There have been undoubtedly some takeaways from the Warriors first pre-season sport towards the Clippers in Hawaii on Saturday and Steve Kerr has addressed a few of them.
The Warriors received by one level 91-90, thanks a clutch three from Lindy Waters III within the dying seconds.
One factor Kerr did like was the crew’s beginning backcourt made up of Stephen Curry De’Anthony Melton.
“They appear nice collectively,” Kerr mentioned. “They search for one another. De’Anthony is a very good shooter and in addition a playmaker. He will get into the combination on all the pieces defensively. I’m a giant fan.”
The storied coach was additionally requested concerning the beginning lineup on the whole, which consisted of Curry, Melton, Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Inexperienced, and Trayce Jackson-Davis, and he wasn’t fairly as complimentary.
“Not nice,” Kerr mentioned. “Not nice, but it surely’s preseason for everyone, so we didn’t have actually good rhythm popping out, gradual begin. Nonetheless good to get these 5 guys on the ground and see what that appeared like.”
Earlier than the sport, Kerr defined that Golden State’s teaching workers 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 mentioned 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 are going to see. And if not, we’ll adapt. However, now could be the time to strive these items and see what combos work.”
It is going to be attention-grabbing to see if coach Kerr tries that entrance courtroom lineup once more throughout pre-season.
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