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23 - 43

Games Back: 18

Streak: Lost 2

Games Left: 14

7. Golden State — John Henson, PF North Carolina

The most Golden State Warriors pick ever, right? Think Ekpe Udoh, Brandan Wright (via draft-day trade), Anthony Randolph and others. David Lee is solid, but I think they could give in to Henson's monster range and massive potential.

Tom Martin over at The Dream Shake has a mock draft up. Look who he has at #7...

about 17 hours ago Evanz 25 comments

Klay Thompson named 6th best rookie.

Klay Thompson 6th in R.O.Y. voting.

Kyrie Irving wins ROY. Klay gets 5 2nd place votes and 15 3rd place votes among the 120 writers and broadcasters.

1 day ago Evanz 89 comments

State of the Warriors Part I: Seriously Advanced Offensive Player Summaries for 2012

by Evanz on May 13, 2012 8:18 AM PDT in NBA Stats

The crickets are getting restless. The draft lottery is still a few weeks away, and while many Warriors fans have probably taken the summer off already, hardcore GSoMers like you are in need of some nourishment to keep you going. I'm here to satisfy a little bit of that hunger with some advanced stats, and not your run-of-the-mill TS% or USG%. I trust that if you're reading this now, you're smart and resourceful enough to look up those stats on your own. Heck, I'm sure you already have. No, even so-called "advanced stats" are not good enough for GSoM. In this post, I'm going to give a rundown of Synergy and my own metric Adjusted Four Factor +/- (A4PM), which breaks down RAPM into a player's effects on team shooting efficiency, turnover rates, rebounding, and free throw attempts.

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NBA franchises spend anywhere from 50 million to 100 million on yearly salaries, plus another few million per year evaluating and developing players. For a scout or general manager (I've only been the latter), seeing a prospect for one measly four-month season of college ball increases the risk of being wrong about his potential. Remember, talent evaluation is a business in which, in the words of Jerry West, the greatest GM of all time, "Being right 51 percent of the time means you're doing well." Having an extra season to assess the potential of college players would cut down on the personnel mistakes that teams inevitably make in the draft, something that could potentially save the league tens of millions of dollars every year.

The Case for the 20-Year-Old Age Limit in the NBA

Not really to the point of his article, but you got to like that we have West on our side, eh?

8 days ago Evanz 87 comments

2011-2012 Golden State Warriors Report Card - Some bright spots, and the same unerasable dark spot

by IQofaWarrior on May 7, 2012 5:45 PM PDT in Report Cards

Do you get this wide-eyed when you look at your report card?

via static3.echalk.net

As usual for Warriors fans, the end of the season means looking forward to the ping pong balls, enviously watching teams that are in the playoffs, and a report card!

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Charlotte Bobcats To Interview Golden State Warriors Assistant Mike Malone

by Nate Parham on May 7, 2012 12:00 PM PDT in News

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Malone is set to interview for the vacant Charlotte Bobcats head coaching position.

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Are The Warriors Right? They Believe Their GM Is Smarter Than Yours

The following is a comment I posted on this Wages of Wins post today, which I can almost guarantee will not get published there, so I'm posting it here instead.

I remember when Jeremy said the Warriors would win 50 games a couple seasons ago, because of David Lee.

http://wagesofwins.com/2010/07/14/warriors-stumble-on-50-wins/

But then some stuff happened, David Lee got hurt, so that probably was the reason they didn’t make it.

http://wagesofwins.com/2011/02/08/how-the-warriors-stumbled-instead/

So, then he said when David Lee got healthy, they’d probably win 40 or 50.

Alas, that didn’t quite work out the way Jeremy had predicted.

I think for now I’ll trust Myers who did what many of us had wanted for a long time. He shipped off Monta Ellis and he brought in a legitimate big man in Bogut. Injuries are risks that every team faces. But without taking these risks, the Warriors had very little chance of improving.

And for all the anti-tanking logic around here and elsewhere, the Warriors now have a much better chance of keeping their lottery pick than they did halfway through the season. A season that was going nowhere fast, anyway.

10 days ago Evanz 50 comments

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Statistical similarities. These are organized like the phylogenetic trees you probably remember from high school biology. I used some basic stats to compare players in this year's draft class with the final year for players in the last 6 draft classes (since 2006). Have fun searching for your favorite current or future Warrior!

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Los Angeles Clippers Clips Nation	Sun 12/25	L 86 - 105
Chicago Blog a Bull	Mon 12/26	W 99 - 91
New York Posting and Toasting	Wed 12/28	W 92 - 78
Philadelphia Liberty Ballers	Sat 12/31	L 79 - 107
@ Phoenix Bright Side Of The Sun	Mon 01/02	L 91 - 102
@ San Antonio Pounding The Rock	Wed 01/04	L 95 - 101
@ Los Angeles Lakers Silver Screen and Roll	Fri 01/06	L 90 - 97
Utah SLC Dunk	Sat 01/07	L 87 - 88
Miami Peninsula is Mightier	Tue 01/10	W 111 - 106
Orlando Orlando Pinstriped Post	Thu 01/12	L 109 - 117
@ Charlotte Rufus on Fire	Sat 01/14	L 100 - 112
@ Detroit Detroit Bad Boys	Sun 01/15	W 99 - 91
@ Cleveland Fear The Sword	Tue 01/17	W 105 - 95
@ New Jersey NetsDaily	Wed 01/18	L 100 - 107
Indiana Indy Cornrows	Fri 01/20	L 91 - 94
Memphis Straight Outta Vancouver	Mon 01/23	L 90 - 91
Portland Blazer's Edge	Wed 01/25	W 101 - 93
Oklahoma City Welcome to Loud City	Fri 01/27	L 109 - 120
Sacramento Sactown Royalty	Tue 01/31	W 93 - 90
Utah SLC Dunk	Thu 02/02	W 119 - 101
@ Sacramento Sactown Royalty	Sat 02/04	L 106 - 114
Oklahoma City Welcome to Loud City	Tue 02/07	L 116 - 119
@ Denver Denver Stiffs	Thu 02/09	W 109 - 101
Houston The Dream Shake	Sun 02/12	W 106 - 97
Phoenix Bright Side Of The Sun	Mon 02/13	W 102 - 96
Portland Blazer's Edge	Wed 02/15	L 91 - 93
@ Oklahoma City Welcome to Loud City	Fri 02/17	L 87 - 110
@ Memphis Straight Outta Vancouver	Sat 02/18	L 103 - 104
Los Angeles Clippers Clips Nation	Mon 02/20	W 104 - 97
@ Phoenix Bright Side Of The Sun	Wed 02/22	W 106 - 104
@ Indiana Indy Cornrows	Tue 02/28	L 78 - 102
@ Atlanta Peachtree Hoops	Wed 02/29	W 85 - 82
@ Philadelphia Liberty Ballers	Fri 03/02	L 83 - 105
@ Toronto Raptors HQ	Sun 03/04	L 75 - 83
@ Washington Bullets Forever	Mon 03/05	W 120 - 100
Memphis Straight Outta Vancouver	Wed 03/07	L 92 - 110
Dallas Mavs Moneyball	Sat 03/10	W 111 - 87
@ Los Angeles Clippers Clips Nation	Sun 03/11	W 97 - 93
@ Sacramento Sactown Royalty	Tue 03/13	W 115 - 89
Boston CelticsBlog	Wed 03/14	L 103 - 105
Milwaukee Brew Hoop	Fri 03/16	L 98 - 120
@ Utah SLC Dunk	Sat 03/17	L 92 - 99
Minnesota Canis Hoopus	Mon 03/19	L 93 - 97
@ New Orleans At The Hive	Wed 03/21	W 101 - 92
@ Houston The Dream Shake	Thu 03/22	L 83 - 109
Sacramento Sactown Royalty	Sat 03/24	W 111 - 108
@ Portland Blazer's Edge	Sun 03/25	L 87 - 90
Los Angeles Lakers Silver Screen and Roll	Tue 03/27	L 101 - 104
New Orleans At The Hive	Wed 03/28	L 87 - 102
New Jersey NetsDaily	Fri 03/30	L 100 - 102
@ Los Angeles Lakers Silver Screen and Roll	Sun 04/01	L 112 - 120
@ Memphis Straight Outta Vancouver	Tue 04/03	L 94 - 98
@ Minnesota Canis Hoopus	Wed 04/04	W 97 - 94
@ Utah SLC Dunk	Fri 04/06	L 98 - 104
Denver Denver Stiffs	Sat 04/07	W 112 - 97
@ Denver Denver Stiffs	Mon 04/09	L 84 - 123
@ Portland Blazer's Edge	Wed 04/11	L 110 - 118
Dallas Mavs Moneyball	Thu 04/12	L 103 - 112
@ Los Angeles Clippers Clips Nation	Sat 04/14	L 104 - 112
San Antonio Pounding The Rock	Mon 04/16	L 99 - 120
Los Angeles Lakers Silver Screen and Roll	Wed 04/18	L 87 - 99
@ Dallas Mavs Moneyball	Fri 04/20	L 94 - 104
@ Houston The Dream Shake	Sat 04/21	L 96 - 99
@ Minnesota Canis Hoopus	Sun 04/22	W 93 - 88
New Orleans At The Hive	Tue 04/24	L 81 - 83
San Antonio Pounding The Rock	Thu 04/26	L 101 - 107