this poll would be a landslide. I should have taken Monta Ellis out of the poll and asked the readers to vote for a “secondary” Warrior Wonder. Now THAT would be interesting.

can we talk about how foolish, misguided, and knee-jerky, those are for having clamored for a monta trade?
thanks, kawakami

OK – I knew Monta was going to break out, once ballhog Jack was traded.

But I expected jack from Raja and Vlad after that trade.

BAD VLAD IN THE HOUSE! Vlad has played massive minutes and looked good! Guarding Nowitzki and Duncan… not shutting them down of course (who can?), but still doing a better job than anyone else we’ve had on the roster in years.

A big “WOW” for Bad Vlad. It may not last, but he’s given us a lot already.

And here’s a sincere hope that Monta comes around and decides he wants to stay. He and Steph both want the ball in their hands, but so what? The chemistry between them is undeniable. Two of the best overall guards in the Association.

Though.. Curry is an incredibly valuable trade piece right now. Maybe even more than Monta. 10 or 15 owners and GMs sat up fast and took notice when King James came over to talk to Steph at the end of the Cavs game… hmmm… already knew the Knicks lusted after him…

I wonder what will we look like with a whole team? But I can’t see Ellis sitting so someone else can get minutes. We have a shot at the playoffs, but this may not be our year, but look out next year. The speed and up tempo, God this is a fun team to watch.

This is a completely different looking team than the one I saw playing three weeks ago versus the Clippers (a night I’d rather forget). They are gelling well, gaining confidence, playing minus the drama Jack brought into the locker room, and having fun in the process. You take away a few bad decisions, and this could have been a stretch where we had wins in the last 5 games instead of just Portland and Dallas!

Honestly, I was expecting blowout losses from each of those teams after seeing us lose so readily to fellow gutter teams such as the Kings and Clips.

The Warriors seemed to revert back to some bad habits on offense. Not much ball movement and a little too much one on one. Perhaps SA’s more disciplined defense had something to do with it, but the drive and kicks were practically non-existent. And the easy looks and buckets that RadVlad, Morrow, and even Curry had during the Mavs game were practically non-existent as they traded that in for more one-on-one game, which we realized they are not individually capable of yet.

The Warriors are definitely looking better post-Jackson but I hope this team can grow and build together a bit more as we have seen in the few wins lately.

Early in the game, Tony Parker drove to the basket and was tripped. Though he never got the shot up before spilling to the floor, Parker was He was awarded two shots, drawing a mild outburst from the Warriors’ bench. Keith Smart protested the call to official Bennett Salvatore, who told Smart he thought Parker was shooting.

SMART: "He could’ve been going to get a Bud Light. You don’t know."

… I listened to the game on the radio. As before, he was totally on it in the first half, but I knew they’d get killed late in the 3rd quarter when he either burnt out or hit a skid. Didn’t everyone else realize this? After all, wasn’t it just a few days ago on one of the post-game posts that folks were talking about how the great, “team-carrying” guys need to do their work in the fourth quarter? Monta took everyone else out of the game, the number of assists through the first half was much lower per basket than in their previous two wins. Move the ball, figure out who else is on fire. And don’t let this person be Curry, either, since his jumpers seem to reduce the flow, not intensify it. Until he learns to can the open J on a consistent basis, he’s hurting the team. Isn’t it obvious why he had a bunch of clean looks? It’s because he poses no real threat at all.

Just because Monta can score, doesn’t mean that he should score. Not if we’re going to keep winning.