Why Chris Paul, not Jonathan Kuminga, will start for Warriors in first preseason game
Golden State Warriors’ Chris Paul poses for photos during the NBA basketball team’s media day in San Francisco, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. SAN FRANCISCO — Four days remain until the Warriors’ first preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers and Steve Kerr chose to answer a looming question out the gate.
“It’ll be a great talking point around the water cooler,” Kerr said after Tuesday’s practice. “As I said, we’ll try a lot of different lineups during the exhibition season. They’ll start the first game and we’ll see after that.” “It’s hard to describe the feeling of having Chris Paul on our team,” Kerr said. “He’s one of the great point guards of all time and we’ve been competing against him for so many years, he’s one of the guys I’ve coached against and you shake your head at how good he is and how particular he is about every possession.”
It’ll be worth watching in preseason games how that same skill can improve the second unit’s offensive flow. Or as Kerr calls it, the “non-Steph minutes.” The Warriors had a 113.0 offensive rating with Curry off the floor last season, ranking in the NBA’s bottom 35th percentile, compared to a 120.0 offensive rating that ranked in the top 90th percentile with Curry on the floor, according to Cleaning the Glass.
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