AnswerCam: What will Barnes’ role be, do the Warriors have any chance of getting Durant, is defense an area of concern?

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Steinmetz

I had a chance to take some questions from Warriors’ fans, heading into Monday night’s game against the Charlotte Hornets. The Warriors are 31-2 right now, despite going through some injury issues.

All the questions are answered in the video at the bottom:

Which is a better tandem: Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant or Stephen Curry and Draymond Green?

How many minutes will Harrison Barnes play tonight against the Hornets — and then moving forward?

Do you think Kevin Durant to the Warriors has any chance of happening?

Do you put any stock into early season adversity so you can learn and grow later?

What do you think of Franklin and Marshall’s Glenn Robinson, poised to win his 900th NCAA men’s basketball game?

Is the Warriors’ defense a cause for concern despite only 33 games being played?

 

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Banged-up Warriors don’t have an answer for Mavericks, Barea

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Steinmetz

The Warriors were blown out by the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night 114-91, and it was only their second loss of the season in 31 games. Of course, the Warriors were without MVP Stephen Curry and they were also missing Festus Ezeli, Leandro Barbosa and Harrison Barnes.

This kind of loss happens in the NBA – even to great teams – so there’s no real need to dissect it at this point. That said, when you’re a great team like the Warriors, you don’t have two bad games in a row.

Gotta believe the Warriors are going to be a lot more competitive Thursday against Houston, even if they remain as banged-up as they were against Dallas. Here are some thoughts on the loss:

–Not having Curry, of course, is hugely important. But not having Barbosa also hurt the Warriors, particularly when it came to guarding J.J. Barea, who finished with a game-high 23 points.

Without Curry and Barbosa, it seemed to leave the Warriors without the ability to guard a smaller, quicker type guard. Maybe that guy will be Ian Clark, but it wasn’t on Wednesday night.

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Warriors GM Bob Myers on Curry’s injury, what happened against Sacramento and whether rest is in offing for starters

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Steinmetz

Warriors general manager Bob Myers joined us on 95.7-FM The game earlier on Wednesday and addressed number of topics – most importantly the status of Steph Curry and his injury.

While Myers joined us before the Warriors announced Curry wouldn’t play Wednesday night against Dallas, it was pretty obvious to tell that Golden State wasn’t planning on using him tonight.

Here are some highlights from the Myers’ interview.

–On whether or not the Warriors will start resting players in general:

“I don’t know. We’re pretty banged up. Those conversations, we’re going to have to start having those. … These next two games (Dallas and Houston) are going to be hard because we’re thin at a lot of positions.”

–On the first half against the Sacramento Kings on Monday night:

“I thought it was awful. I thought it was disrespectful. I never played in the NBA but I try to put myself in the minds and shoes of the players, and I’m thinking it’s maybe Monday night and we had a big game on Christmas (vs. Cavaliers). They played with not much focus and it showed. But they’re human beings, too. But we have a high bar now.”

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