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00:00So Rick Barry's gonna join us. We'll talk to him about Jimmy Butler and the Warriors and where they're going and then at one o'clock
00:06We've got general manager Mike Dunleavy joining us at one o'clock Mike Dunleavy's gonna join us
00:12and of course, he's the guy who pulled off the Jimmy Butler trade and
00:17At least for us for a moment is given the Warrior fans
00:21You know an opportunity to start believing again in this team
00:25They lost last night, but again, they're not gonna you know, they're not gonna go
00:3026 and 2 on the way in but last night does represent an opportunity missed
00:38absolutely
00:39Yeah, and like I said, I don't know if they have the luxury to sit Steph Curry tonight
00:45But you definitely me Stani do not want to go into the all-star break
00:49after the euphoria of this trade and and the two games that
00:54Started in a Jimmy Butler era where they culminated in wins one under I just that feels like you know
01:00You're you're kind of fighting that same battle, but I will say this and I'm gonna be like who what happened to you?
01:05Because you're all in I still am all in but Stani. This team is small and
01:12You know, I know cominga helps that but at the end of the day boy
01:16They got to be on from the perimeter
01:18Because that's still what they do if Jimmy Butler's gonna take some time to get back to you know
01:24Get his legs underneath them. Yeah, 8 8 8 9 5 7 9 5 7 0 is the number
01:31How you guys feeling about last night's game
01:33I I figured the Warriors were gonna be able to go in there and win and I thought you know tonight's game was gonna be
01:39the iffy one I mean you
01:41This is one of those things where look there's 82 games
01:45You you beat some teams you shouldn't and maybe you lose to some teams you shouldn't but when you go into Dallas and they're missing
01:53Anthony Davis and PJ Washington
01:56Gafford lively, I mean you gotta win this game. That's it
01:59You gotta win this game and it's an opportunity lost and it's it's not the end of the world, but it's one
02:07it's
02:08You know, it's a little less wiggle room. They have they have to be they have to be
02:14Really good the last 27 28 game and I'll say this Donnie now, you know
02:19This is just how my computer works my brain, you know
02:22I now I bring back up the fact that they were down 26 to to a hapless Chicago Bull team
02:29They fixed that but at what point or juncture with the guys that you mentioned that were not available for the Dallas Mavericks
02:37With if you can't expect a win last night partner, when can you and the fact that Sacramento is ahead of you and
02:45Dallas is now ahead of you like this was a big-ass game
02:49So I guess it's just hard for me to shake that it was even that close and then when they went up one
02:55I was thinking okay now they're about to bring it home and this just don't sit well with me. That's all I'll shake it off
03:02Mariah Carey 8 8 8 9 5 7 9 5 7 0 would you see last night?
03:07Especially down the stretch and listen, I I don't like to get into
03:12You know
03:14overarching statements after
03:16Three games, but I did so I've seen a lot of people on the text line and on the YouTube chat saying
03:23Sarcastically in a way. Well, I thought this is the game that Jimmy Butler
03:27Gets you to win. I thought this is the kind of game that you win with Jimmy Butler and Steph Curry and
03:33Yet with 330 left you're up one and you can't close the door
03:38Yeah, I mean, I don't know I'm with you I just you know
03:42He makes a play where if it's it's a bang-bang play and if he gets a break on that the next thing
03:48You know, it's a three-point play and the Warriors have taken, you know advantage of it, but you get called for a charge there
03:54It's Dallas's ball
03:56Night night. Yeah, and do you give any merit to me again? Jimmy Butler didn't say it's Donny, but it's obvious
04:03He's not been playing basketball. I'm just telling you. I feel like his legs are not all the way underneath them. So
04:09Yeah, I didn't say that when it was good
04:11But the bottom line is I feel like he's a boxer now in the eighth or ninth round and he's got to get that back
04:17But you know, maybe the breaks coming at a good time
04:20But you know for the people making those smart comments about I thought he was supposed to win that game
04:25He wasn't the sole reason you lost by any means, but I'm looking at him like you could tell you know, he's been awesome time
04:30Yeah, Dennis in San Francisco. What's going on Dennis? How you doing, man?
04:36Good guys. Good morning. How are you?
04:39Yeah, okay, you know, I I was one of the guys that called in that was against the trade, right?
04:45But but when Jimmy, you know the first two games with Jimmy I was surprised how well
04:52you know, he fit in it was like he'd been there all season, you know, and
04:57It'll look good. And but it doesn't change the fact that he's 35
05:02Steph is gonna be 37 and Draymond's 35, you know, and that's what you're getting
05:07So for the rest of this season the rest of this season and two seasons after that
05:13We're gonna these are our top three guys, you know, and where are how are they gonna I just don't see they're they're old
05:21They they're their joints are are barking at them. You know what I mean?
05:25How are they gonna sustain this?
05:27You know with three guys at that age and making that amount of money so you can't build the roster
05:34You guys were saying it earlier. There's no big man
05:37It would have Anthony Davis was in that game last night who would have guarded him
05:40They didn't have anybody to guard Anthony Davis made Draymond's 6-6, you know, I mean he on occasion he can do
05:48Okay, but his his body is barking at him too, you know
05:52So, I mean, I just don't see it's like the 49ers trying to get away with no linemen
05:56They're getting they're trying to get they're trying to play basketball with no big Ben, you know
06:00And I I don't know. I don't know how they're gonna sustain it. I you know, I'm I'm hoping that I'm wrong
06:06I'm hoping that when the Kamega comes back that he can bring some energy and some scoring that'll maybe help help with this
06:12But you lost Schroeder and that's not gonna help Steph
06:16Losing Schroeder is not gonna help Steph Steph. Look at the minute Steph's playing. I know it's a stain it. Well, that's all right
06:22Well, thanks guys. No, thank you. He was playing those minutes with Dennis here, too
06:27I'm not saying we don't miss Dennis, but he was still, you know getting 35 36 minutes with Dennis
06:32Well, I mean Curry's minutes have gone up the last eight games in a big way and
06:38You know, I I look at last night
06:39Look, nobody harps on age more than I do
06:42But I looked at last night's game and I didn't think it was an age issue
06:45Well, I thought it was more of a size issue. It was more of a Kyrie Irving issue
06:51Kyrie made every big shot. He gets fouled on a three makes all three free throws. They have nothing going
06:57He's sitting on the wing. He's a bad two guys on him
07:00Raises up and he makes a three and
07:02he's making contested threes and
07:05You know moot and Moody has a shot a wide open shot in the corner. I stopped bringing it up
07:13Like I get it man, okay, if your name is is Tom thumb you got a hit that shot
07:18That's the difference between winning and losing games Raymond Ritter. It's a make or miss league. It just is
07:24You gotta you got to make that shot. Hey Kyrie played. I'm just saying this now
07:28He played 40 minutes and he's I know he's 32, but he played 40
07:32Yeah, like to me the big the three big plays were Moody's miss
07:36Curry's missed free throw that was and then the the the block charge that didn't go the Warriors way with Butler and Kyrie Irving
07:44but you know, it's one of those games where I look at it and say
07:48Kyrie Irving made all the big plays and the Warriors got lucky too, Stani a lot of
07:53I
07:54Feel like the Mavericks there were some layups or they were inside
07:58Fumbling dumbling the ball like the three stooges a little bit and I was like, oh the Warriors are gonna benefit
08:03But yet they couldn't take advantage of it and I really do hate
08:07Tonight's game that it's I feel like it's a you know
08:10Olympic sprint team with the Houston Rockets. That's what I don't like, you know, even if it were back-to-back
08:16But Stani you you're gonna have to earn it tonight to avoid losing two in a row
08:21Yeah, and look, you know, you look at the plus-minus yesterday and the starters with that for the most part except curry
08:28Starters got dominated. I mean Butler green post and healed. We're all minus 13 or more
08:35And Steph was the only starter positive plus-minus
08:39so I
08:41mean they played okay in stretches, but
08:45The bottom line is you got I mean you got to beat that Dallas team when they're sitting
08:51Man like they are no doubt and and tell me if you if you had this thought at all Jimmy played 35 minutes
08:57Don he ended up with 21, but I felt like they didn't get him started early
09:02Normally, they kind of get him started early and I don't know if that's him
09:05You know tired or letting the game come to him, but I felt like he was kind of not an afterthought but
09:11Took a little while to you know, get it going or put his imprint on the game
09:15Yeah, I mean Dallas, you know kind of took control of the game in the first half and they had the Warriors a little bit
09:20on their heels up 14, but
09:24Yeah, I mean Jimmy Butler 8 for 17 so he took the second most shots on the team Steph was 9 for 23 and
09:314 for 13 and they just they
09:35Were not good from the three-point line either last night a buddy one for six. I'm a layoff
09:40Well, you don't have to lay off buddy. I mean, he's not playing well at all and and if he's not shooting well
09:46He's he's not really helping. He played 29 minutes last night
09:50Minus team high minus 21. So where do you want his minutes to go?
09:55Who should they go to is the question if you don't like what buddy heels doing right now?
10:00I mean, I think I think we got to acknowledge that
10:04Kerr likes him Kerr's gonna use him because he feels like even the threat of buddy heels three-point shot
10:10changes the way they they play offense, but
10:14You know, yeah, buddy played 29 minutes and made one shot nine attempts
10:18And I'm when I watch him play cuz I like him Stani. We like him. He's a good dude. I
10:23Feel like okay
10:25He's playing better than it actually is. And then when I look up I'm like damn buddy
10:29Yeah, let's go to AJ in LA AJ what's going on man
10:36What's up, fellas? Hey going on?
10:40Man it was so bad man, but it's crazy like watching it
10:45It's kind of like you can't even really point to one thing
10:48That could it change the outcome of the game?
10:52It was so many reasons why they lost the game from I mean we get the officiating was trash
10:59it was so terrible and
11:02But the execution, I mean blowing bunnies all over the place. I mean we talked about the miss
11:09I heard you guys mentioned miss mentioned the miss right by Moody in the corner, but man 50 seconds left
11:17You know
11:18Python transition man, you gotta throw your body in there man. I don't even want you to make that pass what happened to
11:26the past
11:28Yeah, just like the basic just basic basketball just get a bucket man
11:33Why we got always swing for that three man. Just go and get that basket
11:38You know, it's 50 seconds left. You're down by one get that basket, you know
11:43So, you know that
11:46But yeah, and I almost feel like the fish was betting or something like what like the kickball
11:53Inadvertently ball, but it was a kickball
11:56My god, man, and then yo, so he caught the charge on Jimmy
12:03Bucket, right? Yep at the end of the game
12:06But man, it was a guy
12:07I want to say it was maybe a few minutes before then or at the end of the quarter literally ran right into Jimmy Butler
12:15He set up perfectly for the charge. No call. So I feel like for the guys
12:20They they probably think like, okay, if you're gonna call it one way, you know, if you just call it both ways
12:27Just be consistent, you know, like don't just like and then like at the end of the game like that
12:33How do you make a call like that? I mean, it's a bang bang to me. Yeah
12:37I mean a bang bang now and AJ that's what it was
12:40It was a bang bang play and they cut they had a charge on the court
12:43Yeah, but Kyrie beat him to the spot, I believe and that's why I was like, okay, what is 90?
12:47I mean if they would have called a block on the floor
12:49I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have overturned that either because it was because it was so close
12:55Steve Kerr, he got a technical last night, right?
12:58Middle of the court. He thought he thought they got hosed on about
13:01Two or three possessions in a row
13:04Had to be held back by Draymond green
13:07Draymond was barking last night, too. What's new Steve?
13:11How would you say a ballgame?
13:13Not good. Not good. Yeah, we struggled, you know, my mistake was probably not hitting
13:19Kyrie earlier and getting in the getting the ball out of his hands
13:22I think we did a pretty effective job of that in the fourth quarter. I probably should have gone to that earlier. All right
13:29Kyrie had 14 in the fourth quarter
13:31Last night 14 of his 42 and Kerr said, you know what maybe should try to take the ball out of his hands a
13:39Little bit earlier in the game
13:40Yeah, and I'll just say this about last night's game
13:43If you're telling me any warrior game is gonna come down to the fourth quarter
13:47Minimum minutes left down one Steph Curry's hit the line and he misses the second one's Donnie
13:55I know this is gonna be a little bit much for a lot of people
13:58But that that just tells me those are signs it just wasn't your night I couldn't believe he missed it
14:04I just assumed he was gonna make it and he's he's human. Yeah, I mean
14:10you know again, I'm
14:12To me the three big plays last night where they you know
14:15Where the game could have swung is Curry's second free throw Moody's
14:19Corner jumper and then obviously the big play with with Jimmy Butler where Kyrie slid in there and and and managed to take a charge
14:27So, where do they go from here eight eight eight nine five seven nine five
14:32Seven zero you got to try to get Houston tonight
14:35You don't want to go into the break losing two in a row and and feel like you're kind of treading water
14:40Come out with Sacramento at sack. Yeah. Yeah, they've now won three in a row Sacramento. So
14:46You're looking up at them. Let's go to Peter in Redwood City. Hey Peter. How you doing, man?
14:53Good I
14:54Don't understand why I could have played buddy so much last night and even started me in the fourth quarter
15:00I can't believe that. I think that blew the game for us. I think Steve could still a problem for us
15:06well
15:10Yeah, what what what are the other options Peter that you that you see other than buddy healed although I hear you with buddies
15:16I'm playing well
15:18Santo playing at the big
15:21Because shooting God anyone but buddy. All right, you were so bad last night. Yeah, he was one for nine
15:27He was one for nine, but I can't say his coach hasn't had his back Stani. I'll say that buddy
15:32You cannot so you've been blessed
15:35Yeah, I mean they played
15:38curry
15:39Put Jem ski. I mean, you know, I'm looking at the minutes and buddy played 28
15:44I mean a lot
15:46Who do you want to give those minutes to pods played 25 and and Moody played 28 like they don't have a lot of guards
15:54On this team right now. I think they're I think they're a guard short and you know what? Maybe we'll uh,
16:00We'll ask Mike Dunleavy about that. Now. You're gonna laugh
16:04Early, and I'm not trying to pick a fight. I'm really not I'm really not Stani
16:09But you asked a question and you scoffed he didn't laugh at the guy. He's in the NBA
16:15But I'm gonna ask you this
16:17What is Pat Spencer done? I'm not saying 10 minutes. We'll just start with four
16:22What has he done for current not to even like let me roll you out there four minutes and see what you got
16:28Cuz every time I see him Stani looks like he knows what he's doing
16:31I'm not saying he's buddy healed
16:34But damn he has a jersey and if there is a question and as obviously curves not comfortable
16:39I mean we do right see what he's got
16:43We can't I'm just every time I see the kid he's MF in me with double Kyrie's
16:50Like I'm not scared goo. Just give me a shot coach who Pat Spencer? I
16:58Hear that I get it you didn't I appreciate the non-fight, but
17:03What do you think? I'm grass. I'm reaching Evan. That's her
17:07Help me. Yeah, he's in the G League rising stars game. Yeah
17:12You know what?
17:14I'm trying to find something cuz I
17:17It's it Pat Smith and you might see him the night of curry doesn't play about that
17:21I think you probably will see him tonight
17:23What if I'm willing to bet they are not sitting curry even if they wanted to because the last guy's result
17:29Yeah, you just guess no you can't afford to go and lose then you afford to get him hurt
17:33Well, can you look for him to go five for 20 cuz he's playing on the back end of a back-to-back
17:38See this is where I know I could be wrong there, but this is right here boy
17:42Yeah, man, but they they they clamor about their their staff their medical celebrating
17:48You know the according to the Warriors it feels like they can recognize when a players right almost vulnerable
17:55when they've been playing too much, so I
17:59Mean they're erring on the side of caution. And so I would assume Steph's not gonna play tonight, but see I don't know
18:06Yeah, I get it and I understand it. But I again, I'm calling it a basketball luxury
18:11I don't think they can afford for Steph not to play but to Evans point, you know
18:16What if you went, you know five of 25 Stiney the gravity of Steph on the court helps everybody else
18:23So I mean I just I don't I don't feel how you well, I guess Dallas can be us without half their team
18:30The Warriors can beat the Rockets who have been struggling
18:34I'm not I got a win. You don't sound very convinced real quick curry play
18:38He's played in three second games of back-to-backs this year. He's shooting
18:4337% from the floor 33 from 3
18:48With an offensive rating of 99
18:52And all right
18:54We'll see. I mean, this is where the Warriors err on the side of caution if it's close, so we'll see what happens today
18:59Let's go to uh, let's go to Chuckie D. Chuckie D is in Concord. Hey, Chuckie D. What's up?
19:09We're doing well
19:16You know
19:18I'm looking at the game and I'm wondering
19:21Dallas didn't have any bigs whatsoever. Mm-hmm. They're just playing small ball
19:27The type of guards they're throwing out there and the people who can score
19:31I'm thinking
19:33What up, what is happening to Quincy's post and TJ D?
19:37I mean couldn't you have these slowed on side?
19:41Kyrie from going in the lane and all of the getting an easy buckets in the lane
19:45You know, I just I don't know why I am not
19:49Really comfortable with Steve Curry with his decisions. He's not he's not doing it
19:55Yeah
19:57Go ahead. No, I was just gonna say, you know, Dallas didn't have any big guys and that's that's why he went small
20:04I'm sure is because he probably thought post and try Trace Jackson Davis. We're gonna struggle to cover
20:10You know essentially forwards who were playing center
20:14But they could at least man the post and slow down some of the people going to the basket. Yeah, I mean
20:22I just don't see I just don't see why he's just doesn't like big players, you know
20:29Yeah, you're playing the Von Looney's Donny eight rebounds a plus 12 and only 15 minutes
20:35Yeah, I mean, I'll say something this team's lacking to you. Go ahead. No, go ahead
20:40Yeah, they I said they they're small but yet they won the rebounding
20:45Battle and then let the league last year and rebounding but we call them small
20:50But what I'm talking about Stiney is that length and maybe it'll improve when cominga gets back and Wiggins definitely have it
20:56But when you try to make a shot difficult, I don't feel like the teams to play the Warriors even if they miss Donny
21:02They're comfortable getting their shot up
21:05They don't have that length that that stuff that you know, they kind of is bothersome. I don't see that a lot with this team
21:13I know it's make or miss but you're gonna get your shot off
21:16Most time a lot most time in a comfortable fashion against the Warriors defense
21:21Yeah, I mean look the team's not big the team's not overly quick. The team's not super athletic
21:29so they're they're deficient in some of those areas and the only way you make up for it is
21:36through what Steve Kerr would call grit and
21:39Determination because they they you know, he did I don't think he wants to play post against
21:47You know against big-boy centers
21:50But again, I don't you know, he could have theoretically used him last night
21:54But he didn't he didn't like post clearly in the day. I missed it. He played went small
22:02Early and then post I think post got in late enough or not late in the fourth quarter
22:06But in the fourth quarter, but for the most part the fourth quarter was a one minute in the second half was curry
22:12pods
22:13Peyton Moody Butler and green. Those are the six guys who played
22:19pajevsky and
22:21And I think Moody switched off offense to defense
22:25but
22:26Do we have a layup issue? Is that a real thing? We have players that aren't great finishers. We've always known that
22:33Like wow, that's frustrating on the grass on the grand scheme of things, you know, no Draymond Green's not a good finisher
22:40Jimmy Butler's a good finisher
22:42Yeah, I mean that's what he kind of excels at so