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Steiny and Guru discuss the likelihood of Steve Kerr returning to the Golden State Warriors and whether the team’s current roster construction limits their ability to make significant coaching changes. The duo also dives into the upcoming Play-In tournament and what the future holds for the Dubs. Plus, how would you grade Mike Dunleavy Jr.’s performance so far as the Warriors’ General Manager?
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00:00What do you think he meant by that, Stiney?
00:02Because that gives me doubt.
00:05I think he means that, you know, he's probably leaning toward coming back,
00:09but he also knows that if there's been a change of mind from Dunleavy or Lacob,
00:15then maybe it's not all his decision.
00:19And I think what he's doing is he's allowing for the Warriors to go in another direction
00:24and him to say, I get it,
00:26and now I'll decide whether I want to coach for another team or not in the next year or two.
00:33You understood my premise of kind of where I'm coming from when you talk about,
00:38yeah, you can swap out coaches,
00:39but the roster is what the roster is going to be with these older guys.
00:45You know, kind of, I don't want to say at the end, but, you know, on the back nine,
00:49you really can't get too frisky because it all next year will boil down to health.
00:57So you can get old, you know, you could coach the team.
01:00You still can come in and implement what you want to implement.
01:03And I'm not saying you can't, but the bottom line in regard to success
01:06and if this team's going to be a threat is predicated on health.
01:12That's how I see it.
01:14No, I hear you.
01:16I mean, I, you know, I, it, it certainly looks like he's probably coming back.
01:21And again, like, I don't, I don't, I've always just been when it comes to Kerr.
01:30I mean, if, if, if you're going to have Draymond and Steph and Butler on the team,
01:34then it probably makes sense to have Steve Kerr be the coach of the team
01:38until those guys aren't on it anymore.
01:41And, you know, over the last year or two, it looked like maybe the Warriors would pivot.
01:46They haven't.
01:47It doesn't look like they're going to be able to pivot this year.
01:50My question is, I'm wondering, you know, how fast they have to make a decision on Steve Kerr
01:56or if it has to happen quickly at all.
01:58Or do the Warriors, you know, do they go after Kawhi and LeBron James with the understanding
02:06that if they could somehow pull it off, then Steve will be the coach and they'll, you know,
02:11extend him at the end of the summer.
02:13Or do they extend him right away or say that he's definitely going to be the coach next year?
02:18And then, well, what if they have an opportunity to kind of remake the team kind of out of nowhere?
02:24Do you want him to coach a remade Golden State Warrior team?
02:30But it does seem to me like as long as Steph Curry's here, you know, Steve Kerr's likely going to
02:37be here.
02:38You know what?
02:38I don't disagree with anything you said, but I am conflicted because obviously, you know,
02:43I'm not a friend to Steve Kerr and he's not confided in me.
02:47But I do just wonder if it was as easy or a layup as I think it is some days
02:54and it's just love in the air
02:57and there's nothing to see here, he would already have a contract for the future.
03:02That's one.
03:03And then I can and I understand people saying, goo, that's not a big deal.
03:07But then I do say, well, if it's all love in the air, what's the wait for?
03:12Because now when you bring that up and I hear Coach Kerr tell us, you know, it could go either
03:18way.
03:19I kind of just scratch my head as to not what's the hold up, Stony,
03:23but why isn't next year already solidified or the year after with Coach Kerr?
03:28What's there to think about?
03:30Well, I think what there was to think about, at least last offseason,
03:35so there was last offseason, he had one more year left.
03:37Hey, do you want to talk about an extension?
03:39What do you say we just sit tight this last year?
03:42Well, why do we want to sit tight?
03:44Yeah, yeah.
03:44Well, because we don't know what's going to happen.
03:46Like, we have no clue about the future.
03:50At the beginning of last year, they were talking about a two-year window
03:55and that would seem to include Steve Kerr for this year and next year.
03:59The problem is, is that next year right now is already compromised.
04:03So, I don't know.
04:04Does that make you more likely to keep Kerr or less likely to keep Kerr?
04:09To me, it's probably more likely to keep Kerr if you can't make, you know,
04:14I don't want to say wholesale changes, but look, I mean, if we're looking at next year,
04:19Curry, again, Curry, Butler, Green, Porzingis, maybe, Payton, if Horford comes back,
04:26even if it's Pods, Moody, and Richard, they're all coming back, you would think.
04:33And so, maybe, you know, Steve Kerr gets another year and I guess you maybe just do one-year deals.
04:41He'll become kind of like Kevin Durant was as a player, but he'll be a coach.
04:46Yeah, it looks that way.
04:49So, it'll be interesting to see, but I will throw this back at you.
04:52You didn't ask, but this is just how I'm feeling.
04:54And I got to be careful here because this season, just from a fan standpoint, has been excruciating.
05:02It's been maddening.
05:03It's been fun at some times.
05:05And then, obviously, Curry coming back, I feel like it's been saved in some sense
05:10as far as giving me hope about what's going to happen, you know, this week with the Warriors.
05:15But as much as I appreciate Guy Santos and him getting his contract,
05:20and as much as I appreciate Pods and Moody and, you know, his journey on his rehab,
05:27what if I told you, partner, I'm just not excited about the young talent on this team,
05:32and maybe that's why I've convinced myself I want them to win tomorrow and Friday,
05:38but if they don't, your boy will be, talking about myself, locked into what happens in the lottery
05:44because push has to come to shove, and Kaminga represented to me,
05:49even if obviously I was wrong, in a Warrior uniform,
05:53something to look forward to in the future that might be possibly an all-star.
05:58And I just don't think the young guys we have now, who I appreciate,
06:02I don't think they're those dudes.
06:04And it's just, it's kind of frustrating to watch, man.
06:09Well, I mean, the bottom line is the Warriors are going to have the 11th pick,
06:13the 15th pick, or they have a very small chance of jumping up into the top three or four.
06:22And I get it, 15 doesn't sound sexy, but the reality is, is you can get a player in this
06:27draft
06:28and here's the one thing I don't understand, and I've heard it all season long,
06:33and I, again, I cannot understand, why does Mike Dunleavy get lumped in
06:40to the Wiseman and Kaminga picks?
06:45Like, he made the, he was part of the front office, there's no doubt about it,
06:49but why would people not want Mike Dunleavy to make the 11th,
06:54let's say they have the 11th pick in the draft,
06:57it would be his highest pick since he started here.
07:00He had, he wasn't the GM, he wasn't running the team when they picked Wiseman and Kaminga.
07:05So why do Pete, why are, why are Warrior fans so reluctant to allow Mike Dunleavy
07:12to make this pick and, and, and to not think it's possible
07:18that he could find a nice player who's part of their rotation?
07:22You're being fair, you're being real, and I don't know.
07:25So I do think it's unfair, and then I could just bring up something you didn't ask about,
07:31but why do people boo a certain player on the team, Pods?
07:34Okay, I'll leave that there, but maybe they just have preconceived notions
07:38when Mike D took over and they're not giving him a fair shot.
07:41But as far as what you just laid out, I don't have the answer as to why somebody would run
07:47the other way
07:47or feel less confident in Mike getting his best pick since he's been at, you know, GM for the Warriors.
07:54Yeah, 888-957-9570 is the number.
07:59Just a couple questions were thrown out about the Warriors.
08:02They play the Clippers tomorrow night in the first play-in game.
08:06There's other games tonight.
08:07The play-in tournament starts.
08:08It's Warriors got L.A., the Clippers tomorrow.
08:11If they can find a way to win that game, they play the loser of the Portland Trailblazers-Phoenix Suns
08:18game.
08:19If they somehow can win that game, then they play Sunday at 1230 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
08:26But we're a long way from there right now.
08:29No doubt about it.
08:30Just real quick, about tonight, a matchup with Portland and Phoenix.
08:35Phoenix, let's just say Portland was somehow to beat Phoenix.
08:39Do you, you know, I'm kind of putting you on the spot.
08:42Phoenix versus the Warriors, if we were to take care, if they were to take care of business against the
08:45Clippers,
08:47does Phoenix scare you more than Portland?
08:49No.
08:50No.
08:50Yeah, I think the Warriors are probably not going to be able to win two road games against the Clippers
08:58and whoever their second opponent is.
09:01Keep in mind, too, that, you know, the Warriors will have to play Wednesday, and then if they win, they've
09:06got to play Friday.
09:07It's a short turnaround, and whoever they play will be playing at home with an extra day's rest.
09:12So that's going to be, you know, that's going to be a tough task to win back-to-back road
09:18games against two teams that are better than you, quite frankly,
09:23or had a better season than you.
09:24But 888-957-9570.
09:28If you read Tim Kawakami today in The Standard, if you read Nick Friedel today in The Athletic,
09:33it's starting to feel like Steve Kerr may be back for another year with the Warriors,
09:40and it feels to me a little more like, well, why shouldn't he coach if we're going to have this
09:48team,
09:49as opposed to, oh, this is a no-brainer.
09:52Let's have Steve Kerr back for another two or three years.
09:55It feels like Steve Kerr's fate is tied to the position that the Warriors have put themselves in.
10:02So if they've put themselves in this position and they've made it all about getting to 2027,
10:10then it looks like we're going to have Steve Kerr back for another year.
10:14Yeah, and, you know, I've got to call myself out.
10:16I'm not proven wrong yet, but when we were over at the facility, as you mentioned,
10:21you know, I just felt like I was getting vibes off of Steve Kerr.
10:23And, again, I'm no clinical doctor, but I just felt like the way he was answering questions,
10:28being open and honest like he always is,
10:30I just, you know, I went home and got in the caddy
10:33and just felt like there was some finality to being next to the guy
10:36and hearing the answers as opposed to him at a podium or talking to Willard and Dibbs.
10:41But it looks like, you know, that intel or that feeling I had could totally be wrong.
10:46But if you wanted to play a game of what makes sense with this roster
10:52and what's not at their disposal and what they can do, which is not much to me,
10:57Steve Kerr being the coach until Curry and Dre are gone makes the most sense to me.
11:04Like, it aligns, you know?
11:06It's hard for me to argue with that.
11:08I just hate that that's the situation.
11:11Oh, man, man.
11:12I just don't like that it feels like they've put themselves in a position
11:17where between now and next offseason,
11:22it feels like we're stuck with kind of what we got.
11:25Now, who knows?
11:27Mike Dunleavy may try to reshape this team.
11:31If he's able to reshape this team somehow, I am so curious to see how.
11:36Right.
11:36Because I don't really see any way out of this situation for a year.
11:42Let me ask you this quick question.
11:43That's just me.
11:44If a Martian came down from Venus and asked Matt Steinmetz,
11:49what's the best thing going for the Golden State Warriors right now as an organization,
11:54how would you answer that?
11:56What's the one thing they got going for them?
12:02That silence is wild.
12:05You know what?
12:05And this is a shame.
12:07I mean, the best thing they have going for them is still Steph Curry.
12:11And that's the problem.
12:12The best thing they have going for them is still a 38-year-old player
12:17who just missed half the season and missed the playoffs last year.
12:22That's still the best thing we can hold on to.
12:27And to me, it's obviously not an indictment of Steph.
12:32The Warriors actually have no business that he's even playing at this level when he plays.
12:37But the reality is that as long as Steph Curry remains the best thing on this team,
12:43they're going to be in trouble.
12:45Wow.
12:45And I don't mean that against Steph.
12:47I just mean it.
12:47I know what you mean.
12:48They just need more people in here.
12:50More players in here.
12:51And depending on a 38-year-old to carry the load.
12:55Horace Bird in the chat saying nothing, Goo.
12:57But I'm going to say this to you.
12:59And I know we got Fitz.
13:00The great Fitz coming up at 11.
13:03Do I sound like a loser or I've given up if I say right now,
13:07Steph is not my answer, being a part of the lottery?
13:11What do you mean?
13:12If they lose, that would be like more than a silver lining?
13:19I mean, it depends.
13:20I mean, if they move up to one, yeah.
13:22I mean, then if the Warriors somehow move up to one, two, three, or four,
13:26then obviously it'll take a big, big, big sting off this year.
13:32I'm going to maintain that 11, I think you can still get a hell of a player.
13:37Wasn't very long ago they got Klay Thompson at 11,
13:39so there's going to be a player available.
13:43Or there's going to be a player that's going to be able to help the Golden State Warriors
13:47and it's up to Mike Dunleavy to make sure that he gets the right guy.
13:54It's really as simple as that.
13:56Simple as that.
13:59888-957-9570 is the number.
14:03We're talking about the Warriors.
14:05They have their play-in game tomorrow.
14:07And Guru and I are talking about it.
14:11I got them all down.
14:13You got some grades for guys?
14:14Yeah.
14:15So Guru and I kind of, we did secret ballots.
14:19I love it.
14:20But we made a list of all the Warriors,
14:23and you guys are more than welcome to jump in here.
14:26But we're going to give some grades for the season.
14:29I know it's not the most original thing,
14:31but I think it is a way to kind of be comprehensive about it.
14:34So here we go.
14:37Mike Dunleavy.
14:39We can grade Joe Lacob if you want, but that's more tough.
14:43Let's go to Mike Dunleavy.
14:44Okay.
14:45What do you give Mike Dunleavy?
14:47A B-.
14:48Okay.
14:49I'm going to give him a B-.
14:50I like what I saw early on from Will Richard, his draft pick.
14:55I like, you know, what he did, bringing Jimmy Butler in.
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15:02This season, the water got started coming on the boat when Jimmy went down.
15:06But you had to roll the dice.
15:08You had to stick your chest out.
15:10He did that, facilitated the trade.
15:11And obviously in year two, he gets hurt.
15:14But I'm looking at Will Richard.
15:17Quentin Post, I don't know what's going on there.
15:19We'll get to his grade.
15:20But you ask me, Stiney, I'd give him a B-.
15:23What do you say to that?
15:24And then you give your grade on him.
15:25I think it's too high.
15:27I think it's too high.
15:28What would be some demerits?
15:30Or why the grade would be low?
15:32You could just say.
15:33Well, because you've got to take points off now for the Butler trade.
15:37You've got to take points off for putting together an old roster that broke down.
15:42Now, what if Jimmy comes back and plays 70 next year?
15:45Well, then his grade will go up next year.
15:47But he acquired a 35- or 36-year-old player and put him next to a guy who was
15:56even older than him.
15:58And another guy who was old in Draymond Green.
16:01And they got another guy who was old in Al Horford.
16:03And they didn't stay healthy.
16:05And it's not like nobody could see that coming.
16:10So, you know, I give Mike Dunleavy a C.
16:15Not quite a C-.
16:17But, you know, the Kaminga Porzingis, that to me is a C.
16:23It's not a great trade.
16:25It wasn't a terrible trade.
16:27But they also don't get credit for the entire way it was handled.
16:31And they ended up trading Kaminga for Porzingis.
16:36And who knows how long Porzingis is going to be on the team.
16:40But, no.
16:41Like, if you were to ask me this last year, I'd probably give Dunleavy a B.
16:45Okay.
16:45Because what he did was acquire Butler and it got him to the second round of the playoffs.
16:51So, yeah, I'll give him a B last year.
16:54But this year is a new year.
16:57And Jimmy Butler didn't work out.
17:00And neither did Steph Curry.
17:02As you continue to try to play him, like, as you continue to need him to be a one for
17:08your franchise.
17:09It's kind of funny.
17:10And I don't want to give my grading system the metrics up.
17:14But I kind of put that at the doorstep.
17:16The Kaminga fiasco, which I call it, it not working out at the doorstep of Laker.
17:22So, I'll expand on that as we get to Laker.
17:25But we weren't too far off with Mike Dunleavy.
17:30But I get what you're saying.
17:31Man, this is now.
17:32This is this grade, you know, this school year.
17:36And you're right.
17:37Jimmy went down and that's on Mike.
17:41Yeah.
17:42So, you know, Dunleavy, I also have to acknowledge the position that he was in when he took the job.
17:50And I went back and looked at some stuff that's been written on Dunleavy.
17:56About middle of the year, he was asked about some stuff.
17:58And he said, I know what's coming.
18:02So, like, when he took this job, I got to believe that he told Joe Lacob, hey, you know, you
18:08do realize where we are as a franchise right now.
18:12And where we are as a franchise is on the way down.
18:17And I've got to try to either not let it get any lower or start the rebuild immediately so that
18:25we can get on track.
18:26And I just think they're still kind of in limbo.
18:31Right.
18:32You're talking about bringing in older guys.
18:33I'm just, you know, Kawhi and LeBron, that's not a rebuild, you know.
18:39Veggie 2.
18:40Why does Dunleavy get blamed for Jimmy injury?
18:43Well, because the Warriors acquired a player who had never played a complete season in the last nine years.
18:55A player who was old, who they were going to overly rely on, just like Steph Curry.
19:01And when you put together a roster that's that top-heavy and that old, you're risking injury with players that
19:10you ask to play a lot of minutes.
19:12And I certainly wasn't the only one before the season saying, I don't think they're going to be able to
19:18stay healthy.
19:18And if you bring back the same team next year and the same thing happens, Dunleavy's got to get dinged
19:26for that, too.
19:27You know, that's just kind of the way I look at it.
19:31You know, I don't blame him.
19:33Like, he doesn't get, you know, Moody.
19:36Moody's young.
19:37He got hurt.
19:38I don't really consider that Dunleavy's issue.
19:41But Jimmy Butler, yeah.
19:43I mean, you've doubled down on bringing in, making your best players on the team your oldest players on the
19:52team.
19:52And the worst part about the, not to be redundant, but I will be, the Jimmy injury is you got
19:59a taste and a glimpse.
20:01Of what it looked like, you know, when it was going well.
20:04And last year, it was going well.
20:07And then you took that into the playoffs.
20:09And you kind of wanted to kind of do part two with that this year.
20:14And him going down just kind of ruined that.
20:17Yeah.
20:19888-957-9570 is the number.
20:24Mike Dunleavy, the general manager of the Golden State Warriors.
20:28Yeah, I'm giving him a C, C-, C-, C-, guru B-,
20:35Not a lot happened this year, except the Warriors just didn't live up to expectations.
20:44C-, C-, C-, C-
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