Fixing the Warriors

[Crow]

WCS- Paschall- Robinson is the only trio in 10 most used that is positive. Them plus Green and Burks seems reasonable to try at the moment as a new starting unit. With Bowman instead of Green, Burks or Robinson also worth trying for decent minutes.


18 of 20 most used pairs are negative, so Kerr probably needs to either guess different or use his best guesses way more (when available). 4 of 5 most used lineups are in fact positive, very positive but only used 1.5 to 3 minutes per game each.

[Crow]

One game isn't enough to judge a starting lineup. But Draymond Green continued to suck (career worst or near it on a dozen stats and metrics), Same with Burks. Other guys did some good things. Bowman shot well. Overall mixed. Give it 5 plus games.

[Dr Positivity]

Draymond has gotten worse every year since 2016. Think there's a reasonable argument to trade him. Might be a guy who fades early like Ben Wallace.

[Crow]

Several of my late October comments / suggestions are looking accurate / sound a month later.

Trade Draymond next month, 8 months from now or 12-20? Depends on their goals. Most likely will be 20 months. But I do expect a trade will come.

[Crow]

Er... I guess keep Bowman. Poole...?

[Crow]

Best lineup results are coming with Bowman Poole Robinson Paschall and WCS. Without Green. Without Russell unless with 4 of them.

[Crow]

7 of most used 8 lineups bad to horrendous.

K. Bowman | W. Cauley-Stein | E. Paschall | J. Poole | G. Robinson, as suggested above, great but only used 44 minutes. And only 2 minutes in last 5 weeks. Since November 4 when it went +9 in 13 minutes. So either Kerr & Co. don't know, don't care or purposely are avoiding a good lineup??

Kerr has used just one lineup for 3 minutes per game. 203 others just for fun and / or chaos.

[Crow]

6 most used lineups negative. Most used barely, the rest bad to horrible. Only one used 3 minutes per game and not by much. All 20 most used pairs negative.

Only player with a positive raw plus minus is D Lee by a tiny amount.

Garbage offensive and defensive efficiencies, still driven by garbage shooting and garbage shot defense.

No player 2 way strong on OBPM and DBPM and 9 are 2 way negative.

Near rock bottom on 3pt attempts and 3pt fg%.

Not that interested in "fixing them" in this season anymore. Maybe for next season, later.

[Crow]

On a 1-13 stretch. Really bad on many things.

[Crow]

Smailagić probably should get 500-1000 minutes the rest of the way. 92 minutes so far seems ridiculous.

Poole is so bad, I'd have curtailed his minutes greatly long ago.

But whatever.

Paschall was worth trying big minutes but is still borderline rotation material. Lousy defense. Is he being pushed hard enough / taught well enough? Is it more context or him?

[Crow]

I'd ditch Poole, Bowman and Evans and try others to see if they are better and possibly worth keeping. These 3 do not appear to be to me.

Still favor getting rid of Russell but they might wait for summer or longer.

[Crow]

The extra draft picks is objectively nice but they'll have to do better than with recent drafts for the huge salaries plus young guys strategy to work to a high degree as they either hope or expect.

[Crow]

Draymond Green currently slightly negative on RPM, down from +3.4 last season. Boxscore metrics I checked agree.

Garbage shooting. Very low offensive rebounding and high turnovers are long-standing flaws.


Might go for center in next draft. PF might be needed too.

Can they get back to average on defensive rating next season? I am skeptical.

[Crow]

Owner continues the bravado. Too soon to consider pulling it in. The clash between expectations and reality will likely get louder and firmer in next year or two. And then even louder and firmer after that.

[Crow]

Who should they draft? Of course it depends on pick #.

Wiseman, Okongwu? Might make sense but at this exact moment I have doubts they would. Trade down for Toppin and something else? Trade way down or twice or out? Possibilities that might be considered.