#1: it’s not clear that we’re about to get Felton. It’s seldom that rumors pan out into reality. It seems especially true with the Warriors over the last few years. Of the moves made, I can’t remember any where there was much if anything in the way or rumors circulating before. They seem to operate in secret.

#2: Williams is on the team because cutting him means paying him to not be on the team. Cutting Hendrix is far, far cheaper. If neither are going to contribute, that’s a reasonable, albeit mostly meaningless decision.

#3: This team is poorly managed. It’s not clear who calls the shots and not making sense is the rule of the day.

RARELY 2nd rounders do anything… its like 3 a year contribute

To me this all has to start with poor Warriors management. Mullin, Rowell and Nelson are not on the same page. We all know that Wright, Williams and Randolph all seem to not be Nelson type of players. They get a short leash and inconsistent playing time. So what do we do? Fill our roster up with low-ceiling undrafted role players: CJ, Kelenna, Morrow, Kurz, Nelson…and don’t forget, Jack wasn’t drafted either. We must lead the league in non-drafted players…yeesh.

If we could just draft well, play the guys that are obviously the most talented, and not care about the results…that would be best for the franchise mired in this dreadful season.

The designated bruiser might be something of value were this team expecting to make a fight in the playoffs. A guy to push people around and disrupt for 5 or 6 minutes could make a difference in a close game or two, particularly in the playoffs when defenses turn it up (or, as often, coaches get timid and neglect what got them there and move to the slow-down game that they confuse for "defense"). But we ain’t there. We aren’t even close. I doubt very, very much that a bruiser for a few minutes would make us win “way more often.” What we need is far more than a quick fix. We need guys who can lock down, guys who can pass the ball without turning it over, and guys who can make shots. We need several of those guys. Worrying about a bruiser at the end of the bench is low on the list of priorities.

And ANY team coached by Nelson will be TOO SMALL and too short. It’s not that he “doesn’t coach defense,” it’s that his players are easy to shoot over, are too short to get to rebounds, and can’t play against “big” teams. His “system” IS bad defense. It’s fun to watch the midgets all scrambling around (helplessly) but it’s a loser in the NBA. Hendrix would’ve made a difference against Yao.