I’d rather not believe it, so that raises my skepticism another notch.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that sending AR to the D-League is a miserable idea. AR’s 200lb stick figure is much stronger than any of us thought. AR is sinewy but stronger than BW’s stick figure. No, if we are indeed in rebuild AR should get 10-15min a game this season. Nelly loves his skills and comfort with the ball. BW is better suited for the D-League as his Elven frame fills out (nobody hold their breath while waiting for this). For the record, I think both players should be getting 10-15min a game this season.

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is unproven. He’s done well in Summer League, wow so what. So did Belinelli last year. So does Nate Robinson every year.

He wasn’t even a lights out shooter in college until his final year, and he does very little else on the court too.

you have way too much faith in Mullin. I mean, I can see someone saying something like that about Billy Beane, but that guy has a great track record and always seems to get the better of everything.

Meanwhile, Mullin has made two rather lucky trades (Baron and the Harrington/Jackson) for players that teams were unhappy with. He’s never done anything special to gain that type of trust. And I gotta say, I’m losing more and more faith with each signing.

and buike is no gilbert

If the Warriors match Azubuike, he has the right to veto trades for a year. That limits his value as a trade chip. Getting rid of him mid season to reduce salary also means sending him to a team that can absorb his salary without sending anything back. Those teams are…? And he’s approve a trade to that team because…?

Matching a player with the express purpose of trading him DOES recall the fiasco that was Marc Jackson. The offers they could get for him turned into a conditional 2nd round pick 5 years after the trade. Yeah. Great plan.

Why is everyone so positive that he has a plan for the team? Everything I’ve seen him do since the Baron opt out just reeked of panic moves to me.

For me at least, it’s not faith in Mullin having a plan, really. I just don’t hate how our team looks. I’ll admit, I don’t get this Mo Evans thing, if it’s true.

Throwing max money at Gil and Brand.

I totally agree about offering Gilbert a max deal… that was odd. Offering Brand a max deal, on the other hand, was a fine move. It did somewhat reek of panic, but it would’ve really helped this team if he’d signed with us, and (IIRC) it was the highest-money offer he got.

Overpaying the next best guy out there.

Yeah, fair enough. I don’t think it was a dramatic overpay, but he did overpay for Maggette.

Overpaying Turiaf (although we do have a backup C now).

Saying that Monta is gonna play the point, and then going after point guards. Not signing buike, even though the guys a stud and due for a breakout. I just don’t see what he’s trying to do. Is he gearing up for the future? Is he just trying to have a respectable year? Is he worried about his job if the team stinks? Is he planning to make a run at free agents in the coming offseasons? I just don’t understand any of his decisions.

Plus, I’m gonna say it now. I don’t think Belinelli is ever going to play a role in the NBA, and I don’t see Randolph having an impact until a year from now.

I’ll admit, I have no idea what this Mo Evans thing is about. Seems bizarre to me.

WHOOPS, sorry about that. Continuing through kinetic’s Mullin gripes:

Overpaying Turiaf (although we do have a backup C now)

I have trouble seeing Turiaf’s contract as excessive… that’s about what an effective role-player big costs in the NBA. If you want to argue that we don’t need Turiaf, fair enough, but I think Turiaf is worth that much.

Saying that Monta is gonna play the point, and then going after point guards.

There’s nothing inconsistent about that… the team rightly felt that C.J. Watson isn’t sufficient backup at the position, and did something about it. I get having a beef with the Monta-at-point plan, but there’ve been no inconsistencies about how they’ve pursued that plan.

Not signing buike, even though the guys a stud and due for a breakout.

Buike’s not gone yet. The only indication he might be is this one strange PE article, and even if the Evans signing is for real, that doesn’t necessarily mean we won’t keep Buike as well. If we do lose Buike, it’s a huge mistake, and I’ll come a lot closer to joining you in the anti-Mullin ranks. But we haven’t lost the guy yet.

I just don’t see what he’s trying to do. Is he gearing up for the future? Is he just trying to have a respectable year? Is he worried about his job if the team stinks? Is he planning to make a run at free agents in the coming offseasons? I just don’t understand any of his decisions.

It’s true that Mullin seems a little all over the map, but so far, I think there’s a degree of consistency to what he’s doing. He seems to be emphasizing two things: youth, and depth.

This team is well-designed to see what we have in our young players. We’re (presumably) about to commit to Monta long-term… the ideal version of Monta would be one that can play PG, so we’re going to find out if he can. We’re commiting to Biedrins at center. We have two young high-potential forwards in Wright and Randolph. Azubuike is 24, Turiaf is 25, Marcus Williams is 22. There is a helluva lot of high-upside youth on this team. That’s complemented by Captain Jack, an emotional leader who’d be difficult to trade in any event, and Al, an ill-fitting piece that Mullin’s trying to move.

It sure looks like a youth movement to me. The one move that contradicts that is the Maggette signing. A lot of folks are down on it, for legitimate reasons. But to me, given the Warriors’ exact position in terms of finances and team strength, it was a decent decision. The Maggette-less version of this team wasn’t going to suck quite enough to land an impact pick, and our cap space was going to disappear after this year anyway… Randolph’s a couple years away, even if he does develop. Essentially the question is, do you want Corey Maggette to help your team now, at the risk of not wanting him in three years? I think it’s perfectly fair to answer “no” to that question… I do think we overpaid him a bit. But I think answering “yes” isn’t ridiculous either.

If we have indeed punted Azubuike for Maurice Evans, that’s pretty dumb, and contradicts a lot of this. So we’ll see.

Plus, I’m gonna say it now. I don’t think Belinelli is ever going to play a role in the NBA, and I don’t see Randolph having an impact until a year from now.

Agree on Belinelli, and I might be even more pessimistic about Randolph than you. I’m not gonna spend much energy defending Mullin’s draft record.

Wow thats a moronic thought, you can talk shit about what he does wrong but makes two great trades and they were lucky? Thats retarded

that guy is just picking people’s pockets in the draft.

I just wonder why this took until about 10PM last night to start to hit the news wire, when the article that everybody is siting (including ESPN and hoopshype.com and the merc news, etc.) was posted at 9:44AM yesterday morning.

I like him better than Pietrus in the role of designated defender. Pietrus had the ability to play defense, but he was limited in his overall effectiveness by his propensity to do something stupid at a key time.

us run teams of the floor. hopefully nellie’s on board to. he’s the one putting the brakes on these guys by leaving them in all game

You think JR Smith was available for less than 4 million?

i know we all agree that the present line-up is much much deeper. but i can’t help think that it is even as good as the first 2 or better. i mean we lose davis and richardson, but we gain maggette at SF and jax gets to play his true position as SG. ellis gets to shine like he did last year and the bench kicks the shit out of the bench we had the last 2 years.

i know many are going to disagree, but i am still looking at the line-ups and am thinking we don’t look so bad.

I can’t remember what Mo Evans is known for. Other than dropping his career high on us when he was a Laker (then again, who doesn’t?)

Yep. In fact, with the sheer number of guys being added, you have to wonder if Mullin’s looking to package Al with another player or two for a bigger contract. That could be premature, as we can’t know for sure that they’ll keep Hendrix and Watson, or that they won’t send Randolph to the D-League. But these moves do leave us with a lot of guys.

Wow. What a flow of irrational debunked ridiculousness.

Just saying …

Better to have a center who scores on putbacks than the center who either a) fails to get the rebound for the putback or b) gets the rebound, but then misses the easy shot and/or turns the ball over before getting the shot off or passing to an open man. There’s many of those players and rather few who can score on the putbacks.

Garnett REFUSED to play the 5 even in Boston. If he had to play center, he would be unhappy.