The Warriors' performance this season has been surprising, before the start of the season, many experts did not expect that the Warriors have such combat effectiveness and have sat in the top two in the West! But recently, the warriors' situation is worrying, Clay's physical condition has a certain problem, the recent fight stop, the Warriors' record is now 43 wins and 19 losses. With just 0.5 wins away from third-place Grizzlies in the West, the Grizzlies are gaining momentum and being caught up is almost a foregone conclusion. In addition to Clay's physical reasons, the Warriors also have injuries to the back of Dream Green, and veteran Iguodala is also injured, which can be said that now is the most difficult period for the Warriors.
In the last 8 games, the Warriors have only won 2 games, one narrowly against the Lakers and one victory over the Blazers without Lillard. Losing to the Lone Ranger and the West's Weak Timberwolves, who were not afraid at all, I think Cole has to find his own reasons. Excluding the reasons for injuries, I feel that the last 4 games to let Peyton II start is a wrong choice. In 4 games, the Warriors lost 3. Curry + Payton II + Clay (Cumminga) + Wiggins + Looney became Cole's regular starting lineup, obviously, the only controversial point is Peyton II!
Peyton II inherited his father's defensive attributes and had excellent athleticism, but let's take a look at Peyton II's shortcomings. Payton II has been in the NBA for several seasons and is a losing draft player. This season has shot 36.8 percent from three-point range, and just by looking at the numbers, it's okay. But the vast majority are empty shots, and the production is less than 1. It can be said that Peyton II's shooting ability is almost equal to Cuminga, Cuminga has already started, and it is indeed unreasonable to let Peyton II start!
In the choice of the team's No. 4 position, Green has been injured, Wiggins mainly plays the No. 3 position, Otto Porter can play the No. 4 position, but the athleticism and Cuminga can not be compared; Juan'er has played most of the games this season are substitutes, and Juan'er is only 1.98 meters tall, and he is basically unable to play the No. 4 position with a slender body. So, Kerr's arrangement of Cumminga playing as a starter was actually a correct and helpless choice, who let Green get injured. Bjelica started the season well, but Bjelica hasn't played very well lately, with foot movement and defensive weaknesses making it almost impossible for Bjlitsa to play in the starting No. 4 position. Therefore, the rotation of the 4th position becomes stretched!
The team's natural shortcomings in the No. 4 position, which can not be avoided. In the choice of the No. 2 position, Cole also had problems. In the last four games, Payton II has a good 12+2+2 stats and shoots more than 50% from the field. But Payton II had little ability to handle the ball or shoot long-range like Jordan Pooler, which squeezed the team's overall space. If Payton II can be placed on the bench, this is the Warriors' tactic at the beginning of the season, and may be able to achieve the same excellent effect as at the beginning of the season.
At the beginning of the season, Jordan Poole once played an average of 20+5+5 per game, and now the data is still 16+3+3, and in terms of statistics, Jordan Pooler is still crushing Payton II! More importantly, Jordan Poole can pass the ball, has excellent no-ball ability and ball-carrying ability, and the projection attribute is also full, almost another Curry. At the beginning of the season, we also saw that Curry and Jordan Pooler's "tea combination" was very eye-catching, which was also the hope ignited by the fans. But with Clay's return, Jordan Poole was placed on the bench. It's not that Jordan Poole is inferior to Clay, the team can completely put up a combination of Curry + Jordan Poole + Klay (Cuminga) + Wiggins + Looney (Dream Green is injured). This team can still perform the style of play of the Warriors at the beginning of the season, with offense and defense, and the original system. It can only be said that payton II playing the starter now may be Cole's stupidest choice!