Ex-Warriors guard believes Anderson could have similar impact as him

Ex-Warriors guard believes Anderson could have similar impact as him originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Led by a beardless Steph Curry whose body more resembled the college sensation that he was at Davidson than what he now has become at 36 years old, the Warriors’ dynasty began a decade ago, escaping the team-on-the-rise label and growing into something the game has never seen.

Steve Kerr’s arrival as head coach ahead of the 2014-15 season also coincided with him getting the perfect wrench to add to his tool box, offsetting Curry’s unique skill set for another uncommon approach to the point guard position. Shaun Livingston stands five inches taller than Curry, and his shot selection isn’t in the same stratosphere.

How much so? Curry in February of this past season made 79 threes in 14 games, which was six more than Livingston even attempted in his 14-year NBA career. Kerr and the Warriors didn’t need another Curry clone. The opposite is what unleashed an unstoppable force and brought forth the birth of Strength in Numbers.

Five years removed from retirement, Livingston sees Warriors offseason addition Kyle Anderson as someone who can have a similar impact for being far different than Curry and Kerr’s uptempo offense.

“You put him around with other guys like Draymond [Green] who can think the game. Steph and [Brandin Podziemski] and some of those guys that can space the floor as well, that’s where the similarities can come in from a player like myself playing with Steph and Klay [Thompson] and being able to fit in,” Livingston said to NBC Sports Bay Area on the latest episode of the Dubs Talk podcast. “It’s kind of about pieces to the puzzle, where they may have certain strengths that he doesn’t but then he may have certain strengths that they don’t.

“It’s just about finding that right balance and that right chemistry.”

This past season in Minnesota was a low point for Anderson behind the 3-point line, an area of the court that rarely has been a plus for the veteran entering his 11th season and first in San Francisco. Anderson shot a lowly 22.9 percent from deep, one season after shooting a…

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Publish date : 2024-08-07 15:28:35

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