bdonovan
11-15-2024, 11:22 PM
Buddy Hield is the 2nd top scorer on the Warriors with 17.6 points/game. Not only that he is shooting at phenomenal efficiency- Hield is shooting 46.7% from the 3 point line. (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield)
Of the top 3 point shooters in the game, by 3 points made, only one player has a higher 3 pt % (Tyler Herro)
https://www.espn.com/nba/stats/player/_/table/offensive/sort/avgThreePointFieldGoalsMade/dir/desc
Hield's Total Shooting is terrific for a guard- 65.9% (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/advancedstats/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield). Steph's is 64.9%.
DeAnthony Melton who had more minutes than Hield last game has a 53.9% TS (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/advancedstats/_/id/4066436/deanthony-melton).
Stats are not the whole picture but in watching games its clear that Hield is a key reason the Warriors have been winning. He takes a lot of pressure off Steph by being such an able scoring threat. He doesn't take many bad shots.
Over the last 3 games, Hield's minutes are down from ~30/game to ~20/game. There is no credible reason for Kerr to be making this kind of adjustment.
You have someone who's plugged into the system as good as anyone could hope for and he is riding the bench as a result.
Hield did not have a good game against the Cavs (the game from 3 games ago)- but neither did Steph, who scored just 12 points all game. That is not a reason to sit him.
Over the last 2 games DeAnthony Melton, a journeyman with no particular distinction, has gotten more minutes than Hield.
For the Warriors to win, all cylinders need to be firing including the coach. Kerr in recent years has developed a bad habit of trying to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian; to make a counter-intuitive coaching move that indicates he sees something others don't see.
That perhaps the Warriors success owes to his 4-d chess moves as opposed to their pure talent.....
The Warriors win when Kerr gets out of the way (and coaches in general).
There is no contrarian or counter-intuitive reason Hield should be playing just twenty minutes a game. And the Warriors continued success depends on putting the best people on the court.
Of the top 3 point shooters in the game, by 3 points made, only one player has a higher 3 pt % (Tyler Herro)
https://www.espn.com/nba/stats/player/_/table/offensive/sort/avgThreePointFieldGoalsMade/dir/desc
Hield's Total Shooting is terrific for a guard- 65.9% (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/advancedstats/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield). Steph's is 64.9%.
DeAnthony Melton who had more minutes than Hield last game has a 53.9% TS (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/advancedstats/_/id/4066436/deanthony-melton).
Stats are not the whole picture but in watching games its clear that Hield is a key reason the Warriors have been winning. He takes a lot of pressure off Steph by being such an able scoring threat. He doesn't take many bad shots.
Over the last 3 games, Hield's minutes are down from ~30/game to ~20/game. There is no credible reason for Kerr to be making this kind of adjustment.
You have someone who's plugged into the system as good as anyone could hope for and he is riding the bench as a result.
Hield did not have a good game against the Cavs (the game from 3 games ago)- but neither did Steph, who scored just 12 points all game. That is not a reason to sit him.
Over the last 2 games DeAnthony Melton, a journeyman with no particular distinction, has gotten more minutes than Hield.
For the Warriors to win, all cylinders need to be firing including the coach. Kerr in recent years has developed a bad habit of trying to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian; to make a counter-intuitive coaching move that indicates he sees something others don't see.
That perhaps the Warriors success owes to his 4-d chess moves as opposed to their pure talent.....
The Warriors win when Kerr gets out of the way (and coaches in general).
There is no contrarian or counter-intuitive reason Hield should be playing just twenty minutes a game. And the Warriors continued success depends on putting the best people on the court.