I am 15 and have only been a Warrior fan for 4 years. This may seem irrelevant but I see the Warriors as a franchise that is committed to winning, even if there not big spenders and a team with good front office guys chiefly Chris Mulling. I believe that the Warriors getting rid of Baron Davis is a good thing in the long run and I know I will get some angry comments for that remark but first let me elaborate. The way I see it the Warriors have opened up lots of cap room and with that comes many opportunities for the future. It is a little bit long but very reasonable for the Warriors and it could make them a great team not just the good team they were with Baron.

For the Warriors to Maintain Beans and Ellis along with keeping Harrington, Jackson, Wright, Belinelli, Watson, and signing Randolph and Hendrix, along with keeping Foyle's Contact on the books it occupies around 43 million in cap space. Harrington and Foyle are each set to earn 9 million this year with Harrington having an addition al year at 10 million. I would like to explore a scenario that would leave the Warriors set for the future. 

In any case the I believe the Warriors should lock up Ellis for 9-11 million on a deal around 5 years and put together the team around him and the young talent down low. I also think we should sign Azubuike to a 2 year deal worth about 8 million. Biedrins is not as crucial but a back loaded 3 year deal worth around 18 millions would leave us with about 12 million in cap space with 10 players under contract.

In this scenario we make a major trade with the grizzlies with the major piece being Javaris Crittenton who I believe has the ability to become a star. The other great thing about him is that he is locked up for as long as 4 years with only a salary of about 2 million a year. The Grizzlies are trying to move contracts and we know they would love to move Marko Jaric who has three years left at seven million per year, with that we could probably get them to throw in Hakim Warrick who would be a nice backup as well. We could give them the soon expiring contract of Al Harrington and a protected first round pick. Or maybe Adonal Foyle's expiring contract plus a protected first rounder, and maybe a second rounder or another small throw in. This would allow them to gain expiring contracts that would leave them ready for a big free agent signing in 2009. 

 Lets assume the trade ends up being Javaris Crittenton, Marko Jaric, and Hakim Warrick who total 15 million in salary. For Al Harrington, a protected first round pick, and a second rounder. That would leave us with 10 million in salary, with Foyle coming off the books next year leaving us with 18 million to spend. We also will most likely not make the playoffs this year so we would have that early first rounder to pick up a guy who can help back up Biedrins or contribute of the bench as a SG/SF, also we would have that cash to be a major player in free agency next year Our roster for this year would be,

PG- Javaris Crittenton, Marko Jaric, C.J. Watson

SG- Monta Ellis, Marco Belinelli

SF- Stephen Jackson, Kellena Azubuike

PF- Brandan Wright, Anthony Randolph, Hakim Warrick

C- Andris Biedrins, Richard Hendrix

We could sign a veteran center to back up Biedrins but nothing extravagant. The 2009 Free agent class includes unrestricted free agents, Ray Allen, Drew Gooden, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson, Rasheed Wallace, Lamar Odom, Shawn Marion, Andre Miller, Ron Artest, and Chris Wilcox. Of course some of them will be signed up way before they hit the market. some restricted guys are, Rajon Rondo, Raymond Felton, Sean May, Andrew Bynum, Andrew Bogut, David Lee, Jarret Jack, Deron Williams, and Paul Millsap. I know everyone is talking about 2010 but that is a pretty amazing free agent class and If we could sign Rasheed Wallace and maybe another good bench player then we could make a serious run in 2009. I believe everything in this scenario is very doable for the Warriors and any comments good or bad are appreciated.