The Warriors opened up the lockout-shortened season with a 7-12 record, tempering the immediate expectations some had for a "new brand" of Warriors basketball under Mark Jackson. Home wins against high-profile teams such as the Bulls, Knicks, and Heat showed promise, but the Warriors struggled on the road and against the Western Conference (only 2 wins!), which is who and where the Warriors will find themselves playing in the coming months.

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The 2010-2011 Golden State Warriors began the season with a new look: new ownership, new uniforms, and a new head coach.  But despite starting the season at 6-2 and showing much improvement over last years' squad, the Dubs find themselves in the familiar position of the draft lottery.  Besides the looming threat of a lockout, this summer will be interesting as it will be the first full offseason for the Lacob/Guber ownership group.  Without further ado, here are the final Warrior Wonder Standings for this year.

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The Warriors finished with their second straight winning record in the month of April, following last year's 5-3 effort with a 4-2 finish.  They posted impressive wins against playoff bound Los Angeles, Portland (twice), and Dallas.  But it was too little too late as the Warriors will miss the playoffs for the 16th time in 17th seasons.

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Any hope the Warriors had to make a run in the West fell apart during their two road trips this month.  The Warriors went 2-11 on the road during March, leading to an overall monthly record of 6-12.  Particuarly dissapointing road losses came against Indiana, New Jersey, and Sacramento.  The struggles of the team on the road in recent seasons has been an major sore, and this year has been no different.  The Warriors will now enter the final weeks of the season looking to either play spoiler or improve their lotto chances.

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February marked the first time since March of 2008 that the Warriors played a full month of basketball above .500.  They started the month 6-2, beating playoff contenders such as Chicago, Denver, Oklahoma City, and New Orleans, to get their overall record to within 3 games of .500 before the All-Star Break and smelling playoff contention.  After the break, however, the Warriors came out of the gate slowly and dropped their final three games of the month to Boston, Atlanta, and Minnesota.

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The Warriors had much more health in the starting lineup in January, as well as a schedule with many more home games.  The Dubs took advantage of those facts and posted a respectable 7-8 record for the month.  The four game winning streak against the Clippers, New Jersey, Indiana and Sacramento was the Warriors longest in three seasons.  Immediatly following that however was a 4 game losing streak to the Clippers, Spurs, Hornets, and Bobcats and a 1-4 homestand to close out the month.

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After hovering around .500 for the first month of the season, the Warriors went 4-10 in December, falling further out of the Western Conference playoff picture.  Stephen Curry missed 6 games and Andris Biedrins was out for 7 but the team defense struggled as they surrendered at least 105 points in 8 of 14 games.  The Warriors played 8 road games in December, and they will play that many games away from home in the next two months combined, giving them a chance to climb back into the race.

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Golden State finished the first two months of the season at 8-10, which seemed to exceed expectations and disappoint at the same time.  For a team coming off of a 26 win season, hanging around .500 when key addition David Lee missed 8 games is a very positive development.  On the other hand, the Warriors were dealt a soft early season schedule and still are on the outside looking in at the Western Conference playoff race.   

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The 2010 Warriors season has mercifully come to an end.  Topping last season's pathetic 29 win effort, this year's Warriors finished with 26 wins this year, tied for 4th worst in the league.  The seasons bright moments came largely from the two guards many believe hold the keys to the franchise: Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis.  Whether those two can coexist in the future, or whether they will be given an opportunity to are major questions in this teams future.  Here are the final standings for the year.

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Our Golden State Warriors finished April with a 5-3 record; their first winning month in over TWO YEARS.  In March 2008 the Warriors went 10-6 and it has been downhill since.  In the eight games this month the Dubs played with tremendous heart in a situation in which they could have been expected to (and for the sake of the draft should have) folded.  Getting Nellie his record tying and breaking wins and then defeating playoff-bound Portland and Oklahoma City was a great way to end a terrible year.

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The Warriors finished 4-12 in the last full month of the season, their second worst month of the year.  The Warriors began the month with a terrible southeast road trip in which they lost all 5 games and gave up an average of 118 points a game.  The month was highlighted by the continued good play of Stephen Curry and perhaps the best D-League addition the Warriors have ever made: Reggie Williams. 

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The Warriors finished the month of February 4-8, their best month since November.  With Monta Ellis and Corey Maggette missing a combined 11 games, some of the other Warriors were able to garner more playing time. The month was highlighted by two blowout wins over division foes Sacramento and the Los Angeles Clippers, which featured great performances by CJ Watson and Stephen Curry.  

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The Warriors improved by one game in January, finishing the month with a 4-11.  Their record stands at 13-34, the third worst team in the NBA.  Just as players returned to the Warriors following injury, more went down.  This is no excuse, however, as returning players such as Andris Biedrins, CJ Watson, and Vladimir Radmonivic could not really aid the Warriors cause.  

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The Warriors were flat-out pathetic in December, finishing with a 3-12 record, including losses to Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington.  For much of the month the Warriors played shorthanded, an excuse that will be either validated or disproved based on the Warriors play when injured players return to health.  The Warriors now sit at 9-22, in 14th place in the conference.

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The Warriors finished out the first two months (there were only two games in October) 6-10; not a great start, but not bad considering the commotion that the team has undergone since the start of training camp.  Stephen Jackson is no longer on the squad, and multiple injuries have forced the Dubs to constantly play short handed.  Controversy over Monta Ellis lingered throughout the month of Novembe, but Ellis seems to be stepping into the lead scorer role nicely over the last few games.

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The Warriors season is finally over as they finish with under 30 wins for for first time since 2002.  While there have been many bright spots, the majority of the Warriors season has been plagued by injury and poor defense.  I'll leave the full season recap to the main guys but here are the final Warrior Wonder standings for the 08-09 season.  

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The Warriors finished their short April schedule at 4-4, closing out with nice wins against the Hornets and Jazz as well as a dissapointing loss to the T-Wolves.  Keep in mind though, the Warriors played almost all of these games with 7 or 8 people, a tough task for any team.  Unfortunately, April will be the last month of the Warriors season, as they fail to make the playoffs for the 14th time in 15 years.  

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After a promising February, the Dubs regressed to their earlier season form, finishing March with a 5-11 record.  During this month the Warriors were officially eliminated from the postseason, although that was a foregone conclusion by early January.  With so many Warriors hurt, the rest of the season will become a showcase for those fighting for burn next year.

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The Dubs finished 5-5 for the month of February, their best month of the season, and first month in which they finished at or above .500.  The Warriors accomplishments this month (coming soooo close to LA and San Antonio, beating Utah and Portland) were marred by the final week of the month in which they lost back to back games against the Clippers and Bobcats.  The Warriors appear to be tanking at this stage of the season, which is fine with me...at least it gives us a glimpse of who will be doing what next year, but it could further damage their 20-39 record.  This month saw a trend of non-Warriors making their way into the standings.

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The Warriors somewhat took advantage of their seven game homestand and finshed January 5-9, their best month of the season.  In reality, if a couple more SECONDS had gone the Warriors way, they would be 8-6 for the month.  But that didn't happen so the Warrriors overall record stands at 15-33 for the year.

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As the Warriors capped off another sterling month with a great game against the Thunder, its time to look at the Warrior Wonder standings for December.  The Warriors finished 5-12 in December, matching their 5-12 record for October and November.

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Having nothing better to do, I decided to keep a tally of Warrior Wonders as the season went on.  The results are pretty inconclusive.  Stack Jack leads the team, which makes sense, because although I believe AB has been our best player, Jackson  has been our top scorer and assist man on most nights.  Shout out to Tony.psd for making the standings.

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Slam did their Dubs season preview today and despite the preview title, they didn't seem so down on the Dubs  Looks like we have a new fan.  She seems to be optimistic about the guys off the bench like Buke, Bellinelli, and the rookies.  I personally love Slam, and can't wait till I see the Monta comeback issue comin up in January!!!!  Here's the link:

http://slamonline.com/online/2008/09/golden-state-warriors/

At this point, it seems unrealistic the Warriors would be able to acquire Ron Artest (who says he isn't even discussing moving with his agent)  and Elton Brand, who will likely be back on a much improved Clippers team.

I'm asking my fellow Dubs fans..what would you put out there for either of these veterans?  Acquiring them would take a large hit on our cap, as well as most likely giving up a big name player and draft picks.  On the other hand we desperately need the defensive presence these two would provide. 

In my opinion, the best option would be to not get hardballed by BDiddy and spend big money trying to lure Marion from Miami.  Marion is more suited for the Warriors offense than Brand, and is a more versatile defender than Artest, as he can guard 2-4 easily, and, at times, has guarded PG's and C's.  But if Miami gets Derrick Rose, it will be hard to draw Marion from a playoff-looking 3 of  Rose, Wade, and Marion.

Just puttin' it out there.