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00:00Let me let me let me try to explain it to you this way
00:04Here's what I was thinking about the Warriors
00:07All right, so they get blown out by the Kings
00:10on
00:12Sunday yes
00:14Curry's despondent
00:16They get blown out by the heat
00:19Tuesday
00:21Curry's despondent. Yes
00:23So i'm thinking about the Warriors and i'm mostly thinking about Steph Curry
00:30And Steph Curry
00:33Is on this team
00:35And they're 6 and 15 over the last 21 games and things are declining in a hurry
00:44And Steph Curry is 36 years old
00:48All right. Yep, and he's got to get onto a plane
00:54He's a four-time champion
00:57He's got to get on a plane to Detroit where it's 22 degrees
01:05And it's gonna snow
01:07And then he's got to go to Toronto
01:09And then he's got to go to Indianapolis
01:11And then he's got to go to Minneapolis
01:14And and Steph Curry the four-time champion is getting on a plane
01:20with pods
01:22Moody
01:25Quentin post
01:30I hate what you're doing right now
01:33Okay, kaminga's not on the on the trip. He's been doing this since 2009. He's got to get on a plane with schruder
01:38Who he doesn't know
01:41And this is a guy who used to get on the planes with iguodala
01:45Durant
01:47Draymond clay
01:50Bogut
01:51Livingston
01:53And now he's got to get on a plane again
01:57no shade
01:58with pods and quentin post
02:02And trace jackson davis gui santos gui santos he's on that trip. Yeah, he's getting on he's
02:09uh, he looks in front of him and there's gui santos and
02:13Quick last night curry looked behind him on the plane and it was pat spencer
02:18Now nice beer, by the way, you're trying to tell me
02:22that
02:23That might not affect the way steph plays
02:26that
02:27A guy who's been in the league 16 years and knows what championship teams are and knows what they look like
02:35And now he's 36 and he's getting onto a plane
02:38on this team
02:39after the last two nights
02:42how like
02:45They're not doing well the warriors right and steph's not doing well and the front office is not doing well
02:51Donnie they put those guys together. You can't tell me
02:55That doesn't affect the guy
02:57And his to what extent well because steph is a four-time champion. That's right
03:04so he knows
03:05this
03:06Ain't it? Oh, no doubt, right? You're not gonna say I don't know if you're you're not gonna self-sabotage yourself
03:13It's not why he's averaging 23 points. Do you believe that steph curry has a better chance of playing his potential?
03:20Oh, well, he's feeling good about himself. Come on. Well, that's what i'm saying, right?
03:25And that's why but who was that on that would cause friction to a degree. It's not on anybody
03:31It's not on anybody. It's the
03:34Situation then he's got to just be a pro and deal with it and he is
03:37And he is but he's been despondent stony at the podium. How much longer on the hand?
03:43How much longer can this go on not long? I
03:46i'm being real
03:48And i'm and i'm feeling bad for the guys that you just named i'm not
03:52Why are you feeling bad for him?
03:54Actually, I get why you might feel bad for him. You know what I mean? It's like
03:58exactly
04:00But the team steve curran, I love you coach. You're the one saying we got 14 15. This house is gonna be we can do it
04:07What happened to that? I think that steph curt. You're right. I think you're yeah steph. Curry's got to handle it
04:12You're right, and you know how he's handling it
04:14He's treating it
04:16like
04:18Like a job. He's punching the clock. Wow. He's clocking in i've had that job. Oh, i've had it and it hurts
04:25It's the worst. Okay
04:27When steph curry's at his best
04:30and I
04:31Never liked this word. Yeah, but he played with joy
04:35That's who he's not playing with joy
04:38so wow
04:40how like when we say things like
04:43You know, we we want
04:45We want steph to retire a golden state warrior
04:49It can't be like this
04:51It I mean it can't be like and that's why i'm worried stony and you guys make my laugh at me
04:57Everything wow, you sound like edgar allen poe man like study. That's real
05:02and
05:03I I don't know something's got to give and that's why as a die-hard and lifelong warrior fan
05:10And I love curry stony I said on my bingo card right now my warrior bingo card
05:17Getting him somewhere else could could honestly be a solution
05:22Because he is showing you that this ain't it jack
05:29How much longer
05:32How much longer can this go on and and curry obviously is the biggest part of it
05:38But again, and what I was alluding to before the break
05:41was
05:43Marcus thompson wrote a story in the athletic
05:46About steph curry and what and this is where we kind of started the show yesterday
05:50And then we got a little preempted by the 49er stuff, but it was a good conversation that we had rolling
05:56about the warriors and
06:00It's it's
06:02Where are they?
06:03you know, it's it's
06:05I was telling you
06:07this yesterday, it's like it doesn't seem like it's about
06:12It's everybody's waiting they're in a waiting game
06:16It feels like they're not progressing. They're just waiting for something to happen
06:21And what if something doesn't happen?
06:24and
06:25Can you can you really ride out the rest of the year like this?
06:30Uh, no one coming is going to miss the next eight games. I mean the warriors are 18 and 18
06:34They got a back-to-back detroit and then toronto
06:38Which which games curry not going to play?
06:42I just think that I hadn't even thought of that. So you already got it etched in your mind
06:46Well, I mean he's not playing tomorrow. He's not playing one of the nights. I wouldn't think that's
06:52but
06:54you know, I I just uh
06:57You know i'm thinking about this team and i'm trying i'm putting myself in steph's shoes
07:02and
07:04You know what i'm getting at is what we've been tapped like here's what I think and you guys can just react or not react
07:10But here's what I think
07:11For the last couple of years. We've been talking about where the warriors are
07:15And we've been tap dancing around
07:18How far they are from a title and how realistic it is to get back to title contention?
07:27And I think
07:29We all knew in the back of our heads that like what about what about trading steph
07:36Get out of here right get out of here get out of here get out of here not going to happen
07:41Wants to retire, but what i'm realizing is we're seeing in real time
07:46It's happening. No doubt. It's happening. It's uncomfortable. Steph curry is on a team that is in forget steph
07:55Steph curry seems to be on a team that's in rapid decline
07:59And that's kind of what's been hitting me the last week or two is we got to stop thinking about
08:06Not necessarily trading staff because it's not going to happen today
08:10but
08:11the the organization is way ahead of us clearly on this
08:15and
08:16they've
08:18They're in they're in the decision-making mode right now where I do believe every single thing is on the table
08:27Everything there's no doubt about it. I hate it. And it's and I don't think they're actively shopping steph
08:34but
08:35No, steph will go to them to let them know what's happening done it already
08:38But what if that gets out then this becomes a circus and I didn't tell you and evan this is spadoni
08:45And maybe I need to hold on to it. It's not I had a bad christmas morning
08:49We had a disagreement amongst the family the kids and all of us we sorted it out
08:53But guess what we had we had breakfast for the other family to come in so we got past it
08:58But there still was some some negative energy a little bit was christmas and we're trying to get past it
09:03But we had to play the role
09:05When all the rest of the relatives came over to have breakfast like they do every christmas morning and it was hard to do
09:11I bring that up because
09:13Stony, I told evan this yesterday and he may not remember
09:16And you could be like guru. I don't give a rat's ass
09:19The all-star game is coming at the most
09:22Inopportune time I think it could ever come to the bay
09:26And i'm looking at this detroit game tonight to where if it gets ugly
09:30They got indiana tomorrow if that got just think about what i'm saying
09:34They got indiana tomorrow's dining then toronto on monday if those two games like and cominga's not back for a while
09:41Don't you think?
09:42Barkley and in the basketball mecca the world all eyes on golden state and maybe we're three or four games under
09:50And and something gets out about steph maybe wanting getting a little antsy
09:54That is the nightmare that I don't want for any warrior fan, but it's our reality
10:00Well, what's the nightmare that it gets out the warriors?
10:03To go somewhere not them that he wants to well
10:07I mean those little but the thing tapping to evan talking about tapping his fingers. You don't think he's thinking about that now
10:14You don't think they've had any discussions about that already?
10:17But I think they're like if things can get better and I thought he said, okay
10:20That was an opportunity without dieran fox. Okay
10:24let me put myself in steph's position and
10:28Evan brought this one up today to forget the levels of play
10:32But when we talk about purdy in the contract we always say, you know, he's a good guy
10:36He won't try to bring the whatever and curry's a good guy and he's never pulled the lebron, right?
10:42But the one thing the one thing we know
10:46we know
10:48They've probably talked
10:50And steph said let's you know, can we make this team better?
10:54But the talk didn't start yesterday. The talk started at the end of last year
11:00And it it the talk continued
11:03While they tried to get paul george it continued when they tried to get mark in marketing
11:08It can it started even before all that when joe lakob clearly called the lakers about lebron
11:14So that's what I mean. I mean like the idea that
11:18if things go a certain way steph is going to go to lakob and say
11:24Trade me. It's like
11:26I think they're already not they haven't decided to trade steph, but they've had those conversations
11:32a lot
11:33And I think they're starting to realize that there's really nothing they can do
11:38That's going to alter the overall big picture
11:41Now get vucevic in here. Okay
11:44We're a seven c
11:46but
11:48Don't you think his mannerisms would be stunning you could be totally right
11:52And and i'm hearing everywhere he's happy no, of course, but if you're right and this was already talked about or you know
11:59They could you know, they had some conversations
12:02And i'm going back to the brock purdy world. I believe I know steph curry
12:06I don't believe he would be acting this way. That's what's scaring me is his mannerisms
12:11Of how despondent he looks on the bench if they had these discussions
12:16And there was a world in curry's mind to where man, this is not going the way I wanted
12:21I don't think we get him despondent
12:23I don't think we get the the legs just splattered out on the bench with the towel over his head
12:29That leads me and I could totally be wrong stony that leads me to believe
12:34That they haven't had those discussions and it's coming to that. Oh, man, I
12:39When he says the teams and I know he didn't he didn't cuss anybody out the team's not built to come back
12:46That was like that was a shot and that just that just hit him in that game
12:50You don't think that
12:52A week ago, you don't think coming into the season. He might have had some skepticism
12:57they did make the off anthony slater was on with the uh morning guys and
13:03the bottom line is
13:04we got a team that's struggling and we got a
13:07iconic superstar
13:10He's extremely frustrated with their current situation. He thought they would
13:14uh
13:15Compete more this season at a better level
13:18they went 12 and 3 and there was even some like, you know,
13:21he kind of rides the roller coaster like every human does as far as like
13:24Remember when they were 12 and 3 we were talking on our segments about like is fringe contention possible here
13:30Uh, and I think that up the hopes a little too much of everybody involved right including steph
13:36And then this has been quite a crash back to reality 6 and 15 over a 21 game stretch
13:40I mean they basically for a month and a half been
13:43Living in like the realm of the hornets and the wizards and you know, the jazz and the blazers
13:48I mean look look at where their record over the last 21 games stands league-wide
13:51Uh, and the biggest part of that is they can't score. Uh, you know their bottom six offense so
13:57That you know both sides of the basketball would frustrate steph curry
14:00But you got to imagine like just being on an anemic inefficient offense is particularly frustrating for him considering who he is
14:07Wow anthony slater
14:10Yeah, and this is and I'm not going to chastise this person
14:14Uh, who but the 415 I think steph curry's listening to your show and saying to himself
14:19What are these guys even talking about?
14:22All right, 415. So you don't think steph curry's frustrated?
14:26You think steph curry's fine with what's going on? Oh, man
14:29415 you've watched steph curry play for 16 years. You think this is just
14:34par for the course
14:36I'm going back to summer when he was in vegas
14:39And he said things
14:41Changed quickly in the nba. Just think about what I just said study that was in august
14:47And that that that that I don't want to call it a lyric that statement made its rounds
14:53And now you know
14:55Unfortunately, nothing has been nothing is superseded in regard to stellar basketball play
15:02Where he was going with that and he was kind of putting that in the air
15:05And I believe right now you just said it the last 21 games
15:10I have no answers, but i'm worried about tonight
15:13Stony, I am programmed myself to wear lose by four or six if you don't win the game
15:19But don't let it be you lose by 18 and six minutes left in the game
15:24You know, it's over and curves play like that's where i'm at right now
15:29And that's not good. Well, I think there's something else going on here, too
15:33And i'm i'm getting this sense just from
15:37What i've seen and what i've heard and that is
15:40it for steph
15:42I don't you know, and it a lot of it has to do with
15:46the steve kirk quote
15:48In the tim kuhn piece about you know when in 2022 we got there
15:52And we caught lightning in a bottle and we had some favorable matchups and we ended up going on a run
15:59And he said we want to get steph another at bat
16:03And yeah, I was talking to evan about this and we both agree
16:06It's like it's not about finishing first or second in the western conference for steph
16:12But it's about being entrenched at least as a playoff team giving them a chance and being able to get in there as a six
16:18or a five
16:19And and getting a seven game series. Yeah, and
16:23I I really think curry would be okay with that. The problem is
16:29They're not even that
16:31Thanks and you you can't tell me that
16:36It's going to be okay
16:38two years in a row
16:41To have the nba playoff start and steph curry is sitting at home again
16:46So what do you do?
16:49What do you do? And I guess the question the more the question's more like this
16:54If you're steph curry, what do you do?
16:58Knowing damn well that you've got as much leverage as any player in the nba
17:03Evan's got some injury updates for the night, sonny
17:05Yes, obviously four o'clock tip 330 warriors live and then warriors wrap up after the game
17:10Uh kaminga bajemski payton all out. I think we all knew that
17:14Uh steph curry draymond green schroeder moses moody remain questionable for tonight
17:19Andrew wiggins has been ruled out
17:22personal reasons
17:24So
17:26Warriors depleted
17:28per anthony slater
17:30That deserves a moment of silence. Let know the wiggins let's take it in the wiggins one
17:36And I I don't know what to do with that right now. I almost could cry
17:41I mean study. I thought we were past that
17:45Well, I can't help but think too. They're in the midwest
17:48Detroit's very close to toronto which apparently where's is where's families from so
17:53I I don't know. That's just the first thought that came to my mind. They do play toronto on this trip monday
17:58Yeah, so and that's the third game. Yep
18:01Be interesting to see if he misses both games
18:04um
18:05But now no kaminga and no wiggins. What wings are you bringing into tonight's game? Let's uh, let's play a little game here goo
18:14I'm i'm steph curry and you're joe lakam
18:18That that you ready I can do how he is at the game though. Hey joe. Hey joe, what's going on?
18:23How you doing sonny?
18:24Anything going on? I know everything anything brewing. Uh, we're working the phones, but
18:29because
18:31I mean, we're we're kind of getting worse. We need a spark. We're really struggling, but you know trades are hard steph
18:37Well trades are hard trades are hard. They are I know that but what
18:41Do you think we're going to be able to do something by the deadline?
18:44We're trying but I steph if if something presents itself
18:49We're going to act but I just told you be patient with us right now
18:52It's hard right now would a lot of teams think they're they're still in contention
18:56What it would uh, have you given any more thought to you know what I mentioned six months ago by any chance?
19:03Steph now, you know, that's the last thing we want to do. I'm just saying if if just give you some time
19:08Wait, jk comes back. I'm steph curry
19:11Don't interrupt me
19:12Okay
19:13uh
19:15You know who I am
19:17and
19:18I'm telling you right now
19:21If you need to use me in a trade to get this thing back on track
19:25let me know and
19:30I'll think about it
19:32Depending on the team. Okay, forget acting because you stole the show you get the oscar
19:36Stiney I believe that clock is now ticking. It's uh, it's
19:40Obviously there's nothing and I think it's listen to me and you didn't say what about when he said in vegas things quickly change
19:47And people are like that was odd. Where's that coming from? So if you're right steph is steph
19:52This is his double lap. This is a second or third lap. I really believe that stiney
19:58They might not even feel the team tonight
20:00Well, they will but you know what I mean
20:03And
20:05I don't want to get nosy, but i've noticed wiggins just has been out of it the last two weeks
20:11I did a video he scored nine like so whatever's going on because now something's got to be going on may
20:19Contribute or have contributed to him playing
20:23Not what he's been doing like stiney. This is all f this is all bad wiggins is out. There's no kaminga
20:33Wiggins wife may be pregnant according to
20:36Well, she she is pregnant. She is so maybe it's that okay, maybe it's nothing more now, okay
20:41um eight eight eight nine five seven nine five seven zero
20:46I want you guys
20:47as warrior fans
20:49To put yourself in steph curry's shoes. It's hard stiney people don't want to do it
20:54They don't want to do and that's why we're getting texts from the four. I don't want to do it
20:59This is hard
21:00and
21:02My big phrase don't take people's kindness for weakness. I mean maybe
21:07I mean
21:09How close are are we to steph saying look this?
21:12Stop trying to fool me closer now than I thought we were trying to fool me. No doubt
21:18Let's have a grown-up
21:20Discussion. All right. Uh, and by the way, here's another little tidbit little little nugget. I caught in the uh,
21:27Evan caught it, uh in the athletic
21:29You know after the game against the heat
21:33Draymond green declined that to talk to the media
21:39Draymond said I don't i'm not talking to the media tonight
21:42When the hell does draymond green not talk to the media?
21:44Is that growth because maybe he'd say something that might not be good for the team
21:47I don't know if it's growth or not
21:49I just know it's different than his normal mo which to me is just another indication that it just doesn't seem like
21:56It just doesn't seem like anything's going right for the warriors are in that locker room right now