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Azubuike signs with Clips

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One of our NBA insiders here at FOXSports.com just called (since he knows I'm a die-hard Dubs fan) to let me know that Kelenna David Azubuike has signed an offer sheet with none other than the Los Angeles Clippers. Financial terms of the offer were not yet known. Let's hope it's not too much for Mully and Co. to match...

UPDATE: Here's a link courtesy ESPN:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3494107

 

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I thought he was a RFA? That means the dubs get a chance to match their offer…

by q00pster on Jul 17, 2008 2:45 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeah, you're right...

He is restricted. In that case, hope it wasn’t a lot of dough :)

by Epicurious Cowboy on Jul 17, 2008 2:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He is a good Cinderella story

with a lot of pages missing from the end of the story. He is a great kid to admire -> as a lot of you do! However, don’t get your panties in a knot! It’s a good move for him. Maybe he sticks with the Clips instead of the back and forth from the D-League like Mikey Moore used to be before he stuck!

by streetballer on Jul 17, 2008 6:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LET HIM GO

we need to start giving marco playing time so he can develop. he’s got game and needs to be out there

by SIZE 15 on Jul 17, 2008 11:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Got game? Well, he can shoot. A lot.

Kinda like a machine gun; he sprays them up there, but not necessarily at a higher percentage than anyone else, based on what I’ve seen. That may be do to poor shot selection, but still… And he plays no defense and he doesn’t rebound. It’s not clear to me that the (theoretical) shooting upside makes up for the no-D, no-rebounds. Kelenna whoops him on those fronts, and he’s at least a decent shooter.

by b.radley on Jul 17, 2008 11:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

D?

he’s a shooting guard. they dont play D anyways. their job in the nba is to score. besides, you’re already paying him all that money, might as well use him. and he plays for the warriors!!!! its a good shot as long as it hits the rim.

by SIZE 15 on Jul 17, 2008 11:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL

Now I’m officially convinced you don’t believe a word you write.

Sign ^^^^ !!

by Sleepy Freud on Jul 17, 2008 11:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

dude

nellies words to croshere when he first got to the team was to shoot and he dont care if it dont go in. he just has to get a shot off. he’s not just saying that to be stupid, he says that to take pressure off a player. you gotta read between the lines bro.

by SIZE 15 on Jul 17, 2008 11:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's one thing when you're a coach and can have an effect on the stress level of the player

It’s a completely different thing if you’re a poster on a blog about the team.

by Dubs fan in Boston on Jul 18, 2008 6:34 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah but

he’s just going to say that the Warriors starters are in his fave 5 and that they told him that shooting guards are only suppose to score and not play a lick of D.

then he’s going to say that his posts are not even his ideas but he’s merely quoting from all the players that he knows on a sleep over at their house basis.

by misterjennings on Jul 20, 2008 1:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This is true but...

I think Marco can see the court better than Kelenna. I’m basing that on the little time that I’ve seen him play but the potential is definitely there. I’d rather get rid of Barnes than Buike but this is a business and we had too many 2’s on the team anyway. The clippers don’t look that bad now… Boom, Camby & Buike.

copy & paste: geocities.com/nellieballtee

by JonDoe on Jul 18, 2008 8:37 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Why not have Azubuike develop instead? What’s particularly special about Belinelli that makes him a better prospect at this point?

by jae on Jul 17, 2008 11:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Exactly. Agreed.

Plus, he’s got guns! Show me your guns, Marco!

by b.radley on Jul 17, 2008 11:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Marco has sniper rifles so... yeah... LOL

Stop crying about it alright?!?! GO MULLIN.

by jeppalepala on Jul 18, 2008 3:05 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i hope they match the offer!

by chakdephatte on Jul 17, 2008 2:46 PM PDT   0 recs

yeah me too…i hope the dubs match

by thebaydestrian on Jul 17, 2008 2:50 PM PDT   0 recs

if i were kelenna

i would sign with the clipps! would he really want to come to the bay and be a 4th string 3 and a 3rd string 2? HELL NO!!! he’s gonna go to LALA Land compete for a starting 3 or 2 job!!

by hyphy cowboy on Jul 17, 2008 2:53 PM PDT   0 recs

Are you kidding?

Competing for the starting 2 spot (Gordon/Mobley) or starting 3 spot (Thorton/Thomas). Naw this move by bukie is a financial one plan and simple. He’d be happy going to LA for more $$$ or staying in the Bay for the same cash to be a backup.

by mcwalter44 on Jul 18, 2008 8:32 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sorry fellas

he probably ain’t coming back. Stuck behind Tay, Maggs, Jack and supposedly Belly Nelly…

Mullin’s not gonna fork out $3m per for Bookie when he still has decisions to make regarding Tay and Dre.

Plus Bookie gets to play with Diddy and play in LA and the chance to eventually start.

by phiLthyphiL on Jul 17, 2008 2:55 PM PDT   0 recs

not neccessarily

If Monta is gonna run the point with Jack and Maggette at the 2 and 3 respectively there should be plenty of minutes for Bellinelli AND another wing player. Since Kelenna knows the system and has shown promise I would expect they match the offer.

by sam23 on Jul 17, 2008 7:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

agreed, AND - KAz has already established himself AHEAD of Bellinelli

this actually is a test of GS resolve to play Ellis at the PG – if they are committing to do so, KAz is the best wing off the bench

by hardcore on Jul 17, 2008 11:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Crap

I hope we can hang onto him but after what Pree reported I’m not holding my breath.

"...OlympicMike is clearly the Barack Obama of GSoM"-Sleepy

by olympicmike on Jul 17, 2008 2:56 PM PDT   0 recs

BTW

Rec this thread.

"...OlympicMike is clearly the Barack Obama of GSoM"-Sleepy

by olympicmike on Jul 17, 2008 2:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

link

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3494107

"...OlympicMike is clearly the Barack Obama of GSoM"-Sleepy

by olympicmike on Jul 17, 2008 3:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hmm..

As far as I can tell once you have 3 recs the Post goes to the rec section and there are only five recomended Posts at a time. As you rec new threads the older ones drop off.

When I posted that comment nobody had rec’d it yet.

"...OlympicMike is clearly the Barack Obama of GSoM"-Sleepy

by olympicmike on Jul 17, 2008 3:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No!

I’m not sure I can deal with watching our l’il Kelenna regularly taking feeds from BD and power dunking or raining threes on us.

MATCH!!!

Sign ^^^^ !!

by Sleepy Freud on Jul 17, 2008 2:56 PM PDT   0 recs

+1

We gotta match. We’re not as deep as we want to pretend. Marco is no substitute for KA. Plus, think about the guns we’d be packing with both Maggette and Azubuike on the floor at the same time!

Hopefully we’re just letting the market dictate price, and more importantly trying to see how the Turiaf deal settles before we lock up dough. My guess is that if Turiaf signs, we sign KA and we’re basically done. But if the Lakers match Turiaf we’re back to having a decent chunk of $$ and we might try to test the market one last time before locking down $3MM with KA and eating our FA space…

by b.radley on Jul 17, 2008 4:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

the Warriors basically have gone
-Baron, Kelenna, Barnes, Pietrus
but
+ Belinelli, Maggette

Keep Azubuike! With Jackson and Maggette in the starting lineup the only real reserves for those positions are Belinelli and Randolph (ha). Azubuike would make a great sixth or seventh man.

by so ill so d0pe on Jul 17, 2008 4:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Azubuike signs with Clips

Dump, dump, dump. Another one bites the dust..

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

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 17, 2008 2:56 PM PDT   0 recs

its also on inside the warriors

Sasha Vujacic {The machine} We should get HIM

by 61ixty on Jul 17, 2008 2:57 PM PDT   0 recs

it might turn out pretty good tho

with them signing buike they might not be able to resign livingston!!!im keeping my fingers crossed that they dont that way we can pick him up as payback for taking our beloved kelenna!!!

by hyphy cowboy on Jul 17, 2008 3:02 PM PDT   0 recs

The Clipps renounced Livingston. Kelenna or not they weren’t taking peg-leg back.

by so ill so d0pe on Jul 17, 2008 4:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Clips

can still resign Livingston, but only to a league min. contract. The only reason he would resign with the Clips is because they would still possess his Bird rights, which would allow them to pay him whatever they wanted without affecting the cap. “Peg-leg” most like won’t be ready to play this year until the all star break at the earliest anyway, and that is a best case scenario. GSW could probably snag him if they wanted, for the right $$.

by Clip Show on Jul 18, 2008 10:17 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yea ..

This was pretty clear after I talked to him .. he didn’t offer specifics, but I knew he was good as gone ..

by pree on Jul 17, 2008 3:03 PM PDT   0 recs

Damn!

I’m gonna miss Kelenna. I don’t think the dubs will match (just a guess). K played with a lot of heart and was to me, an inspirational story. Now who’s gonna guard Kobe? :)

by Hoopachoo on Jul 17, 2008 3:06 PM PDT   0 recs

i love buike

saw the dude at caesars palace in vegas this summer….granted the female he was with was below par, but his playing ability, ABOVE PAR…

we need him, bellinelli is a great scorer but whos gonna provide the intangible that buike did, i.e. defense, rebound, hustle, slamming back in missed shots over big men…this one will hurt the overall quality of the team

by c-lap on Jul 17, 2008 3:06 PM PDT   0 recs

Man... I saw J.R. Smith staying at the same hotel as I was....

When I was walking past him, I turned to my friend and was like “that’s J.R. Smith” and he started turning around and tried to cover his face. HAHAHA.

by Mr. Monday Night on Jul 17, 2008 4:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

the female he was with was below par,

How would you know that without knowing her? Maybe we should get her opinion of you?

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

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 17, 2008 8:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yea for real....

From what i gather hes been with the same chick for a minute. And i even remember her brother creating a GSOM account, and making a post about what a good pick up it was for us. And how he was gonna start posting….. that was back in the day though.

I am Greg Oden, i am goingz to be trade to The Warrior. hoooray.

Warriors for life. Raiders till death. And The A's when i get free tickets.

by STIX on Jul 18, 2008 2:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

TEAM USA

was staying at the wynn hotel last summer and i was there while they were training. i literally lived on the same floor as some of them. i ran into chris bosh like 10 times, i took pictures with him, lebron, jason kidd, tyson chandler, devin harris, nick collison, deron williams, and mike miller. my sister saw tayshaun and chauncey, but she didnt have her camera.

Thank you, Dubs.

by misterho on Jul 18, 2008 11:25 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

rebounds

arent intangibles. they go on the stat sheet.

by boomdizzleness on Jul 18, 2008 1:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

its on mully to match

it shouldnt be that big of a deal cuz camby ate up most of the cap space. we have 7 days to macth. if the lakers match turiaf then i think we lose buike. mully wont let the rfa’s eat up the cap dollars

by Rach on Jul 17, 2008 3:08 PM PDT   0 recs

i am

deeply sad

Run DMW = Don't Mess with the Warriors!

by Run DMW on Jul 17, 2008 3:12 PM PDT   0 recs

i hope we keep Buike!

what’s with the Clippers cherry picking our players!? I hate LA!

by GoldenStateDubtronic on Jul 17, 2008 3:17 PM PDT   0 recs

I'm happy for Buike

He didn’t get drafted but he worked his butt off and now he’s getting paid. Too bad it’s probably not going to be with us.

It's almost like the Warriors have 6 guys out there... they always have a guy open! - Jon Barry commentating game 3 last year

by gsw4life on Jul 17, 2008 3:20 PM PDT   0 recs

+1

das what i am saying. we gave buike a shot, and he gave us everything he got. now he needs to make his money, and that’s exactly what he is doing. YOU GO BUIKE!!! i personally would cheer more for buike than davis when they visit the roaracle.

by nuttinbutnet on Jul 17, 2008 3:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

True that...

It’s like the ending of Players Club…

Diamond: “Make the money, don’t let it make you.”

by Tony.psd on Jul 17, 2008 4:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Buckey Nay-KED. In da nude.

You could see they public hairs.

I am Greg Oden, i am goingz to be trade to The Warrior. hoooray.

Warriors for life. Raiders till death. And The A's when i get free tickets.

by STIX on Jul 18, 2008 2:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dang

I’m really disappointed to hear this. The ESPN article says that we have Monta, Jack, Maggette and Marco all ahead of him at his position but that’s decieving. Monta should get most of his minutes at the one. Jack and Maggette should start at SG/SF, which leaves Marco and Buike. IMO Buike still figures to be that first wing off the bench.

If the figure is actually $3mil per I’d say match and keep him here. He is the only guy in that group who has consistently shot the 3 well in the NBA.

"...OlympicMike is clearly the Barack Obama of GSoM"-Sleepy

by olympicmike on Jul 17, 2008 3:31 PM PDT   0 recs

If Perovic can sit in the D-league at about 2m. why cant we have a good 6th man at 3m?

-Go Beach!!
-Bring Back Sprewell!!

by F120man on Jul 17, 2008 5:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

man oh man....

going to pull my hair out

I have become a clippers fan :(

talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish

by starry night on Jul 17, 2008 3:43 PM PDT   0 recs

sad to say, but our team is falling apart

Still gotta stick with them though. I love my Warriors.

by Golden Boy on Jul 17, 2008 3:50 PM PDT   0 recs

wtf?

u r holding up a maggete clipper shirt and say our team is falling apart cuz we lost buike. i am soooo confused right now.

by nuttinbutnet on Jul 17, 2008 3:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

depth wise

um, can’t you see we’re losing a lot of people? I’m holding the jersey because i was vacationing in LA back in ‘05, and i bought that as a souvenir when I went to a clippers game. What’s there to be confused about?

by Golden Boy on Jul 17, 2008 5:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He deserved that money.

Sasha Vujacic {The machine} We should get HIM

by 61ixty on Jul 17, 2008 3:56 PM PDT   0 recs

cya later

we cant match that, too much much congestion at the the 2-3 spot, he was solid though.

by norcal225 on Jul 17, 2008 3:59 PM PDT   0 recs

I dont think there’s “too much congestion” at those spots.
We lost Monta (as he’s moving to the one), Barnes, Pietrus and potentially Kelenna.
Although we did gain Belinelli and Maggette in our lineup.
I think we’ve lost more than we’ve gained if we let Azubuike slip away.
If I’m not mistaken, a team is allowed to go over cap for their own RFAs. 3mil/yr to Kelenna and 4mil/yr to Turiaf doesn’t sound too bad to me.

by so ill so d0pe on Jul 17, 2008 4:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yes we can go over

but if we are under the cap when sign him, it counts against the cap. So we lose cap space if we sign b4 the cap space is gone.

by Psion on Jul 17, 2008 4:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

, too much much congestion at the the 2-3 spot,

Can we send them Belinelli instead? Maybe they won’t look at the muscles?

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

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 17, 2008 8:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I hate the clippers

damn first baron now buike. damn two of my favorite players to the clippers. if we dont resign him i will never watch the warriors again. cant we ever keep a team that wins instead we sign maggette. wtf i hate the warriors mullin you suck if you dont match it its only 3 milion and we will have room to sig beans and monta. he would be backup 3 and 2 or third string at one and backup at the other. before we signed maggette i was thinking of a lineup like this.

PG monta
sg buike
sf jackson
pf harrington
c beidrins
and having cap room now we will have no cap room with a lineup of monta, jackson, maggaytte, harringtn, beans. wow i hate the warriors. i have lost all hope i will never believe again

by montadaboss on Jul 17, 2008 4:01 PM PDT   0 recs

are u really a warriors fan?

dude…its buike…relax. solid player for us and gave us solid minutes. but the threaten not to be a warriors fan if we don’t re-sign buike? u r freakin insane!

i hate 2 see the guy go but i am more excited to see bellie get a chance than re-sign buike for 3 mill!!!!!!

by nuttinbutnet on Jul 17, 2008 4:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

now don't get too crazy

Buike is a proven commodity. And Beli is already costing us $1.5MM/year, with no guarantee yet that he’ll ever fill a role. In 2 years you might be begging to swap Beli’s $$ for Buike…

Heck, we payed Barnes $3MM last year. Would you reinvest that in Buike this year?

by b.radley on Jul 17, 2008 4:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i will worry....

about that in 2 years. we may or may not make it to the playoffs this year. is buike really going to be the deciding factor that we do? i think not. i am just saying that since we aren’t where we want to be yet ( a championship caliber team), than let’s see what bellie got. we all get so excited bout his potential, but get miffed bout not re-signing a mediocre player that will prevent him from getting playing time.

ur question bout barnes and reinvesting in buike is a bonehead question. of course i would reinvest in buike for 3mill if that’s what we did for barnes last year. we threw away 3 mill on barnes, why not do the same for buike? he would have to play like shit if he were to do what barnes did last year. i doubt that would happen. perhaps ur quesstion should be….would i match the offer clips gave him? NOPE. time to move on. i was a fan of buike but as mentioned…i want to see bellie’s potential

by nuttinbutnet on Jul 17, 2008 4:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

start watching some summer league...

And it ain’t just about Beli’s potential, BTW. It’s also about Kelenna’s. Today, I’d rather invest in him than Marco based on what I’ve seen so far…

by b.radley on Jul 17, 2008 6:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Buike's potential

point taken on buike’s potential. i still have hopes that bellie turns out to be like stojkavic or turkoglu. buike type of players r a dime a dozen. no disrespect to buike btw.

by nuttinbutnet on Jul 17, 2008 8:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So are Monta players

Quick undersized combo guards. Seriously.

C’mon, everybody’s their own special snowflake. If Bukes came a dime a dozen, he’d still be in DLeague, or driving a beer truck, or something (no disrespect to Buke, D-Leaguers, or beer truck drivers… just a reference to that dude in the NFL, Michael Lewis, I think).

by Dubs fan in Boston on Jul 18, 2008 6:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Quick undersized combo guards

that are 22 and scored 20 ppg last season. you are right, every team has at last one. why re-sign him then for 10 mil? let him go.

i only mean’t he is a dime a dozen cuz buike will never be a starting 2 guard. i just think there is too much fuss over a guy competing for the second or 3rd spot at SG.

i do however enjoy your sarcasm.

by nuttinbutnet on Jul 18, 2008 9:55 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i just think there is too much fuss over a guy competing for the second or 3rd spot at SG.

Cause that’s what makes a team. If you’da paid any attention last season you’da seen that our starters were overworked. Now having KaBuki on the bench and getting Nelson to actually play him are two different things but Kelenna is definitely worth the fuss.

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

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 18, 2008 10:06 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes...they were overworked,

but perhaps that was due to the fact that nelson doesn’t play rookies. he has vowed to develop them this year.

i will admit that i am partial to playing bellie so i say let buike go. u watch players and u see what potentially they r capable of. buike may get better, but not by much of what we have already seen.

sue me if i am wrong in 2 years. until then let rambo play.

by nuttinbutnet on Jul 18, 2008 10:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

He played him a fairly reasonable amount given his production. 22mpg is just about the average for all players. It puts him as a solid backup, but not a top of the rotation player. That’s more or less exactly what his on court production suggests he’s good for as well. I have no qualms about how much (or how little) he played based on last year’s usage. Seems about right.

Looking at it this way: He’s playing about 10% of the minutes on the team. That’s substantial enough that having an average production player is going to be a whole lot more helpful than having a garbage time player, which, if Belinelli gets the minutes and hasn’t improved a bunch is what we’ll see.

by jae on Jul 18, 2008 11:20 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I hate your statement

if you’re really a fan, you’ll love your team no matter what.

by Golden Boy on Jul 17, 2008 5:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

good riddance

don’t need fans like these who bail out when the going gets tough. Now’s the time we see who the true warrior’s fans are.

by hawk0924 on Jul 17, 2008 8:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I Think

theres a term for fans like that i searched through google and finally found a term for it. BAND WAGON FAN.

If I am wrong i will respond with a D'Oh

by StephenO4 on Jul 17, 2008 9:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Now’s the time we see who the true warrior’s fans are.

Probably the guys who like losing?

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

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 17, 2008 9:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I say

Get back Barnes, without him we aren’t the warriors anymore. Who is gonna throw up the shots that make you say is he retarted. Who is gonna be the guy trying to throw a baseball pass on every inbound. Who is gonna hard foul someone for no reason. Matt Barnes sucks we all know, but still i think we should resign him for the minimum he makes the Warriors more fun to watch. I mean c’mon look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F256m3T-qKE

JRich 23

by warriorsalltheway on Jul 17, 2008 10:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

but...

sorry look at this shit, amazing barnes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8Ak1E7sDA

JRich 23

by warriorsalltheway on Jul 17, 2008 10:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

so your saying

true warrior fans like losing . so that means you like losing because you’re a true warriors fan?

by hawk0924 on Jul 17, 2008 11:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

no

im just saying get barnes back

JRich 23

by warriorsalltheway on Jul 17, 2008 11:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

so your saying true warrior fans like losing?

No, that the fans who stick around for next season will be one’s who like losing, others might find something better to do with their money and time? . Actually since over the years the Warriors are a losing team more often than a winning team I guess the “true” warrior fan would be a loser! And how many years did you say you’ve been watching this game?

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

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