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Another Thoughtless Trade: Hinrich for Ellis

Here's the link:

http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/smith_090126.html

Here's where I found it:

www.nba.com

Here's my response:

Kirk Hinrich, Andres Nocioni and Tyrus Thomas for Monta Ellis, Corey Maggette, Brandan Wright and Ronny Turiaf

 

Okay, so we give up somebody who's potentially a future all star, Mr. Bad Porn, the guy we traded away J-Rich for, and the best cheerleader in the league. So we give up a facillitator who is a threat in the open court. Corey gives us tons of points and turnovers off the bench. B-Wright, everybody has their own opinion about him. And Ronny Turiaf, he's a top-notch defender except when it comes to the King.

Kirk Hinrich, my first guess is that he'll have a clash with Crawford. Andres Nocioni might be able to stretch the defense, but slow much?!?! Tyrus Thomas? Uhh...sure. I don't know. Whatever

What a useless fan post.

Here's your thoughts:

 

 

EDIT: I only spent four minutes writing this post cause I had to go play basketball. Now that I'm back, and I pulled a muscle in my back, I think I have TONS of time to write now.

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Detroit Signs Free Agent Kwame Brown

http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/brown_080804.html

Before you bash me for posting a fanpost about a team that you, the reader, probably don't care about, let me ask you two questions.

1.What good is Kwame Brown to the Detroit Pistons?

2.On a scale of 1-10, 1 being a completely useless move, and 10 being a great move for the team, what would you give them? (please vote)

Personally, I think it's no higher than a four. And you might say that I'm rating it too high by giving them a five.

Why? Let's start with his offensive skills. Like any other 6-11 athlete in the NBA, he can dunk the ball. But what's the problem with him dunking? He can't grip on to the ball! He gets blocked! He misses the dunk! Jumpshot? Hookshot? Post moves? In your dreams, buddy. His offensive skills are fueled by his confidence out on the court and if you haven't noticed, it's missing most of the time.

Defense? You could probably argue with it. He doesn't come up with a lot of blocks or steals, but he comes up with them once in a while. Being 6-11 and 270 pounds has to make you have your presence felt inside the key. He has decent rebounding skills that Detroit could probably use. Other than that, I can't think of anything else.

I think most of you guys reading this will agree that you could probably find somebody with more potential in the D-League. So why would they sign Kwame? Because of experience? Experience isn't enough when you lack motivation and heart. This guy isn't KB24, who is an offensive threat, hard nosed defender, and a gym rat. He's KB54, who is an offensive bust, spends half a season being injured, and gains weight everytime he comes back from an injury.

So why sign Kwame Brown? I wouldn't call this a desperation move, but the Pistons do need a center. Theo Ratliff and Chiek Samb isn't the kind of center that they can use on the court. Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess both play much better as at the 4 spot than the 5 spot. But what they can do is sign better players. Jamal Magloire would probably do them more good than Kwame Brown can do for them. And can you imagine if Kwame was on the Warriors? I think he'd do more damage than good.

And now I have completely ran out of things to say about Kwame.

One last question, is there anybody else besides me that'll be waking up at 5 AM to watch Team USA?

Poll
On a scale of 1-10, 1 being a completely useless move, and 10 being a great move for the team, what would you give the Pistons?
1
40 votes
2
22 votes
3
17 votes
4
9 votes
5
9 votes
6
7 votes
7
7 votes
8
3 votes
9
1 votes
10
14 votes

129 votes | Poll has closed

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Who do you want to win the west now?

Now that we know the Warriors are no longer in the run for the playoffs, who do you want to win the western conference title now? And who do you want to see eliminated in the first round?

I'll be honest with you, and this might make some of you guys want to ban me from this site, but I'm rooting for the Lakers. I do love the Warriors a lot, and maybe even more than the Lakers. But I grew up watching the Lakers and it's hard for me to stop loving a team I loved since when I was 10 or 11.

Nuggets is the team that I want to see eliminated first. I am not happy with all about Nuggets making the playoffs and the Warriors being eliminated. Ironically, my favorite team to win the West is playing my favorite team to lose in the first round.


Also, I am still against drafting Kevin Love if there's any chance he'll be undrafted by the time it's the Warriors' turn to draft. Why? Because I don't think he can fit into the Warriors system. Maybe Beasley can, but not Love. Feel free to change my mind. I'm open to all thoughts.

Poll
Who do you want to win the west now?
Lakers
59 votes
Hornets
99 votes
Spurs
11 votes
Jazz
13 votes
Rockets
15 votes
Suns
82 votes
Mavericks
5 votes
Nuggets
14 votes

298 votes | Poll has closed

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I hope J-Rich

I hope he remembers that all of us loved him and damn it, we still do. He's J-Rich. Jordan better treat him right. Did anybody ever noticed he has the same fade Jordan does. His legs are spread. Okay, I've just been blabbering here. So let me get to my point on something everybody wants to say.

THANK YOU J-RICH FOR BRINGING YOUR TALENT TO GSW, YOU'LL BE MISSED!

I wouldn't be surprised if J-Rich popped out some Jordan moves now and then. And I would be surprised if Brendan Wright won two consecutive dunk contest. That would be kinda fun...
so apparantly, having J-Rich leave was a hard thing for mullin to do, but he said it was nessacary. I kinda agree with Stephen A Smith, he's like what the fck about this trade, and so am i.

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WE JUST LOST J-RICH! Oh, THE PAIN!

J-RICH IS TRADED. ITS OFFICIAL. BRENDON WRIGHT FOR J-RICH AND DAVIDSON. DAML;KDFSG;DKLGJ F*CK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, let's be honest. What the hell is mullin and nellie thinking!?!?!?!?! WRIGHT IS NO KG. HE WILL NEVER BE KG. WE'RE SCREWED. We just lost most of our favorite guy in a warriors jersey. omg...dude...just horrible. okay I need to fix something in this. I trust nellie but not mullin. they probably got something planned out but this still sucks.

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Kosta and POB

Recently, in the chronicle, it has been said that Kosta is a candidate from Europe that might be joining the Warriors this year. But there's no guaranteed that he will join the dubbs. There are things that the warriors can benefit from him, but there are things that he lacks. Kosta shoots a high percentage from the floor and he has very good defense. But his range isn't all that impressive, and one thing that Warriors need is rebounding and he wouldn't be able to be the dominant rebounder that we need.

Also, Don Nelson said that he will be expecting more from Patrick O'Bryant next season, and he will be expecting POB to spend much less time in the development league. Is POB worth the time and money to train?

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Trading Players?

Everybody's talking about trading players, and let's be real now. There are some players that have a higher possibility of being traded than others.

Baron and Monta - Can anybody see these two being traded when it's Don Nelson that's coaching the Warriors? Cause these two fit very well in this type of play.

J-Rich - Okay, here's the part that sucks. We all love J-Rich. How can we not? Two times dunk champ, baby! But it's possible that he might get traded cause he hasn't been playing all that well, and everybody knows its the surgery and injury and everything. But the Stephen Jackson club fight factor reduces the chance of J-Rich being traded.

Stephen Jackson - I doubt anybody will want to make a trade for him until he's all cleared up with the club fight incident, and straightened out everything. Same with Ron Artest. By the way, did anybody buy his album? I downloaded it off of limewire. I have to admit, it's better than Paris Hilton's album.

Al Harington - It's possible. It's possible that if J-Rich is going to be traded, he's also going to be part of the deal. But it's not like he is a horrible player that costs the game.

Andris Biedrins - He's a part of Warriors future along with Monta. Unless we're getting Amare Stoudemire or Dwight Howard, I don't want to see Andris go.

Adonal Foyle - Abso-freaking-lutely ZERO percent. Most of us want him out of the Warriors. But think about how many teams want Adonal. You might as well just clap after he's done reading a story to children at your local library.

#33 - I can't spell his name right. Forgive me. He has a good chance of being traded to a team that fits his style of play better. We all know that he can shoot, but he doesnt have the speed and quickness to play the up tempo game the Warriors play. In my mind, he would average double figures for a team that play half court offense, and where he is not a third string point guard.

Pietrus/Barnes/Azuibuike - Just sign and keep them.

Patrick O'Bryant/Josh Powell - I would love to see them play more, and I doubt that teams would really want them at the moment.

Poll
Sign Pietrus/Barnes/Azuibuike again?
Sign Pietrus and Barnes.
1 votes
Sign none.
2 votes
Sign Barnes and Azuibuike.
47 votes
Sign only Pietrus.
0 votes
Sign Azuibuike and Pietrus.
1 votes
Sign only Barnes.
3 votes
Sign only Azuibuike.
6 votes
Sign all three.
4 votes

64 votes | Poll has closed

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The BArkley Update.

You guys all heard Barkley bark like a crazy bitch. He called us hillbillies earlier. Wait. Hold that thought. He's a hillbilly, check out where he's from. Now he says "Bay Area Sucks". I tell you what sucks. It sucks to me EJ and Kenny Smith. They got to sit next to that fatass every game. Can you imagine Charles Barkley using the bathroom? I wouldn't go in there until Barkley starts kissing ass again. I just finished watching the game, and did anybody see charles getting pied on the big screen? Oh yeah, Charles is short, fat, ugly, and stupid.

Also, Don Nelson have been talking about a six game rotation. What's up with that?

Captain Reviews:

Baron-MVP of the night. Great shooting, great passing, hella aggressive, and good defense going on there. He really does flourish under Nelson's system.

J-Rich - Stepped up during the second half really well, and I'm predicting that he's going to have a big game next game at Dallas.

Poll
How does Barkley look in a Mavs jersey?
better than being in a suns jersey
4 votes
shouldnt be in a jersey cause he's so damn FAT
32 votes
looks better than mark cuban
16 votes
looks like the idiot he is
47 votes

99 votes | Poll has closed

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What's more painful? This or That?

Okay, now we know that the Miami Heat isn't going to  be repeat champions. Sucks for them right? So what's more painful. Going to the finals but losing it to the Pistons when you have Shaq, Kobe, Payton, and Malone(Lakers)? OR Winning the championships then get knocked out in the first round(Heat)? But I think what's more painful is having your home team miss the playoffs for 13 straight years. But what's really exciting is to see a 13 year playoff drought end. =)

Poll
Which sucks more?
The Lakers Situation
13 votes
The Heat Situation
12 votes

25 votes | Poll has closed

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We Win! Is it all good?

http://www.nba.com/games/20070422/GSWDAL/boxscore.html

Take a good look at that. You might be saying to yourself, "WTF!?" OR "THANK YOU JESUS!".

Dirk was not himself tonight, 4-16? That's abnormal for him. In my opinion, we did a crap job guarding their guards. We gave Jason Terry a few open shots. Okay, a lot of open shots. Enough about the Mavs, lets go to Warriors evaluation.

Boom Dizzle- MVP of the night! He's the reason Warriors were in the game by the end of the first half.

Monta- Not his night is it? He gave 110%, and it's amazing how he tells us he's not nervous at all. This guy is confident. When you're confident, your shot is going to come. Expect a lot more from him.

J-Rich- Horrible first half, but okay second half.  He's somewhat consistent on the boards for quite a while now. Mad props to his block on Devin Harris, it came just at the right time.

Stephen Jackson- Playa you should be hitting the strip club after this. You hella deserve it.

Al Harrington- he posted up 10 rebounds right?

Matt Barnes- HUSTLER FOR LIFE! Swingman like playing today.

MP2- BETTER SHOT SELECTION. Enough said.

Andris Biedrins- needs more playing time!

Warriors need to crash the board next game. We can't allow 19 offensive boards from the Mavs. Yes their line-up is huge. But guess what that means? We can control the tempo. We didn't do that as well today.

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