Hate to say it but podz is not the ball handler that Steph is. Jimmy however is a great ball handler, all be it a less chaotic one than Steph. IMO it might be worth it to try Jimmy at the 1/podz/buddy/jk/dray.

this gives jk the space to cut, jimmy has a good shot so he can actually space the floor and make long 2s and 3s and move in for middys, podz stays off the ball so he can focus on shooting or creating off ball chaos which he’s way better at. Buddy also can focus on catch and shoots.

Also i have a feeling Kerr is saving QP for this upcoming game. I’m guessing he’s gonna run QP and Loon at the same time and have post out there for perimeter shooting vs being a center. We need his shooting more than his rebounding in this series while Steph is out but we need Loons D and rebounds.

A secondary rotation of Spencer/GP2/Post/Gui or TJD/Loon might be a good way to keep us in the game while Jimmy and Dray rest.

Also run Knox and use him like JK. Knox got drafter for having the same upside as Jk back in the day, athletic beast. Use him as a lob threat like we did TJD but have someone else ball handle. Maybe a 3 here and there if they’re falling.

I think Kerr is gonna try and take game 3 playing some rotation like these.

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Seems pretty obvious after Steph and Jimmy its a guessing game who will step up or not. Podz, Moody, or Hield ain't it. JK is sort of the 3rd option but it sounds like he's not coming back. Seems like trading JK is the key to get us back a 3rd scoring option. Feels like we're missing a Wiggs type player.

Basketball is as much a mental game as it is physical and it’s tough to play when your coach acts like he has zero trust in you. Sure Kuminga doesn’t have the highest bbiq but he’s a damn good scorer and we’re gonna need him if we want a shot at winning this series.

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They beat the Celtics and made it to the Finals. I remember not thinking much of them but they found ways to win not having a great team. I don't know if the Warriors without Curry are that good or can turn into that team.

While watching the last couple games, I feel like Jimmy’s been a little less aggressive when it comes to scoring.

Although he’s still doing a whole bunch of GREAT intangibles, playmaking, defense, etc… but we’ve seen him limping after/during games which is understandable because of his injury in the Rockets series (I’m assuming this is the reason why) . This becomes a concern with Curry being out for a few games, and I think it’s a little much to expect a full Jimmy carry job.

Buddy and Dray have definitely stepped it up, but I think they’ll have to play really well tonight for us to make it tonight.

Let me know ur thoughts y’all

1. Van Gundy keeps saying Butler needs to be more aggressive, and while I do think that would be helpful, I'm happy to see him not falling on his ass for a game we can afford to lose.

2. Kuminga has looked great, and frankly I love to see him display his potential, but he's still not a good fit for this warriors squad. I hope this increases his trade value.

It would be nice to see our fellas crash the boards on offense given how bad we shoot the ball. I know we’ve out rebounded Mn the last 2, but I noticed at least 3 occasions where somebody shoots a 3 and everyone starts to run back and the ball bounces right to where they were standing.. like you KNOW that shot is missing. Effort in this area would be nice. That’s all

Buuuuut has anyone seen Moody and Brandon’s numbers this playoffs? Draymond’s antics?

Y’all hate the guy that’s getting DNPs and barely any PT. The guy who was avg 17 in 23 min before injury? He had 1 TO and there were like 5 posts about him. Some, borderline just racist.

Is no one else missing shots or turning the ball over?

What the hell happened to Moody? I don't think I've ever seen someone fall off this much this fast.

Podz, are you okay? Can we get some points from you? At least don't turn the ball over and play sound basketball?

Idk maybe the role players can play better at home cuz man this is sad levels of bad

Warriors’ Pat Spencer shouldn’t be in this NBA spotlight. He never let that stop him

Pat Spencer is here because of his grandfather.

He’s on the Golden State Warriors, hoopin’ in the 2025 playoffs, because George Robey was his best friend. They called him Pop. Spencer was a kid when they’d hang out in the basement. Playing ping-pong. Playing pool. Going through his Pop’s boxes of baseball cards. He collected not for trading, but for history, as each card had a story — many from his own baseball career, which peaked in the New York Yankees minor-league system in the late 1950s and early ’60s. Spencer heard them all.

“I cherish those memories with him,” Spencer said. “He’d be like, ‘I pitched against that guy. I pitched against this guy coming up.’ There were dudes from the 1940s, 50s, when he was pitching in farm leagues, trying to work their way up.”

It’s a bit of a marvel Spencer is in this moment. His journey detoured him to the top of the mountain in college lacrosse before winding towards the NBA. To being teammates with Stephen Curry. To facing LeBron James on the stage Kobe and Shaq built. To inspiring his team by cooking the Houston Rockets in a playoff game and getting ejected for headbutting a much bigger Alperen Şengün.

You might see the 6-foot-3 White guy with a Camaro mustache and rec-league physique and think his presence is a fluke, that he’s just happy to be here. Only to be surprised by his audacity, gasp at his skill.

Spencer is no ordinary 12th man. This is Mr. Robey’s grandson.

“Pat is a damn good basketball player,” Warriors forward Draymond Green said. “And I know he don’t look like it. He don’t just jump off the page at you when you see him in a basketball jersey. I don’t think the No. 61 helps him. But he is one of the toughest guys on this team, and that includes myself.”

With Steph Curry (left hamstring strain) sidelined at least a week, Spencer will be elevated to backup point guard in the Warriors’ Western Conference semifinals series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Coach Steve Kerr said Spencer is going to play. He usually does when one of the Warriors’ ball-handlers misses action.

That won’t change in the playoffs. The Warriors have been convinced by Spencer’s conviction. Because knowing Spencer means understanding nothing about him is a fluke. He’s built for this. He fought for this. His is a tale of athleticism, of pedigree, of competitive spirit, of a confidence that manifests visions. This soon-to-be 29-year-old lacrosse phenom is a testament to the power of hoop dreams.

And what one can accomplish when they believe.

“My mom, for a long time until I got to where I’m at,” Spencer explained, “she would always question my choice to pursue basketball. Not in a bad way. Just like, … ‘You just have this whole thing (in lacrosse) lined up for you. Are you sure?’ I’m living in this s— spot in Germany for three months. I’m away from my family. The journey’s been a grind. She’d be like, ‘Are you sure about this?’ But I’m a believer that if you’ve got a passion, you’ve got to pursue it.”

Pat Spencer is here because of lacrosse.

He was a multi-sport athlete in his youth, on par with the Spencer family. They’re all athletes. And a basketball family to the core. Cam Spencer, one of Pat’s younger brothers, is a reserve for the Memphis Grizzlies after starring at UConn for a year. After years of battling, and the elder by four years bullying little bro on the court, the two faced off for the first time in the NBA. The Grizzlies’ Spencer even matched up against the Warriors’ Spencer, with mother Donna in the crowd.

“Honestly, it just felt like another competitive day, another competitive game,” Cam Spencer said after playing against big bro. “No. 61, that’s all I knew. That’s who I was guarding. But I wouldn’t be here today without him. Love him to death.”

Pat’s other brother, Will Spencer, just finished his senior season at Division-III Hood College in Maryland. Their father, Bruce, played tennis and golf but wasn’t pushed towards athletics in his youth. Donna played hoops all the way up until her sophomore year of high school.

“And broke my grandfather’s heart,” Spencer said, “and went to cheerleading.”

Spencer broke his heart, too. In the eighth grade, he made the choice to give up baseball. The schedule got to be too much. Something had to go.

“He was bummed initially,” he said of his grandfather’s reaction to him quitting baseball. “But then he became the biggest lacrosse junkie in the world.”

Spencer’s first love was basketball. It hooked him like a drug. But he was so good at lacrosse. Spencer was in high school when he committed to Loyola University in Maryland. The only other offer he got was from Fairfield. The basketball offers didn’t come.

“I was 5-4, 120 pounds,” Spencer said. “Still competitive as hell, right? I wanted to play one of them at a high level. Basketball just didn’t look like a realistic avenue.”

But his height wasn’t a problem in lacrosse.

“He was a brilliant, brilliant playmaker,” said Bob Shriver, Spencer’s lacrosse coach at Boys’ Latin School in Baltimore. “He could set up anybody. He was often more intent on feeding somebody, giving them an assist, than he was scoring a goal by himself. And as a result, he really helped make everybody around them better players.”

Spencer’s vision, knack for looking upfield or through a defense, and ability to see an open man on the back side of an offensive set made him a star. As an attacker, Spencer’s role was similar to that of a point guard. He received the ball from the midfielders in transition and set up the offense. In his junior year, Boys’ Latin was the No. 1 team in the country, winning every game they played.

He also had his growth spurt. Shot up to 6 feet. His athleticism turned up even more. Spencer was bouncy and quick. He could’ve switched back to basketball.

But he felt loyal to Loyola, which was close to home and gave him a chance before any other school would. During his freshman year, Spencer’s star began to rise. Undersized and overlooked no longer, he was named a starter and became a Greyhounds legend. He was named the Freshman of the Year and became the first player in Patriot League history to win Offensive Player and Rookie of the Year honors outright. Loyola reached the Final Four.

At Loyola, Pat Spencer was a four-time Patriot League MVP in lacrosse, leading the Greyhounds to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals. (M. Anthony Nesmith / Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

“We saw the vision that he had,” said Charley Toomey, Spencer’s college coach who has guided 53 All-Americans and 100 all-conference selections. “He showed great promise as a freshman, but he showed NCAA promise, as being one of the best players in the country. He’s a very cerebral player. He might be the most competitive player I’ve ever coached.”

Still, Spencer considered switching to basketball again. He even called his high school coach to talk about it. He was a basketball junkie who’d grown to 6-foot-3 heading into his sophomore year. He was ready.

“I had a great (freshman) year, great friends, everything,” Spencer said. “But that f—ing itch for basketball was killing me.”

But he made a commitment. For four years. Again, he chose to honor it. He scratched his hoop itch by playing pickup games with Loyola’s hoop team and destroying the low-level talent in the intramural scene.

Draymond Green knows the feeling. In the Warriors’ post-practice runs designed to give injured players scrimmage time, Spencer often cooks all comers.

“He dropped me off so bad when I was coming back from my calf injury,” Green said. “It was embarrassing. I went out there thinking I’m about to win games — I pride myself on winning those games. I got one win, but I couldn’t, like, win. He was talking crazy to me, and I couldn’t do nothing about it. I was mad as hell. But that is Pat. And he brings that same energy every single day.”

Spencer finished his collegiate lacrosse career as Division I’s all-time leader in assists (231) and second in points (380). He was first-team All-America for three straight years and an All-American all four years. He won the Patriot League MVP four times.

In 2019, Spencer was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award, college lacrosse’s version of the Heisman. It was his third consecutive year being named a finalist.

His entire family gathered at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian for the annual announcement. The contingency included all four of his grandparents: Jack and Sylvia Spencer and George and Martha Robey.

“It’s more of like a shared award with my teammates,” he said. “All my best buddies came out. Whole family was there. It just signified all the sacrifice that everyone made for me. That moment was special.”

It matters even more now that Pop got to see him win the Tewaaraton. He followed Spencer’s lacrosse career as if it were baseball. He gave his best friend a seminal proud moment.

In May 2023, Martha Robey died of cancer. She was 81 years old. Spencer said Pop was dealing with a brain tumor while his wife of 62 years battled cancer, but none of his energy was on himself. Three months and nine days after his wife died, the retired firefighter and successful businessman, and ever-beloved patriarchal figure, died from cancer.

Pop was 83.

“I wouldn’t trade looking up in the stands and seeing my grandfather,” Spencer said, “for anything in the world.”

Pat Spencer is here because ball is life.

The Warriors were shorthanded after agreeing to trade Andrew Wiggins and Dennis Schröder at the trade deadline. The door was opened for Spencer to play more than just garbage minutes. He’s being inserted into these playoffs in part because of the trustworthiness — and fearlessness — he showed in the 31 meaningful minutes in two games he played off the bench before Jimmy Butler arrived.

Midway through the third quarter of a tie game in February, Spencer posterized Utah center Walker Kessler with a right-hand dunk.

One night later in Crypto.com Arena, the Warriors were trailing by 21 as he came downhill off a screen. LeBron James manned the paint alone. Spencer saw the King and went at him. He put his shoulder into LeBron’s chest and dropped in the fadeaway jumper with the foul.

A month later, he was a proud big bro at his locker watching Cam drill a corner 3 against Phoenix and then lock horns with Kevin Durant.

“Hell yeah,” Spencer said. “We don’t back down.”

Spencer is chill. His demeanor is relaxed and inviting. He’ll never be accused of talking too much, but he’ll talk to anyone. So it’s hard to spot the mean streak in him. But this is the same guy who at 21 gashed his forehead slamming it into a tennis racket because, in a familial game of doubles, his brother and grandfather picked on his grandmother’s “weak” backhand.

Just shy of two months after that, he was announcing himself in the playoffs. Spencer got some action in Game 5 in Houston as the listless regulars were getting blasted. He repeatedly attacked the Rockets defense and scored 11 points in 13 minutes.

This is who he is, and who he’s always been. The road to get here was so arduous, Spencer’s been in attack mode since walking away from lacrosse in 2019.

He used his fifth year of eligibility to play basketball for Northwestern because it was a chance to play in the Big Ten. He called it the most frustrating year of his athletic career. Northwestern, in rebuilding mode, went 8-23.

“It was the first time I’ve ever been a part of losing,” he said. “I wish I was a better leader. I wish I’d put a little bit more work in. But it was right after that year that I realized I gotta lock the f— in.”

His jumper needed developing. Not just removing the hitch but being consistently shot-ready. His defense was also “horrible” as he wasn’t nearly quick enough, having put on too much weight. Two-a-days in Maryland for half a year helped that.

He thought he was preparing for the G League bubble but wound up not getting a spot. Instead, he went to play professionally in Germany. After being away from the game for so long, he couldn’t afford to not play.

The Warriors don't yet know how long Curry will be out. But now they'll have to keep a promising season alive without him.

When he returned home, his parents flew him out to Las Vegas for Summer League. He went to network for an opportunity. Spencer walked up to Washington Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard and made his pitch. It earned an invite to a local tryout.

He made the Capital City Go-Go, the Wizards’ G League team, but found himself trapped by two point guards. In the G, players on two-way contracts are prioritized. Local tryouts who make the team eat last.

But Spencer played well enough in practice, and when he did get minutes, to earn a spot on the Summer League team. After a few DNPs, he spoke up for himself.

“I went nuts on them,” Spencer said, a proud smile breaking across his face. “I talked to a handful of coaches like, ‘Respectfully, I didn’t come out here for a f—ing vacation. … You’ve seen me the whole summer. What am I doing? They’re like, ‘It’s just whatever the front office tells us.’ I was like, ‘F— that. Tell the front office I’m playing these last two games.’ Played Indiana. Smoked ’em. Played the Warriors the last game. Killed ’em. I got a call from (then Santa Cruz Warriors GM David) Fatoki like a day later. That’s how I ended up here.”

Making the NBA was never his end game. Chilling on the end of a bench isn’t appeasing his dream. Spencer believes he can be a good player in the NBA. A regular reserve. A starter. He’s got more to get out of his pedigree.

At 6-foot-3, and not an exceptionally explosive guard, his shooting must improve. He’s gotta be money when he’s open. That’s of utmost priority in today’s NBA.

But he’s in his second season with the Warriors, and the growth is evident. Because anything that commands work, he’ll get it done. Because anything that requires confidence and skill, he’ll do fine. No stage is too big for his belief. No level of hoop beyond his passion.

Pat Spencer is here because he knows he belongs. If only Pop could see him now.

Mans sitting on the bench, probably feeling good as ever but knowing he can’t play for at least a week.. seeing his teammates be completely ass without him and knowing had he been playing this goes 5 at most. Heal up soon brosky, cuz we sure as heck need you out here lol

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Selling 2 tickets to the games tomorrow and Monday below face value. Section 109, $400 each OBO. Can share details and other information to ensure you feel comfortable I am GTG

I love Butler but he's just not showing enough aggressiveness on offense. He milks the shot clock so much sometimes and when he makes a move sometimes it's slow and unpurposeful. He's known for his midrange jumpers but he rarely takes those even when he gets near the paint. And there were some moments where he looked like Ben Simmons.

Is he not fully healed from his injury yet? Or maybe we're seeing what the drama in Miami did to his stamina?

Because we know Playoff Himmy aka Robin and Treymond will show up today. Ironman Loon is going to do his thing, but let's hope we get a human helicopter highlight reel sighting as well. Let's go!

Ok this is a long shot but if anyone is selling cheaper tickets and/or can’t make it the a game they have tickets for at Chase Center can I please purchase them off you! My dad is the biggest Warriors fan and really wants to go to a game but they are out of my budget, currently seakgeek has them around $150. I tried getting those $30 text tickets during the regular season but they would sell out while I was in the queue. I know playoff tickets are obviously more expensive but I just figured I would ask, thank yall 🫶🏼

Positives

• JK showed immense value and played his best game since his injury
• TJD showed the best body language and poise out of all the Warriors not named Dray and Jimmy
• We got it to within 8 in the 3Q
• We kept it within 3 in 3 of the last quarters, 27-24, 26-29, and 26-23 4Q before garbage time
• Jimmy and Draymond played at 70-80% effort and game speed and got great rest
• Buddy hit his shots when he had good looks
• Draymond wasn't hitting his 3's like last game but his defense and playmaking was immaculate
• Podz and Moody didn't play well overall but had positives
  • Podz has good forward dribble and is able to take his man when he doesn't dribble up the court but receives a pass at the top of the key in triple-threat
  • Moody played great defense got some chances to see the FT line and hit his shots, hopefully seeing the ball go through the rim will help him visualize better
• Our defense is #1 as usual even with our starters off the floor
• Gobert is nearly unplayable because on offense, Draymond can play as a roaming free safety and it completely shuts down the Wolves offense and Gobert can't feast on OREB like he did on the Lakers, leading to a net negative

Negatives

• Some of the worst turnovers I've seen in an NBA game
• Jimmy had 3-4 chances where I would've hoped he just went up for the shot near the rim with the shot clock below 10, but decided to pass it out, leading to a chuck and miss (leading to even less Moody confidence)
  • I've been noticing that he's been trying to feed Moody as a late shot clock shot creator, which he's not been able to do in a minimum of 6 attempts
• Draymond technical adding to his total
• Pat Spencer is not the savior this sub was hoping him to be, he's a 5-8 minute gap guy for defense at best this series--he has no mid-range, or three pt
• GP2, Gui, Moody and Buddy cannot create their own shot, only leaving Dray, Jimmy, JK, and Podz which is not great
• Post didn't get enough play-time to be able to make a decision but he looks like a non-factor

There's definitely going to be doomers and copium-addicts but I'll say this: If I was a betting man I would bet that we take one of these next two games at Chase.

Wolves played their starters nearly the entire game and I realized how immaculate our system defense is. Even with the 10th and 11th man on the floor, there was no offensive "run" by the Wolves; the runs in the 1Q and 3Q were drawn out by anemic offensive play by the Warriors--we defended well but couldn't punch back on the offensive end.

If we limit our turnovers alone, this game would have been a 45-55 coin-flip in the Wolves favor. I know OKC is a whole different beast but watching the Nuggets and OKC game yesterday, the Nuggets played at full strength and just repeatedly got punched in the mouth.

I dont care if he dont have the stats. The fact that this team looks like utter garbage just off of Curry not playing to me shows why he is the GOAT. or at the very least better than LeBum. it is disgusting watching this team play without him,

i had bought tickets for game 3 and im not even excited anymore based on how game 2 went. (bought them before he got hurt)

This is something the organization and fans should be proud of. A team led by a 37 year old and two 35 year olds are in the second round of the playoffs, meanwhile every other team is being led by a young group of stars under the age of 30.

We knew this was going to be a very tough postseason given their age, especially if our young guys can’t contribute and lessen the load for our old vets. It’s even more apparent with how “bright the lights” are for players like Podz and Moody who are getting their first real postseason minutes.

I’m glad we’ve made it this far after what was a grueling second half of the regular season in the West, but that’s a physical toll on our big 3. Even though it’s been frustrating watching the younger players struggle this postseason, it’s essential they get this experience. Whether we win or lose this series, that experience alone makes us a better team next year. Steph, Dray and Jimmy all have games that age well. Surround them with young players who can contribute and don’t disappear in the playoffs and I believe we can win a ring with this core.

I understand that losing a playoff game in a blowout is never fun. However, this is very common when a team steals a road win in game 1. The home team comes out with a lot more urgency and usually wins in a blowout. Look at OKC last night, or game 2 of the Rockets series. Being tied 1-1, headed back to the bay, puts us in great shape. If we win one of those games at home, we allow Steph to return for game 6. We got this.

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I wanna say less Moody minutes, but we need him to make shoots, because he one of our few capable three point shooters.

At the same time his shot has been gone for a while now. Since the Jimmy trade, Moody is shooting 34% in the regular and post season. Before the trade he shot 40% from 3.

He's going to be critical rebounding without fouling and setting legal screens to get our shooters open. If he can keep Rudy off the glass and help create space, we're going to have an advantage. That's all I'm asking.

I hate the this bad thing(hamstring) is actually a good thing. It’s not, obviously, but I think it will tell us quickly if we’re a championship team or not. If we can’t at least give Minnesota a real fight without Steph, then we don’t really have but’s a fighter’s chance against Oklahoma with Steph. That’s a generational team paired besides another team that has a player who’s not too shabby.

Now, if we give them a solid fight without Steph, then at least we know that we can probably go toe-to-toe with everybody in this playoff field, and that we have the ultimate offensive weapon in NBA history inside the celebrini regen-pod, waiting to be deployed, healed and rested.

Lowkey after watching gm 3 Im pretty sure the nuggets will beat the warriors and twolves in a 7 game series. But if the thunder win-warriors/twolves will beat them in the clutch. We saw it today and it will be a trend for the entire playoffs. The thunder are terrible in the clutch because they were never in clutch situations in the reg season. They are inexperienced and have no clutch factor.

If warriors-dubs in 6

if t wolves- t wolves in 7

Can't win in the clutch if you haven't been in the clutch that's the problem with young teams.