but im not sure if this is going to help us….what are we gonna do with CJ Watson? i think he might be a better/if not just as good option as a backup PG

We allready have a backup point guard in CJ that is just as good as this kid, and we’ve now pretty much given up on matching Kelenna which sucks, because he’s going to be a solid player in the league for years to come. Oh well I’m not the GM.

Good trade. If we don’t have to dump Al to get a credible backup, we shouldn’t. This trade will literally never cost us a truly valuable pick… pretty impressive.

I’m not convinced that this spells the end of Buike, either. We shall see…

is a career 39% shooter, he shot a percentage point better from 3 point range then from the field last year, c’mon I don’t need this kid on the team, Watson looks to be a much better player.

for someone whos going to be a back up. i know its a protected 1st still to much. is he that good to start him next to monta?

is allready signed for the 08-09 season at the minimum or 8.5% more than the minimum since it’s his second season with us, and it’s not like this Williams kid has shown anyone that he can be any good at the point. All in all I like CJ’s defense he’s got handles, quickness and a shot, I’m not so sure if Williams has any of the above.

I don’t think scoring is Marcus’s strength – which is good – hopefully he will bring a pass first mentality and a bigger body to match up against Deron Williams, Baron Davis type pgs. Has anyone seen his defensive skills? I like this trade because it gives us some diversity at the pg.

i think this means that we’ll probabaly resign buike….we were holdin out for that possible offer to Lou Williams for the last pieces of the salary cap. but now that we picked up our PG for FREE then we can afford to bring azubuike back…fuck the clippers

Which means we are closer to the lux tax afer we sign Monta and Biedrins leaving little to no money to bring back Kelenna. He’s as good as gone, hope you all like Marco Bythewayicantdefendatallelli

because marcus is left handed.

marcus williams has A LOT of potential he just hasn’t had the chance to develop because he got stuck playing behind jason kidd and devon harris. I think he could be a very nice pickup considering what we gave up for him. I’m guessing he’s going to be another project though…....

Looks like Mullin is almost done putting together an all left hander line-up!

i seem to like it more than most people. granted he was a 20-something pick in a weak draft, but he should have gone higher, so basically we’re trading a similar pick for him. also, we don’t need any more young players at those times (2011-2013). however, with the warriors luck, watch a future superstar be taken with the pick we give to the nets.

anyway, i’m not sure how valid this report is. i heard on KNBR that the warriors were signing louis williams to an offer sheet. that kinda contradicts this…

Since we’re not giving up much, I like the gamble. He has upside, and that seems to be Mullin’s middle name nowadays. However, after reading Hollinger’s take on him before last season, he definitely won’t be our savior. Let’s hope the new scenery helps him out.

2006-07 season: Talk about false advertising. Williams came into the league billed as a pass-first point guard, but instead started firing away like he was World B. Free. The lefty had the sixth-highest usage rate among point guards - for comparison’s sake, Jason Kidd was 27th - and was second only to Vince Carter on the Nets in that category. But the shots he was creating weren’t for others—he ranked a modest 35th in assist ratio.

Instead, Williams kept shooting, even though he wasn’t particularly good at it. He made 39.5 percent from the floor, only 28.2 percent on 3-pointers, and had one of the league’s lowest shooting percentages in the immediate basket area (46.5 percent). He was terrible at drawing fouls, too, ranking 61st out of 67 point guards in free-throw attempts per field-goal attempt. All told he ranked 59th at his position in true shooting percentage, making one wonder why he called his number so often.

And while Williams didn’t create many shots for teammates, he did for opponents—only two point guards had a worse turnover ratio. All told, it was a bizarre turn for a rookie who was supposed to be following in Jason Kidd’s unselfish footsteps.

Scouting report: A left-hander with a nice touch, Williams looks like he’ll be a decent shooter when he gets the open jumper and should eventually add 3-point range. But on the drive, he forces up more slop than a sump pump. His lefty forays to the rim invariably led to him challenging bigger players near the basket, something that’s not so effective for Williams since he’s a marginal athlete.

As a point guard, Williams seems to have a good feel for the game and handles the ball well, but seemed to quit on plays if there wasn’t anything in it for him. The same mentality led him to eschew the mundane pass for the spectacular, often with disastrous consequences. He also had a nasty habit of dribbling into traps.

Defensively, Williams was beaten easily off the dribble by opposing guards and needs to improve his lateral movement and fitness. His size is helpful, and one can imagine him becoming a decent defender if he puts in the effort.

2007-08 outlook: Williams again will be Jason Kidd’s understudy; let’s hope this year some of Kidd’s unselfishness rubs off on him. Rookie point guards with high turnover ratios often show rapid improvement in their second and third seasons; the Nets will have to hope Williams learns from his rookie mistakes and makes more of an effort to be the distributor New Jersey thought it was getting in the draft last year.

Most similar at age: Jay Williams

. . . allowing Ellis to stay at SG spot. The price is too cheap to not match so they will bring Buike back. Remember, Belinelli had a great summer league last year so don’t believe what you see (it almost never translates to real NBA ball). Also Belinelli may be the worst defender I ever saw (Randolph is not very good either). Belinelli will not get anymore time then last year unless the Dubs really suck next year. I don’t see that happening though. I was the biggest BD fan ever, but last year his selfish play cost us the playoffs. He shot way too much last year and was never consistent. We need a good ball handler and passer in the open court – we just found one. Sure, he can’t shoot and they say can’t defend – but hey were talking about the Dubs not the Spurs or Pistons.

CJ is a point guard but is always going to have issues… Monta needs a back up to support him if/when the experiment goes bad. This guy wont start, but he had some killer games against us, need a drill sargent (Nelly) to get his head on straight, and should be an excellent piece of the team. I think it means we WILL resign Buke and Sweet Lou will stay in Philly. Reports are our talks about Lou motivated Philly to start talking to Lou about a contract, and I am going to guess that we would have been priced out of the market. Why not shore up the backup position now for a guy who could be fantastic? He has as much potential at this point as a beat up Livingston and any other trash we could find out there. Good pick up boys… now go get Buke and our two big guys.

Guess this means no Hinrich for Al trade, which is cool cause Kurt was EXPENSIVE and overrated.

Starting Five

Monta/Williams/CJ
Jackson/Bellinelli/Morrow
Maggette/Randolph
Harrington/Wright//Hendrix
Andres/Turiaf/Kosta

Throw in Morrow and a few of these other guys from Summer League that are tearing it up and we have a team with a lot of POTENTIAL. Not saying by any means we are a favorite, but hey, lets put them out there and see what happens. Who knows? Maybe we sneak up on some people

haha…wiki shows him as a warrior…i don’t know how these people on wiki do it, but it’s amazing…

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Another thing about Williams: his injury last year conceals the fact that he actually did improve from his rookie year, once he got his legs back under him. Here are his pre-All-Star break stats, when they were working him back in after his foot injury:

24 games, 10.1 minutes, .329 FG%, .324 3P%, 1.0 TO, 1.2 REB, 1.5 AST, 3.2 PTS

Pretty frightful. But here are his post-All-Star-break stats:

29 games, 21.1 minutes, .396 FG%, .400 3p%, 1.8 TO, 2.5 REB, 3.6 AST, 8.1 PTS

No great shakes either, but these numbers are dramatically better. His playing time doubled as they re-incorporated him into the rotation. He responded by playing better in almost every way: he shot better, both from long-distance and in general, he assisted a bit more often and turned it over a bit less often, and he scored more. He rebounded at about the same rate. These are encouraging trends, when you’re talking about a 22-year-old point guard.

Many folks were hoping that the Warriors would add a savvy, veteran pure backup point. They haven’t done that here—in fact, they’ve added another gamble to the roster. But I happen to think this guy is an awfully good gamble, for the price.

good trade. we need harrington more then we need 1st round pick in 3 years. can’t believe i said that sentence.

It a pretty decent trade. I rather have Marcus Williams running pg than monta. At least we got real pg handling the ball now.

here i thought Mullin would be looking for an experienced PG and not one still trying to establish himself. it’s going to be interesting how things work out this year. and all this happened cus of BD. karma came back to get him though. Go W’s!

Fact is, Buike will play backup 3 for us if he’s here. If anyone has watched the summer league, Randolph has shown that he was a much higher pick then 14, physically hes much more gifted then Buike (he can handle the ball more, create his own shots, height and length advantage, etc etc etc) and still has a ton of room to improve. The warriors front office probably looks at him and says, well we could resign Buike or we could give this kid some time to imrpove. Randolph has the potential to be a future face of the Warriors franchise, Buike will forever be a rotation player. Who would you rather give the minutes to? Thank you Buike for the work you’ve put in as a warrior, but I’d rather see you walk then take away minutes from Randolph

Wow I can’t believe we’re acutally gettting Williams. I had 2 posts on this possibility, can’t believe it actually happend ! Maybe management actually reads, GSOM posts, lol….
I think this is a good move by the franchise especially since we really didn’t give up much of anything for it, as New Jersy was just trying to get rid of him (kinda like Camby). I always envisioned him to be a solid player in the league, just didn’t get enough PT. I think he can put a good body on the opposing bigger PG in the West, like Deron, Kidd and now Baron and he’s a good pass first PG.

In addition to adding some depth to the point guard position, we get a young player who if develops under nellie just adds to the core that we have (Ellis, Beans, Wright, Marco, Randolph etc.)

Low risk low-cost. Roughly a little over $6M over the next 3 years if we pick up that option (which we should) and tender that QO that 3rd year.

I preferred Williams over Lowry. And I’d much rather have Marcus instead of dishing out about the MLE every year to little Monta Jr. in Lou Williams.

Good move Mully. You’re still a dumba**.

sweet ill take it!

i think its a good move. I mean Marcus Williams was a projected lotto pick and put up some good numbers in college. By the way he did play under Jason Kidd who probably taught him a decent amount.

Would be nice if we don’t have to worry about paying a 1st rounder money in 2011…

considering if were giving a first rounder in 3-5 years, if everything pans out and all of our “potential” players live up to their expectations, we can be giving up a pick around the 20’s. if we hit the high lottery we still dont need to give it up till the year after that. low risk move with a high reward in my mind. great court vision and something we acually need in a packup point. pass first. no disrespect from CJ but id rather have williams much more. so now we got our big bruiser and our backup point. hope we sign buike now to get that depth we desperately need.

He never quite made it in New Jersey and was lauded for his play at UConn .. so the Warriors are giving him another chance.

we’re not getting conley,crittenton, or lowery anymore

Williams/Monta/CJ
Monta/Buike/Belinelli
Jax/Mags/Buike/Randolph
Mags/Al/Wright/Randolph
Beans/RonyBaby/Kosta

Not sure if Croshere or Hendrix make squad.

This team better be quick and smart cause it ain’t got no power at all. Nellie-ball all the way!!!!

He’s pretty good. here’s some clips from you tube.
He looks alike jason kidd with more moves and a better shot and no complaints and he’s cheaper.

Copy n paste the link.
good passer just needs minutes. PUtting him as PG keeps monta as a shooting guard and watson as back up.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=36X4w-s2HLU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bVe24XOnnpI

I watched him in UCONN and think this is a good move for both him and the Dubs. Marcus will slim down (playing Nellie ball) and this will help him be a more effective defender and also limit his turnovers. He is a pass first PG and I prefer that to a Monta clone like Louis Willams or even Dooling when getting a backup PG.
He is better than CJ (good scorer, so-so passer, too short) for our system and as a balance to Monta.
Marcus Williams has the talent to be a starter down the road – I hope playing with the Dubs, being the only true PG on the roster (if CJ goes), and getting love from the best fans in the league will be the motivation he needs to meet his potential.

i have a feeling that we r gonna get rolled over by the quality teams from the west. We NEED a more meaty line up(literally)

is an excellent pick up by the DUbs. MOnta is SG and is not good at playing PG , c’mon u guys know that….. CJ is gonna back up MarcWill

whether he backs up Monta or starts games, he’ll be an upgrade over CJ. He comes from a big time program and his averages look good when you consider he only played 16 min. per game. Stretch those minutes over 25-30 minutes a game in Nellieball and he’ll produce for us.

With Baron gone, Al will have a bigger role on the team.. that means more shots and padded stats. Let’s keep Al for a while and see how the team does while his stats improve and when the deadline comes, lets deal him.

I’m a bit worried that being that with him being in the silicon valley and all, marcus might have the urge to steal a bunch of laptops. someone had to bring it up.

I’m neutral on this deal until I see how Marcus does under nelly.

“We are happy to add a player like Marcus to our roster,” said Warriors Executive Vice President o Basketball Operations Chris Mullin. “We felt that we needed to acquire another point guard and a player who is capable of running our offense and expanding our depth. We feel that Marcus can contribute to our cause next season.”

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=9562