OPINION: BD Did The Right Thing / FACTual OPINION: Monta WANTS OUT

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 12:59 PM PDT

The Video

It took me a few days to come to terms with all of this, but this video right here allowed me to understand why Baron did the right thing and I'm still proud to call him my favorite player in the NBA:

BD Returns Home

My favorite part! - "You cheatin' on me?!?!"

This reminded me of why I love this guy so much. Let's be real, GSOM wasn't GSOM until BD stepped into Oakland, and it won't be the same now that he's gone. No hatin' intended, but it's just not a coincidence.

My Revelation

There's always talk about who is a real fan and who isn't. When I lived in So Cal, I sported an Antawn jersey while the Lakers were in the midst of their three-peat on my college campus. I got heckled, people laughed, people argued, but I just had to stay true to my team. I consider that the sign of a real fan. When the sixers took a 1-0 lead in the series against LA, me and my friend broke into the largest lecture hall at my campus in the middle of the night (seats almost 500), climbed up a ladder and chalked in "1-0 Go Philly!" at the top of the huge chalkboard. The next day, when we went to class there, it was the talk of the day and people kept talking about it and Laker fans were pissed. LOL. I consider that a sign of a real fan. Everyone has their own interpretation, and no one is right or wrong.

SO WHAT'S MY POINT?! Where am I going with this? My point is, if you're a true W's fan, then you gotta be a BD fan for the rest of your life. What this man did for us is beyond the value of a contract. This man brought bball back to the Bay Area. This guy was real, honest, an all around great guy and just the funnest PG in the league to watch. I'm not gonna get into the whole "he really wanted to stay in the BAY argument", because I'm sure you've all seen the contract Karma video by the studs at FTB which proves he did want to stay.

Half of me is absolutely heartbroken that he left and cannot stand seeing him in another jersey now. But half of me is still in love with the guy who brought the magic back to the YAY. This guy was a Clippers fan when he was a kid.. sure he idolized Magic b/c he's also a PG, but he loved his team despite the bad record, despite the fact that they were and always will be in the shadows of the Lakers, and therefore we should all cheer for BD and treat the Clipps as our 2nd team. (That's just my personal opinion.)

The Clipps were my 2nd team while I was in LA, because they were always ignored and treated like crap and I sorta felt sorry for them because it reminded me of the W's back home. The Clippers are another Warriors...they're Baron's Warriors from when he was a kid. THINK ABOUT IT. If you were a famous star player on the Clipps, and at age 29, had a chance to come play for the W's at the Oracle wouldn't you wanna finish that way?!

Conspiracy Theory?

Honestly, looking back at it, I gotta say I think maybe Nellie and Mullie knew it was the right thing to do, to not even offer BD anything when they knew the Clipps would want this guy as their new franchise player where he'd be happy and where we could save money for the future.

Brace yourself!

OH AND ONE MORE THING! While a few people here are ready to call Monta the new franchise player, let's be real, this is not his team! In fact, MONTA DOESN'T EVEN WANAN BE HERE!!!! According to the Miami Herald, Monta said he would love to be traded to the Heat if the W's traded him. I'm not saying that Monta is shady or that I don't love the guy, I'm just saying that you gotta understand that this is a business guys.

Couple more vids:

BD LAC Press Conf

Fav part: "HELLO". You'll notice he makes a funny reference to Jim Hill, a famous LA sportscaster who BD knows, which leads into the next vid:

BD Jim Hill Interview

You'll see here that BD comes clean about the Brand situation. I knew he wouldn't be that shady to deal under the table with Brand, and the fact that he supports Brand leaving which basically means he won't make the playoffs in LA is another testament to the class of Baron Davis.

Thank you again B, for all that you did for us.

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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Monta doesn’t WANT OUT, like you say. He didn’t WANT OUT when you posted about him being interested in the Knicks. And if he does WANT OUT, he’s not getting out, and he knows it.

Stop trying to stir up controversy. Most of your posts have been about how you like Baron more than the Warriors or how Monta is supposedly leaving. Are you even a Warriors fan or are you just trying to make everyone feel bad?

by belilaugh on Jul 13, 2008 1:20 PM PDT 0 recs

Actually,

looking at all your posts you look like a Clippers fan.

by belilaugh on Jul 13, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

I respect your opinion

I guess we have different opinions on what it means when someone says they’d love to be traded to a team.

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 1:34 PM PDT 0 recs

Question

Haven’t you asked yourself a question, why these news appeared in Miami Herald, not Mercury news, SFgate or Contracosta times? And why there has not been any reaction in those newspapers about this Herald’s claim? Maybe because it is big fat lie?

by ramiism on Jul 13, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

IF

he was to be traded. You keep leaving out the IF part which is huge.

by sam23 on Jul 13, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

Duh

by goldenstatewarriors on Jul 13, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

No man, I definitely respect your opinion and all, but source wise, that story is bull, and if it had a chance of being true it would be bigger news. And I may have come off a little harsh but your post just seems like its intention is to scare. That and the fact that you’ve only really talked about either Baron being a Clipper or Monta Ellis leaving it looks like you are trying to get other Warriors fans to feel hopeless and negative. My bad if you’re not a Clippers fan, but your name, the date you joined, and your posts all seem to indicate that. Nothing more.

by belilaugh on Jul 13, 2008 9:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

Word

I completely understand where you’re coming from now… I was here before I felt the need to refresh or restart when BD left, it just hurts so bad man, hurts so bad this is my way of dealing with it I guess lol.

Today’s summer league game sure helped though. Thank God we have the summer Olympics to get us through August, it’s just going to be the dreaded month of September which will be tough and then October and the pre-season should help me get my mind off things.

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Stop with the Monta trade talk

1. No way Mullin gives him up

2. No way any team will sign monta to a big deal…not with the FAs coming up. There is a bigger chance of us signin Lebron than NY and Miami interested in givin dough to Monta.

by FHWANG007 on Jul 13, 2008 1:45 PM PDT 0 recs

if monta wants to get traded

trade him!!! i know he’s our best player but i say monta for beasly would be good for both us and miami! and maybe snatch jason williams to fill our spot at pg!

by hyphy cowboy on Jul 13, 2008 1:45 PM PDT 0 recs

wow

hyphy cowboy and wang are retarded!

by AP DIDDY on Jul 13, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

actually just Hyphy cowboy

by AP DIDDY on Jul 13, 2008 2:07 PM PDT 0 recs

space cadet

the phrase the fellow wrote was ‘miami was among the teams he’d love to be traded to’ which presents it as if he was trying to be part of a sign and trade, something no one else in the nba rumor mill has even suggested might happen seriously. And nothing of the sort is being reported by local reporters, so all of that together suggests that this is just a homer heat writer speaking on what he doesn’t really know. If there is even smoke here, it would likely be because monta is trying to get someone interested so he has bidding leverage (he doesn’t have that much right now), rather than what you present.

Plus, everything else you have posted have been crackpot rumors as well: the spurs finalizing with maggette, monta and NY.

Your ‘revelation’ isn’t a revelation at all, just some hackneyed acid drenched whimpering.

by haverecords on Jul 13, 2008 2:13 PM PDT 0 recs

Good points

- If the Miami Herald is the only source, then it might be a lie and then there’s no worries
- You’re right about Monta possibly looking for leverage if there is indeed some smoke here, good point you’re the only one that brought that up
- My crackpots are always cited by sources, I would hope someone named “haverecords” would appreciate that =)

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

sources

Yes, you do link…but the rumors aren’t very strong, thus it comes off rather bad for you. After all, much spoken my sports media (and media in general) is hogwash, particularly when the idea floated is rather crazy (chad ford, for example), and doesn’t seem to have much life to it. You do seem smart enough to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff, so your not doing so seems either suspicious or strange.

by haverecords on Jul 13, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

Welcome to GSOM

More than half the rumors they post on here are either pree’s mysterious sources or atma’s inside scoop who shall not be named. I see where you comin from, just be happy I have a link cuz of this is hogwash (which it clearly is, I agree that Miami is just trying to stir up some stuff), then brace yourself for some of the stuff you may see on here in the near future. 1.

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 11:07 PM PDT up 0 recs

Its funny

How the Miami Herald has Ellis coming to the Miami Heat. This is probably just a ploy to get more readers.

by joestar on Jul 13, 2008 2:23 PM PDT 0 recs

this guy is a douche

Im not sure what this guy was tryin to accomplish with this post, but he sure came off as being a total douche bag, if hes in love with the clippers and baron so much why isnt he posting on their blog and let us real dubs fans talk about real warriors subjects not half assed opinions….....dude needs to get a diary so he can write all his love letters about bd in it and save us the time

Ellis to the rim!

by Sprewell4President on Jul 13, 2008 2:27 PM PDT 0 recs

Full circle

“let us real dubs fans talk about real warriors subjects”...

which goes back to my post about defining real/not real. LOL. Thanks for proving the point of my post, I was waiting for your comment.

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

tru

good post. baron did what he had to do. I don’t particularly like the way he did it, but it was time for him and the Warriors to part way. Monta is neccesary for us to build into a great team. Losing him would mean starting the rebuilding process all over again. He’s a guy you build a team around.

by bayareaballa on Jul 13, 2008 2:55 PM PDT 0 recs

Amen

We better not lose him! This is already semi rebuilding I can’t imagine what it would be without Monta.

And as far as the way BD left us, well it would have been nice if Mullie at least made a pity offer for Baron so we could at least say “well we offered BARON THIS MUCH and he didn’t take it…” but he didn’t.

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

hahaha

u think monta’s leaving.???

just go home clippers fan. just bcuz u guys are gnna stink this year doesnt mean u have to try to mess with us

david rognas

by warrior_FAN on Jul 13, 2008 3:19 PM PDT 0 recs

WTF is up with all this negativity?

Folks need to chill. Dude’s allowed to give his opinion with out getting yelled at. Come on.

Good post B-Clip. I feel you on feeling good about BD going home. I think it’s legit, and ultimately probably best for both sides. Doesn’t mean I don’t still have a bit of a pit in my stomach about losing him, but we’ll all move on. I say “Good luck BD”, and let’s stay positive looking forward for the W’s.

by b.radley on Jul 13, 2008 3:30 PM PDT 0 recs

Amen brotha

Nice to see a mature W’s fan. OMG Belli and Randolph are putting on a show!!

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Thank you again B, for all that you did for us

Thanks for posting the links to these videos. I’m glad I din’t miss them in all the coverage of Boom leaving, they are the best one’s I’ve seen as far as explaining why it was the right thing to do. Baron is just being true to his roots, can’t ask anymore than that of a man.

Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol stalkin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 13, 2008 3:46 PM PDT 0 recs

AMEN

HE kept it real, remember back in the day when keepin’ it real was what the bay was all about? LOL.

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

"but but but..

I’m 13 years old and I am angry. And I want to F this and F that even if it means I look like I am 13 years old. Oh and F you for reminding me Baron is gone. We don’t need that effin superstar face of the franchise anyways. Wait, then why am I so effin mad? Doesn’t effin matter. All that matters is my effin opinion and not yours OP.”

aren’t you guys sick of reading these? and for those who write this stuff, do you guys even hear yourselves? Blogs and forums are places where people write their opinions and hear other’s thoughts. E-thugs and keyboard ‘bangers need to chill out and understand this.

by misterjennings on Jul 13, 2008 5:37 PM PDT up 0 recs

hmmm...

isn’t using ‘keepin’ it real’ and LOL in the same sentence a performative contradiction?

by haverecords on Jul 13, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

The ghetto is online now baby!

LOL… so not PC but I’m from there so I guess that means I can say that?

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

Great Post

Ever since Baron Left I too have been heat broken lol. A real bad break up but you know what Im happy for him. He worked his a$% of and he brought more fans to the bay. He brought the band wagons to the games with the original die hard fans together.

And you bring up great points Baron deserved to go home as a Clipper not a Laker. If he would have gone to the Lakers he would be a Traitor to me. The Clippers fir him well and when he come back to the Bay he’ll be treated with respect just like Jason Richardson. Both these guys loved the team it was just management pulling their strings. When he comes back there will be even more jerseys for BD as many as Maggette in the stands. BD brought us alive and we traded for another key player form the Clippers. All I know is Jason, Baron, and now Maggette are the people who will make the Warriors Rise above all the other teams witht here work ethic and dedication to the team. In a few months Maggette will suit up and we’ll still miss Baron but with Maggette dunking and running we’ll be fine. Baron you will be missed, Jason you will missed, and Maggette you will be welcomed to the bay.
Farewell Baron!!!

by goldenstatewarriors on Jul 13, 2008 5:55 PM PDT 0 recs

AMEN!

Thank you, I’m glad I made this post so I could connect with cool fans. I’m pumped about Maggette too, as long we we don’t expect too much for him (WHICH we shouldn’t with all the good young guys we got now plus Jack), I do not think we’ll be disappointed.

by BaronsClipps on Jul 13, 2008 11:12 PM PDT up 0 recs