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Recap: Warriors 98, Magic 109 - Shocking.

Well, we just can't seem to do all of the right things at the right time. Yes, we were playing one of the best road teams in the league. Yes we were playing an Eastern Conference superpower.

Buy hey, they were without their All-Star Center and we did have most of our players back in the line-up. There had to be a chance, right? Right?!

Nope.

Boxscore | Open Thread

Dwight_medium

"Oh man. Can you imagine the score if I WERE in the game?!"

As always, we were treated to some good goods, and some baaaaaad bads. Embrace 7 wins and 18 losses and JUMP.

Star-divide

We didn't start half bad. I mean, we were a bit messy in the start with 5 turnovers in the first half of the first quarter, but it eventually got turned around. It did seem like there were a lot of whistles working against us as we got out of the gate (i.e. Watson's lack of a clear lane call) but let it be known that this was hardly a factor for tonight's loss.

One key factor, however, was our inabilty to penetrate Orlando's inside D. This unstoppable wall seemed to begin and end with Gortat. Seriously, this guy is a freaking beast. No I'm not just talking about on the court. I think the guy has beast DNA. It was like someone took a villain out of a James Bond movie, put a Magic jersey on him, and instructed him to swat and board anything that came near him. With Dwight on the bench I seriously thought we would get a reprieve down low. This guy and Battie with their combined 25 boards, 20 points and 4 swats made sure that the Orlando post game didn't miss a beat.


Monster_medium

Perhaps if you had distracted it with something shiny it would have let you pass.

The bright spot of the night? You know it. Belinelli. It's got to be really tough to develop confidence coming in as an untested rookie into Nellie's regime. To see Belinelli playing with this level of confidence and producing great results is excellent news, even in the midst of this terrible streak of play.

Actually, now that I think about it, it seems that the only way that an unproven player gets a chance to prove themselves is in the wake of an injury. Didn't Monta explode in Baron's period of injury? Didn't Wright step up when Biedrins was out for a few games? And now Belinelli in the wake of another hole in the roster?

I wonder if this trend is limited to only players. Maybe someone should hit Cohan with a car and see if someone better steps up.

I'm just sayin'.

 

Okay, time for a format change. Wonder Twin Powers activate! Form of...BULLETPOINTS!

  • Despite the massive inside presence of Gortat and Battie, the Dubs were outboarding the Magic until the 3rd quarter. There, we got outboarded 16 to 7.
  • Jameer Nelson and Courtney Lee destroyed us from beyond the arc. Ouch and ouch.
  • Marco's alley oop to Biedrins was NASTY.
  • Donde esta Randolph? Seemed odd that we only saw him at the end of a half where we were getting severely outboarded and outscored, two categories that he may have been able to help in.
  • Biedrins is the only consistent guy we have. There I said it.
  • Jax's in-game woes continue...

...and so do ours. So do ours.

 

Wonder_medium

Bellinelli! He played a quality game the whole way though. It was incredible to see a player who has been so docile show some maturity in the past few games. Once can only hope that this becomes a trend. Because we can use some bright spots right about now.

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WE SUCK

The Time Is Now! Win Warriors Win!

by ballin on Dec 15, 2008 11:06 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no no.....

“WE” the fans do not suck….the coaching staff sucks, the lack of defensive effort from certain players sucks, Monta’s stupid choice of fun pastime sucks, and the ownership sucks…just to be clear! ;-)

Make Jim Barnett the damn coach, he calls it exactly as it is!

It's about heart, It's about fight, It's about being a Warrior!

by BritWarriorGSW on Dec 15, 2008 11:42 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

brilliant

that’s actually the first time i’ve ever heard that
and now that i think of it
jim barnett would totally lead us to a championship

by yaydummy on Dec 16, 2008 3:33 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i do wanna see barnett as the Warriors coach

then the Dubs should keep Ellis, Biedrins, Wright, Randolph and Belinelli… then trade EVERYONE ELSE!

I KICKED IT WITH JESUS ONCE.. HE'S KIND OF A PRICK

by DMJR on Dec 16, 2008 9:40 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

one more...

keep Turiaf, blocking machine.
And the Warriors always gotta have a crazy frenchman…always

by jimmycaps on Dec 16, 2008 2:33 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

terrible play/terrible coaching

jackson, crawford, and azubuike were god awful. at some point u gotta know when to stop shooting. but guess who played the most minutes on the team? correct! jackson, crawford, and azubuike. it’s a joke that the 3 worst players on the team get to play the most minutes, and that falls on nelson

by AJC3317 on Dec 15, 2008 11:07 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey Nelson

Yank the guys who aren’t playing well… is it that hard to do? Thats called Coaching

I don’t care is Jackson is “Your guy”. Yank him if he’s hurting the team. Common sense

by Gurthy on Dec 15, 2008 11:45 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

they are both paid

they are in it together

I will always be your fan JRich. Good Luck

by chili01 on Dec 16, 2008 11:00 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Request for Tony

Hey, can you post up your Marco as Rambo poster? Someone in the open thread didn’t understand why Marco’s nickname around here is Rambo. Thanks!

by IQofaWarrior on Dec 15, 2008 11:11 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep...

Marco could be Stalone’s lost love child! Very similar looks wise!

It's about heart, It's about fight, It's about being a Warrior!

by BritWarriorGSW on Dec 15, 2008 11:44 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Stalone’s lost love child!

  Stalone’s a short little guy that looks like a bricklayer. Why would we want to associate Belinili with that?

Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 16, 2008 9:07 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jack...

Was better when he had a superstar like Baron to draw away defense.

That does not excuse his terrible shooting in the last 3 games, though. I’ve seen quite a few wide open shots that he totally bricked.

by ryogahibiki on Dec 15, 2008 11:12 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We are BACK!

to pre-B.Davis warriors……u know the losers

brb, going to ORACLE

by warrior510 on Dec 15, 2008 11:15 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

we

still sucked with B.Davis

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Dec 15, 2008 11:34 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We

are a bunch of nothing. We have to star power. No Swagger. NO nada nothing …empty

brb, going to ORACLE

by warrior510 on Dec 15, 2008 11:39 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nelly is the worst

coach, in terms of developing talent. Period. so freakin, stubborn..

brb, going to ORACLE

by warrior510 on Dec 15, 2008 11:16 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

B.Davis

was Nelly’s horse. Now that it is gone, we need to move on too. Fire Nelly, and pick up Mo-Cheeks, or Sam Mitchell

brb, going to ORACLE

by warrior510 on Dec 15, 2008 11:24 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmm

I’d vote for Flip Saunders or Avery Johnson.

by ryogahibiki on Dec 15, 2008 11:26 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

AVERY OR JIM BARNETT!!!

I KICKED IT WITH JESUS ONCE.. HE'S KIND OF A PRICK

by DMJR on Dec 16, 2008 9:41 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mo Cheeks

would be great. He’s smart and he knows how to develop youngsters. Unfortunately, Nellie isn’t going anywhere for at least 3 years.

by centerre on Dec 15, 2008 11:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

CLEARLY NELLYS FAULT

this game should have made it very obvious for those of you who still think nelly isgood, that in fact he is terrible.

did you guys see that 3rd quarter? what was that lineup….TERRIBLE

jackson staying in most of the game while playing horrible for 3 games strait…does that help him or the team? no.

not getting randolph and wright in earlier?

small ball only works with the right players…we dont have the players for it, especially without ellis…our +/- is significantly better with runnin 2-3 ‘big’ guys and if nelly cant see that…its clearly nellys fault we are doing horrible

dont blame the players, blame the coach who is making these terrible decisions.

by DeepS on Dec 15, 2008 11:26 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh and btw

he costed us the playoffs last season…burned out our players b/c he refused to play people off the bench, which coulda even helped us this season too

by DeepS on Dec 15, 2008 11:27 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh and btw

  he’s also responsible for the housing bubble and this cold spell, only nellie could somehow make it freezing during global warming.

Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 16, 2008 9:12 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what bench? last year’s team wasn’t exactly deep.

heart of a champion, will of the warrior.

by cap'n hack on Dec 16, 2008 9:36 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ya...

because they NEVER had a chance to play

by DeepS on Dec 16, 2008 11:37 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

because they sucked.

heart of a champion, will of the warrior.

by cap'n hack on Dec 16, 2008 8:19 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is completely random...

…since it’s just a random thought that came to my head and I don’t know where on this site to mention this.

But, imagine if you can go back in time. Back to when the Warriors just finished beating Dallas Mavericks in Game 6.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDwBEnOOJ7Y

What if you went back to the point where the game ended, and show a video on the big screen. At this point, basketball fans around the world are going crazy because they just witnessed the greatest upset of all time. But, when the video pops up on the big screen, it shows something truly shocking.

It shows highlights of a Suns/Knicks game, and J-Rich and Barnes are in Suns uniforms. On the Knicks, you see Al Harrington playing for the team. And then the video goes to show a Clippers game, obviously everyone would be shocked to see Baron Davis in a damn Clippers uniform.

Everyone is like, “wait, WTF? What’s this??”. And then they are informed that this is what will happen 2 seasons after the Warriors have their historic playoff run. They break up the We Believe Warriors in an instant, and become one of the worse teams in the NBA again. The video then shows the current Warriors on their recent 9 game losing streak.

People’s reactions would be like, “WTF?! But the Warriors just beat the best team in the NBA!”.

and then yeah, that’s pretty much my random thought. I know, I know…. “get over it, idiot. get with the times. stop reminiscing about the playoffs, that’s old news now”.

fine, ok.

by Five Ten Entertainment on Dec 15, 2008 11:27 PM PST reply reply actions actions   1 recs

You know man

I was thinking the same thing today. What a joke.

by Atma Brother ONE on Dec 15, 2008 11:34 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT THIS....

I KICKED IT WITH JESUS ONCE.. HE'S KIND OF A PRICK

by DMJR on Dec 16, 2008 9:43 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I am beginning to scratch my head.....

Is the basic principle of Defense completely alien to most of these guys? Right now, I see 3 thats "three" Warriors on this team, Turiaf, Bellinelli and Watson, who are all puting great hustle and effort on D, although Marco slacks off and does not get a hand in enough faces for my liking.

As someone said above, there is more effort from the damn school girls who provided the halftime game than this squad.

I do blame Nelson for this, as he is clearly not getting through to his team and leaving Jackson in for so long while leaving BWright, Randolph and Kurz on the bench is frankly a bloody disgrace!

As to Keith Smart taking over, no thanks, this entire coaching team sucks currently and if Nelson goes, I would sack all the other coaches too. This teams shooting has gone to hell, its Defense is worse than high school and on Offense there is not a single leader right now on the court to get everyone in the correct god damn positions and quickly. We do a couple of pathetic, not even positive screens/pick and rolls and chuck around loose passes and "Lob" passes. 3 turnovers in the first 3 minutes…are you kidding me?

I want to punch in the face really feckin HARD the next a$$ I see throw a "Lob" pass into an area with 3 or more defenders versus 1 or 2 attackers.

Orlando’s ball movement was excellent tonight, it was safe, fast and completely opened us up for high quality shots of which they were making tonight. Where as we had a shooting percentage of something like 23% from the floor?

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Morrow did not seem to be given the ball at all, yet he is clearly one of our best shooters and time and time again he was open and non one lifted their damn head t see this!

I am a Warrior fan through and through, but this rudderless ship is REALLY starting to pi$$ me off right now!

WOULD SOMEONE GRAB THIS TEAM BY THE BALLS AND START KICKING SOME A$$ IN THE LOCKER ROOM, THE EFFORT IS PATHETIC! Much as I hate to say it, I am done with Nelson, I understand we dont have the quality, but he isnt even making sensible decisions with what we do have. Stack was clearly off his game, yet he leaves him in there….WHY????

As you can probably tell I am fuming right now considering we just got served by the Orlando Magic’s "2nd String" team! I am just wondering if it is better that we actually lose every game from now past Boston and Toronto so that Nelson gets fired in the New Year? Maybe a fresh coach with Monta coming back in (my forecast is still the home game versus Indiana in January) might be what the Warriors need to go on a a huge 2nd half to the season run?

Arhrgrhrhrghrghrghgrh vent over…….dammit where’s my Whiskey bottle!

It's about heart, It's about fight, It's about being a Warrior!

by BritWarriorGSW on Dec 15, 2008 11:27 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not the players fault for a terrible lineup/whos in

its all nellys fault…nellys terrible lineups bring the players down…teh chemistry down…the effort down…

FIRE NELLY

by DeepS on Dec 15, 2008 11:35 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yes I agree but.........

Even if the lineup is poor, it does not change the fact that the player should be giving 100%. I am sik to death of Stack bundling his way into a wall of defenders throwing up something bloody stupid then spending the next minute whining to th refs instead of concentrating on getting the damn ball back…that is nothing a coach can do, other than sit said player’s dumb a$$ on the bench until he learns to put in more effort!

It's about heart, It's about fight, It's about being a Warrior!

by BritWarriorGSW on Dec 15, 2008 11:39 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the coaches decisions totally change how the player moral is…it is very evident.

by DeepS on Dec 15, 2008 11:43 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

agree.....

I would really like to be in the pre-game practice tomorrow or even in the locker room tonight, personally if it were me, I would lock the damn stadium, kick everyone out and take the players back out onto the court and roast the crap out of them for a hour.

But then maybe a coach that wants performance and discipline would do that, Nellie aint one of those guys!

It's about heart, It's about fight, It's about being a Warrior!

by BritWarriorGSW on Dec 15, 2008 11:46 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

stop blaming the players..

we need a coach to do that…we need a coach to make the right decisions…

the problems for the team chemistry/effort are starting at the top. not at the bottom

by DeepS on Dec 15, 2008 11:51 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no that I will disagree on.....

I will blame players if their basic effort on Defense is slack. it does not matter who the coach is, Phil Jackson, Doc Rivers, Jerry Sloan, if the players are not putting in 100% effort then this is something they have to hold their hand up and say.

Yes…right now I am playing terrible defense, or are you saying that the players are currently playing the best they can? In which case god help us.

The players DO have a certain responsibility here, case in example, Harrington….clearly was not giving his all when he was here, switch him to NY and suddenly he becomes a leading player in the east! but maybe that’s Nelsons fault as well, which to be fair probably is. BUT a player SHOULD be giving his maximum and I am not getting at ALL players, just the ones who are clearly making even the most basic fundamental mistakes on rebounding AND Defense in general.

It's about heart, It's about fight, It's about being a Warrior!

by BritWarriorGSW on Dec 16, 2008 12:19 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Avery is fiesty

i can see homeboy takin us and kickin our ass till we learn how to play d with some desier and play o with some intelegence. He did coach Dallas into a 67 win team, i bet he could help us get at least 40…which is a damn goood improvement from what we’re doin now

by jimmycaps on Dec 16, 2008 2:44 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lets face

it guys. Another losing season. Its a disaster. I really thought that keeping that Nucleus aka B.Diddy,Ellis,Jack,J-rich,Beans was crucial for this franchise. Where is the hope now? where are moving?What are we trying to do here?

brb, going to ORACLE

by warrior510 on Dec 15, 2008 11:35 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think Oakland

 is cursed. Look at the Raiders. Look at us.

brb, going to ORACLE

by warrior510 on Dec 15, 2008 11:36 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you

act like the giants and niners are doing great too.

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Dec 15, 2008 11:55 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

maybe

move the dubs to san jose!

by DeepS on Dec 15, 2008 11:55 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hmm

come to think of it San Jose and LA well just the Lakers and maybe the Dodgers part are the only teams doing well in California. everyone else sucks

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Dec 16, 2008 12:00 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sharks?

are amazing….doing better than any team period

by DeepS on Dec 16, 2008 12:02 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thats

why i said San Jose is doing good because nobody sucks there

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Dec 16, 2008 1:43 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

can someone print this shirt and wear it to the game?

by wander7 on Dec 16, 2008 6:50 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The "WE SUCK" logo is TOTALLY AWESOME.

I’d much sooner wear a T-shirt emblazoned with that than a “We Believe” shirt. I never really liked the way the irony and playful grammatical incorrectness of “WE BELIEVE PLAYOFF” was transformed into a dumb, bland statement of blind faith.

Can I get the URL of “WE SUCK”? Wouldn’t it be cool if all of GSoM, en masse, changed their webpin to this? Or as w510 suggests, if all 15,000 fans at the Roaracle sported “WE SUCK” t-shirts and signs…?

OBAMA AMABO

by Sleepy Freud on Dec 16, 2008 8:03 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

If I upload a High rez file...

By all means… doowhatchalike!

 but hey, you didn’t get it from me ;-)

by Tony.psd on Dec 16, 2008 8:06 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm a doofus

I actually don’t know how to get the URL to an image posted here. On EZ board it shows up when you reply to a post, but I don’t know how to get it here. Linkie?

OBAMA AMABO

by Sleepy Freud on Dec 16, 2008 9:20 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"WE SUCK"?

  Shouldn’t it be “we believe suck”?

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Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 16, 2008 9:16 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ugly little game, coached awfully. I guess the flu was something of a variable, but come on… Nellie didn’t have to play Jack almost the entire first three quarters at power forward. And if Brandan Wright really was still feeling the ill effects of the flu, why leave him in for twelve straight minutes? Why, in a game where we could use a big man, did Kurz never make an appearance? I mean, I don’t like Kurz, but he goes from a career game to a DNP-CD?

No offensive plays, no defensive clue, no defensive energy… just embarrassing. This isn’t bad coaching so much as non-coaching. Nellie is palpably just collecting a paycheck at this point. He’s deservedly a coaching legend, and he knows more about basketball than every GSOM poster combined, but he’s doing a laughably bad job right now, and he deserves to be fired for it. He won’t be.

Jack was awful and clearly shouldn’t be playing. I absolutely hate Crawford’s game, and I have no idea why people spare him in their rants about the quality of this team. He’s a problem for us. ‘Buike couldn’t score worth a lick tonight, but he worked hard on the boards, at least. Biedrins and Marco had very good offensive nights and everyone else was just fine. Take out Jack’s dreadful work and the offense actually had an okay night.

The defense… good lord. Watson, Crawford, Marco and Azubuike were all HORRIBLE defensively tonight. Marco and Watson try hard, at least, but Watson is too slow to keep up with anyone, and Marco’s twice as slow as Watson. We just bled points when those guys were in. Once again, Jack was nothing special defensively. The big men weren’t great, but considering they had to guard the rim against all five players every time, it’s hard to blame them.

For the sixth or seventh time this season, we lost a game we didn’t have to lose. We’re not a good team or anything like it, but we’ve had a bunch of creampuffs on our schedule so far… we could have snuck our way to 13-12 without beating any decent teams other than Portland. More minutes for big men, more zone, more energy, more thoughts, and we could’ve won. Don’t pretend we’re less talented than a Howard-less Magic team, because we’re not. They beat us because they made at least some token efforts to prepare for us, and we made none to prepare for them.

We are a bad team for a number of reasons: Monta’s injury, the loss of Baron, our lack of defensive talent, our lack of experience. But we’re a terrible team because of Don Nelson… his awful coaching is costing us winnable games. Anybody who can’t see that at this point isn’t really looking.

by onlxn on Dec 15, 2008 11:54 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

more like

if we played 2-3 big guys always rather than 1 we coulda pulled off a decent record…

blame nelly

by DeepS on Dec 15, 2008 11:56 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so who would you have the 2nd big guy guard? rashard or turkoglu?

i knew we were going to lose after seeing them beat the Jazz in Utah on Saturday (as long as they hit their 3’s. and if they’re going to hit 10 of 20 3’s with the guy’s taking them being Jameer 5-9 & Courtney Lee 2-2 then so be it).

unexpectedly, Kelenna shot swJack-like and Andris let Gortat go off for 16 & 13 while only collecting 4 defensive rebounds.

by the evil monkey on Dec 16, 2008 12:42 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i’m sure you figured, but just in case, they beat the Jazz w/ this same lineup.

by the evil monkey on Dec 16, 2008 12:43 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’d have been fine with seeing Wright try to keep up with Rashard. I’m not saying Wright would’ve shut Rashard down or anything like that… I’m saying there’s no way Wright would’ve made our defense worse, and he would’ve made our offense better. And heck, if you put Wright on Rashard, Jack could’ve covered Jameer, and maybe we wouldn’t have had to give up yet another career(-tying) night to a decent player.

I can’t get behind any justification of benching Wright and Randolph that involves defense. Without them, we are the worst defensive team in the league by a mile… we have multiple sequences per game that are actually shameful. Why on earth would we fear changing that by putting in two long, high-energy shot-blockers, even if they do make some mistakes?

The three-point situation is getting ridiculous. What’s the record for highest 3P% given up by a team over the course of a season? I have to imagine we’re in contention for that one.

by onlxn on Dec 16, 2008 8:35 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

call me crazy

but i don’t think Wright has any chance to stay with Rashard, but Rashard can guard Wright. ditto for Kurz.

Orlando is just a bad matchup for big guys (hence why Utah lost) when they are hitting 3’s and a couple of guys caught fire from 3. if you want to blame someone, look at Andris for getting pushed around on the glass by Gortat and letting him go off. (i’d say Jamal for his matador d, but let’s face it – the dubs are going to have to overcome that nightly).

dubs fans are objective about other teams talents, but homeristic about our own. stop selling these other teams short or overestimating ours and you’ll realize that even w/o Howard, unless Orlando shot poorly from 3, we really had little chance.

i can’t believe you threw in Randolph. now that teams realize all you have to do is throw a pump fake and he’ll go flying by, he’s going to be a big liability until he breaks that habit or faces a team that scouts poorly.

actually, we’re only 27th (out of 30) in opposing 3 pt% this season. we were 21st last season.

by the evil monkey on Dec 16, 2008 10:24 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don’t pretend we’re less talented than a Howard-less Magic team

 No pretense necessary, look at the score.

Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 16, 2008 9:20 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rashard and hedo would definitely be our two best players. and jameer nelson would definitely start. yeah, i’ve gotta say, we are less talented than a howard-less magic team.

heart of a champion, will of the warrior.

by cap'n hack on Dec 16, 2008 9:40 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd take Monta and AB over Shard and Hedo.

Without hesitation. And that’s before considering the fact that AB and Monta are 7-8 years younger than their guys. 100% healthy, we’re definitely better than a Howard-less Magic. But yeah, with no Monta, and with Nellie futzing with the rotation depending on the weather in Turkmenistan, they’re clearly the better team.

OBAMA AMABO

by Sleepy Freud on Dec 16, 2008 11:01 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oops

forgot andris. that’s correct. but i didn’t count monta because he’s hurt. that one was intentional. i was just thinking about the team on the floor last night.

heart of a champion, will of the warrior.

by cap'n hack on Dec 16, 2008 8:18 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gortat.

saying that this guy must have some best dna, you coudn’t be more right. his father was a medalist in the olimpics in boxing back in the days :) great to see him playing so wel.

Oh, i can’t resist to mention. He won a bet with Pietrus, that he can dunk from the free throw line. And here is the link to some video whit his other spectacular dunk attempt from times when he played in germany. enjoy =]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOGuEVmXZw

peace :)

by stes on Dec 15, 2008 11:58 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

holy

crap hahahahaha

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Dec 16, 2008 2:59 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i wish they showed that on the jumbo screen during half time or something

by DeepS on Dec 16, 2008 9:18 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol

I knew we would starts sucking again sooner or later. But not this fast thou. haha let try to trade Action jackson,Magg, Brandan Wright ifor pf that could play D’s and score.In the offseason and try to get Ricky Rubio throught the draft.

by warriorfan4life on Dec 16, 2008 12:28 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is what you get

when you do a half assed rebuild(I don’t know if i’d even call it that) instead of a full rebuild. I’d have no problem with this team if we were playing a bunch of young guys but this is just bad when we’re wasting all these minutes on guys like jackson, maggette and crawford. What’s worse is we’re stuck with these guy for a while because of stupid, stupid, stupid contracts(especially the jackson extension). I had no problem with trading j-rich or letting baron/barnes leave but I was expecting us to do a full rebuild(with us building around monta, beans and whoever we get with our high lottery pick). The contracts we had were working in our favor since both Jackson and Harrington were going to be expiring contracts very soon but holy crap we made some idiotic decisions.

by superk1ng on Dec 16, 2008 12:47 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

At least you had some....

“Entertainment” tonight! :-)

It's about heart, It's about fight, It's about being a Warrior!

by BritWarriorGSW on Dec 16, 2008 2:00 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and WHERE'S OUR FECKIN MASCOT??????????

How hard can it be to give the exact same character a new Golden suit with a blue flash on his head and call him either “Lightning” or “Flash”…something…anything….

The Flying W’s were even affected the other night going 1-4!!!

I could easily picture walking into the Warriors front office and not find a single person working there….just a few sheep grazing……. see what happens when you drink to much whiskey following a crappy performance….arhrghrgrgh dammit where’s my bed!

It's about heart, It's about fight, It's about being a Warrior!

by BritWarriorGSW on Dec 16, 2008 2:17 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HAHAHH

Yes! And even our mascot has left. J-Rich, Barnes, Pietrus, B-Diddy, and even Thunder. The nucleus is gone! Where art thou Thunder!!!!!

And it won’t be sheep grazing. Just a drunk guy throwing darts at a board with random people’s names drunkenly scribbled up there.

Rowel: “Hey, (burp) I just hit Jameel Crawford, or Crawfart, or something, he’s good right?!?!”
Everybody: “Crawfart!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHH”
Cohan: “Yeah, but we’ve already got like 17 guards”
Nellie: “Versatility, I need versa-hic-…. what was I saying… where’s my cigar, I thought it was supposed to be warm in Hawaii”
Mullin: “We do what the board says!!! Get Crawfart, get him now!”

"No no Nene!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB5DxNl4EB0

by Dubs fan in Boston on Dec 16, 2008 6:52 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mullin: "We do what the board says!!! Get Crawfart, get him now!"

  This needs a poster.

Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 16, 2008 9:26 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

.just a few sheep grazing……

  Like the cape blanco light house!

Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 16, 2008 9:24 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hate to say it, but

AB is consistent only in that he always goes left. If he keeps doing this his scoring average is going to head south real quick. His moves are so predictable

by wander7 on Dec 16, 2008 6:54 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can anyone explain the following...
  • Why use a Watson/Crawford/Azubuike/Jackson/Biedrins starting lineup?
  • Why does Kurz get a DNP-CD?
  • Why play Brandan Wright 0 minutes for the first 3 quarters and then 12 minutes the final quarter?
  • How does Anthony Randolph get 2 minutes?
  • How do Jackson and Azubuike get 76 minutes while shooting a combined 5-28?

It seems like every game where I just scratch my head about the coaching decisions.

by UncleCliffy on Dec 16, 2008 7:49 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

because

nelly needs to be fired

by DeepS on Dec 16, 2008 9:19 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, because

Nelly wants to be fired. Why did he fight for his multi-year contract? So he can get a bigger payout when they fire him. What will it take? 7-25? 9-30? 11-40?

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. Billy Martin

by Steve in Napa on Dec 16, 2008 9:29 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I

think the warriors are trying to have it back fire on him i think they know what hes doing but they don’t wanna fire him they want him to go through it and suffer and slowly die from it so they really don’t have to pay him

So I don't have a signature well these words would do! Who knew that upgrades can have downgrades too!

by 24k state fan since 87 on Dec 16, 2008 1:42 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can anyone explain the following?

   Could it be some kind of NBA reality game? What do they call that…crank yankers or something like that? At the end of the season they’ll sit around and talk and laugh at how they drove a whole bay area nuts?

Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Dec 16, 2008 9:30 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Moves

Fire Nelson AFTER this season (someone said he is good for tanking games so we would get a better lottery position, but he is done after that)
Trade Maggs
Trade Jack or ask him to retire after this season
Ask Bukie to pass the ball
Play Wright, AR and Marco on all quarters, Play Morrow too if possible
Why does every player score on CJ?
Hire Avery or Flip Saunders
Fix the Front Office, STOP Overpaying players because they will not play that hard anymore…if they are going to extend Marco, do not over pay him! (like Murphy and Dunleavy)
Get Rid of Rowell dammit!

I will always be your fan JRich. Good Luck

by chili01 on Dec 16, 2008 11:07 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

its pretty clear

that we most likely wont be winning any games at least until ellis comes back…and even when he comes back, with the people we have now it will still be ugly…heres what a propose

let wright/randolph/beans/jamal start every game….those 4! and even morrow or belli as the 5th…heres why:

if these guys can really explode, any of them, (randolph/wright/morrow/belli) we could really use them for when ellis comes back, not to mension if they can mesh well together the lineup will be excellent possibily if they are allowed to grow…there are going to be at least half a dozen games before ellis comes back…let those guys start and get quality play time so when ellis comes back he has some players that have talent and confidence backing him up!

also, get rid of maggs before ellis comes back

by DeepS on Dec 16, 2008 11:43 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Forget Thunder!

Our new mascot should be the Tinman… No heart. I don’t think were in 06’/07’ anymore Todo!

by Billybibes420 on Dec 16, 2008 1:11 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My god

After tonight, we’re now a 1/2 game BEHIND the Clippers. What have we become?

Also, here’s how sick Wright was (Inside Bay Area):

“It was tough,” Wright said. “I was tired for about four or five days in a row. Real tired. Barely could stand up. I had a headache for three days in a row.” Wright was dressed for Monday’s game. He said he didn’t know how his legs would hold up since he hadn’t done anything basketball-related in almost a week.

by IQofaWarrior on Dec 16, 2008 11:14 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i think

the warriors should start letting belinelli and other arriors take more shots because jackson and crawford are taking the majority of the shots and missing most of them and because they are on a slump the warriors are losing and i also think we should start playing big ball again with crawford at the point guard position start kelenna azubuike or marco belinelli at shooting guard and have jackson on the bench so he can heal his hand and have anthony randolph at smallforward then have brandan wright at Power forward and of course have andris biedrins at center this will result in better defense and maybe better offense

by oraclearena on Dec 17, 2008 12:55 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don’t know if it’s a matter of letting others shoot more. Crawford and Jax are manning the point much of the time and are the primary distributors.

Crawford and Jax are in slumps, but it’s not like they shoot like Nash or Ray Allen at their norm. They were never particularly impressive shooters. That they’re both off and taking more shots than their baseline performance would justify just makes things worse. I’d hesitate to say that the shooting woes were entirely predictable except that it was almost entirely predictable.

by jae on Dec 17, 2008 11:01 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That they’re both off and taking more shots than their baseline performance would justify just makes things worse.

And there are no other decent players out on the floor to take the defenses attention away from them. Seriously, even in NYC Crawford had Zach Randolph.

"No no Nene!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB5DxNl4EB0

by Dubs fan in Boston on Dec 17, 2008 11:06 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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