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SiriusXM NBA Radio: “It’s all good when you’re playing, but Ja [Morant] wasn’t even in a jersey” 2x Warriors Champ David West weighs in on the Klay vs. Ja back-and-forth @TermineRadio | @SamMitchellNBA
Austin Rivers: "It was a tough one for Ja to get into it with him, because people are like, ‘Yo, you’re saying he’s a bum now?’ It’s like, Ja—Klay’s given everything he’s got already. He’s playing for the love of the game. This is all icing on the cake for Klay. Anything Klay Thompson does from here on out is added to an already cemented legacy.
"I've said this to you guys a million times. Who are those stabilizers in our run over the last decade? It's Andre Iguodala. It's Shaun Livingston. It's David West. You need them at different positions because Steph and Dray need stability around them to get them organized and to help them navigate the game and to get Steph the ball. "So Will Richard checks all those boxes. The whole team, the whole organization, recognizes this -- which means everybody's on notice. Take care of the ball, because we've got people who will do that. And they're ready to step in."
And Kuminga remains a square peg in a system designed for those who fit neatly into round holes. “One guy that was put in a similar situation is Paul George when he got to Indiana,” one NBA front-office executive tells NBC Sports Bay Area. “When he got there, they were right on the cusp. Danny Granger was playing in front of him, and Lance Stephenson was there. And eventually, he was able to play with that David West group; they were competing for championships. “But it was like the perfect setup for Paul. They weren’t a big-market team, but they were a good team. He got a chance to grow while they were trying to win. And a lot of his mistakes weren't as magnified as Kuminga’s have been because of the team he is on.”
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ClutchPoints: Former NBA Player David West taking a shot at Isaiah Hartenstein and the new NBA money 😅 (Via realdwest30 / IG) pic.twitter.com/0StI1m6hDx
Former NBA Player David West taking a shot at Isaiah Hartenstein and the new NBA money 😅
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) July 5, 2024
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But the Warriors view this as a fortunate problem. Jackson-Davis, drafted with the No. 57 pick last June, has forced his way into the larger conversation, reminding Kerr and the Warriors’ staff of the benefit of pairing Green with an imposing defensive center, as he once had with a younger Kevon Looney, Andrew Bogut and David West. “It allows me to take more chances,” Green said. “Not necessarily chances gambling for a steal, but to clog the paint up, make extra rotations. If I’m the five, I’m the last line of defense. The things that I do off of instinct, reading the game on the fly, it’s hard to do that at the five because you’re anchoring everybody. So if I just run over here to cover up something but I’m the five, that’s leaving the rim unprotected. But if I know the rim is protected with Trayce, I’ll just go do it.”
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Kerr likened the additions of Saric and Joseph to Otto Porter Jr. and Nemanja Bjelica for the 2022 championship season, and even to Zaza Pachulia and David West in previous years. “We needed guys like Saric and Cory Joseph who have been through the NBA rigors and understand what it means to be a leader from the middle of the roster and how important that is,” Kerr said, later adding, “Mike really recognized that was an area we needed help, so he went out without many resources and fortified our roster and put us in position moving forward.”
Dalton Johnson: The players that Bob Myers specifically has mentioned and thanked: Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, Kevon Looney and Kevin Durant Also: Jordan Poole, Andrew Wiggins, Shaun Livingston, David West, Zaza Pachulia, Andrew Bogut and Leandro Barbosa
With the help of NBA Stats, I recently charted each assist to tabulate which teammates Paul had assisted most. Before his return from injury, I met up with the future Hall of Famer before a home game and asked if he could name the top 10. Here’s how our conversation outside the Phoenix locker room unfolded: Chris Paul: I got to name the top 10? Haller: Yes, and if you could, share a little about your connection with each guy. Paul: Let me try to name them first, and you can tell me if I get them right. No. 1 has probably got to be Blake Griffin. Haller: That’s correct. Paul: No. 2 is David West. No. 3 … JJ Redick. Or no? Haller: There’s a huge drop-off from West to Redick, but, yes, Redick is third.