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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.
勇士隊的摩西·穆迪（Moses Moody）繼喬納森·庫明加（Jonathan Kuminga）後，也對於角色定位感到挫折，現在灣區的情況並不樂觀。
在星期四晚上輸給丹佛金塊後，金州勇士隊的戰績降至16勝18負，位於西區第11名。現在，除了爆炸性消息指出喬納森·庫明加對於史蒂夫·克爾（Steve Kerr）失去信心外，還有報導稱摩西·穆迪對他在灣區的角色感到不滿。
"消息來源：勇士隊總經理邁克·鄧利維（Mike Dunleavy Jr.）已直接詢問有關摩西·穆迪的未來球隊角色計劃，目的是找到給他一個更一致的角色，" 勇士隊場邊記者傑森·杜馬斯（Jason Dumas）在星期四報導說，"這位三年級的小前鋒已經退出了輪換陣容，連續兩場比賽都是沒有出場時間（DNP-CD）。"
在這一信息曝光後，杜馬斯加入了95.7 The Game的Willard＆Dibbs節目，進一步解釋了他的推文。
主持人馬克·威拉德（Mark Willard）猜測穆迪的消息是否來自球員陣營，或者是其他想交易這位21歲小前鋒來的球隊放出的假消息。杜馬斯沒有直接回答，但他的回答至少清楚地表明了他的消息來源來自哪個方向。
"我確實試圖保持謹慎，" 杜馬斯承認說，"但我可以肯定，摩西周圍的人對他缺少出場時間、球隊缺少一致性感到沮喪，有時他能進入到輪換當中，有時又無緣無故地跌出輪換。 他感覺自己就像「犧牲的羔羊」。 每當球隊遇到困難時，他就是那個無法出場、被換下的人。"
場邊記者補充說，穆迪喜歡生活在灣區並為勇士隊效力，但可以理解穆迪會對缺乏明確的上場時間感到沮喪，無論是在這裡還是其他地方。
勇士隊正處於十字路口
在2023-24賽季，史蒂夫·克爾和勇士隊正處於他們勇士王朝的轉捩點。顯然，目前的陣容和表現方式不是冠軍級別的，甚至可能不是季後賽水準的。
因此，邁克·鄧利維（Mike Dunleavy Jr.）現在必須在他總經理生涯中做出最重要的決定。
他會放棄像摩西·穆迪和喬納森·庫明加這樣的年輕才俊，引進更多的老將，試圖加強圍繞史蒂芬·柯瑞（Stephen Curry）、德雷蒙德·格林（Draymond Green）和克萊·湯普森（Klay Thompson）這個核心三巨頭的經驗？
還是，他會放棄像格林、湯普森和克里斯·保羅（Chris Paul）這樣的老將，獲得更多的年輕球員，希望柯瑞能帶領他們和穆迪、庫明加在更大的角色中取得更大的成就？
我們將在一個多月後得知，因為2024年NBA交易截止日期即將在2月8日星期四到來。