I have some quibbles.

- Jack will not end up as the top scorer on the team. Monta will surpass him, and if Maggette’s good to go, he’ll probably surpass Jack as well. Jack’s current run as Mr. Everything is due to circumstance… that’s not the plan.

- PG: Before long, we’ll be playing a very good player at point guard. Will he be sufficiently point guard-y? Hard to say right now. But the most ring-laden point guard of the last twenty years is Tony Parker, a player who profiles very similarly to Monta. Monta does need to get better defensively, no matter what position he plays. Watson is an okay backup, no better, no worse.

- SG: Ideally, this won’t be Monta… lest we forget, AI has never won a championship. Jack has this slot for the foreseeable future, which is a mixed bag that we’ve all discussed to death lately, Better that he’s here than at the 3, where his inability to rebound is a bigger issue. ‘Buike probably slots in best here too, and would hold down the position decently if Jack moved on. Morrow’s not worth considering in future plans just yet.

- SF: I don’t want to be a hater, but I’m still open to the idea that Randolph may never be anything. He’s freakishly talented, but there’ve been a number of guys like that who never panned out. Randolph has played poorly so far. Have there been fun flashes? Sure. But he’s by no means someone we can count on down the road, which is why I’m glad Corey Maggette, a good player, is in the picture.

- PF: I agree with you here, Wright shows some real potential. We could probably use another body here to limit his minutes while he develops… Maggette at the 4 is interesting, but not something we should have to rely on consistently. I’m assuming Al is as good as gone.

- C: Biedrins is really, really, really good. And Turiaf’s an excellent backup.

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Is this a championship-level core? Probably not… most teams don’t have that. But it’s a good core. There’s youth, athleticism, flexibility and upside. There’s a lot to be excited about.

The biggest variable, by far, is Monta’s ability to play the point. If he can hang there, the future of the franchise is absolutely rosy, as the distribution of talent will start to make sense really quickly. If he can’t, things are muddier… we’ll probably need a PG who can defend SGs, and those don’t grow on trees.

There’s really no way to know what this team is till Monta comes back, and even then, it’ll take a while to get a sense. But nothing about the season thus far should make people pessimistic about the future. There’s been plenty of good to go with the bad, and a lot of the bad is easily remedied. As counterintuitive as it sounds to a Warrior fan ear, there’s no reason to worry just yet.

If he got his weight up to around 250 and developed his post game a little more there is no reason to doubt 20-10 seasons from him.

Why would you want his rebounding to decline that much?

my take on warriors

PG: This has to be Monta if he has to dribble all practice so be it but i cant think of a big point thats not locked down for years ex:BDavis, DWilliams, CBillups

SG: Jackson as the starter I know people are looking at his early numbers but these mean nothing because he gets the best defender on him. He also gets the double team’s which will change big time soon when Monta is back and Maggs is 100%. Those 3’s your all mad about will be wide open and going in so no doggin’ Capty
 (side note) buike should grab 20 minutes a game as a sub for the 2 and 3 spot

SF: Maggs holds down the starting position. Heres why, all teams know he is a threat on Offense and he can slow the game when we need it with his almost effortless ability to get to the line
(side note) i dont see maggs as a 40 minute guy so there is plenty of time out there at this position for our young crop

PF: Our Weakness!! I know most of you like and want Wright and he could be really good in the future for all i know but he cant hold this down as of RIGHT NOW!! we definately need help here if i had it my way RONNY would be starting but i know we need him to back up Mr. Double Double. So i’m just hoping and praying we get a game ready PF for AL and some garbage.
(side note) crossing fingers we save enough cap room to make a run at Amare in 2010)

C: We all know this

I think this is our best shot at a playoff line up but if we want to talk championships we need a superstar plain and simple. Look at championship teams and you see that right away except for Detriot who just has 4 all-stars instead of 1 superstar. Monta is who the franchise is on so im hoping he becomes the dominant force we think he can be but until then playoffs people playoffs.

you don’t need a big point guard to win a championship parker? rondo? scronny but quick as hell remind you of someone that will be back in a little over a month?

Either Brandon Wright becomes what we all want to be which is obviously hard to predict. Or
somehow we pull off some kind of trade for one.

the lineup will most likely look like this

PG:Monta
SG:Buike
SF:Jax
PF:Maggette
C:Biedrins

We would have Morrow, Wright, Watson, and Turiaf off the bench, unless Morrow is a real shooter who can shoot lights out consistantly, than Buike is our 6th man.

I’m not necessarily a fan of this lineup, and I’m pretty sure most of you wont be. But that is a typical Nellie small ball lineup, and he thinks Maggette at the 4 is our best lineup.

Remember the 2006 playoffs Jackson played a lot of four with Monta Baron and J Rich all on the floor This is essentially a bigger version of that. Maggette is way more suited to play the 4 than Jack and we would only have one player with a pg’s body on the floor vs 2 with Baron and Monta. We’ll also be packing the heat with Maggette and Buike on the floor together

ya that lineup is fun and is definite Nellie ball material and could be very effective in certain situations. But it would get killed against teams like lake show, jazz, blazers, suns. Packing the heat I like that, who knows maybe that lineup could provide enough offense and enough scrap to win some games but we still need a legit PF.