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00:00Sports, man.
00:01And together, they are Stiney and Guru on 95-7 the game.
00:08Warriors win, 120-97 over the Atlanta Hawks.
00:14I'll tell you what, that team we're in the English Premier League, they may be relegated.
00:21Now what's that mean?
00:22It means, Evan, it means when they kick you out of the league and bring in three teams
00:30that are a minor league team or lesser level team.
00:34And I resigned.
00:35I don't know if you got the memo.
00:36I am out of the Trae Young fan club.
00:39I'm out.
00:40Was he on shrooms?
00:42What was that last night, Stiney?
00:44That was warrior defense in that tale.
00:47The Warriors D is just, it's refreshing.
00:51But my God, Atlanta, that was a stink bomb.
00:54Yeah, that's a game where...
00:56Quinn Snyder with red glasses, take them off.
01:01Get the Van Gundys, what are you doing?
01:03Just put black glasses on.
01:05Coach your team.
01:06Or brown.
01:07Stiney, they had nothing from the outset.
01:10Well, the only thing you can take out of that game if you're a Warrior fan is they won it.
01:16I wouldn't sink any more effort into what happened because the Hawks had won a couple
01:22games on a trip, God knows how, and they were just...
01:29You know what?
01:30It's another game where you look at it and you're like, that's not a good product from
01:36that one team.
01:37Yeah, no doubt.
01:38But...
01:39Go ahead.
01:40No, I just...
01:41Hey, they took care of business.
01:44That's what good teams do against teams that aren't ready to play or aren't together or
01:48don't have chemistry or aren't motivated.
01:51And I think that that's one of the reasons, and just to get back to this 12-man rotation
01:55that they're going to try to play, I still believe it's going to work in the regular
02:01season.
02:02And to me, a game like last night is why.
02:05I'm not saying that they wouldn't have won that game if they wouldn't have had a 12-man
02:08rotation, but if the Warriors play 12 guys and they're all playing hard, they're going
02:14to beat a lot of teams in the regular season.
02:18And they're 11-3 right now, and things are clicking.
02:22There's no doubt about it.
02:23The only downside right now is what happened to D'Anthony Melton.
02:27Man!
02:28He's going to miss the rest of the year with an ACL injury.
02:33But there's a couple silver linings there, I think.
02:36Oh, give it to us.
02:37Well, the one is, this is the beauty of having a 12-man rotation.
02:41And I think this is the beauty of having a back end of the roster where the guys, a lot
02:47of the players, are at about the same skill level.
02:50Eddie Johnson brought that up yesterday.
02:52I don't think there's a big difference between the 7th man and the 11th man on this team.
02:56So I think they're equipped to deal without Melton for the season.
03:02But the one thing I was thinking is, you, I'm going to surprise you with this one because
03:07I didn't even give you a hint, this is where I was going.
03:11Is this the first thing you can question Mike Dunleavy about?
03:17Last year.
03:1835 games last year.
03:19Now he had a bad back, and he's been injury prone, and the Warriors signed him right out
03:26of the gates in free agency.
03:2815 minutes after free agency opened, they signed him to a one-year, $13 million deal.
03:34And he had a history of injury, and now another injury is going to knock him out for the year.
03:38Is it fair?
03:39I am always interested in how fans look at that.
03:43Is that a mistake?
03:44Did he make a mistake?
03:45Is he signed an injury player?
03:48Or is that just something that happens, and it's outside of your control, and it's a piece
03:56of bad fortune, but you've got to move on.
03:58OK, I love the question, and I'll say this before I answer, Stoney.
04:02Who in the hell had this Golden State Warrior team after 14 games, 11 and 3?
04:07I know you were excited for them, Aesthetic.
04:09I didn't, and I don't know how many people are in that line, so I'll leave that there.
04:14But no, I'll say this.
04:16Had Melton lost a season due to back issues, then there would be a conversation.
04:22But the fact that this was an ACL, something he hadn't had problems with, I've got to give
04:27Mike D a pass on.
04:29That's why he was aggressive, brought him in.
04:31But if you want to have a conversation, I think you've got to be mute right now, because
04:36everything is good in Warriorville right now.
04:39But you said something, Stoney, that I'm kind of like, ah, and I'm going you with that,
04:44in regard to comparing Melton, who I felt like had a diversified portfolio in regard
04:49to what he could do, and then they identified him as being a starter, and now Pods is struggling.
04:57I know Moody is not as polished as Melton, and Waters is playing his tail off, but I
05:03bring that up because I am a little concerned now, as what Melton symbolized, can these
05:10other guys duplicate that?
05:12And you could be like, well, Gooey only plays such and such games, I get that.
05:16But moving forward, Melton seemed like a perfect fit.
05:19I mean, I think Pods is a fit, I think Moody's a fit, I think Waters is a fit, I think Heald's
05:23a fit.
05:25They're all different players, but they all can play.
05:28I would just say that if you're going to play 11 or 12 guys, and Melton's now hurt, this
05:37doesn't ruin your season, because you've got plenty of guys who can play that position.
05:42Now, I like Melton, too, no doubt about it.
05:45He looked like he was giving them something that they hadn't really had in a little while,
05:49but this...
05:50Like he had something to prove, too, because he lost last year due to injury.
05:54Yeah, this to me, though, isn't a death knell for the Golden State Warriors.
05:57It's just something that they're going to have to deal with.
06:00Do they make a move?
06:01Or do you think, no?
06:02If I can understand you correctly, they got enough.
06:04I know Bonte had mentioned that before he got out of here.
06:06Well, I don't think that the Melton injury makes them hit the phones to get another player.
06:14I think they're in the same frame of mind they've been in since the offseason, where
06:19they're going to look all year and figure out if somebody's available, and if that somebody
06:24is somebody they like, I think they're going to go after him.
06:27But I've got to just spend a minute on the Hawks here.
06:30Yeah, go ahead, man!
06:32Go ahead!
06:33There was a...
06:34And I know he doesn't care, but boy, I thought Quinn Snyder was a little more buttoned up.
06:43So it's the end of the second quarter, and the Warriors are up, and the Atlanta Hawks
06:52get the ball with 25.5 seconds left in the second quarter.
06:56I remember!
06:57And they bring the ball up court, and it finds Bogdanovich in the corner, and he takes a
07:03three-pointer with 12 seconds left on the clock.
07:07Man!
07:08Misses, Warriors get the rebound, and they go down and get the last shot.
07:12They missed it, but the bigger picture is, what is he doing?
07:1825 seconds left, and 24 on the shot clock?
07:21You got to run it down and get the last shot!
07:23He didn't even get in his butt, either.
07:25I was watching this.
07:26He didn't make a...
07:27He didn't say anything.
07:28He's like one of their friends.
07:29Like, dude, you should be...
07:31Popovich would have...
07:32He almost strangled you.
07:34I could not...
07:35Stani, you're going to laugh?
07:37I think it's a lack of respect for the coach.
07:39Almost like, dude, we're just out here balling, man.
07:41Maybe it's not.
07:42You got your red frame zone, your Gucci frame zone, trying to look swagalicious.
07:46But man, that was a bad...
07:49What was going on?
07:51Yeah, I mean, not a great night for the Atlanta Hawks.
07:57But the Warriors 11 and...
07:58I think, again, I'm being redundant.
08:01You and Evan talked about it when I was out, and I just got to be honest, Stani.
08:05I think they're going to...
08:07They're earning it.
08:08They, with the state of the NBA, now Luke is out with the spraying wrist for a week.
08:13I mean, it just keeps coming.
08:14I think they can, by taking care of business and being serious and being talented like
08:20they are, and I hope this doesn't come off wrong, they can almost manipulate their way
08:26to a top three or four seed because they're back.
08:30They're mad.
08:31They're invested emotionally, and they're playing good ball, man.
08:34Yeah, I don't know if it's too early to talk about where they're going to be seeded or
08:41anything like that.
08:43But I do think that they're off, obviously, to a really good start.
08:47They're playing a lot of guys.
08:48They're getting a lot of contributions.
08:50And the thing that I like most is they don't have to rely on one or two guys to play well
08:57for them to win a game.
08:58They've got multiple guys who can do that, and I think that's been their kind of...
09:02Weekend was great last night.
09:04Yeah, I think that's kind of been their signature through the first 14 games.
09:08We all know Pajemski's struggling a little bit, but he hasn't cost them a game.
09:14And again, Pajemski's struggling.
09:17You don't have to play him 27 minutes a night if he's struggling.
09:20Can you keep that up, though?
09:22That's what I worry about.
09:23Yes, why not?
09:24Because Draymond spoke about pods and him being in his own hand, and it was fascinating
09:28again to hear the OG talk about one of his young comrades.
09:32But Stoney, I guess time will tell if you're right, and I hear what you're saying, and
09:36you're not minimizing because you just gave kudos to Melton, but you keep saying, now
09:41it's one less guy that's going to play.
09:44And then if pods doesn't figure it out, or Kaminga doesn't, you know, then at some point
09:49when you play better teams, at some point somebody's got to answer the bell.
09:54Well, that's my point, is they've got a lot of guys who can answer the bell from night
09:58to night.
10:00And the Melton season-ending injury is something I think they can absolutely overcome, and
10:05they've got different guys who can do it.