We’ve whooped on the Clippers 5 straight times, and they got their a$$es handed to them the previous 3 games before this.

I can see it coming already. Perhaps, not just here, but even on a flock of diaries in the coming days. But before anyone goes on a “we should’ve traded for Baron” rampage. Put this into perspective:

Kyle Weaver 19pts 5 reb 6-9 shooting
Josh Powell 16pts 7reb 5-6 shooting
Nate Robinson 30pts 6reb 12-22 shooting

That’s just recent games. Go through the whole season, and you can see a lot of superstar performances by players who only gets called up to play the Warriors.

I have it on DVR….was busy with homework.

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and it was really really sad. I don’t know how exciting they made it look on tv or whatever, but there was zero intensity during the whole game. When baron made those 3s it got kinda loud, but by loud, i mean like my neighbors get loud and i get slightly annoyed but don’t really care. The crowd was a nonfactor, and i really get why baron doesn’t feel motivated or even try. He’s a player that feeds off the energy of his team and spectators. It was unsettling, it almost felt as if the team was there for a scrimmage or something. Makes me which i was back at the oracle….(effin so cal). I will admit, however, that eric gordon is a great basketball player, although he’s got a swagger that a player should never have on the clippers. If you’re a great rookie and have confidence, but you’re on the clippers, you should be frustrated not cocky. But hey, i guess as a rookie he’s making the most of it, and hats off to him, he killed us tonight.
Worst part of the game- thinking Turiaf sprained his ankle
Best part of the game- seeing Turiaf come back in.
Most confusing- Jackson going for 20 in the first half and 8 in the second (don’t quote me on these stats). Ohhh wait, that’s not confusing at all.

It finally sinked in just now after I woke up.

The Cliiipperss??!!

Ok anyone thats read any of my posts knows I’m pro-Marco, hell I’m probably just pro-youngsters cause I know they need to develop, thats how we’re gonna get better down the road. But man, tonight was a night where I would’ve killed for a calm, collected veteran…Maybe a few of those stupid turnovers and lapses on defense wouldnt have happened…Why wasn’t Sjax guarding Gordon after he went on fire? How can a wiry guy like Crawford or Watson not be able to give Baron enough room to not foul him but stay with him and not let him just run around the court doing whatever he pleases? Someone just bother him, Christ! We dont need our best defender chasing around the worst shooter in the league, I would imagine Mike Dunleavy is still smiling about that one.

Onto Marco. I know Marco let Mardy Collins get a free unattested basket and thats horrible horrible defense, but I think it’s because the team as a whole is so bad defensively he’s looking to help too much…I saw him directing Crawford and Buike on defense pointing at spots and calling out assignments, and when Crawford of course shifted the wrong way and ran to double the man driving the lane instead of covering an open man, Belli flew in to where he pointed and picked a steal…I dont know if anyone saw that, that’s just one example…To me, it looks like Marco’s looking for his balance between defense and offense, and he’s not gonna do that without playing time…cause its IN and DURING the game that he’s put in these situations, having to cover his teammates because of their lack of motivation, not practice…I dont know I’m real frustrated, I really feel like Marco can distribute, score and defend, and to pull him out for pretty much the whole game because of one defensive misstep thats easily coached during a timeout or even a foul, is ridiculous. I know nellie has 40 wing players and he likes to be the mad scientist but Christ. When there is no ball movement on the floor and you have an unselfish player thats not afraid to drive and not afraid to pass, why would you leave him on the bench? To teach him a lesson? This isn’t high school, Marco’s intelligent, look how he’s improved his D this year instead of sitting around whining about not playing and asking for a trade. I’m sure the second he turned and saw Collins he knew what he did wrong and he knew he was coming out, cause me and my friend both said, sh*t, there goes Marco, the secong it happened, and sure enough…

Also did anyone notice the 1st quarter where Marco was just standing there at the 3 point line wide open? With Jax, Crawford and Buike all bricking threes, why not give Marco a try? It looked like they were purposely not passing to him, cause the second CJ came in Sjax made a stupid cross court pass to him for three. And from the looks of the game Marco probably wouldnt have shot it anyway, just about everytime he had his hands on the ball he either created or attempted to create for someone. That pass to Biedrins that Biedrins bobbled was so close to being awesome…Idk, im real frustrated, probably because the team I saw last night wasnt even fun to watch, it was sickening how lackluster and uninspired nearly every part of that game was.

Im not saying that playing Marco 35 minutes would’ve totally changed the game, but having someone in that tries to defend and tries to get the ball moving around sounds like the solution to 2 of our 3 biggest problems (rebounding being the 3rd) Idk if Baron’s dogging it, but I know the Dubs did last night for about 75% of that game. Except Nellie, he dogged 100% of it.

The officiating was pretty bad.

-The open court fouls on Maggette, and one under the hoop.
-Jackson driving through the lane and getting HAMMERED at the basket multiple times.
-Barons pushoffs/elbows to the gut.
-Keeping Zach Randolph in the game for the Clippers by not calling fouls on him.
-At least 2 loose ball fouls that were no calls that should have gone the Warriors way.

There’s no excuse for losing to the Clippers, but it is always nice to do a post game analysis of the officials. Last night they were horrendously inconsistent about what they were going to call. Ticky-tac fouls against the Warriors. Meanwhile the W’s are getting arms swatted and bumped 2-3 times on their way to the hoop. Flame away.

I love Stephen Jackson but at times I hate him! Stephen Jackson piles up so many stupid turnovers that it makes my head spin. If he’s going to be the man to run the show, then he’s got to start taking better care of the basketball and stop complaining all the time after he doesn’t get a foul called. He leaves his teammates out to dry and he just looks plain stupid. I swear to God he looks like a little baby crying and throwing a tantrum after his mom doesn’t buy him a toy at the store! I’m not saying that I necessarilly agree with the no calls but I’m just saying that you can’t complain everytime (unless your name is Kobe), otherwise the refs won’t give you respect. It’s embarassing and we all know Jack leads the league in technicals and one more and he’s suspended for one game. Maybe he should get suspended so he can realize how he’s hurting this team and himself by not being able to play. I honestly thought he should have picked up a couple of T’s in last nights game alone. Whenever he goes into the lane and doesn’t hear a whistle, he complains everytime and then just walks back on defense. Like I said, I love Jack but sometimes I hate Jack. He needs to calmn down and be the leader of this team otherwise this team will never be able to grow. He had a terrific shooting night and did other things well on the court (Free throws, assists, rebounds etc.) but those turnovers are a huge blemish on his stat line night in and night out. We all know Jack and he loves to “Jack” up shots. A lot of times, his shot selection is not the greatest but we all know that and that’s exactly what makes Jack, Jack so I’m not going to knock him for that but I think that he can work on it a little bit. The guy is a phenomenal, high risk basketball player and has improved in many areas of his game since he has become a Warrior, right now, I think he needs to focus on not picking up anymore techs and not throwing the ball away from now on. I know Jack is capable of this and in order for him to get that superstar respect around the league he needs to add these things to his game.

we’re trying to tank…

I thought he said he was going to play the youngsters more? I guess Nellie’s not a man of his word. They did have a good game. Marco played well, AR played good enough to remain on the floor, Morrow’s dead eye shooting was on display (a little). Watson played very well, so I don’t know why they were pulled too. They all only played for brief moments throughout the game and I felt they should have been in for a good portion of the game.

This is getting sad guys, Baron is the girlfriend that broke up with us and we just cant get over and keep praying will come back. Baron Davis= Sarah Marshall

one loss closer to a better draft pick this summer. at this point i hope to see a lot more bel, morrow, and ar. we know what we got, we have a lot of scorers and no defenders. either way, a healthy dubs team can beat anyone in this league…

its all bout next season. oh… and f* braon and the clips.

We do not have a solid backup for the 2 yet so Monta needed to be back however we do have a solid backup in centerspot in Ronnie Turiaf allowing Andris Biedrins time to get back in.

What we’ve learned: Biedrins should not start off the bench.

 Baron is old news, he only looked great against our awful defense. Boom wouldn’t lead us to a ring, that train has left the station. We need new news. Like Raymond Felton perhaps, or that Rubio kid ?
   Maggete is a solid player, in the right scheme he’ll be valuable to us. No one is better at drawing phantom fouls.
   The guys to dump are some of our dozen shooting guards and stickmen “bigs” along with our inflexible coach.