Um… Monta? Honestly, I don’t know who to blame.

except for ownership.

yeah he has nice numbers at a glance, but he also plays the most minutes out of anyone in the league. when you play that much, you’re naturally going to accumulate more numbers. you also conviniently left out his turnover numbers. there’s also the numerous times he stays back to bitch at a ref while the other team streaks for a fast break. great leadership there.

to sum up: if jackson is your best player (or he thinks he’s your best player), you’re not a very good team

Did any GSOM’ers happen to notice that he’s currently 15th in the league in scoring at 21.4 ppg?

He’s shooting .401 FG% and .289 from the 3 point line

Oh ya, and when he says not passing enough isn’t his problem, take note that he’s 11th in the league in assists at 6.4 per game.

While leading the LEAGUE in turn overs per game.

And when he brought us back into all those games last year with clutch late shooting.

It really annoys me when people mention this when talking about Baron or Jack. I hope you realize that if these guys made their shots earlier in the game they wouldn’t need to make those shots at the end of the game to bring us back.

Signing him to the extension was INCREDIBLY stupid, not matter how you slice it. That, along with the Crawford trade(unless he opts out, we’re stuck with him), essentially took us out of the FA class of ’10 contest. Even if you believe that there was very little chance for us to sign anybody from that class, it is still stupid to close our options this early.

Jack’s definitely not the enemy. It’s not his fault that he’s getting too many minutes, and that management is foolish enough to tell him he’s the best player on the team. Most players will believe that, if you say it to them. It’s human nature. And as you say, good on Jack for trying to lead.

Having said that, this team is operating improperly, and Jack is a big part of the reason why. He’s not good enough to be a team’s primary distributor, he’s not good enough to attack double-teams the way Baron did, and he’s not good enough offensively to merit focusing on that over his defense. Rowell and Nellie aren’t making Jack force showtime passes into traffic… they’re not making him go one-on-three when he’s frustrated about calls. We have enough good, athletic scorers that we don’t need anyone to do a Baron Davis impression… a simple high-motion offense would work for us. But Jack is dead-set on doing his Baron routine, and that’s hurting us.

It’s not worth making too big a deal all of this, because things will change for the better when Monta returns… this version of Jack is not long for this world. But this version of Jack is hurting us, and it’s not solely Rowell and Nellie’s fault.

But I only like him when he’s playing his role. He was at his best when he was the 2nd best playmaker on the team, behind Baron, and a 2nd or 3rd option in scoring next to Baron and Monta.

When he had Baron and Monta next to him, it allowed him to play his role and to play at his best. With Baron and Monta out, he feels the need to have to do too much in order to get the team a win. He’s trying to be Kobe-esque by always having the ball in his hands, shooting jumpshots even when he has three guys guarding him.

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The thing is that he’s ballhogging way too much. Sure, his point average is great, but he’s taking most of the team’s shots as the number one option on the team. He’s getting his 20+ ppg in a non efficient way. I liked the 20ppg he got last year when the team also had 2 other 20 point players on the team (Baron and Monta); it showed that the ball was going around a lot. Also, you failed to mention how many turnovers he’s averaging. Along with his ballhogging, he always tries to force everything and ends up turning the ball over.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Jackson. But like I already mentioned, I only love him when he plays his role. He was great when he’d be our best defender and 2nd or 3rd best scorer on the team. He’s a great play finisher but not much of a play creator most of the time. I love his clutch shots, but he’s not going to get as many clutch shots if he’s always taking shots in the first place. There was a good balance of clutch shots between Baron and Jackson last season, because the defense didn’t really know which player to put emphasis on.

Just watch him when he ballhogs, it ruins the team’s offense. He wastes hella time off of the shot clock, and then puts up a bad shot. Also, when games get tense and the scores are close, Jackson tries to take things into this own hand and ballhogs forever. He’s great when he plays as a role player next to a great scorer, though. Like when he played alongside Baron and Monta, Warriors fans were very greatful to have him. But for now, he has to earn Corey Maggette’s respect and once Monta comes back things will start looking brighter.

As of now, Corey doesn’t even want to listen to Jackson. Whenever Jackson tries to get all vocal with the team, Corey just gives him a look as if to say, “Whatever, man”. I don’t see Corey nodding his head going, “yeah man, I gotchu, let’s do this and win”. It’s like Corey is thinking to himself, he got paid all of that money to go to Golden State, and he’s not even one of the captains on the team. He has to listen to Jackson instead.

That leads to the team collapsing during games. When crunch time comes around, everyone just starts ballhogging because each of them thinks that they’re the “go to” guy. It results in a lot of bad shots.

It’s not completely Jackson’s fault, though. Maggette can also do better to play his role, and Nellie can do a better job with the young guys.

No one is asking Jackson to be the Kobe of our team. He’s not the ONLY player on the Warriors that has to step up, so why the hell is he playing like he’s the only scorer on the team. Sure, we’re relying on him to lead the team without Baron and Monta, but IT IS POSSIBLE that he can lead the team WITHOUT ballhogging. That’s where all of the complaining is coming from. Yes, we’re aware about the whole Rowell/Cohan/Mullin situation, but they’re NOT the ones making Jackson’s decisions when he’s playing in games.

We’re aware of what he can do, that’s why we’re frustrated when we see him playing differently. There’s more he can do as a leader, he can help give confidence in the young guys and help get them involved during games. The only time I see him pass is when he has no other options. He’ll run down the shot clock, and then try to force a pass and cause a turnover.

Look at onlxn’s fanshot, Jackson’s +/- shows that the Warriors are playing better when he’s off of the floor (most of the time). And it doesn’t even take stats to notice that, I remember being hella frustrated with Jackson during the first quarter of the Blazers game. He ballhogged the whole quarter and Morrow only got 3 touches. Once Nellie took Jackson out of the game and put in Watson, the Warriors GAINED momentum and Morrow hit 2 three pointers and ended up with 25 points.

Don’t assume that i’m trying to demonize Jackson right now, though. I LOVE the guy, I just know that he can do MUCH BETTER on the court. I know he’s trying hard out there, but he’s trying hard in the wrong way. Maggette needs to stop ballhogging as well, he needs to do his job and slash to get us to the line. When Monta comes back, Jackson will hopefully play more better because he’ll have pressure taken off of him on offense. The players on the Warriors just have to get their head straight right now. It’s still early into the season, there’s still hope.

the “fans” that jumped ship when BD opted out, the front office/ownership for playing their own game and al qaeda