not one of those Warriors dominates at their position! And as we’ve seen in years past, we’re lacking on the dominant PF! Yes, I think Randolph will be a damn good player, but I don’t think he’s a true PF! He’s like Durant! He’ll handle the ball and slash, but won’t have the strength to play w/ his back to the basket.

That team is no different than it was last year, except for the addition of Curry and the loss of Crawford, which I think will hurt more than people think. You said it yourself…don’t think anyone of those guys could defend Lebron, but then again, don’t think anyone really can anyway!

That’s really what this is all about. Is this really a trade that makes us better? Does it make us enough better to deal with the salary-cap implications, as well as enough better to give up one of our key young players?

Let’s look at your comments one at a time:

1. Good for business? Actually, there’s very little evidence to suggest that adding a star improves attendance. Winning more does, but those are very different things.
2. Good for wins? This is the crux of the matter. Does Amare’s scoring make up for the reduced reboudning?
3. Good for fans? I think winning is good for fans, so really, this is just the same as 2. If we win more, then it’s a good trade. But that winning more isn’t as much of a given as you seem to think it is.
4. Respectable again? Not if we trade a younger, more efficient player for an older player on the downslope of his career who we have to overpay to keep. In fact, that’s one of the key reasons we’re a laughingstock: paying too much for players who don’t deserve it. Amare is asking for max-type money, and as good as he’s been, he’s not a max-type player.
6. (What happened to five?) This is an assertion for which I’d like to see evidence. Since Amare’s primary skill is his scoring, it’s hard to see how he makes other players around him better. This is especially true since he’s not a guy who draws a lot of double-teams because of his style of play.
7. Amare’s really not that big a star, relatively speaking. He’s no LBJ or Kobe. Yeah, he gets Nike posters, but the truth is that when somebody’s “star power” outweighs what they bring to the court, that just means you have to overpay them. Amare having fans elsewhere doesn’t add wins to the Warriors.
8. If we win, we’ll get on national TV. If we’re losing, we won’t.
9. Playoffs would be nice. THere’s no reason to think that they’re a given if we make this trade, which probably makes us slighly better in the short term. WIthout other improvements “slightly better” doesn’t get us in the playoffs.
10. Again, sellouts happen when the team wins. So it all really hinges on that.

Don’t be blinded by “star power.” It’s doesn’t necessarily do very much for you on its own.

Lack of spiky blond hair, startling ability to drive mopeds w/o incident.

that’s a very interesting lineup… i’d probably say barbosa would start at the point, but really, i’m not sure about that (i love curry too and he might be a better passer than barbosa, but we’ll find out next year i suppose). i like your deal more than the amare for biedrins, wright, marco, curry/buike deal.

i don’t see Curry runnin’ point at this moment under Nellie
-in his final year he’d prefer something ‘more proven’ -a la Monta or someone with more experience (IMO PO experience) -i think Nellie want’s to keep Curry more as attractive trade chip not ’future of the franchise

all what i’ve seen until now suggests this moment is major turnaround point via trades
-Riley replaced Mullin because he’s not exactly great ‘trade GM’ -he did 2 good trades just because some teams wanted to get rid of some unwanted players -he wasn’t exactly guy who’s capable to talk talk talk on the phone to rise some interest -Riley seems to be -his communication skills are just way better

but still
Curry / Barbosa
Jack / Morrow
Maggette / Azubuike
Randolph / Wright
Amare / Turiaf

Anything not to like about that group?
Amare he is not kind of player i’d want to build on (take away him and this lineup is about # 12-14 in lottery) -even if he is healthy he never was described as great teammate or guy with great work ethic or just smart player or just nice guy
-risk level is high (that’s why expect Amare will be signed for 3 not 5 years) -but Nellie seems to know what he’s doing (while i don’t think he’s fan of Warriors and feel a lot of responsibility what will happen when he’ll be gone)