Steph envisions ‘pick-your-poison’ offense for Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
The Warriors find themselves at 4-7 to start the 2022-23 NBA season, not the ideal start to the repeat campaign the defending champions had envisioned.
Nonetheless, after a recent 0-5 road trip, the Warriors picked up a come from behind on the back of Steph Curry, who had a 47-point performance in the 116-113 win over the Sacramento Kings on Monday.
Along with the team’s slow start this season, two players have yet to hit the ground, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole. However, if the two players can begin playing to their normal standards, Curry warned the NBA better watch out.
“Championship caliber,” Curry told reporters on Thursday regarding the Warriors’ offensive potential. “You know, kind of pick your poison type situation, where you don’t know where it’s coming from. You have to worry about shooters all over the court. You got to worry about Draymond driving down the lane and having options on both sides.
“I think the big picture, we’re not really worried about the offensive side. We never really are. It’s usually other stuff that gets in our way in terms of becoming a team that we want to be.”
Poole has averaged 15.2 points per game and has his 3-point percentage at 30 percent. Both numbers are down from last season, but it’s obviously early to be sounding the alarm on the 23-year-old, who signed a four-year, $123 million extension in October.
Meanwhile, Thompson is also at the 15-point mark to start the season, averaging 15.1 points per game and having a 3-point percentage of 33. Like Poole, this is below last season’s production.
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Thompson is beginning his first NBA season since 2018 after dealing with a torn ACL and Achilles as he returned in January to the Warriors lineup, playing in 32 games last campaign.
The win over the Kings could be the spark that sees both shooters heat up and help the Warriors’ offense strike fear in the opposition.
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