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SL Game 2 : GSW vs. DAL DOWNLOAD + The COOL KIDS Mixtape Free Download!

jeppalepala — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:22:49 -0000

Here is Game 2 of The Warriors Summer League against Dallas. In this game Marco Belinelli had an awesome game scoring a game high of 25 pts. for the Warriors!

Game 1 is unfortunately very difficult for me to actually take from the NBA website so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get it for a while but most definitely I will have Game 4 up as well the day of hopefully and if not that most definitely the next day.

Summer League Game 2 : GSW vs. DAL

Link for Download : Game 2: Golden State Warriors vs. Dallas Mavericks

2008 warriors Summer League Team Stats

BOXSCORE

Anyone like the rap group from Chicago, "The Cool Kids"? They're awesome IMO but yeah here's their new mixtape titled : The Cool Kids : That's Stupid!

Anyways for anyone else interested in more great music just i/m me at ALLOPHACIQUE

P.S. Is it possible for us to have a Music Section for GSoM??? That would be awesome to have some beats playing while we blog or read or whatever... or just have some good music for people to look into and download... Just a thought...

Summer League Game 4 Download coming soon!

SL Game 3 : CHA vs. GSW DOWNLOAD

jeppalepala — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:12:36 -0000

Tonight the Warriors tipped off against the Charlotte Bobcats in their 3rd Summer League contest. In the last 2 previous games the Warriors have been comfortably beating out the competition. They show great confidence and much growth from their sophomore players in Brandan Wright & Marco Belinelli along with CJ Watson. The question is are these games all just for show or will this talent live throughout the season? Only time will tell but as we now stand, the Warriors continue to get great games out of Brandan Wright, Marco Belinelli & CJ Watson.

In game 3, the Warriors faced a surprisingly tough opponant in the Charlotte Bobcats. The Bobcats started Jamereo Davidson (Who we traded to them in the Jason Richardson trade), Brandon Wallace, Alexis Ajinca, DJ Augustin, & Kyle Weaver. One would think that this line up would not be able to nearly match the talent that of such players in Brandan Wright, Marco Belinelli, CJ Watson & Louis Amundson, but I guess I was wrong! The game was close throughout, there were 10 lead changes and the game was tied 6 times!

Anyways here's the download for the whole game for those who missed it or for whoever would just like to see it again! BTW it does start a little off but it catches up again towards the end... What I mean is it starts about mid 2nd QTR but from there it plays out all the way till the end and after the end it starts over again with the 1st quarter again so you will be able to see the whole thing. Oh yeah, you're welcome in advanced! It took a while to download the whole thing to my Mac! ENJOY!

GO SOPHOMORES!

Link for Download : Game 3: Charlotte Bobcats vs. Golden State Warriors

2008 warriors Summer League Team Stats

Boxscore

Free Agents: 2009 and 2010

jeppalepala — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:45:14 -0000

Free Agents: 2009 and 2010

Those who have been observing the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks, among others, maneuver to create salary-cap space already have heard about "the Summer of LeBron." That's 2010, the year that LeBron James can opt out of his contract with the Cavs.

But the offseason of 2010 is not just the Summer of LeBron: It's also the Summer of Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire, Ray Allen, Tyson Chandler, Manu Ginobili, Richard Jefferson, Joe Johnson, Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Redd, each of whom can become an unrestricted free agent in 2010.

And in 2009, the list is illustrious, too: Kobe Bryant, Carlos Boozer, Allen Iverson, Ron Artest, Richard Hamilton, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, Andre Miller, Lamar Odom and Rasheed Wallace can become unrestricted free agents next year.

And that's not to mention all the restricted free agents, as you can see below.

Of course, not all of these players will reach free agency. But some will, which is why we're already hearing buzz about the summers of 2009 and 2010.

Take a look and see whom your team could lose … or which players it might ink in '09 and '10.

LINK: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=FreeAgents-09-10

Key: ETO = Early Termination Option; P = Player Option; T = Team Option

FREE AGENTS: 2009 AND 2010
	2009	2010
Atlanta	RESTRICTED Solomon Jones Marvin Williams UNRESTRICTED Zaza Pachulia Mike Bibby	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Speedy Claxton Joe Johnson
	2009	2010
Boston	RESTRICTED Glen Davis Leon Powe UNRESTRICTED None	RESTRICTED Gabe Pruitt Rajon Rondo UNRESTRICTED Ray Allen Brian Scalabrine
	2009	2010
Charlotte	RESTRICTED Raymond Felton Sean May Jermareo Davidson UNRESTRICTED None	RESTRICTED Adam Morrison UNRESTRICTED None
	2009	2010
Chicago	RESTRICTED JamesOn Curry Aaron Gray UNRESTRICTED Drew Gooden	RESTRICTED Thabo Sefolosha Cedric Simmons Tyrus Thomas UNRESTRICTED Larry Hughes
	2009	2010
Cleveland	RESTRICTED Lance Allred UNRESTRICTED Damon Jones Joe Smith Eric Snow Wally Szczerbiak Billy Thomas Anderson Varejao (P)	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Zydrunas Ilgauskas LeBron James (P) Sasha Pavlovic Ben Wallace
	2009	2010
Dallas	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Brandon Bass Gerald Green Eddie Jones Jason Kidd	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Josh Howard (T) Dirk Nowitzki (ETO) Jerry Stackhouse
	2009	2010
Denver	RESTRICTED Taurean Green Bobby Jones Linas Kleiza UNRESTRICTED Anthony Carter Steven Hunter (ETO) Allen Iverson	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Chucky Atkins Marcus Camby Kenyon Martin (ETO)
	2009	2010
Detroit	RESTRICTED Jason Maxiell Cheick Samb UNRESTRICTED Richard Hamilton (ETO) Rasheed Wallace	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Amir Johnson Antonio McDyess
	2009	2010
Golden State	RESTRICTED C.J. Watson UNRESTRICTED Al Harrington (P)	RESTRICTED Kosta Perovic UNRESTRICTED Stephen Jackson
	2009	2010
Houston	RESTRICTED Mike Harris Steve Novak Luther Head UNRESTRICTED Steve Francis Bobby Jackson Loren Woods	RESTRICTED Luis Scola UNRESTRICTED Rafer Alston Chuck Hayes (T) Tracy McGrady Yao Ming (ETO)
	2009	2010
Indiana	RESTRICTED Danny Granger Jarrett Jack Josh McRoberts UNRESTRICTED Maceo Baston Marquis Daniels (T) Travis Diener (P) Jeff Foster Stephen Graham Rasho Nesterovic	RESTRICTED Shawne Williams UNRESTRICTED T.J. Ford (P)
	2009	2010
L.A. Clippers	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Brevin Knight	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Cuttino Mobley Josh Powell Tim Thomas
	2009	2010
L.A. Lakers	RESTRICTED Coby Karl UNRESTRICTED Trevor Ariza Kobe Bryant (ETO) Chris Mihm Lamar Odom	RESTRICTED Jordan Farmar UNRESTRICTED Derek Fisher Vladimir Radmanovic (ETO)
	2009	2010
Memphis	RESTRICTED Hakim Warrick UNRESTRICTED Antoine Walker (ETO)	RESTRICTED Rudy Gay Kyle Lowry UNRESTRICTED Greg Buckner (P) Darko Milicic
	2009	2010
Miami	RESTRICTED Stephane Lasme Joel Anthony UNRESTRICTED Mark Blount (ETO) Shawn Marion	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Udonis Haslem Dwyane Wade (P)
	2009	2010
Milwaukee	RESTRICTED Andrew Bogut Ramon Sessions Charlie Villanueva UNRESTRICTED Desmond Mason	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Richard Jefferson (ETO) Michael Redd (ETO)
	2009	2010
Minnesota	RESTRICTED Rashad McCants UNRESTRICTED Jason Collins	RESTRICTED Randy Foye UNRESTRICTED Mike Miller Brian Cardinal Mark Madsen
	2009	2010
New Jersey	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Trenton Hassell (ETO) Stromile Swift	RESTRICTED Maurice Ager Josh Boone Chris Douglas-Roberts Marcus Williams UNRESTRICTED Bobby Simmons Keith Van Horn
	2009	2010
New Orleans	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Melvin Ely Mike James (P)	RESTRICTED Hilton Armstrong UNRESTRICTED Rasual Butler Tyson Chandler (ETO) Peja Stojakovic (ETO)
	2009	2010
New York	RESTRICTED David Lee Nate Robinson UNRESTRICTED Jamal Crawford Eddy Curry (ETO) Jerome James (P) Stephon Marbury Quentin Richardson (ETO) Malik Rose	RESTRICTED Renaldo Balkman Mardy Collins UNRESTRICTED Chris Duhon Jared Jeffries (ETO)
	2009	2010
Oklahoma City	RESTRICTED Johan Petro UNRESTRICTED Adrian Griffin Chris Wilcox Damien Wilkins (ETO) Donyell Marshall	RESTRICTED Mouhamed Sene UNRESTRICTED Luke Ridnour Earl Watson
	2009	2010
Orlando	RESTRICTED Marcin Gortat UNRESTRICTED Keith Bogans Brian Cook (P) Hedo Turkoglu (ETO)	RESTRICTED J.J. Redick UNRESTRICTED Tony Battie
	2009	2010
Philadelphia	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Calvin Booth Andre Miller	RESTRICTED Rodney Carney UNRESTRICTED Willie Green (ETO)
	2009	2010
Phoenix	RESTRICTED D.J. Strawberry UNRESTRICTED Grant Hill	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Raja Bell Steve Nash Shaquille O'Neal Amare Stoudemire (ETO)
	2009	2010
Portland	RESTRICTED Ike Diogu Channing Frye Martell Webster UNRESTRICTED Raef LaFrentz Joel Przybilla (ETO)	RESTRICTED LaMarcus Aldridge Sergio Rodriguez Brandon Roy UNRESTRICTED Steve Blake Travis Outlaw
	2009	2010
Sacramento	RESTRICTED Francisco Garcia UNRESTRICTED Shareef Abdur-Rahim (ETO) Ron Artest	RESTRICTED Quincy Douby Shelden Williams UNRESTRICTED Brad Miller Mikki Moore John Salmons (ETO) Kenny Thomas
	2009	2010
San Antonio	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Ime Udoka Jacque Vaughn	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Matt Bonner Bruce Bowen Manu Ginobili Fabricio Oberto
	2009	2010
Toronto	RESTRICTED Joey Graham Jamario Moon UNRESTRICTED Jermaine O'Neal (P) Anthony Parker	RESTRICTED Hassan Adams Andrea Bargnani UNRESTRICTED Chris Bosh (P) Kris Humphries (P) Jason Kapono
	2009	2010
Utah	RESTRICTED Paul Millsap Deron Williams Kyrylo Fesenko (T) UNRESTRICTED Carlos Boozer (P) Jarron Collins Jason Hart Kyle Korver (ETO) Mehmet Okur (ETO) Ronnie Price	RESTRICTED Ronnie Brewer UNRESTRICTED Matt Harpring
	2009	2010
Washington	RESTRICTED None UNRESTRICTED Etan Thomas (ETO)	RESTRICTED Dominic McGuire UNRESTRICTED Antonio Daniels Brendan Haywood Darius Songaila (ETO) DeShawn Stevenson (P)

Clippers renounce rights to Livingston, four other players

jeppalepala — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:07:47 -0000

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers said Wednesday that they had renounced their rights to Shaun Livingston, the recuperating guard who is an unrestricted free agent, and four other players.

Livingston

The other players are Dan Dickau, Boniface Ndong, Smush Parker and James Singleton.

Livingston, taken by Los Angeles as the fourth overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft, hasn't played since injuring his left knee in a game on Feb. 26, 2007.

The Clippers declined to give him a $5.8 million qualifying offer this summer.

According to the NBA collective bargaining agreement, a renounced player no longer counts toward team salary, so teams use renouncement to gain additional cap room. A team can still re-sign such a player, but the team must either have enough salary cap room to fit the salary, or sign the player using the minimum salary exception.

After renouncing a player, a team also can trade him in a sign-and-trade agreement.

Heres the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3481262

Here are his stats

Career Season Averages

Career Season Averages

Year	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
04-05	LAC	30	15	27.1	0.414	0.000	0.746	0.7	2.2	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.4	2.50	2.70	7.4
05-06	LAC	61	14	25.0	0.427	0.125	0.688	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.82	2.60	5.8
06-07	LAC	54	31	29.8	0.463	0.313	0.707	1.0	2.4	3.4	5.1	1.1	0.5	2.00	2.50	9.3
Career	--	145	60	27.2	0.440	0.231	0.710	0.8	2.3	3.1	4.8	0.9	0.5	2.03	2.60	7.4

Golden State Warriors in NBA 2k8 Review

jeppalepala — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:17:48 -0000

Hey guys I'm back to give you guys feedback on the new game, NBA 2k8! (P.S. thanks tony.psd for the game cover I definitely printed that out and put it on my case!)

"Controls & Functions"

Anyways the game play overall is very difficult at first for "first-time" NBA 2k players. There are many new functions that have been added into the game although for me, these were not hard to adapt to due to the fact that the buttons are in similar order except certain buttons have been changed.

For an example, the "B" button no longer has the function of a "lead pass." For some strange reason they have taken this function. out. Now the button has no function at all. This is probably due to the fact that most likely they have created a better, a much smarter A.I. system allowing the in-game player to realize certain situations such as fast breaks, allowing them to act accordingly.

"In-Game Gameplay"

Now to the good stuff! Of course the people who are as crazy about 2k just as much as how people are crazy about Madden, we all know that the 3-pointer (If you're actually a legit NBA 2ker) was easily perfected on the "Hall of Fame" difficulty level. In this new NBA 2k8, you may have the talent of shooting the ball perfectly, but it may not always go in.

The game although is very beautiful in as sense that the design is awesome. The crowd is very active, they seem to have much more personality. The players also now can interact with the crowd in the first row, there are much more player expressions, even ones that have them interacting with other players. You now have the referees as objects on the court meaning that they are alive, they can be in your way at times causing you to lose the ball or you can use him as a screen. Another improvement was the running along the sideline feature; when you get close to the sideline, on the verge of going out of bounds, the player will force their bodies to stay in-bounds doing everything they can to stay in-bounds. The fouls have changed as well. There are much more expression when fouling. Some players foul hard, and others, not so much. You may be grabbed mid-air going for a dunk, you may be slapped across the forearms by another player going for a steal. The blocking is also another challenge gamers must face. You may get swatter the first few times you try to go to the hole so watch out! They CPU-Players have a much higher A.I. I.Q. They react very quickly to what you are doing, they recognize plays after constantly running them; they understand when players go with their left or right hand; they create their own mismatches; they understand the game!

Another addition to the game is the "Hot Spot" feature. This allows you to see where players like to take the majority of their shots. Their sweet spot essentially. Some players love the inside while others would rather play on the perimeter.

"The 2008 Golden State Warriors"

Now for your 2008 Golden State Warriors, they have not changed much except for roster. But let me tell you they are awesome in the game! Much of the ratings have gone up which is expected since many of the players such as Matt Barnes have proven as much more deadly weapons offensively.

There are many updates that you can download to update the game as far as rosters through Xbox Live. On the Warriors, players such as Mikael Pitrus (Obviously), Troy Hudson and Kosta Perovic have not been added to the roster, these updates should take care of them.

Good Luck to the GSW's WE BELIEVE 2.0!

Thanks Guys.

Jeppalepala's Webpin - The 1946 Philadelphia Warrior

jeppalepala — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:56:01 -0000

The Philadelphia Warriors

The History

The Warriors were founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a charter member of the Basketball Association of America. They were owned by Peter Tyrrell, who also owned the Philadelphia Ramblers of the American Hockey League. Tyrell hired Eddie Gottlieb, a longtime basketball promoter in the Philadelphia area, as coach and general manager. He named the team after an early professional team in the city.

Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, they won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946-47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one. (The BAA became the National Basketball Association in 1949.) Gottlieb bought the team in 1951.

The Warriors won their only other championship as a Philadelphia team in the 1955-56 season, defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one. The stars of this era in the team's history were Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston. In 1959, the team signed draft pick Wilt Chamberlain. Known as "Wilt the Stilt," Chamberlain quickly began shattering NBA scoring records and changed the style of play forever. On March 2, 1962, in a Warrior "home" game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Chamberlain scored 100 points against the Knickerbockers, a single-game record.

Taken From : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Warriors

During the birth of the franchise, I believe they wanted our mascot to represent power, something that represents purity and the struggle of our country. The Native American mascot was used, I believe to represent our fight to become stronger to become a better nation, and that even though the way we mistreat others, it does not matter since WWII was coming to an end. We looked to end the terrible genocides, and had realized our own mistakes in history, and I believe this is somewhat a patron for the Native Americans, a sort of tribute to them.

Just a filler I got really bored so I decided to go kinda deep with it. LOL!

This mascot was represented by one of the G.O.A.T!

Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain!

The masot was upgraded and given color!

I mean this mascot is even on the Mitchell & Ness Throwback Jacket which retails for $350 A-Thank You! (I own one of these!)

All I want to know is why? Why do you all want me to remove my webpin? Because it's racist? I believe that it has nothing to do with degredation of any people. This mascot represents our FIRST NBA CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE EVER!
But that doesn't matter you still want me to take it down.

Don't worry it will be gone. I agreed to comply with what has been asked of me, and I will gladly remove it since it makes so many people here in GSoM so uncomfortable.

Thanks ya'll for the input in advance.

So what's my replacement HAHAHA Someone help me fnd a webpin! anyone got any replacement webpins???

Poll

Should Jeppalepala get to keep his webpin?

Yes!

45 votes

No!

13 votes

58 votes | Poll has closed

Yi & Senior China Basketball Team loses to U19 Team USA + Dallas Mavs SL Team

jeppalepala — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:01:42 -0000

Yi played against the U19 basketball team a coupld days ago. He played 23 minutes scoring 8 of his 15 points from the free throw line, and 14 of his points came from the 4th quarter. As I said earlier, Yi is not playing against players who are of the caliber of those who are in our NCAA today. Yi played against players who were 19 years of age and younger, which is also his age group.

China's Yi Jianlian, who recently was the No. 6 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, got things going in the fourth quarter to keep China in the game. With Yi scoring 14 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, China cut the U.S. advantage to 10, 70-60, with 5:42 to play in the game, but could get no closer as Porter made his fifth 3-pointer of the game to turn away the rally and help seal the USA 91-75 victory.

Here is the Box Scores Link : http://usabasketball.com/men/2007/07_mu19_exhbox1.html

Information taken from : http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=07_mu19_exh1

China Loses to Dallas 105-100, Despite Little Help from Yi, Sun

by Arthur Volbert - Jul 3, 2007

China lost to the Dallas Mavericks Summer League team tonight in a close game in Dallas despite a disappointing performance from Yi Jianlian and little help from Sun Yue. Wang Zhizhi (214-C-79) led China with 28 points and Zhu Fangyu scored 17. Yi had 11 points on 3 of 9 shooting. "Just the second game from missing three months," Yi said, noting that he just rejoined the national team.

Information taken from : http://www.asia-basket.com/chn/chn.asp

Despite the hype that Yi has gotten from all the people not only here on this website, but also from the many various journalists who had jumped on the bandwagon of Yi coming to our Golden State franchise, it would have seemed that from his display of play against our U19 team and against the Dallas Mavericks Summer League Team, that Yi is at best an average player. I certainly believed that he was not going to be as good as everyone had though he would become, and from a post I had written before, he does not compete against the same level of of athleticism as we have here in the NCAA.

Still want Yi?

Poll

Are you happy we did not pursue Yi?

Yes thank God!

22 votes

No I still want him!

12 votes

Bradan Wright is better!

34 votes

68 votes | Poll has closed

Do You Think We'll Get New Jerseys?

jeppalepala — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:28:11 -0000

There have been a couple teams with new jerseys, to name a few, Boston's Alternate, Bobcat's new dark smurf blue jerseys, pacers from last season, New Orleans Hornets, Nets Alternate

Do you guys think well ever get new jerseys? Does anyone know about that cuz I'm seeing alot of new jersey changes lately and im just wondering how that process works and when we decide that and what not. You think we'll stick with the same colors? What do you think? I was thinking that since we did so well We should get new jerseys for that new feeling of i dunno just winning kind of start fresh or something what colors would u guys like to see on our jerseys?

Mock Drafts around the Internet

jeppalepala — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:47:04 -0000

Theres a bunch of mock drafts out there and I just thought it would be cool if you got to see who all the websites have projected for us to draft.

Ofcourse we would have to start with:

nbadraft.net
SG 6'6" Rudy Fernandez of Spain

RealGM.com
PF 6'10" Sean Williams of Boston College

insidehoops.com
PF 6'10" Josh McRoberts of Duke

draftexpress.com
C 7'0" Tiago Splitter of TAU Vitoria, International

foxsports.com
SF 6'7" Derrick Byars of Vanderbilt

sportsline.com
SF 6'8" Thaddeus Young of Georgia Tech

probasketballnews.com
PG 6'5" Javaris Crittenton of Georgia Tech

collegehoops.net
C 7'0" Jason Smith of Colorado State

msnbc.com
PF 6'10" Sean Williams of Boston College

fanball.com
PF 6'10" Josh McRoberts of Duke

yahoo.com
C 7'0" Tiago Splitter of TAU Vitoria, International

hoopshype.com
SF 6'8" Thaddeus Young of Georgia Tech

hoopsvibe.com
SF 6'8" Thaddeus Young of Georgia Tech

mynbadraft.com
C 7'0" Jason Smith of Colorado State

hoopsaddict.com
PF 6'10" Josh McRoberts of Duke

mysportsrival.com
SF 6'7" Derrick Byars of Vanderbilt

dcsportsreport.com
PF 6'10" Josh McRoberts of Duke

nbadraftworld.com
SF 6'8" Thaddeus Young of Georgia Tech

nbadraftpress.com
PF 6'10" Sean Williams of Boston College

Right now I like Thaddeus Young, the style of gameplay would go well with the Warriors, and since we are losing Matt Barnes & possibly, most likely Mikael Pietrus, he would be a great fill in player that could eventually be part of that Monta, Thaddeus, Biedrins future. Sounds nice.

Tell me who you think the Warriors should draft.

Poll

Who Would You Like To Draft?

C 7'0" Jason Smith of Colorado State

14 votes

PG 6'5" Javaris Crittenton of Georgia Tech

1 votes

SG 6'6" Rudy Fernandez of Spain

3 votes

PF 6'10" Sean Williams of Boston College

26 votes

PF 6'10" Josh McRoberts of Duke

9 votes

C 7'0" Tiago Splitter of TAU Vitoria, International

22 votes

SF 6'7" Derrick Byars of Vanderbilt

0 votes

SF 6'8" Thaddeus Young of Georgia Tech

30 votes

105 votes | Poll has closed

Marion to the Ws? Wat U know Bout that?

jeppalepala — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:27:32 -0000

It is obvious that the Warriors have some dead weight on their hands as far as salary cap issues and the fact that some of their players on their team just aren't enough to get them over that hump in the playoffs. Many rumors have suggested that the Pheonix Suns seem to be having trouble as far as chemistry, but when asking PG, Steve Nash, he says it's all good. Despite their great game play on the court, there may be many things off the court bothering the Suns great franchise.

A few days after the Suns had been eliminated from the playoffs, many rumors began to arise that all-star Forward Shawn Marion was going to be traded. A couple writers wrote:

Are Suns shopping Marion?
Celtics, Pistons are the top teams in swap scenarios
Paul Coro
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 11, 2007 10:16 PM

Just like the Valley heat, Shawn Marion trade rumors again are prevalent before the official start of summer.

One scenario has the Boston Celtics acquiring Marion in a trade that would give the Suns the fifth overall pick in the June 28 NBA draft, center-forward Theo Ratliff (whose contract expires after next season and would provide $11.7 million in salary cap space) and guard Delonte West.

A league source confirmed Celtics coach Doc Rivers' interest in Marion, and Danny Ainge, the Celtics' executive director of basketball operations, has been a fan of the forward since being his first Suns coach....

However, the Suns could pursue an affordable free agent such as Orlando Magic swingman Grant Hill to make up for that sort of dynamic in a Marion deal.

A trade is being considered because Marion, 29, will make $34.25 million over the next two seasons.

Article taken from ProSportsDaily.com

In any case I began to mess around with the thought of Marion going to the Warriors for obvious reasons,

He fits into the game style of our play
Workable trade
REBOUNDS
High-flyer, and a great team player
Still in his Prime

So I decided to go on to REALGM.com to check whether a trade could be done or not. It turns out that supposedly we could trade,

SF/PF Al Harrington
6-9 from St. Patrick's (HS)
16.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.9 apg in 32.9 minutes

C Adonal Foyle
6-10 from Colgate
2.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 0.4 apg in 10.0 minutes

#46 Pick in the 2007 Draft

for

SF/PF Shawn Marion
6-7 PF from UNLV
17.5 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.7 apg in 37.6 minutes

PG/SG Eric
6-6 from Nebraska
2.3 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 0.3 apg in 6.0 minutes

#59th Pick in the 2007 Draft

(to view this trade scenario go to www.realGM.com and type 3931092 in trade ID in the box on the left-hand side)

REALGM.com Approved the deal. So anything is possible. The Suns need another big man to ease the work load of (Should have been drafted by us) PF/C, Amare Stoudamire. Just like the Warriors, the suns lack a big man to be able to have a presence underneath the basket as far as defense, but in this deal the Suns get both, the shot blocking king from Colgate, Adonal Foyle, and one of the most versatile and skilled SF/PF in the game, Al Harrington, who has atleast 7-9 more years of basketball left in him. For us we get a rebounding machine, someone who is relentless on the boards, and who is never afraid to drop a bomb on a seven footer and rip the rim off, Shawn Marion. Eric Piatowski, near the end of his career, can still shoot the 3 pointer and has played point guard before during his tenure with the Chicago Bulls. Overall, I believe that this will relieve alot of the stress from having to pay Foyle that huge contract, and in the long run hopefully if necessary, he is another beautiful trading chip, who would you like to keep? Marion or Richardson? Only if the rumors are true that we are looking to "move" Richardson.

1st Blog
Jep Martinez

P.S. Why Yi? If were going to trade up why dont we just go for DURANT? Give up Richardson for him you know? I mean it makes more sense anyways. We have Richardson, one of the greatest in the league right now? I don't know about you but I like the team like it is now and I don't think we need to trade our mains like Monta Ellis, Baron Davis, Jason Richardson, Andris Biedrins, if we have to get rid of the rest that's fine... I'd play with 4.

Poll

Would the Suns trade SF, Marion/PG, Piatowski & #46th Pick to the Warriors for C, Foyle/SF-PF, Harrington #59th Pick?

Yes, due to the fact that the Suns do need another inside presence such as Harrington & Foyle

13 votes

No, because Marion is much too valuable to the Suns

65 votes

Maybe, I dunno

8 votes

86 votes | Poll has closed