SB Nation User Blog: Somar

Draft

Somar — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:40:02 -0000

Let us face reality, our team sucks. Our season is pretty much over unless we make a big splash before the trade deadline but I doubt it. Look at the bright side though, the way things are going, we might have a top 10 or maybe even a top 5 pick.

Here are the 3 guys I think will fit right in and the Warriors should take a long look at if they are still on the board in next years draft:

Greg Monroe, F/C, Fr., Georgetown
Monroe has so many tools for a big man that the Chris Webber comparisons were inevitable. He can shoot, handle the ball, pass and get up and down the floor. While there were questions about his work ethic and drive in high school, his strong play for Georgetown has quieted those concerns.

His stellar game against UConn and lottery prospect Hasheem Thabeet Dec. 29 pushed him into the Top 5. A few scouts have him as high as No. 3. And one NBA exec has him as the No. 2 player on the board. If he continues to improve as the season goes on, he's the one guy on this list that could challenge Griffin for the No. 1 pick

James Harden, SG, So., Arizona State
Harden was under the radar for much of 2008, but his play has been stellar this season. He does virtually everything well and reminds many scouts of Brandon Roy. Harden looks like one of those players who will be able to contribute immediately in the NBA and projects as a surefire Top 5 pick. Many scouts and executives have him as high as No. 2 on their draft boards.

Brandon Jennings, Italy
When scouts watch video of him in high school, or watch him in practice in Italy, Jennings looks like a Top 5 pick. He's blessed with great athleticism and virtually every skill you want in a point guard. But he's been a disappointment when he's on the floor in Europe. Chalk a lot of that up to a difficult transition from high school to Euro ball. But some of that uncertainty is starting to weigh on his stock. Jennings still looks like a Top 10 pick at the moment, but there isn't a consensus like there was in June.

What do you guys think about my 3? And do you think we should "tank" the rest of the season to make sure we get a high pick?

"No player is untouchable"

Somar — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:20:50 -0000

Multiple league sources indicate that the Warriors’ front office has been involved recently in casual or not-so-casual trade discussions with “everybody about everybody”–meaning every player on the Warriors roster and every team in the league. No player is untouchable. Chris Cohan is asleep at the switch or loves that Rowell is destroying his team or is about to sell or something. Ownership is imploding. This is 1999 all over again. San Jose Mercury News

I think the Warriors are almost guaranteed to trade Wright at some point before the late-February trade deadline. And I think, if they have any shot of moving Maggette, they’d have to include Randolph (maybe Wright AND Randolph just to move Maggette), which is such an abject surrender that I cannot imagine where they’d go from there. San Jose Mercury News

But around the league, the word is out: Don Nelson is desperate to make a deal, just make any deal, he’s more than willing to dump his best young players, and there’s nobody left at Warriors HQ to stop him. San Jose Mercury News

can you guys imagine the front office trading Andris, Randolph and Wright? I personally think these are the guys that should remain untouchable. trading everyone else but them is cool with me. Who do you think we should keep?

Everything in a nutshell

Somar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:55:18 -0000

Please stop talking about Baron. He is gone and he does not want to be a Warrior. He'd rather be home and now he's happy. Lets leave it at that.

How can anybody talk about getting rid of Don Nelson after he saved this city. Everyone in this basketball world was actually talking about the Warriors in a serious manner and not some kind of a joke the last couple of years. If it was not for him, we wont have these fond memories of the Oracle covered in yellow and Baron dunking on AK47. Maybe those highlights can take the place of Jamison scoring back to back 50 points on foxsports in the future.

Gerald Wallace is a BAD idea for a trade. If we're going to trade Maggette, we need to get a power forward in return. that's the biggest hole in our team. We don't want to take back all that cash Wallace is due just to get 50 to 60 games out of him a season.Not to mention the fact that our backcourt is already loaded.

We need to keep Belinelli. Have you seen him play lately? He's a smaller version of Peja. He can flat out shoot and the more he gets a feel for the game, the better he will get. And who knew he could pass too. He's got some crazy no look bullet passes. he will never be a star but he'll be a really good role player in this league.

Wright is the real deal. It puzzles me why he does not get consistent minutes but who am I to say, I am not the coach. I would really like to see him get at least 25 mins a game so we have another scorer down low.

POB update

Somar — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:37:10 -0000

So far so good!

10 points

8 rebounds

3 blocks

1 steal

I saw the game yesterday and POB looks really impressive. Yes, you might say it's the preseason but he fits in with the celtics really well. Playing with unselfish players like KG, P Double and Ray helps and takes the pressure off of him. i think the warriors gave up too soon on him. big men take longer to develope and he just needed time on the court. look what happened to beans when he got time after riding the bench for a few seasons. he was basically a bust that couldn't make a lay up or free throws. who ever knew he was going to be a big piece of the warriors