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 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 give the impression of being nice collectively,” Kerr stated. “They search for one another. De’Anthony is a extremely 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 in regards to the beginning lineup basically, 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, gradual 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 workers didn’t wish to take a look at out the frontcourt mixture of Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Inexperienced and Trayce Jackson-Davis in the course of 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 stated earlier than the sport. “We’d 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 are going to see. And if not, we’ll adapt. However, now’s the time to strive this stuff and see what mixtures work.”
It will likely be fascinating to see if coach Kerr tries that entrance court docket lineup once more throughout pre-season.
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