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New Warriors throwback jersey for 09-10, as reported by Uni Watch. Also mentioned in that uni preview, re: next year's Dubs 'fits: "Uni Watch has seen the preliminary mock-ups and can say with a fair degree of certainty that you will not be disappointed."

about 1 month ago Tiny ffgolden 12 comments 4 recs

Steph Curry 6th in league in preseason assists

According to InsideHoops.com (via Twitter), Stephen Curry is sixth in the league in assists during the preseason, with 6.2 per game. Conclusive? No. A good sign? I'll take it as such. Players in front of him:
* Westbrook: 9.0 apg
* B.Davis: 8.0
* Arenas: 7.8
* Kidd: 7.3
* Paul: 6.8
* Curry: 6.2

2 months ago Tiny ffgolden 6 comments 0 recs

@gswscribe: SJax asked not to be a captain in meeting with Nellie, Riley. Request granted

gswscribe is the reliable Marcus Thompson II of the Contra Costa Times.

2 months ago Tiny ffgolden 5 comments 0 recs

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This guy was not down with the Yi Movement.

(Props to InsideHoops for this.)

4 months ago Tiny ffgolden 0 comments 2 recs

Anthony Randolph on Team USA?

Marc Spears is reporting that Randolph has been invited to Team USA's minicamp in Vegas this month. His star continues its rapid ascent..

5 months ago Tiny ffgolden 17 comments 2 recs

Bargnani gets 5 years/$50 mil

According to ESPN, Andrea Bargnani will receive a 5 year contract extension worth $50 million. Jae will now light himself on fire.

5 months ago Tiny ffgolden 8 comments 0 recs

Complement vs. Compliment

Complement: something that completes or makes perfect. A big, defense-oriented guard would be a good complement to Monta in the backcourt.

Compliment: an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration. Nellie complimented Randolph on his first 30 pt, 20 reb game.

5 months ago Tiny ffgolden 1 comment 0 recs

Warriors PR Boondoggle

Can't believe I'm actually linking to Kawakami, but this story deserves some discussion at GSOM, and frankly it's surprising that it isn't front page news...

7 months ago Tiny ffgolden 6 comments 0 recs

Another draft fanpost: BPA vs. Need

Tiny by ffgolden on Comment 84 comments

There seems to be a Holiday Movement growing in the last few days. Let me get this out of the way: I didn't watch much of his play at UCLA, and don't have a strong opinion about how good of a pro he'll turn out to be.

My problem isn't with Holiday, but with the primary point of reasoning behind drafting him: that he has the size and PG abilities to play alongside Monta in the backcourt. Should this be our main focus going into the draft?

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Monta Ellis: Point Guard of the Future? The debate rages on!

Tiny by ffgolden on Comment 204 comments

There seems to be a near consensus amongst the GSOM faithful that the Warriors’ biggest position of need is at point guard. Almost everyone this side of Don Nelson thinks that Monta Ellis should be, and always will be, a shooting guard, and that the Monta@point experiment should be abandoned. With the draft fast approaching, this topic needs further discussion. And if GSOM is good at one thing, it’s discussing the crap out of something.

I, for one, contend that we should not be so hasty in calling for the abandonment of the Monta experiment.

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