Obviously, David Lee is the top FA out there and would be an excellent fit with the Warriors. Just ask Bucher:

16. David Lee, PF/C, Knicks (RFA)

His game: Energy and defense without needing plays called for him. Will sacrifice his body on screens and charges. Undersized but athletic, hard-nosed and low-maintenance. Rebound and loose-ball fiend. Good hands and decent with putbacks and finishing around the rim off pick-and-roll. Not much of a threat beyond 15 feet or on post-ups. Willing help defender, but not a shot-blocker.

Right system: Up-tempo is ideal because he'll outrun most bigs in transition. Need at least three scorers, ideally four, so he has room and reason to chase down rebounds and putbacks. Can't play off an offensive post threat because he doesn't have the jumper to space the floor. Mobile enough to show on the guard in pick-and-roll defense and get back to a rolling big.

Wrong system: A methodical half-court set with a dominant scoring center who is not a shot-blocker.

Best fits: Suns, Blazers, Jazz, Rockets, Thunder, Warriors

I'm sure nearly everyone on this site would love to have him on the W's and there has been a lot written about the possibility in the comments of several posts. The question is would we have a shot and what would we have to give up to make it happen? (warning: long post with lots of analysis)

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http://www.ibabuzz.com/warriors/2009/06/26/curry-pg-of-the-future/

I didn't see this posted yet though I'm sure many people have read MT-2's blog. If you read the quotes from Nellie it seems pretty clear that he now sees Curry as the PG of the future.

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I went ahead and started the Golden State of Mind League for Season 2 (that is what sportingnews.com calls the 2nd half of the season).

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/hoops/season2/basic/home_good.html

League name is Golden State of Mind.

Everything will work the same as it did for the first half. For those of you who haven't played, check it out. It's a salary cap league. Each player has an assigned value and you are given $35M to buy 6 players of your choosing- there's no draft.

Props to back2back51's (Adonal Foyle Dot com) if he pulls out the win. If....

First of all, please leave this up for  people to see. This is an awesome opportunity for someone and for W's fans everywhere. This is no different than that guy (sorry I can't remember your name, man) who gives away the tickets (except I'm not giving anything away).

I just received a message on Facebook (stay w/ me here) from "Cal Poly Bay Area Alumni" group. Apparently there is a private reception for CP alumni before the game on Jan. 25 with esteemed Cal Poly alumnus- you guessed it- Bobby mofo-ing Rowell.

http://www.calpolylink.com/s/699/index.aspx?sid=699&pgid=539&cid=1326&gid=1&ecid=1326

I cannot  go to this but I think it would be SICK if there is some other CP grad on GSoM who would go represent and let Big Bobby know just how the fans feel about what has gone on in the last 6 months. You have to be a CP grad but, I mean, like 10% of my HS class went there so I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one on GSoM.

I think we should find someone who can go and GSoMers could pay their way. I got five on it (or more), anyone else?

So, I have been torn between writing another post to throw on the heap of bitching, moaning, condemning posts or writing some forward looking post, like so many members suggest as they complain about the people who...complain.

Luckily, I didn't have to decide (it takes me half an hour  to pick which 6 pack I want at BevMo so deciding is not a strength of mine). I found a great way to combine both urges that I think we all have as W's fans, to bitch and to look ahead- because, what the hell else do we usually have?

(WARNING: Long, thought out post ahead. Sorry, I guess?)

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For those of you who aren't already all over this (I'm sure, love or hate it, a lot of GSoM'ers are daily Talking Points readers):

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2008/09/29/for-the-record-baron-davis-and-mullin-had-a-tenative-39m-agreement-until-rowell-vetoed-it/

Whether or not you wanted BD to get that deal, this has interesting implications for our team. Obviously, Kawakami gives a way better analysis than I ever could but it seems to me that the most important point for the future is that Mullin got uver ruled on something as big as this. That combined with the complete lack of any meaningful extension talk would seem to suggest that his influence is decreasing and this will be Mullin's last season w/ the W's.

Kind of a bummer if you ask me but I'm just some dude. Let's go way off the hypothetical deep end and assume a) this is Mullin's last season as GM and b) that he completes no major moves between now and his exit. Assuming those two ideas, what move/ combination of moves define Mullin's tenure as GM to you? Peep the poll...

I had 5 minutes to kill so I went ahead and created the fantasy league for this year. Just like last year, it's the salary cap league on SportingNews.com and it's all free.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/hoops/season1/basic/home.html

Create a team name then go to "join an existing league":

League name:  Golden State of Mind                                                                    Password: 1975

Since it's a salary cap league, there's no exclusive ownership of players which means there's no draft. We can all have Kobe if we want to. Also, there is no real limit to how many people can join the league since an infinite number of people can own any given player.

You start with $35 million to buy 6 players: 2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center and 1 "6th man" (which means  the player can play any position). You have to maintain that type of roster all season (w/ those positions, not the exact players I mean). Some players have multiple positions they can play on your roster (G/F or F/C).

Players' values go up and down during the season based on how many people are buying and selling them, like the stock market. Players earn fantasy points through points, boards, assists, etc.  and most points wins the league, regardless of franchise value.

You get two trades every, I think, Tuesday night. The trades aren't actually trades you complete with other members of the league; a trade is really a right to sell a player and replace him by buying another.

Season 1 ends at the All-Star break and then season 2 goes from after the break until the playoffs. Hope some people join this year. Last season was hella fun.

I know it's way early to be asking this, but Adam at FastBreak got me thinking about fantasy basketball w/ his  latest post .   I'm wondering if the folks who set up the GSoM fantasy basketball league at SportingNews.com last year were planning on repeating that this year?

I loved the version of fantasy basketball that sportingnews.com used and GSoM had some good fantasy managers and some close contests. I hope it happens again.

Mullin started off his tenure as GM, well, sucking big time (see his first 5 major contracts and most of his drafts).

After the Indiana trade, I had finally gained some faith in Mullin's ability to evaluate talent and make deals accordingly as GM.

I reluctantly saw the J-Rich deal as necessary. It seemed the W's were finally giving us reason to be optimistic.

Now, first, we lose BD, the heart and soul of our team, not to mention the best Warrior in a long time, and gotten nothing for him. The losing him probably wasn't as much Mullin's fault as it was his design, but getting nothing for him was his fault.

What does Mullin do? After he finally got our from under the horrible deals he gave to Murphy, Foyle, Dunleavy and to a lesser extent J-Rich- what does he do with that cap room? Give $10 M per year to a 6th man who to a degree duplicates two of our best players in Monta and SJax?

$3M more a year on that deal could have gotten us Josh Smith or Baron. I'm not saying either of those sigings would have been the wisest, but if you are going to spend $50+ M on a player over five years, get something better than fucking Maggette!

This stinks of PR desperation by the W's front office: they missed out on BD (or what they could have got for him), Gilbert and Brand all in a very short span. So, they decided they would just sign the next biggest name left on the market.

Gee, where have I heard that one before? Oh yeah, two years ago when the Giants tried to sign Gary Matthews, Jr., Carlos Lee, and Alfonso Soriano and missed on all 3. So, they signed the next biggest name left on the market: Barry "shit, look who's pitching today" Zito.

I by no means am saying Maggette is going to become a headcase and have the sharpest decline of his career, BUT he sure as shit is going to end up as a severely expensive PR move 3,2 or even 1 year down the line.

Plus, here are some interesting comparisons:

Baron Davis DOB: April of 79 Career avg. games/season: 60.8

Corey Magette: DOB: Nov of 79 Career avg. games/season: 65.4

So, if you buy the logic of not re-signing Baron b/c he was "old and injury prone" as I and many did, why the fuck would we give almost as much $$ to a player only 6 months younger and nearly just as likely to miss a significant amount of games each year?!

Idiotic, this was an idiotic move by Mullin and he no longer deserves my faith as a fan in his abilities as a GM.

First of all, let me say that this post has nothng to do w/ Kawakami's blog entry. It is two completely points.

Moving on... I know it is sacreligous to come on GSoM and post that Monta might be a "curse". I'm not saying he is, just asking and playing devil's advocate.

So, here's my point: how many times have you read a string of comments that goes like this:

"Point guard X is a solid young PG and has x, y, z going for him and the W's could get him by offering (Al, TPE until a onth ago, a washing machine, whatever)."

Reply:

          "Yeah, Point guard X is awesome but he's only 6'1" and can't guard   the opposing 2 guard. That would be a real thin/small backcourt with Monta."

Our problem isn't finding a PG, it's finding one who is the size of and can cover a 2 b/c Monta isn't and can't.

I by no means am suggesting the W's should do anything less than sign Monta to a monster contract b/c he is/ will be an elite scoring guard in the NBA and he's like 15 years old.

Just wanted to point out that building around Monta at the 2 spot is going to be a hell of a lot more difficult than if we had a bigger (read "normal sized) 2 guard.

If by some random miracle we were able to acquire a nearly as good, young 2 guard w/ more size, it might be something worth looking at (read "Iggy"). I realize that's a "no shit" type of idea, but still.

It may be risky hitching the W's train to Monta, that's all. It may be the greatest move the franchise ever made, too (though it seems to be getting easier and easier to top that list).