Take it to the House! We want Eddie House!

by Atma Brother ONE on Aug 11, 2006 2:20 PM PDT in News

If you watched the Warriors for more than a Bay Area minute last season then you saw a lot of construction work taking place with all those bricks. Whether it was Mike Dunleavy whiffing from 3-point land, Andris Biendrins making us cringe with his "twangs" off the backboard on free throws, Adonal Foyle missing wide open layups, Derek Fisher do his best Kobe impersonation or Baron Davis taking some ill-advised 3's early in the shot clock- It was BRICK CITY. Last season the Warriors had the 3rd worst FG% in the league, the 5th worst FT% and a bottom-tier trifecta accuracy. The Warriors just couldn't shoot. For a team that can't defend that spells disaster.

SWISSSSH!

Enter Bay Area product/ sharpshooter/ free agent Eddie House. The Nets are reportedly trying to get Eddie on the cheap. How cheap? Minimun salary cheap. For a guy who can shoot (with the Kings in 2004-05 he hit 45.2% from downtown and 92.9% from the charity stripe), under a million dollars by NBA standards is some serious low-balling.

Is there any reason whatsoever why the Warriors aren't after Eddie? It would cost pennies on the dollar to help solve one of the Warriors' obvious weaknesses. Plus the man's from the Haystack (Hayward)! Cal has 63 reasons to regret passing up on Eddie. Let's hope the Warriors wise up and don't pass him up.

Chris and Rod- it's time to take it to the house!

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The problem is "we" shoot too many 3s and don't work the ball into the paint for high percentage shots.

We should have gone after the Knicks' Center Jackie Butler. He played a lot of 4Q minutes for Brown and just signed with San Antonio for about 7 M over 3 years.

My motto for this year "No more guards."

by joe sez on Aug 11, 2006 4:40 PM PDT reply actions

Exactly

The problem is "we" shoot too many 3s and don't work the ball into the paint for high percentage shots.

I think you exposed the Warriors' weakness dead on. Aside from Ike the Warriors have no one to throw the ball down in the post too. Troy? He's a perimeter player. Adonal? He's misses wide open layups. Dunleavy? Another perimeter player. Biedrins? No post moves at all.

House is not going to help the Warriors score down low, but he is a high % outside shooter who can knock down those Baron/ JRich created wide open J's.

At a million a year, it's a win-win situation especially with Derek Fisher moved in a salary dump.

My motto for this year is: "Put the ball in the basket"

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by Atma Brother ONE on Aug 11, 2006 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Quite Underrated....

Yes, if Eddie House is getting these salaries, he's quite underrated.

I think the only reason we're not getting him is because management thinks we have too many guards, and is really only looking for forwards/centers right now.

by Zorgon on Aug 11, 2006 8:08 PM PDT reply actions

bring in a house

I think eddie wouldnt be a bad addition, why? Cause he is a scorer, and he does his job pretty well off the bench. House gives a good jolt off the bench and isnt going to demand a ton of mminutes to score, which is somethng MD/Foyle/Andris can't do even when given a wealth of minutes.

And going with the motto theme
"Win some games"

Well theres always next year x12

by FoyledAgain on Aug 11, 2006 8:12 PM PDT reply actions

Are we really overloaded at gaurd?

Baron plays the point w/ Monta coming off the bench for him. JRich plays the two w/ a bunch of stiffs on the bench when he needs a blow. This team is entirely dependent on the 1 and 2 spots to do all of the scoring. Adding a fourth player who can score at that position makes a lot of sense. One of the big problems we had last year was getting any production out of the second unit. W/ Ellis and House that second team suddenly has a little punch.

Besides with BD scheduled to miss 20-30 games we NEED one more capable gaurd.

by bigrobbieb on Aug 11, 2006 10:59 PM PDT reply actions

Yes, "we" are overloaded

"We" added 2 guards and a swingman from the Fisher trade.

"The Warriors have agreed to send Fisher to the Jazz in a four-player trade, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Golden State will receive swingman Devin Brown and guards Keith McLeod and Andre Owens in exchange for the 10-year veteran."

The team needs a veteran big man who can play some center. I'm thinking an Othella Harrington type. He's a year to year guy who played Center and PF for undersized Chicago and just signed with the Bobcats.

by joe sez on Aug 12, 2006 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah...

...but our backup-guards right now is a desperate need, McLeod sucks, Bynum I don't want backing up either. Same with two. Devin Brown is a 3. Owens is not gonna play.

by John Patrick on Aug 13, 2006 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions