With Dream suspended indefinitely, Kerr took the opportunity to have major surgery on the starters: Wiggins was demoted to the bench, and two youngsters, Kuminga and Podemski, came into the starting line-up.
That didn't help them beat the Clippers, who suffered a three-game losing streak 113-121. Although Thompson rebounded, scoring a season-high 30 points and throwing in eight three-pointers, the Warriors were unable to prevent Harden from breaking out in full swing without George, allowing him to play 28+7+15 stats, 12 free throws, and 4 blocks.
The Warriors who don't chase their dreams are no longer the original Warriors. This is not to say how much the Warriors need his scoring, how much they need his rebounds, how much they need his assists, but if there is no dream in the team, the DNA structure of the original dynasty team will be completely destroyed.
What if you have a dream? In the 15 games he played, the Warriors were only 7-8.
There are dreams, what the warriors have to do is to adjust the details, and there is no dream, what the warriors have to do is to adjust the structure, which is the biggest difference.
But for the Warriors, even if Dream Chasing comes back from suspension, the Warriors may no longer be the same Warriors, and this is the most terrible consequence.
The NBA's indefinite suspension of Dream Chaser does not mean that it will drag on indefinitely and not let him play. "Indefinite" here means that the NBA has not thought about how many games to suspend him, which is equivalent to arresting a suspect in a detention center and announcing the sentence on a later date, and then using the detention period in the detention center to offset part of the sentence.
Dream chased Nurkic, and the severity of the problem did not depend on which part of Nurkic he hit, but on the matter of hitting people with his fists. Looking at this behavior in isolation, it is enough to suspend one or two games, but the NBA does not want to cut this incident from his past behavior, that is, the so-called ex-convict and recidivism.
The NBA should be severely punished because it involves the brand image of the league, just like the Auburn Hills palace fight that year, and the deal is severe, because the damage to the brand image involves the investment and income of all team owners.
Therefore, this time the punishment chasing dreams, the number of suspensions will not be lower than the last time Gobert locked the throat, and it is likely to be much more than 5 games, and the upper limit will reach how many games, refer to Morant.
| Dream Chaser was suspended for a record | ||
| Time | Suspended | main content |
| December 2023 | ? | Punch Nurkic |
| November 2023 | 5 | Lock throat Gobert |
| April 2023 | 1 | Pedaling Sabonis |
| March 2023 | 1 | Accumulate 16 technical fouls |
| November 2018 | 1 | Bump into Durant |
| June 2016 | 1 | Boxing James under the crotch |
Dream Chasing was suspended, and the hardest hit was head coach Cole, because without Dream Chasing, the dynasty system he was good at no longer existed.
After watching the Warriors' ball for so many years, we all know what Dream Chasing means to this team. He's the Warriors' pivot, he's the cornerstone of the Warriors' defense, even though the Warriors are conceding 119.8 points per 100 possessions when Dream is on the floor this season and just 112.1 points when they're not on the floor.
Without chasing dreams, Curry has to take on a lot of organizational offensive tasks at the No. 1 position, and once Curry holds the ball for a long time, it will directly bring the bag and affect his chances of shooting.
Against the Suns, Curry scored 16 points in the first half, but after Dream was fouled in the third quarter, Curry only scored 8 points in the second two quarters. Against the Clippers today, Kerr didn't start Paul, and in this lineup, Curry didn't score until 3:12 left in the first quarter, when the rotation was already in the second group, and he picked up Wiggins' inside pass and hit the first three-pointer. In the end, Curry scored 15 points in the first three quarters and only two points in the fourth quarter.
If Paul is allowed to start, it can reduce the pressure on Curry to organize the offense, but the height of the outside line becomes shorter, and Paul will become the target of the opponent's tactical attack.
After returning to the traditional mode of organizing the attack in the No. 1 position, it is a few young people who have benefited the most.
Kuminga and Podzemski were in the starting line-up, and maybe we'll see Moody in the starting line-up next time. Against the Clippers, the three youngsters combined for 30 points and 17 rebounds, with the exception of Podzemski, who shot too low, with Kuminga and Moody winning by 5 and 4 points, respectively.
It remains to be seen whether Thompson will benefit, after being DNP in the last minute against the Suns, he decided to take the lead against the Clippers Thompson, coming up and scoring two three-pointers in a row, plus eight free throws, allowing the Warriors to start the game 8-0 and finally rebound to score 30 points, but 27 of them came in the first three quarters. In fact, after the loss of Dream's various high-quality hand-to-hand screens and arc top strategies, super off-ball running experts like Thompson and Curry will be greatly affected.
That's why Cole has repeatedly said: we need to chase dreams, and to help him, not punish.
The Warriors' tangled attitude towards chasing dreams is manifested in all aspects, Cole has an ambiguous attitude, and Mr. Deng is noncommittal, but none of the team members dare to stand up to support chasing dreams.
In fact, after Gobert was suspended, Dream had a more in-depth communication with Curry, and Curry's attitude was like this: I can't stop you from doing anything, but you must know that we need you very much. But Dream only listened to the first half of the sentence: They won't ask me not to do anything, just like I won't tell Curry not to shoot.
From hitting Durant to punching Poole, the Warriors have always appeased him because they relied too much on chasing dreams. Later, Durant made a show on the Dream Chase podcast and bluntly said that the reason why he left the Warriors was that the Warriors management was quiet about this incident, and the locker room was indifferent to it.
It is also because he realizes that he is indispensable in the warriors, has a special status, and has made outstanding contributions, so that he will not restrain himself in chasing his dreams, and will touch the red line again and again.
You could say that he cares a lot about the Warriors' results, and that he hates young people because he doesn't make steel, and that the anger he feels all over his body is also a reaction to this impatience. But his lawless behavior is pushing the Warriors dynasty into the abyss.
How many dream chasing stops is just a number, and the dream chasing after chemical castration is no longer the original dream chasing.