jamal will get better once he settles in, he isn’t this bad all the time.

Jackson is playing injured, playing sick, and doing everything he can for the team. He’s a soldier. True, his numbers are down but that’s because of his injuries AND because Nelson is running him into the ground (39.9 minutes/game), and not giving him breathers (yesterday he played 22 out of 24 first half minutes).

Think back to last year— Jackson returned from the suspension and provided such a fantastic lift to the team. That’s what Jackson can do when he’s not injured and not being exhausted by Nelson.

I agree with dubbubba, he’s not as effective as last year because this year he has to handle the ball more and create his own offense, whereas last year it was created for him by Baron and Ellis. Who remembers Jackson wide open threes that took two seconds to get off, but had everyone on the edge of their seats until it was either a miss or a make. Ellis will solve alot of the teams problems, but not all of them. Nelson needs to Start Wright at PF and quit messin around with small ball. Wright does well everytime he is in the game, Am I the only one who sees this? Nelson is quoted as saying he didn’t play Wright because it was a small man’s game yesterday, really? How bout having the height advantage once, and not putting the burden of getting every rebound on Biedrins? But I digress, I think Jackson can be better, when Ellis is back because defenses will key on him less.

Yes I agree. Stephen Jackson needs to GO fast. Besides his leadership abilities or whatever, how can anyone be satisfied with his game? When you think about it, he is probably below average in every basketball skill category besides free throwing and, maybe, defense . He just carries himself like hes good at everything. And even when he is fully healthy, he still shoots at or below 40 percent, moves like a turtle, and basically plays like a rookie. We either need to trade him or sit him on the bench, but i doubt the later will work because you know he wont like it.

he needs to get the hell out of here.

Feel free to check out my analysis of Jackson in my Maggette vs Jackson post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlsbQKhJdR4

How can he be a leader when….

he is in a horrible shooting slump, injured hand, and does not realize he needs to stop shooting 15,20% night after night, and focus on making the team better by doing other things such as playing lockdown defense (like he locked down Nowitzki), rebounding and passing.

he complains about EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN call he doesn’t get from the ref! I am so sick of watching him yapping at the ref while the rest of the team sprints back to play 4 on 5 defense at a disadvantage. SHUT UP AND GET BACK ON D! Next time when I go to the game, everytime I see Jackson opens his mouth complaining to the ref, I’m going to stand up and shout “shut up and get back on D.” I might have to do that 10-20 times a game but i don’t care.

he claims he’s a lockdown defender when he really isn’t anymore. He is so incredible annoying and lazy on defense, it’s hard to watch. he lets his opponents drive by and casually reaches from behind trying to knock the ball away. He gambles, relies on his teammates to bail him out. when he turns the ball over, he grabs his man in frustration to stop the play.

he doesn’t realize what is good for the team. he tells the reporters that “if they (teammates) want me to sit out a game, then I will, but they tell me they want me to be out there.” I’m paraphasing from an article. You know why no one has the guts to tell him to sit out, cuz he plays with a bunch of unestablished rookies under 25. If Robert Rowell is pointing a gun at Nelson’s head and dares him to yank him out of a game, and if Nelson doesn’t tell Jackson to sit out, do you think the rookies will?

Jackson is clearly not fit to be a leader of this team. Drop the ego, bench yourself, stop hurting the team please.

Jackson goes through a shooting slump and all of the sudden you want to trade him? Wait a couple weeks and you’ll be reminded of what a good player he is. I can’t believe you have such a bad memory. Remember when he played a huge role in getting the warriors to the playoffs. Have you forgot the beginning of the season? He might not be the ideal leader, but he’s better than anyone else on the team. It’s not all his fault, he’s struggling right now because he’s on a team where he’s the first option when he’s really second or third. Don’t blame him.

Get a new coach? I’ll refresh your memory again. Remember when Nelly got us to the playoffs and past the mavs? Remember when he revitalized out franchise? You say you want a new coach. If a roster sucks new a coach is going to help. If anything, Nelson is the best to maximize the roster we have. If the warriors are smart they’ll let him build the franchise.

but seeing how our front office is…he will be with us till 2013.

My only hope is that he retires after this season, and get rid of Maggette this season for a pick or expiring contract.

Is anyone else tired of venting on this site? Like, making long posts about how we feel.

I would have made somewhat of a big post about what I like and don’t like about Jackson, but I noticed that this whole season i’ve been doing the same thing over and over again.

Long posts about:

“I still believe! We can still make the playoffs, this is why I think so!..”
“WTF! What happened in that game?!”
“Wow, Maggette was a waste”
“Dammit we have to do something about Jackson”.
“Wow, this team really sucks now. They’re pissing me off”.

It’s like a never ending parade of negativity. Why can’t this team go on a decent win streak for once, so we can all settle down and relax for a couple of days. It’s like this team is causing all of their fans to start nagging; every game showcases a new reason to make a long post about how bad the team is. =[

Man, if anybody has watched any Warriors game, you really hit the nail on the head about SJax. He is playing soooooooooooo badly right now. It’s really quite embarrassing. “Glorified Rec Player”. I haven’t heard a better description of someone since Elaine called Kramer a “Hipster Doufus”. Well put.

But I have to say in his defense that he is playing injured. And he has played well in the past. I don’t think he really is this bad. But if he is playing this bad due to injury, due to bad attitude, due to trying to do too much to make the team win, due to any reason, he should be sat down on the bench. Or he should be on the injury unable to play list. Or some other thing, but he shouldn’t be on the court playing the way he is.

And I put that on Nelly. He needs to step up to the players that aren’t playing well or giving a good effort on defense or ballhogging and put them down. If he’s afraid another Al Harrington situation is going to arise, then he clearly does not have control of the team. Or he doesn’t care. But in either case Nelly needs to be talked to by upper management because if something doesn’t change then he should be let go for someone who will take out underperforming players and put them on the injury report or let them ride pine for a while until they get their act together.

This guy is the guy when you get him on your team in a pickup game, everybody on your team is quietly pissed, you’ll probably lose, you can’t tell him anything or he’ll fly off the handle. Ruins chemistry, no ball movement. Isn’t he leading, or second in, the league in turnovers? He never even tries to rebound. Each game he’ll be good for 3 “bull in a china shop” drives, lose the ball out of bounds of his knee, complains to the ref like my 3 year old daughter when I take away he fruit snacks, then his guy dunks at the other end before he crosses court plays. While we’re at it, can we dump Nellie too? What do we really think he’s gonna accomplish here? He ruined our team once already, remember C-Webb?

I like him when he plays his role, but not when he does anything more. He was great last season when a majority of our offense came from Baron and Monta; but when Jackson is our “top guy”, that’s when he starts getting ugly. Having a group like Baron/Monta/Jackson/Harrington was great because it took pressure off of everyone. But now, we have a lot of talent but no one is meshing with each other on the team.

Once Monta comes back, things might get a little better. Jackson can start playing his role more, with Crawford and Ellis as the main source of scoring. Just give the guy a chance, he’s never had this much pressure on him to lead a team before. I wanna see the team play with Monta back before I start making bold statements about Jackson.

Jackson himself has admitted that he’s not used to Nellie’s new drive-and-kick offense. It takes away from Jacks iso style of play, where he says he’s had the most success. I think the best game we had in terms of looking reasonably smooth on offense was that @Oklahoma game when Jack was out. The ball was moving, it was dizzying, every player was acting on instinct. There was no stopping and thinking in the game flow.

I wish Nellie would experiment without Jack for a few games and see what happens.

Yes, experiment without Jax, without Magette, and using Watson sparingly because he has a tendency to non-pass and ball-hog as well, although I like his heart/effort and rebounding better then the other said guys.

Stick with the max effort, hussle, team, pass, run, gun, race, whatever you want to call it guys: Monta, Bellinelli, Randolph, Wright, Biedrins, Turiaf, Azabuike, Kurz, Morrow. Let Randolph and CJ play if they are playing the team game, if not, put there butts on the bench. Trade Magette and put SJax on the Injured list until he is healthy. If Donny boy isn’t able to do that, then yank his butt too.

dude, he’s the heart and soul of the Dubs now. You can’t get rid of him without totally killing the team

While he is playing like crap right now, it is hard to get rid of him completely without getting another leader-type back. Cap’n Jack is the one, ever since coming from Indy, who’s been keeping everyone together as a team instead of everyone being out on their own. If you get rid of him completely, it doesn’t look like anyone could really step up and be that “glue” we all know Cap’n Jack to be.

I feel like people underestimate Jack.

Is he playing horribly now? Yes.
Does he have poor shot selection? Yes.
Do I cringe when I’m streaming the play-by-play and it says “incoming shot by stephen Jackson?” Yes.
Does he turn the ball over too much? Yes.

Would we have won more than 7 games if we didn’t have him? NO.