There have been undoubtedly some takeaways from the Warriors first pre-season recreation in opposition to 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 staff’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 likewise 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 normally, which consisted of Curry, Melton, Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Inexperienced, and Trayce Jackson-Davis, and he wasn’t fairly as complimentary.
“Not nice,” Kerr said. “Not nice, nevertheless it’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 seemed like.”
Earlier than the sport, Kerr defined that Golden State’s teaching workers didn’t wish 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 snug going that route,” Kerr mentioned earlier than the sport. “We might to have performed Draymond on the 4. Trayce provides 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 these items and see what combos work.”
Will probably be fascinating to see if coach Kerr tries that entrance court docket lineup once more throughout pre-season.
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