This season's Warriors are undoubtedly a typical team with high and low, and at one point in the season, they were better than the Suns' 18-win streak record and ranked first in the league; and the recent wave of 2 wins and 6 losses not only made themselves lose the second place in the West, but also came to the third place in the West, and even the gap with the Jazz who was fourth in the West was getting smaller and smaller. And when a team has a bad record, it means that there is definitely a problem in the team, and the turning point of the Warriors this season is undoubtedly Green's injury and Thompson's return.
Originally, the Warriors had such a strong chemistry at the beginning of the season, each player performed their own duties and played wonderful team basketball, especially the top shooter Thompson sitting on the bench, which made the fans feel reassured. However, Thompson's return is not as good as everyone thinks, the first few games, Thompson's feel gradually warmed up, let people find that the original Soup God is back! The warrior is invincible! In the following games, Thompson fans uploaded the ball and became the Golden State Magician, making the fans exclaim "Thompson has been upgraded since his return!" ”。 However, in the last few games lost, Thompson is not only iron, but also a bit unique, may be eager to reverse the decline of the team, or try to prove themselves, the ball basically to Thompson's hands can not come back, in exchange for a reluctant shot, coupled with the defensive end of the lateral speed slower, plus basically can not jump up, so that Thompson became the warriors on the field of the black hole.
At the same time, While Thompson is not playing well, the Warriors' rising star Poole is playing better and better, averaging close to 25 points and 5 assists in the last four games, not only playing reasonably, but also shooting accurately, breaking through sharply, it is simply a perfect substitute for Thompson, so there are also many fans who say "Thompson gives Pooler a substitute", so is this view correct?
The author thinks it is negative, first of all, I think that whether or not to start the game has little to do with Poole, and the playing time is the key. Although Poole is generally used as a substitute at the moment, he has to bear nearly 30 minutes of playing time per game. As the Warriors' undisputed best sixth man, Poole can either replace Curry's role and can also partner with Curry to replace Thompson's role, which is a rare two-way defender in the Warriors today. Now that Poole's playing time is on par with Thompson's, there is no problem of Thompson eating Poole's time, only the appearance of Damian Lee or Chiosa will have the problem of occupying Poole's time.
In addition, it is precisely because the current offensive threat of Poole is greater than Thompson, as the Playmaker ability is second only to Curry, so It is necessary for Poole to play as a substitute and take on the offensive responsibility after Curry is off the field. Generally speaking, Poole's playing time is generally Thompson in the 6th minute of the first quarter, Poole played with Curry, maintaining the Warriors' on-court firepower; and after Curry came off the court in the 8th and 9th minutes, Poole partnered Thompson or Wiggins to replace Curry's role in taking on the offensive responsibility, so Poole came up with a major mission every night, so that his substitutes did not pay attention to him, but trusted him too much!
Finally, at this stage, Poole tends to be stable, but Thompson's initial recovery from a major injury still needs to use game time and shots to find the state, and after gradually unsealing the time limit on playing, Kerr also left Thompson in the game to practice his hand and cope with the upcoming playoffs. That's why Kerr made Thompson the team's number one offensive player, even more shots than Curry, and if Thompson can get his hand back in the playoffs, then it's undoubtedly the best news for the Warriors, because if the Warriors want to win the championship, a healthy Thompson is undoubtedly a necessary condition (ikuet)