Bob Myers & NBA Countdown discuss the Golden State Warriors’ future

Bob Myers & NBA Countdown discuss the Golden State Warriors’ future

Earlier today, Steph and the Warriors, they held their exit interviews. Plenty of questions surrounding their future. When we had our mind focused on a goal, like we we had enough to accomplish it and get to a point where, you know, we were playing pretty high level basketball. Does that mean we can win a championship? We hope so. And that’s really all you want is a is a is a fighter’s chance. If you can run that back, make some tweaks that can help our overall, you know, roster. I feel like we had enough that we showed, you know, we could be that team. That’s all you really want. So, Bob, there are over eight billion 8 billion people on this planet and I think that it would be hard to find someone better to answer this question than you. What’s next for the Golden State Warriors after all of that? Well, he he’s the best one to answer it. The guy that just answered, you’re okay. Well, in the top five maybe, but he said it, Malikica. Um, fast rewind. Three months ago, this was a team that was 500 or below, right? Going nowhere. Talking about making the play in. They make a trade. Mike Don makes a trade for Jimmy Butler and they go on a tear, right? They went on a tear. He was the Salve they needed and especially for Curry. It it Steph’s numbers weren’t as good when they got Jimmy Butler, he took off, too. Steph has said it. He just said, “I want a fighter chance, right? I want to play in meaningful games.” But for the hamstring injury, he was doing that, right? They beat the Rockets. Rockets were a very good team. They finished the season strong. They had a chance to be at one point a five seed, a four seed. They ended up where they ended up, which was the seven seed. But Steph is 37. He has accomplished probably more than he ever dreamed. He’s going to go down as a top 10 player ever to play the game. He changed the game. Top five. Um, top five. So, so if you’re him, you’re saying, Malikica, give me a chance to be competitive, right? Let me have a shot. He said it. Fighters chance. His words. They had a fighter chance against Minnesota. They beat the Rockets. Would they have had a fighter chance against Oklahoma City or Denver? Yeah, I think they would have if he’d stayed healthy. At this point in his career, I don’t think he’s saying I have to have a top two roster in the league. I have to be the favorite. He’s not. He’s been there. He’s had that. You can’t have that for 15 years of your career. He’s just saying, Malikica, give me enough around me that I can play meaningful basketball. I believe the Warriors did that and got to do that. I feel awful for him because he was playing great and I think it would have been a much different series. Who knows who would have won? I’m I’m I’m proud of what the Warriors said after. They weren’t saying, “Well, we would have won without St. They said, “Look, credit to Minnesota.” Um, but I do think that will they try to improve? Sure, they’ll try. How do they improve? We could talk for an hour about the rules, about the money they have, about the options they have. But I think Steph got what he wanted, which was a shot. Well, I’m going to tell you what is dead for them dead bird tall grass. That small ball lineup with Draymond Green at the five, that’s over with. They need a big man. They They need a big man. Draymond got exposed, especially without Steph being on the floor. I don’t care if he goes out there and get 15 or 20 points. Steve Kerr called him the best defender that he’s ever seen, right? And I believe he lied because he played with Dennis Robin and he played with Tim Duncan, right? And Julius Randle shot over 50% when Draymond was guarding him. That’s a problem. You need a big man in there that’s going to get you a double double every single night. Look across the league. Look at the teams that we still have playing right now. Indiana, they have Miles Turner. Carl Anthony Towns for the New York Knicks. You got Jokic uh for uh Denver. You have Czech and Isa Hardenstein for Oklahoma City. You need a lob threat. You need a guy that’s going to get you about 15 points and 12 rebounds a game and be able to anchor that defense. They need athleticism. That small ball lineup is dead. No offense to Draymond Green. It’s just past his time when it comes to anchoring the deep. Stephen A was shaking his head while Bob was talking. Y’all are absolutely right. Okay, but I don’t want to hear that. Okay, that’s not the story today. I’m serious. Bob, stop. Let me tell you why. Jimmy Butler, we got love for Jimmy Buckets. We know who he is. We needed him to get one game. One game. That’s the story moving forward. Because when he was acquired, he wasn’t just acquired in a trade and okay, you’re under contract and okay, now you’re a member of the Warriors. No, he was given a two-year deal for over 113 million. And when Steph Curry went down early in game two, they said, “We need one game.” What? He’s probably going to be back for game six. And I’mma I’mma pull a first take one here and tell the producers I need to see myself on the screen talking to Perk and Bob Myers right now. I need to look at y’all right now. Okay. They said one game. Now I’m going to ask you right here in front of Malikica because I know she keeps you honest because she keeps us all honest. You’re an executive, Bob. One game. One. I need one game from a dude that I gave that we all believe. We seen him do it. He took a team to the finals twice. We need one game just to get Jeff Steph Curry back. And he couldn’t do it. And he attempted 11 shots last night and nine shots the game before that. He had 20 shot attempts in two games. 20 shots in two games and you were the number one option. Come on now. Okay. We got to come on now. Listen, the game was game three. That was the one he That was the game. He didn’t get it done. Look, but I’m I will tell you, Stephen A, we can criticize Jimmy Butler, and it’s fair, but I’m going I I would go into any battle with that guy. I mean, I believe he’s a winner. So, and I agree, but but to your point, if he needed to get one game, I think game three was the game. He couldn’t do it by himself. Um and and look, he didn’t make an excuse, but you better believe he that tail that pelvic injury that that doesn’t just go away in three days, okay? And and that that would be my but I still believe in Jimmy Butler.

NBA Countdown’s Malika Andrews, Bob Myers, Kendrick Perkins and Stephen A. Smith react to Steph Curry’s comments during his exit interview following the Golden State Warriors’ elimination from the NBA Playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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