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I get the challenge with benching Klay - Moses still does most of his damage from the corner and/or off secondary actions that are created by the defense responding to the plays the warriors run for Steph and Klay, and if you bench Klay then you basically need to go to Wiggins' iso's or post-ups a lot more as your primary action.... not necessarily a recipe for success.
But I just don't understand why Kerr would ever leave Moody out of the rotation to start a game. He hits shots, plays pretty hard on defense, generally knows where the ball should go on offense when it finds him.
Moody is easily a rotation player in the NBA and he's still super young and will get better - you have to play him.
What I don’t understand is why everyone is mad about Klay being in last night. Klay had a pretty good game and with Draymond back, they could’ve gone small and have Moody in with the starters minus Looney (who did not have a great game last night and sold at the line too late)
A lot of us were mad because Klay had cooled off and started to miss shots/make mistakes and Kerr was bringing in wiggins for defense so you can't have Steph, Moody, Klay out there in crunch time, but benching a higher energy player who is red hot in a moment like that probably did them in.
Moody is not some proven player and there's a decent chance he would've missed his next two shots or something, but it's still a decision you typically just don't make in those situations unless you have some prime all star instead of Klay.
Not to mention a huge confidence hit to the young guys. Kuminga got no run last year, podz got 0 minutes this game, then you have Moody playing good D and hitting every shot and he still gets taken out? I'd feel pretty defeated knowing that's my future on this team.
Facts bro.
You start to realize theres huge leash for the guys with tenure and a lot of shit gets looked over and it can kill your drive when you don’t get the benefit as the next man up when they aren’t even performing.