Hey what's up GSOMers? With it being the offseason, there's a little basketball news, but not much. I just thought I'd attempt something different and start a discussion of who's jerseys we would wear. Mainly, non-Warrior jerseys. Back when I was younger, I did purchase some other teams' jerseys being that I was an NBA fan in general. Later on as years went by, I was beginning to wonder if it's disrespectful to my teams if I rock another teams colors. However, being that I am an NBA fan, I kinda want to wear replica jerseys of some individual players that I like for when I play in pick-up games. So if you currently have other players' jerseys, who is it? And other than of course you like them, why?

The only replica jersey of the Warriors I have is Nick Van Exel. I wasn't crazy about giving up Antawn Jamison for him, but I was juiced knowing that he's now on our team. I bought his jersey at a game when he hit a 3, 2 of them if I remember correctly, to beat the Spurs. My other Warrior jerseys are an orange swingman J-Rich, a swingman Maggette (Anniversary gift from my girl), and authentics of Pietrus and Ellis (I of course bought that before I started to not like him, but hey, it still reps for our Dubs). I don't want to play in my swingmen or authentics, or course. Back in April of '05, I was in L.A. because I was a diehard WWE fan back then, and went to WrestleMania 21 at the Staples Center. At the end of my vacation, I went to a Clippers vs Spurs game, and the Spurs won in double ot after Robert Horry hit a gw 3. Before the game, for a souvenir, I bought a Clippers swingman Maggette jersey. I like his energy, and I knew lots of people would have Elton Brand jerseys. I do play ball in that though since I do have a Warriors one. And since he's my favorite player of all-time, I have an authentic Scottie Pippen jersey with the NBA Finals trophy logo on it. I definitly won't play ball in that. And last but not least, I have a swingman Durant jersey, who most of you might know, is my favorite player in the NBA.

I'm paying off some debts, but when that's done, I'm going to treat myself in getting a replica Posey jersey. I don't see anyone representing for him whenever they're playing. I absolutely love Posey. He puts in his part in helping to destroy the Lakers whenever he plays against them no matter what team jersey he's wearing. I would love to have a Celtics one since he was the x-factor in them destroying the Lakers in the '08 Finals, but I can't find it anywhere, so I'll settle for a Hornets one.

I've asked some of my buddies who are fans of other teams, and they for the most part said yes that they'd wear another jersey, just not a rival team's. So I guess it's not too bad if I do. I just wouldn't wear it on a day/night of a Warriors game.

I know this post doesn't mean anything, but honestly, I love doing whatever will rain on the Lakers' parade. I hate that fucking team. And although I was cheering for the Magic and Rafer Alston to win the Finals, I've gotta be honest and say this site is the superior fansite to Third Quarter Collapse. You guys welcomed me here and let me do all the Laker bashing I wanted. Over there, I couldn't even say I hated the Lakers. It's all good to be classy, but I just think they were patrolling on Laker hatred a little too much.

I honestly wanted the Finals to be you guys vs the Magic. I like to think that if Yao were healthy, you guys would have taken the Lakers out. Even without him, Dik and T-Mac, ya'll still took those bitches to seven games. The only team this past post-season to have done so. I'm sorry, but even though the Lakers are a great team, I'm not convinced they're as indestructable as people make them out to be. They played dirty against you guys to help back up my thesis. I highly doubt Dik will be back, but I think the only thing that's keeping you guys from winning the title next year is a suitable replacement for Mutombo. Of course, all guys have to be healthy. Oh, and Ron-Ron coming back. I'm serious. It comes at the expense of my Warriors being out west too, but with a full and healthy line up, I think your team has to be the favorite towards the title next year. Good luck!

I responded to a post similar to this on Niners Nation. Arkie49er over there  wanted to know how long we've been a 49er fan and what made us a 9er fan. That was a hella cool post. Anyway, I'm influenced by Arkie to conduct this post as far as the Lakers go. The majority of us who use this forum love the Warriors. Of course as our Warriors are in the same state as the Lakers, I'm sure most of us either like or hate the Lakers. With that being said, I'm interested to know what side are you on of theirs, and why?

My first season of following the NBA was the '93-'94 season, which was Chris Webber's rookie year with us. My first NBA game I attended was the Warriors vs Lakers. Magic Johnson was the interim head coach of the Lakers. It was our last home game of the year. We blew them away. That season, the Lakers were a mediocre team. But then the next year, the Lakers made some key pick-ups in adding Cedric Ceballos and Eddie Jones.

If you followed the Warriors back then, you know all about the Webber departure fiasco. Anyway, it was a definite change in direction of the year before of where the Warriors and Lakers both went. I wouldn't say I was a Laker fan, but I at least supported them to do well because I liked the trio of Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, and Cedric Ceballos. However, that all changed years later when Shaq, Kobe, and Phil Jackson came to town.

Ever since the 2000 season, I've seen the Lakers play dirty and get away with murder on the court. Shaq can slam or even throw whoever's guarding him to the floor, and nothing would be called. Despite his basketball God-like skills, Kobe still had to cheat and play dirty on the court (Think back '02 while elbowing Bibby in the face, yet Bibby's called for the foul). On top of that, he has to talk crap to his defenders. I personally like players who let their game to their talking for them. As far as Phil, I've just always seen him as an arrogant and conceited jerk. I've never been able to give the Lakers their props since 2000 because of their special treatment. I've never seen them win fair and square. I mean I've always known most of their series wins were fixed, but they just finally admit it last year for the 2002 series vs the Kings.

I will be cheering for the Rockets to do the impossible this Sunday. Not only am I arguably the biggest Laker hater alive and breathing air, but I admire Rick Adelman to the bone. This guy is a superb coach. I'm more than proud to say he has coached our Warriors back in the day. It's just unfortunate we didn't supply him with a good team. When that day comes that a lot of you are waiting for, which is Nelly leaving town, I'd love for the Dubs to go after Rick. Although it more than likely wouldn't happen, this time he'd inherit a talented Warrior group.

No one deserves this series win more than Coach Adelman. This man has never reigned supreme over Phil Jackson in the postseason, although he should have back in 2002. We all know that Western Conference Finals series with this same Faker franchise was rigged. It just took six years for the league and/or the media to finally admit it last year. His old TrailBlazers lost two Finals series to the Bad Boys of Detroit and then the Phil Jackson coached Bulls.

Heading into this season, the Rockets were my pick to win the whole thing. They were already deep from top to bottom, plus they added Ron Artest in the offseason. However, T-Mac's season ended prematurely. They had other guys to work together to fill his void. Then late in the season, they signed a 40+ year old but still productive center in Dikembe Mutombo to bolster their front line to work with the likes of Scola, Yao, and Landry. In the first round, Mutombo's great career ended prematurely with his injury in Portland. Then with T-Mac and Mt. Mutombo already out, add insult to even more injury, and there goes Yao for the rest of the playoffs. Now without Yao and Dikembe both out, you have a small team... You basically have a team like us.

Almost the whole world, including myself, thought the Rockets would get smashed by the Lakers. They destroyed the Lakers in game 4. Then they got humiliated and were destroyed by an even 40 points in game 5. So then I thought now that the Lakers know to take the Rockets seriously, they're going to end it in game 6. Well, the rest is history as game 7 is just days upon us.

So us Laker haters, let's cheer our butts off on Sunday for this Rocket squad. With a full and healthy roster, this team is nowhere near underdog status. However, given the hand they've got now against the team that they're playing, this is as low of an underdog as you can get. Yes, I'd say even lower than our 8th seeded team of two years ago, because the Mavericks just weren't that intimidating at all. Plus to add to this underdog story, now-starting center Chuck Hayes is an undrafted NBA player who was born right here in the Bay Area (Thanks to my boy Romes for pointing that out). Another Bay Area/Warriors tie is of course Brent Barry, who is the son of one of our finest ever, Rick Barry.

Houston, L.A., we have a problem. GO ROCKETS!!!

Hey Rockets fans. I've been chering for you guys since last year to go all the way. I'm a Warrior fan/Laker HATER. I've been arguing with lots of people that Rafer Alston is not only underrated, but under appreciated as well. I wish him well in Orlando, but it just stuck with me to cheer for your Rockets even when he was traded away. I'm also supportive of Dikembe Mutombo. It's a shame his career had to come to a sudden end in the 1st round vs Portland. He's been to the Finals twice, but yet has never received his ring. This man is 42 years old I believe, and even at that age, was still giving the big guys trouble down low prior to his injury.

With all that said, this round 2 match-up is personal to me. As I've stated, it's the team the I want to go all the way vs the team I despise most in all of sports (Them and the Oakland Raiders). More then half of the Laker games they win are tainted. They get all the calls plus get away with murder. One of their championships ('02) shouldn't even be hanging on their rafters. Plus, their bandwagon fans are annoying. Living out here in Northern California, trust me, there are a lot of them. There are lots who cheer for our Warriors then once they're not doing to well, lots of them all of a sudden become Laker fans. It's very sickening.

In closing, it's going to hurt not having T-Mac and Mutombo, but I believe you guys have the players and the extraordinary coaching in Coach Adelman to dethrone the Lakers. I just couldn't beleive most of the media were crowing the Blazers to move past you guys. Low and behold, the Blazers didn't even make it a series. I'm awaiting for ya'll to smash the Lakers tonight and steal homecourt. With much love from the Bay Area out here in the state of California, LET'S GO H-TOWN!!! And as your ex-great coach Rudy Tomjanovich said... "NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE HEART OF A CHAMPION."

I don't care what any of you haters have to say. Jamal Crawford, of course in my opinion, as I am the writer of this Fanpost, is good for this team. I don't know who's faster between him and Monta (if healthy), but Crawford is sure lightning quick as is. Sure he's a streaky shooter, but when he is on fire, he is extremely tough to stop. He can beat his man off the dribble, just like Monta. He can create for others if Nelly actually wanted him to. He can shoot free throws and 3-pointers also just like Monta. No, wait a minute... oh yeah that's right. Monta is capable of making those shots, but not as easily as Crawford can.

What is it ya'll don't like about him? His lack of defense? I read a lot of you complain about Watson's defense, and you don't think he should go. His constant outside shooting instead of using his capabilities to drive to the basket? Captain Jack does the same thing, and he's capable of even slamming on defenders. He collects technicals like it's a good thing. On top of that... HE'S ONE OF OUR TEAM CAPTAINS!!! Excuse me... His history of never making it to the playoffs? Well, isn't basketball a team game? Did Monta not have a good supporting cast of players on the team in '07?

Monta Ellis is one hell of a player. A unique kind of a talent. I will admit that he is a diamond in the rough. We straight up stole him in the 2nd round of his draft. Admittingly so, I was probably one of the first, if not, the first person who bought a jersey of his before anyone even knew who he was. Okay before someone like Sleepy Fraud or whatever his name is says something like "Of course we knew who he was. We watch the Warriors," then let me correct myself and say before anyone probably paid attention to him the same amount they did to J-Rich or Baron, I went on to the Warriors website and paid my hard earned money for a custom-made authentic jersey of him while watching the very few minutes a game then-coach Mike Montgomery would give him. Why? Because I knew he would be special. Back then, I didn't want to get J-Rich or Baron because I knew those would be most of the jerseys other Warrior fans would be sporting. Anyway, it's time for this guy to go.

No, I haven't talked to him up close and personally. No, I haven't spent a day to see or hear him do the shenanigans most recently posted about. No, it's not that I don't think his best days are behind him. Hmmmmmmm, anything else I can think of what the Monta supporters will ask me...?

Before these reports of how Ellis was acting, I even noticed since last year even during his post-game interviews, he was starting to get really cocky. The dude's got skills, but c'mon... let your game do the talking. I know at least some of us see he's having that "me me me" attitude. You can see it in his interviews, his body language, his facial expressions, and in his demeanor when he's around the team in their "huddles." Sure it may look pretty what Monta can do on the basketball floor, but in time, it's all going to catch up with us and kill the nucleus for our team.

Welcome to SBNation. My name is Golden Boy. I am a diehard Golden States Warrior fan, but individually, I think Kevin Durant owns all. I am so proud of this 20-year old phenom. This man along with Russell Westbrook and Jeff Green is taking you guys to new heights in no time. I have been a Warriors season ticket holder for 2 years, and I am proud to say that I have attended every game Durant and the Thunder (Sonics last year) have come here to play. I won't lie. Last Saturday, his dunk on Anthony Randolph out here in our house was NASTY.

Durant has been my favorite player since his days in Texas. I've never even had a favorite hooper since Scottie Pippen. Throughout my time seeing him, fellow basketball fans weren't listening whenever I reccomended to watch Durant. Now after his many gw shots he already has in his young career, his all-star rookie game MVP and his dramatic comeback in the G E I C O game, all those people are taking notice of this man.

Well I'm glad the Thunder finally have a Forum now. When I checked, it wasn't here. I will definately be on this forum a lot. Feel free to come to www.goldenstateofmind.com and check out my forum I just wrote about how I hope ya'll whoop on the Lakers tomorrow. FYI, Lakers are the team I hate in ALL of sports. I'd choose Durant over Kobe to be on my team any day of the week.

When it comes to my NBA fanhood, the 3 things about me in a particular order is that I love the Warriors, I'm a huge Kevin Durant fan, and I loathe the Lakers. Prior to tipoff last Saturday night, myself and some of you fellow GSOMers were giving praise to Kevin Durant. I mean... he's just an awesome player, who is only 20, and it's good for the league that he's in here doing what he's doing. This kid is already hella good, plus he can only get better. He would be a Junior in college right now had he elected to stay at Texas University.

I'm glad our Warriors came up with the win, but if you watched the game, I'm sure you saw his monsterous dunk on Randolph. I mean Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook are going to be great players too, but in actuality, almost all eyes are on Durant. Maybe he didn't have good games his first 2 career games against us, but since the last game of las season (His 1st NBA double-double), he has always been on a tear against us.He finished up with 32 points last Saturday, 2 of them being crunch time baskets to almost  make them come back. But... Stephen Jackson then started primarily guarding him and almost like anyone else who would be guarded by Jackson, the game wasn't so easy anymore.

Now the Thunder and Lakers play tomorrow. On paper, the Thunder don't stand a chance. However, we were in contention with the Nuggets for the 8th and final playoff seed last year. We had to rely on Durant and the Sonics to beat the Nuggets to help keep our playoff chances alive. Durant hit 2 3s to keep them alive, and then won eventually in double ot. Like I said earlier, he's 20 now. At 19 last year, he had a whole lot of clutch/gw shots. I mean Kobe's arguably the greatest player right now, but at 19 and/or 20, he was nowhere near Durant's level of play.

So, here's to the Thunder hoping to pull off a miracle upset tomorrow. They have the talent with the centerpiece to do it. Don't buy into the Thunder's record. They are a tough 13-win team. Their record doesn't show it, but they are a real competitive team. In closing, I would like to join the good people of Oklahoma City in a chant of "BEAT LA. BEAT LA. BEAT LA."

And may a Durant on Kobe dunk tomorrow be even more emphatic then it was on Randolph!

Hey wsup Eagle Nation?

Congratulations on being left for dead during the regular season, only to advance all the way to at least the NFC title game.

Whenever my beloved 49ers aren't in the playoffs and the Eagles are, I always cheer for ya'll to go all the way. I've always had the utmost respect for Donovan Mcnabb. The guy is AMAZING. Other than T.O. and Donte Stallworth, he hasn't had any quality receivers (That I can think of anyway). Even with those challenges, he has managed to take you guys to many NFC title games along with a trip to the Super Bowl. My favorite team in all of sports is the Golden State Warriors, so I can relate to having a team that's an underdog and taking it to the big boys. You guys whooped on the Cardinals, and Cardinals fans say the Cs had nothing to play for when that happened. Although that may be true, I think Donovan has something to prove as he's a very hungry quarterback. I feel that whenever he's healthy, the Eagles can compete with anybody the league has to offer.

There was talk earlier this year that Andy Reid and/or Donovan Mcnabb would be gone after this year. I personally got excited when someone on ESPN at that time said keep a close eye on Donovan Mcnabb, because if he's cut loose, the 49ers will definitly go after him. Seeing how he's played, I know not to get excited about the possibility of that happening.

Nonetheless, I will be at my homeboy's house, who is from New Jersey and is an Eagles fan, to watch the game. While I will forever be a part of the 49er faithful, I will wear my T.O. Eagles throwback jersey every day the Eagles are still in the playoffs to show my faith in them. I know, I know, but it's the only Eagles apparel I have. T.O. was still my favorite player when he left the 49ers, so I bought his Eagles jersey back then. That's why I have an Owens jersey :-) Good luck, Eagle Nation. I hope your title comes this year. You guys deserve it.

A bunch of Laker fans were rejoicing on Christmas day as if they won title after beating Boston. Nothing wrong with that, but they were celebrating as if they won the NBA title. Hmmmmm, too bad for them that wasn't the outcome in games 1, 2, 4, and 6 of the finals last year. Before I go any further, I think I'm probably the biggest Warrior fan/Laker hater alive. I absolutely loathe the Lakers.

What really irritates me is that even before our "We Believe" season, a lot of those people who were cheering for the Warriors were cheering just as much for the Shaq/Kobe-led Lakers. Then of course, they cheer for our Warriors since they're finally in the playoffs. Then last year when we come up short, I was so disappointed to see the majority of our "fellow fans" cheer loud and proud for the Lakers to win the title. I'm sorry, but my personal feeling is if you're a true Warrior fan, you never cheer for the Lakers, unless a victory by them determines our playoff fate (And I absolutely HATED having to cheer for them to beat the Mavericks for us late in the season last year). Especially since this team and that b.s. foul call on Monta to Fisher essentially cost us the year last year.

As far as Kobe, I will admit he's the greatest in the game today. He's Michael Jordan resurrected. However, I can't stand him. I usually respect great players when they retire, but I'd honestly even boo him and Shaq at their retirement ceremonies. For Kobe in particular, I lost so much respect for him last year when he said he wants out of L.A. He basically called his teammates out and said they suck. All of a sudden, the Lakers do better than Kobe thought they would, then he has the nerve to call those same teammates "his brothers" at his MVP ceremony. Then lastly, he said the biggest joke of all that he'd "love to be a Laker for the rest of his career." Kinda easy to say during the duration of winning, huh? You know, Jason Richardson was on so many mediocre Warrior teams, and he never once demanded to get traded.

Lastly, at the game last night during the final minute, I gathered some people to chant "BEAT LA" with me to get our guys motivated for tomorrow's game. During that time, people all over in our section looked at us like we're crazy, and didn't understand it. I had to explain it's because we're playing against the Lakers on Sunday. I've never seen so many puzzled looks in my life. I'm sorry, but that just showed me that the majority of the people who are there is only because their friends/families are there, or because their tickets were just given to them by their work. The sad thing is some girl wearing a Warriors jersey turned around and said to me "I don't get it." Now with that said, let's show the world tomorrow that L.A. is just L.A., but THE GOLDEN STATE IS ALL OF CALIFORNIA.

    Indeed I do. Okay, so we're 8-20. 12 games under .500 to-date. So what? We're no different than the identity we've had over the years. We're a team that's either really close in the ballgame, or we lose and get blown out. The only difference is that the two years prior to this one, we finished with winning records. We're not winning consistently now, but we're missing 3 20+ game scorers out with injuries. I already know that Monta is not going to save the season. Heck, I know we'll be even lucky just to have him be half the player he was prior to the injury. However, what I'm looking forward to is by the time he comes back, hopefully the guys will have the swagger that they could compete with anyone.

    I honestly don't remember the year of the season (It might be the '96-'97), but the Suns started out absolutely awful as well. They had at least a 10-game losing streak in that season. Before it was all said and done, that team started gelling together, and then they also had a 10-game winning streak in the season and made the playoffs. Even though we're filled with NBA babies and rookies, I still see the potential of this team doing that this season. Even if we don't make it, and if healthy for the most part, I don't think we're going to finish as one of the worst teams in the league at all.

    From the majority of the posts I read, I'm seeing lots of dissing towards our team. I understand, we're losing, and ya'll are frustrated, but I'm just looking at it as gearing this team for the future. And if you're gearing up for the future, there's no way you can be a contending team now. Where I'm getting at is for those that are getting mad, I don' t know if you're expecting us to contend for a championship or what, because it's just not going to happen.

    And for those of you that really think this team sucks, just think to yourself and ask where would we be if each and every single one of our games was officiated straight down the middle. Not just this year, but what would our win and loss records be of years past? You hear Barnett and Fitz always complain how Biedrins gets mugged down low... and no foul. Or one of our guys could just touch another guy with a pinky, and get called for the foul. That's not even all that's not fair. Those of you that watch all games or just about will know what I'm talking about.