Choosing Kumingga again, did Cole admit his mistake?

. However, the Warriors' playoffs that year were not good, and they lost two consecutive games to force Cole to tighten the rotation. However, Kumingga, who made many mistakes, did not get much chance and was once again released to the substitute rotation.

Fortunately, the Warriors successfully overcome the starting disadvantage of 0-2 and defeated the King, who was also mainly in the backcourt, and successfully advanced to the second round. However, facing the Lakers who have large wings such as James, Vanderbilt, and Hachimura, Kerr still sticks to his original plan. Even if he is in a desperate situation of 1-3, he will not let the few Kumingga, who has large wing figures in the team appear. Instead, he continues to let Moody and Wiggins, who are not in a state, be completely crushed by James and is eventually eliminated.

Coming this year, Cole obviously has not learned a lesson. In the playoff preview, facing the Clippers with rich wing strength and Harden + Leonard, he would rather see the front line being bad than try Kumingga; and in the first round of this season, facing the Rockets with obvious physical fitness advantages, the same situation and the same choice.

Perhaps Cole had his own considerations and decided to sacrifice Kuminga. But the problem is that, first, Kumingga is not completely unable to play, nor does he have any highlight performance, but Cole has no intention of giving more opportunities. Regardless of whether he can help the team on the court, as long as he makes a mistake, he will be directly abandoned until the end of the season.

Second, the alternative option that Cole gave up Kumingga after abandoning the alternative, for example, in 2023, Moody chose to defend James, and this year he chose to let Hilde and even Santos take charge of the main defense mission. After all, these choices are derived from Kohl's long-standing distrust of Kumingga.

Now that the seventh game is a desperate situation for both the Warriors and the Rockets, the current situation is obviously not good for the Warriors who have lost two consecutive games. In addition to losing streaks, the Warriors' lineup ceiling and rotation flexibility are also quite dangerous.

With the arrival of Butler and the ups and downs of Kumingga after returning to the team due to injury, Cole has been trapped in public opinion on whether to abandon Kumingga, and there have always been voices supporting Kumingga. Of course, it is not that I hope he can become the team's third ball-holding point, but that even if he is allowed to play as a role player, Kumingga can still make a positive contribution for more than ten minutes per game.

Learning back, even if Kumingga really performs poorly, letting him play to maintain his sense of ball, when other players perform poorly or encounter accidental injuries, Kumingga is a priority option for being able to rotate and stabilize the situation of the game.

The most incomprehensible thing is that it is not that the Warriors did not regard Kumingga as the core in the playoffs and gave him a lot of ball rights. The main reason is that Kerr would rather let Hilde, Payton Jr. and even Santos divide Kumingga's entire time, and do not give Kumingga a minute or a second chance at all.

Now, Curry and Butler are injured, and Uduka also uses the double tower lineup that the Warriors can never solve as the main force. Cole, who has played three defenders and wants to counterattack but still loses two games in a row, finally lets the team, Kumingga, who has the best physical condition in the team, plays, but this is already the key seventh game. Inexplicably abandoned, chosen again, abandoned again, and selected again. Under such a strange operation, it is no longer practical to hope that he will save the team. Even Cole, who made public statements, is still unknown how much time he is willing to give him in the seventh game.

And the only thing that is certain is that Cole seems to have recognized his mistakes, but hopes that the time is not too late.