For me it kind of doubles as a depression therapy, since the thought of landing Josh Smith, Andre Iguodala, or Deron Williams (next year) is one of the few things that mitigates the pain of the image of BD in a Clips uni.

I’m thinking we need to make a major play for Iguodala. Dude was born to be Warrior: Pac 10 product, athletic, mad hops, crashes the boards, dishes, plays tenacious D, scores but isn’t a ballhog. Basically, JRich with less love for the 3-ball and much better D. At 6’6”, he’s close to an ideal backcourt mate for Monta.

Obviously the 76ers will do a lot to keep him, and have the cap space to do so, but why not test how committed they are? You never know: they may want to make a play for Brand, Okafor or Arenas, and they always have Carney to step into Iguodala’s shoes…

We’re now one of a small handful of teams with the capspace make a serious play for Smith or Iggy. I’ll be pretty miffed if we don’t at least make an effort. C’mon Mully: shut the haters up and make a splash.

Smith probably want more money than he’s worth, Wright is a better value. Iggy is ok but our new skinny boy might fill that role? Would DeeRon consider the bay area? He’s one guy that can fill Barons shoes but we need someone now. Which of the teams with multiple point guards might we trade with?

i dout the Warriors will land Josh Smith, Iggy, Agent Zero etc tho it would certainly be nice to have them. IMO, there are alot of “quality” FA’s out there where the Warriors have a chance to reshape their bench.

Im in favor of resigning Pietrus, Barnes, Bukie.

Pietrus has the opportunity of becoming a starter for the Warriors can will serve a big role for them. He can finally show what he is capable of when starting. I say give him a 3yr 18mil contract.

Barnes as well has the opportunity of having a more significant role other than being the “bench captain”. We can lowball him since i dout any other team will go after him. 800K should be enough.

Bukie will have a breakout year, IMO as he will be depended more on becoming that spark off the bench. He will bring what last year and more.

Who the Warriors should target:

Flip Murray- did well in Indy and can do even better for the Warriors. He doesnt wow with anything but will do what is needed.

Jamal Tinsley- odd one out? if he is bought out, i’d love to have him as a Plan C PG who we can get for cheap since being injury prone.

Anthony Johnson- a big body gaurd like Baron, who did well in ATL before being traded.

Eduardo Najera- lol why not.

With Brand and Arenas out of the question, I’ll throw in another vote for Josh Smith, Emeka Okafor, and/or Andre Iguodala. Lesser options could be Corey Maggette or James Posey. As I said in another discussion, Brent Barry could serve as a decent short term stop-gap for minimal money. Pietrus and Barnes should be brought back if no one will take them/deal for them.

I’ll break this down into categories. First will be the Stars. I’d love to land one of these guys, so here they are in order. BTW I’m also working under the assumption that we retain Monta and Andris. If we can I’d also like to bring back Buike.

STARS

1. E. Brand – I put Brand first because he is the type of player that has been so elusive for us in the past. He has a great low post game, a sweet mid-range jumper and plays good D. He would be the perfect compliment to AB inside. We could then get away with signing one of the lesser guards available and still have a really nice team. This would also allow us to trade any combination of Al, B. Wright and Randolph depending on what we could get in return. Plus it makes our division softer so that’s a bonus.

2. A Iguodala – Basically for the reasons Sleepy listed above, but just to reiterate I love his ability to handle the ball and pass well for a scoring guard. He would look great next to Monta with them sharing the playmaking responsibility.

3. J. Smith – I like Smith a lot… but at this point he would be my distant third pick. I just don’t think that the pieces would match up well. We would have a whole bunch of hybrid forwards and we would have to make some more moves to put together a team that makes sense on the court. But When you have chance at a guy like this you’ve got to take a shot.

4. D. Williams – Now this is a little misleading. First, he is not a free agent this year but if there is a chance in hell that we could pry him away next year I would put up with a year of really bad basketball to do it. He would be maybe the best partner for Monta. A true point who is big and can handle defending any SG in the league. I put this option at four just because it’s such a long-shot and a year away. If he were available now he would top my list.

Next is the complimentary guys. Here are my favorites

1. J. Childress – A real “do everything” guard. He would fill out a backcourt rotation quite nicely. He would also match well with Monta. He can defend, handle the ball and is incredibly efficient on the court. He would be a nice building block to have on the team for a few years.

2. J. Jones – Great shooter, and he can defend pretty well. Definitely a 3pt specialist on offense but he would be a nice young player to have come off the bench and space the floor.

3. D. West – I’m not a huge fan of this guy but I can imagine him playing pretty well with Monta. He is not a true PG but is closer than Monta and has good size for that position. He also has good range on his shot and though I haven’t really studied his D I’ve seen him play nice defense in the past. If we found an upgrade in the backcourt at a later date he would also work well coming off the bench as a combo guard.

4. C. Duhon/C. Arroyo – I’m lumping these guys together as guys who would be nice back-up point guards but may have to work as a one-year fix as starters if we whiff on all the better options and Monta is happier/better at the SG.

The next section is for the Gambler in me. These guys could still have some upside but would come really cheap.

1. S. Livingston – I know his health is a huge concern but if he can make it back (even if it takes another year) he would be ideal next to Monta. Great length, can guard the SG and is a true PG with great court vision. If we end up having some money to spend after we take care of the more important issues I would like to pick this guy up and see if he can rehab fully over the course of the next season. I’m thinking a smallish contract with a team option.

2. S Telfair – Obviously he hasn’t worked out so far but if we don’t make any major signings and end up in serious rebuilding mode I’d like to take a look at him and see if he can make it on the Dubs. You would think that he would thrive in the W’s offense.

mos def we need him… IMO

First post, but here goes..

Definitely the first free agent we should look to sign is J Smith. We have the cap room now, and we so don’t want Brand’s injury problems. Hopefully another team is going to throw some cash at Childress before the 76ers get to Smith (which we all know they inevitably will), but here’s hoping that if we throw the right wad of cash at J Smooth, he can be ours. Instant upgrade over Harrington.

Now that Harrington’s expendable.. he’s tradeable. A lot of posts have suggested trading him for Hinrich, but he sucks. Like Olympic Mike, i have worries about Livingston’s health, so I’m going to suggest that we sign Telfair. He’s cheap, and if he works out he could have a breakout year, if not, we have more than capable ballhandlers in S-Jax, Monta (who can switch between the roles if we end up limiting Telfair’s minutes), and the guy who we trade Harrington for….

It’s Artest. Some have suggested throwing Randolph in, doubt the Kings would bite. In fact, I doubt the Kings would bite unless we threw in next year’s first rounder, which we’re not willing to do. If someone here has a way in which we can trade Harrington for Artest and possibly taking on one of their bad contracts, without us losing too much.. I’m all for it. Hell we can even sign barnes on the cheap and include him in a sign and trade, he’ll be happy to go home. This is a trade we can definetly take more salary back on (thanks to the Beard), but as to whether the Kings or even Artest will want to come to the party remains to be seen.

Other than that, we definetly resign ‘Buike, Croshere as a cheap backup (minimum), saynoara to Barnes, Pietrus and O’Bryant.

is a combo guard that we should consider.

He has good size (6’5”), can shoot the 3 and defend 2’s. I think he can be had for around 3 mil too. Then we wouldn’t have to give up TMNT for a bad contract and a young unproven point man as so many are proposing that we do.

Sorta like a foyleguard?

We can’t get J Smith and Iguodala.

First Of All… I Really Hope That Somebody Did Not Try To Compare Brand/Artest/Carter To Garnett/Pierce/Allen Because That Would Be RIDICULOUS… Second, I Really Hope And Pray That We Don’t Get Tinsley Because Honestly We’re better Off W/O. Going On Mason A Huge Strech Because He Had One Good Year. Let’s Go For Livinginston And Get Small Contracts For Now. Can We Not Resign Pietrus & Barnes And See What Marco & Young Inc Has To Offer So The Next Year We Know Who We Can Release And What To Pick Up Next Year Instead Of “NellyBall Science”?

Who thought GS should pursue Josh Smith. I think he’s the ideal PF in an uptempo system. His rebounding and shot blocking alone would be a huge upgrade over Harrington, not to mention he’s got a decent handle and an improving jumper. I think his biggest contribution would be as a weakside defender. Aside from Jack, GS doesn’t have many strong perimeter defenders, and that figures to only get worse if Belinelli gets more burn…But with a stud shotblocker protecting the rim, a lot of those deficiencies are masked.

How many times in the Utah series did BD, Jack or Monta beat their man only to be denied at the rim by Kirilenko? I think Smith could have that kind of an impact defensively.

My dream offseason would go something like:
1. Pry Josh Smith away from Atlanta
2. Trade Harrington for Hinrich
3. Sign Livingston
4. Re-Sign Buke

So, my 2009 line up would look something like:
PG: Hinrich/Livingston/Watson
SG: Monta/Belinelli
SF: Jack/Buke/Randolph
PF: Smith/Wright/Hendrix
C: Biedrins

This a VERY young team, maybe too young, but they’d be exciting and pretty scary in a few years if guys like Wright and Randolph develop into studs. This team is still a little light (to say the least), maybe a Francisco Elson type (energy/hustle/banger/etc) would be a nice piece to add as a 12th man.