see, why do you guys have to erase the first biedrins post and put this one up? there were a lot of comments on the other one already.

It seems reasonable, considering we were expecting to sign him for about $10 million a year. Here’s to another 6 productive years with Andris as GS’s starting center. Welcome back, AB!

rarely a poster.. i love reading EVERYONE’S take on our beloved dubs on this blog site.. i check the site multiple times a day religiously. That being said, it’s like Nazi Germany here with how posts are to be handled and how they’re always deleted. I was reading from that other ANDRIS post that had roughly 100 comments and that’s gone too.

I’m glad we retained Andris, as big men are such a commodity in the league, especially in the west with 10 or so powerhouse teams.

Is anyone here worried about a slide in Andris’ numbers and production this year. I’ve been watching clips and highlights af Andris from the last 2 seasons and it seems that he got a lot of baskets from the pick and roll with Boomdizzle and from Baron attracting so much of the defense’s attention. Or maybe his stats will improve because everyone has to contribute to fill the hole baron left, offensively and defensively? Thoughts, opinions?

an Andris post with 100 comments was deleted but spam about some football MMORPG is still hanging out in the fanposts.

20 Million commited to Two Players. None are Superstars yet. I hope they pan out, because if they don’t we got 1/4 of our payroll committed to em.

I guess it’s just me, but I’m still under the impression that his improvement is due to the Nelson system and, as someone has brought up, Baron’s playmaking. He’s definitely got energy and knows how to finish, but his lack of shooting range/free throw skill and disappointing defensive numbers are still a concern. Out of all the signings this month, this is the one whose salary I’m worried about simply because he’ll be making Monta/J-Rich/Maggette money.

But hey, the guy’s still young and we need a decent center, so hopefully the improvement continues—just like Monta playing point, we’ll just have to wait and see if the price for Biedrins is worth it.

We were pretty much already done with signings. This didnt change any of that. Glad they got it wrapped up.
Only moves left will be if they find the right deal for Al.

We were never rerally in the RFA market ever since the Maggette signing. Even then most players will be matched by their original team, so they were most likely never coming here.

My post was deleted the one that had go warriors. Well yea. Andris is going to keep on improving.Last 5 games of the season he averaged 14 points and 15 rebounds.

Thanks for merging the articles, give us one good place to talk about this signing.

Jae, since your the resident cap man, any idea how they structured the deals. How close they put themselves up to the lux cap. (Even though its not a too much of a big deal at this point, since lux cap in basketball is applied at the end of the season, instead of the start) But wondering, still where they may stand.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy, but his skills are utilized at pretty much his full potential under Nellie’s system. He’s a pink and slash to the hoop kind of guy. He gets a lot of put backs and is somehow left alone on the weakside when BD or Jacks would drive and draw the defense. Although his free throw shooting is improving, I don’t see him shooting a much better percentage than he is now. Plus, his shooting range is really limited. I really hope that he develops his post game.
Let’s hope he earns that money…I’m really pullin for him, really. Just my 2 cents.

Player Age Pts/ Reb/ Bs 2008 Salary (millions) (new contract #’s: )
Biedrins, A.(22) 10.5/ 9.8/ 1.2 $10.5 *
Blatche, A. (21) 7.5/ 5.2/ 1.4 $2.8
Blount, M. (32) 8.4/ 3.8/ 0.5 $7.9
Bogut, A. (23) 14.3/ 9.8/ 1.7 $12 (avg 5 yrs)
Bynum, A. (20) 13.1/ 10.2/ 2.1 $2.1 (new contract in works)
Camby, M. (34) 9.1/ 13.1/ 6 $10
Chandler, T.(25) 11.8/ 11.7/ 1.1 $10.5
Curry, E. (25) 13.2/ 4.7/ 0.5 $8.9
Dalembert, S.(27) 10.5/ 10.4/ 2.3 $10.2
Dampier, E. (33) 6.1/ 7.5/ 1.5 $10.6
Diop, D. (22) 10.1/ 9.7/ 0.9 $3.7
Howard, D. (22) 20.7/ 14.2/ 2.1 $6
Ilgauskas, Z. (32) 14.1/9.3/ 1.6 $10.1
Jefferson, Al (23) 21/ 11.1/ 1.5 $2.4
Kaman, C. (26) 15.7/ 12.7/ 2.8 $12
Milicic, D. (23) 7.2/ 6.1/ 1.6 $6.5
Miller, B. (31) 13.4/ 9.5/ 1 $10.5
Ming, Yao (27) 22/ 10.8/ 2 $13.8
Mohammed, N.(30) 7.8/ 6/ 0.7 $5.6
Nesterovic, R. (32) 7.8/ 4.8/ 0.7 $7.8
Noah, J. (23) 6.6/ 5.6/ 0.9 $2.1
O’Neal, J. (29) 13.6/ 6.7/ 2.1 $19.7!!!
O’Neal, S. (33) 13.6/ 9.1/ 1.4 $20!!!
Oden, Greg (23) 15/ 12/ 2 (maybe) $4.6
Okur, M. (29) 14.5/ 7.7/ 0.4 $9
Perkins, K. (23) 6.9/ 6.1/ 1.5 $4.5
Przybilla, J. (28) 4.8/ 8.4/ 1.2 $5.6
Thomas, K. (35) 6.3/ 7.2/ 0.8 $8.1
Wallace, Ben (33) 4.8/ 8.4/ 1.6 $15.5

I struck through the names that just don’t come close to AB value;

u see any equivalent (or greater) production that young? D. Howard/ Bogut/ Bynum/ Chandler/ Al Jefferson/ maybe Greg Oden- each will be/ have been paid more after 3rd/4th year extension

u see any aging players commanding around $10.5 or more- Camby/ Dalembert/ Dampier/ Big Z/ Kaman/ Miller/ Ming/ Shaq/ J. O’neal/ Okur/ Wallace

What 10.5 million pays for:
1. 11th leading rebounder in the League
2. Rebounds per 48: 1. D. Howard 18 2. Camby 18 3. Biedrins 17.2
3. FG% 1. A Biedrins 63% 2. T. Chandler 62%

My point: excellent signing, perhaps a bit much, but worth every penny.
There is only about one good center per draft and one great one every 3-4 years.
AB is NOT great.
AB is good. Right now 7th Center in the League (DH, YM, SO, GO, TC, MC, then AB)
We got him at a fair price w/ time and security to grow.
If he’s putting up 35 min/ 15 pts/ 12 reb/ & 2 Blcks by 2010-11 we got a steal!!!

This deal is a bit better than what I had expected. If AB does go on the market after the fifth year, it’s essentially a 5yr/$52mil deal. A tad better than the 5yr/$55mil I was expecting. Mully is definitely following through on the W’s offseason priorities.

1- Resigning AB and M-8-E
#2- Signing a player to make up for Boom’s scoring (Maggette)
#2b- Resigning Bookie
#3- Signing a PG (Williams)
#4- Signing a big man who can rebound (Turiaf + Hendrix) 5 on my personal priority list would be to trade “Clueless” Al. I don’t care if it’s just getting future draft picks in return, but getting rid of his salary and inconsistency would be a major plus. There are enough shooters and rebounders on the roster now to make Harrington expendable.

BTW, my profile picture is AB signing my Warriors t-shirt, not his new contract….. I am so ready for the upcoming season. Welcome to a new era of Warrior basketball, fellas!!!

“But at this point, I’d rather see him traded sooner than later. I can’t take anymore boneheaded plays when Randolph and Wright are sitting on the bench.”
One positive you get with Al is experience. Rudolph and Wright on the court will raise the bonehead plays to hew heights, better on the bench till they get some seasoning. Wright should be close to game ready by now, Maybe Rudolph by next year?
I wouldn’t mind trading Al but I want something better in return, I wouldn’t do it just to watch rooks play, I can see that in college ball!