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Season Wrap

Don't want to disappoint anyone but I don't have anything to say about that game. So I jumped right into a season wrap up Video. I will do a call in live stream this Sunday afternoon for yall to vent here on Patreon. I hope that you can continue to support me here through the Summer. Valkyries breakdowns , Summer League, Live Streams and Alch IRL vlog

Season Wrap

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I think it more likely KP would be the fourth, (honorary) geezer--joining Dray, Steph, and JB in needing serious load management. It would be a challenge, as the team would need those 4 in order to win enough to make the playoffs and avoid the play-in, but would also need to protect those 4 enough that all 4 would enter the playoffs healthy enough to make a serious run. The more players needing load-management you add, the harder it will be to do both of those things, and the more likely that despite your efforts an untimely injury to one of your key players kills the dream anyway.

Point Gawd

Porzingis would solve size and shooting, he could be traded this summer, 30 mil.

Ivan

Never happen. Orchestrate continuing to play as the Titanic goes down.

Irritated Inanimate

Kerr loves Derrick White, that would actually work.

Irritated Inanimate

Draymond was never a legit DPOY candidate, he was basically making the case to everyone that this was probably his last chance do everyone should give it to him. But he did earn Hustle Player of the Year, which is apparently the only award actually based on stats.

Irritated Inanimate

Disagree. It was going to be Wolves in 5 either way. Kerr’s adjustments would not have worked, Steph would have been too exhausted to play well, Kerr wouldn’t have even considered Kuminga. And the Wolves never really had to exert themselves playing against GSW. Less painful this way.

Irritated Inanimate

The problem is that there is cohesion between vets and cohesion between Young Dubs, but Podz, Moody, Kuminga are the only players who can play seamlessly with both.

Irritated Inanimate

Agreed! And them getting so defensive about it is very “beginning of the end”

Irritated Inanimate

I’d trade Dray, but only because I think it would be less of a fight from Steph if he had to choose between the two.

Irritated Inanimate

If this off-season I could trade ONE and ONLY ONE person on the Dubs to try to win a title next year, I would trade Steve Kerr for a first round draft pick in 2027 and promote or hire a new coach. Maybe THEN the Dubs could run an offense for the talented players they have instead of an offense for the talented players they HAD. And maybe THEN Dray will be controllable (in the sense of bullies know who they can and cannot mess with, and the new coach would have to be the latter).

Point Gawd

Many people have been pointing at Kerr as a 1-trick pony. You'd think with a 37 year old point guard a coach would have already realized they can't run the same offense that player ran 10 years ago. But not Steve Kerr. That record does raise a lot of questions. Unfortunately, because losing in round 2 can be blamed on Steph's injury, the kind of deep reflection needed to improve things is probably not going to happen. So, I expect next year will be more of the same. My only hope is JK is elsewhere so I can see him grow as a player, because, unfortunately, it is not gonna happen here.

Point Gawd

Listening to this +/- episode is just crazy to me. The idea of sending out JK & picks to double down on Draymond, Jimmy & Kerr. I guess to me the core outside of Steph is obviously too old. So every plan that doesn’t accept that is just bizarre.

Ejikeme Uzoigwe

I just remembered that we had Melton in the beginning of the year. Imagine if he would have stayed healthy. Crazy!!!!

Ryan Mitchell

Hey Alch Thanks for all you do and looking forward to summer content. Thinking about Kerr and rotations and the problem is that the Ws lack cohesion because they play 11-13 deep instead of 8-10 deep. There’s not enough reps developing cohesion and trust. This shows up when Steph isn’t around to bail them out.

SAOpp

With Steph they would've definitely gone further.....keeping in mind this roster construction has shown us each round would likely go 7 games................ No big rim protector. Always scrambling in the paint. Lacking second chance points.

Bailey

I would love some Alch IRL vlogs, especially if you have any live showcases on tips around bbal.

Calin Cojocaru

Jaren Jackson Jr?

Stephen Jones

Jimmy’s value is in team play and mentoring younger players to deliver on their potential. People only look at his performance in the playoff, they rarely consider the work he did all season long to prepare his team whether they played well or not.

Irritated Inanimate

Yeah, people saying he can’t score 25-30 per night consistently are actively hoping he doesn’t rather than accurately assessing what they see. And it’s because they bought into Kerr’s BS narratives that were designed to hide Draymond’s weaknesses.

Irritated Inanimate

This 👆

Gsw4L

Just a month ago we were campaigning for DPoY for Draymond and now he’s the odd man out? He is important to the team. I am not that pessimistic, game was pretty good with Jimmy, need just a little more driving and shooting, and life is good.

Ivan

What’s the best trade for Jonathan Kuminga? Could Cam Johnson somehow become a Warrior?

Paul Hanson

We need Payton Pritchard or someone like him. I understand that Derrick White is better and more expensive at the same time.

Ivan

Great season, Alc & to all of you. You don’t realize how important these breakdowns and convos have become to my enjoyment of the team. I’m sure I’m not alone in that.

Ejikeme Uzoigwe

I don't care about Moody's confidence, his mechanics, or anything else about him at this point. He had his chance. He was even a starter for a while, he couldn't get it done. Pack him up.

Neal X

Maaaan! Tough loss but the writing was on the wall. Thanks for the breakdowns. You’re definitely one of one when it comes to this! Looking forward to next season. Go Dubs!!

Oak Doggy

It's a sad way to go out, but I'd much rather lose in 5 than push the series out, have Steph rush back, and have a Kevin Durant repeat. Long-time subscriber, not going anywhere. Looking forward to your off-season content. Go Dubs

Branden Edwards

Hi Alch, I don't think Dray could ever get a consistent jumpshot. His problem is not that he cannot make the shot in an empty gym. His percentage is always decent in the first quarter. He just can't shoot when his stamina slowly runs out except when it's a l clutch shot.

Qiushi Hu

I knew Kerr would stick with his guys but sticking with that same starting lineup that lost 3 in a row was insane. I really wanna see what Steph would look like with another coach. One we dont have to complain about rotations and 4 guard lineups.

Trice

big thanks for everything Alc. Crazy year! hopefully, they make some decent roster adjustments/changes & run it up in 26

Mikey H

I think the criticism is that injury is no reason to excuse poor decision making

A Wolfeld

I am sick of GSW fans criticizing Jimmy for not being aggressive. To understand what injury can do to your game pls check on MPJ and his shooting percentage after shoulder injury. In the first round he shot 44% from deep. After injury he is shooting just 2-for-21 from distance...

Gsw4L

It might be too much money for that “role” but i see Butler taking on the iggy role with this team. A better version of iggy obviously but I think him and Draymonds fit aren’t so bad. As long as we get the spacing necessary next to them they will thrive, along with a big who’s playable in draymonds spot. Someone who when dray fouls out or gets ejected we can rely on to be big, rebound, and defend because loon is cooked, TJD is too small, and Post isn’t strong enough YET

Brad30

Moody has to speed that release up. When you dont have an iso bag... and you arent 6'9 ....you gotta have a quick release. That dip is the foundation of all of his problems offensively. But here is the funny part... He checks in the game during garbage time.. (cant remember which one of this series).. he dribbles down the court into a hesi pull and the release looked quick and snappy. To me.. Moses suffers from confidence. I wonder if him being constantly benched.. in and out of the lineup caused alot of damage to his confidence. He is such a good dude to the point he is almost scared to make mistakes and try things. Thats typically the downside to humble guys in sports. They are almost too meek.

Ballin Forever

🙏🏽 thanks brother

Athletic Alchemy

🏀 Kuminga's Top Performances Without Curry and/or Green Regular Season Highlights December 5, 2024 vs. Houston Rockets: Kuminga scored 33 points in a game where Stephen Curry was absent. December 27, 2024 @ L.A. Clippers: He notched a career-high 34 points with both Curry and Green sidelined. Playoff Highlights Game 3 vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (May 10, 2025): With Curry out due to a hamstring injury, Kuminga delivered a playoff career-high 30 points after a series of DNPs Game 4 vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (May 12, 2025): He followed up with 23 points, again in Curry's absence. Hmmm! No fear.

Dale Happy Knowles

wow seems to be a bit of too much hate here, have you forgotten his defense ?

Naji Zouhari

I was happy with Jimmy's effort in game 4. That's all we could ask. Just wasn't our year. I really appreciate your efforts. Whether we win our lose, you're there. Thanks, Alch.

Peter Beckler

its gonna be a really interesting offseason, especially that i believe that we really just need to retool, just one legit big or forward and one legit 3 and D

Naji Zouhari

We have to treat next season like the 2014 Spurs. (If we resign Kuminga).. treat him like Kawhi. I think he has shown us enough. Steph Jimmy and Dray becomes Parker Manu and Duncan. We essentially went into playoff mode far too early. If we can cement ourselves as a top 6 seed next year.. we will be able to take our foot off the gas earlier. Use some "load management" like Popp did. Ive always thought this coming up season was the last true run. Get all of these vets rested.... get Jimmy a full training camp... pad our roster with more offense...

Ballin Forever

Thank you Alch for the quality breakdowns! Dub nation, always!

Andrew Lee

Appreciate you alch - thanks for your hard work and the love you put in to this. Following the dubs has been so much better since watching your content. Keen for next season and hope we get a chip to the bay!!

David Lui

Always appreciate you taking the time Jansen to contribute to the community. You balance out the over optimistic side of Dubnation….that final 20gm to get in and the Rockets series were so brutal I think there is world where jimmy looks better playing all year with a load management

Athletic Alchemy

This exactly why I day Steph should be Robin and Jimmy Afred. Yhe question for me is do we want JK to be Batman or flip him for one who can be. Which ever serious consideration has to be with Steph as Robin if Draymond contract is worth his production. We need a center as Dray can not out skill and wit these new bread and over sized veteran centers in the league. He has to play mostly PF now or he will not last not just physically but mentally. I think he goes off when he is busting his Arse playing against theae bigs and then ref and his teammates doing crappy effort. As we age we become less tolerant of such.

Dale Happy Knowles

hey alch quick question...now that warriors are out of it. who you rooting for the rest of the way. for me its the pacers..just because they said Haliburton is overated

Bryan Cooper

Thanks for a great season. Appreciate you.

Ehter_293

We have no shot next season if we don’t move draymond. He has a deadly choke hold on the moves we can move. His complete lack of offensive skills and talents (not just shooting, but everything else too on that side of the floor) means there are very limited type of players we can bring in, and those players are too expensive for us to move for with our current salary structure. You mentioned JK is a steph issue, I believe it is as big of a draymond issue too, they truly do not fit at all. In fact, who does draymond fit? Nobody. He doesn’t FIT Steph, he uses steph’s gravity to mask his lack of skill and talent. I can’t think of any other star in the league who can win with draymond, that’s how detrimental he is to an offense. Then he starts throwing possessions away on defense too? He is the root of the issue, the cancer, the tumor

Kevin Chan

You all keep bring up high IQ players but we don't need that. We need high IQ coaches which we have but we also need high EQ, SQ and AQ players and coaches. I think we have that save for Kerr. I 1000% agree with Alc that Kerr is stuck in his delusion that the system he designed to Unleash Steph is the best for Dubs today. It's the best to maximize Steph and Klay (Buddy) but not today's team. Kerr AQ is subpar at this stage in the game and if he is not going to trust anyone other than Steph then he might as well retire as Steph at going on 38 running 2 mile games will not be sustainable. Steph needs to be Robin, Jimmy - Alfred and JK Batman. Dray to yhe bench or trade his $100m contract for a big who can play both sides. This year should prove to Kerr that no one can replace Steph in a line up so when he goes out the Dubs are now suffering the same fate as what allowed the Dubs to beat LeBron so many times. It's always been LBJ way or no way and no one can replace him when he goes to the bench. Before Dubs had Klay who is no Steph but the closest to him in many aspects. Buddy is the same but differently for a lower ceiling due to his defense limitations. We have seen this year when Kerr takes players out of their rythym so they can cater to Steph, the team suffers. And what's with everything another player gets hit besides BP and Jimmy, Kerr is quick to sits them instead of feeding them till the cool off. He even does it to Steph but he just that good he can relight his fire anytime. We need strong EQ, SQ and AQ players which Steph alluded to we have the first two in the locker room now.

Dale Happy Knowles

My reigning MVP Dubs channel. Your analysis is next level. Thank you Alch.

Peter Chen

🫡 my guy

Athletic Alchemy

I appreciate all your thoughtful takes Dale, even if I don’t agree with about half, you always have a unique perspective and make me think deeper 🙏🏽

Athletic Alchemy

I think it does.. but he also rests on the weakside defensively. Couple times a game you will catch him taking a nap

Athletic Alchemy

🙏🏽 window is small but it’s still there

Athletic Alchemy

Thanks for covering every game. The breakdowns get better every year. Really appreciate it. I’ve learned so much bball from this channel. Disappointing end but it was a fun season. Didn’t think we would be competitive Steph age 37 season. We also got f’ed by the nba. Letting rockets get physical and not letting this series get physical. No rest but would’ve 3 days off between games 5 and 6, wtf. That said, we gotta be better.

Jrod

BTW Alc if Podski plays too hard to maintain integrity in his shoot why you did not identify Buddy constant 120% play would affect his shooting?

Dale Happy Knowles

Alc you made basketball fun again for me. You say so many things I could relate with which I found others were too fake to admit, it became boring, particularly considering about 10 years ago I correctly picked every single playoff game in the playoffs. It became too predictable the nba script playing. But the way you break down games you make it interesting, something to think about.. Thank you! On that note here is something to think about. Air Congo came off the bench to limit JK pay day cap. He also DNP because if he beasted out they would have to pay him more to keep him. Kerr rolled the dice once Jimmy impact yielded so many wins. Kerr got delusional that Steph Jimmy and Dray could carry this team and used Jimmy/JK could not play together to manage their asset value. Pure economic gangsterism which the players association should look into but it was not till GSW back was really against the wall that he was forced to remove the shackles off JK. JK answered all questions and will get his bag so DUBs might as well had played JK as we would have been sitting long time waiting for the other team to play in the next round. Steph and sidekicks would have been rested. I believe JK will be here next year and either Dray or Jimmy will be morn unless JK agree to a contract low end in first 2 years and guaranteed high end the next 3 for $180M or more. In 2 years it wiuld be JK team. Can you imagine what the year would have been if Jimmy came in before preseason. Next year should be awesome. Steph can play any style so if Kerr and Dray adjust their contribution Dubs will be right in the mix. Kerr need to make JK the focal point with Steph playing the Robin and when JK is out the game or not on his best Steph can step in and do his magic. Jimmy needs to take over Dray facilitating and Dray come off the bench. That means Dubs need to go get a big who can bruise the giants in the league like Adam's. Buddy, Podski and Post ticket should be already punched but Moody, TJD, GPII, ... all should be packed to get that big and other 3 and D players with length. What you all think?

Dale Happy Knowles

I'm not going to front -- I will be happy if I never have to hear Moses Moody's name again. I don't care if we get a bag of chips for him at this point.

Neal X

Fun season Alc! Looking forward to the rest of the playoffs/offseason content

Major Powers

I think all of these players would/will look better when playing a sane regular season schedule with a team that starts the year strong so it doesn't have to be do or die for months on end or tons of hopeless close games.

B Master

An example of a steve kerr line up: BP, Denis Schroder, buddy, gp2 and draymond at center.

king Charles

Kareem Abdul Jabbar won two titles when he was older than Steph. How did he do it? By being willing to take a back seat to another, younger superstar by the name of Magic Johnson. So, let's hope the Warriors org understands that we've come as far as we can with Steph as the be-all end-all; let's hope Steph himself realizes it, and let's also hope that we can land Giannis. I think he's entirely gettable if we can offer the likes of Jimmy and Kuminga.

Neal X

It was quite depressing seeing Bogdanovic and Batum coming off the bench for the Clippers, while we got unproven youngsters supporting a legend like Steph. I think we can agree this two timelines strategy failed, especially considering Kerr is not a development coach to carry out such task. My proposal for the future is to retool the roster on the cheap with some battle tested europeans aside from 3 and d players. Sasha Vezenkov for example is a stretch four, great shooter, a champion and euroleague's MVP. We saw what he could do against us when we played Sacramento last year. Bojan Bogdanović is a great scorer and NBA tested too.

Alex Kay

You listen to +\-? Slater has said on numerous occasions that Steph and Draymond help make the rotation decisions. But I know who you are and when post. Thanks for the support

Athletic Alchemy

Thanks for the season Alch. Always a pleasure - even if my comments dont make it sound like that hahah. People like to say "If we had Jimmy from game 1, we would've been the ____ seed!!!" But just look at what transpired here. For starters, Jimmy is notorious for not trying early in the season. And then with his playstyle, he's probably bound to get injured at some point (much like he did here). If we had him for 82 games, instead of 30, how much more winning does he contribute to? How much does he have left for the playoffs at this age? I know they are gonna run it back with him, but I just dont see how much better this team can get with both Curry and Jimmy being the ages they are. Factor all that in with the huge question marks of every single other role player on this team, and Draymond Green, and its hard to see this team being much better next season. We are almost all in agreement that Draymond has to go. But he's a double edged sword. We are both better with him and worse without him. If we get rid of him, who anchors our defense? No one has chemistry with Steph like Dray. Who can replace Draymond that will make our offense THAT much better that it makes up for the sacrifice of losing him on defense? And then Kuminga. This off season will be extremely interesting. Right now Im just begging that the 49ers can have an easier season next year lol. We got that cupcake schedule and I STILL dont trust Shanahan to not be a dipshit and overthink hahahaha. Regardless, Im looking forward to your Valkyrie breakdowns! Thanks for everything Alch!

Jansen E

Great start to the season, that was completely flipped in the middle and we were at the bottom. One trade got us back to the top. We beat the 2 seed who we have been beating on for a decade at this point. Injuries hurt us alot. Coaching hurt us. The unbalanced roster hurt us the most. If we address the rotations and get a balanced roster it will help keep steph and Jimmy's minutes down and that may keep them from getting hurt. Jimmy not playing good was cool with me. I remember falling on my tailbone and it hurting for 4 months. Draymond needs to work on his 3 and not throwing predictable passes. My daughter doesn't even now basketball but she could tell you Draymond about to pass the ball to steph.

king Charles

Weak. Blame the kuminga situation on Steph because Steph wants defense at the end of a game of a regular season game. Just making up shit.

Christian Hollaway

Ant would be a perfect Steph's grasshopper. Those 2 shared the same vibe.

Klyd Ski

Do you think warriors would draft Ant if they have got the #1 pick ? Sounds like everyone on the team are pretty the dead set on the Wiseman pick.

Klyd Ski

preach

yan't get right

Appreciate your work always, Alc! You make these seasons way more fun with everything you do brotha

yan't get right

One of my work associates said this isbthe first time in Kerr decorated career as a 9 Chip elite competitor that he has had 4 straight looses on the playoffs and it's only since 30 was not present. To me all the decorated coaches made adjustments to get the best out of their teams so I thought to see if there was a trend. All of the core rotational player performed at an elite level at some point during the season. That led me to believe we had the weapons to be in the WCFs. Lets recap. As of the conclusion of the this season, I believe Kerr's coaching record without Curry stands at: Regular Season: 81 wins – 116 losses Playoffs: 9 wins – 7 losses Combined Total: 90 wins – 123 losses Overall Winning Percentage: Approximately **42.2%** Hmmm! Not good at all. So is he all that?

Dale Happy Knowles

I think Lacob loves the IDEA of Kuminga

Yungdoms

I'm 100% down to flip Jimmy for a TIER ONE younger star that can play a full season (AKA Giannis but we'll see.) Jimmy is a really good player but just not great.

MaxShade18

I just don't see how hoping to get 65+ games out of a 38 yo guard and a 36 yo physical forward AND 16 high intensity playoffs games is anywhere near realistic. Alc you called it before the Jimmy trade that injuries are a big part of why the trade wasn't perfect and you've always been right about it. This is the difference between the Dubs dynasty and the Spurs, the Spurs weren't 100% dependant on Duncan toward the end. The offense needs to be less Steph dependant.

Jordan Smith

Thank you for all the work this season Alch. I also went through a break up and know how though it can be. Of course I don’t want to assume what you did or didn’t feel, but your videos were one of the few positive things in my life at times. Keep at it brother! ;)

everest999

I ain't going nowhere! Will try drop in on Sunday. again thank you for this season, your work is truly appreciated.

Calum Stapleton

So so so agree with that Jimmy take. 100% it

Sevrin Weiss

yeah... we need to make some moves and we need health. But for all we know SGA could blow the knee in the Finals. Shit happens, wiht some luck we got a shot

Athletic Alchemy

Thanks brother!

Athletic Alchemy

in a vacuum yes

Athletic Alchemy

draymond is the one who has to go let’s be honest

Dami I

It be nice to be on the “we did the best we could but alas no Steph,” mindset but we didn’t need to win the series without him, just a SINGLE GAME. So I’ve been very annoyed with this end

Sarcasm 360

We need way more depth and proven high IQ veterans and scorers. This was literally a G-league team plus Steph, Jimmy & Dray.

Gsw4L

Your video breakdowns have been a welcome refuge in an up and down Warriors season. Thanks for all your work this year, especially given the challenges in your personal life. Sending you blessings and looking forward to a great summer.

Rudy Garcia

Alch - do you think we actually have a shot next season?

G 2tha P


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