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Five observations from Warriors’ camp:

1. The point guard battle
With Monta Ellis out, most of us assumed newly acquired Marcus Williams would inherit the point guard role. Not so fast.

D-League refugee C.J. Watson started the first preseason game, and Warriors head coach Don Nelson said, “It’s his job to lose. He’s been my best point guard in training camp. He’s been with me half a year so he knows what he’s doing.”

Williams, for his part, seems to be in better shape than he was in New Jersey, though he still had some struggles at the defensive end in Sunday’s exhibition game against the Hornets.

And then there’s a dark horse: Stephen Jackson. The Warriors have been working out with him at the point in training camp, although they didn’t unveil that look in their exhibition opener Sunday.

“We’re working on that, if he can be comfortable there, because we’re deeper at other positions,” said Nelson.

2. Size
Forget small-ball — this year it might be more like tall-ball.

With the additions of Ronny Turiaf, Corey Maggette and Anthony Randolph, among others, Golden State will be playing traditional lineups much more often than a year ago. And if and when Jackson plays the point, the Warriors can field a monstrous backcourt with the 6-foot-8 Jackson and 6-foot-7 Maggette alongside 6-foot-6 Kelenna Azubuike, 6-foot-9 Al Harrington and 6-foot-11 Andris Biedrins sharing the court together.

In a sign of how little Nelson has been using the tiny lineups, Maggette told me he hasn’t worked out at power forward once in training camp.

3. The rook
I panned the draft selection of Anthony Randolph, but scouts love the guy. A lot of people, both in and out of the Warriors’ organization, are excited about his skill set and think he can be a special player.

“There weren’t 13 players better than him in the draft,” one scout told me, referring to his selection at No. 14 overall.

One thing everybody can agree on, however, is Randolph is unlikely to make a major impact this season. In his first preseason game Sunday, Randolph showed his surprising ability to handle the ball well even at 6-foot-11, but he has no idea what a good shot is yet and was absolutely bulldozed any time he defended the post. He also showed the same turnover streak he had in college, committing four in 18 minutes.

“He’s very skilled, we like him a lot, but he’s just 19,” said Nelson. “He’s struggling like most 19 year olds. He’s a hard worker, stays after [practice], so we’re very pleased with our pick, but we don’t know how much help he’ll be this year. He’s got a lot to learn.”

4. Who dat?
Nelson’s pick for the biggest surprise in training camp? Would you believe … Rob Kurz?

The undrafted power forward from Notre Dame didn’t play Sunday night and seems unlikely to make the team, but Nellie swears he had a strong training camp.

Another undrafted Warrior, Anthony Morrow, struggled with his shot in camp after a strong summer league got his foot in the door. But he looked solid against the Hornets on Sunday, and still has a good shot at cracking the final roster. “He can flat-out shoot it,” said Maggette. Morrow also relieved the media contingent, and probably the players and coaches too, when he rimmed out a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have sent Sunday’s meaningless preseason game to overtime.

OK, those are all the names I heard mentioned. Here’s one I didn’t — Brandan Wright. The second-year forward played nine invisible minutes Sunday night, putting up a -11 in plus/minus and failing to grab a rebound, and it seems he’s barely clinging to the fringes of the rotation. Though he put up solid numbers in limited minutes as a rookie, he was mighty unimpressive against the Hornets.

5. The new guy
Corey Maggette is in his 10th NBA season … and never played with a single member of this year’s Warriors before signing with Golden State this summer.

“I played with Al [Harrington] in high school,” said Maggette, and added that he knew Stephen Jackson and Kelenna Azubuike pretty well before coming.

Despite the lack of on-court familiarity with his new teammates, he’s been pleased with the move so far. At times, in fact, he sounded like he’d been let out of jail.

“It’s totally different than Clipperland, having your own facility and things of that nature,” said Maggette. (Note: The Clippers finally got their own facility this fall.) “Everyone’s been nice. That’s made the transition pretty smooth.”

The difference isn’t just in the relative frugality of their owners, though. Don Nelson and Mike Dunleavy have very different coaching styles as well.

“It’s more run and gun, it’s an up-tempo game,” said Maggette. “It’s so different in so many ways coming here from the Clippers, but it’s all positive.”