The Warriors corrected themselves after a surprising 10-2 start to the season, winning just 4 of their next 13 games. An important key was offense, especially when Curry was off the court. This problem became even more apparent when Melton suffered a season-ending knee injury in mid-November. Since Melton was injured, the Warriors’ offensive abilityranks 28th in the NBA . This is not like the Warriors everyone remembers. The Warriors’ winning equation this year has shifted to playing tight defense (ranking in the top seven in defensive rating so far this season), and then praying for Curry to score more points to save the team.
As soon as the trade window opened, the Warriors immediately traded with the Nets for Schroeder , just to fill Melton’s vacancy. Schroeder is enjoying being a starter for the Nets this year. Almost all his statistics are career years. The Nets, which were supposed to be strong, actually managed 10 wins and 15 losses with him, ranking third in the Eastern Conference. 10. Schroeder’s offensive ability has become the Nets’ strongest weapon. With him on the court, the Nets’ offensive efficiency is 113.3, and without him it changes to 108.0. This is the gap between the Bucks and the Hornets.
Schroeder’s performance this season is really excellent, which prevents the Nets from completely rotting, and now everyone is finally happy. Video source: NBA Europe YouTube official channel
This year, after missing Paul , the Warriors reused sophomore Bodemski as the second point guard. According to NBA stats’ lineup analysis, he played this role 80% of the time. Compared with last year’s annual selection, When he was on the first team as a rookie, his minutes increased significantly by only 14%, but his performance dropped significantly. He has tried more dribbling jumpers this season, but his shooting percentage is far lower than last season. Currently, his three-point shooting percentages for dribbling jumpers and catch-and-shoot attempts are 26.5% and 23.5% respectively, which is the best in the league. The most inaccurate among players with more than 50 times; and his two shooting percentages in his rookie season were 45.5% and 36%, the difference is obvious. Bodemski’s season plus-minus rating of -2.6 points is the worst of anyone on the Warriors who has played more than 12 minutes.
Paul led the Warriors’ second tier last season and played a lot of pick-and-roll tactics. If CP3 was not on the court with Curry at the same time, he would have to play 55 pick-and-rolls for every 100 possessions, which is different from the off-ball movement favored by Coach Cole in the past. Very different. Without the veteran captain this year, their pick-and-roll tactics completely failed. Kerr himself said: “We need someone who can run the pick-and-roll right now. In the past ten games, the efficiency of our pick-and-roll tactics has been at the bottom in the league. The enemy team has placed a lot of troops on Curry. We can’t do every play.” Damn him. Schroeder is a good pick-and-roll player. If you look at the development of the league in recent years, all strong teams have two good guards who can handle the ball, and the Celtics have three or four. Individuals can execute pick-and-rolls. I think in the current NBA environment, you need to have more than one pick-and-roll expert.”
