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From Adam Laurdisen's article on the Merc's website, he tries to sober up the masses in anticipation of the season getting underway. I love the dubs, but this team is about 2 guys and 2 years away from being anything but an also-ran. Come to terms with the inevitable now, and save yourself some time and money.

Adam stops short of calling 09-10 a bust before it even starts, but I'm going to take his ideas to their logical conclusion and call 09-10 yet another rebuilding period. I'll enjoy watching the kids grow, but I won't expect wins. I certainly will not participate in irresponsible "playoff" talks. That's not fair to the team and unfair to place those expectations on the kids. Where's Jim Mora when you need him?

In most Warriors’ seasons, there’s almost always a "business as usual" moment when the optimism of the early year, the fresh faces added to the mix, and the talk of new strategies all fall away — to be replaced by the largely hopeless, listless, and/or undisciplined basketball we’ve suffered through for most of the last decade and a half. Usually that moment comes in January, with a long road trip, an injury, or the cumulative weight of stubborn reliance on unproductive rotations. It’s far too early to predict business as usual again this year — there are still wide-open questions about who will play what, when, and for how long — but you’d be forgiven for getting a sinking feeling in your stomach following this weekend’s loss against the Kings.

Edit: blockquote fail correction

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Great Job by Adam!

Critiquing a game without so much as being there or seeing it on T.V. He didn’t even listen to it on the radio. If your gonna post a blog article on a game atleast do the basics like watch the game before you start giving us your opinion on it. What a joke!

by crab dribble cocktail on Oct 19, 2009 8:18 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I think his point was that the final stats from this game line up with all of 08-09, and that it seems we may be in for a lot of the same. It wasn’t so much the game but how the underlying themes are carrying over from last year.

On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.

by GameSix on Oct 19, 2009 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think his point was that the final stats from this game line up with all of 08-09, and that it seems we may be in for a lot of the same.

 It’s one game. The big lakers win was one game too. If he wrote after that one we’d be in line to be NBA champs.

Standing on the moon
Where talk is cheap and vision true
Standing on the moon
But I would rather be with you
Somewhere in San Francisco
On a back porch in July
Just looking up to heaven
At this crescent in the sky

by Skeptic con Urquell on Oct 19, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

optimist con urquell?

On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.

by GameSix on Oct 19, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Given that quite a few of the starters are young or new to their position

and the fact that we have no true experienced PG, the season could easily become a bust.

by mosdl on Oct 19, 2009 11:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m actually more concerned about our thinness up front (in terms of number of decent players more than body type, though a bit of the latter as well) than I am about lack of an experienced PG. I suspect the loss of Wright is bigger than we imagine: given the reported improvement in Wright’s game and frame, the suckage that is Mikki Moore, and Nellie’s inclination to “go small” at the slightest provocation, I wouldn’t be surprised if that gosh-fvcking-darned injury took from a promising .500-ish borderline playoff team to a depressing 34-48 latish lottery team.

Over/under of 33 wins that was reported here earlier seems about right to me.

There will be no extra point!

by Sleepy Freud on Oct 19, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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