Where Do Steph Curry & The Warriors Go From Here + Rockets & Lakers Comeback Wins
Adam Mares and Tim Legler break down the biggest NBA games and storylines from around the league, starting with the impact of Jimmy Butlerās brutal injury and what it means for the Golden State Warriors, Jonathan Kumingaās role, and the broader question of relying on aging stars. They dive into the Houston Rocketsā impressive comeback win over the Spurs, highlighting their elite defense, clutch shot-making down the stretch, recent surge in form, and what pieces still matter most for Houstonās ceiling in the Western Conference. The conversation also covers the Lakersā win over the Nuggets and how Los Angelesā second-half defense exposed Denverās lack of depth, plus standout performances from Immanuel Quickley and a big night in Utah that dropped Minnesota in the standings. The episode wraps with Leglerās thoughts on Jalen Greenās return and how it could shape the Sunās trajectory moving forward.
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00:00 Intro
01:40 Jimmy Butlerās horrid injury
03:57 What this means for the Warriors
08:06 What does this mean for Kuminga?
12:36 Should teams stop relying on old players?
14:57 Rockets beat Spurs on big comeback
16:40 Rocketsā defense was great
17:55 Huge shots from Reed & Houston down the stretch
21:05 What is Sheppardās ceiling?
23:38 Big run for Houston lately
24:07 The final piece for Houston to win the West is Amen Thompson
26:40 They will miss Steven Adams
32:25 Lakers take down Nuggets
34:00 Lakerās second-half defense killed the Nuggets
36:44 The Nuggets are feeling their lack of depth
39:23 Quickleyās huge scoring night
41:44 Utah beats Minnesota on huge game from George
44:40 Wolves drop to 7th seed
45:43 Legsā take on Jalen Greenās return
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36 Comments
The Warriorsā mishandling of this Kuminga situation is their biggest fumble, even worse than the Wiseman selection. This guy will be a 20 ppg scorer anywhere he goes and the Warriors are going to be terrible after Steph retires.
The warriors are treating Kuminga as Tramp treats Greenland. He shouldn't have signed in the Summer…
There was demand for Kuminga in the offseason. The Suns and Kings both wanted him. So I donāt understand that comment from the gm. Itās rude and a lie. Also how is Kuminga supposed to be consistent and improve when he doesnāt get consistent minutes? They need to be investigated for the way they treat him. Ruined the first part of his career by letting him rot on the bench instead of trading him when there WAS interest just 6 months ago.
Sad for Jimmy but the warriors were not contenders with him anyway. But I know everyone wants another ring for Curry so itās something thatās constantly talked about as if they had a chance to win a championship with that old team
Kerr running vets into the ground…who's next?
Warriors have good young talent…let them take off some of the load!!!
my 2 cents on the Nuggets getting outrebounded without Jokic
it's too bad Valanciunas is hurt too, it would've been interesting to see how they fair with Valanciunas
Jonathan Kuminga is a "fairly efficient player?". He is inefficient at the rim, at mid range, at 3 pt line, and at the FT line. He doesn't go all out and play defense like Moses Moody or Gui Santos which is why Kerr doesn't play him. Can he average 20 points playing for Kings and Wizards? Sure.
The loss of Jimmy is so heart-breaking for the Dubs, for Jimmy, and the their fans. I was starting to believe they might be able to make a run in the playoffs this year. Now the rest of the season looks like a struggle.
Jalen Green is finally going to get unlocked. His athleticism and Ott's mind will be fun to watch. Udoka is a great defensive minded coach but historically not a great offensive coach. Ott is way better for Jalen imo
Luka's best game of the year, even his activity on defense was alright, but overall his scoring and playmaking was top tier. So good to watch
Love this pod, tech difficulties and all
Butlers done ābut the next year? The poor guyā¦ā well yeah rehab is gonna be tough and yeah heās 37 but thereās 1 million guys out there and buy 1 million I mean millions and millions of guys that can hardly walk from age 37 to 87 or 97 millions of guys struggling with mobility, and that means women too and they are poor and struggling but Jimmy made $50 million every year for years and can afford to rehab as only someone with hundreds of millions of dollars can do, so yeah poor Jimmyā¦
Steph without a second option in this season and may be next season if Butler doesn't come back, means he'll have to carry the load. That's a tough ask.
BUT the Nuggets created a lot of good shots, they jusr missed them, THJ is not going to go 0-8 from 3 again, they missed soooo many bunnies in the paint. It was more Nuggets offense failing them, not Lakers defense
according to you guys, jimmy butlers's impact as of last week was huge, but you said the rockets are underachieving even though they've been out of fred all season and without DFS most season (with tari out a lot too). yet KD's impact isn't much according to Legs
Dunleavy is a dunbass. What a foolish thing to say.
Thunder are so much better than every other team that theyāve been in a slump for a month and still have the best record during that time.
Time to trade Curry to his preferred destination.
Kuminga thinks he's Jimmy Butler. Here's his chance to show it. Prove it.
Legs be acting like itās jk faultš blame Kerr
Iām convinced that they found a way to sacrifice Kumingaās youth to inject into Steph. š
Warriors could have moved Kuminga this off-season for Monk and a pick but forced him to resign because they needed more help to keep Steph relevant. Now they're screwing him over again, and expecting him to just be cool with it again. Completely eff'd over the first five years of this guys career.
It's the Celtics and IT 2.0. #freejk
Dubs want to say we're not paying Kuminga, and also not trading him. They should be getting creamed by national media, but they're all busy trying to get Giannis to GS to bail them out.
good analysis Legs! especially on the lakers / nuggets game
Yeah, it's sad for Jimmy that he's done his knee but let's face it his next 12 months he'll be okay earning 50 plus million a year whilst doing rehab.
"Light Years Ahead"
Dunleavey is a disrespectful piece of š©. They want to value him as a positive asset in trades but devalue him verbally. There are trades on the table.
Kuminga needs to stop messing around with that music career. PORKFOOT is wack AF.
How is Tim not seeing that Kuminga does NOT make quick and good decisions with the ball, and can't shoot. How does he fit with the warriors? He doesn't.
Thank you for the suns love.. GO SUNS GOā¤
There is PLENTY of interest just not interest thT Dunleavey wants.
crazy, if gsw loses their second-best player, it's a disaster they can't hope to recover from, but the nuggets have stayed afloat just fine without THE ABSOLUTE BEST PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE. what a joke
Tim Legler is spot on and absolutely correct. Kuminga is the Warriors 2nd best scorer now and the Warriors have to play him and take advantage of his explosive scoring even if it takes away from their system. Kerr is just blindly and rigidly holding on to the system and not being flexible enough to adapt and adjust their offense to maximize Kuminga's skillset. The Warriors management have become so lost and confused ever since Jerry West left.
Legs gas audio problems on every podcast. š
The Jimmy trade was never a good trade to begin with. That was simply a sloppy 2nd trade out of desperation. The Warriors traded for a 35-year-old with an injury history who likes to defer passes to G-LEAGUERS at the cost of 54 million a year. You can get Moody to drive and dish at the low cost of 11.5 million. A month ago, I wanted the Warriors to trade Jimmy for 2-3 solid players. I've said it then and I'll say it now. I would much rather have 2.5 Norman Powells (51 million total) over 1 healthy 35-year-old Jimmy (54 million). Too late now. Mike Dumbleavy seems to be an incompetent puppet for Joe LameAss.
Don't you worry about warriors, Podz the most favorite player of daddy Kerr will save warriors and win a ring all because of very good stats of podz the best player of warriors by far. ššš Sorry I can't stop laughing while writing my comment. ššš