Not only is Mark Jackson a former NBA All-Star, he is also the Pastor of True Love Worship Center in Van Nuys, CA. It would appear that he will no longer be serving as a Pastor since his coaching responsibilities will demand his total focus.

Here's the link to his church website

What will Pastor Mark be preaching to this Warriors team?

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Here's a trade idea. We know the Hawks are shopping Marvin Williams and the Wolves can't wait to get rid of Al Jefferson. We could use both. A small forward with size who can play D and a big man with some weight to him that actually has post moves.

Trade w/ Hawks

Dan Gadzuric & Reggie Williams for Marvin Williams

The Hawks get a promising and cheap SF in Reggie Williams. Possibly giving them flexiblity to sign back Josh Childress. They also get Gadzuric's expiring contract. A nice assest when you give Joe Johnson 120 million.


Trade w/ Wolves

Andris Biedrins and Brendan Wright for Al Jefferson

The Wolves get a couple long big men who can pair up well with Kevin Love. Brendan Wright only has one year left, so future saving would be over 3m a year considering Jefferson gets raises and Biedrins doesn't.  

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12 players. 240 minutes a game. Who plays? Who sits? Who gets angry and demands a trade because of lack of playing time? The Warriors currently have 14 players under contract, and that doesn't include C.J. Watson.

The Warriors have depth. They have 11 good role players, but no superstars. So assuming everyone is healthy (big assumption) who plays and who doesn't? Check out my playing time chart and tell me where you would make changes. 

The Starters

A. Biedins - 30 mins

A. Randolph - 24 mins

K. Azuibuke- 24 mins

S. Jackson - 34 mins

M. Ellis - 36 mins

The Bench

R. Turiaf - 18 mins

B. Wright - 10 mins

C. Maggette - 30 mins

A. Morrow - 18 mins

S. Curry - 16 mins

The Bench Warmers (no minutues for these guys)

J. Davidson

M. Belinelli

A. Law

S. Claxton

Forget Arenas, he's going to ink up with the Wizards. That leaves us a group of B and C list point guards to sign in the free agent market. Here they are:

Unrestricted Free Agents

Shaun Livingston: Great height and potential, but we've been saying that about him for 4 years.

Chris Duhon: Probably won't be resigned by the Bulls with all the guards they have now. The Heat may make a run at him.

Potential Backups: Carlos Arroyo, Anthony Johnson, Tyronn Lue, Earl Boykins

Restricted Free Agents

Daniel Gibson (Cavs): Not a great passer. Probably not a good option in the backcourt with Monta.

Delonte West (Cavs): Not a bad option. However, he is more of a combo guard than a pure point.

Anthony Carter (Denver): Good chance Denver won't pay to keep him. He has good size and would be a great mentor to a young point guard if we had one to develop.

Obviously no one on this list is amazing or is a point guard for the future. Mullin needs to start burning up the phones.