OPEN THREAD: Warriors vs Kings
Y'all better be fired up!!
Warriors (W-L): 29-20
Kings (W-L): 23-25
Time: 7:30PM PST tip off
TV:FSN
Vegas Odds: Golden State by 7 (source: yahoo.com)
Nothin like a good ol' fashioned Norcal showdown to compliment a relaxing Saturday night.
Tonight the Dubs will be facing our neighbors to the north (alliteration what?!) as the Kings trek down to Roaracle. It should be interesting to watch C-Webb log some minutes on the floor against a team with which he spent many of his better years. Truth be told, I'm not really expecting a whole lot out of Chris for a while though. It's likely going to take him more than a few games to get back his rhythm, timing, and whatever speed he has left in his tank. Incidentally, no one would be happier than me if I were proven wrong on that previous statement.
So what about the game tonight? Chalk it up in the W column? Put it in the books? Count it?
Riiiiight. JUMP!
I think you know by now that there is no such thing as a guaranteed win for the Warriors. And even if there was, tonight wouldn't fit into that category. The Kings are 2 games below .500 (trust me, we've lost to worse) and have a roster full of weapons.
Not only is Sac coming in with the threats that are Martin, Ron Ron, and Bibby (arguably not as threatening right now as he has been in the past), they're coming in with confidence. (They've won 5 of their past 6 games.)
Meanwhile, the Dubs on the other hand are probably still wondering how the hell they lost to a limping Bulls team at home. My thoughts? They're going to need to come out strong from the start and put this game away early. It's going to be tough going if they have to go back and forth with the Kings for 48 minutes tonight. Tonight's game needs to serve as a much needed confidence booster for the Warriors to get back on track.
Either way, I'll be planted on my couch in my fat guy pants (everyone should own a pair) with some icy ones, the remote, and my laptop (open thread!). God I love Saturdays.
Be sure to swing by and say hello to our friends at Sactown Royalty and drop your thoughts on the game as well!
Predictions:
* Bibby gets confused and dishes to Webber at least once.
* Baron recovers from a subpar game against the Bulls and goes for a double double with 20+ points.
* C-Webb breaks 10 points. (C'mooooooon Chris!)
* Warriors by 8.
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Since the all-star game is just around the corner
... Crash the all-star game! (debuting at the Oracle arena!)

what????
by vietnameezboy on Feb 9, 2008 3:50 PM PST reply actions
LOL
* Bibby gets confused and dishes to Webber at least once.
by vietnameezboy on Feb 9, 2008 3:51 PM PST reply actions
trust
the Kings
gonna be tough tonight
baron needs a bounce back game, harrington and barnes really need to find a way to get involved, and like barnett says, jackson just needs to slow down and let the game come to him. he's making himself too involved in the offense when he should use his great passing ability to defer to our other great weapons out there.
lastly, will biedrins hold on to the ball in the lane tonight? and will we convert our layups? unlike against, as chris farley and george wendt would say, "da bulls!"
maybe nellie will do something crazy tonight to shake things up, like start B. Wright.
also, going back to the wright nick names, some people were clamoring for "b. wright." in that monster dunk he looked pretty light on his feet, and may be a beacon in the lane for a long time to come, why not combine those, throw in the word light and shrink b. wright to bright.
from now on he's "light bright." whadya think?
hmm
The "2 for 1 Kings Gorilla Jinx"


by bloodsweatndonuts on Feb 9, 2008 5:13 PM PST reply actions
Jeezzz...
We'll soon see.
same as always
guys
and the FLIGHT WRIGHT nickname.
good stuff.
Also i like the dubs chances for tonight.
FLIGHT WRIGHT TO THE RIM!
anybody else
Not really

"That's why Baron is Baron." -Bob Fitzgerald
by WarriorForLife on Feb 9, 2008 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
baron
Hmm, Beans
Which is why
that's my exhibit a
inteeresting
omg
Why can't the Warriors just do this?
i think it has more to do
by the evil monkey on Feb 9, 2008 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
wowow
ironic
That
by PhilSmith on Feb 9, 2008 8:14 PM PST reply actions
another
Did Pietrus steal your girlfriend or something?
well
wow, he passed the ball!
channel the hate
exsactly why
yeah
by the evil monkey on Feb 9, 2008 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
acually
don't worry
by the evil monkey on Feb 9, 2008 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
lol
Nellie plays him because he helps the team
why
watching
by PhilSmith on Feb 9, 2008 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
The bench
Jesus
i love when biedrins does that
wow
WHAT THE F*** WAS THAT
That was too funny
blame
but violet does suck.. she hates the warriors just like crawford..
oh well
lol
need more Monta in the 2nd half
how bad is Baron's shooting slump?
I love Artest's emotion,
rough call
Easy, Nelie...
wtf..
don't think so
i don't know
Not much bench production
Lol
Latvia(Smiling): No you didn't.

"That's why Baron is Baron." -Bob Fitzgerald
pietrus special
Hiow about Ben Wallace's free throws?
uhmm.
In the next 20 possessions
for real
by the evil monkey on Feb 9, 2008 9:30 PM PST up reply actions
air france
It is
by PhilSmith on Feb 9, 2008 9:28 PM PST reply actions
the reason that i love monta ellis
if baron fouls out
When Monta takes the midrange
well
cause he
i doubt he's tired
man
CJ Watson. From San Andreas to the Bay!
by tadams1080 on Feb 9, 2008 9:45 PM PST reply actions
Hey that's cool

"That's why Baron is Baron." -Bob Fitzgerald
Artest will make it hard for us to finish this off
if
OMFG
you kidding me?
baron was about to open a can of whoopass on him.
baron fouls out
Baron's gone but we have a little cushion
this is y
Harrington, I have this crazy idea
sigh
legitimate nail-biter now
man
CJ Watson. From San Andreas to the Bay!
by tadams1080 on Feb 9, 2008 10:00 PM PST reply actions
What a shot!
big shot monta
All-Day Monta!
mullin/nelson clearly needs to make another move
by stedanko on Feb 9, 2008 10:02 PM PST reply actions
holy jesusman
that was almost in the act
So, um, Monta Ellis
Is there anyone left on this board who thinks he's a replaceable part on this team? Option Zero...?
nevermind
I like the 5 rebounds, but 2 points? i'm not expecting greatness immediately but the warriors obviously need a lot more from webber than that..
hes too slow
5 boards, 1 assist and 1 steal in 14 minutes
Personally
by PhilSmith on Feb 9, 2008 10:15 PM PST reply actions
lol
Bull
LOL
Any win is a good win, but this was hardly an inspiring performance. Good teams, at home, should be expected to handle mediocre-to-bad teams pretty easily.
by Sleepy Freud on Feb 9, 2008 10:39 PM PST up reply actions
Kings are better than you think
Kings playing better than Portland right now
Kings are legit
Reggie Theus has them playing hard. I believe that they can easily post one of the top 10 best records in the West from here on out now that they are all healthy. Of course their bad start combined with the amount of good teams in the West means that they won't be in the playoffs, but I definitely agree that this was no gimme game. We're not going to win many games where Baron shoots 4-19, but luckily K Mart also had a bad game and Monta was incredible.
Bibby
I pray i never have to use a gun again.
that's the point
One way to look at it
by Sleepy Freud on Feb 9, 2008 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
well explained
they may be lottery bound
You mean the same Rockets
Most teams in the NBA have nine "weapons" the caliber of that mediocre group you listed. Only a select few have a Top 2 as dominant as Yao and McGrady.
The Kings are what they are. The Rockets are significantly better than them, no matter how you slice it.
by Sleepy Freud on Feb 10, 2008 12:05 AM PST up reply actions
No you don't understand
By the way,
Quite the qualification
You said the Kings were as good as the Rockets, and that that had weapons everywhere.
I simply pointed out that
- They're patently not as good as the Rockets (which you later backtracked and agreed with)
- Most teams in the NBA have at least that many weapons.
You seem to be trying really hard to weasel out out of your initial incorrect position into one of "the Kings aren't that terrible." If that's your new position, I totally agree with you. Bravo!
by Sleepy Freud on Feb 10, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
Not at all
And you really don't get it, when I say the Kings would be on the same level as the Rockets that means I am saying they would have similar records, I never said I thought the Kings would beat the Rockets in a playoff series, but with the up and down season they have had their record evens out to what I would expect of the Kings. Perhaps I should have used the Trailblazers as an example instead.
If the Kings had the Rockets record the whole season there is a good chance that Kevin Martin would have been in the same position David West was in when he got selected to the all star game. So don't tell me they don't have any standout players either.
Never one time did I backtrack, all I did was clarify because you misunderstood me. Don't tell me I am weaseling out of it when you are simply copping out by not addressing that you were wrong when you said the Kings were that terrible. I know debate tactics, and they aren't going to work here.
But please, I would love a reply.
Dude
Is a pure straw man. I never said anything of the sort.
On the other hand, it is totally reasonable to take your original statement --
-- to mean that, in your opinion, they are as good a team as the Rockets. Your qualifications about them not being likely to beat the Rockets in the playoffs, etc., were added after the fact.
So, yes, you did try to weasel out of your original statement, and then tried to cover up for your weaseling by building a bunch of unrelated straw man arguments. Clearly you do know your debate tactics. Props.
by Sleepy Freud on Feb 10, 2008 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
asdf
Check any power ranking, I'm sure you'll find the Kings in the top 16. But if you don't want to admit that you misunderstood what I said and/or made some incorrect statements, then I don't know what else to say. So I'm done with it. No hard feelings.
Heh
Actually, the first one I checked, Hollinger's, has them at #17. Not that I ever said or implied anything about their relative league ranking, except as it related to the Rockets (#11).
Well, self-awareness is the first step towards enlightenment, so I take your confession as a good sign. A little friendly advice for future discussionns:
- Try to respond to what people have actually written rather than what you think they've written or what you want them to have written.
- Try to defend your original position rather than a constantly-changing one.
- Try not to confuse the discussion with a lot of irrelevant straw men (e.g., "Kevin Martin would have been in the same position David West was in when he got selected to the all star game").
- If you're having trouble with parts 2 and 3, it may be a sign that were some serious flaws with your original argument. Admitting these flaws can help lead to a more fruitful discussion based on facts, rather than a pissing match wherein you tie yourself in knots trying to prove you're "right."
Thankfully.
Werd. ;-)
by Sleepy Freud on Feb 11, 2008 4:58 AM PST up reply actions
most NBA games are toss-ups
The Warriors won tonight. Yes, they laid an egg against Chicago, but they figured out a way to close it out tonight. The Kings played pretty well tonight and all they could hope to do was hang around.
Now, if they had lost to the kings...
Seriously though,
we're back
argh
What you thought that I only played basketball? I AM A Golden State WARRIOR!
by 24k state fan since 87 on Feb 9, 2008 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
hm
for real
on offense, they actually waste even more energy cutting around while cwebb has the ball in the high post only to end up launching a 25 ft 3 pointer.
so far the guys who've lost playing time to webber and the resulting baron/sjax playing more minutes are andris, al, kaz, cj and croshere.
by the evil monkey on Feb 9, 2008 10:26 PM PST reply actions
can
Pietrus and Barnes have the same +/-
Barnes also plays more minutes with Baron Davis on the floor than Pietrus. I like this stat but you have dig a little deeper (like on-court / off court, 5 man rotation, player win %, etc.) for the data to be meaningful.
Baron leads the team with a +14.9 and Monta and Jax are second with +6.0. Azubuike is -11.9. Belinelli is -20.0 in limited minutes.
ya
sometimes this # can be deceiving
by the evil monkey on Feb 9, 2008 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
why not?
his + came in during that
by the evil monkey on Feb 10, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Attaboy Mike Dunleavy!
heh
Anyway, this Portland loss had to do more w/ Roy not playing than anything else.
by the evil monkey on Feb 9, 2008 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
I kinda
i call him..
and also "The Pirate" because to me he looks like an extra on Pirates of the Carribean more than an NBA player
by misterjennings on Feb 9, 2008 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
I'll give full credit to
the 2 for 1 Gorilla. 3-0 (1-0 against Suns and 2-0 against the Kings).

by bloodsweatndonuts on Feb 9, 2008 11:38 PM PST reply actions
Yahoo Headline:
wrong!
I pray i never have to use a gun again.
It's like the 100th times
well
that said, parker & nash aren't exactly defensive stalwarts and nellie needs to start letting him run the 2nd team and resting Baron.
by the evil monkey on Feb 10, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
defense
Monta has been in the league only 3 years, and he's only 22, so he's got plenty of time to get better, defensively. At this point, the effort's there and he has the physical tools, so I don't see his role of "defensive liability" lasting his whole career. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he was lauded for his defense as early as next year.
"Boards... Don't hit BACK.."
by Tim N Chris Burger on Feb 10, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
can't believe how they are playing!
But at the same time, Baron is playing terrible, missing layups and shooting 25%. What is wrong with him lately?
And the 3-point shots aren't going down much either. One thing that just drives me nuts is when they KNOW they are on a poor shooting streak from 3pt land, and then they run down the floor and take a quick 3pt shot. They might as well be handing the ball to the other team! It's the same effect as a turnover!
3-pointers and free throws are something this team needs to work on, along with attitude maybe, and then, damn it, they ought to be competing for the top position in the conference!
by bobbyrae on Feb 10, 2008 1:22 AM PST reply actions
especially
BD
anyone else
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