Draymond jabs at bench unit: 'They have to understand the randomness' / News - Basketnews.com

Draymond Green told after the loss to the Sacramento Kings that the bench unit has to become accustomed to Jordan Poole playing more like Stephen Curry when the star guard is on the bench instead of behaving like they used to in the past.

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After losing to the Sacramento Kings last night, the Golden State Warriors currently have only 5 wins in the first 13 games of the 2022-23 NBA season.

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Talking with the media after the games, Warriors' forward Draymond Green emphasized the change in playing style with Jordan Poole being the sixth man that the bench unit he believes is currently not accustomed to.

"For the most part, we had elder statesmen coming off the bench if you will. They would come off the bench to slow things down, right the ship," Draymond started off. "It's different now when you come off the bench. The reality is the first guy that usually comes off the bench is JP. JP is a sixth starter - that's a different feel."

"When you're starting to get more guys in and it's turning into the second unit as opposed to the first unit guys, it used to be kind of a different offense. It's more like the same [now]," he explained.

Poole is currently fourth in average playing time per game on the Warriors roster, behind only Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins, and Stephen Curry. He's also the third-leading scorer on the team with an average of 15.6 points per game.

"[It used to be that when] Steph goes out of the game, the whole offense changes with more sets [being played]. With Jordan, it's going to be more of the same as you get with Steph. I think guys really have to adjust to that, and it's taking some time to adjust to that," Green continued.

"For the majority of those guys, they don't know what it is to play a lot with Steph so they don't really understand that as opposed to when Jordan comes in with us, we've played with Steph for so long, we understand the randomness of it. I think that the group needs to start understanding the randomness of it. Like I said, that takes time," the forward concluded.

Next, the Warriors welcome the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.

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