Except for Mikki Moore, but that’s the exception, he’s garbage.

Jack was good tonight, but give some props to the big men for actually CATCHING his passes in traffic. Seems like that’s been a problem, too…AR or Moore or even Andris aren’t holding on to passes after they get a little bump.

Overall, a good game, but I’m not holding my breath on this road trip.

Hilarious game.

Obviously nothing you can get upset about on a night like tonight. Moore had some really embarrassing moments, but they’re easily laughed off in a rout like this, and he seems like a swell guy. Everyone else was pretty much fantastic. By my scorecard, tonight saw the best all-around games of the year thus far from Jack, ’Buike, Morrow and Randolph… Monta was very strong too, and everyone else contributed well when they were in.

Five thoughts:

1) My GOD, the Wolves’ transition defense is horrible. You know your defense is bad when it can shock a Warriors fan. With Love on the shelf and Jefferson still not back in form, this sure looks like the worst team in basketball.

2) The guy who won’t get enough credit for tonight is Maggette. He only played ten minutes, but his relentless trips to the basket and line in the second quarter were what sewed this thing up for good. What he does is ugly, but it really does work, and it’ll be even more useful if other guys also try to get to the line once he’s gotten our opponents in foul trouble. (I actually have a pet theory that the perfect use of Maggette is in the first six minutes of every quarter… that way, he gets you a good ways along toward the penalty, then rests up so he can do it again.)

3) CJ Watson really deserves better than to be a pure garbage-time guy. Once he’s eligible, I hope we ship him to Orlando, or somewhere else where he can get a real shot.

4) Who was addressing the team during timeouts? I couldn’t quite tell on my broadcast (FSNorth), but it looked like Nellie just sort of wandered away during timeouts. I’m not complaining… if play like this is the result, he can take all the strolls he likes.

5) MAN, Oracle looks empty. Empty empty empty. Emptiest I can remember seeing it in years and years, maybe since before Gilbert, even. We could use a couple wins on this road trip to get some excitement rolling in Oakland… it sucks not seeing the Oracle faithful.

Will we get a couple wins on this road trip? I have to say, I worry a bit. We’re a different and better team at home (part of the reason the Clippers loss was so distressing), and this five-game East Coast swing murdered our season for good last year. I’d be happy with 1-4 and ecstatic with 2-3. If there is any life in this team and this season, we’ll find out in the next nine days.

Did anyone watch our first few games?! Sure, there will be a few more games like this, and likely against some better teams, but I’ll hold out any optimism until we get to .500.

inform NBA.COM that Brandan Wright was not playing today – how pathetic – they even got the players wrong for their highlights – but i gotta say – that was a sweet dunk by Randolph…
Good game guys – keep it up
http://www.nba.com/video/games/warriors/2009/11/09/0020900101_min_gsw_recap.nba/

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yaw6pes

I’d toss D. George into this trade as well, after the 15th of course.

1. New Orleans adds another scorer and dumps the Peja contract, something they are desperate to do in order to get into contention for the 2010 FA bonanza. If they want to keep Chris Paul, they will need to make some moves to get better. A Hornets team with Paul, West, and Maggs could be a very attractive destination for someone like Chris Bosh. They also get a good backup PG. This is a good trade for the Hornets

2. We add a legit one on one defender and glue guy who can guard the 2, 3 or 4 and can facilitate ball movement. A starting lineup of Monta, Jack, Posey, Randolph, Biedrins would finally give us a puncher’s chance against bigger teams. With Buike, Curry, Morrow, Turiaf, Peja off the bench you have a very solid and dynamic 10-man rotation and the ability to field multiple looks.

3. We effectively bow out of the 2010 FA market, but we aren’t a real factor anyway. If we do end up trading Jack for contracts, we would have a boatload of cap space coming online for 2011.

Love the polls. In one day we went from 66% saying under 25 wins to 37% under 25 wins. Really guys? That much changed in one game?

That was unexpectedly fun. The ball movement and passing was constant and dizzying. The steals and deflections were aggressive and disruptive, particularly with the 4th qtr unit. The fast breaks were sharp and unrelenting. Nobody hogged the ball, everyone was looking for an open man. That’s team basketball. And it’s good to see our team is capable of playing this way. Had this been a sloppy, eeked out win, there would have been no hope for this team. But now I’m a bit cautiously optimistic. The question now is whether they can still play this way against a better defensive team where there are fewer of those open lanes.

Jack – Did someone smack this guy in the head with a 2×4? I never thought I’d say Jack and passing in the same sentence, but that’s what he did. He caught the roller, found the cutter, whipped to the open jump shot, even passed it to Curry. Didn’t force very many shots, in fact, didn’t take many shots. Good job Jack, finally. Put together more games like this, and those trade talks should heat up by the trade deadline.

Randolph – NOW he’s playing within himself, and within the team. He read the plays, rolled at the right time, cut along the baseline, and slipped into the paint when his defender moved away. I think he’s filling in the Biedrins role of being the cutter and play finisher. I think that’s what Nellie meant when he previously talked about Randolph “doing what we need him to do on the floor”. Still falls for the pump fake too easily. But mentally, he’s on the right road to being a great player. Put together a string of these, and he’ll make the case to be a starter again.

Law – Kind of hard to take meaning from garbage minutes. Actually it’s kind of hard to pay attention during garbage minutes. But including the preseason, Acie Law has made himself visible when he’s on the floor. He was most noticeable gobbling up steals last night. Nice to have if Nellie decides to go small and play aggressive steals defense.

Which brings up a neat little lineup experiment early in the 4th qtr: 4 small guards (Monta, Curry, CJ, Law) and 1 big (AR/Moore). Can’t remember how that group played, but with Biedrins out for 2+ weeks with the groin and abdominal inflammation, we’ll have to work on winning with small ball. I suppose if we can harass their bench players with small ball, we’ll have some shot at winning some games.

He poked it away down low as Monta was raising up

Did anyone else notice some time in the 2nd half Nellie clapping when Jonny Flynn drove past one of our guards, broke down our interior D, and went in for an easy layup? Nellie has really lost it…

We’ve had so many weak calls against us in the first few games, especially on Biedrins. We won’t get the calls we got tonight on the road. Most of Acie’s steals would have been fouls if this was one of the other 5 games played. Hopefully Mikki and AR can stay in the refs good graces, otherwise we’re going 0-5 on this road trip.