Jing Yimo: Curry won't regret this throw

While the Warriors vs. Grizzlies game was going on, I had already begun to conceive a character diagram of "The Legend of Zhen Huan in the Golden State". The idea had nothing to do with Curry's braces, his eviction occurred at the end of the fourth quarter, and the idea of a relationship diagram had already taken shape last night. The news that Miles might be leaving, seemed to touch me more than the dream lunge punching Poole, and the Warriors' premonition of its disintegration had never been stronger and more real.

The connotation of Curry's throw is by no means simple, and expressing dissatisfaction with Poole's brainless choice is only the direct cause of its occurrence, the fuse that ignited the bomb, and there are too many contents that accumulate Curry's emotions to a critical point. The team's record of less than 50% win rate, the ambiguity of the direction of progress, the looming contradictions up and down from the outside perspective, and the concentrated pop-up of various news last night (it was morning for them) all indicate that the dark energy of the internal game is seeking external fire targets. These pieces of content put together may be blinded by the breezy style of play, or by the well-trained expression control in front of the camera, but it really weakens Curry's immunity to tolerate stupidity - can this game be lost? Can you afford to lose?

The team struggled with the tearing edge, and a brief victory could have sewn up some of the wounds that were not in the right place, allowing them to have the strength to finish the long run, leaving the problem to the wisdom of the off-the-job. If the Warriors lose the game because of Poole's outrageous ultra-long three-pointer, maybe he is the pawn who broke the silence or even overturned the table, and it is likely to be followed by a chain reaction. Poole's lore briefly redeems himself, allowing all parties to find an excuse to suppress the fire again, but the conflict will not be resolved by a hug in the players' tunnel. Curry's grievances are not limited to Poole, and Poole has offended far more than Curry, although the two are at the center of the storm, it is almost everyone on the team who is involved in the storm.

If the filming of "The Legend of Zhen Huan in the Golden State" is really started, there are three sets of conflicts in this story:

Bright-line conflict, lineup matching contradiction.

Dark line clash, the choice of team direction.

Essential conflict, confirmation of the main body of the team.

We explain them separately.

The contradiction of the lineup

Why did Cole take Poole, take Looney, and start with five small starters? Will he not know that the three defenders and five small defenses are poor, Looney is easy to use, and these people are well known?

Don't think of the coaching staff so stupidly, of course Cole knows. But this arrangement is not what the fans think, purely for the sake of balancing the team's status. In terms of lineup arrangement, no matter how you choose, there are contradictions:

Both Dream Chase and Looney lack the outside threat, which is a spatial contradiction;

Not only did the guards suffer from alignment and rebounding, but they couldn't defend the top blockers. This is a counterpoint contradiction.

The player who can balance the contradiction is Wiggins, who has both projection and defense, no matter which combination he puts it, he can alleviate the contradiction to a certain extent. But after his comeback, his form was extremely poor, which further intensified the spatial contradiction of the starting lineup, so the coaching staff chose to dismantle Dream and Looney, treating them as two No. 5s to arrange the rotation. The first benefit of this arrangement is that it upgrades the space, and it also protects Looney to a certain extent, bringing his time closer to Cole's usual 20 minutes. The disadvantage is naturally that the opening defensive pressure is huge, either by the impact or the foul explosion.

Wiggins took a break against the Grizzlies, and Kerr still didn't take Looney as a starter, but instead placed Kuminga, who also lacked space value, because he needed a player who matched Morant. From this, it can be seen how important a healthy and well-formed Wiggins is, as the greatest common divisor of the Warriors' space, defense, and size.

So, Cole's arrangement is entirely for the sake of the game itself, and there is no other reason?

Yes. This brings us to the dark line conflict.

Choice of team direction

Wiggins is absent, balance space, defense, size, isn't the perfect plan not to start Curry, DiVincenzo, Towns, Dream, Looney? When the Warriors played against the Grizzlies, DiVincenzo had already proven his worth against the Grizzlies.

Cole did not choose this plan, but insisted on Looney's replacement, which can show the tightness of the inside line. Over the years, Kerr has rarely complained about the lineup configuration, but this season he will say, "worried about Chasing Dreams and Looney's playing time", even indicating that the returning Wiseman will not get the time, with Jaggin ahead of him. Of course, Jagin got the time, more because Wiggins was absent and Kuminga started, resulting in one less rotation spot in the bench frontcourt. In fact, after Cole took apart Dream Chase and Looney, he could have done it without giving other insiders time.

Kerr clearly knows better than anyone how lacking the Warriors are up front, how much pressure is on the inside, and how difficult Wiseman is. If Looney starts with Dreamcatcher, the biggest problem is that unless you beat Looney, you will inevitably need to eat part of the No. 5 rotation time on the third inside, and neither Wiseman nor Jaegelin deserve to play in a game in pursuit of victory. Kerr is hoping for management to move up the depth of the No. 4/5 spot, and the current tight form leaves no room for mistakes, and the Warriors may not be able to survive if Chase Dream and one of Looney suffer a period of injury after the trade deadline.

As for Poole, starting or not is not the most important thing. Importantly, he will eat 30 minutes or so of rotation time steadily, but when Curry and Tangshin are healthy, from a compatibility perspective, his more suitable playing time is within 25 minutes. This time cannot be reduced, it is indeed the result of human feelings, even without the explicit or implied upper hand of the team, Poole's attempt to establish the posture of one of the core of the team seems to have the support or acquiescence of some of the people who have the right to speak in the team.

If Wiseman's problem can be used in DNP to switch from hurting the team to reducing fault tolerance, then Poole's problem becomes the elephant in the room, and even if everyone remains a gentleman after that punching incident, they can't avoid his impact on the formation and salary distribution. He solved some problems and became new ones, like the story of warriors and dragons:

Poole rose to prominence as a backup for the Splash Brothers, providing rest for the two veterans and helping the Warriors win the 22-year championship. As a new variable, he is the one who solves the problem;

But after solving the problem, as a new variable, he broke the original balance, and this variable further expanded itself and became a new problem.

Although Poole fans and Wiggins fans quarrel the most, there is no actual conflict of interest between the two, Wiggins as an indisputable glue, no matter how Poole renews his contract and how he plays, Wiggins is Wiggins. The biggest contradiction with Poole is the three veterans of Kuchai Tang.

Personality determines that compared to Tang Shen, who overlaps more seriously with Poole's positioning, the dream chasing who is more willing to speak on behalf of the older generation will take the lead in attacking. That punch was the climax of the "green tea" conflict, which broke the silence and made the future of chasing dreams confusing. There wasn't enough reason for the Warriors and Dream to leave each other, but it required Dream to secure his position as one of the team's leaders, ensuring his sense of agency as a member of the dynasty, and contributing long-term value beyond the game. Only mutual respect and recognition can truly achieve a win-win situation, and after that punch, the prospect of this win-win development is going down.

Of course, in any case, dreams should not hit people. While this punch puts him passive, it also makes Poole's indulgence more and more unbalanced. The release of the video made Poole gain more sympathy, so reflection became a matter of dreaming about himself.

Flamboyant personality and unrestrained style of play are provocative, easy to win the support of home fans (compared to the domestic shouting of Poole fans, Poole's popularity in the Bay Area is not low), and Poole, who has a big contract, is more unscrupulous. I don't want to say that this is a "mistake", different people have different acceptance of different personalities. In the Warriors, backcourt players have to bear a lot of difficult shots, and without the personality that dares to fight and fight, they are like Moody's "eight poles can't play a fart", which is also difficult to get ahead. Poole is not this character, then he can't play it. The problem is that neither the level nor the qualifications are enough to support Poole's ability to control this personality. This lack of preparation will almost certainly trigger events like today's, and such clashes will not be the last as long as Poole does not converge until one of the levels and seniority is met, as in the case of a punching event.

This shot is a bad choice for anyone, looking at the entire league, no matter how brainless a player plays, he will not shoot such a ball in that position, because the historical top scorer around him, the team boss, Stephen Curry is asking for the ball, even if you are Li Guang, Huang Zhong, Hua Rong, Apollo, Houyi, Sylvanas, you have to give the ball to Curry. I believe that Curry didn't think too much about the moment he lost his braces, with Curry's generosity, he wouldn't care much about his little brother's behavior of crossing the line, his outburst was a concentrated release of accumulated emotions recently, and Poole was just the fuse. However, as long as Curry thinks a little, he should not regret this throw. The team's ambiguous attitude towards the current championship race, as well as the signals revealed by Miles' possible departure, are condensed into four words in Poole's throw:

Too much deception!

After the game, in the players' tunnel, Poole hugged Curry who was waiting for him, the scars seemed to heal in an instant, and the conflict had been blown away with the wind. But before that hug, Poole mimicked Curry's throw, which was also an attitude response.

Poole's three-point throw threw the team's directional conflict in Curry's face;

Curry's braces threw his dissatisfaction with the ambiguous attitude on Rakob's face;

Poole's kill crushed the directional conflict that broke out between Curry and Lacob;

But in the end, Poole's braces were thrown, as if to imply that nothing would fundamentally change.

At the very least, there are some established facts that you have to accept. Poole, he'll always be like this.

Confirmation of the main body of the team

So, what's the root of the problem?

Let me envision a future scenario:

Steve Cole began to regret that decision, although he still didn't understand why Stephen agreed to his suggestion, which made the insomnia the night before the suggestion seem superfluous.

Stephen's ankle injury, like Cole's own back injury, haunts him like a ghost, making him shudder when writing a long-term plan. So, when Stephen returned from injury, Kerr suggested that starting with the bench would not disrupt the chemistry that the team had struggled to rebuild.

Stephen was silent for about 3 seconds and nodded. He didn't question it, which made Cole a little uneasy, but then Stephen showed the warmest smile in the world, which made the two never struggle with this issue again.

After that, until retirement, Curry will play 6 minutes after the first quarter. Just like the silver-haired old fan who always sits in the third row, he will always be seated two minutes after the jumping moment.

Kerr understands that he is nothing special compared to Curry. While recuperating from his back injury, Atkinson strictly implemented the system that Cole had built, which was even more stringent than Cole's own persistence. But in Ralcob Jr.'s office, negotiations on contract extensions are not as fluid as the system is. Cole remembered the agreement before Miles left, somewhere in the league, they left each other not only with memories, but also with the possibility of working together again.

Is that time really reached?

Cole left the office and couldn't help but look back again. Little Rakob sat in his father's chair, Dunlewick lit a cigar for him, and Atkinson kissed his left hand.

So, Cole smiled. Just like the one he said to Curry 3 seconds after the suggestion.