WARRIORSTALK

Moses Moody is Off to a Great Start in Golden State

The obvious revelation for this iteration of Warriors preseason basketball is the emergence of Jordan Poole as an offensive weapon, and rightfully so: Poole’s expanded his game to be more efficient on some impressive volume, and aside from the numbers, he matches the eye test as a big part of the Warriors future. The big stories this season in terms of young guns aside from Poole’s Most Improved Player campaign will be James Wiseman’s return and second year, and Jonathan Kuminga’s adjustment to NBA-level basketball. Rather unsung in the discourse about the franchise’s future, however, is Moses Moody, the 14th overall pick out of Arkansas, who’s been catching some eyes lately.

FeatureJames HomerOctober 11, 2021Moses Moody, WarriorsComment

Otto Porter Jr. Might be the Steal of Free Agency

Just before the buzzer to end the 1st half of last night’s preseason game against the Denver Nuggets, a driving Andrew Wiggins finds Otto Porter Jr. wide open in the corner. Two Nuggets players converge to try and defend the shot, giving Porter the opportunity to kick it to the wing on his left for an open shot from… the greatest shooter alive. When asked about the play during his postgame media time, Porter Jr. gave the response that you want to see from a guy who just joined this team: “They left Steph wide open. For me? OK. But, Steph? You’re going to leave him open? Bad idea, buddy.”

FeatureJames HomerOctober 7, 2021Otto Porter Jr, WarriorsComment

The Splash Nephew: Jordan Poole’s Admiration of and Similarity to Steph Curry

When D’Angelo Russell came to the Golden State Warriors in 2019-2020, the move was a polarizing one: How was a scoring point guard who couldn’t play much defense going to fit in with Klay Thompson and Steph Curry? Plenty of people were high on having a scorer as talented as Russell, now on the Timberwolves after the Andrew Wiggins trade, to shore up the team’s Kevin Durant-sized hole after his departure the year prior. Plenty of others were concerned he would be a massive defensive negative with not enough offense to boot, not even getting into his albatross of a contract. Whether you liked it or not, however, there was a period of time where D-Lo could have been the successor to Steph as the number 1 on the team a few years down the road.

FeatureJames HomerOctober 6, 2021Jordan Poole, Stephen Curry, WarriorsComment

Should the Warriors shoot 69 threes every game?

Rejoice. Warriors basketball is finally back.

In true Warriors fashion, the team in their return to the court shot 69 three-pointers. Good for the second most attempted in NBA history.

FeatureEthan FoxOctober 5, 2021Warriors, Stephen Curry, Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Otto Porter Jr.Comment

Curry, officials, still getting used to NBA's new foul rules

We learned this past summer that the NBA would be implementing new rules to reduce non-basketball moves used to draw fouls for the 2021-2022 season, first reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic.

What exactly does that mean?

FeatureJoseph AziziOctober 5, 2021Stephen Curry, Warriors, NBAComment

Poole Shines As Porter Jr. Impressed From the Bench in his Warriors’ Debut

An emerging strength continued to shine, and one of the Warriors’ new additions provided a promising sign for Golden State in the season to come.

To start off, third-year guard Jordan Poole slid into the starting lineup in a 121-107 preseason-opening road victory against the Portland Trail Blazers, providing pyrotechnics to the tune of 30 points on 10-17 shooting.

FeatureMichael WaldmanOctober 5, 2021Jordan Poole, Otto Porter Jr., WarriorsComment