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Warriors' Moses Moody joins Jonathan Kuminga in role frustration
Things are not good right now in The Bay.
By Tim Crean2024年1月5日 at 下午8:09 GMT+13 min read
There’s trouble with the Golden State Warriors as the team slipped to 16-18 on the season and 11th place in the Western Conference with a loss Thursday night to the Denver Nuggets. And now, amid bombshell news that Jonathan Kuminga has “lost faith” in Steve Kerr, there is also a report that Moses Moody is also unhappy with his role in The Bay.
“Source: Warriors GM, Mike Dunleavy Jr. has been directly asked about the organization’s plan for Moses Moody with the intention of finding him a more consistent role,” Warriors sideline reporter Jason Dumas reported on Thursday, “The third year wing has fallen out of the rotation and has two straight DNP-CDs.”
After this information surfaced, Dumas joined Willard & Dibbs on 95.7 The Game to explain his tweet further.
Host Mark Williard pondered whether the Moody leaks were coming from the player's camp or if other teams interested in trading for the 21-year-old wing were the ones behind it. Dumas didn’t answer directly, but his response made it pretty clear at least what direction his source was coming from.
“I did try to be discreet intentionally, Dumas admitted. “But I can say, in fact, that the people around Moses, they’re frustrated with the lack of a role and consistency … For the lack of a better term it feels like he almost seems like the sacrificial lamb. Whenever there's a logjam, he's the guy that falls out.”
The sideline reporter did add that Moody loves living in the Bay Area and playing for the Warriors, but it is “understandable” that Moody would be “frustrated and would want a clear path to playing time, whether it be here or somewhere else.”
The Warriors are at a crossroads
Steve Kerr and the Warriors are at an inflection point in their dynastic run in the 2023-24 season. It is clear that the roster, as currently constituted and implemented, is not a championship-level or maybe even a playoff-caliber roster.
So, Mike Dunleavy Jr. now must make the biggest decision of his burgeoning GM career.
Will he offload young talent like Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga to bring in more veterans to try and beef up the experience around the core Big 3 of Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson one more time? Or, will he jettison veterans like Green, Thompson, and Chris Paul to get more young pieces and hope Curry can lead them and Moody and Kuminga in larger roles to greater heights?
We’ll find out in just over a month, as the 2024 NBA trade deadline is looming on Thursday, Feb. 8.
勇士队的摩西·穆迪（Moses Moody）继乔纳森·库明加（Jonathan Kuminga）后，也对于角色定位感到挫折，现在湾区的情况并不乐观。
在星期四晚上输给丹佛金块后，金州勇士队的战绩降至16胜18负，位于西区第11名。现在，除了爆炸性消息指出乔纳森·库明加对于史蒂夫·克尔（Steve Kerr）失去信心外，还有报导称摩西·穆迪对他在湾区的角色感到不满。
"消息来源：勇士队总经理迈克·邓利维（Mike Dunleavy Jr.）已直接询问有关摩西·穆迪的未来球队角色计划，目的是找到给他一个更一致的角色，" 勇士队场边记者杰森·杜马斯（Jason Dumas）在星期四报导说，"这位三年级的小前锋已经退出了轮换阵容，连续两场比赛都是没有出场时间（DNP-CD）。"
在这一信息曝光后，杜马斯加入了95.7 The Game的Willard＆Dibbs节目，进一步解释了他的推文。
主持人马克·威拉德（Mark Willard）猜测穆迪的消息是否来自球员阵营，或者是其他想交易这位21岁小前锋来的球队放出的假消息。杜马斯没有直接回答，但他的回答至少清楚地表明了他的消息来源来自哪个方向。
"我确实试图保持谨慎，" 杜马斯承认说，"但我可以肯定，摩西周围的人对他缺少出场时间、球队缺少一致性感到沮丧，有时他能进入到轮换当中，有时又无缘无故地跌出轮换。 他感觉自己就像“牺牲的羔羊”。 每当球队遇到困难时，他就是那个无法出场、被换下的人。"
场边记者补充说，穆迪喜欢生活在湾区并为勇士队效力，但可以理解穆迪会对缺乏明确的上场时间感到沮丧，无论是在这里还是其他地方。
勇士队正处于十字路口
在2023-24赛季，史蒂夫·克尔和勇士队正处于他们勇士王朝的转捩点。显然，目前的阵容和表现方式不是冠军级别的，甚至可能不是季后赛水准的。
因此，迈克·邓利维（Mike Dunleavy Jr.）现在必须在他总经理生涯中做出最重要的决定。
他会放弃像摩西·穆迪和乔纳森·库明加这样的年轻才俊，引进更多的老将，试图加强围绕史蒂芬·柯瑞（Stephen Curry）、德雷蒙德·格林（Draymond Green）和克莱·汤普森（Klay Thompson）这个核心三巨头的经验？
还是，他会放弃像格林、汤普森和克里斯·保罗（Chris Paul）这样的老将，获得更多的年轻球员，希望柯瑞能带领他们和穆迪、库明加在更大的角色中取得更大的成就？
我们将在一个多月后得知，因为2024年NBA交易截止日期即将在2月8日星期四到来。