone for this Warriors offseason

New York Times  

The mental reset happened at the end of the first round of the playoffs, and the Warriors are still reacting to it and still realigning themselves to the words Stephen Curry spoke and the Game 7 performance he delivered. Really, Curry’s spirited speech to the team the day before Game 7 and the resulting victory in Golden 1 Center was …

Kawakami: Warriors aren’t breaking up the core, but Jordan Poole isn’t part of it
1 year, 10 months ago

Kawakami: Warriors aren’t breaking up the core, but Jordan Poole isn’t part of it

New York Times  

LOS ANGELES — The Warriors aren’t going to rebuild, retool, revamp or redefine who they are. OK, even if the core remains together, the Warriors weren’t good enough this season, which now has been proven about 10 different ways, from the bad vibes after Draymond punched Poole in training camp to their terrible road record to the flat Game 6 …

Klay Thompson gets reflective after dropping 42 points in Warriors’ win over Rockets
2 years, 1 month ago

Klay Thompson gets reflective after dropping 42 points in Warriors’ win over Rockets

New York Times  

SAN FRANCISCO — Klay Thompson delivered the type of individual performance on Friday night that will be occasionally required for the Warriors’ survival during this pivotal late-season stretch without Steph Curry and Andrew Wiggins. Against the Rockets, the NBA’s worst team, Thompson hit 12 3s, scored 42 points and guided the Warriors to an extremely necessary 116-101 win, dragging them …

‘Steph just carried us home’: Steve Kerr on the Warriors’ title run, bright future and more
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Steph just carried us home’: Steve Kerr on the Warriors’ title run, bright future and more

New York Times  

The 2021-22 Warriors rose to their highest level of the season in Game 4 of the NBA Finals against Boston. “I think Steph’s Game 4 against Boston was the key moment,” Kerr said of Curry’s epic 43-point performance at TD Garden. I think getting the summer underneath him and having a full training camp, I think Klay would be at …

Warriors draft F Jonathan Kuminga from the Congo at No. 7
3 years, 8 months ago

Warriors draft F Jonathan Kuminga from the Congo at No. 7

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Kuminga knows what his primary job will be when he steps on the court with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green come training camp: learn all he can from these superstars with multiple championships. “As long as I grow around Steph Curry, Klay, Draymond Green, I feel like my game is going to go from …

The Warriors drafted Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody and made a massive bet on player development
3 years, 8 months ago

The Warriors drafted Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody and made a massive bet on player development

New York Times  

The Warriors started sensing the increasing likelihood of a Jonathan Kuminga draft night tumble out of the top six a few weeks ago. “So he put in a couple drills that Kenny said, ‘I’d like to you do this.’ And he handled them well.” Kuminga will debut on the Warriors’ summer league squad next week. They hired Atkinson, Jama Mahlalela …

How and why the Warriors landed on James Wiseman, their center of the future
4 years, 4 months ago

How and why the Warriors landed on James Wiseman, their center of the future

New York Times  

The Warriors congregated for a handful of quarantined practices a couple of months back. “And pretty unathletic by NBA standards.” As the injury-struck Warriors plummeted to the league’s worst record last season, James Wiseman was on their radar early. Bob Myers, Mike Dunleavy and Larry Harris were in the gym when Wiseman faced Oregon in Portland, which took place only …

Kawakami: Despite a late shock, the Warriors stuck to the plan and James Wiseman
4 years, 4 months ago

Kawakami: Despite a late shock, the Warriors stuck to the plan and James Wiseman

New York Times  

The best, most thoughtful plans should be able to survive a shock or two. But oh, man, the Warriors’ decision-making serenity certainly was tested just about to the ultimate degree on Wednesday afternoon in the fateful hours leading up to their selection of center James Wiseman with the second pick in the NBA Draft. But the Warriors finding out about …

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