There were plenty of moves to be made this offseason. The W’s have all the flexibility in the world to make this happen. I don’t believe for a second that the pieces we have couldn’t have landed us a veteran big man. I mean the lakers were able to fleece Pau Gasol for essentially Kwame Brown. Instead of obtaining that one impact player that would vault us into the Western Conference elite, we’re once again stockpiling potential. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if you haven’t noticed, potential is rarely fully realized.

I actually like where we are right now. Once we get our Free Agents signed, we’ll be in store for another good season (another 48 wins is well within this clubs capabilities). Monta, beans, wright and Marco will all get better. We shouldn’t have missed the playoffs this year, but we did, but I have reasons to be optimistic for next season.

As for the future, we’ll have plenty of cap space for the 2010 free agency period to make a run at some very good players.

All in all, Mullin is doing fine, and a lot better than when he first started out.

Also on a side note, I would not be happy with waiting until 2018 to make the playoffs again.

have a plethora of good points but I don’t think you can put the majority of the blame on Mulson although it could well be justified. I believe if money was no object and Mulson was able to do as they please with the roster then we would have made the playoffs last year by utilizing the TPE and acquiring some much needed veteran help.

But with the nature of the drafts from previous years and the ridiculous contracts handed out, we were in the position we were in without much flexibility. Consider Thermo’s point of the Lakers catching the Grizzlies with their pants down and stealing Pau Gasol away. We had no one on our roster who could offer the Grizzlies immediate financial flexibility in the way that Kwame Brown did. Al had 2+ years on his contract and Foyle had 2 or 3 years as well if I’m not mistaken. The best we could’ve done, IMO was:

Al Harrington, Marco Belinelli, Brandan Wright, Mikael Pietrus, Patrick O’Bryant for Gasol and Cardinal’s horrendous contract. Could it have been done? Yes, probably, but maybe it was the extra year on Al’s contract that didn’t make a deal plausible. Maybe Mulson didn’t feel like sacrificing a good chunk of the team for soft as tissue paper Pau. Maybe Mulson tried to get in on the Pau sweepstakes. We don’t know for sure.

Mullin has sure has some draft busts and missed dearly drafting for need rather than BPA. I’ve always been a big supporter of BPA regardless of where you pick. Picking for need has always been a Warriors curse if you will.

Well-documented blunders:
2005: Ike Diogu (9th) over Andrew Bynum (10th) or Danny Granger (17th)
With the drafting of Biedrins, the year before, Mully looked to secure a PF which was a need and at the time, Diogu was the best PF on the board.

2006: POB
   Rudy Gay having gone one pick earlier. Brandon Roy and Randy Foye just a few picks earlier. I forget the exact financial state of the Warriors but once again they drafted for need and reached on a kid who outplayed most other centers he faced in March. I was extremely upset that they didn't do much to try to get Gay or the other high-ceiling guys in Roy and Foye.

The drafting and buyout of Kosta Perovic. I don't know where to begin with it. Just a bad all-around move for Mully and it'll be capped off with Perovic leaving back to Europe.

2007
I was initially against the J-Rich trade but was anxious to see what we would do with the TPE and as you stated, we did absolutely nothing. We could’ve packaged it to get someone to help with the playoff push. Ron Artest could have possibly been attained with the TPE, Brandan Wright, and a draft pick. Help was there for the picking and we idly sat by and stayed pat with our roster which led me to believe that the TPE was just going to expire and was going to be solely used to help in the extensions of Tay and Dre.

With Foyle’s contract still on the books for this season, we’re at about $44million in salary if my calculations are correct. After possible extensions dealing $10mm annually to Monta and $9mm to Andris, we’re already above the cap and only a MLE away from hitting luxury tax. So this is where it all comes into play. If Cohan is adamant on staying below the luxury tax threshold and that’s Mullins only limitation on shaping the roster, it is ONE BIG LIMITATION.

Any player we would’ve acquired last season utilizing the TPE would alone shift us above luxury tax level after extending Tay and Dre. Not to mention we’d still have 6-7 more players to ink to contracts for this season. It is this reason and this reason only that has limited the “flexibility” that Mullin proclaimed he’d have with acquiring the TPE.

Mully started out rough. Dishing out huge contract extensions to Dunmurphy and Foyle. Signing Fisher to a ridiculous contract, etc. His initial drafts were wasteful (outside of Monta) But he’s been doing a better job and I believe he’ll continue to do a better job once Foyle’s contract is off the books, we dish out extensions to Monta and Andris, and we decide the fate of Baron.

We’re still competitive having won the 2nd most games without having to make the playoffs and if it were a different format, then the majority of us would be content with what went down last season. We’ve stockpiled talent (Wright and Randolph, you can agree Belinelli was quite a reach) and we still have our veteran leadership on board via Baron and Jack (for how long), no one knows. We’d all want to go deep into the postseason. We all want to progress past just making the playoffs, getting past the first round. Possibly getting an NBA championship ring. But maybe there are just higher forces (Cohan) who are limiting Mulson’s ability to mend his mistakes.

We’re certainly at a crossroads and beginning Monday, we’ll know exactly where this team is headed. Whether Baron opts out or not, whether the TPE is used or not and by Tuesday, the start of free agency, it’ll really start to get interesting.

We have the veteran leadership. We have the young young talent. We have the leader in Baron Davis (for now) who could lead us deep into the playoffs if we develop the young talent or utilize them in some trade packages to acquire some skilled veterans a-la Boston. After all, it was Mully who dealt for Baron, so cut him a little bit of slack. There’s still work that can be done. But it all doesn’t mean shi* if Cohan’s the one pulling his strings.

You make it sound like some diabolical plot that Nelly wants to win as many games as possible in the regular season to reach his all-time wins number.

Wait… shouldn’t that be every teams’ goal in the regular season? Win as many games as possible and get a nice seed in the playoffs?

have a plethora of good points but I don’t think you can put the majority of the blame on Mulson although it could well be justified. I believe if money was no object and Mulson was able to do as they please with the roster then we would have made the playoffs last year by utilizing the TPE and acquiring some much needed veteran help.

But with the nature of the drafts from previous years and the ridiculous contracts handed out, we were in the position we were in without much flexibility. Consider Thermo’s point of the Lakers catching the Grizzlies with their pants down and stealing Pau Gasol away. We had no one on our roster who could offer the Grizzlies immediate financial flexibility in the way that Kwame Brown did. Al had 2+ years on his contract and Foyle had 2 or 3 years as well if I’m not mistaken. The best we could’ve done, IMO was:

Al Harrington, Marco Belinelli, Brandan Wright, Mikael Pietrus, Patrick O’Bryant for Gasol and Cardinal’s horrendous contract. Could it have been done? Yes, probably, but maybe it was the extra year on Al’s contract that didn’t make a deal plausible. Maybe Mulson didn’t feel like sacrificing a good chunk of the team for soft as tissue paper Pau. Maybe Mulson tried to get in on the Pau sweepstakes. We don’t know for sure.

Mullin has sure has some draft busts and missed dearly drafting for need rather than BPA. I’ve always been a big supporter of BPA regardless of where you pick. Picking for need has always been a Warriors curse if you will.

Well-documented blunders:

2005: Ike Diogu (9th) over Andrew Bynum (10th) or Danny Granger (17th)
With the drafting of Biedrins, the year before, Mully looked to secure a PF which was a need and at the time, Diogu was the best PF on the board.

2006: POB
Rudy Gay having gone one pick earlier. Brandon Roy and Randy Foye just a few picks earlier. I forget the exact financial state of the Warriors but once again they drafted for need and reached on a kid who outplayed most other centers he faced in March. I was extremely upset that they didn’t do much to try to get Gay or the other high-ceiling guys in Roy and Foye.

The drafting and buyout of Kosta Perovic. I don’t know where to begin with it. Just a bad all-around move for Mully and it’ll be capped off with Perovic leaving back to Europe.

2007
I was initially against the J-Rich trade but was anxious to see what we would do with the TPE and as you stated, we did absolutely nothing. We could’ve packaged it to get someone to help with the playoff push. Ron Artest could have possibly been attained with the TPE, Brandan Wright, and a draft pick. Help was there for the picking and we idly sat by and stayed pat with our roster which led me to believe that the TPE was just going to expire and was going to be solely used to help in the extensions of Tay and Dre.

With Foyle’s contract still on the books for this season, we’re at about $44million in salary if my calculations are correct. After possible extensions dealing $10mm annually to Monta and $9mm to Andris, we’re already above the cap and only a MLE away from hitting luxury tax. So this is where it all comes into play. If Cohan is adamant on staying below the luxury tax threshold and that’s Mullins only limitation on shaping the roster, it is ONE BIG LIMITATION.

Any player we would’ve acquired last season utilizing the TPE would alone shift us above luxury tax level after extending Tay and Dre. Not to mention we’d still have 6-7 more players to ink to contracts for this season. It is this reason and this reason only that has limited the “flexibility” that Mullin proclaimed he’d have with acquiring the TPE.

Mully started out rough. Dishing out huge contract extensions to Dunmurphy and Foyle. Signing Fisher to a ridiculous contract, etc. His initial drafts were wasteful (outside of Monta) But he’s been doing a better job and I believe he’ll continue to do a better job once Foyle’s contract is off the books, we dish out extensions to Monta and Andris, and we decide the fate of Baron.

We’re still competitive having won the 2nd most games without having to make the playoffs and if it were a different format, then the majority of us would be content with what went down last season. We’ve stockpiled talent (Wright and Randolph, you can agree Belinelli was quite a reach) and we still have our veteran leadership on board via Baron and Jack (for how long), no one knows. We’d all want to go deep into the postseason. We all want to progress past just making the playoffs, getting past the first round. Possibly getting an NBA championship ring. But maybe there are just higher forces (Cohan) who are limiting Mulson’s ability to mend his mistakes.

We’re certainly at a crossroads and beginning Monday, we’ll know exactly where this team is headed. Whether Baron opts out or not, whether the TPE is used or not and by Tuesday, the start of free agency, it’ll really start to get interesting.

We have the veteran leadership. We have the young young talent. We have the leader in Baron Davis (for now) who could lead us deep into the playoffs if we develop the young talent or utilize them in some trade packages to acquire some skilled veterans a-la Boston. After all, it was Mully who dealt for Baron, so cut him a little bit of slack. There’s still work that can be done. But it all doesn’t mean shi* if Cohan’s the one pulling his strings.

First off, lots of good points raised about why we should be concerned – but also, too many comclusions drawn without the evidence.
1. As far as I know, the jury is still out on Marco – let’s not write him off just yet.
2 The same is true for Wright – who I think will be an upgrade, as the year goes on, over Harrington. If we keep Al, our PF position just got much better (potential and shot blocking in Randolph and Wright, toughness in Hendrix, and versatility in Al)
3. The TPE deadline hasn’t passed – we all hope they use it but if not I think trades are still in the works for a veteran swing man.
4. Baron may be anxious now but if the season goes well and they make the playoffs I imagine he’d stay on the team, signing pretty cheaply – the league has too many good young PGs out there for him to make big $ elsewhere after another year under his belt. Plus, if the team does struggle and Baron becomes a cancer – why can’t the team trade him during the season, ala Troy and Dun?
5. This team won 48 games last year and are still in tact (for the moment) and I for one think Monta is going to have an all star like year and Biedrin, marco, and Wright are going to get better.

Your points are good but pessimistic. We have as good a chance to make the playoffs as most teams in the west.