was the best draft year..could of even got zach randolf that year instead of troy

in 98 we past on Dirk, and paul pierce in favor of vince carter...oh wait we traded him for who? antawn....

We also overlooked Jermaine O'neal in 96.

sad, sad times.

we have a nice chance of getting someone useful.

didnt pick up kobe or tmac either

We traded away our rights to the 10th pick (eventually Jason Terry) for Mookie Blaylock... I know, I know!  Thank you Garry St. Jean.

2000 Draft was the last of the Chris Webber curse... and I think that the pick from Washington was also rerouted to Orlando (hense the reason why they had 3 lottery picks that year...)

as for trading Vince Carter for Antawn Jamison... I know I am in the minority when I say I don't think it was a dumb move.  Sure Carter blossomed into a great player... but that happens when you're the lone star at Toronto... with no one in front of you except for Tracy McGrady (an inconsistent player at the time who hadn't developed his game to what it is today).  He had limitless freedom under then Coach Carter and turned that situation into a dream.  I truly believe that if he were to not get traded, his game would blossom as slowly as Jamison's did, and he would not be as good as he is today.  You also have to take into effect what Jamison did do for our team.  Did you all forget the back to back 51's?  He was the first player to do so in about 2-3 decades.  Did you all forget that he was a consistent 20 and 8 guy who was basically the "J-Rich" of the team, a reliable scorer on the low post and quick to grab boards, when he devoloped his outside shot he looked as good as gold (hence the reason why he got the max $89 mil contract extention).  He was basically a casualty of the Gilbert effect.  If Gilbert had chosen to trust Cohen instead of go for the guarenteed money (which I understand... $60 mil over 6 years guarenteed from Washington or a 3 year deal at the MLE [approximately $5 mil at the time] with an option to opt out after the first year to presumably sign with the Warriors for more money... what would u take?) I think that we'd certainly be in the playoffs... just look at the line-up we'd have:
PG Arenas
SG Richardson
SF Jamison
PF Murphy
C {insert humerous quote depicting lack of center here}
which would have been a very young team... and I'd bet that we'd be able to pull more attractive free agents due to the playoff potential... but Arenas left, Mullin showed his stroke as a the "Special Assistant" at the time and pulled the Jamison/Fortson for Van Exel/Eschmeyer etc trade (to clear cap room and start over in time for his current stint as V.P.) and now he's regressed into a high scoring role player for the Wizards... averaging good numbers but not what everyone has excpected... and who could blame him?  He was traded to Dallas where he was essentially given his "ROLE PLAYER" moniker... due to the OVERWHELMING talent on the roster (I mean... Antoine Walker, Dirk, Finley, Nash, Jamison all at their peaks, and their bench... that was a DEEEP team filled with nothing but scorers and offensive minded players).  You all know where he goes from there.  (Phew... I've said my peace.  I just wanted to show appreciation for what Jamison did do for the Warriors)

2k2 Dunleavy pick... sucks ass but hey... the Warriors stayed away from HS players at the time (Monta was our first and last high school draftee) and 7 other teams passed on Amare... what I don't understand is why didn't we go after Drew Gooden... especially if Jamison was to be the SF anyways?  It woulda been a great PR move seeing how Gooden is from the Bay. Oh well... at least he isn't Jay Williams.

As for the 2k6 picks... all I have to say is we SHOULD HAVE LEON POWE IN A WARRIORS JERSEY!  Another PR bust... Oh well.. there's always trades and free agency.  

I can go on about picks but you guys already know... d... uhh... DAMN!

The below is an excerpt from "How to be a Bust for Dummies" by Sadleavy.  

He was a relatively safe and "smart" pick at the time.  The national media, gm's, and scouts loved him.  In fact, the 123 of Yao, Jason Williams, and Mike Dunleavy seemed like the obvious three picks and the Warriors did what almost any other team would've done.  I remember hearing an anonymous GM say that if he had the first pick in the draft then he'd take dunleavy because he's so "talented".

So all in all, we had very high expectations for him not just because of where he fell in the draft but because everyone felt that he was a deserving #3 pick.

Buuuuuuust!

hindsight is 20-20. granted no one knew the players picked after the warriors would be so good. But come on, 13 years without a true superstar? I'm not counting Gilbert since he would disregard my last sentence, anywho...I can't believe a team that has been to the lottery as consistent as the warriors has had nothing to show for it in terms of players and wins. Its terrible or lack of scouting is what it is. Horrible, horrible scouting.

Just the name Todd Fuller makes every warriors fan's neck stand on end, and face cringe up as if they bit in to a sour lemmon. thank you dubz.