a foolish man's diary

by AJC3317 on Mar 5, 2007 10:57 PM PST Comment 5 comments

this could just as easily be called "a warrior fan's diary" since those two phrases pretty much go hand in hand. anyway, we all know the recent six game losing streak was the low point of the season, with rock bottom coming in the absolutly embarrassing collapse in chicago. however, despite all that, a look at the standings shows the warriors still just 3 games back of the 8th spot. tonight in detroit we saw a glimpse of what could happen the final 20 games, with the whole team finally together and healthy for the FIRST TIME this year. a couple weeks ago i said that the season was over. am i ready to go back on that? not quite, but i am cautiously optimistic after what i saw tonight. but i am a warrior fan, so it is in my dna to be cautiously optimistic!

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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Agreed

I have been waiting so long to see all of our pieces play together. I think tonight was a glimpse of what we can do when everyone is healthy. What I was most impressed with was the defensive intensity. With Baron on the court it seems like everyone plays harder and more together. Everyone upped their defensive pressure which forced detroit turnovers which leads to warriors on the break. I have definelty been over critical of baron bc we pay him 16 mill to play half a season. And to have your superstar play a half season(more like 2/3) every year your team is not gonna be very successful. But when the man is playing our team looks 10x better. Playoffs are DEFINELTY still in reach.

by Dubs4Life on Mar 6, 2007 8:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I am always an optimist.

But i will really feel optimistic if we can have another convincing win tomorrow against the nuggets.

by bradyk2 on Mar 6, 2007 9:21 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

agreed.

especially since denver has pretty much owned the dubs. but i'm still waiting for the dubs to start winning games when their jump shots arent falling, things is going against them, and yet they find ways to grind it out.

by the evil monkey on Mar 6, 2007 6:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It is tough...

to be optimistic when everyone around you seems to change their mood based upon how the team plays. Lots of people on this site and then friends you have in real life are changing their opinion of the team on a daily basis depending on what is happening to the team. One day they love the team, the next day they are hating on everything and anything.

Baron has always been the team leader and regardless of he's in the game or not, he makes people around him better. He is the team motivator, leader and role model. In all reality, he's the optimistic side of the warriors that offsets the pessimistic demeanor of Nelson who seems to like to motivate his players by saying they are playing horrible, or letting them play through mistakes (only his favorites).

You were right though that the warriors play a lot better with Baron b/c of his huge role in the team. Everyone seemed to have that much more energy last night on defense (despite playing on the end of a back to back) that fueled the fast break and the easy buckets, that caused the Pistons to have more turnovers in the first half than they have average per game for the season. Granted they didn't have R. Wallace last night, the warriors played the best basketball in a long time last night and it should give the press and the pessimistic fans a break from bad mouthing the team.

by david240z on Mar 6, 2007 9:29 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Just to let you guys know..

Baron has played in 44, started 43, in 62 games this season. That's 71% of the games so far. That's a lot considering, how hard nelly has rode him all year. He should miss less games now that the whole cast is back and nellie can rest baron more during the game. I mean when you think about it, the guy has pretty much carried us through this season.

Baron's pulled more than his weight this year. Surround him with more stability and I think he'll be able to play a full year injury free.
He may have been injury prone in the past. But this year, he was just overworked.

by ThermoElectro on Mar 6, 2007 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs