Sometimes it’s funnier to just read the transcript:Jimmy Butler: It'd be better if it was B-U-D-D-I-E, but B-U-D-D-Y is kind of boring. Can you go home, man?Buddy Hield: I'm going home and go pack.Jonathan Kuminga: Yo, Buddy!Hield: Yes.Kuminga: Buddy!Hield: JK, leave me alone. Jimmy, go upstairs!Kuminga: Buddy!Hield: Yes.Raymond Ridder: Fire away. [And the scrum with Butler … [Read more...] about Buddy Hield and the all-important low-key role of “court jester”
Good night at the Garden: Warriors in New York, behind-the-scenes & detail
Here are some notes from the Warriors’ trip from Charlotte to New York. I’ve tacked on everything from Philly and Charlotte below all that to make this the longest article ever posted, but let’s get into the NYC stuff, which was taken from the behind-the-scenes video I just posted (grab your 🍿 for that!).• One Wardell Stephen Curry was walking— let’s call it — carefully from … [Read more...] about Good night at the Garden: Warriors in New York, behind-the-scenes & detail
Steph Curry’s 56 in Orlando was epic but… Quinten Post! 👀
I love compiling the behind-the-scenes videos because 1) our brains are the most advanced prediction machines in the universe and so when I immerse myself in the in-arena clips that I find — plus the fact that I’ve actually been in that arena roaming around many times in the past — it feels like I was actually there, and 2) you spot little intricacies and movements that aren’t … [Read more...] about Steph Curry’s 56 in Orlando was epic but… Quinten Post! 👀
Jimmy Butler 101: Kerr’s masterclass on Warriors’ new identity
Lol the left-hand side of this article’s photo — a YouTube auto-generated thumbnail from the Steve Kerr interview from practice on Monday before the Charlotte game — has Kerr grinning like Buddha.That’s fitting because he, with the help of the usual beatwriters, basically gave a masterclass on Jimmy Butler’s effect on the new Warriors identity.LetsGoWarriors.com is a … [Read more...] about Jimmy Butler 101: Kerr’s masterclass on Warriors’ new identity
Kerr on Podziemski-Butler connection: “3 or 4 more loose balls…the game opens up”
Trying out a new format where I keep things more short and sweet. Here’s Steve Kerr after the win last night against Dallas on the emerging dynamic and connection between Brandin Podziemski and Jimmy Butler.The postgame also featured one Wardell Stephen Curry reminiscing on and name-dropping some past high-IQ teammates, on a daytime nationally televised game with which the … [Read more...] about Kerr on Podziemski-Butler connection: “3 or 4 more loose balls…the game opens up”