00:00 All right, Golden State.
00:01 So the Warriors are trying some new stuff here
00:04 to be a little bit different.
00:06 They have Chris Paul.
00:07 I know they ended up signing him.
00:09 Steve Kerr's talking about starting him.
00:10 I think I saw Gilbert.
00:12 I mean, I'm in baseball right now, still in football.
00:14 But did I see Dwight Howard maybe
00:16 signing with Golden State too?
00:17 I thought I saw that.
00:18 He met with him for like two days.
00:19 You really need two days with Dwight Howard
00:21 to figure out if this guy can still help you or not?
00:23 I don't get it.
00:24 But what's the overall idea here for the Warriors?
00:26 They clearly know that there's a window here with Steph
00:30 that is not going to be forever.
00:31 So I'm guessing they're trying to get
00:33 one more at least championship appearance if they can.
00:37 Absolutely.
00:37 I think I mentioned the Bucks being an old team.
00:39 Well, the Warriors are certainly a team
00:42 that are very seasoned.
00:44 Chris Paul, obviously being 38 years old
00:46 and still searching for that elusive NBA title.
00:48 I think the situation there is really interesting.
00:50 There's been a lot of talk around whether or not
00:53 he will come off the bench or start.
00:55 Obviously, he and Steph Curry both play the point guard
00:57 position, albeit in very different ways.
01:00 But how do you figure that out?
01:01 And I think what helps is that, without exaggerating,
01:04 Chris Paul and Draymond Green are two of the smartest players
01:06 to ever play the game.
01:07 And Steph Curry is, without a doubt, the best shooter
01:10 to ever play the game.
01:11 So there's some decisions to be made.
01:12 But when you think about it, it's interesting to look.
01:14 Chris Paul has never come off the bench in his NBA career.
01:17 The last time Chris Paul came off the bench,
01:19 he was a sophomore at Wake Forest.
01:21 So it would be quite an adjustment
01:22 to ask him to come off the bench.
01:24 Steph Curry's only come off the bench a handful of times
01:26 in his career.
01:27 Draymond Green did come off the bench a few times this post
01:29 season, and so did Kevon Looney.
01:31 And I think that that might be where they start.
01:33 Do they start playing some small ball,
01:35 put Draymond Green at the center position,
01:37 and go with the starting lineup of Chris Paul, Steph Curry,
01:39 Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, and Draymond Green?
01:42 I think the thing that works in their favor, in a weird way,
01:44 is that they are older.
01:45 They're going to need to rest players.
01:47 And inevitably, they will deal with injuries.
01:48 So I think having six or seven starting caliber players
01:51 will work in their favor.
01:52 And I think everybody will still be a little bit happy
01:54 because at the end of the day, a lot of these guys
01:56 are going to start games.
01:57 I know there's a new resting policy
01:58 that the NBA has implemented.
02:00 I think that when you have guys that are a little bit older,
02:02 it will work in your favor regardless.
02:04 And I think that if they keep the main thing the main thing--
02:06 and I know that everybody's trying
02:07 to win another championship-- it won't matter
02:09 if they're coming off the bench.
02:10 Because it doesn't really matter who starts the game.
02:12 All that's really important is who finishes the game.
02:14 And they have plenty of guys capable of making clutch plays
