It's been an up-and-down season for the Warriors that kicked off with a hot start that was quickly snuffed out by a rough November and early December. A huge run to close 2025 and begin 2026 breathed life back into the team, but Jimmy Butler's ACL tear dampened any of that excitement quickly. Now, the Warriors are trying to maintain their identity as a team without Butler and at least make it to the All-Star Break intact.
As always, Steph Curry has been magnificent, even in his age-37 season, but some of the other Warriors have really found their groove over the recent handful of games, as well. Al Horford and De'Anthony Melton have seemingly shaken off the lingering effects of their injuries and have been extremely productive in relatively limited minutes, but one other player has been quietly putting in work recently: Moses Moody.
The fifth-year wing has now scored in double figures for nine straight games, highlighted by his 26-point masterpiece on Wednesday against the Utah Jazz in the Warriors' 140-124 victory.
Moody Discusses His In-Season Growth
Immediately after the win, Moody spoke to the NBC Sports Bay Area broadcast in a postgame interview and discussed his elite performance in the context of his growth.
"It's hard work, and with work comes confidence. Seeing the benefits of the work that I put in, and it's not just hard work, hard work, it's learning, it's paying attention to your teammates, paying attention to the opponents, watching film. It's just all types of all of that, so I guess that can be considered maturity as well. It all ties in together."
Moody has steadily improved in his stats every season he's been in the league, earning more of Steve Kerr's trust and paying off the investment. In particular, his three-point shooting has been electric, going from around 36-37% for his first four years to now over 40% on the season with nearly 6 attempts a game.
Moody Is Establishing Himself As A Key Asset
Moody is still averaging just 24.5 minutes per game this season, but he's started every single one of the past 23 Warriors games and has been fully healthy ever since sitting out the first two games of the season â an extremely vital benefit for a team that's been struggling with small injuries here and there.
Over the course of those 23 starts, Moody is averaging 10.7 points per game on nearly 42% from three, and when shrinking that sample size to the past nine games that he's scored in double figures, Moody's averages rocket up to 15.2 points on a staggering 53.2% shooting from beyond the arc, making 3.7 of his 6.9 attempts from deep per game.
It's an unbelievable shooting percentage that provides all types of help to the Warriors, especially considering the gravity that Curry pulls that often allows Moody and the other Warriors to take uncontested threes.
Moody hasn't just been an offensive flamethrower, too. He's actually been much more valuable on the defensive side of the ball. This year, the Warriors are 5.6 points better on defense with Moody on the court compared to when he's on the bench. Thus, despite the Warriors' offense actually clocking in as worse with Moody on the court, Moody's net rating swing is still a +3.5, ranking third on the team behind just De'Anthony Melton and Jimmy Butler.
Moody has ascended to become a valuable part of the Warriors' rotation, and he'll do his best to keep improving on top of it.