Kevin Garnet
6’11”
220lbs

It would take about a year of intense workouts to put about 15lbs of muscle on AR.

Will be fine

The fact that there have been various unrealistic trade scenarios thrown around as well as the uproar over the draft of Randolph is fairly upsetting. I mean… how many of you actually went to the workouts and saw how the individuals faired into the Warriors scheme of things during the scrimmages? I would venture to guess outside of Pree and a select few… NONE! So how do you go on to say that Randolph wasn’t a good (if not great) pick at the #14 spot?

With the #14 pick, you weren’t really going to pick up anyone who was going to make an immediate splash on our team. We basically have gaping holes everywhere, as we need a back up point, swing, and big man.

Harrington is good enough to come off of the bench to be that tweener big man: He works extremely hard on the defensive end as an undersized 4-5 who can stretch the floor and provide the spacing necessary for the Nellie system to work. If he provides an offensive spark then great, if not, he can still space the floor or he can see the bench until the next game. It is unrealistic to trade him and expect equal value. Varajao? That guy has been a big ? health wise (missing approx 30 games/season in 3 out of 4 seasons in Cle) and he’s just as much of an offensive liability as Beans and Wright, if not more. Rasheed Wallace? I would love for it to happen, but WOULD NOT GIVE UP BARON DAVIS AND TAKE IN CHAUNCEY BILLUPS TO DO SO! Mr. X, Y & Z? No one will bite on taking in Harrington’s big contract and NO, the #14 pick and/or Belnelli is not enough compensation for another team to do so. That will leave the W’s with a need to find a back up swing and point and a rebounding big to fill out the bench; and that’s what free agency is for.

As for Randolph, tne thing that everyone keeps saying is Wright and Randolph are the same player. While their frames are similar in nature, they have different skill sets. Randolph has better ball handling skills and has better range than Wright, so Randolph at the 3 is fairly realistic. Sure… it would take him time to fill in and build range to eventually get to the 3pt line… but we have S.Jax manning down the fort at the 3 spot, so we don’t need instant relief there. We do need someone to come in for 10 minutes to rest Jax, but I’m confident in Mulson’s ability to find someone. All the while, Randolph will be learning the game and hopefully building a bright future for our team, seeing sporadic playing time here and there.

Who would people have chosen? According to those who were posting ideas on here… Joey Dorsey (#33), Donte Greene (an even bigger project than Randolph; #28), DeAndre Jordan (a HUGE project and potentially a LARGE LIABILITY; #35), etc. etc. etc. It looks as though Randolph obviously outperformed all of these people during the workouts to earn himself the #14 pick… And with Hendrix at the #49 spot, we very well may have stolen ourselves a badly needed hustle player in a low risk-high reward type of pick.

I for one am excited about this team in 08-09. We should still have our core (Baron, Monta, Stephen, Wright, Harrington & Beans) which is a big plus seeing how they do work fairly well together chemistry wise (we did pull 48 wins out of our ass last season) and with the development of Wright and Nellie/Mullin’s keen eye on bringing in quality free agents on the cheap tip, I have faith that we can do better and make the playoffs so that the younger players gain the valuable experience needed to really build up a team to championship contention.

Man….. i just wanna trade someone. Lets get a washing machine like on Semi-Pro.

for the summer league. July 11th we will see what kind of guys we have drafted. Let’s make sure we have the links to the feeds like last year. Does anyone know what other players are going to be on the summer team? Last year there were some players that looked damn decent who disappeared. I remember a couple were rumored to make the roster.
Also, I wonder if they will play AR at the 3 like Mully said in the post-draft interview. I am also very interested to see how Hendrix’s game translates to the NBA. The guy is a beast at 6’9” and 255lbs. If he can score at all, he will be a welcome big man coming off the bench. With Monta being the main offensive force next year, (and teamed with other offensive weapons), maybe Nelly wouldn’t mind throwing a defensive role-player in for a few. I just hope he doesn’t turn out like Lasme, but. if he does, then there’s always Croshere to fall back on.

very cheap and reasonable backup

this team is much closer to title now then 3 years ago -and will be even more closer after 2 seasons -AR is a kid with big potential but no one can say right now who he will be -but he is 14. pick worth 4 sure
actually i really like Hendrix -he might be one of the best second rounders

that some of you guys didn’t see how great Austin performed for the money he was paid. He was hitting tre’s and dunking like crazy. If you guys say that he was old and blah blah blah, then you obviuously didn’t see how he shamed Barnes and Pietrus to the bench. He was Bean’s backup center last year besides Harrington. And he did much better than expected. You guys want to rip on someone, rip on Webber, Hudson, Barnes or Pietrus before he realized he wasn’t going to Dallas. Otherwise, watch the freaking games when you blog so that you don’t dis players who exceeded expectations.

games last season and I think Cro should even start in most of our games.He definetly attacked the basket a lot more then Al did.