I’m real excited to see what he’s gonna bring this year, but let’s not kid ourselves. In the halfcourt offense, Monta can do about 2 things: shoot the midrange J off a pick or use shear athleticism to drive past his defender and elevate to finish. If other team has a Josh Smith or Kirilenko to protect the rim, Monta usually can’t finish in the paint against those types of athletic shotblockers. When that happens and his J isn’t falling, he tends to disappear in the halfcourt offense.

Let’s not poo poo on Baron. He could get his shot anywhere on the floor against anyone; whether it be in the post, on the baseline, in the lane, or beyond the arc. You give him the ball and trust that he’ll make something happen. I hope Monta can be the same.

these people don’t know more about basketball than mully or nellie, but you also aren’t a better decision maker than Baron Davis.

Even accounting for the usual Mully/Nellie media smokescreens, I don’t get the sense that they’re convinced that Monta definitely will be a great point guard. It seems like the rhetoric is “he’s improved his decision-making some, and this is the only way he can truly be a great player, so it’s worth trying”. I happen to agree with both parts of the statement—I’m on board with the move, and I’m excited to see how Monta fares. But I think even Mully and Nellie see this as more of an experiment than a sure success.

Nellie’s style of play will be able to mask some of the deficiencies Monta may have as a PG when we’re on offense. But our defense is the reason we didn’t make the playoffs last year and Monta’s one of the biggest culprits. He is a poor defender plain and simple. I cringe at the thought of watching the Warriors play man to man and seeing Monta trying to stop Nash, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Tony Parker, and now BD. It won’t be pretty.

A major aspect of the game Monta needs to improve in is running the fast break as a passer. Also, right now, Maggette is really the only guy on the team who can create his own shot as the shot clock winds down. But as far as the Warrior’s half court offense goes, all he really has to do is learn to run the pick and roll effectively, because the rest of what the Warriors do in half court is pretty much spreading the floor and taking advantage of mismatches via isolation.

Iverson. Small guy, lightning quick, prefers to score, is great at it, and he can pass if he has to. Only difference is that Monta can rebound better, play better defense, and he can dunk. Plus his new backcourt mate Jax will help facilitate the offense. He’ll also be able to run around screens and pull up for jumpers more often cause he will always have the ball.

I’ve been on the GET JOSH SMITH bandwagon, and I still am. However, thinkin about how Monta and Maggette like to crash the glass on offense and how Biedrins stays inside. Al and Jax would spread the floor looking for 3’s and outside shots. Josh Smith would just bring another person to play inside. But I feel that his inside presence would encourage Monta to improve outside shooting. Josh Smith would just be a huge improvement over Al on defense and rebounding. Plus getting Smith would probably take Wright or Randolph. I’d probably still be down to get him though. Either way next year’s team is gonna be really good

I know everyone is saying AI, but Monta has always reminded me of Tony Parker. I could see him being a PG in his mold if his decision-making and court vision improves.