It’s hard to quantify Lee’s contributions in the stat sheet, especially on a night where he doesn’t score a lot. He’s just so rock solid in every way.”- Rusty Simmons October 27, 2021 For you old-time baseball fans, every game, he gets a couple of hits. Kenny Atkinson just called him Rod Carew. Steve Kerr on Damion Lee: “I thought Damion was fantastic. And as we learned from the Warriors’ win over the Bulls last year, he’s not afraid to take big shots. He’s not a big assist guy, but he is a ball mover on offense. That is, one single turnover the whole season.įor a team whose Achilles heel in the Curry era has been turnovers (OK, aside from literal Achilles injuries), Lee is a steady presence who simply doesn’t make many mistakes. Perhaps the most important on his stat line is 1. Lee is a 47.3% shooting from deep and over 90% at the line. On the season, he’s averaging 14.3 points in 26.9 minutes per game. He shot 8-14 from the field, and 4-7 from three-point range. The answer, for four games at least, has been heavy minutes from the Warriors X-factor, Damion Lee.Īgainst Oklahoma City, the NBA’s most famous Curry brother-in-law (sorry Austin) played 26 minutes and scored 20 points.
One of the biggest questions leading into the Golden State Warriors season was how the team would stay afloat in the months before Klay Thompson’s return.
