Yeah.

So we're going to learn a lot more about Yaxa Lindenborg over the next few months too and see where his trajectory is at.

By the time Jimmy Butler – comes back, we'll know a lot more about him.

We'll have a lot more data.

From what I can see now, I could definitely see a world where they can share the floor.

I think the biggest...

The biggest aspect that gives me optimism about them as a pair is Yaxel's outside shooting.

He's been fantastic.

But who else kind of falls into that category? Because it seems to me like when you look toward the end of the bench, there's a bunch of either veteran players or unheralded players who are you know, trying to rebuild their careers or at least carve out roles for themselves on this 26, 27 warrior squad.

Well, I can't wait to see Jax Lundeborg out there with Jimmy Butler.

Yeah.

I think that'll be really fun.

I think if this team, if Jax Lundeborg is the real deal like he looks like, and if this team can tread water until Butler and Moody come back, they're going to have a really interesting puncher's chance at a lot of things.

I know it's just been one win, but this team should be 2-2.

I don't think the sky is falling.

Aside from Boozer, who else is making a strong impression?

You might have been more bullish, and I'm now seeing the Danny Emmerman light.

Yeah.

Hey, Boozer, he was getting like Al Horford comps.

Totally.

For the draft.

I see it.

I see it a little bit.

yeah

Understand yourself.

I'm happy to wade into these waters.

Please.

And I totally disagree.

I walked into, so I don't totally disagree because here's, I'll let you in on my thought process here.

They let us have to practice in Hawaii for scrimmages and we usually don't get to see too much of practice, but they let us see 30 minutes, 45 minutes of scrimmaging and who knows how hard they were going before then and and what point of practice it really was.

But Draymond looked a step slow.

Brandon Pajemski, you could view it either way, 1250 or 15 points per game over under.

[laughs] I do too, because it's way more interesting to read Danny Emerman when Steph Curry's on the floor.

Everything's better when Steph Curry's on the floor for everyone involved, uh, including us at The Standard [laughs] including the fans watching this podcast.

Uh, yeah, I, I think that there's a pretty good chance that he plays more than 50 games.

He has shifted a lot of what he's doing behind the scenes training-wise, conditioning-wise, did a lot more underwater conditioning this, this summer, more than he's ever done before.

They're scaling back his workload even in practice, which is kind of a forward-thinking, you know, proactive approach, which hopefully, you know, goes a long way.

And they have, you know, a really good medical staff, performance team that, that factors in all the data and, and they're gonna do everything they can to keep him on the floor.

He's gonna turn 39 years old in March.

But do you think he plays before the NBA trade deadline?

Yeah

... and Ramike on a two-way.

So yeah, they do need him, and it's tough to bank on him just, just given the injuries and illnesses over the past few years, over the course of, of his career.

Um, but yeah, I, I don't think that the team is necessarily hiding anything.

I just think this, what- whatever Porziņģis is dealing with is probably pretty difficult to understand, even for him and, and his, and his doctors.

Um, you know, in the past, he's said that with POTS he, he's figured out a way to manage it and, and change his diet and, and work with treatments and such and, and then, you know, he could still get sick one day and, and call in and not be able to make it to work.

So I think this is a really tricky situation for Porziņģis and, and one that, uh, that requires a certain level of empathy.

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Right.

They do need him.

Without him, their centers are 36-year-old Draymond Green and 40-year-old Al Horford, and then a couple of unproven guys behind them, Charles Bassey, Graham Ike on a two-way.

So, yeah, they do need him, and it's tough to bank on him, just given the injuries and illnesses over the past few years, over the course of his career.

But, yeah, I don't think that the team is necessarily hiding anything.

I just think this, whatever Porzingis is dealing with, is probably pretty difficult to understand even for him and his, and his doctors.

You know, in the past, he said that with POTS, he's figured out a way to manage it and change his diet and work with treatments and such.

But treading water, can that starting five tread enough water to keep them in it until they get some reinforcements?

Yeah

... and Graeme Eke on a two-way.

So yeah, they do need him, and, and it's tough to bank on him just, just given the injuries and illnesses over the past few years, over the course of, of his career.

Um, but yeah, I, I don't think that the team is necessarily hiding anything.

I just think this- What- whatever Porziņģis is dealing with is probably pretty difficult to understand, even for him and, and his, and his doctors.

Um, you know, in the past he's said that with POTS he- he's figured out a way to manage it and, and change his diet and, and work with treatments and such.

And, and then, you know, he could still get sick one day and, and call in and not be able to make it to work.

In the, uh, SF Standard, what was your thoughts, uh, or what are your thoughts on the, uh, Podziemski deal?

Yeah

... and Graeme Eke on a two-way.

So yeah, they do need him, and, and it's tough to bank on him just, just given the injuries and illnesses over the past few years, over the course of, of his career.

Um, but yeah, I, I don't think that the team is necessarily hiding anything.

I just think this- What- whatever Porziņģis is dealing with is probably pretty difficult to understand, even for him and, and his, and his doctors.

Um, you know, in the past he's said that with POTS he- he's figured out a way to manage it and, and change his diet and, and work with treatments and such.

And, and then, you know, he could still get sick one day and, and call in and not be able to make it to work.

In the, uh, SF Standard, what was your thoughts, uh, or what are your thoughts on the, uh, Podziemski deal?

If he's not available, if Porziņģis isn't available, can they realistically use this five-out approach?

Porziņģis is a real skeleton key for the five-out offense.

His ability to space the floor, not only space the floor, but take really deep threes and stretch defenses out that way, is really, really valuable.

But it's not entirely necessary.

They were going to run this with or without Porziņģis, and they're gonna run it with- whether he's in the lineup or not.

I look to the Celtics, you know, they're not trying to be a carbon copy of the Boston Celtics, but the Celtics have had a ton of success running this kind of offense in recent years, and they've done it, you know, especially last year, without a stretch center.

Neemi Kata is not a three-point shooter.

How do you anticipate the guard depth chart kind of shaking out, understanding that Steve Kerr does want a different look for this offense and is, you know, really preaching ball security is paramount to Golden State's success this year?

You were there, what, a week? Maybe nine, 10 days, something like that?

Six days, six nights, one game, five practices.

Yeah, I think the crux of my impressions of the new reimagined five-out system, which everybody is talking about, is that it's probably not as big of an overhaul as people are imagining.

I think that this time of year when there's a lot of talk about basketball and not that much actual basketball being played, people's imaginations can run wild.

The way that I think about the five-out system is that it's kind of a mnemonic device to emphasize spacing.

I think more than anything, that's how they want to start possessions, and it's how they want to train transition, which is an area that they've really struggled in, in, in quite a few years now.

Um, but they're still going to run a lot of the same stuff that they always have.

Would you agree with that?

And maybe Andrew Luck is Stanford's not just current hope, but final hope, Danny.

Yeah, I think the unique challenges facing Stanford might demand a unique person to lead them through it.

And there's nobody like Andrew Luck.

He's a guy who in our conversation is talking about affect versus effect and equanimity and economism.

And everybody knows his story.

He walked away from the game at 29 years old.

And he didn't like intend to run Stanford, but he's really passionate about the program.

there are also executives around the bay area danny and you cover mike dunleavy on a daily basis dunleavy had a 15-year nba career largely as a role player mike greer 14-year nhl career running the san jose sharks these are not superstars and yet they made it to management level they made it to the executive level their cases are also interesting but for different reasons

But I'm extraordinarily skeptical that Steph would ever come to the Warriors and say, hey, I want to go elsewhere unless it was like age 42 and he wants to finish his career in Charlotte for whatever reason.

Yeah, who knows how long Steph wants to play.

I think that's a big factor.

Who knows how his body is going to hold up.

He's broken down the end of the past two seasons.

I think that's important to note, not in the context of do the Warriors want him to stay.

Of course they want him to stay, but it's just important to think about and consider when thinking about how long he's going to play and where he might want to end.

And I don't know if that's a function of age, a function of the fact that the Warriors are farther removed from a title than they've been in the last... 10, 15 years, but it's just the quality of basketball, the idea that I'm going to see something special, distinct, and unique on any given night, that's disappeared for me.

So they're slowly being phased a little bit out, but Steph Curry's still Steph Curry, so how do you look at that?

I think that's all true.

They have the sixth most games on national TV, tied with Denver at 28.

Last year, they had 34, which was tied for the most.

So I do think paring them back, um, from first to sixth is noteworthy.

I think it's a sign of the times.

I think it represents, like, the reality that the Warriors are in.

W- for, uh, just the first year, what do you expect him to be for the Warriors?

So how do you look at that?

I think that's all true.

They have the sixth most games o- on national TV, tied with Denver at 28.

Last year, they had 34, which was tied for the most.

So I do think paring them back, um, from first to sixth is noteworthy.

I think it's a sign of the times.

I think it represents, like, the reality that the Warriors are in.

W- for, uh, just the first year, what do you expect him to be for the Warriors?

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was uh i was on the east coast actually at home when it went down and all my my family my friends are asking me about it um i was pretty shocked like i'm sure a lot of people in boston were and personally like from a personal standpoint i grew up loving watching jalen brown i was You know, a huge fan.

I have a personal like affinity for flawed players.

Like I love watching players who struggle at certain things in their game and they work on it and get better.

And Jalen really epitomized that on the court.

I really respected and admired what he did off the court for the community and losing a player and a person like that.

is difficult, especially a few years after losing Mookie Betts.

But as we discussed earlier, it's going to be tough for this team, even if everything goes right.

How do you feel they've managed their off-season to date? What do you think of general manager Mike Dunleavy's approach to this point, understanding that LeBron chose not to sign with Golden State?

[lip smack] I think it's, it's been a difficult summer for the Warriors.

I think they put, um, a lot of eggs in the LeBron James basket.

I think that was, you know, plan A for sure, was signing LeBron and, and hoping LeBron chooses them.

Plan B, I guess we'll see.

You know, that's to be determined, but as of right now, if the team is, is gonna stay pretty content and work on the margins, um, in a post-LeBron universe, I think it's fair to criticize the front office, you know, and, and not going all in to upgrade the roster around Steph Curry.

You know, they're gonna do a lot of the same things that we've seen the past couple years.

But what does the off-season agenda and checklist look like now on Friday, July 24th for Mike Dunleavy and company in that front office?

But is that something that you saw, and do you think that he's made an adaptive step after seeing how the last couple of seasons have gone?

I think he makes subtle tweaks here and there.

Um, and that's pretty, pretty similar to every other coach in the league.

You know, every coach wants to play, uh, a style that reflects their roster, and Steve has always done that.

You know, playing, um, you know, point five basketball, read and react basketball is Steve's preferred style, but it's also the style that makes Steph the best Um, it, it works the best to have Steph play on and off the ball and to have him run off screens and relocating.

So I don't think that's gonna change.

They're gonna run a ton of split action because it works.

Yeah

And whether or not that's accurate, uh, that's up for a great, great debate, but is that something that you saw? And do you think that he's made an adaptive step after seeing how the last couple of seasons have gone?

I think he makes subtle tweaks here and there.

Um, and that's pretty, pretty similar to every other coach in the league.

You know, every coach wants to play, uh, a style that reflects their roster, and Steve has always done that.

You know, playing, um, you know, point five basketball, read and react basketball is Steve's preferred style, but it's also the style that makes Steph the best.

Um, it, it works the best to have Steph play on and off the ball and to have him run off screens and relocating.

So I don't think that's gonna change.

Yeah

What did you gain from your experience in watching Lindenborg play with the Warriors Summer League team for the first time?

Well, he's just about as advertised right now.

At least that's what it looked like in Summer League.

And I do want to do the requisite disclaimer.

It is just Summer League.

Last year in Summer League, probably the two best players I saw were Scottie Pippen Jr., and yam hansen and hansen barely played this year scotty pippen jr is like a good player but like seventh eighth man it's a strange competitive environment and yeah linda borg already being 23 years old he kind of should dominate summer league he's still older than most of the other guys on the court that he's competing against So he should be doing what he did.

You know, he was one of the best players I saw in summer league in Vegas.

how different

Uh, what else are you seeing, anything that impresses you outside of the obvious, like, he can score some?

Yeah, I think the shot is definitely a revelation.

Um, who knows if it's real? Obviously he's not gonna shoot 62% from three at the NBA level.

Nobody is.

Um, but the shot looks real.

It looks, um, you know, off the catch, off the dribble.

He looks confident.

'Cause he's a goner.

Uh, what else are you seeing? Anything that impresses you outside of the obvious, like, he can score some?

Yeah, I think the shot is definitely a revelation.

Um, who knows if it's real? Obviously, he's not gonna shoot 62% from three at the NBA level.

Nobody is.

Um, but the shot looks real.

It looks, um, you know, off the catch, off the dribble.

He looks confident.

'Cause he's a goner.

Danny, do the Warriors need to trade for Anthony Davis to acquire LeBron James, or do you see a scenario playing out where they can get LeBron without making that trade?

Uh, as it pertains to Anthony Davis, I think that, that, that noise is pretty agent driven right now.

A source told me that the Warriors have not had any conversations with the Wizards about Anthony Davis.

Um, so I think it's possible that that kind of deal eventually could, you know, pick up steam and come to fruition.

But I think we might have jumped the shark a little bit there.

Um, there's a lot of agent negotiations, backroom dealings, motivation, motivational tactics, leverage plays that go on around this time of year, and I think this is an example of that.

Rich Paul represents LeBron, Draymond, Anthony Davis.

Dr- uh, I mean, like, and the Warriors would think, "Hey, man, we're gonna make a run at a championship." Give me the LeBron does come to the Warriors, like, best case scenario here.

Danny, do the Warriors need to trade for Anthony Davis to acquire LeBron James, or do you see a scenario playing out where they can get LeBron without making that

trade? As it pertains to Anthony Davis, I think that that noise is pretty agent-driven right now.

A source told me that the Warriors have not had any conversations with the Wizards about Anthony Davis.

So I think it's possible that that kind of deal eventually could pick up steam and come to fruition.

But I think we might have jumped the shark a little bit there.

There's a lot of agent negotiations, backroom dealings, motivation, motivational tactics, leverage plays that go on around this time of year.

And I think this is an example of that.

And the Warriors would think, hey man, we're going to make a run at a championship? Give me the LeBron does come to the Warriors best case scenario here.

Danny, do the Warriors need to trade for Anthony Davis to acquire LeBron James, or do you see a scenario playing out where they can get LeBron without making that trade?

Uh, as it pertains to Anthony Davis, I think that, that that noise is pretty agent driven right now.

A source told me that the Warriors have not had any conversations with the Wizards about Anthony Davis.

Um, so I think it's possible that that kind of deal eventually could, you know, pick up steam and come to fruition, but I think we might have jumped the shark a little bit there.

Um, there's a lot of agent negotiations, backroom dealings, motivation, motivational tactics, leverage plays that go on around this time of year, and I think this is an example of that.

Rich Paul represents LeBron, Draymond, Anthony Davis.

He wants what's best for all of them, and I think one of the ways to do that...

And the Warriors would think, "Hey, man, we're gonna make a run at a championship." Give me the LeBron does come to the Warriors, like, best-case scenario here.