After suggesting before the season that Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond Green were the only three Warriors players assured of starting every night, head coach Steve Kerr is adding a fourth name to that list, writes Anthony Slater of ESPN.
Kerr said prior to Tuesday’s win over the Clippers that Jonathan Kuminga has secured his spot as a full-time member of the starting five and will be tasked with defending the opponent’s best perimeter scorer to open the game.
“He’ll be our starter going forward,” Kerr told reporters, including Slater. “He’s been fantastic. (Monday) we put him on Ja (Morant). Tonight we’ll put him on James Harden. I think he’s ready.”
As Slater observes, it’s an important development for Golden State on the heels of the contentious contract negotiations over the summer between the team and Kuminga, who sought a more prominent and more consistent role. The former seventh overall pick started 46 of his 74 games in 2023/24 but never made more than 16 starts in any other season since entering the league.
Kuminga wasn’t initially projected to open the 2025/26 season as a starter either, but Kerr reconsidered a plan to start Al Horford, determining it made more sense to bring him off the bench in order to manage his minutes. Another potential starter, Moses Moody, sustained a calf injury in training camp, setting him back and delaying his regular season debut.
That opened the door for Kuminga to claim a starting role and he has run with the opportunity, averaging 16.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 3.4 assists in 30.2 minutes per game through five games (all starts).
While the 23-year-old has been very effective offensively, posting a shooting line of .537/.438/.762, his defense and rebounding have been arguably more impressive. Kuminga averaged 4.0 RPG in his first four seasons — his 37 boards to open the season are the most he has ever recorded in a five-game stretch, according to Slater. Kerr also pointed out that Kuminga’s willingness to drive to the basket and pass the ball has helped alleviate concerns about spacing issues.
“You’ve hardly seen any of the mid-shot clock, 17-foot pullups [from Kuminga],” Kerr said. “You’re seeing him being much more purposeful, getting the ball to Jimmy, getting the ball to Steph, attacking the rim. He’s really putting a lot of pressure on people. The combination of Jimmy and Draymond and JK wasn’t great last year, but because of all the improvements JK has made, his passing, it’s just really clicking. So we’re going to stay with that.”
According to Slater, the Warriors haven’t settled on a permanent fifth starter alongside that trio. Kerr’s plan is to use either big man Quinten Post or guard Brandin Podziemski in that spot, depending on the matchup.
Well overdue and well deserved. Kuminga has lots of potential…
Yup, he should have been the starter since yr 3. Still, I commend Kerr for being “mature” and playing Kuminga.
Not overdue at all. Kuminga was young, immature, and selfish. Despite flashes of ability, this is the first time he’s playing smart, team-ball.
Yes, it’s absolutely overdue because the statistical evidence from the previous 2 seasons is undeniable:
1) the team, including Steph and Draymond, have a significantly better point differential when Kuminga is on the floor.
2) Kuminga performs significantly better when he starts than when he comes off the bench.
Kuminga was never any of those things. You made that up. Selfish? He has a ring. YDKB. This was always about Kerr being a moron who refused to play his best players.
70% Kuminga, 30% Kerr/coaching staff’s fault, Davey J. That’s just how it is. Kuminga accepting and growing into the ultimate ‘Swiss Army knife’ would make this season VERY interesting. You could be a 2x NBA champ at 23, JK; how many other up-and-coming players this century can claim that?……….Kobe, yeah. Tony Parker/Manu Ginobili (not sure about those two)??
If you are going to make that argument, then its 50/50. There is no 70/30 split here, you are being asinine. Its either one or the other. Your selections here are either 100% Kuminga, 100% Kerr or 50/50.
@Highway
Not true. Unless you think multiple month-long stretches in his career (when Kerr gave him an avg of 30 min+ are “flashes”.
Where are all the nay sayers and Kuminga crybabies now ????
I can’t believe Kerr is playing him major mins. Never thought I ‘d see it this soon. Not sure this will last. Is this to build him up to trade him. Or to build him up to keep him. I guess we will find out by Dec 15. It’s good to see him playing more consistently. Just keep getting better kid ……
Let a naysayer know.
Almost like Kerr has been right the whole time, and as soon as Kuminga showed some maturity and growth he’s seeming the court…
Almost like Kuminga has been right the whole time, and as soon as Kerr showed some maturity and growth he started playing his best players instead of 2way scrubs for no reason…
Dude. You are still being clueless. Kuminga is getting those minutes because he is now doing what the team wants him to do, rebound and pass the ball more. Both the numbers have doubled over his previous 4 seasons. Before, he was always taking bad shots. It is how the offense works. It is stagnant when players don’t do that. As long as JK keeps playing this way, he will keep getting the minutes.
Yes I have to agree. That’s the society we live in that we are congratulating mediocracy.
Facts are he was being immature and not playing a role. Since the beginning of the season he has started playing a role. It also has to do that. His contract for next year is not guaranteed and there’s not as much money and they’ll open market as he thinks there is. He will need to have his bird rights to actually make some money. I still believe that kaminga gets traded this year. I believe that the warriors would benefit from two-piece upgrade and having the one piece at small Ford, especially if Moody a continues to play well off the bench. He is playing great as a 3/4 option I believe that is a ceiling and he should get around 20 million a year.
If you need JK to rebound. Then you’re a bigger one than Kerr. JK is a SF and a wing. I know Kerr doesn’t play bigs. Which is part of your confusion. This is why they have PF and C in NBA. Lmao
“Rebound and pass the ball more” ???? Sound like a ten yr old. You must mean to run Kerr offense.
Kuminga is a big SF who is going to be a solid rebounder in time. But an NBA team should never depend on their SF to be a rebounder. JK talent and strength is to be a scorer and 2way guy. Not a rebounder and passer. But you keep living in that Kerr world where you kill all your so called PFs and Centers that are suppose to give up their bodies and years for his offense lol.
Not the same Kuminga as in previous years. He has now leanred to play in the system and no more iso ball. He is passing and rebounding.
You are probably right but it doesnt mean he didnt deserve more meaningful playing time. Because it’s the only way to gey better and have confidence for a young player like Kuminga. And it’s not like he didnt have his moments. After all, he started 84 gms and Warriors offered $100-125m+ last offseason. He probably should have been a starter since year 3.
I commend Kerr and Kuminga as well as FO for working this out. It does see little odd at times because we are so used to Kerr taking him out so early and now Kuminga is the LAST player to be substituted, lol.
i see GP2 is going to be the first one out when Melton comes back. He was awful last night again. That foul on Harden 3 pt shot showed lack of control.
Kuminga had off game too, but Warriors won and he made that one nice assist to Curry. 4 good gms and 1 off gm thus far for Kuminga. We’ll take it. Cant wait til Melton to get healthy.
@Michol Kuminga was +9, what was “off” about his game?
GP2 needs to be released he is so awful at this stage in his career. Seth is better.
GP2 makes too many dumb fouls. You could see Kerr was annoyed with him after that bad foul on Harden. Every game he makes 1 or 2 bad fouls for no reason.
If Kerr stopped playing GP2 altogether we would never lose again.
Dude is useless now. He can do a cool looking play, but then gets destroyed defensively for the next 10 plays. He is TOO SMALL. The league is trending bigger. Kerr needs to let this marriage go. GSW would honestly be way better replacing GP2 with Ben Simmons, even 2026 Simmons is better than this, at least he can stand there with his arms up and instantly be better defensively than the too-small GP2.
I’m not as down on GP2 as some. But he continues to be a league leader in stupid, high cost fouls.
The last 2 seasons, GP2 led the NBA in most times fouling a 3-point shooter per minute played. It’s the dumbest foul in basketball, but GP2 can’t help himself. Because GP2 is so short, he has to leave his feet to contest even a set shot.
Harden manipulated GP2 into that 3-point like he was taking candy from a baby. Same as Luka did on opening night.
IMO, there is also a coaching issue here. It’s too fundamental a mistake for an NBA player to make so often.
Could have signed Kai Jones instead of GP2. The guy is a head case, sure, but he’s 6’11 and has the same rare type of athleticism as Kuminga. He could have been useful against teams like Portland.
Great pick. Ben Simmons (who is bad) is also much better at defense than GP2 in 2025.
In Kerr’s mind GP2 still “plays up” vs his tiny frame, but that is 2022 talking. It worked then, it has never worked since. We are never seeing 2022 small ball (Steph/Klay/Poole/GP2/Lee) be successful ever again. Wemby ended it. Kerr needs to make an official statement about how he will rarely if ever use 3 guard lineups ever again. We have gotten especially destroyed when using them this year so far, but we destroy everyone with Jim at the 2 or 3.
Kerr has zero tolerance for young players making mistakes, esp bigs. See James Wiseman.
btw I would rather James Wiseman on the main GSW roster replacing GP2, or on a 2way, replacing Pat Spencer.
@daveyj, yes! James Wiseman to Warriors at 1000-1 odds, you say? Well, miracles can happen.
Only 2 weeks ago, many here would say the odds of Jonathan Kuminga ever becoming a franchise cornerstone were worse than 1000-1. Not only did JK lack talent and brain power, but his undeniably deplorable character disqualified him in the eyes of team leaders, coach and front office.
Kuminga was always an elite young NBA player. He has played this well before. Kerr then told him to be Lebron, but then said he should be feeding Steph. Too many instructions, would never let him play his own game. I for one, never ever wanted Kuminga gone. I want GP2 and Podz gone, you can say that, but I always believed in Kuminga and Moody.
Any supposed GSW “fan” who said they wanted Kuminga off the team is a fake fan.
> Any supposed GSW “fan” who said they wanted Kuminga off
> the team is a fake fan.
That’s extreme, bro.
I am just sick of it. Literally JK went “Oh cool I play on the #1 most richest most valuable team in USA pro sports, I want as much as I can get” and MANY fans (not on this site specifically, I am mostly talking about IG and twitter) said “get this greedy loser off my team”. Gross discourse around Kuminga, I hated it when it was happening and still hate that it happened now. I NEVER wanted Kuminga off this team, I wanted him here for the “trade chip” minimum and the “breakout star” ceiling. Unless GSW got a legit elite star for him, no sale on any of these scrub trades the scrub Kings and Suns were offering. I mean people were literally arguing that Kuminga for Grayson Allen was a smart move. Just fake fans. Real ones knew.
I appreciate your perspective, and I share much (probably most) of it, especially holding against any athlete the desire to maximize a financial opportunity that may come only once in a lifetime. But , also, I didn’t like the narrative that JK was selfish and “entitled”.
But, there are “real Warriors fans” that I respect that completely disagree with me, and I tend to be wrong about things as much (or more) than them in the grand scheme.
As I said, I am talking mostly about IG and twitter, I don’t recall seeing that type of stuff on this specific site.
I view “fake fans” like when people hate more players than they like, or just hate all players. Those type of “fans” make everything worse across the board. My personal #1 pet peeve is when so-called “fans” claim to be fans of “the game” in general…and then proceed to hate on every single player imaginable. Only ever liking like, Lebron, or like, the top 20 players. I have plenty of positive things to say about at least 5 players on every single team, but I also don’t like a lot of players for certain reasons. Of course all these guys are elite in some way, but I have my logic and reason behind all of my takes. It’s standards and practices. I have seen what it takes to win a title and who can do it and with how much/little, and hold all players up to that standard. I hate losing. Others apparently don’t let losing get in the way of defending players/coaches from criticizing their fave teams players. Not me.
See how Wiseman blossoms in all the other teams, he’s getting passed around to…
Who has they gonna start? their bench is trash
spoken out of true ignorance
No true ignorance would be saying I’m wrong, but can’t provide an actual reason for how I’m wrong. Try again
If the “starters” are Butler, Curry, Kuminga, Green
Then the “bench” is Moody, Hield, Podziemski, Horford, Post, Melton, Richard and TJD. Far from “trash”. If you want to see a trash bench, look at either LA team’s bench.
and Seth Curry in November
All those dudes are trash.amd a starting lineup is 5 players. And mentioning Kuminga proves my point
“All those dudes are trash” shut upppp bro just knock it off. Explain. Moody was +18 and Podz was +10 last night. “Trash” players don’t do that.
Kuminga literally just locked Ja and Harden defensively and put up 25/10 lmao YDKB.
You’re not worth the effort. see Davey
Because you know you’d lose
You lose every time you hate on the Warriors.
Try actually bringing stats and facts to the table. You don’t know anything about ball and are just a pure troll, so you have to prove yourself. I bring quality comments to the table every single day.
You are going to cry so hard when Kuminga wins MIP.
Except I don’t. I only win win win!!!! That’s why y’all cry Everytime I drop my factual comments.
Who cares about MIP? All that means is you were a bum
@steveadams – really?
@gary – cmon. How is what I post worse than what Big D posts on Warriors topics? Ban him now. He is a worthless troll. adds nothing. Pure ragebaiting and lying. What’s the point to Big D?
Come on big D what is your favorite team? Just so i can take those players you call trash and point out theyr are starers on your team. So what team and I am going to compare to and don’t say OKC.
Haha, y’all couldn’t even name 5 starters on the warriors, how they gonna start somewhere else?
Hey dummy, I am referencing the article. Kerr announced he has 4 permanent starters and 1 floating which will be picked from the bench. I also named the entire bench. Your criticism here is just bunk and stupid. The Warriors bench is awesome. YDKB. Shut up lil bro.
davey big D is just a warrior hater no use responding to him because he is just crying over the past warriors kicking around his favorite team.
Big D adds nothing to the conversations on here, is just pure ragebaiting via lying and making stuff up and defending it. Gross posting. Its what happens when Curry cooks your fave team too much, which is often, to everyone not a Warriors fan.
I’m guessing Big D is a Knicks fan. The arrogance-while-lying is a real NYC-person trait.
Just ignore him. He ran away once i asked for his team. He only post for attention.
These Warriors comments sections would be so much better off if his posts were put on a timer for mod review before going live. None of this crap passes TOS.
No, I’ve already mentioned multiple times before, rooting for laundry is for children. I’m just a basketball fan, an objective observer
I add every thing to the conversation. And I post on all articles in the same manner. Just pure objective observation. The only difference is, warrior fans are extremely sensitive and easily triggered. Outside of Warriors and Celtics fans, no other fan base acts this way
@bigd…Yawn you are triggered because you come here posting nonsense about warriors. I do not see 1 thing you provided about teh NBA just opinions. I called you out but instead you ran. You know that you only post negative about warriors because they are winners unlike you.
No, I post on warriors posts just as info any post. Thinking I don’t is pure ignorance and delusion
come on man just admit you are just a hater and nothing more.
Come on man, just admit that warriors fans are extremely sensitive and delusional.
how about annoyed with all the haters who have nothing but hate like you big d
Except, that’s not true. Another delusion. You can’t even explain how anything I said is actually hateful.
And to add to the delusion, you continuously ignore how I have already pointed out the comments I made during the off-season in support of the warriors. The ones that you were liking. Which only proves that warrior fans are delusional and can’t handle any type of objective criticism that doesn’t support their delusional bias.
Yeesh, talk about triggered. You should really get that checked out. And of course they only have 4 starters, because everyone else on the team sucks
Funny everyone else sucks but if that were true they would have easily lost last the last 2 games. So you are saying Clippers and Grizzlies suck because they can’t even beat the warriors when Curry doesn’t have a great game.
Haha, thinking a few wins this early in the season means anything is pure delusion. By that logic the Sixers are the best team in the league, ahahahaha
So big D is all hating on warriors and afraid to name his team. Got it he is just a hater because the warriors dominates his team.
@arc89 Its completely insane how this type of posting is allowed on here. Adds nothing to any conversation. It isn’t discourse, its ragebaiting.
Ragebaiting draws clicks.
A lot of advertising-driven sites are using AI in their user forums to provoke, which drives traffic. HR wouldn’t do that, I know, but I don’t think they want to be in the business of censoring obnoxious posting.
With a team riddled with 35+ year olds they better be placing younger people in the starting lineup as these geezers will need their legs well rested by early spring if they want to go deeper in playoffs.
Actually with how a lot of teams are now pressing full court, depth will be really important throughout the entire year for the league. Not just the Warriors.
It is a bit surprising and odd for Kerr to announce this publicly so early in the season when there is Moody, Podz, Holford/Post. Kuminga should be a permanent starter but still odd. Kuminga plays much better as a starter and he has the biggest upside potential.
It’a nice to see him do little things but the game is beginning to SLOW down for him. He’s beginning to see thimgs on the floor and making plays. Thank goodness for Butler and Curry mentoship, and maybe Curry injury was a blessing in disguise. Kuminga has postseason experience to build and lean on. Keep making those free thows!
The “closing” lineup is Steph Jimmy Dray JK and one of Post/Horford/TJD/Podz. The faster Kerr goes to this lineup, the better.
We need to see this lineup more though
Steph Moody Jim Dray HorfordORPost
Kuminga locked down both Ja Morant and James Harden on back to back nights.
Moody being the true 3 and D guy we haven’t had since Klay.
Post absolutely destroying Zubac with a +34 12 points 8 REB.
Almost like all the criticisms of those 3 over the last 6 months are entirely worthless, or something!
Horford’s good for 18-22 min’s and stretches the floor, why Kerr can’t figure that out is why he doesn’t have a contract extension. Failing to reach the WCF could merit his exit.
Al kinda stunk last night, but that had a lot to do with GP2 bringing everyone down with constant bad fouls and turnovers. He gets in 1 highlight reel play a game, but its in a -17.
On the offensive side and in defending the PnR, Al has exceeded my expectations.
But, I’ve been concerned by Horford’s defense in the post. He plays a lot smaller than I expected. I notice that he’s typically list at only 6’8”, which is 2”’ shorter than I’d remembered. Basically, he’s a small-ball C.
link to espn.com
I can see why Kerr started Post. Zubac was too much for Al down low.
Well you obviously aren’t a Warriors fan because if you were, you’d know that Kerr is tied to Steph and unless something goes terribly wrong, Kerr will remain with the team as long as Steph is there.
Kuminga, Moody, Post, Podz…all have been massively criticized but all are good as of right now. We really need to all stop criticizing young players, its a fools errand. They will likely always improve. I never liked Podz due to his arrogance not matching his talent ceiling, but I can admit he has generally improved his game year in and out and has a role here. It was devastating to our last 2 seasons to give him such a large role and an immediate one, over Moody and Kuminga, but as of now, he’s a fine building piece or an interesting trade chip for a good player.
A limited market of interest bad on salary expectations can surely adjust one’s attitude of entitlement. Glad to see he’s making the adjustment and getting rewarded as such.
> A limited market of interest bad on salary
> expectations can surely adjust one’s attitude of
> entitlement.
Seriously?! Oh well, as far as excuses for being wrong about JK, it’s as good as any.
As I was saying in many posts, I don’t get why GS didn’t try to sign Kuminga to 4/85-90 fully guaranteed if he was willing to accept it. It was reported that he would take that kind of deal from Sacramento.
As noted by many, “Kuminga can’t play with Steph/Jimmy/Draymond” was just empty talk. As was “he’s just an empty stat guy”, “Loseminga” etc.
The guy just turned 23, he’s the youngest in his draft, and basically the same age as Mathurin, Thompson twins and many other players who were drafted 1-2 years later. Him on that deal would be massive value for GS, or in a trade.
And I sure wish my Wiz traded for him instead of Cam Whitmore… He would’ve cost more, sure, but he would’ve been well worth it.
Great analysis here. Not only is Kuminga showing his “do it all” elite ceiling, additionally Moody literally being all 3’s and D this year has him looking like the perfect Klay replacement. I knew GSW did not blow that draft!
Kuminga haters are also almost always big Steve Kerr fans. Its literally the media creating a fight within the same team. If you dont know ball, you will fall for it.
I guess they didn’t have faith he would actually follow through with his defensive and team-oriented commitments; that’s the only thing that would seem to make any sense. So they only dipped their toe in the water and now we are seeing the downside to that.
Then again, was he actually willing to accept that? It’s possible the medium-term security was appealing precisely because it only bought out a single FA year while providing some decent $ in the meantime. If Kuminga believes in his talent as much as it would seem, I doubt he’d want to significantly limit his long-term earning potential. Neither would I.
Warriors thought they might be able to get Giannis this offseason with just Kuminga, but they misplayed that market. In 3-4 months though? That market will change.
>I guess they didn’t have faith he would actually
> follow through with his defensive and team-
> oriented commitments; that’s the only thing
> that would seem to make any sense.
@sheagoodbye, for a guy that has another team (I know that yours’ is the Spurs), your Warriors insights are impressive. Basically, you nailed it.
Keep in mind that the Warriors had only $23M available to offer for this season, which they have him. He’s going to get paid big this summer.
I do see one possible problem. Kuminga plays on the first unit for both his offense and his defense, especially his on-ball defense. We saw the value of that against Morant/Memphis and Harden/Clippers, where guarding full-court pays off over the course of the game. For example, Harden was gassed by mid-3Q. But the problem is that any player defending full-court gets exhausted, and it takes away from their offense. They will also play less minutes. So, they score less. This is why Kerr is working so hard to commend Kuminga publicly after every game for defending full-court.
Consider Andrew Wiggins. After GSW won the Chip in 2022 in large part due to Wiggins’ new “2-way Wiggs” identity (nobody who’d seen him in Minnesota believed he could play defense), Wiggins signed a new 4 year deal at $23M/yr, which as $10M/yr less than the $33M, 5 year deal he had with Minnesota.
It’s just a fact of the NBA that the same player can get paid like a superstar if he scores 23 ppg and plays no defense, and will get paid $15M/yr less if he scores 16 ppg and plays elite defense. See Brandon Ingram’s latest contract.
Warriors won in 2022 via Steph and small ball. Wiggins was just the Harrison Barnes “wing” that year. Even Otto Porter was more important than Wiggins that year. Wiggins was good for 3 months in 2022 and has been terrible the entirety of the rest of his career. Look at how bad Miami was after they replaced Jimmy with Wiggins, they play the same position too. Barnes is a superior player to Wiggins by every metric btw.
@DaveyJ. In the modern NBA, you can’t win without big, athletic wing defenders. We don’t win a Chip in 2022 without Andrew Wiggins.
Wiggins was our most important player in the Dallas playoff series, slowing Luka down. Against Boston, Wiggins shut down Jason Tatum. (This is the same role Kerr wants JK to fill.)
You’re right that Wiggins played much worse in the second half of the regular season of 2021-22 (when he was an All-Star), and that we never saw the same from him after as a Warrior. But Wiggins played elite defense in the Western Conference and Championship Finals, and was clearly our #2 player.
And that’s JK’s problem. He knows that big offensive numbers are what almost always results in allstar seasons and the big $.
He doesn’t want to end up (like Wiggs) with only 1 allstar appearance if he can get his offensive game up.
> He knows that big offensive numbers are what almost
> always results in allstar seasons and the big $.
@NBAisOK, So true. Defense doesn’t pay. Consider that Dyson Daniels, who won Most Improved Player and was First Team all-defense, was just given a 4 year rookie extension for $100M (actually less for this season than JK is making, pro-rated).
The counter to the “defense doesn’t pay” argument is that teams know the true value of the player. The problem with that is that the CBA most-heavily rewards All-Star appearancess and other offensive-oriented metrics.
He was very happy at GS and knew Poole needed to be paid also but it was very odd. I do think it had something to do with the personal family issues that he was anticipating. He just wanted to get the extension over with and have stability without too much pressure. Warriors got what they paid for as he was never the same again.
I think both sides had reasonable concerns – Kuminga was worried that Kerr would limit his minutes (and his market value), Kerr worried (as always) about his “fit”, and that he’d potentially play selfishly trying to increase said market value (as he did after thinking Kerr has screwed him).
If (unlike the last time Kerr named him a starter), Kerr actually keeps his word and he starts the rest of the season, Kuminga will likely continue to play well and GSW will pick up his option. If kerr benches him again, JK will look to leave ASAP.
> Kuminga will likely continue to play well and GSW will pick up his option.
> If kerr benches him again, JK will look to leave ASAP.
@NBAisOK, this is a topic that just keeps on giving! From yesterday’s Kuminga-Kawakami interview:
“But Kuminga later emphasized that he’s just fine if Kerr barks at him for an error. In fact, Kuminga said he’s told Kerr that he wants to be held accountable, to be told directly, to be able to talk about it, and to sit on the bench for a while when and if these things happen.”
link to sfstandard.com
JK sounds like an adult: publicly recognizing that any of Kerr’s decisions regarding his playing time and role are due to his own performance, and also stating his trust that Kerr’s decisions are right for team. That will help both JK’s career and the spirit of the team.
I’m guessing both JK and Kerr would say they’ve been misunderstood along the way. There may be challenges ahead, but they both deserve credit for getting this far.
What about Podz? He is eligible for extension coming offseason? What will he get and was he playing selfishly?
That’s literally why everyone hates him, at his worst he acts like he runs the game like Lebron but he’s a 6’4″ white guy who cant shoot or defend aside from 1 charge drawn every other game. He needs to learn how to play off-ball like Steph, then he will be the guy he thinks he is. He is also too small for the future of the NBA. Types like him will get crushed by the Wemby wave. Aren’t there other mega tall guys who shoot like Steph coming up in the youth ranks right now? That’s the future. It’s not an undersized guard. Kerr is the only person who believes this, and GP2s terrible performances this year playing the 3 and 4 prove this. Curry’s presence will always stunt Podz’s growth. He is the one who has to be traded the most imo. Curry is still mega-elite. He likely will continue to be like this until he early 40s, when Podz will be 29. Just let Podz go for a big or a wing and see what he can do as the #1 or 2 option on a bad/rebuilding team.