SB Nation User Blog: jlagace

Ideas: Potential Pietrus Destinations

jlagace — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:43:44 -0000

Mickael Pietrus is our most talented and relatively expendable asset. If we hope to add some depth to our squad, we should look to move him before the Februrary 21st trading deadline. I'm a firm believer that we shouldn't trade him to one of our competitors in the West (the Suns could really use him right now) because we shouldn't aid them at all in filling out their depth chart. That being said, here's a quick breakdown of teams that could use an athletic, young, defensive swing man such as Pietrus:

Boston Celtics: I'm not a big James Posey fan, never have been. I think Mickael Pietrus would be a nice upgrade at the backup small forward spot for them. Pietrus could bring some much needed athleticism and defense which Posey lacks. Plus Pietrus can do all of the things that Posey does on offense (and then some) on younger, healthier knees. The Pietrus that we used to see here in Golden State (before this year) was an exciting slasher and praised defender, and a motivated Pietrus could return to that form in a change of scenery. However, there aren't many players on that team which the Warriors could use. Possibly Leon Powe or Tony Allen if they were stupid enough to trade them away.

Charlotte Bobcats: JRich and G.Wallace are their bonafide starting swingmen, but after that it gets a little hazy on the depth chart. They seem to be shopping Matt Carroll around, which I think is a mistake. Adam Morrison is a bust and he's injured. Jared Dudley is still an unproven rook. If they're shopping Matt Carroll, then maybe they're looking for more athleticism and defense off the bench. Pietrus could be a fit here. Who could we use from this team? Matt Carroll could be for us what we all hope Belinelli turns into eventually, but his contract is scary at $6mil/6yrs. I'd be willing to roll the dice on Ryan Hollins ($800k/1yr), the 7 foot skinny center out of UCLA. He's kind of like their version of Patrick O'Bryant, in that he doesn't get much playing time. Maybe we can try him out over here and Nellie might just happen to see something he likes in him, and we could have a legit backup center. Low risk, high reward.

Cleveland Cavaliers: It's no secret that the Cavaliers could use Mickael Pietrus. Hughes, Jones, Jones, Pavlovic, Newble, Brown.. all these guys are pretty sorry at this point. Off their squad I'd like Daniel Gibson (no way they'd trade away Lebron's "little brother") or Drew Gooden ($7mil/2yrs). Gooden is still a young dude, and he could be that big-body-post-defending, solid-rebounding, has-a-midrange-J guy on our team; plus he's an Oakland native. His contract isn't so bad considering it'll be worth gold when it becomes an expiring contract next season.

Detroit Pistons: Aaron Afflalo, Jarvis Hayes, and Flip Murray are such crappy wingman depth for such a good veteran team; Pietrus could help out big time. If they were dumb enough, I'd take Amir Johnson or Jason Maxiell off their hands in a second; but I don't see that happening.

Memphis Grizzlies: It seems like they want all the expiring contracts they can get at this point. If they're willing to move either Kyle Lowry or Mike Miller to us for our expiring contracts then I'm all for it.

Anywhere else I'm missing? I sure hope Pietrus gets traded. He's already shown in his oncourt production and in his rantings to the media that he doesn't want to be here, so the Warriors shouldn't let him be a detriment to the team as the Warriors get ready for the playoff push.

Trade Ideas

jlagace — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:29:18 -0000

Yes it's another trade thread.. There hasn't been many diaries lately and I'm bored, so you can just press the "Back" button on your browser if you're not interested.

There's a little more than a week left until the Trade Deadline and the Warriors still have some depth needs to fill. I don't think we need any major roster shake ups, but we do need more depth because Baron and Stephen Jackson could use some rest.

I truly do believe our biggest hole in the depth chart right now is backup shooting guard. When our beloved D-Leaguer CJ Watson is the first "shooting guard" off the bench, you know we have some depth issues. And Azubuike? I think we're starting to see why he went undrafted in the first place. A gifted scorer, but often doesn't involve himself in the offense and constantly loses his man on defense. And who knows when Belinelli will be ready to contribute.

We do have some trading chips. We have the $9.9mil trade exception, Mickael Pietrus, Patrick O'Bryant, and our mid-round future draft picks.
Here's a list of decent guards that could help us out, which could be had on the cheap before the deadline:

Tony Allen from Boston -
It is true that he's young, talented, and still on his inexpensive rookie contract. However, they may be willing to trade him to us for better depth. They should know that their "Championship Window" is closing fast, and may not have the patience or provide the playing time for Tony Allen to develop. Tony Allen and James Posey for Pietrus and POB? They upgrade Posey to Pietrus, and get a backup center (right now they're using rookie 6'9" Big Baby). If they go on to sign Cassell (or some other veteran PG), they move Eddie House to his natural backup SG role which Tony Allen vacates.

Bonzi Wells from Houston -
He's probably the best rebounding guard in the league. He's on a $2.2mil expiring contract. And best of all, he's on a team full of guards and rebounders. And the Warriors could always use the extra rebounding.

Joel Przybilla from Portland -
Okay he's not a guard, but definitely worth mentioning. With their roster full of talent at every roster spot and Oden coming back next season, someone's got to go and I think Przybilla is probably the odd man out. Although our big man situation has improved with Webber coming aboard, we still lack the big, banging, rebounding, shotblocking presence in the middle. 7'1" Joel Przybilla is all that and more for $6mil/yr.

Michael Finley from San Antonio -
The Ime Udoka experiment hasn't exactly worked out well for them, and having Ginobili in the starting lineup at SG isn't exactly going to kill them either. Pietrus could backup both wing positions for them and come in and fit the same role as Bruce Bowen does on that team (play defense and shoot 3's from the corner), as well add some much needed athleticism and youth to their squad. Michael Finley may be on the decline, but he's still a clutch shooter and grizzy ol' veteran, and our backcourt sure could use more composure and big-game experience. I would LOVE to put Finley in the starting lineup and make Monta the 6th man of the year (a la Ginobili, Gordon, Terry, Barbosa, etc).

Just throwing stuff out there. Discuss.

Rumors: Mike Miller Next?

jlagace — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:12:12 -0000

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=7356

Mike Miller To Miami?: Pencil Mike Miller as the next guy traded, or so he believes. Miller has told people close to him that he fully expects to be traded before the Feb. 21st trade deadline, and according to sources close to the situation it's likely going to be to Miami for Jason Williams' ending contract or Ricky Davis depending on who you talk to. Nothing is ever done until it's done, but if Miami does trigger the deal, the HEAT will have radically improved themselves without ever hitting free agency. Why would Memphis consider such a move? Word is the Grizz would get cash from Miami in the deal and ultimately buyout Jason shedding yet another guaranteed deal and setting up the Grizz to be one of the biggest players in free agency (and likely Chicago's biggest nemesis in keeping Ben Gordon). The HEAT are not the only team with eyes for Mike Miller, there are other suitors (Miller could be Dallas' fallback plan). It seems if the HEAT and Grizz are serious about a deal, there doesn't appear to be much in the way of it happening before the 21st.

If the Heat are the frontrunners in the Mike Miller sweepstakes and all they're offering up is Jason Williams' $9mil expiring contract, the Warriors should definitely get into the mix.

Obviously, Jason Williams as the point guard brings nothing to Memphis considering they have young talented point guards to develop in Conley, Lowry, and Crittenton; his expiring contract is the selling point.

If shedding payroll is all that Memphis is trying to do here, sending us Mike Miller for the TPE, draft picks, and cash consideration should be far more attractive to them. It would be a better deal for them business-wise because they reduce their payroll by $9 million right now. By trading for Jason Williams instead, they'd still have to pay his $9 mil salary at the end of the season and then he'd be off of the books.

In terms of basketball moves, adding Mike Miller could do nothing but good for our squad. He's everything we wanted Mike Dunleavy to be (what he is right now) and could provide our players with some rest by taking minutes at SG and SF. Here's what we could end up with:

Baron 36 / Ellis 12
Miller 24 / Ellis 24
Jackson 36 / Miller 12
Webber 12 / Harrington 24 / Barnes 12
Biedrins 36 / Harrington 12

Plenty of depth, plenty of size, and plenty of offensive firepower off the bench with Ellis and Harrington stepping into the "6th man scorer" roles.

In terms of financial outlook, I'm not quite sure how this would impact our abilities to re-sign Ellis or Biedrins in the offseason. In the unlikely event that Cohan lets our payroll go into luxury tax zone for Biedrins and Ellis, we'll be fine. Keep in mind we'd only be in the luxury tax for that season, after that Adonal Foyle's buyout salary comes off of the books and we'll be sitting pretty in terms of payroll salary.

Another option I see is if either Biedrins or Ellis are willing to sign on for next year for their restricted free agency qualifying offers, with the "faith in the organization" of knowing that we'll hook them up with nice fatty contracts once Foyle comes off the books and they become unrestricted free agents.

Either way, Mike Miller is too good of a player for the Warriors not to try to have some interest in, especially if Memphis is shopping him around for so cheap.

Poll

get Mike Miller for the TPE?

Yes, make use of that TPE!!!

63 votes

No, Mike Miller sucks

5 votes

No, we have to make 100% sure we keep Biedrins and Ellis

37 votes

105 votes | Poll has closed

Idea: 3-Way with SAC/NJ/GS

jlagace — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:26:34 -0000

GSW gets
Ron Artest (using TPE)

SAC gets
Jason Kidd
Darrell Armstrong

NJN gets
Mike Bibby
Beno Udrih
Spencer Hawes
#1 protected pick from SAC

The breakdown:

Jason Kidd realizes that his big contract makes it impossible for him to be traded to a contender, and relations are now sour for him in New Jersey, so he settles and goes to the Kings back near home in NorCal to team up with Kevin Martin, John Salmons, and Brad Miller.

New Jersey does the trade because that's the best they can get. They get a solid PG in return (Bibby), young talent on rookie contract (Hawes), and a backup PG / expiring contract in Armstrong, plus a first round pick next year from Sac, and they get immediate $6mil cap relief from the JRich TPE.

Sac does the trade because Artest is going to opt out no matter what, they've been trying to move Mike Bibby since forever, and JKidd is a huge improvement over Bibby. Plus it frees up minutes for John Salmons and Garcia (who both deserve more playing time).

GSW does it cuz we can't get anything else worth value with the TPE without worrying about our cap situation in the offseason. If Artest opts out in the offseason, then we get to rent him for the playoffs at least.

The Warriors can really help facilitate a trade with that huge TPE. The Nets and Sacramento won't deal straight up because the Nets have really no use for Artest position-wise, they'd rather have this nice juicy JRich TPE we're sitting on. Warriors need to get involved and profit from this situation.

Idea: Desmond Mason

jlagace — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:56:32 -0000

Here's one that I don't think I've seen here yet..

Desmond Mason
for
Pietrus and POB

Pros:

Desmond Mason was brought into Milwaukee for his intensity, his DEFENSE, and his veteran leadership. Last time I checked, the Warriors fastbreak and easy bucket opportunities come from when they play solid defense, and it starts at the perimeter. Baron and Jackson get worn down sometimes from heavy minutes, and Barnes, Azubuike, and Monta Ellis aren't exactly good perimeter defenders themselves.

If you look at Mason's stats, you might come away unimpressed. Nevermind those, think Bruce Bowen. Think strong versatile defender who can guard two guard and small forward. Think of him as a guy that can lock down a player, then run the break with us and throw down on the other end with a highlight reel dunk to get the crowd going (that's one aspect we don't have since JRich departed that isn't shown in the boxscore).

Here's how I'd see it:

PG Baron / Ellis / Watson
SG Mason / Ellis / Azubuike
SF Jackson / Mason / Barnes
PF Harrington / Barnes / Croshere
C Biedrins / Webber / Perovic

Before you jump out of your chair because Monta is on the bench, I want you to listen. Ellis could have a huge impact off the bench like Ben Gordon does. When Gordon comes into the game, he can play most of the game not having to exert too much energy against defending bigger players because he's going up against second-string guards. He's allowed to just go out there and score, and he's been putting up 30 point games since the move to the bench. That's what I want Monta to do, just go in there and focus on scoring, because that's what he's best suited to doing.

Meanwhile, our starting lineup boasts three lockdown perimeter defenders. Not bad, yeah?

And need I remind again, he could finish our fastbreaks with some of these..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aITDRL6hUVA

Playing hard-nosed defense, forcing turnovers and igniting fastbreaks, and throwing down exciting jams? That's sounds like Warriors basketball to me.

Most Likely to be Traded

jlagace — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:17:36 -0000

I want to see what you guys think about all these different trade rumors. With all these underachieving and desperate yet talented teams, this trading deadline could be exciting. Here's who I think is truly on the trading block, why, and where they would be a good fit. Feel free to add your own and comment.

Kirk Hinrich & Ben Gordon
It's no secret that the Bulls' offense is underachieving and horrible. Luol Deng isn't the slashing type superstar they wanted him to be. They lack both an inside post presence and a slasher. Hinrich and Gordon are both lights out jumpershooters... if they get good looks. I think they'd be a perfect fit feeding off Yao Ming's double teams in Houston. They wouldn't have to try to dribble penetrate, create for others, or even do anything special. All they'd have to do is run the offense through Yao, and sit back and enjoy all the open jumpers they'll get.

Mickael Pietrus
This one's a no-brainer and we all know it. Matt Barnes' oncourt leadership and hustle limit Pietrus' involvement and minutes on our squad. Contrary to what we all believe, Pietrus has some value. He's a solid shooter, he defends better than most at his position, and he doesn't turn the ball over as much as we think (although they're usually of the demoralizing, unforced type turnovers). At his price tag, he could be useful to a bunch of teams that need a little boost off the bench. Miami, Milwaukee, New Orleans just to name a few. It all depends on how much Mullin is asking for.

Tracy McGrady
Yao Ming needs more shot attempts and more touches. He's one of the most unstoppable forces in the game, and he's playing next to a guy named Tracy that needs to dominate the ball in order to be comfortable in the offense. Tracy needs to be on a team that needs a lone go-to guy. I think he'd be perfect in Chicago; he'd get to be the MAN their on offense. I think a trade revolving around Hinrich/Gordon for McGrady could be an intriguing possibility.

Lamar Odom & Kwame Brown
I think the Lakers are going to slip soon.. big time. They're without Bynum and they're going to be going up against a really tough schedule. Panic is going to set in once again. Lamar Odom is a waste of talent on that team, they're trying to turn him into a player that's not. It's apparent that Bynum/Bryant is the new duo in LA, leaving Odom slightly expendable if they could get some good talent in return, which they definitely could. The rise of Ariza, Radmanovic, and Turiaf, coupled with the consistency of Luke Walton, make Odom even more expendable. Alot of teams in the East need a solid PF: New Jersey, Cleveland, Miami to name a few. Kwame Brown is just a big $9mil expiring contract who's definitely worn out his welcome in LA, but at least he's a big backup center who can play some D. He'd be useful somewhere for half a season.

Rudy Gay or Mike Miller
It's plain to see that this team is very talented, but they're not very good... at all. The big reason for this is DEFENSE, neither Gay or Miller want to play any. They'd be extremely stupid to move Pau Gasol, so I think one of these two guys should go. They could fetch alot of return value as well.

Ricky Davis & Haslem & J.Williams
This team sucks, and these guys are the reason why they suck. This team is in desperate need to rebuild, but they have that superstar Dwyane Wade so they're kind of stuck in a rock and a hard place.

Charlie Villanueva
He's talented, but he's lost his role on the team to Yi JianLian. He should be moved for some depth.

Zach Randolph & Quentin Richardson
Isaiah Thomas won't give minutes to David Lee and Renaldo Balkman, yet he refuses to trade them for anyone. Something has got to give here. But who's willing to take these guys?

Kurt Thomas
There's no reason why the Sonics should be paying him $9mil at the end of this year, unless their owner is a very very bad business man. I can see why they traded for him (the Suns actually traded picks to Seattle for the privilege of unloading salary), but I can't see why they've still held onto him. He'd be very useful as a playoff post defender. I'm still an advocate of the Warriors trading a second rounder to get him.

Poll

Most Likely to be Traded?

Zach Randolph & Quentin Richardson

4 votes

Kurt Thomas

11 votes

Kirk Hinrich

0 votes

Ben Gordon

3 votes

Mickael Pietrus

63 votes

Tracy McGrady

6 votes

Lamar Odom & Kwame Brown

1 votes

Ricky Davis & Haslem & J.Williams

6 votes

Rudy Gay or Mike Miller

0 votes

Charlie Villanueva

6 votes

100 votes | Poll has closed

IDEA: White Chocolate

jlagace — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:36:47 -0000

Ok ok I know this has been brought up before in the past in the offseason, but things have changed just a little bit since then.

Jason Williams
for
POB, Pietrus, Perovic

Our need for a good backup PG is obvious.

POB can be Miami's backup center, filling in for most-likely-retired Alonzo Mourning. POB might not be the greatest, but he's way better than the Earl Barron / Mark Blount combo they're currently rockin.

You may call me crazy after looking at their money stats, but I think Pietrus would be better for them at SF than Ricky Davis is. Ricky Davis is a low percentage chucker who doesn't pass the ball and plays absolutely no defense, which is why Dorell Wright starts over him now. Perovic is trade filler.

Miami is probably one of the biggest disappointments in the league, and to add insult to injury, they're going to be paying for being being in the luxury tax at the end of the year. They need youth, and they need to shake things up.

If that trade isn't appealing enough to them, I'd throw this in to sweeten the pot:

Monta Ellis + pick
for
Dorell Wright

Ellis is a much more reliable scorer right now, but Wright has SJax-like defensive length and potential, plus major athleticism.

Then we could trade some of our TPE for unused Smush Parker (and then cut him) to save them a couple mil from the luxury tax.

We could end up looking like this:

PG Baron / JWill
SG Azubuike / Belinelli
SF SJax / D.Wright
PF Harrington / Barnes / B.Wright
C Biedrins / MBenga

While the Heat look like this:

PG Monta / Quinn
SG Wade / D.Cook
SF Pietrus / R.Davis
PF Haslem / Blount
C Shaq / POB

They get a little bit younger, a little bit more athletic, and add another offensive weapon in Monta Ellis. And they'll be saving themselves from the luxury tax.

Some cons to the trade: I don't know how well Monta and Wade would work together. Both aren't true PGs and both are inconsistent 3 point shooters. Either way they're both efficient scorers who would be a fun scoring tandem to watch, imagine all the foul problems they'd put opposing teams in.

Again, at first glance, it looks like we're robbing them. But at this point, the Heat (8-20) might be in desperation mode; cutting down their payroll and adding a reputable 3rd option scorer like Monta might be what they need, cuz what they have right now certainly isn't going to take them anywhere.

There have been many good trade ideas for point guards that have been mentioned. Andre Miller, Jose Calderon, Luke Ridnour. But Andre Miller is scoring out of his mind right now, and his backup PG has cooled off as of late (Lou Will). Jose Calderon is too good and TJ Ford is too injury prone for the Raptors to deal Calderon away easily. The Seattle PGs have ugly ugly contracts (~$18mil/3yrs for Ridnour and Watson) that we should not go near. Grabbing Jason Williams away from the pathetic Heat is probably the situation that we could best profit from.

OT: The Mitchell Report

jlagace — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:15:36 -0000

I know this is mainly a Warriors site, but I know all you baseball heads probably have alot of interesting incite on this issue.

I'm not the biggest baseball fan there is, but I used to be a huge Giants fan in the 90s. It amazed me to learn that it wasn't just a few steroid users in the league that have skewed the record books as well as the W-L column in the last couple of years, but rather a significant percentage of players that I thought were good for an era spanning a few decades.

It not only made good players great, but it also made alot of bad players good, imo. I see names like Marvin Benard on the report and I can't help but thinking how bad they probably would have been without the juice.

I think this is going to be VERY bad for the MLB. This combined with the huge descrepancy of team payrolls only confirms that teams and players trying to compete in the MLB haven't been on a fair playing field for the last couple of decades or so.

Baseball, at its fundamentals, is a great sport, I think. But the message that comes across is this: if you're not a rich team that can go out and buy the best players in the league, and if your players aren't taking steroids, then you're not going to compete with some of the other teams in the MLB. And this is a very very negative influence for the mindset of the young baseball players and fans today.

I also hope that Barry Bonds won't be used as the primary scapegoat anymore. He's no more at fault than anybody else on that report, and yet he might face jail time. Sure Bonds lied about it, but who is to say that everybody else on that report wouldn't have lied either.

What are your guys' thoughts on all this? There's so many issues that this thing brings up.

Revisiting the Reasons for the JRich Trade

jlagace — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:28:12 -0000

It's popular belief here on GSoM that JRich was traded for one of two reasons:
a) It was part of a communication blunder and a failed attempt to include Al Thornton in a trade package to get KG, as noted here: http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2007/11/20/warriors_not_enough/.
I have a hard time believing that a communication as bad as this could have happened. How hard could have it been for Mullin to find out beforehand which player to draft that the Timberwolves wanted? If Mullin was incapable of doing that as a GM and drafted the wrong guy on accident, he would've been fired by now.
b) It was a salary dumping move so that we could re-sign Biedrins and/or Monta Ellis next season. I have a hard time believing this one as well.. if this was the case, why couldn't we have just kept JRich and moved him at this year's trade deadline?

The more I look at our current payroll, the more I believe that moving JRich was out of necessity for this season's roster. Taking a look at our payroll: http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries/golden_state.htm
This includes Foyle's and Sarunas' contracts, which would be the situation if we hadn't been able to buy them out. Our payroll would sit at $65.5mil, just $2.4mil under the luxury tax; and this is without JRich's contract. Now subtract Brandan Wright's contract and add JRich's contract to that, we'd be at $73.2mil, or $5.3mil over the luxury tax. If we had kept JRich, more than half our bench wouldn't be here.

It's an illusion that we're just sitting on JRich's pretty $9.9mil TPE, deciding whether or not we should use it to trade for Artest or use it to re-sign Biedrins/Monta. That money isn't even there, we had to use the salary to fill out the rest of our depth chart. The money was used to re-sign Barnes, Pietrus and Buke; sign Perovic, Belinelli, Wright, and Lasme. All those contracts add up. And while we still were able to fill our 15-man roster and stay out of the luxury tax, we're not far enough away from the luxury tax to use our TPE for anything significant.

This brings me more peace about the JRich trade, knowing that it was more of a necessity than anything else. If we had kept JRich, our bench right now would be littered with scrub minimum-contract players.

Some will argue that our bench isn't even really contributing right now. Keep in mind that Baron and SJax won't be able to play 40 minutes every night for the rest of the season, and injuries will undoubtedly happen, and at some point our bench players will be heavily relied upon. And the JRich trade will have paid its dividends.

07-08 Warriors: +/- Analysis of our 0-5 Start

jlagace — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:32:35 -0000

from basketballvalue.com:

OnCourt OffCourt WeightedDiff(per48)
Baron 473-501 66-97 +30
Ellis 422-454 117-144 +10
Barnes 210-220 329-378 +9
Buke 400-437 139-161 +4
POB 68-72 471-526 +4
Biedrins 409-458 130-140 -1
THud 27-33 512-565 -3
Belinelli 104-126 435-472 -10
Harrington 359-409 180-189 -11
Pietrus 208-253 331-345 -14

(our other players haven't played enough significant minutes to be included.)

What this tells me:

Baron - As we've seen by his plethora of minutes played, we're still not even a winning team when he is on the floor, but we're truly a disgusting team when he's off the floor.

Monta - same goes for Monta

Barnes - despite his slow start, airballs and occasional turnover this season, our team has statistically done its best when he's been on the court. He really is the glue guy after all, he needs more PT.

PF/C - It shows that we haven't been that bad of a team with Biedrins off the court, which echoes my previous sentiments that he isn't the cornerstone to this franchise that alot of people believe him to be. POB has a pleasantly surprising positive weighted rating, however he clearly hasn't spent enough time on the floor to make this stat that reassuring. Further supporting what alot have people have said already, POB should be the first guy off the bench and get more than 5mpg. He's not a rookie anymore, and yet Nelson hasn't even given him the opportunity to fail or succeed.

Belinelli - He's gotten a surprising amount of PT thus far and has not produced. When he's on the floor it feels like he's not even part of the offense. Either he's not working hard enough to get the ball, or his teammates don't have enough faith in him yet to make a good play. Either way, I'm not worried. He'll produce more and more as the season progresses.

Pietrus - Starting Pietrus at PF for those games has played out to be a big big mistake. Despite his efficiency, the Warriors have been a real travesty when Pietrus is on the court. Granted, Nelly didn't have too many options. In hindsight, Harrington/Barnes at PF and Biedrins/POB at C seems like a more successful rotation.

I would still really like to see how Lasme's shot altering defensive presence could contribute to our lackluster defense.

I know alot of these comments are mere reproductions of the whiny diaries posted everyday. I just thought it was pretty cool to look at it from a purely unbiased statistical perspective and wanted to share.