Perk: Warriors ‘WASTING’ Curry’s prime + Is Embiid’s MVP campaign effectively OVER? 👀 | NBA Today

Perk: Warriors ‘WASTING’ Curry’s prime + Is Embiid’s MVP campaign effectively OVER? 👀 | NBA Today

LeBron James and the Lakers they walked away with a win in this latest Showdown Steph remember he hit a go-ahead three with like 5.2 seconds left to put the Warriors up by one this is how Steph Curry exited the court after LeBron James went to the line made those free

Throws essentially sealed the game he ripped his jersey on the way off we don’t usually see this type of emotion on the floor from Steph Curry he was asked about his frustration after the game our whole season we’ve had you know some tough breaks some self-inflicted wounds some games it you know obviously

You should have should have won and there’s disappointment walking on the floor and like tonight is a night where you feel like you played well enough to win almost like the sack game and again have nothing to show for it you know it just shows we we really want it we’re

Playing with a little bit of desperation trying to you know change the tide of our season and just don’t have nothing to show for right now serona last week you said that nothing is going to happen in Golden State until Steph Curry is cool with it

But when you look at that frustration is this the point that he should be cool with it that something’s going to happen I actually think that that game was very encouraging for the Warriors and I I I’ll I’ll stand on that that I don’t think anything happens in Golden State

Without Steph Curry you know I don’t know if he says it if he says it directly with a wink or a nod through his agent whatever it is but they’re not going to make any moves to that core and break of that that dynastic team unless

He’s on board with that idea um Brian you and I have covered LeBron so many years you know I I think they operate a little differently when it comes time to make really hard decisions and I don’t think Steph wants to be involved in those decisions right now but I thought

Klay Thompson was good in that game he made a huge shot in that game Draymond looked great in that game he said you know all behind every single one of those step threes was a Draymond bone crushing screen setting that up he also allows them to play kaminga and Andrew

Wiggins together I think that you can’t normally do that when play those two guys together when you can when you have a player as smart as Draymond Green and so I think I think Steph like as much as you saw that frustr I’ve never seen him

Rip his jersey I see him throw the mouthpiece yeah mouthpiece that’s why Tim it stood out to because he’s done a little arm workor you can see right he looked a little bit Jack yeah he was but he didn’t get all the way down could get all the way through exhausted like when

You were watching that game 10 didn’t you think he he look he would sit on the bench during timeouts like oh my God I need these 30 seconds to cover man I felt sorry for him I really did I had empathy for him watching the game and

And this right here this reaction what that is is what the stat they just put at the bottom of the screen when he was speaking 32 of these games they’ve been in 32 games one possession games late more than any other team in the NBA and

They have come up short too many times in games that they are used to winning so what that does is it’s it’s a gut punch it’s one more gut punch and on a night when he played that way and made that many big plays down the stretch historically since Steph Curry got there

They win those kind of games and they’re not anymore and I think that’s where the frustration is coming out because it’s been too often this year he feels like what more can he possibly do and they walk off the floor frustrated in a late game defeat that’s what that was I agree

With Ramona though I I just think your options are limited in what you’re going to do I got to tell you though I don’t think that Kendrick Perkins is as patient as you do am I right about that perk I’m not because my next question is

What’s next right okay if Steph could go out there and put up a 46 piece wing dinner and they still lose and you see his frustration then what’s next if he’s not going to go to the front office and he’s not going to want to make these hard these hard tough decisions then

What’s next you’re just going to let the season ride out and say you know what we going to make this our last run we know we not going anywhere but let’s continue to bring uh bring along Jonathan kaminga and teach him the game we cannot continue to waste Steph Curry Prime and

We’re seeing this man do everything and more that he possibly can to try to just get one win and right now when I look at I’m like damn they only one game above the Memphis Grizzlies right now who have been missing damn near they entire starting lineup and so I’m thinking

About it I’m like okay if it’s not going to be a trade if Steph is not going to voice his opinion then what the hell is next for the Golden State Warriors this season what is next brand my case is weakening they’re five games under 500 I

Do think Ramona is right you know you look at their last two losses they lost by one to the Kings and they lost by you know two to the Lakers it’s not like they’re getting blown off the court the problem is is that the most tradable piece they have really is Wiggins

Wiggins is playing average to below average basketball right now if they traded him they’d either have to incentivize or they’d get back average-ish players and I’m not sure it’s truly an upgrade so I’m not saying that they’re that you know that they that there’s something that can be done

I just don’t think there’s a better option other than hoping that that record turns around and getting Chris Paul back and I know that hoping isn’t what you want to say at the end of January but I think it’s the best of a lot of bad options yeah I think listen

Here’s the problem when you start talking about breaking it up you have to be realistic about what the return is going to be and what that’s going to look like so I understand we might think that hey this team can’t contend for a championship and you’ve got Steph Curry

On your roster you’re supposed to be doing that the problem is what are we talking about Jets Sing Off You Draymond Green Klay Thompson kaminga like anybody’s for sale and if that’s the case what are you getting back younger players less accomplished players that are going to take more time to season

Alongside Steph Curry and that that pushes this thing out even further into the future so that’s where I just think it’s a really tough spot to be in and I don’t think these internal conversations start easily when you start talking about Draymond Green and Klay Thompson and what they’ve meant to the

Organization particularly I mean despite how he’s played this year some players in what they’ve meant to the organization they outlive those conversations they’ve almost surpassed the ability to even initiate those because it’s just what it is the guys meant too much to them and unfortunately they’re not good enough to compete or

Contend but what you’re going to get back won’t put you there either perk I don’t believe before we go to break some breaking news here out of the Eastern Conference Joelle embiid he was we were wondering if we were going to see him tonight against the Portland Trailblazers but Ramona now that it’s

Not the case what more can you tell us yeah he you know he’s just managing this knee injury and and I think he fully intended to try to play in Denver he was the one who said to the team I’m playing don’t even put me on the injury report

But that KNE is is a is an issue that he’s going to have to manage for the rest of the season and there’s swelling in there he couldn’t even jump before the Denver game I know he took a lot of flak for all that but he’s not going to

Play again against Portland they have a back toback so it’s Portland tonight Golden State the next game and and every time we talk about whether he plays or not plays we’re we’re subtracting from that 65 game total right we’re inching towards that at this point he can only

Miss five more games to still be eligible for the MVP embiid remember he hasn’t played in Denver since 2019 that’s four years that we have not seen him play in the mile high city you can see the breakdown of the game that he’s missed there on your screen on Friday’s

Show though Kendrick Perkins you gave a pep talk I mean I I was ready after that pep talk to and be you implored him stand on business give jokic’s lick back I don’t think I can say that but that’s how you said it and it was much much

Better now that he has another DMP in Denver under his belt what’s your word of the day on embiid well I’m going Serbian style plusa okay and you know what that means in Serbian that means that means scared and usually I’m joking and laughing about my word of the day but damn it

Malik I’m so serious right now when I say this he’s been scared for the last four years I don’t want to hear anything about swelling in his knee because he played on the backto back when jic came into town on Philly and make sure he made himself available like what’s

Really going on and everyone knows how I feel about Joel embi I think he’s one of the most skilled big man to ever play the game of basketball I think he’s the best offensive player in the game today but at the end of the day no matter what

The rest of this season for as him putting up big numbers or even winning the MVP I will not be impressed anymore until he do something in the playoffs like he cannot continue to get off the hook of ducking that smoke when it comes down to playing yic in Denver we can’t

Do that I might need to check with the yic brothers or Google translate on the pronunciation uh but whatever word you want to use for it is it just scared is there something else going on here listen he heard you perk like he heard the pep talk that’s why he went to the

Team when then when they do the injury report this is how this works you know how this goes legs and perk like it’s his choice to say I’m on the injury report like he said don’t even put me on the injury report I’m playing I’m playing in this game he went out and

Warmed up he can’t even jump the the injuries management he he couldn’t jump before the game that’s how much discomfort he yes and he shouldn’t have played in that Indiana game he did I think that was probably the mistake that was made here because it is important to

Play in Denver he knows that and I actually think like nobody knows that more than Jo andb you don’t think he hears all that he went out to let them boo him like he went out in the fourth quarter and said I know what’s coming go

Ahead and boo me I know what’s happening it was not even his choice the man the injury management staff from the Sixers said you are not playing and this injury he has with his knee I know what you want to say about swelling and he wanted

To play so they’re probably going to get fine the NBA is going to investigate the late scratch but that was on the star player who said don’t even put me on the report I want to play right so now it’s TW that’s the 12th game right uh tonight

That he will miss that means if he misses five more he will lose eligibility for MVP and all MBA honors who spent so much time on MVP all NBA as well which of course has uh financial implications in one week embiid’s dropped from being the favorite following his 70o performance to a

Distant third legs do you think his chances are essentially are they gone should we he’s H but I don’t think that’s necessarily reflected just by missing this game I think that’s people also saying well wait wait a second now he’s getting close to that number of

Games missed he also W what’s wrong with his knee like is is that a problem for him to even maybe he doesn’t play as well because he’s trying to play through an injury so there’s a lot that goes into that more than ducking the game but

Here I think you’re both are right from this standpoint look if if he’s got fluid in knee or he’s got some discomfort it’s taken out of his hands as soon as he mentions it to somebody on the medical staff boom out of his hands he has no more say in that that’s the

Way the league operates now but to perk’s point this is more than just a fluke or Misfortune it’s become a thing man it’s a narrative four years in a row you have not played in Denver four years in a row that’s beyond an anomaly that starts to become an actual thing it’s

Weird to me because he has had dominant statistical games against and beat him hang on one second Ramona go ahead Brian the Optics are horrible bottom line I know his knee was bothering him I watched the way he played on Thursday the Optics and the handling of it were

Terrible he knows it the the Nuggets know it the Sixers know it it’s a it’s a let down for the league the Optics were terrible and he will pay a bit of a price for it both public relations wise and within the League

Kendrick Perkins, Brian Windhorst, Tim Legler and Ramona Shelburne join Malika Andrews on NBA Today to discuss the state of the Golden State Warriors after falling in double-OT to LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers before speaking on Joel Embiid’s status (knee) as he’s set to miss his 12th game this season.

0:00 Golden State Warriors’ future
6:20 Joel Embiid out vs. Portland
7:38 Embiid scared to play in Denver?
9:02 Ramona’s injury report on Embiid
10:03 Embiid’s MVP campaign in jeopardy

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