It’s A Splash Bros Reunion! Are You Kuminga To The Poole Party? Warriors 2022 Season Thread
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I feel for Poole.
He's clearly out of his depth as a starter, but the problem now is, since they're exhausting every avenue to get Wiggins to be aggressive, it's coming at the sacrifice of Poole getting touches. I gather the whole point of them switching up Steph's minutes, is to get Wiggins going by leading the offense and running the ball through his hands when Steph's on the bench. Whenever Steph went to the bench, they were force-feeding Wiggins the ball, and the offense came unstuck. Then when Steph comes back, he has to get them out of that drought, and that too comes at the sacrifice of Poole getting touches, because those possessions become even more valuable to erase the deficit, and they can't be wasted on the offense running through Poole.
Whenever Steph goes to the bench, the offense should be running through Poole. Because at the moment, since he's not getting those rhythm touches and handling the ball, he's just jacking up shots trying to remain relevant in the offense.
Wiggins is fukking up the offense in more ways than one. Poole can't be that player that he's expected to develop into with Wiggins on the team. The Warriors are forever going to be coddling Wiggins, and Poole is going to be the forgotten man.
He's clearly out of his depth as a starter, but the problem now is, since they're exhausting every avenue to get Wiggins to be aggressive, it's coming at the sacrifice of Poole getting touches. I gather the whole point of them switching up Steph's minutes, is to get Wiggins going by leading the offense and running the ball through his hands when Steph's on the bench. Whenever Steph went to the bench, they were force-feeding Wiggins the ball, and the offense came unstuck. Then when Steph comes back, he has to get them out of that drought, and that too comes at the sacrifice of Poole getting touches, because those possessions become even more valuable to erase the deficit, and they can't be wasted on the offense running through Poole.
Whenever Steph goes to the bench, the offense should be running through Poole. Because at the moment, since he's not getting those rhythm touches and handling the ball, he's just jacking up shots trying to remain relevant in the offense.
Wiggins is fukking up the offense in more ways than one. Poole can't be that player that he's expected to develop into with Wiggins on the team. The Warriors are forever going to be coddling Wiggins, and Poole is going to be the forgotten man.
I usually agree with you but nah, Pooles struggles are on Poole. He's just taking bad shots, because he can make a bad shot. He still needs to settle down some. Wiggins does stop the ball, but I don't think that's impacting Poole more than Poole himself
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If he can set a good screen, he's going to have a good year
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you got 3 months to clean up your act, I mean your heel character was funny at first but if the Warriors keep winning and you keep bytching about Wiggins and The Warriors when they winning, you getting Negged every time you post a negative post when the warriors are winningMatter of fact
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Oh, don't get me wrong, a lot of Poole's struggles are on him, but that's because he's not a starter. He's only there by default.
But his struggles would be less pronounced if he could have the ball in his hands when Steph goes to the bench, in that 6th man-type role. But Kerr and the coaching staff have identified they desperately need to get Wiggins motivated, and not just standing around like a mannequin on offense. And the only way to do that is, force-feed him the ball when Steph's not on the floor. But that should be Poole's role. Wiggins shouldn't need his hand held on offense. He's been in the league for nearly a decade. The Warriors literally have the best ball-movement in the league and he's still struggling to be aggressive.
And what happens is, since Poole is trigger happy, and he knows that he's not going to get the touches that he needs, it forces him to jack up shots whenever he touches the ball. Near the end of the fourth quarter when Steph and Wiggins went to the bench, you could see he was a lot more comfortable, where he worked to his spots because he wasn't rushed or didn't feel like he needed to do something as soon as he touched the ball. That resulted in him scoring roughly half of his points in the final three minutes of the game when he was allowed to handle the ball.
He needs that more often to develop, and he can't do that with Wiggins.
And you're going on ignore, because you don't know what the fukk you're talking about.
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You have not provided any evidence as to what Wiggins does for this team, you just repeat the same damn "acknowledge him" bullshyt followed up with tweets of his box score stats, which aren't even any good. You post like a bot that's not working properly.
Let's just hope that Wiggins ain't on this team in the postseason for me to say "I told you so" when he inevitably drowns this team's championship hopes.
it's just this. sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one
dude takes tough shots. He can drive and get to the rim and at least draw a foul. He can also take advantage of the middy jimbo. But he settles for so many threes.
He wasn't settling for threes at the end of the game though. He was driving and getting to his spots, and having success with it. He's always going to take tough shots, which is why he needs to have an environment where he doesn't feel like he's rushed into taking the first shot that pops into his head or being forced to take a shot.
Look at when he's able to handle the ball in the final three minutes of the game without Steph and Wiggins, and compare that to all the other minutes where he's playing with Steph and/or Wiggins. Look at the quality of shots he's taking when he's allowed to be the center of the offense.
Surely you can see that he operates best when he's able to handle the ball and dictate his own terms, right?
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Poole and Wiggins are both volatile players, at either end of the spectrum, and they both need the ball in their hands; you can't cater to one, without hindering the other. And because Poole is less experienced and on a smaller salary, he's going to be the forgotten man. The Warriors have no choice but to prioritize Wiggins.
It's a detriment to Poole and the team.
It's a detriment to Poole and the team.
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Kuminga def seems to have some Point Forward in his game from what I've seen. We'll see if at some point Kerr allows him to initiate the offense when he's on the floor (We saw a glimpse of that a few times last night).
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And you're going on ignore, because you don't know what the fukk you're talking about.
You have not provided any evidence as to what Wiggins does for this team, you just repeat the same damn "acknowledge him" bullshyt followed up with tweets of his box score stats, which aren't even any good. You post like a bot that's not working properly.
Let's just hope that Wiggins ain't on this team in the postseason for me to say "I told you so" when he inevitably drowns this team's championship hopes.
Okay let's Ban Bet if Wiggins inevitable drowns the warriors championship hope, I get a ban and if not you get a lifetime ban
Only way Poole will learn is for him to be out there and it helps he’s playing with experienced vets.. You should know better than that Gil lol
He will be the spark off the bench when Klay is back
Past two games Wigs been aggressive as fukk.. I don’t mind wigs driving and getting to the basket what annoys me is when the ball gets stuck in his hands after the ball being passed around and he settles for a jump shot…