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boycotting games. I am a dedicated fan andI live in Monterey, and it’s a 2hr drive to the arena. I never get tickets unless they are lower bowl. Watching the prices increase over the years was okay when we had a playoff caliber team. I am not interested in dishing out $150.00 a seat, $50.00 in gas and $100.00 in food and beer to support a club that raises prices and can’t keep fan favorite players in town. There was nothing more fun than watching Baron and J-Rich dominate the court, (respectively). (Not a J-Rich trade harp).

I am not saying that I won’t go. But I average 5 games a season. If they look like they are going back into a drought, then why should the fans pay? Ya rebuild. That’s great. I’ll be watching in HD from home on my 60”. I will be a fan with a plan. Not willing to dish out the extra $10 mil to help the team? Might have lost the star player because you weren’t willing to spend a little? Well guess what? I am not willing to dish out $400+ dollars to fill your pocketbook! LOWER TICKET PRICES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because it feels special to be a Warrior fan…. gotta really love you some basketball if you can stick with these guys. And i do. Thick or thin. Kobe or Todd. Baron or….. Baron orrrr….

I should add that in simplified form Jamison> Nick Van Exel > Dale Davis > Baron Davis.

(the last > leads to NOTHING)

Two things that bother me the most:

1) During the past few seasons, when Baron was out, the Dubs seemed incapable of initiating an offense. They would lose 20pt leads like fat kids lose healthy lunches made by their mother…when in fact they traded their tasty 4 piece meal for a bag of chips and a soda…..but we really didn’t get anything for Baron but cap space….which is kind of like empty calories. Anyways, this was because of leadership and control. One thing that was great about Baron was that he actually had something of a college education, (2 years @ UCLA), which was respectable. No offense to Monta, but his knowledge revolves comlpetely around basketball. Will the players respect him based solely on his talent? They do for S-Jax…to an extent.

2) We can’t watch games right now to see how the dubs deal without BD.

Who are going to be the Team Captians this year?
S-Jax
Monta
Harrington (if he’s not traded and Barnes doesn’t com back) + (might pump him up enough to take control at the 4, that and competing for minutes with Hendrix and BR)

Monta ain’t Lebron or KG. Plus they play with more emotion and heart.

To be honest, the current assault/whining by some here, directed at the current GS front office, is getting pathetic, and is largely undue.

I’ve been a die hard warriors fan for as long or longer than most here, so I understand the ‘expect the worst’ mentality (even when it obscures reality). But we must not put the past sins of the front office onto the current: Mullin et. al does have a mixed record, but for some time now (maybe since the baron trade) it has been generally good, and to the minds of many who actually know what they are talking about, good as of late, including the baron situation.

Yes, it does suck that we lost baron for nothing, as we won’t be very good in the immediate future. But if we had to pay what the clips had to, in order to keep baron, then I say our loss stands to be addition by subtraction, and here is why:

(a) (b): (a)This team is built for 3 years from now, not right now. And it is being built to be a championship contender, not a dangerous low seed (b), which is really what we have been the last few years. The west is deep, and if 50 wins doesn’t make you a contender, and you have to go all out all year to guarantee you get in to the playoffs at all (and even then might not), then it is probably better to reload. Take the current A’s into consideration: Beane figured that the AL west would be rough this year (didn’t turn out to be true, but everyone thought so), and in any case, with the money detroit, nyy, boston, laa, and seattle were throwing, it would be tough to compete, and the roster as it was was good, but not going to compete against those teams. So he traded haren, swisher, and is really looking to next year, or more likely the year after that. Though we aren’t trading baron, the situation may well be quite similar. The baron, sjax, monta, harrington core wasn’t going to take us far enough, and the monta, biedrins, wright and randolph core is extremely young and could really turn out to be devastating, and hopefully it will be.

c: Baron, as fun as he is to watch, and as good as he can be, isn’t worth what he thinks. Yes, he played a lot of minutes, but compare him to other stars: it really wasn’t all that bad: he requires more rest time than some others. Also, which is more likely:(a)he plays near full seasons the next 4 or 5 years at a high level, (b) he plays well, but misses 20 games or so every year or every other year, or© his body totally breaks down. Given his history, b and c seem far more likely. Remember, if BWright and Randolph pan out, they are going to have their payday toward the middle to last years of the baron contract, and if baron is b or c, then, it is an immovable object we do not need, at all!

d: Monta may yet turn out to be a decent PG. I think the jury is still out here, as he showed some real PG ability the last quarter of the season, when he was the warriors best player. Remember, monta initiated rather often then, and showed a much nicer handle, and consistent vision than he had previously. Now I don’t know if he will turn out to be PG, but there is enough potential here to pan out as a PG combo guard, and not just a small 2, so we shouldn’t pigeon hole him too quickly.

Too bad they can’t delay the games for 3 years then? The fact is we gotta play in real time not future time, three years from now what will your mantra be? Wait till 5 years?