Very difficult to watch the GSW lately. They seem to just play about 10 points behind everyone.

PG: BD is an excellent PG. He has room to mature, but I don't think the solution is trying to trade him. Fish is an excellent bench PG, especially when he stays within his role. Monta is awesome for such a young kid. We are solid at PG.

SG: JRich is excellent. Sure, he plays "I really hope you miss" defense, and I can shoot FT as well as him, but that's up to the coaching staff to bring out the best in this superb talent. Personally, I think MP should be our bench SG. MP just doesn't have a complete or consistent game to be a starting SF. With JRich and MP at SG we would be solid. Calbert is an OK bench #3 SG-SF. Very mature also.

SF: Ah, herein lies the rub. Dun just didn't develop. Mully gambled and lost. Dun is at best a bench SF. Even then, he has some problems. We desperately need a game-changing SF.

PF: I think we are on solid ground here. Troy is a consistent double-double player. Ike and Zarko provide a good bench for the PF spot.

C: Our other trouble spot. I believe strongly that Andris is our future. I think Adonyl has so many problems, he isn't even a solid bench C. I think our only solution is to try to trade Adonyl and Taft and find a reliable bench C. We can always use Ike or Zarko in an emergency as a #3 bench C.

Trades/Drafts:

I think we need to trade Adonyl and Taft for a solid bench C. And Mully seriously needs to hire a quality big-man coach to develop Andris, if we don't already have one.

I would use our upcoming lottery pick (Just my prediction) and all of our outstanding drafts to move up and grab an explosive SF. Draft or trade, it doesn't really matter, but Mully really needs to get it right. I think a SF threat on both ends of the court is a key to our future.

Coaching: Certain areas just have to improve. FT, for instance. It is just unacceptable that high school teams shoot better FT than our professional basketball team. That's a coaching problem. Why not bring in Rick Barry to help?

The starting five and rotations also have to improve. Sometimes they just don't make sense. Like sitting Monta for almost the whole third quarter last night against the Spurs when he was the only one hot. Then throwing in the towel and sitting JRich almost the whole fourth quarter when we were only down 12 at points. And why does Monty keep starting Adonyl over Andris when Adonyl makes so many mistakes?

Personally, I'd also appreciate not seeing our assistant coaches grinning and laughing so much when we are losing. And please quit patting players on the butt when Monty has to take them out for making mistakes. They are getting paid millions to play this game, so raise the level of expectations. I don't remember seeing Phil or Riles or Pop or Flip or LB grinning when their teams are down.

We have a chance to keep getting better, and we're on the edge of playoff contention, but some things just have to change. I really think it is time for Mully, Monty, and the coaching  staff to step up to the plate.