Golden State Warriors · 4 notes
Gui Santos and Yaxel Lendeborg could join Stephen Curry, Brandin Podziemski and Draymond Green as Golden State starters, Steve Kerr said. Al Horford, at 20 minutes, comes off the bench so he or Green anchors the defense more. Kerr wouldn't commit on who plays the Oct. 16 finale.
to relieve him of the... pick-and-roll defense duties.
Stephen Curry will usually guard a wing shooter, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said, "to relieve him of the... pick-and-roll defense duties." So Brandin Podziemski, Gui Santos or rookie Yaxel Lendeborg takes the opposing ball-handler when Podziemski starts beside Curry.
He's going to be in a position where we need him to be aggressive, to win a lot of games.
No gentle start for Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg. "I don't think he has a choice," Brandin Podziemski said. "He's going to be in a position where we need him to be aggressive, to win a lot of games." Podziemski also sees him guarding bigger wings like Luka Doncic.
"Anybody that plays with Steph, you got to be able to guard the ball." Brandin Podziemski, a Warriors starter in preseason, said that's his focus beside Stephen Curry, not keeping the job. He said Curry and Draymond Green have bought into Frank Vogel's "collision mindset."