It's that time of year again. I probably won't be going to any Warriors games this year because of the lockout, but will follow the NBA in fantasy. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, advanced, or wondered about playing, you should give this league a try. Mostly, it is to have fun, but there is some spirited competition involved, too. See how good of a GM you are with picking up players through the draft, waivers, or via trade. You never know who or what is waiting out there. If you are going to games and stuff, it's a great way to follow your team and players as you'll have a personal stake involved. Of course, bragging rights goes along with the teams and managers who finish in the playoffs and win, place, or show. Last season, we had Custodianrules2, MFP!, and NYC Swag Swishers in the top three. This is a Yahoo! NBA Fantasy League. Any questions or problems, post them here.

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I've been away from this board, so excuse if already posted.  Anyway, the Yahoo Team Report.  My comments in bold.

Warriors Team Report

Yahoo! Sports 11 hours, 45 minutes ago

GETTING INSIDE

The Warriors hired Hall of Famer Jerry West to become an adviser in the franchise’s front office and a member of the executive board.  Yahoo!

West will work with the basketball operations staff and report directly to Warriors owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber.

West, 72, spent 18 seasons as the Lakers’ general manager and seven in Memphis’ front office. He is a two-time NBA executive of the year.

“We are elated to add Jerry West and his incredible list of credentials to our Executive Board,” Lacob said. “His accomplishments in this business as both a player and executive are almost beyond comprehension and certainly well-documented. He’s simply a winner and, quite honestly, you can never have too many of those in your organization.”

West is better known for his accolades on the court, where he was a 14-time All-Star with the Los Angeles Lakers and the inspiration for the NBA’s logo. He is one of only seven players in NBA history to play at least 14 seasons in the league and be selected as a member of the All-Star team every year.

The Warriors are in the process of looking for a coach to replace Keith Smart, whose contract was not renewed in April. Under Smart, the Warriors finished the 2010-11 season 36-46, improving their record by 10 games from the year before, but management felt the need to go in a different direction.

Larry Riley was retained as the Warriors’ general manager last month, and the team also hired former NBA agent Bob Myers to be the assistant general manager and Riley’s eventual successor.

• The Warriors haven’t offered their head-coaching position to anyone, but already three leading candidates have said no.

According to various news sources, longtime head coaches Jerry Sloan and Jeff Van Gundy and Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer turned down Warriors requests to be interviewed for the position.  Ouch on Jerry Sloan and I hear Budenholzer would have been a good pick.

They were far from the only three men contacted by Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob and general manager Larry Riley.

Even before the second round of the playoffs had ended, the Warriors had interviewed Lakers assistants Brian Shaw and Chuck Person, former Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown and two other current assistants, Lawrence Frank of the Celtics and Dwane Casey of the Mavericks.

The Warriors appear to be in competition for some of the candidates with other teams whose offseasons have begun with coaching vacancies.

Shaw, who grew up in the Oakland area, is considered a candidate to replace Phil Jackson in Los Angeles. Frank and Casey are said to be on the Rockets’ short list to replace Rick Adelman.

Hornets assistant Michael Malone is another name that has been linked to the Warriors’ search.

Season Highlight:   The Warriors finished the season on an upbeat, beating the Mavericks, Trail Blazers and Lakers in consecutive games in April. But no doubt the most encouraging thing that occurred all season in fact didn’t happen during the season at all. When a group led by Joe Lacob acquired the Warriors from Chris Cohan last summer, Golden State fans began to believe again. Adding David Lee and Dorell Wright along the way helped in the rebirth as well.

Turning Point:   As with the Season Highlight, this occurred in the offseason as well. When Stephen Curry sprained his ankle in the lead-up to the World Championships, Warriors fans held their collective breath. It appeared he would have time to make a full recovery before Opening Night, but Curry reinjured the ankle in the final preseason game, a precursor to having to sit out games in two stretches early in the season because of subsequent flare-ups. Curry’s minutes were limited most of the season and he never really recaptured his rookie season’s magic, which many attribute to an ankle that was never 100 percent.  Speaks for itself.

NOTES, QUOTES

• Even though they had less than a one percent chance of winning the NBA Draft Lottery, the Warriors walked away a bit disappointed.

Why? Because the first two ping-pong balls to come out of the chute were 14-13, a starting combination the Warriors had on two “tickets.”

The final two balls were numbered 7-8, however. The Warriors’ tickets had numbers 9-8 and 10-8.

“One number away from getting the No. 1 pick. One number,” Warriors representative Joe Lacob muttered to Warriors.com.  Ooooooh...

The Warriors wound up right where they began the evening—picking 11th.

• The Warriors are expected to think big on draft night, especially with the 11th pick in the draft. So early speculation on the selection focused on Lithuanians Donatas Motiejunas and Jonas Valanciunas, Kansas’ Marcus and Markleff Morris, Texas’ Tristan Thompson, Morehead State’s Kenneth Faried and The Congo’s Bismack Biyombo.  I like Jonas V and then Donatas M in that order.  Also, high on Kawhi Leonard.  Pass on Kanter.  Intrigued by Morris if they trade down.

The Warriors went big seven years ago with the 11th pick and the results were pretty good … a least for a while. Andris Biedrins, the No. 11 overall selection of the 2004 draft, blossomed into one of the most consistent big men in the league early in his career, but he has since slumped into one of the most disappointing.

The Warriors also had the 11th pick in 2003 and selected another foreigner who’s still in the league—guard Mickael Pietrus.

• The San Francisco Chronicle reported the Warriors’ new ownership will not be retaining director of athletic development Mark Grabow, strength and conditioning coach John Murray, director of scouting Scott Pruneau and scout Jim Mitchell.

The report noted that Troy Wenzel, who replaced longtime athletic trainer Tom Abdenour on an interim basis late in the season, will remain with the team.

Quote To Note:   “Changes are taking place within the organization from top to bottom. We’ve talked at length about improvement and a new direction. Joe Lacob’s goal is to get every piece of this organization to be top-notch.”—General manager Larry Riley.

ROSTER REPORT

Most Valuable Player:   Monta Ellis. The Warriors haven’t had an All-Star since 1997. In fact, they haven’t even been in the conversation much. The latter changed this season. Ellis, who ranked among the league leaders in scoring all season, was considered by many to have been snubbed when he was not selected to make the trip to Los Angeles. Ellis played 80 of the 82 games, scored 20 or more points more times than not, moved over to point guard when Stephen Curry was on the bench or injured, and was almost always called upon to take the big shots at crunch time. He not only had his best season, but also solidified his position as a foundation block in the Warriors’ future.  Yup.  I agree.

Most Disappointing Player:   Stephen Curry. It would be easy to pick Andris Biedrins, who not all that long ago was deemed good enough to get a $54 million contract extension. But the big left-hander was just as ineffective last season, so at least his poor play could have been predicted. Curry wasn’t nearly as embarrassingly bad, but he certainly rated as a disappointment. Here’s how far the second-year guard fell: He entered the season as an untouchable in the team’s rebuilding effort; he ended it as the most likely player to be dealt in the club’s effort to find an upgrade for Biedrins.  I would have picked Biedrins.

Biggest Needs:   The Warriors fixed half their frontcourt problem with the addition of David Lee last offseason. He’s a top-flight rebounder who can step away from the basket and keep his defender honest. So now the Warriors need to solve the other half of the equation—finding a complement for Lee. That guy ideally would be a low-post scorer and low-post defender. The Warriors might have to trade Stephen Curry to get this guy, which in turn would make finding a guard complement for Monta Ellis their greatest need. Whether Curry is traded or not, drafting a backup point guard is a must.  Trade Curry and not Monta.  LOL.  I'm not advocating trading Curry unless it's for Chris Paul or Deron Williams.  I doubt Cleveland would give up #1 Kyrie for Curry.  That said, I've stated build around Monta, Lee and Curry.

Free Agent Focus:   The Warriors have their top four players (Monta Ellis, David Lee, Stephen Curry and Dorell Wright) locked up, and they’re stuck with Andris Biedrins, so their pending free agents aren’t big-name guys. Louis Amundson, a disappointment this season as a first-year Warrior, has a player option on a $2.4 million second season. It’s possible he’s as interested in leaving a bad situation as the Warriors are in erasing a signing mistake. It would be a surprise if both Reggie Williams and Al Thornton, a pair of free agent swingmen, are retained. With $49 million in guaranteed contracts, the club figures to be at least a small-time player in the free agent market, depending upon where the salary cap lands in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Player Notes: 

• F/C Ekpe Udoh didn’t exactly have a stellar rookie season, but that could be blamed on a thumb injury that cost him much of training camp and almost the entire first half of the season. Most people expect the Warriors to draft a big man with the 11th selection in June, but that might be considered a slap in the face to Udoh, last year’s lottery pick. The Warriors finished the year expecting Udoh to be their starting center of the future. With David Lee set at power forward, you might conclude a team that missed the playoffs by 10 games has greater needs than a backup big man.

• G Jeremy Lin was a great story coming out of the Warriors’ training camp. News that he had signed a two-year deal delighted most fans. But recently it has been reported that the second year of his contract is not guaranteed, rendering him to just another player at training camp this fall.  I was rooting for him, but JL is gone next season if we can get a bench.

• G Acie Law has been the Warriors’ backup point guard at the end of each of the last two seasons despite never holding the position at the end of training camp. Considering that he’s a free agent again, it’s possible his status will be the same—not on the roster—come opening night next season. If the Warriors go big with their lottery pick in June, they might look for their backup point guard of the future with the No. 44 selection of the second round.

Medical Watch: 

• G Stephen Curry (sprained right ankle) played the Warriors’ final 54 games, so obviously the injury wasn’t serious. Or at least Curry never told anybody it was. But he didn’t play nearly as well in 2010-11 as he had the previous season, after having injured the ankle in the offseason. After playing for the United States team in the World Championships last summer, what Curry needs now is a long vacation. That should assure his ankle is 100 percent for the start of training camp in October.

It's not official yet, but the chances are 80 - 20 the Maloofs will move the Kings to Anaheim.  It adds up to ten years of collective failure for Sacramento in getting an entertainment and sports complex built.  They tried with raising the sales tax twice, re-building a new arena next door, moving it to Cal Expo or downtown and even a 3-way with local developers, the city and the State of California.  They could not get it done even with Kevin Johnson as mayor.  Do you think some of the Kings fans will become Warriors fans again (and will you welcome them back?) or will the twain never meet?

First, I thought Monta Ellis had put up the numbers to make the 2011 NBA All-Star team instead of the all-snubbed team for the second year in-a-row. Monta has been averaging 25.2 ppg, third behind Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant, 5.4 ast, 2.2 stl, and been shooting 36% from the 3-pt arc. Even West All-Star coach Gregg Popovich vouches for putting Monta on the 2011 All-Star team. Perhaps if a guard goes down before the break, Monta will be chosen as a replacement. In regards to all-star appearances, it has been tough for a Warrior to make the all-star team since the team does not have a winning record and rarely makes the playoffs. The last Warrior to make it was Latrell Sprewell in 1997.

What Monta reminds me of is the song “Borderline” by Madonna. He has been so close and yet hasn’t made the team. That leads me into the Golden State Warriors team that has been “borderline” to making the playoffs. The goal this year set by new Warrior owner Joe Lacob was to have the team at .500 at the all-star break. The team had a stretch where they won four in-a-row and were four back of the magical .500 mark in January when they lost the next four in-a-row, two to some of the weaker teams such as the LA Clippers and Charlotte Bobcats. Perhaps it was the way they lost to those weaker teams, but the losses really hit the Warriors hard like a punch to the solar plexus when someone is holding your arms behind you. Warrior fans hoping for a turnaround and a playoff berth were taken aback. It was the same old story and same old song -- Borderline.

That brings us to the upcoming NBA trade deadline coming up on February 24th. Recently, the Warriors have beaten good teams like the Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder have climbed back to four games back of the magical .500 mark in February (They are 25 - 29).  Sound familiar? They still have a couple injured -- backup PG Acie Law and backup PF/C Lou Amundson, but they have their starters healthy. The big question is whether the Warriors have enough talent besides Monta Ellis and David Lee to be a playoff team. Both Stephen Curry and Dorell Wright have contributed and center Andris Biedrins has upped his play of late, but Warrior fans are clamoring for a trade. Warriors GM, Larry Riley, has stated that the Warriors are keeping their lines of communications open and making calls for possible trades, but nothing has materialized. He said “there is no question we need to make this team better. It has to be done in the right way. It won't be done in a knee-jerk reaction. We can (wait). We prefer to find a solution before the deadline. But if we have to, we can do it this summer." I have not heard of a rumor even though other teams are in a state of flux such as the Charlotte Bobcats. Tonight’s game against the Utah Jazz should be a telling one. The Jazz and Deron Williams will be motivated to show they can win without former coach Jerry Sloan and to avenge their loss to the Warriors last time. It should be a tough time out.

About a week ago, the Warriors were four games down in the loss column to becoming a .500 team.  In addition, they had won four-in-a-row.  What a difference a week makes.  Now, they've lost four-in-a-row and the loss to the Bobcats was so-o-o-o-o ugly.  The Warriors are 19 - 27 and EIGHT games out of .500.  It looks insurmountable when you play like the way the Warriors did against the Bobs.  Against the Bobcats, the Warriors won in almost every offensive category except for the final score.

I'm not sure its about the Warriors lacking talent to get to the playoff level since they have an all-star in Monta Ellis (he should be selected this year) and a former all-star in David Lee.  Maybe you can say Ellis, Lee and another potential star in Stephen Curry don't mesh well together, but I don't think the team has played enough together to say that.

The Warriors need help with interior defense, but I think they also need another player, preferably a big body who can go inside and score as well as get to the line. If he can clog the middle and play defense, then so much the better. For example, if we had Ama're Stoudemire instead of David Lee, then we would be a lot better to accomplish this and have an inside outside game and someone to go to when the shots aren't falling from outside. A DeMarcus Cousins in the draft would have done this, too.

More importantly, the current team has to take care of the ball better on offense.  The Warriors had that sequence against the Bobs where they got three offensive boards and weren't able to convert because of an errant pass.  Or they had a chance to take the winning shot, but never were able to get it off.  I'm not sure if its the coaching or players still not playing well with each other.  It could be they were tired, but it looked like both teams had sloppy plays and a coach could call a full time out for that.  Another sloppy play was Reggie not going to the rack when he had a lane and tried for an extra pass and turnover.  These kinds of mistakes keep happening.  This is a new team we have, so we have to be patient until the players get familiar with each other.  I guess you can put some of it on Smart's rotations, too.  It's part coaching and part lack of continuity.

The trade deadline is less than a month away, so addressing some of our needs could get us someone who can help. Until then, the Warriors have to start putting wins together again. Being eight games down in the loss column to .500 looks insurmountable, so they have to really focus on playing the game and hopefully winning one game at-a-time. The heat must be ratcheted up really high right now for Keith Smart and Larry Riley has to get us some help.

After our Golden State Warriors lost to the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, December 2nd, the team and I have been reeling trying to figure out what has gone wrong. The Warriors have gone 0 - 5 since they could not beat the Suns. 0 - 6 if you count the San Antonio Spurs game before that. One argument is the Warriors started off with an easy schedule during of the beginning of the season and went 7 -5. Since November 21st, the Warriors are in a tough part of their schedule mostly against teams over .500 and they’re 1 - 10 and out of playoff contention. Yeah, that’s a good explanation, but the Warriors are supposed to win some of those tough games if they’re a team bound for the playoffs. The Warriors need to beat some of those better than .500 teams and especially PHX, Portland and Denver in order to make it to the playoffs; These are the teams that will compete for the seventh and eight seeds in the Western Conference. To make matters worse, our starting PG is out with a re-injured sprained ankle and may get inconsistent PT due to it as it has been a nagging injury. Second, and even bigger problem is the Warriors aren’t scoring enough to beat the competition. They’re supposed to have gotten better defensively, but they’re still allowing the opposition to score an average of 107 ppg while they’re scoring an average of 100.6 points. That’s an average of 8.2 ppg less offense than last season.

The Warriors have had some injuries such as to starters Stephen Curry and David Lee and to reserves Ekpe Udoh, Lou Amundson, Brandan Wright, Rodney Carney and so on, but it is not an excuse as injuries are part of the game. So that brings up the coaching. I have been hearing complaints, from Don Nelson fans mostly, that the new coach Keith Smart is the problem. He’s implemented his defense, but has made the offense which was what made the Warriors exciting to watch and get some wins so much worse. The Warriors are now scoring an average of 100.6 ppg while allowing 107 ppg. As comparison, they scored and average of 108.8 ppg and allowed 112.4 ppg under Don Nelson. Clearly, they are scoring less under Keith Smart’s offensive schemes. So we have to put the new coach Keith Smart under the microscope and see whether or not he can regroup this team and make them produce. To the Smart detractors and bring back Don Nelson crowd, I say that Keith Smart was Nelson’s protégé and choice to replace him, so they should give him more of a chance or admit that Smart is another one of Nelson’s miserable failures.

During the Utah Jazz vs GS Warriors game, one of the Jazz announcers said the Warriors were a playoff team. Besides, look at what ESPN has on their 2011 Playoff site ;).

ESPN 2011 Playoff Matchups

The Warriors can beat the LA Clips and Sacramento, but they will have to beat Houston, Utah, Denver, Memphis and Phoenix to be sure they're in the playoffs. Sure to make it are the LA Lakers, Dallas, Portland, Oklahoma City and maybe San Antonio. New Orleans looks pretty good so far.

We will need a new WE BELIEVE logo, but this should suffice until then.

Ahh… it has finally arrived -- Opening Night.   The Warriors open up their 2010 season on Wednesday, October 27, against the Houston Rockets at Oracle Arena.  I have some opening night memories, but for some reason it’s not that of the game (I guess it was because most of it was the Warriors under Cohan).   I remember the electricity in the air as it’s a sold out crowd with pent up energy from waiting so long.  Walking to our seats from the parking lot or BART station was a big deal as we scan what’s new or unusual.  First, the fans are out in their Warriors gear.  Some are wearing new gear that you haven’t seen before.  Next, you wait to get into Oracle and the place is buzzing with Warriors talk or the chatter of people on their cell phones.  Once you finally get past the turnstiles, you see more fans, more gear and now get to check out the new or unusual vendors they added.  Perhaps one of the hawkers makes an offer that you can’t refuse -- free Warriors blanket for opening up a credit card account or -- I just “gotta” have this basketball court put up in our backyard or -- you can bid for these “cool” memorabilia at the silent auction or -- get a free night stay in San Francisco, Hawaii or somewhere exotic if you sign up to look at our timeshare and all we need is your credit card info.  After buying our usual buffalo wings, nachos and primo beer, my friend or wife would hurriedly go to our seats and listen to the Warriors band.  Yeah, they’re okay.  Okay, they’re pretty good.  Next, we waited to watch pre-game workouts.  Basically, I was there to watch the players to see what they were doing.  Then I ended up scanning the stands to see who else was there and eventually I would go walk around and check out some of the new foods and vendors they added.  I remember that more than the games. Oh yeah, there was Run TMC.  They shot lights out and Timmy had the killer crossover.  Or Chris Webber and Latrell Sprewell.  Those guys were athletic and had attitude.  Or why is Antawn Jamison so short?  Even Mike Dunleavy Jr. looked awesome as a rookie.  He’s skinny and white, but he’s got some real skills; After all, he went to Duke.  Or some player like Dirk Nowitzki from the opposing team had an incredible shot during the course of a game.  It was a dagger to the Warriors’ fans hearts, but it was amazing to see nonetheless.  It was something new and different every year, but as Warriors fans, we got sucked up in the vortex of opening night.

What were some of your GSW or GSOM opening night memories?

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Looks like Larry Riley's been dissed enough.  He's the one who should be credited for making the Warriors' deals.  Or blamed.  How would you grade what Riley has done so far?

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I think he would have gotten Ed Davis numbers at least. Probably better than that.

From draftexpress.com
Davis is 6-9, 227 lbs, 7 ft wingspan. Best projection: Al Horford. Worst: Udonis Haslem.

Udoh is 6-9, 237 lbs, 7' 4.5" wingspan. Best projection: Jason Thompson. Worst: Hilton Armstrong.

DeMarcus Cousins 14.5 ppg .333 fg% 9.8 reb 1.8 apg 1.5 stl 1.2 blk
Greg Monroe 14.6 ppg .521 fg% 8 reb 1.2 apg 1.8 stl 0.4 blk
Derrick Caracter 15.4 ppg .593 fg% 8.6 reb 1.8 apg 0.4 stl 1.4 blk
Brandan Wright 15.5 ppg .429 fg% 4 reb 0 apg 0 stl 1.5 blk
Al-Forouq Aminu 14.8 ppg .293 fg% 5.4 reb 0.4 apg 1.2 stl 0.6 blk
Ed Davis 12.6 ppg .632 fg% 6 reb 1.0 apg 0.2 stl 1.8 blk

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Should Lacob and Guber Replace Warriors Management?

1.  Fire Rowell, Riley and Nelson Immediately and Get Replacements!

2.  Take a Test Drive and If It Doesn't Work Out, Then Get Replacements

3.  Keep One or Two, But Not All Three

4.  Other (Please Explain)

The Golden State Warriors have two roster spots left and they need to fill it because Ekpe Udoh is injured and out until late January and Brandan Wright needs to prove to his critics that he can take the pounding of the NBA and not get hurt.  Joe Lacob said he wants a relatively “young” coach.  Clearly, Don Nelson does not fit the description.  However, we get news that head coach options may be limited.  Afterward, there was news that Lacob wants a test drive of the head coach and GM.  One test drives a car.  If they test drive a manager, usually it comes with an interim label.  Not one that has been in place for years.  Somewhere in all of that, there came news that Warriors President Robert Rowell knows team secrets, so he should be kept on as a consultant, at least, for the transition.  Already the Warriors old management under Christopher Cohan have been releasing Warriors news, feeding BS to the media, in order for them to keep their jobs under new ownership.  And new ownership has been reluctant to have new management ready to go such as highest bidder Larry Ellison.  I am not the only one to ask why?  Critical thinking Warrior fans have done the same.

The answer lies in the fact that the Warriors have been ahead of the game in getting season ticket renewals.  I do not know the exact numbers, but compared to the Sacramento Kings who got into the six thousand range after the 2010 NBA Draft, the Warriors easily beat their closest competition.  They are close to double that, if not more, than the Kings’ numbers.  To look at the Kings, once season ticket sales dropped in early 2009, the Kings started to clean house.  However, season ticket sales have not dropped for the Warriors.  They continue to remain strong.  It’s the San Francisco Bay Area with the educated sports fans who make basketball a close second to the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders.  If there was another team in the San Jose area, then things would be different.  Lacob and Guber would be fighting to sell season tickets and they would do what is necessary to attract them and that would be to replace the sixteen years of misery under Cohan and his management group.  Even Major League Baseball has two teams in the area and are careful to distinguish which part of the bay they reside.

Other teams such as the Philadelphia 76ers were able to get former Nets President of Basketball Operations, Rod Thorn, as their president.  This was not out of circumstance, but planned.  It would be a pleasant surprise to this Warrior fan if Lagoober had someone in place already such as former Portland Trailblazer President Tom Penn, who is a NBA salary cap expert, and former GM and ex-Warrior, Kevin Pritchard, as replacements to come in when Lagoober gets approved.

As for head coach, there are the likes of Leonard Frank who will cost $$$$s or Brian Shaw, an Oakland native, who would cost less, but play the triangle, a style different from the run and gun Warriors.

You see the facts of life are that owners want to 1.  Make money. 2.  Make the playoffs. 3.  Win championships.  After #1 is accomplished, then several are not motivated to do what it takes for #2 and #3.  If owners are guaranteed before the season to make money, then there isn’t much incentive to change things.  It’s like paying rookie quarterback Sam Bedford all that guaranteed money even before he takes an official NFL snap.  Jiminy Crickets, it’s more than what established star quarterbacks in the league make.  With the Golden Steate Warriors, its just the law of supply and demand and just seeing the evil bastard, Christopher J. Cohan, go was enough to get fans buying season tickets again.

What do you think the new Warriors owners should do?

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I heard Portland offered Juan Dixon for Mickael Pietrus and Mully said FU to that.  But the other one after that sounds real interesting:
"As Jason Quick just said on 1080 AM, the Blazers have reportedly offered up Juan Dixon to Golden State for Mickael Pietrus (it works!). That would be the sweetest plum. The only problem is that Quick just told me that the Blazers were rebuked with extreme prejudice, as you might expect. Of course, Juan and Magloire for Pietrus and Adonal Foyle works, but it kind of goes against the whole "we're not going to take on bad contracts" mantra the Blazers have been professing."

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