i saw this too. I actually think we came out winners. Think about it, we lost our BEST player in Davis. Yeah we could have gotten Brand or Gilbert, but ended up getting Maggette, but he can score. He’s big enough to be somewhat of a defensive threat. And who knows how good Monta can be without Baron there. We got Turiaf who’s a great role player. Our bench is deeper than its ever been in years. All in all i think we came out winners, i mean we are definately not LOSERS. It might take a couple of years for our team to click but hey we waited this long, right.

maggette’s contract was never officially announced? Am i wrong? if it was what is the exact number? 5 yr/50 mil was the estimation? i hope less

Why did the Warriors lose close games last year? The inability to get to the rack and the foul line in the 4th quarter, combined with poor interior defense.

Maggette does nothing but go to the rack, and the W’s need that in the 4th quarter if they plan to close out close games. The Warriors were horrible at playing with the lead late in games last year.

And Turiaf should help hold down the paint in the 4th, the time of the game where the W’s get abused in the paint.

I think they addressed their 2 biggest weaknesses.

Oh yeah, they also let the Baron go, and his shot selection was embarrassing at times. They are a much more efficient team now.

This adobo guy who made the post or Chad Ford, either way they have both proven to be Warrior haters

With the West as strong as it is, it’ll take quite an effort for us to make the playoffs a year removed from losing out best player.

i think the clippers are the ultimate losers this offseason. They are stuck with Davis and Camby, both whom are fading fast and are overpaid and they have NO ONE ELSE.

Maggette does fix a weakness. We add a slasher and finally get a big time scorer who won’t be jacking up 3s all day.

Monta is poised for another break out year.

Turiaf is a beast

We are very young, very talented, and might just be as good as last year if Monta plays as well as he can and other pieces fall into place. Even if Baron came back would we be in the playoffs?? NO we would be in the same situation as last year. We had to take a step back to take a step forward in the future.

I don’t buy this crap. Were the sonics losers last offseason?? they traded ray allen, they got Kevin Durant and Green and they had a horrible season. We are no where near as bad as the sonics of last year.

he obviously didnt do too much research…sure, if you look at BD leaving, it would look like a bad year for us, but by baron leaving, Mullin came through with fixing our biggest problem last year: our lack of depth.

this year we are almost TOO DEEP. which i predict will get us DEEP into the playoffs

And Monta was running the pick and roll outsandingly well with Biedrins last year. Particularly at the end of last season, Monta was giving it to Biedrins more than BD. Plus now we have a PG who is not confident enough to take the game by himself, Monta also has a better supporting cast than BD with the addition of Turiaf and Maggette, who we wouldn’t have got if Baron was still there. I think if BD didnt opt out the mess doesnt start Maggs and EB are still with the Clipps. So we lose our offensive leader and spark plug. But now we will look for that spark from the whole team and not one guy. Plus comparing last years team to this years team we have better D, rebounding and size, our biggest weaknesses. We lose BD’s ability to take over a game or own a game, but also lose all the things he does that cost games. We are more of a team now.

One thing that the media especially ESPN love are teams with one superstar and a cast. LAL, MIA, CLE and on and on. BOS and SAN are exceptions. They also see the Warriors as BD and the rugrats, sure there’s some talent but nothing much past BD. BD wasnt an all-star, didn’t lead the league in anything, he possesses average D and above average offense. But now we have lost him and not lost anything on offense with Maggette, he’ll probably score more than BD and more consistently as well. But Turiaf Maggette and even Williams will go further to help us than just BD. Plus last years team needed some improvements. Not to mention all the youngsters, including Monta and Biedrins, will be better So yeah, we lost Baron, but we replaced realistically as best as we could. You cant trust ESPN on articles regarding bay area sports, because much like all sports, they are wrong in thinking of us as a small market. Yeah all 10 million+ of us plus the rest of Nor Cal and parts of Oregon Nevada and Hawaii. So dont listen to ESPN for bay area sports news, and dont listen to anyone who says we will be worse this year. They dont know GSW hoops

I would say there’s 5-6 teams playing for the last 3 spots, our Warriors, Mavs, Phoenix, Blazers, Nuggets possibly the Clipps. Also I think it will be Lakers Hornets Rockets Jazz and Spurs in that order, and dont be suprised to see the Spurs drop into the 6-8 seed

I think fans in general, who ever team they may be rooting for are generally very optimistic about “next year’s team”. Whether or not the off season transactions pans out and produces wins is another story. Only time will tell…

as he helps with the depth and is overall a decent role player. The W’s bench is deeper this year. I’d like to see the young guys get some more PT and now they probably will. Adding Williams at PG was another solid move.

The main issue, whenever a bunch of new players are brought into the mix, is cohesiveness. it may take some time for these guys to gel, but it should be another fun exciting team. Now, though, unlike the past, there’s a bit more on the inside to get excited about – Wright and Randolph should provide some more scoring, and Hendrix and Turiaf should allow the W’s to compete with a few more of the physical teams.