The Bay team is ready to defend the title with the triad Curry, Thompson and Green. Milwaukee is there, Budenholzer: “Group confirmed, we have great confidence”
The Bay Area title defense campaign officially begins. The Warriors present themselves at the starting line of a season that promises to be decidedly intriguing not only with the Larry O’Brien Trophy in hand, but also with the underdogs for another success by Curry, Thompson and Green directed by Steve Kerr. A team that despite the success of last June has ample room for improvement and can afford to add to its rotation potentially very important players such as Kuminga and Wiseman, who until now, due to injuries or technical decisions, have only seen the parquet with a dropper. .
Future Poole
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With Andre Iguodala just dismissing the talk of his retirement by announcing that he will take part with the Warriors shirt in his 19th season as an NBA basketball player, the roster overflows with experience and talent. The team to beat in the NBA? The answer seems to be yes, at least on paper. In the meantime, however, the management will have to resolve the issue linked to the contract of a Jordan Poole who made great strides last season by becoming a sixth man of luxury and an “instant offense” from the bench. Poole and the Warriors have until October 17 to reach an agreement on the renewal, otherwise the player will become a “restricted free agent” at the end of the season. “My contractual situation does not think of me at all – the player underlines at the Warriors Media Day – we will discuss with the management, we will see if it will come to an agreement but my goal is only to improve. How much? I think I still have huge margins for improvement. , having won the title, giving an important contribution, has given me a lot of confidence in my means. For sure, however, things will go I will not think about the contract but to do my best for my team “. “. “Obviously I enjoyed the offseason after winning the title – echoes Steph Curry – after the complicated years we had, winning is always nice and I really appreciate what we did last year but now I can’t wait to start over with new challenges and a desire to defend the title. I’m in my 14th year and I’m fine, I have no intention of slowing down ”. The NBA is warned.
Bucks
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If Golden State definitely points to the “repeat”, in the East one of the great favorites for experts and bookmakers in Las Vegas remains Milwaukee. Middleton’s injury in the last postseason weighed heavily, but now the Bucks are starting again with great enthusiasm and with the belief that they have a very solid group. “It is not easy to keep the team intact when you are a winning club – says Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer – the management has done a great job, when you have such talented basketball players it is often difficult to keep them. Now I find myself with 16 players at the camp. of preparation with which I worked last season, for me I think it is a record. Then we were able to shore up the group especially with the experience of Joe Ingles, a player who will make us really comfortable due to his characteristics. ” The management of the recovery of the injured, Middleton in fact, fresh from the operation on his left wrist, and Ingles himself will be an important issue in the first part of the Milwaukee season. “Obviously we will not force the times – adds General Manager Jon Horst – but we think that Khris will be able to return at the beginning of the season, maybe not from the first game but shortly after, while Joe will see him on the field in December. We have great confidence in our group” . Speaking of management, it will also be necessary to plan Giannis’ work during the preseason after the efforts of Eurobasket. “It was nice to see him play with Greece, Giannis is really special and is exalted in the decisive moments – says Budenholzer – we must of course consider what he did, from a physical point of view, and give him his time. Also on a mental level. The pressure to wear the Greece shirt in an appearance like the Europeans is not an easy thing to manage, but we all know what kind of person Giannis is. Now he is very well both physically and mentally and during the preseason we will certainly listen to his inputs. “
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