As the Golden State Warriors have already run into struggles navigating the age of and certain mismatches within their rotation, a shining bright spot has been the performance of second-round pick Will Richard, who has provided a much-needed 3-and-D skillset to the team in just his short time in the league.
This level of performance led head coach Steve Kerr to elevate Richard to the team's starting lineup in Wednesday's victory over the San Antonio Spurs, and, on the following day's episode of The Athletic's NBA Daily podcast, Warriors writer Zena Keita made a strong case for why Richard should stay in the starting lineup from now on.