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00:00You're gonna have to you're gonna have to talk me into this Warriors cuz I'm worried. No, no, no
00:06I don't know. Well, I guess that's worry, but I've never not felt like I've known I don't know
00:12You didn't know the last two years. No, I had a good
00:16Titles the last two years and they didn't yeah last year hurt, but the year before the punch gate
00:21But anyway, put some respect on my name. Well, I don't like when you have
00:26all these
00:29Areas of opportunity for for for the player that they don't know who they're starting five is I'll take my victory lap for predicted last
00:36Night, that's what I want. But my point is Donnie. That's not good in the West
00:41The West is a bear and you're telling me you got openings
00:45Open we have more openings. We got three like I don't like that
00:48It can all work out but man and Moody and Kaminga and buddy healed have been my stars of the preseason for the Warriors
00:57Well, I
01:01Love our text line I
01:05Like what I'm seeing and here's the what here's the first question I have for warrior fans
01:12And I do I'm giving you grief about you know, you saying we don't know and me saying well last two years
01:19We didn't really know either but I will say this
01:22There's something
01:24refreshing
01:26About the Warriors this year
01:28coming into the season
01:30Because there aren't a lot of expectations
01:33they made the playoffs two years ago, they missed them last year and
01:38They've changed their team a little bit. They got a lot of depth on this team now
01:43I'm not somebody who automatically says that depth is great that depth is great because I don't necessarily think depth
01:51wins you a lot of games which but I
01:54Like what I'm seeing and I like
01:59Mike Dunleavy's approach in the offseason and how would you describe that his approach very
02:08Very
02:10Pragmatic and you know me go goo. I love pragmatism
02:15So, you know, they went after Paul George didn't get him good
02:19They went after Lowry marketing didn't get him I hate yeah, oh and instead they brought in some role players to
02:29make up for the loss of clay Thompson and Chris Paul and
02:33They've got a lot of good players on this team. They've got one superstar and a lot of good players. Mm-hmm. I
02:41Think it's pretty obvious
02:43There I think they're gonna have to make a move at some point
02:48That's where I'm at. That's what like why wouldn't that be a good thing because that means you don't have any continuity
02:55So what players you're trying to build on right now, and I could be wrong
02:58But if you're telling me down the road, we're going to have a heart transplant. That's a big deal
03:04So you what moment can you get there's no make it change?
03:08That's all I could be totally wrong
03:10But I'm hearing that left and right and to your
03:14Seeing I like what I'm hearing and I love clay. I'm watching every Maverick game
03:19I got it taped on the DVR
03:20But Stani there is no doubt when we went out and visited Chase Center and the Warriors on media day that his
03:27Him being gone. I feel like there are no eggshells
03:31I feel like guys can breathe good and clay is a warrior dynamite through and through but at the end of the day
03:37That is going to manifest in something positive
03:40But when you tell me they got 11 of something in 10 or 9 or 8, I don't know if that's good
03:46That that's what I'm the trepidation is you sense it coming from me. What if I tell you that one of the reasons?
03:53done Levy
03:55Assembled the roster like this
03:58was
03:59Because it'll make it possible to make a move at some point this season. I'm just looking at the numbers
04:06all right, just
04:08Count with me curry one
04:11Pudzemski to Wiggins three green for Jackson Davis five healed six Melton seven moody eight
04:18Kyle Anderson nine cominga teen loony 11 Peyton 12
04:23That I get it. So who so you trade three of them. Okay. Got you got your guy
04:31Study even before the addition
04:36They tried the Farhan thing you tried
04:39But man to I guess don't eat up and you're not planting your flag and I can't wait man
04:45We got football chiefs and the Warriors season start but at the end of the day
04:50You do know it takes two to tango. So what you might need at the grocery store
04:55You hope they have it. What if they don't have what you need?
04:58Well, they might not have it right now and they may get it in stock in a month or two. All right. I
05:03Heard Bonte's talking this morning. I agree with him
05:06There's always there's always a guy or two who comes available now if he fits try to go get him if he doesn't fit
05:13move on to the next guy, but I I do think
05:17I'm a big big proponent of
05:20chemistry
05:21Teamwork playing together and I just feel like the Warriors right now a cloud is has been lifted a little bit
05:29I like what I'm seeing Klay Thompson's gone, right and I'm not saying he was a huge problem
05:33But I do think that he impacted last year in ways that maybe we don't fully understand
05:39I was in denial and I think you're correct and
05:42Now they've got they've got legitimate players and my question is is very simple
05:49Are the Warriors better than they were last year last year? They won 46 games and you know what and I'm
05:56This is the way I like to do it and you can say
05:59It doesn't work, but it's too difficult to predict
06:05What the records gonna need to be?
06:09To be the five seed at this point. And so when I look at the last two years, I
06:16Don't look at it as well two years ago
06:19we got you know, we wanted we won around in the playoffs and
06:24Then we lost and then last year we didn't make the playoffs to me
06:28I'm lumping the last two years together and saying it's been a 45 win team the last two years
06:3544 last year
06:38I'm sorry 44 a couple years ago got you to six last year 46 wasn't good enough
06:45So I just look at it as though. All right 45 wins is the baseline or
06:52The the number that they that they've averaged the last two years
06:57Can they be better than a 45 win team this year?
07:00And I think they can I think they can and if they win 48 and they don't make the playoffs
07:06Well, that'll stink
07:08but the the goal first and foremost
07:11I think is to is to win more games than last year
07:14And if you can do that, I think you're gonna have a good chance at making the postseason
07:20Listen I'm not mad at any of that. You got me excited. But at the end of the day, I do know this Donny
07:25The West is incredibly talented say okay, and you got teams like the Warriors that didn't make it that are getting better
07:33I'm looking at the Spurs the Rockets who are on your ass, but listen, I
07:37Can look at you and tell you with everything in my heart that I know Klay Thompson not being here from a behind-the-scenes
07:45Standpoint, you know, it was hard but a guy that can shoot 38 39 percent
07:50Chris Paul coming off the bench who I didn't like his acquisition initially, but Stani
07:55I think those two dudes you to have a OG come off the bench like Chris Paul didn't help
08:02TJD and help cominga like you're going to miss that
08:05So I need to see the show me state
08:08That you can be better than you were in regard to a win total than last year without Klay Thompson
08:13And I know it was a roller coaster for you and some others
08:17but at the end of the day
08:18It was 38 39 percent from deep and now you don't have that and you got three guys somebody shoots it better
08:24And buddy healed well preseason. He's on fire. But you know, those are those are
08:30They're not small potatoes
08:32eight eight eight nine five seven nine five seven zero is the number and
08:38Here's the way I'm looking at it. And this is one of the reasons that I'm
08:41Looking forward to this year and people might not like this, but I'm sick and tired
08:46I was sick and tired of the last two years of
08:49People trying to talk about this team like they were a title
08:53Winning team. I can win it get hot
08:56They win 48 get hot get in the play like I just never thought that was realistic. Okay, that's the way that went
09:03this year it feels like finally we're done with a
09:08Title or bust title or bust and the fact that the expectations of this team are are
09:15uncertain
09:16That's perfect because it sets up the opportunity to exceed expectations