One man's guess as to Nellie's rotation

by geofflepper on Oct 21, 2008 11:49 AM PDT

Given that Don Nelson has gone on record as saying that tonight’s final exhibition contest against Lietuvos Rytas — the first professional home of former Warriors guard Sarunas Jasikevicius (just wanted to make sure I still had the spelling memorized; sadly, yes) — is a dress rehearsal for what we’re going to see in the regular season, here’s one man’s guess at how Golden State’s rotation will eventually shake out.

http://48minutes.net/2008/10/21/who-plays-and-how-much-one-mans-guess-at-the-warriors-rotation/

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agree for the most part

except i think bellinelli will get more play time and AR will get some time at SF as well.

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by StSaints408 on Oct 21, 2008 7:10 PM PDT reply actions

what i want...and maybe Nellie will feel the same way...

PG: Anthony Randolph (next odom!!!)
SG: Kelenna Azubuikkake!
SF: Coreeeey Maggette
PF: Al Harrington
C: Andris Biedrens!

6th man of the year: CAPTAIN JACK …OOOHH YEAAH.

just saying…but wouldnt that be cool to watch!?!?!?!

by eat_sleep_drink_basketball. on Oct 21, 2008 8:34 PM PDT reply actions

no

Ellis to the rim!

by Sprewell4President on Oct 21, 2008 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Fail and/or fired.

"Monta is the MAN." -Bob Fitzgerald

by WarriorForLife on Oct 22, 2008 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions

ha

"If they Hurry here, they can get two for one!"

by LeSJepSen on Oct 22, 2008 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

epic fail

by EternalWarriorsOptimist on Oct 22, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions

No Marcus Williams

Williams is too slow for Warriors. Harrington should be 6th man extraordinaire. Azuibuke should start and be in most of the game….
Randolph won’t be ready till mid season to get any of B. Wright’s minutes…..B. Wright is less likely to f**ck things up at this point. When Biedrins is too tired to go..Turiaf can spell him for 7 to 10 a game.
Keep the Kurz kid. He had got the tools to be a young Austin Croshere…and that ain’t bad.
PG- Demarcus
SG- Jack attack
SF- Azuibuke
PF- Al or B. Wright
C- Biedrins

by Biedrins Delight on Oct 21, 2008 11:11 PM PDT reply actions

I would put that starting 5 up defensively against any in the league

(assuming Wright starts).

Offensively I’m not sure what I think about it as I’m not sure how the ball is going to be distributed very well, but man that lineup would put most teams on lockdown.

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by iamawesomer on Oct 22, 2008 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions

KAz > Maggs?

by hardcore on Oct 22, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions

I would say until Monta's back, there are only four consistant starters

C-Dre
F-Al
F-Corey
G-Jack
G-Depends on who we’re playing.

DeMarcus makes sense in the opener because he is the best defender and most athletic, and he’s going up against CPaul. CJ could start against Toronto, becasue he is the fastest and most offensively gifted, plus he is the most familiar with the O. Toronto also gets caught up in the running game with all those Euro’s. J.O. and Ford’s loss could change that though. Marcus(depending on his progress) could start against his former team NJ, lord knows they play slow enough for him.

Then I would think it wise to have the three of them split time against Mem, then after those four we will have a better understanding of who should be the starter.

In all honesty, we should keep rotating the 3 of them unless one falls off(money’s on Marcus)

by droppin gsw _knowledge south bay style on Oct 22, 2008 1:09 AM PDT reply actions

Defending CP3

Both DeMarcus and CJ didn’t look great defending the pick ‘n roll during the preseason. As soon as they get beat up top, everyone has to rotate. I’m worried that CP3 will pick ‘n roll us to death, especially since the rotations haven’t been crisp in the preseason games thus far.

I agree about your four likely starters, however the one thing you can count on with Nellie is that he’ll mix it up:
-Last year he tried 23 different starting lineups. (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/2008_start.html)
-The year before, he tried 35! (http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/2007_start.html)

by EternalWarriorsOptimist on Oct 22, 2008 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions

i wish we could keep both kurz and morrow

they have a better future than marcus. we should just cut him and admit the mistake. morrow could turn into a DEADEYE marksman for us which we so sorely need.

by Foulacy on Oct 22, 2008 2:25 AM PDT reply actions

we can

cut Marco

by hardcore on Oct 22, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions

It would be nice if he could be traded for even a second rounder in the 22nd century, but Belinelli looks like another wasted pick. He’s not enough of a dead-eye consistent shooter to be worth much and the rest of his game is non-existent. Yeah, his contract is guaranteed. That’s about the only thing saving him at this point.

by jae on Oct 22, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions

wow

cuz we’ve seen a whole twenty minutes from him last season

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by StSaints408 on Oct 22, 2008 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions

can't

we just make him think every game he is playing is summer league? because he seems to play like kobe and mj and all the other 50 greatest player during summer league. that would be awesome! we would never loose!

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by 24k state fan since 87 on Oct 23, 2008 1:59 AM PDT up reply actions

we’ve seen a whole twenty minutes from him last season

for a reason – he isn’t able to compete and pass KAz on the depth chart

by hardcore on Oct 23, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

Yeah cut Marco so he can join san Antonio and throw meatballs and spaghetti at us everytime he drops 30 against the Warriors.

DeMarcus Nelson baby!!

by sjboy on Oct 23, 2008 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions

draft picks

Im glad we wasted draft picks on marcus williams, i havent completely given up on him but if undrafted rookie Demarcus Nelson is performing better than him….?? Obviously don doesn’t like him.

by FeartheBeard4 on Oct 22, 2008 12:40 PM PDT reply actions

low risk

the details are hazy, but I recall that was a pretty low risk trade – lottery protected, then first round protected, and ultimately a couple second round pix a year a part? anyway, if he doesn’t pan out we lost little I think

by hardcore on Oct 22, 2008 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions

PG: Watson
SG:Jack
SF: Maggette
PF: Harrington ( better bench player but whatev )
C: Biedrins ( PLEASE MORE THEN 27mpg.. PLEASE? )

by sjboy on Oct 22, 2008 5:00 PM PDT reply actions

Looks Good To Me

Having Turiaf spell AB when he’s in foul trouble is a great luxury the W’s will have this year. I see a more defensive-minded team this year, kind of a stretch when we’re talkin’ about NellieBall. But AB/Turiaf/AntRandolph/BWright all have “Swat Team” skills plus Bookie and Jack can pick a pocket or two as well.
As probably the only member of the Marco Belinelli Fan Club, I’m hoping Marco has improved his game this offseason and makes a positive impact this year. He looks confident, but he needs to be more aggressive. There’s a madman laying deep inside him, he just needs to let it out…
The main thing that concerns me is the PG by committee. It’s convenient to matchup different point guards to the opponents PG’s, but that strategy is ineffective in the pros. In a team-oriented setting like college ball, this strategy works. But in the NBA, where individual performance is emphasized, this strategy can cause problems. If Nelson started the first two games and Williams/Watson starts the next two, how will Nelson perform if he was called to start the fifth game?
All in all, I’m optimistic about this roster, but a little worried as well. The Warriors are in the Western Conference…

by SuperFly on Oct 24, 2008 1:34 AM PDT reply actions