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00:00Way to shoot it.
00:01They don't fire since we left them.
00:03Way to shoot it.
00:04We got hurt too.
00:05All right.
00:06You want to...
00:07Good news.
00:08This is a great little stat nugget that Evan gave me.
00:13All right.
00:14So here's the starting lineup the Warriors have been using.
00:19Curry, Pajemski, Moody, Butler, Draymond Green.
00:27That starting lineup is 12-0.
00:30Woo!
00:31Undefeated.
00:32That starting lineup is 12-0.
00:34Okay.
00:35So you got to start it, right?
00:40Or do you?
00:41All right.
00:42Let me just go through this here.
00:45This is who they've been starting, the Lakers.
00:47Austin Reeves.
00:48Baller.
00:49Who guards him?
00:50Steph.
00:51Luca.
00:52Evan, dude, I'm giving Evan some love.
00:59I would put Butler on Luca.
01:01Okay.
01:02LeBron.
01:03Draymond.
01:04Hachimura.
01:05Oh, man.
01:06Who's Pods guarding?
01:07Wow.
01:08And I'm wondering if maybe Post starts tonight.
01:14I don't know.
01:15That's a very big team.
01:17Very big.
01:18By the way, I thought they'd put Moody on Luca.
01:21Yeah.
01:23Instead of Butler?
01:24Yeah.
01:25Void foul trouble.
01:26I mean, if one of them were to get in foul trouble, you'd want Moody over Butler.
01:30And obviously, a lot's going to be switched.
01:33In transition, you got to pick up guys.
01:35But 12-0, Stony.
01:37You can't...
01:38Go away from it?
01:39Yeah, exactly.
01:40You got to...
01:41And the Warriors, what do they do best?
01:43Go small, right?
01:44You got to see if it works?
01:45I guess.
01:46I guess.
01:47I guess.
01:48You know, this is...
01:49You don't want to overthink.
01:50The old Don Nelson, I know what he would have done here.
01:54He'd put Pajemski on Jackson Hayes and just beg the Lakers to try to go to him.
02:00Nelly.
02:01Because that wouldn't be really their identity.
02:04But 888-957-9570 is the number.
02:10The Lakers tonight.
02:12And let me ask you this, Goo.
02:16Butler getting to the Warriors and Doncic getting to the Lakers were the two monster
02:21moves at the trading deadline this season.
02:27And which one was better?
02:32And you know, it's Warriors on mine all day, but it's Luka because of his age and because
02:38of what he's going to be and what they have in their possession after LeBron.
02:43I don't know what the Warriors have after Curry.
02:46And obviously we don't want that ever to be, but that's the double entendre to me.
02:51The fact that you got Luka for the future as well and you're a player or you got a chance
02:57to get the chip this year.
02:59So to me, it's the birth certificate of the ramifications that Luka is going to be there
03:05forever.
03:0610 more years, maybe.
03:08Yeah.
03:09You know?
03:10Yes.
03:11Absolutely.
03:13I mean, Luka Doncic is probably going to play longer than Anthony Davis.
03:16I don't think there's any doubt about that.
03:19Go there.
03:20You know, I'll be honest with you about the whole Jimmy Butler to the Warriors.
03:25And everybody knows that their ages scare me.
03:30The big three's ages scare me.
03:31And I'm just concerned with what happens in the future.
03:36I mean, if this is Curry, and I don't expect him to play every game like the Memphis game,
03:45but if you're convinced Curry can still play at a high level, I mean, in a way, isn't your
03:54future set for the next two years at least?
03:57And that's why your partner told you, I'm excited about that.
04:00Yeah, I'm...
04:01Remember, I did that early.
04:03I was there.
04:04No, I know.
04:05And what I'm wondering is, I'm letting next year alone, I guess is what I'm saying.
04:16I don't know what's going to happen next year, but I do want to find out how good this team
04:23this year.
04:249-2-5.
04:25Wait, was Stiney's good news that the Warriors starting five can't cover the Lakers starters?
04:30No, no, no, no.
04:31That they were 12-0, right?
04:33This group of the Warriors starters is 12-0.
04:35Yeah.
04:3612-0.
04:37Curry, Podds, Moody, Butler, Green.
04:40That starting lineup is not lost yet.
04:42And the newness of what you just mentioned, the trades, makes this showdown.
04:46Forget everything and the games that they've played in the past.
04:49We remember them.
04:50But you know what I mean, Stiney?
04:51Sure.
04:52This is the first one.
04:55This is Steve Kerr on...
04:57This is from Willard and Dibbs yesterday.
05:00What the Memphis win meant?
05:03Right up there, for sure.
05:04You know, we've had a handful of them that have been very gratifying, but that was as
05:09good as it gets.
05:10You know, on the road against a team that's really good, but struggling a little bit and
05:15desperate, knowing they were going to come out and play with a lot of force.
05:19Yeah, that was a big-time win, and now we've got to get right back at it tomorrow against
05:24a team, again, that we're right next to in the standings and could face in the playoffs.
05:31You've got to be ready for all of these games now.
05:32All right, that's Steve Kerr, and the Warriors right now have seven games left.
05:39Seven games left.
05:40Are you kidding me?
05:41How do you play it if you're Steve Kerr?
05:43Yeah, season ends next Sunday, although I've always been confused because next Sunday is
05:49this Sunday.
05:50See what I'm saying?
05:52The next Sunday is actually this weekend, but that's not when the season finale is.
05:58It's the next Monday.
06:00Well, I'm kind of different.
06:01No, the Sunday coming up is this Sunday.
06:04So if you say, Guru, I want to kick it with you, come over for dinner next Sunday, that'd
06:08be the Sunday after this one.
06:09No, and you're right, and that's conventional linguistics, but if I say, Guru, when's the
06:15next Sunday?
06:16Well, a couple of days.
06:19See, it's just a little confusing.
06:21That's all.
06:22Not a big deal, but let's go to Al in San Francisco.
06:27Al!
06:28Hey, Al, how you doing, buddy?
06:29Hey, how you doing, guys?
06:33I just want to say my starting lineup, you know, Lakers are big and tall, and so is Denver
06:40tomorrow.
06:41So, you know, you have to go, you have to try to, you know, to match up with them.
06:45So I would say Draymond Green, Guy Santos, Curry, Moody, and Butler for starting five
06:57tomorrow.
06:59That's it.
07:00Bye.
07:01I appreciate the call.
07:02So he would go with, he would take pods out of the starting lineup and put Guy Santos in
07:11there.
07:12Let's just stay there for a minute.
07:13How shocked would you be, scale of one to ten, if that did happen?
07:16I wouldn't be shocked.
07:17Because they are long.
07:18I mean, I wouldn't be shocked.
07:20And Dray could go to the four, you know, which we know he prefers, and then Post would be
07:25your fifth.
07:27You're big.
07:28But he also said Santos would guard Hachimura, which still leaves Jackson Hayes at five.
07:37Obviously, you could put Draymond Green on Jackson Hayes, but Jackson Hayes isn't much
07:43of an offensive player.
07:44You're being put nice.
07:45And it would allow Draymond to roam, or at least to help.
07:50And this is going to be an interesting one tonight.
07:54Does it give you any confidence that they just played a team with a front line of a
08:00seven-foot-three player, six-foot-ten?
08:03I mean, Memphis is pretty big, and they still started that starting five and won the game.
08:09Yes, it should.
08:11I mean, Butler was guarding Eadie at some points early on in that game.
08:15Yeah, you know what?
08:18I think Denver's big players obviously are much different and better than the Memphis
08:26big men as a group.
08:27I'm not sure about the Lakers, because, you know, you count LeBron as a power forward,
08:33and is Hachimura really going to play with LeBron and Jackson Hayes for long stretches?
08:42I don't know.
08:43I don't know.
08:44That's a great point, Evan, because Memphis had a big front line, the Lakers are big,
08:50and Denver's big, and every Warrior fan knows that one of the concerns is, do they have
08:58enough size and athleticism?
09:00Yeah, and I'll say this to Evan's point.
09:02Memphis, Jaron Jackson Jr. did them no favors getting in foul trouble, but they did, with
09:07the foul trouble included, run the Warriors down to have a four-point lead, you know?
09:13And I just think of that scenario to where if you gave Luka and LeBron that, if that's
09:18how it played out, is that where we talk about what Memphis is missing?
09:22The adult in the room, the grown-up, and now you're down four, and we saw Memphis go down
09:28there and just pee on themselves when they tried to put the game further out of distance,
09:32they couldn't do it.
09:33But, I mean, it's going to be exciting, but if you're 12-0 with that starting lineup,
09:37and you're coming into the first matchup, Stony, and it could be the rat on the table,
09:42brought to you by Aetco Pest Control, you could be playing the same team in a seven-game
09:47series, I don't want to give them so much respect that we go away from what we do best
09:53the first time out.
09:55It's a logical way of thinking.
09:57I mean, it's not, I don't know if there's a wrong answer here, but this is kind of where
10:04Kirk comes in.
10:05What does he see when they go up against the L.A. Lakers tonight?
10:108-8-8, 9-5-7, 9-5-7-0's the number, and I gotta say...
10:17Give it to us.
10:20I'm sorry.
10:21I owe you an apology.
10:23I mean, I got like ten things you could apologize for, but which one...
10:27Now you're not getting any.
10:29Now you're not getting any apology.
10:31For what?
10:34Okay, so I made a little fun of you in the beginning of the show about, you know, you
10:43feeling like you played.
10:45I lied.
10:46And I obviously, you know, I obviously, you know, said you're not playing, but I do want
10:53to tell you that your boy's very excited.
10:58And you have been.
11:01I've told Evan, you've been.
11:03Yeah, Stony, I get it, man.
11:05The excitement's not about my...
11:07Because I don't play, but that's how much I'm anticipating this game, man.
11:11Just like I did for the Memphis game.
11:13And guess what?
11:14We're going to get it tomorrow.
11:15We're going to get it Sunday.
11:17And then the officer here, so I'm all in.
11:20It's a party.
11:21Jump in, man.
11:22Yeah.
11:23So, you know my guy, Harry, right?
11:26He's been quiet lately.
11:27No, he hasn't.
11:29He has not been quiet.
11:30I just haven't relayed his messages.
11:32So to hell with Harry!
11:34He actually, he actually has been listening and he's been saying, Matt, you haven't been
11:41listening to me.
11:43I said, what do you mean?
11:44He goes, I think you're too excited about this Warrior team.
11:48He said, I think you, you know...
11:50You?
11:51Wow.
11:52You.
11:53That's what I wanted to say.
11:54So I said, no, I'm not, I'm not really excited about how far the Warriors are going to go
12:02or how far I think they can go.
12:04But I'm super excited about the, I said, you know, you're probably mistaking my Warriors
12:09excitement for true basketball excitement.
12:13I mean, this is so cool that the Warriors have turned their season around, yet we don't
12:20really know how good they are, just that they're better and maybe by a lot.
12:25And so how does it all play out?
12:28I mean, I love it.
12:30I wouldn't miss a game the rest of the season for anything at this point.
12:35And as much as we haven't really bashed Memphis, but everybody's talking about what they're
12:39doing and Jotting gets suspended.
12:41Him and Buddy got a warning for the gunplay sign or what have you.
12:45But the bottom line is we came in and put respect on their name in regard to what they
12:50did.
12:51They put up some resistance and that was a damn good game.
12:54What?
12:55134-125.
12:56That, when you guys were, like, there was five minutes left in the third and I needed
13:00to shower.
13:01Like, we got a whole nother quarter.
13:03And like, that's what, buckle up, Stiney.
13:06That's all I'm telling you.
13:07The games feel longer now.
13:10They just do.
13:11They feel, they feel like a 10-point lead doesn't really matter.
13:18The other team's going to make a run.
13:19If the Warriors get down, chances are this team will make a run.
13:23And it's kind of just a matter of who's going to be ahead at the end, it feels like.
13:28The one thing the Warriors got to deal with, and they had to deal with it for the first
13:31time, I think, on Tuesday, Goo, is that was a big game.
13:38And the big three brought it home.
13:42And Pajemski and Moody were so-so, but they both made huge plays down the stretch.
13:48Willard and Dibbs asked Steve Kerr about the younger players and struggling on the road
13:54and what that may bode come playoff time.
13:57I mean, it's definitely kind of been a thing for years in the NBA.
14:01You know, especially in playoff games, it seems like the role players at home just seem
14:06to be a little more comfortable.
14:08You know, I think when you go on the road, everything's going against you.
14:12The emotion of the crowd, all that stuff, the pressure, and that's when your stars really
14:17tend to take over.
14:18Saw that last night with Steph and Jimmy and Draymond.
14:22So it might be more related to just the fact that the stars are dominating and really taking
14:28over.
14:29They're taking on more ownership than it is the role players struggling.
14:32Interesting.
14:33Interesting.
14:35I mean, there's no doubt on Tuesday, there wasn't a lot of room for a fourth guy in terms
14:42of scoring the ball.
14:44I mean, they basically...
14:47And that's why Draymond didn't...
14:50That's why I think they got away with Draymond's 1-for-7, is because with Curry at 50 and Butler
14:57at 25, where essentially that's what they are, those two guys scored like three guys.
15:03So they didn't really need a third scorer in that game.
15:07And they won't, as long as Curry gets 50 a night.
15:10But I do think at some point, once things settle in, you're going to need Curry to get
15:18you above 25, I think you're going to need Butler to get you above 20, and then I still
15:25think you need another player who can get you 20.
15:29Yeah, and that's why...
15:30Who is it?
15:31Warrior fans, who is it?
15:32Who is it?
15:33It's a game time decision.
15:34I keep going to Kaminga, that's what he means to me, you know, but he's got to go out there
15:40and hopefully he's available tonight.
15:41I don't know, Stani.
15:42What?
15:43Hold on.
15:44I...
15:45What happened?
15:46Evan's laughing.
15:47Evan's laughing and I'm not really sure why.
15:50I looked up and saw him cackling.
15:53He can't be the answer to everything.
15:57The idea.
15:58The idea.
15:59People love that one.
16:01Jonathan Kaminga, the idea.
16:02Do we know what his situation is?
16:03Is it game time?
16:04I'll just tell you, I'll play what Steve Kerr said yesterday to Willard and Dibbs.
16:08I think he's doing okay.
16:09We had a day off today, so we'll find out from our training staff tomorrow whether he's
16:15ready to go or not.
16:16It sounded like you said, like from what you said pregame last night, it sounded like you're
16:21leaning toward expecting him to play.
16:23Is that true?
16:24I'm hopeful, but I don't know at this point.
16:27It's really day to day.
16:30Easy, Mark.
16:31Well, I was going to say, dare put words in Steve's mouth.
16:34It's like, dude, how are your kids doing?
16:36I really don't know, but you're supposed to know.
16:39Steve was like, I'll find out when I get there.
16:42Like, wow.
16:43Man, I'm reading too much into this, Donnie.
16:46That was a...
16:47I kind of thought the same thing.
16:48You don't care.
16:49I don't want to say that, but that's how it's...
16:52Man.
16:55We'll see.
16:56Yeah.
16:57Listen, how about this?
16:59If he doesn't play tonight, I'll give you this.
17:02Then they'll need him tomorrow, at least some.
17:05Seriously.
17:08Who's going to be the third scorer for the Golden State Warriors?
17:11You know, assuming Steph's not getting you over third.
17:14Let's say, let's give Steph 28.
17:16Let's give Butler 22.
17:19It could be Post.
17:20Who's...
17:21See, I don't know that it can be him.
17:23And Jackson Hayes is not clumsy out there.
17:26So, I'm just...
17:27You know, the blender area where we see centers go to die.
17:30He's got some foot speed, but we'll see.
17:33Use your pods.
17:36People are going to hate this, but it's kind of where Buddy comes in.
17:41I didn't even...
17:42Man.
17:43That's where Buddy's 18 come in.
17:46Man, Stiney.
17:47If Buddy can get you 15 to 20 and do it pretty efficiently,
17:51he can be the third scorer.
17:53It's clearly going to be somebody different.
17:55I'll tell you what.
17:56How about this?
17:57If you had to ask him, he would want it to be Buddy.
18:00Because that means...
18:01I would agree with that.
18:02Man, Stiney.
18:03I would agree with that.
18:04This is the game for Buddy.
18:05Ideally...
18:06But here's the thing about Buddy.
18:08He might shoot it well tonight.
18:11And maybe it's a big part of the win.
18:14What about the next night?
18:16Well, then, the next night, maybe you need Moody to step up.
18:19Or Pajemski to step up.
18:20Or Kaminga to step up.
18:21I don't...
18:22I mean...
18:25Post, to me, is an interesting one.
18:27Because he's going to let him go.
18:29I think, though, if he starts hurting the team,
18:33he's an easy adjustment to make.
18:35Now, it'll open up other stuff.
18:37But I don't see Post being that guy
18:42unless the whole game plan is let him shoot.
18:47But that would be stupid.
18:48Yeah, because he...
18:49Because then you're letting him do the one thing that...
18:53Or one of the things that he super excels at.
18:57Let's go to Brady in Oakland.
18:59Hey, Brady, how you doing?
19:02Hey, how you guys doing, man?
19:04A long-time listener.
19:05First-time caller.
19:08I want to hear you guys' opinion on this.
19:11Who are the best three-point shooters on our team, the Warriors?
19:14I think it goes Steph Curry, Quinn Post, and then Buddy Heald.
19:21Thank you guys for taking my call, man.
19:24Curry's the best.
19:26We know that.
19:27I'm going to put Buddy second.
19:29I've got to put...
19:30Over the last five years, Evan, I've got to put some...
19:33Who's shooting it better right now?
19:35Post would be second.
19:37But, Stani, when it's all said and done, Buddy's second.
19:41It's one, two, three.
19:42Post being the third.
19:43I mean, believe it or not, of course,
19:46vintage me is, well, what kind of three is it?
19:51I mean, I'll be honest with you right now.
19:53Because Looney's hot.
19:54But...
19:56That's a good one.
19:57That's a good one.
19:58No, but seriously, I'm kind of looking at the Warriors.
20:02And, yeah, who's the third scorer?
20:04I think it's going to be somebody different.
20:07But I'm telling you right now, if you're talking about an open three,
20:13an open three right now, I might take Moody, actually.
20:19Because I'm thinking of Moody shooting an open three,
20:23and it usually comes off a ball movement where he's usually wide open.
20:30And if he's in the corner, I actually trust him.
20:34I trust him to make that shot in the corner if he's open.
20:37And you know what?
20:38He did.
20:39He did on Tuesday.
20:41So I get it.
20:42It was wide open.
20:43But, yeah, who...
20:45But if your life depended on it...
20:47Curry.
20:48No, outside of him is Buddy Hill.
20:50No, Curry.
20:51When I see Buddy get his feet together and there's nobody there, Stonnie,
20:54even though it's been up and down a roller coaster,
20:57I have not yet pulled the plug on that's going in.
21:01Almost, I'm going to take heat for this,
21:03it feels like when Klay Thompson would be wide open when he was in his...
21:07That's how I feel about Buddy,
21:09and I'm disappointed a lot when he doesn't make them.
21:11But when he's open, Stonnie, it's like, damn, this dude can shoot it.
21:15Hey, guys, would you like to know who shoots the best from three-point range
21:19on wide open threes?
21:22Six feet or more between the shooter and the defender.
21:25That's what qualifies as a wide open three.
21:27I'm going Buddy...
21:28For the season.
21:29Okay, Curry and then Buddy, Evan.
21:31I would say...
21:32Curry's fifth.
21:33Yeah, I wasn't going to say Curry.
21:34He's always hounded.
21:36There's always somebody six feet close to him.
21:38Then you might be right if you're moving.
21:40No, I'm not guessing.
21:42Overall, Curry actually gets three wide open threes per game.
21:46That's as many as Buddy and slightly less than Post.
21:49I would say Post.
21:52Well, winners technically, come on, Looney.
21:55But after him, it's Moses Moody, Buddy Heald, and Quentin Post.
22:02Wow.
22:03How about pods?
22:04Do you have the percentages there?
22:06What's pods shooting when he hits?
22:07They're a little skewed because pods had that awful start to begin the season.
22:11We'll bump him up three points.
22:13I can just go until the deadline if you give me a minute.
22:16All right.
22:17Yeah, he had an awful start, and he rebounded.
22:20Yeah, he did.
22:21He did.
22:22888-957-9570 is the number.
22:26Warriors-Lakers tonight.
22:28LeBron and Luka Doncic.
22:30Curry and Butler and Draymond Green.
22:35Guys, Warrior fans, this is what we were hoping for.
22:40We were hoping for action.