There is no doubt that Warriors star Steph Curry is the greatest shooter the game of basketball has ever seen.
But for one of Curry’s newest teammates in Golden State, Kristaps Porziņģis, the two-time NBA MVP is at an even greater level.
“Oh man, this is the GOAT, you know what I mean,” Porziņģis told NBC Sports Bay Area’s Bonta Hill, Chris Mullin and Festus Ezeli Monday on “Warriors Postgame Live.”
Last week, the yearslong saga of Jonathan Kuminga took some unexpected twists. In the aftermath of Jimmy Butler’s season-ending knee injury, Kuminga, exiled to the bench for more than a month, reemerged in the Warriors’ rotation, scoring 20 points in 21 minutes in a loss to Toronto. The next game, Kuminga injured his knee nine minutes into a loss to Dallas. Officially, the Warriors say it is a bone bruise, with Kuminga out indefinitely. “Such a shame,” coach Steve Kerr said. “He was playing great.”
Before the Butler injury, the Warriors were cooking. They had won 12 of their last 16 with the fourth-best offense in the NBA during that stretch, a reversal of the meandering, inefficient offense that ranked in the bottom third early in the season. Butler averaged nearly 21 points per game over those 16 games (on 52.2% shooting), reviving the dynamic combination with Stephen Curry that powered Golden State into the playoffs last season.