But I think you messed up when you said “Maggette and Hendrix (Up until now are unproven and inexperienced.” Just thought I’d point that out.

if you want to talk about chemistry just watch our team when j-rich was on the team.

obviously chris mullin and the warriors organization has no regard for long term chemistry and only regard for long term profits.

we’re not gonna win a championship until monte can prove he’s the man and even when he has proved he’s the man on the warriors it will be a couple years after he’s proven until we will ever win a championship.

baron was the man, but once the core of baron monte and j-rich was broken then we had nothing but playoff hopes and no championship dreams.

A lot of leadership from Jackson, Maggette, and Turiaf to have any solid chemistry. It takes time to develop it and all these youngsters simply are going to need time to make that happen. You might see it in January, though, because they should adapt to each other fast.

the hypothetical. We are hoping and assuming that the young players from last year and this year will play up to expectations, our expectations. We expect them to come in and play solid quality minutes. I believe that BWright will do that, and many feel he may steal the starting role. But that is probably not going to happen because Harrington will have the opportunity to be the 1st or second outside shooting option, though it may appear that AL outside may hurt our o-rebounding, Maggs and Jax(mostly maggs) have serious offensive rebounding skills, and Monta had a number of 10+ rebounding games more towards than end of the year. The guards, especially Monta will feel the need to replace Baron on the glass.

As Monta’s end of the season rebounding, mid-range jumper, and improving patience have shown, Monta has all the tools to quickly learn to be a legit Iverson type PG, who can also become a better passer, defender, and rebounder that A.I. Monta will be quicker and a better scorer than Iverson. Also Maggette who likes to take the ball and drive, Jax who can catch and shoot, pass/run offense or drive, AL who can (and I feel this year will)be productive from distance and close range, will all be crucial factors to aid monta’s success. Plus I feel Nellie’s system is the best for a score first, fast and athletic PG to learn in. Also look for Biedrins to improve in ALL areas of his game. Easy 12ppg double double center.

I’m also excited to see if Maggette’s scoring and D will pick up in Nellie’s system( D in nellie’s system???). That’s right, team D!! Something that will be crucial to our success. We will have Jax be our killer D man, Monta will play only PG’ s for the most part, and Maggette can rely on the team oriented zone and less man than what the clipps play, cause he has proven to be a sketchy one on one defender. D will definitely still be our low point this year. Safe to say that our bench has more D withTuriaf, Wrights length, and Buike. But that’s the beauty of having this team coached by Nellie, the mix and mis-match factor that Nellie enjoys.

The picks this year probably wont be as good as we hope, and both Beli and Morrow are up in the air, as well as Marcus Williams. But we will have a very solid starting rotation with a group that complements one another very well, especially on offense. And our first 3 men off the bench will likely be(no particular order) Turiaf Buike and Wright. That inserts D and rebounding while slightly sacrificing the O. But I feel that we will be needing those things more than O, considering the scoring ability of our 1st unit.

Another reason I am optimistic is that this will be more of a team oriented team vs. a star oriented team that was last years team. Nellie seems to thrive when he has more pieces to go to vs. one savior. Thats why I feel Nellie isn’t very bummed losing Baron. Also the media wont be able to basically label us “so and so’s team,” that will go a long way into building the chemistry of this team. Not to mention that we wont have a player that will want to carry the team by itself and try and do to much and make bad decisions, Baron’s main flaw(although Maggs or Jax are candidates). 48 wins is the best a Baron Davis ran team with a stellar supporting cast can do. Now I wanna see how many wins a Nellie ran team full of athleticism, talent, deepth and commited players can win. Plus we still have a 3 headed monster on offense. This year wil be exciting, and we’ll have a better idea of what to expect after 7-10 games

Cross your fingers in 2008/09

I couldn’t agree more! I’m cautiously optimistic about the Warriors offseason, but fully acknowledge that quite a few things will have to break their way to even consider being a playoff team. Having said that, I’m as excited for the beginning of this year as I have been for any, and I’ve been a Warriors fan since I was 8 (1975!). Your post really nailed the intangibles that will play a major role in the Warriors success, or lack thereof, next year!

no one was questioning the 08 celtics in the way youre implying, they were an easy to spot, not too suspect roster, really

sacrificing a virgin village lass would help.

that was a really great post. +1. Last year didn’t seem like it had as much intensity it did in the 06-07 season.