Untouchable. I've seen that term tossed around here a lot lately, mostly thanks to the sudden resurgence of several trade proposals and fanwanking thre-- uhhh, player comparison debates. No doubt the Warriors fanbase as a whole has a lot of homerism for our players, so honestly who on the current roster even fits the term? People have declared Randolph, Monta, Curry... heck some even tagged Stephen Jackson as "untouchable." Are any of these guys absolutely vital to winning basketball, or are we just handing out the title to our favorites among a long line of average players?

This past season, the Warriors won fewer than 30 games. They led the league in points allowed and rebounds allowed, and are below average in pretty much everything else besides PPG and blocks. Nobody on a 30-win team should be considered untouchable, not even Anthony Randolph (yet). Our "role" players are not great, our "best" players are not superstars, and none of them deserve the untouchable tag we've given out all too often in the past.

On the other hand, I've also seen others fans who are quick to call our other players "expendable," which is equally stupid. The same guys who call Jackson a Top 5 forward are quick to understate Maggette's value in his 6th man role. Some people are already in favor of trading away Stephen Curry without seeing what he can do in the NBA just because "he's Monta with more range and less athleticism." Dumping any of our high salary players for a bunch of similarly overpaid scrubs now is not the answer, even with their shorter contracts. It does next to nothing in helping us win.

Chris Paul, Lebron, and Howard are guys who should be untouchable, with others like Wade, Bosh, and Roy closely following. They are far from being perfect players, but they are truely dominant enough to improve the outlook of any team they play on. None of the guys we have currently fits that bill. Does this make our entire roster expendable because we don't have a superstar? No. It just means that we shouldn't hold on dearly to anyone when dealing with a trade that would increase our chances of contending.

Note: I actually finished this post last night and saved it to read over one last time before posting this today. As such, this wasn't written to include the Belinelli trade. But since the deal is now official, I might as well include my thoughts here.

The move was just another classic example of the front office undervaluing our talent while the fans overvalue the talent being traded away, though the latter is much more apparent this time around. I think the somewhat outrageous reactions towards the trade pretty much shows how we overvalue our guys way too much. A good chunk of the fanbase is getting all butthurt over losing Marco Belinelli. Seriously? I hate Devean George just as much as the next guy and would hope he never steps foot on the court for us, but the deal shows we're set on giving Morrow more minutes at the very least. Lighten up eh?