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One thing that no one has really brought up is trading for Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns. There have been a bunch of free-agent point guards mentioned out there, but none of them sound that great (with Calderon, Udrih, and Arenas going back to their current teams). And that makes trading for Barbosa such an attractive option, and he makes about $6 mil next year, and tops off at $7.6 mil in 2011 (which is a player option). I really wished we could of found a way to use the trade exception for him when we still had the chance, but then again, that was pre-baron-opt-out, so it didn't look as good of a deal to make then. Barbosa's lightning quick (imagine other teams trying to keep up with BOTH the Brazilian Blur and The Mississippi Bullet!) , knows how to play in a small-ball, fast-break system, and would be a starting PG on any other team that didn't have nash, williams, paul, BD. Barbosa's relatively cheap too, considering our cap situation now, and immediately helps soften the blow of losing BD. Not sure how much Phoenix likes Al Harrington, or trading with a Pacific Division rival), but I think he could probably help that team out if we could find a way to trade him for Barbosa. Of course, there'd probably be more involved, like cash considerations (which I think the Suns would want since they're financial situation probably sucks balls because of Shaq's monster contract), and future first round draft picks (since Phoenix seems to keep giving them away). But with D'antoni outta Phoenix, and Nash and Shaq only getting older, I think the Suns will probably slow down their style of play, and I think that if they took a chance on Harrington, he'd probably do better with them than jacking up 3s all the time with the warriors.  Remember, Harrington was more effective when he was a bang-it down low guy with the Pacers/Hawks (about a 17ppg and 7rpg guy). I don't know, this could just be a wet dream of mine, but I hope that Chris Mullin is thinking about the possibility of trading for Barbosa. I know I didn't take into account a lot of other factors about why Phoenix would do this deal and etc. etc., but that's what your comments are for. :D Thanks for reading, and keep believing! I still think the future is looking bright for this organization (that is...if we keep Ellis and Biedrins  **knock on wood**).

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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What are you smoking?

Leandro is just another Monta Ellis. But Monta, im not being biased, is much better. We need a PG that can complement Monta, not a clone.

i hope we win a championship soon

by Da Jrich tribute on Jul 4, 2008 2:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

R u serious?

They are basically the same player only Barbossa has range and Monta finishes way better. Our starting backcourt would be HORRIBLE defensively. They are fast but opposing guards would simply have too much fun posting us up lol

Fastbreak teams only need 1 of those speedy scoring guards, Warriors have Ellis, Suns have Barbossa should they stay fastbreak, Mavericks had Devin Harris.

by Ro3ert0 on Jul 4, 2008 3:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I like Barbosa

I actually wanted the Warriors to draft him way back when. I would love to see him as a W. My only problem is he is not a true PG. He is lightning quick as a defender but is nowhere near the ball distributer this team needs. I would really like to see us get a couple of true young PGs. Maybe we can trade for one of the three Memphis PGs? I would also not mind Hinrich or Gordon. Maybe even sign a Telfair or trade for Rodriguez from Portland.

by Ultimate Warrior on Jul 5, 2008 1:16 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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