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00:00Got to start. Jonathan Kaminga was on the court yesterday, no contact, and Steve Kerr talked about
00:07use the phrase a week or two for Jonathan Kaminga. So, by the way, Warrior fans,
00:15you can save your ire. I'm not the one hating. I'm not the one saying it can't happen
00:22or it's not going to work. Steve Kerr, the coach of the Warriors, was asked about
00:28Kaminga playing with the newly acquired Jimmy Butler.
00:35And he didn't say, I have no concerns. I'm not worried about that. Steve Kerr gave a detailed
00:42answer about Kaminga playing alongside Jimmy Butler and how good they can be together.
00:51I think the obvious question is the spacing because neither one of them is a five. We're
01:00really looking at them as a three and a four. And so, can we space the floor well enough with the
01:09two of them on the court together? We should be able to defend at a high level. It'd be great to
01:18have that kind of size and athleticism on the wings. There's a lot to like. And then, we just
01:26have to sort through the offensive execution. Can we put a group around them that makes sense,
01:37that we can rely on a two-way offense and defense dynamic? And that remains to be seen.
01:45Yeah. So, they're going to have to figure that out. Doesn't mean they can't. But clearly,
01:52Warriors fans, stop living in dream world. Cut it out. Grow up. Dream world is, I'm not saying
02:01it's not going to work. When are you going to get a heart? I'm talking about how are they going to
02:05reincorporate Kaminga. And Steve Kerr's telling you, here are the challenges we may have with
02:13Kaminga and with Butler. We may have a spacing issue. We are going to have to look at that.
02:20Yeah, but Stoddy, I'll just say this. And I love the honesty. We have to put the right guys around
02:26them so that we can be a two-way team. I'm just telling you what Steve Kerr's talking about.
02:33But Stoddy, we've seen the last two to three months, Curry doubled and triple teamed on
02:37the perimeter. Now you got J.K. and you feel like now with that attention to Steph's getting,
02:45you give him Jonathan Kaminga the ball, 50% of the time he's going to go the hole, get fouled,
02:51and bam, not only is Butler going to the line, you got your young Phenom going to the line.
02:55So, you think it's going to be great? No, I want it to be great.
02:59I want it to be great too. But the head coach is saying we got to figure it out first. And
03:06we may have a spacing issue. So, I'll have to deal with that. You know, we may have to put
03:11certain groups around them so that we remain a good enough defensive team and offensive team.
03:16But ain't Kerr we trust, right? Okay. Well, not everybody. There are a lot of people out there
03:21that aren't. And that's why I keep echoing or hammering home, it's going to reveal itself,
03:28regardless of what we say. The basketball part of this is going to let us know if they've kind of
03:35got off to a good start, if it's slow, or has he got to go back to the Rubik's cubes. Donnie,
03:40you're getting crafty and creative to put run lineups out there that actually fit and work
03:45and are cohesive. Yeah. So, take it up with Kerr, people. I'm just bringing you the sound
03:51and commenting on it. Well, nobody's killing you. Oh, yeah. There are. But I'm keeping it
03:55under my hat. Let's get some calls in here. Let's go to Mike in Santa Clara. Hey, Mike,
04:00what's going on, buddy? Mike in Santa Clara. What's up, baby? What's up, man?
04:07Yeah. Hey, what's up, guys? You know, prior to the break, you know, there was a lot of
04:14major points I wanted to hit on, and guys, you were hitting on it. I think one of the
04:17major points is, and not saying the words, but how you were saying it, it's going to really
04:23come down to trial and error, especially with Kaminga coming back after two months.
04:29We don't even know what kind of, you know, what kind of physical health he's going to be in. I
04:35mean, chances are Kerr is going to probably start him out slow. He's going to probably maybe have
04:40him coming off the bench initially. And who knows? Maybe there is the chance that he goes into the
04:44starting lineup. But again, it comes down to, like you guys were saying, trial and error.
04:48The challenge that I see with it is, and Saini Gu, you even said it, there's only 27 games left.
04:55How can we act? I mean, this is really coming down. I think a lot of the pressure, and if not
05:00all the pressure, is going to be on Kerr. How is he going to work with this? How is he going to
05:05actually make this relevant in that time span to also make sure that we're still going to be
05:10competitive to make sure that we actually make a playoff run? And even into, I mean, in this case,
05:16just into the play-in game. I mean, who knows? The other thing I wanted to state, guys,
05:22and props to Kaminga for actually just not really saying anything. He's been very quiet about all of
05:30this. I really want to know what he has to say, and maybe I missed something, but I haven't heard
05:34anything regarding if they were talking to Kaminga just from reporting of like, how does he feel
05:39about all this? What is his insight into this? And again, and I also agree, guys, he is maybe
05:47just a half-court player. And you're right, Saini, I have not really seen him, let's say,
05:52get a rebound and take the ball down the court. So I do see him just as a half-court player.
05:57And so the spacing is a concern. But again, it really is going to come down to what is Kerr
06:01going to do. And he better think quick because we are running out of time, guys.
06:05Appreciate it, Mike. Yeah, that's all I'm saying. I mean, Steve Kerr said we have to sort through.
06:12And Tom just said, you know, it's going to be some trial and error. So Tom says trial and error.
06:19Kerr says, you know, there's things we got to sort through. I'm just saying, they're trying to make
06:26a push and they're going to have some challenges ahead. And here's the other thing. It sounds to
06:32me like a lot of Warrior fans are just saying, well, just put Kaminga back in there. Kaminga,
06:37Curry, Kaminga, Curry, Butler, Green, let's roll. Well, why isn't Steve Kerr? Why doesn't Steve
06:46Kerr just say that? Yeah, well, that's the team. We're going to roll with it. Because it's like
06:49poker. You don't want to, you know, tip your hand. But I'm excited on this front. You tell me if I'm
06:54reaching here. Bad defense, Donnie. Could I make a case that and Kerr would want this because I
07:01would want it as a coach. Forget Jimmy, Steph and Dre and Jonathan Kaminga. The most pressure is on
07:06Kerr to make this work because he's going to catch hell if they don't win. And then we got the Monday
07:12morning quarterbacks and I'm one of them. Why didn't Stani in? Why wouldn't Evan in? And then
07:16on the flip side, why do I feel like in a crazy way? You tell me this is where I'm going. Could
07:23Kaminga, these 27 games in the rest of the season, could it be planned for his future? I want to say
07:30that because I feel it. But I believe Joe Lakup loves him so Stani that it trumps even if he
07:35didn't fit or they didn't fit and they go to the playoffs and lose. Kaminga is going to get his
07:42chicken here and be part of the future. I have no idea and I don't think the Warriors know right now
07:48either. I don't think they know what they're going to do with Kaminga. Like if I'm Jimmy Butler
07:54is polished and I know I'm in the new stomping ground. I know what time it is and what Kaminga
07:59is playing for. Nothing trumps winning and us. But the bottom line is I got to believe in OG like
08:06Jimmy Butler and even Steph for that matter, Stani and Draymond. We talked about they said the words
08:12basically giving Kaminga the keys. But Butler can I don't want to say feature him that's too strong
08:17and they have the margin of error stand. But you know, you could put a guy in a good light
08:23and look for him just knowing that, you know, he's been off the court and you kind of want to
08:28get him going. I all I'm my only point in bringing all this up and I didn't know some
08:36Warrior fans couldn't handle it. Seriously, I didn't. I didn't. This is a good problem for me.
08:43I can't wait. And maybe starting no starting. We get them back and we need them. Maybe maybe
08:48Steve Kerr has all the confidence in the world and he's slow playing it. But again, I just we've all
08:56seen Steve Kerr operate and he was asked about the two and he all he said was here. We're going
09:03to we're going to have to we're going to have to figure some stuff out. There's no doubt. I mean,
09:06if we play those two guys, we got to we got to address a spacing issue. And what's the beauty
09:11about Kerr? How many times have you Evan and I left this station and then we get to where we're
09:17going. We're home in about an hour or two hours. The starting lineup comes out from the Warriors
09:22because somebody's out or somebody's injured. How many times, Stiney, I've been perplexed,
09:28not saying it was wrong that Moody got the start or like he'll he'll he'll surprise you is what
09:35I'm saying. Kerr? Yes. I mean, like, oh, but he's in there like you never know is what I'm saying.
09:41So if he's off the bench, I get it. If he's in there, I get it. 415, Stiney, do you think J.K.
09:47coming back will help or hurt the team? It's not going to hurt the team. And that's all I
09:52guess. Can't hurt the team. It can't hurt the team unless he's terrible and Steve Kerr plays
09:57him 40 minutes a night, so he's not going to hurt the team. I don't know how much he's going to help.
10:03I don't know. I don't know what his role is going to be, but I have no idea if he's right. He could
10:08in this. Well, I don't know unless I don't know what right looks like with this team. I don't know.
10:16I don't know. Is it is does right mean coming is the leading score and the other two guys take a
10:21back seat? Is Kameka then the third guy, the wild card? Is he is he the is he the number one
10:28in certain situations when he's not playing with one or two of the guys?
10:31But that sounds like options. And I think options are always a good thing.
10:35Right. But they got to figure it out. And like if they start figuring this out,
10:39but they're not winning while they're trying to figure it out,
10:43then we got it. You know, then then they might not climb in the standings.
10:48Markson, San Leandro. Hey, Mark, what's going on, man?
10:54Hey, fellas, what's going on? Hey, hey.
10:58Hey, well, this is the point I want to make now. You got to remember, man,
11:03we didn't get Jimmy for the first three quarters. We got Jimmy for the fourth quarter.
11:08OK, when the game's in crunch time. So the other three quarters, you got to let it cook.
11:15You really do. And as far as the spacing issue, the spacing issue that Kurt is talking about
11:20is what the nine minutes. So if Buddy can hit two out of five shots while he's on the floor
11:28with step eight on the floor, then we're not going to have problems with space.
11:33But if you can't, then that's what it becomes an issue.
11:37OK, you got to remember, Jimmy can play well with others. I agree with that.
11:47God, Martin. OK, you know, remember, this is the same Jimmy Butler that took the third string
11:54into practice in Minnesota. And look, Andrew Wiggins and Carl Anthony Townsend, the rest of
12:01the ones, three straight games in practice and let the whole world know about it to the point
12:07they got him up out of there. Yeah. Hey, listen, Mark, I'm not worried about Jimmy Butler
12:14playing with anybody on the team. I'm worried about all the other guys playing with Butler
12:20and Curry and Draymond, because those are your three best players and two of them aren't three
12:27point shooters. And in this day and age of the NBA, you've got to you've got to address that.
12:34And. I don't know, do they have enough shooters? Let's go to Mystic in San Francisco. What's up,
12:41Mystic? How are you doing? Oh, man, I'm having a great day and I'm so excited that the Warriors
12:46are back and I can't wait for my guy coming to come back. Hey, look, I was listening to Steve
12:51Kerr and I think that you guys are that Stiney, you, you, Stiney, I think that you are oversimplifying
12:58and then also overthinking simultaneously because Andrew Wiggins was here and he had to play because
13:05he was the highest rated one on one defender we had on the wing. Matter of fact, highest on the
13:10team. He swapped him out for Jimmy Butler. They got the same defensive rating, 114. But the problem
13:15is Butler's 35. So when you're playing Booker and Kevin Durant, when you're playing Luca and
13:21LeBron, you're going to need coming on the floor whose defensive rating, by the way,
13:25second highest on the team at 112. This demands that he's going to play. So that part is easy.
13:32The part where people are getting confused is, well, how's the spacing going to work? One,
13:37I mean, there's a better catching shoot three pointer than you think he's at 40%
13:42catching shoot. But number two, the thing you have to sort out with
13:47Steve Kerr is going to have to sort is his personal feelings and allegiance for Draymond
13:51Green. Because if you put shooters around him with coming and Butler, I'll take that over any,
13:57any other lineup we have. And also Butler handling the ball at the top of the key with coming to
14:04slashing off or catching a shoot surrounded by post and curry and healed and moody, man, we got
14:10action, Stiney. We got action. The only thing that's going to hurt is this Steve Kerr going
14:16to look at Draymond and say, Draymond, I need less playing time from you tonight.
14:21That's the key to the fourth quarter. It sounds like you agree. Like Steve Kerr's got a lot to
14:27sort through his personal allegiance to Draymond is the only issue. Okay. All right. Well, that's
14:35a big one. Well, we've seen that allegiance, you know, be tested in the finals when he had
14:42Drake come off the bench, standing for the betterment of the team. I know it's a couple
14:46of years ago, but I'm just saying I love mystic. I'm excited as he is, but I don't think he's as
14:51strong as mystics making it out to be, but I don't see how can you be undersized and Dre is your Joe
14:56Frazier fighting bigs and he gives you all the intangibles. I just don't see a situation where
15:03Dre is not his minutes are reduced. I can't see a situation where Draymond Green isn't playing
15:10the games at its most important spots. And I know mystic wasn't saying that,
15:14or was he a little bit like that might take a hit. No, that's not on my car mystic.
15:19Yeah, no, I, I mean, I am man excited. Like they're, they got to do so much with so little time
15:28and yet still win the game. That's the bear and all this shout out cow.
15:34And they've got to continue to integrate maybe two of the most important offensive players,
15:40Jimmy Butler and Jonathan Kaminga. They've got, they've never played together,
15:45but I'll say this about them. They've never played together. Yeah. Once 22,
15:52but you also have to make a championship run simultaneously. Okay. I've been saving this for
15:57you. Good luck, Steve Kerr. And I'm dead serious. I've been saying he's clearly concerned. We heard
16:02that in his voice. Go ahead. Well, that might be a bit strong. Yeah. We have a spacing issue. We
16:09got to, we got to address. Well, you always fought me, uh, Ali Frazier about Steph not getting calls.
16:15And I just feel like since Jimmy Butler's the, since he's been here,
16:20Steph's getting a different whistle. I have nothing to back. I just feel it. But what can
16:25we say about Kaminga's game, Stiney? He can get to the free throw line. Now, if you want to say,
16:30oh, guru, is he going to make him? That's another story. But my point is you're adding a guy that
16:35can attack the rim downhill with the best of them, at least on your team in the league.
16:41I could, you imagine him being able to do what he does and get to the charity stripe.
16:46Butler's mastered it. And then a Steph, uh, is doing what he's doing, man. That's just,
16:51that's going to be hard for opposing defenses, man. In on paper. Yeah, I got on paper. Uh,
16:59let's go to Tom in Concord. Hey Tom, how you doing, man?
17:04Hey, doing good. Thanks for taking my call guys. Um, so yeah, I just wanted to comment on the
17:08Kaminga thing. You know, I'm definitely one of the guys that's, you know, delusional and
17:13optimistic about the season and the Warriors. Um, I'm just kind of a fan like that, but you know,
17:17everything you're saying about him coming back and us having to go through the turbulence and
17:22figuring things out with Jimmy, I definitely think that's valid. Um, I think that's just
17:25inevitable when you have, when you add an impactful guy like Jimmy to your roster. Um,
17:30but one thing you guys are overlooking, I think a little bit, it's just like one of the bright
17:34sides of all this. And it's that, um, you know, I think Jimmy, he's arguably one of the best
17:40people on the planet to be Jimmy. I mean, uh, coming as a mentor, you know, coming as, you
17:45know, I think the best way to describe him, he's a slasher and I think Jimmy Butler, he's just going
17:50to really teach them different things. Cause he has such a meticulous play style. I think,
17:54you know, the Warriors never really had a slasher like Kaminga since before Kaminga.
17:58And, you know, I think hopefully by the end of the season, he's going to teach him how to get
18:01to the line, use his body, slow down the game, you know, do things in the gym. That's going to
18:06help those things. And I think at the very least by next season, I think Kaminga is going to be
18:10one of our best players and he's going to really take that next step at the age that he's at with,
18:14you know, it's his fourth year. And I feel really good about it. Hopefully by the playoffs,
18:18he's going to be able to unlock that and, and carry us to a good run.
18:22I appreciate it, Tom. I mean, there's a guy who's completely optimistic and I agree with
18:28his two main points. The one was, you know, to integrate Kaminga and Butler,
18:34you know, it's inevitable that there's going to be an adjustment. So like, like if you're out
18:39there saying no duh, Stiney, there is going to have to be adjustment. I'm just saying, okay,
18:44well you need to figure out that adjustment as you're trying to go 20 and seven. That's the
18:49scary part of it. The other thing is, as far as Butler goes, I mean, to my way of thinking,
18:56like Butler can play with anybody, but Kerr clearly doesn't believe Kaminga can. I think,
19:06I think we've seen that. And I feel like that's valid, Stiney. Like that's fair as all doors.
19:12And I think we've seen it. I will say this to you. I don't want to call it skepticism,
19:17but Stiney, I've never been in the NBA and I think you haven't either, but you know,
19:24this wasn't a fractured finger for Kaminga. This was a serious, whatever ankle sprain. And what
19:31I'm saying is when he comes back, I feel like we expect him to be a superhero and not have the
19:37mental game of, am I all the way back? So I am concerned just from a physical standpoint. Yeah,
19:43he's cleared and he's ready to go, but Stiney, you know, it's going to take him some time
19:47and I've assumed, and maybe I'm wrong. And it feels like a lot of other warrior fans are just
19:52like when he touches back down on that court, it'll be the exact same in regard to confidence
19:57when he was off of it before he got hurt and injuries, you know, sometimes you overcompensate,
20:03you don't trust stuff. And hopefully we don't see that, but Stiney, my man's been out a while.
20:08So that was a severe ankle sprain. I mean, he's going to probably play 15 minutes when he starts
20:13to come back because they're going to want to slow play it. And then they don't move up to 20.
20:19And how many games will be left in? Well, how many have we won, you know? And, and depending
20:25how he's playing, when he comes back in the 15 minutes, that's going to determine if he gets 20,
20:3125, 30, or more. Ah, 5-1-0. That's my area on the, what's he got? Text line. Stiney,
20:40let's put the rat on the table. Let's put the rat on the table. Will Jonathan Kaminga be in
20:47the finishing lineups at the end of games? I'm going, I can't speak to that. I'm going not JETS,
20:53J E T S. I'm going Y E S. I don't know. That's my answer. I don't know. Yeah. Evan,
21:00what's your answer to that? Will he be finished? You have to have him. If this team is going to be
21:06its best version, I feel like it's at some point he's got to be in the closing. Well said, man.
21:11They got to figure out how to make that work. That, that, my man is on fire. Yeah. I didn't say
21:15it. I mean, again, I like what you're saying. At some point, Kaminga is going to have to be
21:20in the lineup late in the game if you believe it at all. If it went bad or he wasn't playing well,
21:24Stiney, he, he's not. You know what I mean? What if we find out that someone like Moody,
21:29who shoots it a little bit better from three point range, is actually a better compliment
21:34for Draymond and Jimmy. Well, then I think that would hurt Kaminga's future. That's something,
21:41Evan, that if I said, people would say you're such a hater, Stiney. No, because it's Moody
21:46and they like Moody. But if you said that Buddy Heald should be in the finishing lineup,
21:50that's true. Then you're in trouble. Yeah. I mean, like.