Diddy gave us fans more to cheer about than any other single player, coach, executive from the Warriors organization. He didn’t quit on us. You haters quit on him. Its disgraceful. I recognize greatness on the basketball court and Baron played at such a high level, especially last season, exhibited great leadership, he single-handedly made Cohan more money than anyone else associated with the Warriors. He deserved a 5 year deal worth $65M, hell yeah.

lets say he goes back on his word and tries to come back to the team…do we still get him? i think we still have money to sign him after we sign magette beans and monta…but do u think he will accept 10m per year or less?

No, as baron said himself, we gave him the strength to find the willpower to play so hard for us for the 3 1/2 seasons he was here. I’m pretty sure the Warrior fans that cheered him on and bought his merchandise deserved at the very least the truth about his original intentions

got what he deserved…..

my sentiments exactly. When I read the BD bashing now turned gloating type comments, I reel the same way I do when I watch the Jazz fans boo Derek Fisher (and I’m not even a fan of Derek Fisher!).

Last season, BD played all 82 games and averaged slightly more minutes played per game than Kobe Bryant. There are no guarantees in this game, reinjury happens, and the best you can do is look at a player’s recent performance trends. The predictions of BD’s body falling apart in two years seem to me to be, at best, exaggerated. And if you’re going to compare Baron’s 07-08 season against his 06-07 season, realize that we traded a seasoned veteran that Nellie had no qualms about playing with a rookie that sat more than he played. The starters played more and burned out. When they did have an opportunity to get a nice rest during the All Star Game break, they had to go to Nellie’s mini camp to indoctrinate Chris Webber back into the team which was nothing but a big distraction and waste of time. Funny how those details always seem to be missed when there’s talk about BD’s sucky 2nd half of the season.

If the Warriors were so gun shy to offer BD anything longer than a two-year deal knowing he wanted longer, why didn’t they work out a compromise with a lower paying long-term deal with performance incentives built in (you earn $_ more if you play over 60 games, $_ more if you play over 70 games, $_ more if you play all 82 games, $_ more if we make the playoffs). That’s always an option when you’ve got reinjury concerns. It wasn’t about the $$$ for BD, it was about the length of the contract. When he opted out of his last year, he created the perfect situation for the Warriors to work out a longer-term deal like this for him, but in typical knee-jerk Mullin reaction style, they turn around and offer Gilbert Arenas a $100 million deal knowing he won’t take it, but c’mon, it does have a nice way of saying “we’ll show you BD, how dare you opt out from us!”, doesn’t it??

If the Warriors are going to “rebuild” then they need to first start the rebuilding in the front office.

can we still sign BARON with maggette now on board?? do we still have cap? does a verbal agreement mean he HAS to sign with the clips? can we make the playoffs with B-Diddy,Uh-Oh Maggette-Ohs,Cap ‘N’ Jack, TMNT as our vets?

BD for dogging it the 2nd half of the season need to realize some of their own criticisms of Baron.

EVERY Dubz fan knows that Baron is an old 29. Yet in order to try to get into the playoffs, he needed to play 40+ minutes a night practically in all 82 games. Frankly, everyone here knows that 40+ a night is WAY too much for him yet he continued to do it night in night out for the sake of the team. 48 wins is the result and I believe that if Baron played 30 minutes a night of instead, the Dubz would not have won 40.

Had he only averaged 30 mins per game, his 30 minutes might be more productive, but the Dubz would still be down because when he was not on the floor, it got messy. Kind of like how rebounding and interior help defense becomes non-existent when Beans sits. So all you Beans haters out there should watch the game closer too.