“Steph Curry is a MAGICIAN” – NBA Gametime on Warriors 129-118 win over Wizards in Poole’s return
All right it’s a final the Golden State Warriors winning their fourth straight game in Jordan pool’s return to the Bay Steph Curry going for 30 Klay going for 20 but maybe even the bigger story here Jonathan kaminga 22 Brandon pimpy’s got 10 Trace Jackson Davis 10 points 15
Rebounds Off the Bench some of these young guys really starting to get going for Golden State you know it’s the young guys that you got to be excited about Trace Jackson Davis uh I just love how he’s playing right now he’s getting more minutes and um he’s fitting in well as a
Rookie for a guy that’s been kind of a traditional post guy who can step out he is showing his versatility and he’s way ahead of the game for me I thought defensively being able to he’s not going to vertically block a lot of shots but he can switch he’s playing the game like
A veteran I’m like what I’m seeing but from him be would yeah and I like I like what I saw for him at Indiana this is a guy that’s has a lot of basketball underneath his belt understands how to play can rebound can catch finish in
Traffic can make that extra pass on the weak side so sometimes you have young guys you’re trying to teach them how to play or teach them where they’re supposed to be you don’t have to do that with this young man he already has a great feel and understanding for the
Game of basketball what’s your take with this Warriors team right now again four straight wins they’re still sitting 11th in the west though um I mean I think this team is possibly a playoff team um I I still think if they’re going to be a championship team they might have to
Make one move I’m not sure what that move is but um they’re playing better basketball obviously they’re going to get better when they do get traymon back whenever that may be um but at the end of the day I don’t think this is one of those teams I think
Is coming out of the West this year from a championship level standpoint I mean I would you be what it’s more than one move if you start talking about a championship I think they got to make a move to solidify them to be able to compete in the Western Conference but to
Get to that next level they still going to have to find a way to maybe add somebody you know and a trade they going to have to you know bring in three or four people and um you know in some kind of way have some guys you know that they
Can pick up you know around Trad dayline that just maybe get bought out of their contract yeah I need a big I need another versatile big and know that and the fact that Klay Thompson is starting to look like Klay Thompson again right now I
Mean that has to be huge for Steve Kerr it is I mean uh you know is this unfortunate you know for clay uh because Andrew Wiggins I I thought by now would be the second option for sure and sometimes the first but having Steph was
The first and second option put a lot of pressure on clay at times when Steph wasn’t playing well uh to move up in the pecking order clay right now should be this second third sometimes even fourth option but right now they had him doing too much and trying to score too much
Without a guy that doesn’t get it off the dribble just off U Down screens but like right now I think he’s finding his rhythm yeah they get Andrew Wiggins going they have to get him going they have to Joel embiid had another big night scoring 31 points the lead of Sixers
2121 111 Victory gets the Toronto Raptors in beat extends his streak with 30 plus points and 10 plus rebounds to 13 games games which is the NBA’s longest streak since Kareem ABD Abdul Jabar did it in 16 straight games for the Milwaukee Bucks during the 7172 season also check out the season stats
He scored more points than minutes played the only player in the history of the NBA to do that Will Chamberlain back in 6162 these are just nasty nasty numbers 54% from the floor he’s not settling for the three ball although he is shooting 35% but 35 points nearly 12
Rebounds a game that’s ton T’s game snapped the streak of scoring 40 plus in three straight games so it sounds like he wants to go back to back when it comes to the MVP award and I’m not I don’t blame him cuz he’s out there being
A Bruiser he’s doing it from all over the court I like when he puts the ball on the floor and just you know get to a spot like a guard he’s super agile he’s physical and he’s making those Big Fellas play pay down there yeah he’s
He’s the best player in the NBA right now as we speak uh dominating in all facets of the game uh and you watch those clips you see him overpowering people people you see him beat him with skill out running them he’s doing it all you’re right B I saw stats recently you
Know comparing him with the numbers of Will Chamber Kim Abdul Jabar he’s a combination of every big man that we’ve ever seen will it be will Kareem and hakee Elijah one he’s combined all those talents and added maybe more skill uh to to his mix best team in the
East you know what with him in in a seven game series I would I would I would give them an advantage I really would because you could move him around the floor so much uh I think um getting people in foul trouble uh you mentioned maybe they make a deal beforehand but if
They can firm up what they have I you know Boston Milwaukee and Philly I think they’re you know all right there at the top and Maxi’s playing well alongside Jo and B I love Maxi man I I I just love the fact that he’s getting his shine now
You know James Harden was there uh you know the B him all that stuff but now he’s able to go out there and showcase his skill set had a 50-point game early in the year so so he’s big time you know what’s nice about that very red you see
A star player like James hard move and the next guy come up and fill that void and then some be the perfect fit and also James Harden has found his perfect fit with the Clippers yeah no doubt but MP playing some great great basketball stay healthy big fell big loss to the
Boston Celtics May b a boy Kyle Draper NBC Sports California we’ll look at the box score tonight as they beat Phoenix and Phoenix is struggling right now no Bradley Bill he’s been hurt they need a true point guard d right yeah they definitely do and it’s tough you know
Cuz we’ve been seeing this over the past few years all these teams sign their big three and then someone goes down and we all know that’s a big part of that team because everything is around those three guys and then you got a Bradley Bill that’s in and out of the lineup it’s
Going to be tough to win any games yeah Pro probably they do need a point guard they need depth overall you know when when those star plays come out of the game there’s not a lot of depth on that bench so they have to firm that up Sacramento to me you know they’re
They’re such a JN High type of team but Fox uh Malik Monk and Murray those are the three players I think that really put them uh when they play really well that puts him at a different level all right more on that a little bit later on but let’s hear from
TJ D who had a second consecutive double double tonight against the Wizards did you know that you’re just the third rookie consecutive scoring and rebound double doubles with chatt and wemy um I did not know that um just trying to get rebounds and um finish lobs um playing with energy
So how surprised were you draft KN when you went 57 um I was very surprised honestly I felt like um my senior year in college I was added a lot to my game whether it be the passing the blocking shots um rebounding at a high level um finishing um basically everything
Improving my game leading my team teams to win I felt like that’s why I came back and um but at the end of the day I didn’t know what the situation was with my agents and um I tweeted it right before they told me and then they told
Me that we were waiting for a guarantee but they didn’t tell me because they didn’t want it not to fall through so they didn’t want me to have my hopes up but at the end of the day I play with a chip on my shoulder anyway so it is what
It is it’s I mean this is technically a team that traded you that you played tonight I mean does that thought go through your mind at all today um not necessarily um I I never was Washington I think called me on draft I think it was draft day they called me
Them and the Spurs called me and they said we’re thinking about taking you I think it was early in early in the second we’re probably going to get a pick and then I was like okay and then didn’t happen and so I wasn’t then all of a sudden they called me my agents
Called me said the Warriors are trading Washington’s pick I was like okay so it is what it is at that point but I’m happy to be here and um I’m blessed to play with these guys Steve said that you kind of remind him a bit of Andrew bogot um are you
Familiar with Andrew as a player he was a key player in the beginning of this dynasty yeah absolutely um he’s a little taller than me but he he’s got he’s got we got some similar attributes um he was a lot threat as well he was a really
Really good passer I feel like he’s an underrated passer um but um that’s something that I still need to expand on my passing and just knowing where guys want to be where to get them the ball but I’m learning it’s my rookie season so I just got to continue to get better
And grind feels like you’re a good mix of kind of like a rim Runner with some of that bogot type game do you are you trying to be a kind of that that combo yeah absolutely um I’m still post still needs to get there um I had it a lot in
College and the split actions and stuff of that nature so trying to get back into that flow but um being a screener and rolling to the rim especially with Shooters around you um um what big man wouldn’t love that they often say it time now for the edge presented by
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“Steph Curry is a MAGICIAN” – NBA Gametime on Warriors 129-118 win over Wizards in Poole’s return
