By shooter, you must mean something other than “guy who makes shots.” That career 40% from the floor is troubling.

Guard who shoots poorly from the floor, isn’t quite a point guard and, despite his height advantage seems to be allergic to rebounds.

Great. (Sigh)

I heard this on Sportscenter just a few minutes ago as well. I think he’d be much better than keeping Harrington doing nothing. BUT hes got 3 years left on his contract at 8mil+, aint worth it. Let’s just wait it out and go for a big name in 2010 free agent market.

on sportscenter and now sure what to think about it…. I thought we would go PF or distributing PG and we get a guy who shoots a lot…

we get a pure shooter just like captain jack? whoa boy

We gotta be like the Blazers, everything almost home grown and cheap

Nah, paid too much. Having buike come out from the bench, not bad.

Hopefully nellie will get along with him if this is true.

But – we still have one person too much on the roster (kurz). So, who are we going to waive/trade for a pick?

another 20+ pt scorer behing monta, jack, and maggette! now we should totally average 120+ points per game, much higher than the league average! and don’t forget about morrow, who will add another 20. 140 points per game! warriors champs 09

why? another tweener guard.

how many guards does a team need?

we have buke, jax, cj, monta, morrow, beli. can someone tell me how the roster is going to work?

this will def be a good trade when monta gets back…think about it guys…the more depth on our bench the better!….

Lineup when monta gets back:

PG- Monta / Watson / Nelson / Williams
SG- Crawford / Azubuike / Morrow
SF – JAX / Maggette / Randolph
PF – Wright / Kurz / Hendrix
C – Biedrins / Turiaf

A proposed trade “that would include Al Harrington and Jamal Crawford.” Obviously that means there could be more to it. What about:

Jamal Crawford + David Lee to GSW
Al Harrington + Marco Belinelli to NY

Works in the trade machine!!

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=31903081652772&teams=181899&te=&cash=

I don’t know if anybody has said this already yet, but, just because we have 6 players with 20+ PPG doesn’t mean we’ll average 120+ every game or for any game for that matter because there will not be enough minutes to go around and like somebody said before, will dramatically slow the growth of all our young’ns.

But I gotta admit, having Crawford is much better than having Harrington.

Hoping and assuming that this wouldn’t be a simple Al/Crawford swap. Opting for Jamal Crawford over Gerald Wallace would be absolutely insane, especially with our SG-riffic roster.

In fact, I’m calling BS on this. This trade either doesn’t happen, or it happens because we get Lee. I know things are chaotic in the front office, and extreme dumbness may be on the horizon, but I don’t think they’re this dumb yet.

I’d much rather take Crawford over Wallace. Wallace has too many years on his contract to make it work for us, that and he’s quite injury prone.

This trade works, like everyone else above me has stated:

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=16527723190308&teams=991818&te=&cash=

If we trade Al Harrington for Jamal Crawford, I’ll be mighty pissed.

If we trade Al and Marco for Crawford and Lee, I’ll be pleased but a little confused. That trade only makes sense for us if we’re planning on extending David Lee. What does he do for us, exactly? I get that he could slot in at PF because Nellie doesn’t like Wright’s game, but Lee’s game is similar… he’s not much of an outside shooter himself. He makes free throws, which is Nellie-friendly, but overall he’s an efficiency scorer and rebounder. If anything, I think he’d overlap with Biedrins more than Wright does.

Al/Marco for Crawford/Lee would be a no-brainer for us. We get the best player in the deal, and turn two guys we’re not using into two guys we’d use (I don’t like Crawford much, but he’s certainly playable). That said, I have trouble getting my head around the roster that’d create. This is some muddy stuff.

19min cj
39jack
29 morrow
29 crawford
29 buike

for the 4 and 5
35 maggs
35 andris
13 ronny
13 Bwright

say good bye to cj cause his pt is going to be zip
and this is just an estimate you know how nelli is he plays whos best at that moment but i see morrow dropping big time unless he continues to amaze everyone

Crawford would be great…well good, if we had a run and fun point guard but I think Jackson and Crawford are going to push 40 shots a game and neither of them are sharpshooters.

Crawford at 45% for threes this year? Maybe he’ll prove me wrong.

Take a look at it this way… the minute Al’s name and trade became a reality, names started being thrown around from all sides about ways to improve the team. What do the Warriors need? A point guard. Its as simple as that: anyone watching the games know they need someone to run the offense. Do they need a low post presence? yes… but they have needed that since Webber left…

So what was the reality? Gerald Wallace? Well yes… he didn’t fit the hole but he is too good of a player to pass up on in the right system. Sean Williams from the Nets? Well maybe, but then we are contradicting the 100 other posts pleading for more playing time for the young guys Wright and Randolph. The Knicks seemed to be the best fit trading wise (thanks Donny Walsh for being in love with the headache that is Al Harrington. Al your great..but you think your a 10 when your prolly a 6 or 5 at best.) We arent going to get Lee… we aren’t going to get Chandler (they love him here in NY where I live now) or Robinson (see: Chandler), we dont want Q-Rich (laugher) or gulp Eddy Curry. Marbury? Only at the vet minimum… too much risk. So who then? Crawford. Big point guard to take in with talent who could excel in the right system, and already is in D’Antoni’s run around here. Come on guys… its the best deal out there, and Im really happy with it.

What if we take Malik Rose instead? Well, Im actually still happy. Yesterday, before this trade goes down we are a good team making headway until our superstar comes back. We are the same team today who puts up a fight against everyone. Playoff team? We play better when we have no expectations.

Either way, things are starting to look up in Warrior’s land (thank you A-Mo). At least now we can move on from all the talks and actually start putting bodies on the floor that want to play for this team.

I would think the lineup would be something like this until Monta gets back
G:Crawford
G:Morrow
F:Jackson
F:Maggette
C:Beans
Bench:Buike, Wright, Turiaf, Watson
When Monta gets back we can simply move either Morrow or Crawford to the bench.

it’s been confirmed from many sources that it is for Malik Rose. He makes 7.8 million this year, and the Warriors are able to do a straight trade because its within 25% of AL’s salary. no-risk move that will give us $$ next year and allow our players to develop.

no thanks

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11212008/sports/knicks/walsh_cuts_a_deal_for_an_old_favorite_139971.htm

On to the next part of this trade, since they’ve agreed (in principle), do you think it’ll be a straight up trade or will more players be involved?

Personally, I’d like it if we traded Harrington and Belinelli for Crawford and Lee. Now, I know alot of you, including me don’t want to give up on Belinelli just yet and consider him a bust, but once Harrington is gone, we’ll be quite thin at the 4 and I think David Lee would be a great addition to our team off the bench and we could have one more big man that can run the floor and cause mismatches. The salaries match up almost perfectly.

Just my two cents. What do you guys think?

warriors have too many ballhogs on the team now

I don’t think some people understand, its not JUST about PPG and just cause we now possibly have all these 20+ PPG players in Monta, Maggs, Jax, Beans, Crawford, and possibly Morrow if he keeps up what he’s been doing, that doesn’t mean we’ll be scoring 120+ every night.There are only so many minutes that can be distributed between our entire roster.

The Celtics are a perfect example, Garnett Allen and Pierce all saw their PPG lower a bit once they got together because they meshed into a TEAM and took less shots and got less points for the betterment of the team and to win a championship. I don’t know if the Warriors can do that with so many shooters and still nobody to dish out dimes.

But then again, I still think having Crawford on the team is much better than having Harrington do nothing at all. GO DUBS!

THIS GETS US A 20 PPG SCORER WHO CAN PLAY POINT GUARD AND CAUSE TONS OF MATCHUP PROBLEMS FOR THE WARRIORS..I TAKE CRAWFORD OVER CJ WATSON ANYDAY!!!!! ALSO WHEN MONTA COMES BACK WE CAN MOVE HIM MORE TO HIS NATURAL POSITION AT SHOOTING GUARD… I LOVE IT!

This trade was an obvious move for the dubs to win NOW rather than waiting around for Monta. We can’t afford to just hope that we’re aound .500 until he comes back and then make a push for playoffs. With Jamal on board, Mullin thinks that we have a better chance of winning NOW, and it’s gonna take time for Monta to be 100%. Yes, our starting lineup is quite small, but our average size isn’t so bad because all our guards are pretty big, and we know BEANS is solid. We now have one of the deeper benches as well with Buke, Wright, Turiaf, CJ, Morrow (when Monta is back).

I still think we need a star power forward to win a championship in this league.

Crawford
Morrow
Cap
Magg
BEANS

if we deal crawford away once monta comes back healthy. I’m pretty sure he has more trade value than harrington.

As of now. I’m assuming this trade will send the Bukie to the bench and crawford to PG.

PG- Crawford/Watson
SG- Morrow/Bukie
SF- Jack/Randolph
PF- Maggs/Wright
C- Beans/Turiaf

a nice little 10 man rotation.

This trade can be good. This will hopefully get jack of the court more often instead of playing 42 mpg, because that will wear him out fast.

when monta gets back i can’t figure out whether crawford is going to go to the bench of start. I feel he should be our sixth man and keep morrow on the floor.

I hope our “super genius” coach would look at matchups when we play the Lakers and Utah and the other teams with goood PF. Playing wright instead of Maggs.

We have a lot of good players there just under 6’5’’ haha.

If Crawford stays on for the next 2 years, along with the rest of our salary, we won’t have more than the MLE in free agency to get an average (at best) 4. And back to years or mediocrity.

overstocked with trade commodities

For better or for worse, who do you think was behind this trade? Rowell, Nelson, Mullin, or a combination of the 3?

I’m not. I would not hesitate to trade off Marcus Williams, CJ Watson, Demarcus Nelson, and Marco Belinelli (I’d be a bit more hesitant on Marco) before I even think about trading away Buike. He is somebody that we need to keep off the bench, great defensive player and he can drive to the hoop with power.

goddammit nellie. i was liking wright, i thought he showing alot and wanna see more. develop him u dumb bastard…

what i’d like to see come january minute breakdown

monte 36mpg
jack 36 mpg
maggs 36 mpg
wright 25 mpg
biedrins 34 mpg
——-
turiaf 14 mpg
crawford 26 mpg
buke 15 mpg
morrow 18 mpg

what WILL HAPPEN

monte 40
crawford 40
jack 42
maggette 40
biedrins 36
—-
morrow 20
buke 10
wright 2
turiaf 10

i dont see why we cant start crawford, maggs, jack, wright, biedrins… w/ morrow, buke, turiaf as first choice subs…
and then hopefully randolph seeing some time too

i like wrights help d and blocking ability. He may not be able to pound w/ duncan and amare… but he can help on guys driving the line way more than mags

Look, we need a big guard who is more of a point than Monte. While, Crawford is not perfect (Baron Davis was. I wonder whatever happened to him), he can be that guy. Our team needs 3-point shooters. Our threes force teams to play man, which then in turn allows us to get to the paint. If we have Crawford and Morrow as 3point threats, then that allows Maggette and SJack to take their men of the dribble. Now as much as I hate Harrington, and hate to see him happy, Crawford is the best we can get right now. Additionally, Crawford can opt out of his contract this summer. Even though after this season he has 2yrs 20mil left, I can see him opting out. The man will be 29y/o this summer. So he has one last big contract left. He can probably get a 5yr 50mil contract this summer. When he is 31y/o 2yrs from now, the best he could do is probably 3yrs 18-20mil. So, in conclusion, good trade!

in the 4 games wright avg’d over 20 mins (denver trhur minnesota) we went 2-2. He averaged 27.8 minutes, he shot 18-32 from field (56), 73.3 from the line, 11.8 ppg, 6.5 rpg, and 2.25 bpg! (along w/ .75 spg)!

This guy needs to play and i like him as a starter, even if he doesnt finish. I think switching to small ball in middle of game is mroe effective

It is like why another guard? Especially a combo guard. But what I think is on Mullin’s mind is for while Monta is out. This will give us a HUGE burst in offense while Monta is out and I only see our record getting better until Monta comes back not worse. Also it will give Monta time to get his rust out then I think we may trade crawford cause like someone said earlier he is a good trade commodity. Plus as far as power forwards go I think Mullin is hoping that one of bwright or Randolph can develop into that spot eventually, maybe not this year, but eventually. So at first I was saying just get Rose so we get some cap space but now I’m saying screw it we can always trade our guards.

“I am really excited and energized about this opportunity,” said Crawford. “The Warriors have been one of the most entertaining and fun teams in the league the last few years and I think my abilities are very conducive with their style and their needs. It will be a tremendous honor to play for one of the greatest coaches in the history of the game, Don Nelson, and to be a part of a young team with a lot of emerging talent.”

“We are elated to add a player of Jamal’s ability to our team,” said Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin. “We think he is an excellent fit for our style and the fact that he can play multiple positions as a combo guard is a big plus. Additionally, he is a player who can help us immediately due to some of our injuries and, looking down the road, would have the ability to play with any combination of players in the backcourt.”

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=10684

It might take away minutes from morrow, and i just added him to my fantasy team =[

Anybody have an idea on when we will see Crawford in uniform for us? It would be a shame if his first game for the dubs is that game VS philly thats not televised.

There ya go.

And by the way, justin.tv usually broadcasts all NBA games every night. And should be broadcasting the Philly game from whatever channel the Philly’s watch their games from.

There are multiple teams in desperate need of shooters, He will opt out next year and cash in somewhere like Chicago ( yeah coming home ), Miami or even the CLippers.

I wouldnt read too much into him taking MOrrow’s minutes, because thats not true, Nelson will have no problem benching him if Morrow is outplaying him. Honestly if he isnt outplaying Crawford, and he is playing well, why bench him?

Crawford is also CLUTH. Multiple buzzer beaters in his career.

Al Harrington did this crap to us, he is the one who made this trade when he opened his mouth. Its hard to deal hard, when its a one sided trade. I mean, the only reason why we even got someone of Crawford’s talent is because Donnie Walsh LOVES Harrington. NO one else was offering that kind of talent, because they knew it would be only a matter of time before the Warriors got desperate that 10 mil was just sitting on the bench becoming a poison in a locker room full of young guys.

Al Harrington much like Baron Davis are all about themselves and not the team, and will forever be career short success bozos because they dont get it. Look at Kobe and what happened when he put team first.

Some people are just dumb.

Enjoy your Hollywood Baron! Enjoy New York Harrington, cant wait to see the New York press when you avg your 4 rebounds per game at PF.

LOSER.

Marco Bellineli is on the way out, dont be SHOCKED if Crawford is packaged with Marco for some picks and expiring contracts.

to Al for the 30 game effort when GSW was in their playoff run LOL. I think that small ball is truely here, we will just have to wait and see what happens when Monta is back in the line up. my vote is still Monta > Crawford. I agree that Crawford will give us a great lift while monta’s gone, but what happens after??? Crawford will be on his way out at the end of the season, regardless of what he does for us, unless ofcourse he takes us to the FINALS. haha. Im down to watch Nellie V2, as I have before. Do i smell RUN TMC revised… jack, maggs and J crawford

This was an absolute steal. Al Harrington wanted to be traded, was publically feuding with the organization, and was playing extremelly poorly prior to leaving the team with “back spasms”. If you had asked me if we would of gotten anything for Harrington other then a draft pick or a crap player, I would of said not a chance. While im not overly fond of picking up another perimeter combo guard, I’m pleasantly surprised at the quality of player we got.

WE NEEDED CRAWFORD TONIGHT against the crappy ass bulls

When WILL we see crawford in a game for us? Sixers game? Wizards game?