There have been undoubtedly some takeaways from the Warriors first pre-season recreation towards the Clippers in Hawaii on Saturday and Steve Kerr has addressed a few of them.
The Warriors gained by one level 91-90, thanks a clutch three from Lindy Waters III within the dying seconds.
One factor Kerr did like was the workforce’s beginning backcourt made up of Stephen Curry De’Anthony Melton.
“They appear nice collectively,” Kerr stated. “They search for one another. De’Anthony is a extremely good shooter and in addition a playmaker. He will get into the combination on the whole lot defensively. I’m a giant fan.”
The storied coach was additionally requested in regards to the beginning lineup generally, which consisted of Curry, Melton, Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Inexperienced, and Trayce Jackson-Davis, and he wasn’t fairly as complimentary.
“Not nice,” Kerr stated. “Not nice, but it surely’s preseason for everyone, so we didn’t have actually good rhythm popping out, sluggish begin. Nonetheless good to get these 5 guys on the ground and see what that regarded like.”
Earlier than the sport, Kerr defined that Golden State’s teaching employees didn’t need to check out the frontcourt mixture of Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Inexperienced and Trayce Jackson-Davis throughout the common season.
So the pre-season is the time to do it.
“We gotta see, as a result of final yr we didn’t really feel comfy going that route,” Kerr stated earlier than the sport. “We might to have performed Draymond on the 4. Trayce offers us a shot-blocker subsequent to him. We wanna play JK. If he’s prepared for the three, and it really works with these guys, we’ll see. And if not, we’ll adapt. However, now’s the time to attempt this stuff and see what combos work.”
It is going to be fascinating to see if coach Kerr tries that entrance courtroom lineup once more throughout pre-season.
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