Polling GSoM: Who are you most excited about watching on the Warriors 2009 Las Vegas Summer League squad?
by Atma Brother ONE on Jul 2, 2009 9:38 AM PDT
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PrintIt's summatime in the Golden State! Jump for the 411 on the Dubs 2009 La Vegas Summer League squad.
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Warriors Announce 2009 Summer League Roster & Schedule [Warriors.com]
| NO. | PLAYER | POS | HT | WT | BORN | FROM | YRS |
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40
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Connor Atchley
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F/C
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6-10
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226
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5/31/85
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Texas
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R
|
|
30
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G
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6-3
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185
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3/14/88
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Davidson
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R
|
|
|
33
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F/C
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6-10
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230
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11/15/84
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Alabama
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2
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|
|
26
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Lawrence Hill
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F
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6-8
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220
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9/16/87
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Stanford
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R
|
|
9
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F
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6-8
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194
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10/2/87
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Australia
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R
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|
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25
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G
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6-2
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185
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10/14/84
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Marist
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R
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|
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2
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G
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6-3
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195
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1/25/85
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Texas A&M
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2
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|
|
3
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G/F
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6-7
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220
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11/20/84
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Kansas State
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1
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|
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22
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G
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6-5
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210
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9/27/85
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Georgia Tech
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1
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|
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20
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Quan Prowell
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F
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6-8
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215
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11/1/84
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Auburn
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R
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4
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F
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6-10
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210
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7/15/89
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LSU
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1
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|
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44
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F/C
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6-9
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240
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10/20/82
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Mississippi State
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2
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|
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35
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C
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6-11
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235
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5/15/83
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California
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5
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WARRIORS 2009 SUMMER LEAGUE SCHEDULE
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (PDT) | LOCATION |
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Friday, July 10
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1:00 p.m.
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COX Pavilion
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Saturday, July 11
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5:00 p.m.
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COX Pavilion
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Monday, July 13
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7:00 p.m.
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Cox Pavilion
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Tuesday, July 14
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5:00 p.m.
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COX Pavilion
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Thursday, July 16
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5:00 p.m.
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COX Pavilion
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I feel like I already know what Anthony Morrow can do- shoot the lights out, rebound the rock, and hustle on D. I'm not that interested in seeing Anthony Randolph (likely) dominate this level of competition, but it will be interesting to see his rebuilt body (just like Morrow's). As you all probably know Anthony's Been Doin' Work this summer [see Randolph bigger, vows to be better by MT].
However, my vote for most intriguing watch on the Dubs summer league team goes to Masala Curry and Law & Order IV. I really don't have a feel for what Stephen Curry and Acie Law IV can do even at this level of mostly players fighting to be NBA 12th man.
For the first time in a long time I'm actually pretty excited about the Warriors Summer League team. I hate to temper everyone's excitement, but I feel obligated to caution you- the summer league is absolutely meaningless (ahem, see fool's gold). It's like the 10th- 12th men and practice squad players dueling it out.
Now that doesn't mean it isn't fun, but it does mean that it's a fairly useless barometer of how players will actually do in the NBA regular season. There's exceptions like AMMO and Kaz of course, but for the most part this is just meaningless fun (in all fairness I guess "meaningless fun" also applies to the Warriors regular season). Having said that let's hope the Dubs summer league team dominates and is simply "Unstoppable Baby!"
NBA Finals Championships are for the Lakers, but Summer League crowns? That's reserved for us over here- thank you very much.
We should have several live GSoM correspondents to get you all the 411 and more from the City of Sin. Ridiculous Scott from the super rididiculous Ridiculous Upside in particular will be giving ridiculous airtime to the Summer League festivities. Will anyone else be making the trip out to LV this year? Scouting reports, interviews, etc. are always appreciated for your golden friends here in the Bay Area who missed the bus to Vegas.
More summatime madness:
Say hello to Joe Ingles (the player blocking his own shot above):
The 6-foot-8 wing with point-guard skills created quite a bit of positive buzz during pre-draft workouts, but after struggling at the Reebok Eurocamp, Ingles went undrafted.
Meet the Warriors Summer League Team [Fast Break]
Summer: school is out, the fog is in, and the Warriors have a shot at winning it all. "It," of course, being the annual Las Vegas Summer League. This year the team will be rolling out two starters from last year’s regular season squad and two new backcourt acquisitions. No, Marco Belinelli will not be dazzling the crowd for a third straight year. With Anthony Randolph on the roster, however, I doubt the Vegas fans need to worry about a lack of excitement.
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he is our coach of the future we should just have nellie leave honestly we will not do anything too insane the next two years and he will retire. should have keith smart start doing his thing
Ingles
He seems to be the one person who has the highest chance of being a camp pickup.
For me, I will closely watch Randolph, Morrow, and Davidson
Because they say they’ve been practicing and want to dominate in summer league. I’ll watch their body language to see if they play with a “chip on their shoulder”. Since Randolph made the statement, I voted for him.
Otherwise, ANYTHING to fill in the summer basketball void is welcome.
Yep
I really want to see both of the Anthonys, especially AR. 2 inches + 20 lbs of muscle = BEAST
It is the shoes!!!
by LighTz707OuT on Jul 2, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I will be watching Randolph as well. And by watching, I mean…I hope to hear good things about him, because I’m not going to waste my time watching summer league. I’m looking for very specific things, though, as a real NBA player he SHOULD put up good stats. Will the reports on his skillset come back glowing about improvements in certain areas, though? Will he show some semblance of an outside shot or post game? Maybe improved vision and passing ability/willingness? Run the point forward position well? Show some improved handles and better decision making/less turnovers? A shut down defensive mindset?
Most of these things won’t show up in the boxscore – and most of what will show up in the boxscore is completely meaningless. But showing an improvement in certain areas should translate into an improvement in his overall game for next season. That’s what I’m looking for (especially after the way everyone has hyped Randolph this off-season).
by Missing Barry on Jul 2, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
good luck being to tell him apart
if the stream quality is as sucky as least year…
I have to vote Randolph. While he probably wont get there, he is the only guy that we got that might become a Super Star one day.
Thing B
by warriorsscore110 on Jul 2, 2009 10:12 AM PDT reply actions
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No injuries.
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by bloodsweatndonuts on Jul 2, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions
Knick's fan will be watching Curry...
Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda! LOL..
But I think AR will be the MAN to watch. I wanna see a more refined mid-range jumper. If he hits that w/ consistency this year, I’m GIDDY about what the Warriors can do, no matter who they pick up.
Lawrence Hill!!
Gotta represent Stanford.
by JesMarkson on Jul 2, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Championship teams usually have players that can do more than 1 thing…
by Missing Barry on Jul 2, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s a very good spot up shooter. I’ve seen nothing else out of him. What eles does he bring to the table?
by Missing Barry on Jul 2, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
His D was improving
And he was rebounding better too.
And was starting to put the ball on the floor
I honestly have no idea how someone could not notice these things
I will note that I do not live in the Bay Area at the moment, so that restricts my Warriors watching abilities. What I saw of Morrow was a one trick pony. I saw this when I saw them play live, and I saw this every game I watched on tv/slingbox. He was a spot up shooter. When I watched, he struggled to go by anyone putting the ball on the floor. I also can’t honestly say I saw any Warrior player play any of this so-called “defense” (whatever that means) a single time all year. Are you sure these things you “saw” weren’t just a product of increased playing time? I tried to look in depth into this but unfortunately, basketball-reference is lacking when it comes to splits. If you have any stats to back up you’re argument, I’d love to see them.
by Missing Barry on Jul 2, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
qin covered most everything I would have said about Morrow’s improvements.
Some of the things I saw, there are no stats for
He moves very well without the bass loosing his defender which if we have some one who is willing to pass it to him makes his spot up ability even better.
He rebounds well and I’m sure someone will have the stats for that.
He is a pesky defender and has good size for that, he fights through screens and stays with his guy and that will only get better.
And as far as what hes known for his post up shooting, he has the size to shoot over a lot of defenders and a very quick release, so even if you think he is a “one trick pony”, it’s a helluva a trick.
There's a party in my mind.
And I wish that I was there.
by qin on Jul 2, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, next time the Warriors take the floor, I’ll look for these things.
by Missing Barry on Jul 3, 2009 5:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Morrow is at least a two-trick pony- the other being offensive rebounding. Anecdotally, I remember big offensive boards in the 3OT loss to SAC and the win over Utah, among others.
Stats seem to back this up. He snagged 78 offensive boards this season, or 1.9/36…
A few 2s that came to mind… didn’t come close to AM this past season.
Pietrus: 1.2 OReb/36
JJ Redick: 0.1 (lol)
Daequan Cook: 0.4
Ray Allen: 0.8
Raja Bell: 0.7
Rudy Fernandez: 0.8
Roger Mason: 0.2
Kobe: 1.1
Wade: 1.1
LeBron: 1.2
by antihero on Jul 2, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well this is the type of analysis I was looking for. Looks like the dude can get offensive rebounds.
by Missing Barry on Jul 3, 2009 5:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Morrow's improvements
Yes, Morrow WAS a spot up shooter early in the season. He got better at putting the ball on the floor and making moves towards the rim. Bob and Jim mentioned that on the air actually, about how Morrow couldn’t drive early in the season.
On defense, he’s got peskier late in the season. He’s no Bruce Bowen, but he did try to harass the opponent he’s guarding, poking at them and annoying them.
But the most impressive thing about Morrow that I saw besides his shooting was his offensive rebounding. When a Warrior takes a shot, he will hustle and slither into the paint and try to box out and really FIGHT for that offensive rebound.
From a stats point of view, per 48 minutes, he TIES Turiaf for offensive rebounds at 2.5 per 48 min. That’s better than Azubuike (2.3), Maggette (1.6), Jack (1.4), CJ (1.0), and Monta/Marco/Crawford (each below 1.0). Morrow was the best offensive rebounder for a guard last season.
by IQofaWarrior on Jul 2, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Whoops
Correction: “Morrow was the best offensive rebounder for a WARRIORS guard last season.”
by IQofaWarrior on Jul 2, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the way you say FIGHT for offensive rebounds, he really did fight for them
he is growing as a player, still looks uncomfortable most of the time out there but he is continuing to improve, and he has the sweetest stroke ever. He has made tremendous strides since I first saw him in vegas.
His defense
reminds me of marco – peskiness is the right word.
I Wish They Would Dominate But.......
Have you seen the Kings summer league lineup? They got a pretty good squad.I think we are going to be the bottom team of Northern California. Our team is a hot mess! : (
summer
first of all we will have a dominant summer team haha. im happy for hill to have his chance, of course we all wanna see curry play well to make fun of knicks and suns fans. i wanna see AR try to take over n show that killer mentality
I know it's way to early but
I can’t wait until the rookie-sophomore game
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by i love sports101 on Jul 2, 2009 11:34 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I wanna see
How Randolph looks and all the improve ments hes had so far, and i also want to see Morrow, Davidson, and Law. Curry is someone i am excited to see because i want to see if he is the PG everyone says he is and thats are first time seeing him in a Warrior jersey.
I'm most excited...
to see how these guys play together. Morrow and Randolph are obviously buds now, Randolph saying they’re going to be the “summer league dream team.” I suspect the other newcomer will fit in with them as well, because how can you dislike a guy who knows how to pass the rock??? It’s going to be a fearsome threesome.
Stephen Curry is of course a given
So I voted for Connor Atchley. I remember watching some UT basketball games and he was quite productive.
I just can't wait to see Randolph
At the end of the season, we all saw his improvements. Let’s see what he’s been improving on this off season so far. Curry is ok, I wanna see how he’ll do in “somewhat” NBA playing style.
by justinleagueheroes on Jul 2, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions
Jared Jordan
would make this team if we didn’t have so many darn guards. but i think he’ll outplay Acie Law. the kid can flat out pass. Jordan running the break with Randolph bolting down the floor and Curry and Morrow filling the wings for three-balls will be fun to watch.
jordan
is in fact a great passing point guard for the d-league and probably should try to play in europa. he’s 6’0 with the same length (that is, short both ways), not speedy, not a leaper, not a great shooter. his lack of length and speed would probably doom him on defense and he’d have problems getting off his shots.
6'11 power forward
With gaurd like handles. Plus 20 pounds of muscle gain during the summer, yup he’s gonna be a beast.
It is the shoes!!!
If he gained 20 pounds and an inch, he most likely did not gain 20 pounds of muscle, unless his bones somehow hollowed out.
by jae on Jul 2, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
he most likely did not gain 20 pounds of muscle,
he coulda lost some baby fat in the process
Now wheres the rubbers? Whose got the rubbers?
I noticed there's so many of them
and there's really not that many of us.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 3, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Where?
inside his head
Now wheres the rubbers? Whose got the rubbers?
I noticed there's so many of them
and there's really not that many of us.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 3, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
6'11 power forward with gaurd like handles
maybe a crappy guard? It’s physically impossible for a 7 footer to out handle a 6 footer.
Now wheres the rubbers? Whose got the rubbers?
I noticed there's so many of them
and there's really not that many of us.
by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 2, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
but it will be interesting to see his rebuilt body (just like Morrow’s).
Morrow’s body is still the same.
I met him in person and he has not added any large ammount of new muscle.
I was hanging out with 2 guys about his height (they were 6-5, and 6-7) and the 6-5 guy (whos Anthony Dixon, heading to San Jose State to play basketball) is about 200 pounds at the most and their bodies looked exactly alike.
The 6-7 guy was packing around 220, and he looked like a physical monster compared to Anthony Morrow.
Randolph will look alot stronger. It’ll be similar to the way Wright looked this year and putting on 15 pounds of muscle from his previous season.
Cause Havoc. Bring Nash in and 120 point games will be very expected
Why don’t we have an off-season news open thread?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 2, 2009 4:51 PM PDT reply actions
Curry, Randolph, and Morrow are gonna ball out
I am interested to see Joe Ingles, the auzzie looks like he can play. Plus I like the lefty sharpshooters. Maybe if he can rebound he can be a mini Troy Murphy.
I also want to see Acie have a good summer league. I would like to see if he can go in with some swagger and then carry that over to the season, unlike marcus williams 1.0.
And the way he calls out the plays
The guy is the heart and soul of the coaching staff
It is the shoes!!!
I am excited to see Keith Smart
but I am more excited to see Stephen Curry
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by i love sports101 on Jul 2, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions
Two words for Ingles,
Troy Murphy
And why isn’t Marco and Brandan in it? I know it’s their 3rd year but why not.
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NBA rules limit the number of players under contract that you can play to 4, and most league rules have provisions about the number of years a player can play in the summer leagues for a particular team. If the two Anthonys are going to play, that’s half the returning vets. If they want to see what Law can do, that’s another. So who else will get the most benefit out of it? Would we really learn anything new about Brandan or Marco in the exhibition season? I doubt it. I’d think we’d learn more about whether we want to bring Davidson back, given that he’s a contract decision.
(Brandan and Marco has two years under their belts on the summer league teams and I if memory serves, they can’t have a 3rd for the Warriors, but I’m less sure of this.)
randolph and curry
well, I know that Randolph will dominate so I’m looking forwards to seeing how well Curry plays
Ellis to the RIM!
Monta for the win?! YES!
Randolph and Curry. This team is going to dominate other summer league teams
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Golden State Warriors
Where looking forward to summer league happens
Do we play the Clips.
I can nto wait to see AR reject Griffen. It will happen.
by Crab Ddribble Cocktail on Jul 3, 2009 10:24 AM PDT reply actions
Looking forward to see Ingles, too
Although I don’t think he’ll make an NBA squad. He needs to get stronger and work on his shot. I reckon he’ll end up Europe like Brad Newley. If he doesn’t get picked up he better not come back to Australia. He won’t improve back here.
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