Recently, the Warriors' No. 7 rookie Kuminga has made very obvious progress. In the last six games, Cumminga has played more than 22 minutes and averaged 27 minutes per game. As playing time increased, Cuminga's performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends also began to stabilize: in the last six games, Cuminga scored all in double figures, averaging 16.7 points and 5 rebounds per game, shooting 59.4% from the field.
Cumminga was able to make such obvious progress thanks to the heavy use of warriors coach Kerr. In fact, Cumminga didn't get much playing time at the beginning, to which Kerr explained that other rookies may learn to take data on the field, and Cuminga needs to learn how to win. It may be that Kerr feels that Cumminga already knows how to win, so Kerr starts to put him on the court to reuse and let him accumulate experience.
Many fans expressed dissatisfaction with Kerr's last-minute employment, because even at the critical moment of deciding the outcome, Kerr insisted on putting Cumminga on the court, and Cuminga also made some mistakes at key moments, resulting in the Warriors' loss. For example, in the final moments against the Knicks, Cuminga's interference ball. Cole's words explained why he used Cuminga at a critical moment.
Kerr said: "Our plan now is for him to keep gaining experience because his defensive tasks in the playoffs will be tough. He's handled these difficulties better than we thought, his progress over the past period has been impressive and I'm very much looking forward to him being part of the team's playoff rotation." Judging by the speed of Kuminga's progress during this time, he will become a powerful complement to the Warriors' offensive and defensive ends in the playoffs. Kerr even said that if Dream Green returned from injury, he would put Cuminga and Green on the court at the crucial moment.
For Cuminga's recent obvious progress, some fans said that Cuminga should thank 2 people. The first is, of course, head coach Kerr, who is very intimate about Cuminga's career planning, and is even willing to lose in order to let Cuminga accumulate experience. The second one to thank is Curry. Curry is in the championship window of his career, and he did not ask the team to exchange these talented rookies for immediate combat in order to help him win the championship and improve his historical status. Instead, they are willing to grow up with these young people and lose with them, rather than using their position as team leaders to put pressure on the team and the head coach!
A talented rookie like Cumminga, it is really lucky to be able to meet a manager like Kerr at the beginning of his career, and a team boss like Curry!