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Trade Idea for Tayshaun Prince

JustSomeName — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:37:14 -0000

With the recent Jamal Crawford for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton trade that happened earlier today, this opens up many more ideas on what the Warriors will do next. Whether it's who they'll draft, trading up or down in the draft, or just a straight up trade. I was thinking about this trade:

Warriors send out:

Acie Law
Speedy Claxton
Marco Belinelli
7th Pick

Pistons send out:

Tayshaun Prince
15th pick

I couldn't use the ESPN Trade Machine for this, since the GSW-ATL trade isn't "official" yet, but granted that it does go through, I was thinking that with this trade, we could grab a great starting SF in Tayshaun Prince that actually WANTS to play defense, unlike our entire roster and have a great SF in Corey Maggette come off the bench. And we'd get the 15th pick to try and get Brandon Jennings or Terrence Williams. If Brandon Jennings drops to the teens like he's been projected to lately, we could grab him and have no use to resign CJ Watson as our backup PG. If not, we could grab Terrence Williams, who is projected to go around the mid-teens. He's versatile, very athletic, has above average passing skills for a SF and can handle the ball pretty well. What do you guys think?

Pistons Bucks Trade

JustSomeName — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:59:33 -0000

Pistons Bucks Trade

Just as soon as the Bucks got Oberto from the Spurs in the Richard Jefferson trade earlier today, they trade him to Detroit for Amir Johnson and are said to buy out Oberto's contract. Does this point towards the Spurs resigning Oberto, maybe?...

Where The Warriors Stand Now

JustSomeName — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:11:35 -0000

Where The Warriors Stand Now

Good outsiders perspective on our roster, what we need to do to improve, etc, etc. Can't wait to see Brandon Jennings in a Warriors uniform!

What would YOU do?

JustSomeName — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:55:02 -0000

So, these past couple months since the regular season ended, there have been alot of speculation on who the Warriors will draft. My question is who would YOU draft and why?

Now, I'm talking about realistic possibilties here. So we're going to assume that Blake Griffin, Ricky Rubio, and Hasheem Thabeet are all gone by the time we pick at #7. Let's just throw out all this drama with prospects not giving us a workout, the rumors that Monta Ellis doesn't want us to draft a PG, etc, etc. If you were GM, who would you pick at the #7 considering BPA and team needs.

For me, I think that we are basically setup with SG/SF swingmen and down low at C with Biedrins and Turiaf backing him up. We could use a PF, but unless we got Hasheen Thabeet, I wouldn't grab anyone else since they wouldn't be able to make any great immediate impact on this team. That only leaves the PG, this draft is flooded with PGs and some will turn great while others will become busts. I believe that Monta can be able to become a PG, but there is also a chance that he will not be able to come through with the abilities, and to be a great floor general in this league, you need to average AT LEAST 5 assists per game and I don't think Monta is ready to do that yet. With that said, I would pick Brandon Jennings. After seeing the recent interviews of him, it really seems like playing in Italy really humbled him as a player and he's learned alot both on and off the court over there. His basketball IQ probably increased by playing with professionals, he knows that he couldn't possibly do everything on the court and that by being good at one or two things is better than being average at everything, he knows that he cannot expect to be a starter right away. I think his mentality has really grown from high school and understands that it is a business and is really thinking like a professional athlete instead of some punk kid coming fresh out of high school/college. Although he is still a mere 19 years old, I think he has the potential and drive to become a star in this league. Having said that, he also seems like he has a very high bust potential.

After drafting him, I don't think he'll make a great impact for our team in his first year. I think he'll get limited minutes here and there like with Anthony Randolph this past season. I think he would serve as a good backup to Monta at the point (for now). And after the first year or two, if he really does blow up, we can put Monta at the 2 and start him, but if not, we can always get rid of him or keep him as a backup. I think towards the end of this past season when we were really into the "tank mode", our reserves and bench really stepped up and showed us all that they can ball with the best this league can offer. So with all our reserves gaining such confidence in the past season, I think our roster is pretty much intact for the next season and that we should bring along Jennings slowly (but surely). The only trade I would be ok with is if we got rid of Jamal Crawford and/or Corey Maggette, with Brendan Wright and/or Marco Belinelli as trade pieces. I'd much rather keep Maggette though, since I love him off the bench and he could essentially be a top prospect for 6th man of the year granted that we stay healthy and win more games, he can put up the kinds of numbers to beat out JR Smith and Jason Terry for 6th man of the year. I also like Belinelli very much, he showed us what he can do if given the chance and he was healthy, but with our plethora of shooting guards, I wouldn't mind seeing him go, and I would MUCH rather see him go than Anthony Morrow. But if I were given a choice, I'd rather keep Belinelli than Crawford just because of the horrid contract that he posesses. Although he has some crazy ass handles and I love watching him (unnecesscarily) cross people up.

Poll

If you were GM of the Warriors, who would YOU draft?

Brandon Jennings

42 votes

Jrue Holiday

6 votes

Jordan Hill

5 votes

Tyreke Evans

12 votes

Stephen Curry

14 votes

Terrence Williams

4 votes

Jordan Hill

4 votes

Other (explain)

10 votes

97 votes | Poll has closed

Rowell Gone in Three Years!

JustSomeName — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:39 -0000

Rowell Gone in Three Years!

So, as most of us know, there was another Season Ticket Holder conference this week that was held by Riley and Rowell without anyone being able to field questions. Link above is from WarriorsWorld.net where they recapped a few of the questions. One answer in particular had Rowell stating that if the Warriors do not make the playoffs in the next three years, that he, Riley, and Nelson are all gone. Nelson's contract reaches an end after the 09-10 season, so does this also imply that Nelson will be given an extension to try and help develop this young team? But, I digress. I never thought I would say this, but I hope the Warriors miss the playoffs in these next three seasons so that we all get to bid farewell to Chris Cohan!

I Finally Abandoned Ship

JustSomeName — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:04:42 -0000

I Finally Abandoned Ship

Nice article, throws more gas on the fire that is the Cohan-Rowell Era.

Baseball's Lebron

JustSomeName — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:36:25 -0000

A little bit off topic, but since the Warriors aren't playing in the Finals, I thought I'd share this. I first saw this on Yahoo Sports and then again when my latest issue of Sports Illustrated came in the mail. His name is Bryce Harper, he's a 16 year old Catcher from Las Vegas. And he can already hit 500+ home runs, throw 95mph fastballs, has a faster bat speed than McGwire in his prime, and he's quick too. He's stolen home off wild pitches...from second base...six times this last season. When he was 12, he went to a tournament and went 12 for 12 with 11 home runs and a double at a 250 ft home run field. This kid is a prodigy and a hall of famer in the making. At first, I was very skeptical of his abilities and assumed he was taking steroids as early as high school, a la A-Rod. But after watching this mix tape of his, he looks like the real deal.

Here's the article:

Yahoo Sports

Sports Illustrated

Here's the mix tape:

Discuss.

Starbury?

JustSomeName — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:44:45 -0000

We all know the history of Stephon Marbury from his days with the Nets, the Wolves, the Suns and his infamous years with the Knicks. After he got released he played for the Celtics, very sparingly. And it seems like he isn't as cocky or such a cancer to the locker room anymore. He is now older and wiser and wants to prove that he still belongs in the NBA. He's an unrestricted free agent this year and maybe we could pick him up? Maybe for the MLE? He shouldn't be making anymore than that anywhere else anyways. He could help develop Monta's PG skills and be a very good backup off the bench. He's also good in a run-n-gun style that we play. We really don't have anything to lose and we could hold up a stance like the Celtics did and tell him if he screws up, he's gone. As you all may already know, we are very in need of a PG to run this team. He could come off the bench to spell Monta. And he is a career average of 7.6 assists per game and even this previous year when he played for the Celtics, he averaged 19 minutes per game, played in only 23 games and STILL averaged more than 3 assists per game. What do you guys think?

Other Warrior Fansites?

JustSomeName — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:34:24 -0000

Other Warrior Fansites?

So, we obviously all frequent GSoM and I consider it one of the better Dub sites out there right next to WarriorsWorld, I was just wondering if there were any other reputable fan sites/blog/forums there were out there? It'd be nice to read around and see other opinions on the Warriors and how they differ from opinions here. Or maybe we're all pessemistic? haha

Ducks Redwings Game

JustSomeName — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:18:28 -0000

Ducks Redwings Game

Did anyone see the Ducks Redwings game tonight? I believe it was @ Ducks and what I saw in the stands utterly shocked me. They had signs that were distributed by the team that said "We Believe" in yellow and black! What biters! How come everyone copies our great quote from the 2007 playoff run? How original!