Warriors 95, Kings 86: Box Score Breakdown

So, does Head make the roster? Seems like he is turning it around.

with Tyreke struggling and Beno out, Cisco picked up 4 assists. So did Casspi, and (surprisingly) Head.
In rebounds, Antoine Wright had zero, while Casspi and Darnell Jackson both had 7.

I guess Luther Head has kept his chances alive today.
And I wonder whether Wright managed to compensate his lack of scoring, rebounding and passing with some hard-nosed defense.

He hounded them on D. He harassed Darnell Jackson into losing the ball a couple times on one play which led to a hail mary 50 footer as the shot clock expired. And he boarded like crazy! He was spectacular. A 3 guard rotation of him, Beno and Tyreke is more than enough for me. Sorry Pooh.

the way our bigs are fouling, we might have to add a couple more, so we have enough to finish games.

Wright has a contract, Why?

Crawford has played 6 mins in 3 games and has zero stat numbers, only a practice body gone soon.

The only question mark seems to be Head, who had made the best of his opportunities. Averaging 17mpg over the 3 games his 50% FG%, 43% 3P%, and 70% from the FT line. For 8ppg, 2asts, 1 stl, and only 1 turnover in 51 mins played. The question mark is will he beat out Marcus Landry who in 2 games is averaging 17.5mpg, 6.5ppg on 50% FG%, 50% 3P%, and 100% from the FT line.

Tough decision for the coaching staff, but I like Landry over Head. Marcus has the versitility and size to play both the 2 & 3 and he’s a better defender. And, with the way that Garcia is playing at the 2, the only way that I see Head sticking with the team is if they release Wright (guaranteed contract $850K) or Jackson (unguaranteed). And, as I said at the start, I think Jackson stays as insurance against injuries and foul trouble.

it looked sounded like only Cisco played any good D.

Way too many times I was hearing ‘layup’ by some GS little man. I believe at least two of each JT’s and Cousins fouls were on guards who had penetrated to the basket. Tyreke also seemed to have trouble keeping his man out of the paint.

Dalembert will help, but the wings have to do a better job on D.

Statistically, Cousins outplayed D Lee for whatever that’s worth. JT seemed to have trouble finishing (sigh), but otherwise played pretty well.
I’m chaulking up Adrien’s rebounding to an an abberration until its backed up by more nights like that.
They apparently double teamed Tyreke everytime he put the ball on the floor, sometimes he passed it off and sometimes he let himself get in trouble. Hmmmm, interesting to see if that becomes a league strategy, lets hope not.

but if I was Donte, I’d be a little worried right now. Not only for “Weightgate”, but he’s being outplayed this preseason by pretty much everyone, even most of the non-roster guys. He’s not going to see many minutes at the 4 this season. If Cisco isn’t starting, he is looking like he will be soaking up quite a bit of the wing minutes, ditto for Omri. Forget about Donte’s place in the “Starting SF” conversation, is he in danger of finding himself glued to the end of the bench?

With all the compliments JT got over his conditioning and effort, there doesn’t seem to be much improvement in his shoot, so far. He’s 12-32 from the Field for .375 and 5-8 from the FT line for .625.

For all the talk about Donte having a bad preseason, he’s shooting .385 and .666, which is also better than Omri who’s at .348 field and .500 FT line.

Granted there is more to being a good player than just shooting percentage. But, JT is 1st in minutes and 3rd only to DMC & Reke in FGA’s, which puts a higher important on his ability to finish.

Certainly, playing a lot of FA’s and a rookie in the backcourt, is affecting the entire offense. But, you would think that the bigs would feel the affect a little less. Cuz is shooting .444 field and .583 line and Landry is shooting .450 & .500 line. When Dalembert returns JT’s minutes at center will certainly be reduced, which will move him further away from the rim and put more emphasis on his jumper. So, let’s hope this is just a temporary blip, due to a small sample size. But, it still has me worried, that it’s seems to be affecting a lot of players and could be related to problems with the offense.