Why Dajuan Wagner Isn't Playing

by Atma Brother ONE on Nov 10, 2006 11:57 AM PST in News

One of our friends/ insiders with the Warriors just tipped us on why Dajuan Wagner hasn't seen any court time this season and didn't play in last night's win, despite the Dubs being short on players. The good news is that Wagner really isn't in Nellie's doghouse. The bad news is that Wagner is really struggling on defense in practice and Nellie is worried about him being a big defensive liability in games. Part of the reason for Wagner's struggles on D can be attributed to his mentality and recovery from his colon problems. He was concentrating big time on reviving his offensive game, but didn't focus on defense as much. It looks like it's just going to take some time for Dajuan and given what he's gone through, he deserves some patience from the coaching staff and Warriors Nation.

As always we'll continue to pass on whatever we find out.

Dajuan bring that D! We want to see you score like crazy off the bench and drive opposing teams and coaches insane!

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Good news.

That's actually good news. When he didn't come out to play last night, I was really wondering how much longer he was going to be a Warrior. Hopefully he can work it out and twerk it out yadadamean?!

coma coma coma coma coma chameleon, you come and go. you most definitely come and go.

by coma @ Golden State Of Mind on Nov 10, 2006 5:54 PM PST reply actions

how legit is this?

How legit is this "source"?

Was anyone there on opening night when Dajuan Wagner sauntered out when introduced and DID NOT shake Nellies hand? When every player was introduced in all star game fashion, all Warrior players ran out all hyphy. Each player shook Don Nelsons hand. Every player except Dajuan Wagner.

Now, hes in uniform, when we are undermanned, and he doesnt get a minute of PT? Somethins up.

IF he is in the doghouse, the situation becomes more perplexing because if ya'll remember Nelson was "giddy" about Wags in the pseason.

Weird.

by jrizzle on Nov 10, 2006 10:57 PM PST reply actions

Legtimacy of this particular souce

We got you- don't worry we wouldn't put it up if the source wasn't legit. They're from a major sports website. That's all we can really say.

Check out this report from SFGate today:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/11/SPGDDMAJUA1.DTL

It's pretty much in accordance with the tip we passed on yesterday.

by Atma Brother ONE on Nov 11, 2006 10:40 AM PST up reply actions

after the summer "trade" 411

from GSoM sources, it's fair to ask ...

by hardcore on Nov 11, 2006 6:51 PM PST up reply actions

Yup

Those were legit too.

I never understood why people were getting mad at us for those. We were just passing on what we heard from a legit, inside source. There's tons of NBA rumors printed in newspapers and they never get criticized when they never actually go down.

Like we always say 99% of rumors never go down, but 99% are fun to talk about.

by Atma Brother ONE on Nov 11, 2006 11:09 PM PST up reply actions

Rummy

Rumsfeld: "We know they're there, when we get there we'll show you exactly where they are." Great intel leads to great .... hope you have a sense of humor Atma!

by hardcore on Nov 12, 2006 6:34 PM PST up reply actions

Haha

I just want to make it clear though that any "intelligence" is always labeled as a Rumor and anything that actually goes down is a News or Breaking News item.

Man, I can't stop dreaming about "BREAKING NEWS: Kevin Garnett traded to the Warriors"!

by Atma Brother ONE on Nov 12, 2006 7:38 PM PST up reply actions

Attitude?

Well if the young man has an "attitude" then Misters Davis and Foyle and anyone who wants to join them, should take him aside and speak some reality to him. My thought was that Nelson was just bringing him along slow because of his past medical problem but if it is a "head" problem then Wagner better get a cushion because Nelson will not let him off the bench - except to pack and head for the door. Hope this is not the case because he does show promise.

by Ace Fury on Nov 11, 2006 8:47 AM PST reply actions

could be

good point Ace Fury. The problem is, in a game like tonight(DET), if we dont have JRizzle, we need a guy like wagner. Lets hope he gets that attitude fixed TODAY.

by jrizzle on Nov 11, 2006 10:24 AM PST reply actions

I'm writing this after the Detroit game

where he got in 6 or so minutes and it was obvious that he is a defensive liability, guys were blowing by him so this thread and the inside sources seem to be accurate. If he can't play defense he won't play on the Warriors. Barnes and Roberson are equally good offensive players and they can play defense.

by wushi on Nov 12, 2006 8:26 AM PST reply actions