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Marcus Thompson

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The Athletic NBA Daily
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I mean, I think it starts and stops with Steph. Like, he's such a high-variance player, right? This thing can go as skyrocket as you want it to go with Steph. You know what I'm saying? Like, he could take you to the moon. But also, I just think people forget this. Like, it matters to be 6'3". Like, people can do things against you. They can trap you. They can W you. You can get them.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

I mean, I think it starts and stops with Steph. Like, he's such a high-variance player, right? This thing can go as skyrocket as you want it to go with Steph. You know what I'm saying? Like, he could take you to the moon. But also, I just think people forget this. Like, it matters to be 6'3". Like, people can do things against you. They can trap you. They can W you. You can get them.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

You can speed them up a bit. Like, this has always been a thing. He's gotten so much better at dealing with it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

You can speed them up a bit. Like, this has always been a thing. He's gotten so much better at dealing with it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

You can speed them up a bit. Like, this has always been a thing. He's gotten so much better at dealing with it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

foot three when your best player is six foot three like it there's some things you can do against it so I do think the nature of their offense which requires so much movement and so much passing which all is just more opportunity to turn the ball over right all more opportunity to swing swing to an open shot that a lot of dudes just don't make regularly.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

foot three when your best player is six foot three like it there's some things you can do against it so I do think the nature of their offense which requires so much movement and so much passing which all is just more opportunity to turn the ball over right all more opportunity to swing swing to an open shot that a lot of dudes just don't make regularly.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

foot three when your best player is six foot three like it there's some things you can do against it so I do think the nature of their offense which requires so much movement and so much passing which all is just more opportunity to turn the ball over right all more opportunity to swing swing to an open shot that a lot of dudes just don't make regularly.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

Like that's just, I mean, bottom line, the best shooters in the world shoot 40%, which means they're missing six out of 10. So that type of offense, I remember coming up, Dave, I'm telling you, man, our AAU coach used to preach into us, high percentage shot, high percentage shot. Like the Warriors just simply do not believe in high percentage shots.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

Like that's just, I mean, bottom line, the best shooters in the world shoot 40%, which means they're missing six out of 10. So that type of offense, I remember coming up, Dave, I'm telling you, man, our AAU coach used to preach into us, high percentage shot, high percentage shot. Like the Warriors just simply do not believe in high percentage shots.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

Like that's just, I mean, bottom line, the best shooters in the world shoot 40%, which means they're missing six out of 10. So that type of offense, I remember coming up, Dave, I'm telling you, man, our AAU coach used to preach into us, high percentage shot, high percentage shot. Like the Warriors just simply do not believe in high percentage shots.

The Athletic NBA Daily
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They believe in the shots they've been hitting in practice, which by every definition is a low percentage shot, but they always feel like it's a high percentage shot. Drive me crazy. He did it tonight. Fast break. GP to Butler kicks it out for a Quinn post three. Like you don't do that, but that's their style of play. And it leads to these like cold spells and, and high various kinds of runs.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

They believe in the shots they've been hitting in practice, which by every definition is a low percentage shot, but they always feel like it's a high percentage shot. Drive me crazy. He did it tonight. Fast break. GP to Butler kicks it out for a Quinn post three. Like you don't do that, but that's their style of play. And it leads to these like cold spells and, and high various kinds of runs.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

They believe in the shots they've been hitting in practice, which by every definition is a low percentage shot, but they always feel like it's a high percentage shot. Drive me crazy. He did it tonight. Fast break. GP to Butler kicks it out for a Quinn post three. Like you don't do that, but that's their style of play. And it leads to these like cold spells and, and high various kinds of runs.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

It's weird because the very reason, like, Jonathan Kaminga has been exiled – It doesn't stop it from happening. They're still below assignments. They still are out of place. They still are like Jimmy and Draymond spent the entire game yelling at Buddy Heald and Glenn Post for not being in position or...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

It's weird because the very reason, like, Jonathan Kaminga has been exiled – It doesn't stop it from happening. They're still below assignments. They still are out of place. They still are like Jimmy and Draymond spent the entire game yelling at Buddy Heald and Glenn Post for not being in position or...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Gritty Warriors win play-in + Orlando moves on

It's weird because the very reason, like, Jonathan Kaminga has been exiled – It doesn't stop it from happening. They're still below assignments. They still are out of place. They still are like Jimmy and Draymond spent the entire game yelling at Buddy Heald and Glenn Post for not being in position or...