True “Iron Man” of the Warriors this season since he is the only holder to have taken part in all the meetings, Kevon Looney has reached a milestone on the individual level for his seventh season in the Bay. If his exercise is not necessarily high-sounding from a statistical point of view (6.2 points and 7.2 rebounds), the pivot out of UCLA shines with his seriousness, his solidity and his slaughter in tasks that cannot be seen on a stats sheet. .
Last night, during Golden State’s victory against Utah, the pivot notably made a big “money-time”, chaining a basket with the fault in attack then a decisive defensive sequence on Bojan Bogdanovic. In great physical shape, unlike his young teammate and colleague on the post James Wiseman, still injured, he has become an indispensable part of the Warriors.
” I never felt so good” did he justify when he had experienced seasons weighed down by physical problems. ” In the past, I don’t know if I would have been able to play back-to-back, to play more than 20 minutes. But this season, I feel good, I’m confident and my body is reacting well.“
Stephen Curry did not fail to shower his pivot, who is only 25 years old, with praise. ” When you know basketball, you know its impact. If you watch basketball from afar, you might not notice its daily impact. We are witness to this and we understand its importance for our team. Even when he is physically overwhelmed, he fights and accepts the challenge. With him, we can defend the interiors in one-on-one, and therefore better defend the 3-point line. His communication on pick-and-roll is incredible because his voice carries.“
The franchise’s confidence in Kevon Looney is such that Bob Myers and his staff chose last summer not to recruit an additional pivot despite the long-term injury of James Wiseman.
The GM of the franchise thus preferred to target Otto Porter Jr. and Nemanja Bjelica, profiles of wingers or fleeing strong wingers, in the mold of the game of the Warriors. And a few days before the “trade deadline”, they would not intend to touch their workforce, proof that Golden State has complete confidence in him under the circle.
| Kevon Looney | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2015-16 | GOS | 5 | 4 | 57.1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| 2016-17 | GOS | 53 | 8 | 52.3 | 22.2 | 61.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| 2017-18 | GOS | 66 | 14 | 58.0 | 20.0 | 54.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| 2018-19 | GOS | 80 | 19 | 62.5 | 10.0 | 61.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 6.3 |
| 2019-20 | GOS | 20 | 13 | 36.7 | 7.1 | 75.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| 2020-21 | GOS | 61 | 19 | 54.8 | 23.5 | 64.6 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| 2021-22 | GOS | 46 | 21 | 54.7 | 0.0 | 63.5 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 6.1 |
| Total | 331 | 16 | 56.2 | 17.2 | 61.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 4.6 | |
