The Warriors officially said goodbye to the season after losing to the Kings in the playoffs. As a team with such a high level of popularity, the premature end of the season did make many fans reluctant, and the Warriors team was also unwilling. Cole seems to be self-searching when he talks about the play-off matchup.
Kerr admits you can see how messy we were last night, and I think we need some bigger players, more athletic players.
In fact, it is indeed unexpected for many fans to be able to say these words from Cole's mouth. Because the strategy that Kerr has been adhering to in the past few years has been to use a small lineup, especially on the court, he likes to use a back three. As a result, the Warriors have been among the lowest in the league in terms of overall height in recent years. He doesn't have a lot of athleticism on the field and doesn't have a good defensive effect. Including their overall height at the center position, they have always been on the short side, and it has been many years since they have seen a center over 210cm appear on the Warriors lineup.
Cole's words were actually a confession. He also began to realize that he had made mistakes in his decision-making in the past two years. So next season, the Warriors may make personnel reinforcements, and the focus of personnel reinforcements may be to add some tall players. For example, the tall players in the back line and in the center position. Especially on the inside, they have to bring in a center forward who is more than 210cm, so that their interior line does not become a target for other teams.
Maybe many veteran Warriors fans still remember the Warriors' 15-championship and 16-year-old lineup. The reason why the Warriors were so strong back then was because they had a tall center on the inside. At that time, Bogut was very dominant on the inside, and he could form a very strong deterrent to opponents when he went to the basket. And he can also create very solid cover for Curry. But in recent years, the Warriors have lacked a center as tall as Bogut.
As Curry and Thompson get older, Kerr's pass-and-cut system is gradually unable to play, so maybe Kerr will change his philosophy next season, play some traditional blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, and play some Curry's ball-handling offense, and then need to slow down the tempo. You need a tall center on the inside. It's time for the Warriors to bring their overall rhythm back to 15 years ago. Back in the time of Mark Jackson, the Warriors were slow-paced, and Curry didn't have that much running. But they also had a very good record that year. Kerr's arrival did bring a new system to the team, and it was a success. But this system only works when Curry and Thompson are still in their prime. I wonder what the fans think?