Golden State Inks C.J. Watson- Warriors MEANINGLESS Offseason Continues

by Atma Brother ONE on Sep 9, 2009 11:41 AM PDT in News

UPDATE (9/10/09 10:40am): Also make sure to check out some sharp words by GSoM buddy Matt Steinmetz over at FanHouse- For C.J. Watson, It's Not About the Money

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Allen Iverson to the Memphis Grizzlies [Straight Outta Vancouver] (WHY?) isn't the only big signing of the day. The Warriors have re-signed C.J. Watson [Warriors.com press release]. As of this writing the exact terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but I'm guessing it's for 1 year and a shade over 1 million George Washingtons.

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Maybe I should have titled this BREAKING NEWS: Warriors Continue String of MEANINGLESS Offseason Moves.

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Here's Warriors GM Larry Riley's take on the signing:

"We are happy that C.J. will be returning to our team next season. He has taken full advantage of his opportunities since being called-up from the D-League two seasons ago and has worked hard to make himself into a quality NBA player. We look forward to him having another successful season and having a positive impact on our team."

Jamal Crawford for 2 guys who probably won't even play. (See Asking GSoM)

Check.

Discount Furniture Marco Belinelli for a guy who is more valuable as an expiring contract than as an actual player.

Check.

A 1 year deal for a journeyman banger who doesn't have an impressive rebounding rate, but has a great 'do.

Check.

Re-signing a backup-backup shooting guard in a shooting guard's body.

Check... again.

Truth be told if Watson is playing anywhere close to his 25 minutes a game across 77 games like he did last season that means the Warriors are in trouble whether it be underperformance, injuries, or some drama from other players. That is not good. With his atrocious defense and poor court vision for an NBA level player Watson is a 3rd string guard at best. He does have an excellent jumper.

Well at least it created a lot more meaningless "drama":

I doubt our friends over at Third Quarter Collapse are losing much sleep over this, but I could be wrong. I have been wrong once you know.

Memo to Warriors: Change ain't all about dollars and cents.

The Warriors went into this offseason needing major changes and it's almost time for training camp. This doesn't cut it.

In all fairness I will note and appluad the Warriors for collecting a crazy assortment of expiring contracts:

C.J. Watson~ $1.x million
Devean George- $1.6 million
Mikkie Moore- $1.3 million
Acie Law- $2.2 million
Speedy Claxton- $5.2 million

Those could be very valuable especially near the NBA's annual trading deadline post-All Star break in February, but so was the unused $10 million trade exception after the Warriors foolishly traded Jason Richardson away to unnecessarily and prematurely kill WE BELIEVE to save some dough and rip off season ticket holders and fans alike.

At the very worst I'm sure Donnie Walsh, the crew over at Posting and Toasting, and our other friends in NY would be happy to send Eddy Curry or Jared Jeffries to Oakland for some of those 2010 cap friendly contracts. Uhhhh... thanks, but no thanks.

Congrats to C.J. though. It's always inspirational to see a guy fight the odds and get called up to the NBA from the NBDL and beat out guaranteed bigger contract players like Marco Belinelli and Marcus Williams for playing time.

Can't knock the hustle.

Props to C.J. even though he probably doesn't want to be a member of the GSW.

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Big thumbs up! I’m not a fan of Watson at all, and for a while I was worried we might sign him to a 3 year deal. He provides some value as a worst case scenario if injuries build up like last season, so I don’t mind him on a 1 year deal, but I’m just happy that we aren’t committing to him long term.

by Missing Barry on Sep 9, 2009 11:47 AM PDT reply actions

+1 Good points.

Maybe with all the drama that goes on with the Warriors even before the season starts, none of our starters will play this year.

All our bench warmers will start and get most of the run with C.J. Watson being our superstar stud running the show averaging a quadruple double in the first half of the season.

Yay.

Make sure to have CJ Watson on radar for your 2009-10 Yahoo! Basketball Fant League this season.

It’s going to happen.

Romes Mac Mojous

by ROMESdavidWOOD37 on Sep 9, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Thumbs Off

I just got rid of them

meaningless signing, going to be a horrible year….

by gomez1012 on Sep 9, 2009 12:43 PM PDT reply actions

Thumbs up!

KBLX is back, baby!

This is Kristin Kreuk, now zip it. - GTTM

by disguy on Sep 9, 2009 12:47 PM PDT reply actions

Thumbs Side

I like CJ and he can be an insurance in case some of our guards get injured, but most likely CJ wont be to be a factor this year if Monta can get back and Curry impresses

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by GSW9 on Sep 9, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions

Good signing. C.J. is great for a backup. If only he could play defense.

I hate those normal-sized midgets. What are they called again? Oh, yeah. People.

by Naticus on Sep 9, 2009 1:49 PM PDT reply actions

Maybe we shoulda

got Iverson for the 3.5 mil? He can’t be any worse than CJ and Curr-bury?

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by Skeptic con Urquell on Sep 9, 2009 2:36 PM PDT reply actions

Yes he can. He can hog the ball, demand playing time and disrupt anything resembling rebuilding in favor of a quick fix that doesn’t fix anything.

by jae on Sep 9, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions

1 year CJ should NOT be getting major minutes at the expense of Ellis and Curry.

by Noe_Valley on Sep 9, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes he can.

I din’t realize that CJ and Curr-bury had more allstar appearances than Iverson.

by Skeptic con Urquell on Sep 9, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions

I din’t realize that CJ and Curr-bury had more allstar appearances than Iverson.

That’s a pathetic strawman, Skep, even for you.

by jae on Sep 9, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions

That’s a pathetic strawman

Well, Iverson is getting up there in years but he’s not dead so I think his experience counts for something.
He might turn out to be Willie Mays for the Mets but he could also be George Blanda on the Raiders We’ll never know but it would have been interesting, more interesting than one more rookie and CJ.

by Skeptic con Urquell on Sep 9, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions

He might turn out to be Willie Mays for the Mets but he could also be George Blanda on the Raiders

Or Allen Iverson for the Piston, something that wouldn’t do us any good.

by jae on Sep 10, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Who cares...

This organization sucks. Proving again and again they don’t care about winning. They need to realise that no matter how good you think you are you can’t rest on your laurels. They must get talent in here, proven talent, along with cultivating the talent you already have, in order to win.

by SmittytheCutman on Sep 9, 2009 2:51 PM PDT reply actions

And how do you propose they do that, exactly?

by Missing Barry on Sep 9, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions

New owner.

by Noe_Valley on Sep 9, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions

That my friend is the million dollar question...

If I had that answer we’d be winning and you and I wouldn’t be having this chat

by SmittytheCutman on Sep 9, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions

To start,

I’d have Cohan sell and Ellison buy

by SmittytheCutman on Sep 9, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions

This is the correct first step. Cohen runs a joke of an organization. No idea if Ellison would run a basketball team well or not, but he’d be better than Cohen by default.

Second step, acquire a superstar and build around him, hopefully adding a couple borderline all-star caliber players. As we’re constructed right now, our best bet to doing that is probably hoping Randolph becomes that superstar. Ellis is a nice compliment. Biedrins is a nice compliment. Curry and Wright could develop into decent players. The only other plausible option at the moment that I see is completely rebuilding from scratch, but since we already have some young talent that doesn’t seem like a very good idea.

I guess you could argue trading for Bosh/Amare, but we’ve been over that and a lot of people don’t think they’re worth the money/talent combination it’d take to get them (since we wouldn’t trade for them without an extension in place). They have their weaknesses. Our current situation isn’t going to attract a FA superstar anytime soon. So….basically, we have some young guys, let’s see what they can do!

by Missing Barry on Sep 9, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m much more open to Bosh than Amar’e, but the Raptors appear entirely uninterested in exploring that option. That might change if they can’t play well between now and February, but then again, if they are not playing well, what does that say about Bosh?

I’m hoping – not predicting, just hoping – that Randolph silences all the “trade for a big man” talk. Wouldn’t hurt if BWright had a surprisingly good year too. That plus a successful year from Monta at PG (now I’m really being hopeful) would mean the Warriors go a whole lot farther than anybody is predicting right now, with or without Capt. Jack.

by toddaverth on Sep 10, 2009 2:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Bosh also isn’t interested in signing a contract extension. He’s seemingly made it pretty clear he’s hitting free agency.

by Missing Barry on Sep 10, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Ellison is a freewheeler...

I doubt he’d have a problem spending to get a winner

by SmittytheCutman on Sep 9, 2009 2:55 PM PDT reply actions

“Spending to get a winner” is easier said than done. Once a team is winning, it usually takes money to keep the team together, but the CBA rules make it difficult to decide to spend your way out of losing. Teams over the cap, cannot decide to simply buy new players but rather wind up overpaying for marginal players or to keep the “talent” that had them losing in the first place.

by jae on Sep 9, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions

I'd rather take my chances with Ellison

He’d spend his way to a better team than we have now.

by SmittytheCutman on Sep 9, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Ellison would Hire

Ellison would hire a guy to run the org well while he basks in the limelight.

by Noe_Valley on Sep 9, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions

That's fine by me..bask away...

just put a solid product on the floor.

by SmittytheCutman on Sep 9, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions

“Can’t Knock the Hustle” is a great song.

The Ultimate Opportunist

by Rated-R Superstar on Sep 9, 2009 3:26 PM PDT reply actions

i heard that....

a thumbs up in Australia is the same as flipping someone off here.

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by seven72deuce on Sep 9, 2009 5:17 PM PDT reply actions

Thumbs up

He’s cheap, he’s not a long term commitment, he knows most of the players, he knows the system, he’s an experienced backup point or shooting guard, he’s calm, he’s clutch. Though not a great defender or rebounder, he steals and deflects. Got fewer and fewer complaints about his missed fast break layups late in the season, so that’s something to watch for this season.

by IQofaWarrior on Sep 9, 2009 8:30 PM PDT reply actions

No point to Watson

Watson’s a 1 year patch.

If Nelson uses him at the expense of Curry and Ellis, it hurts the youth movement.

I frankly think it’s insane that Watson, with one leg in the NDL, is taking a minimal contract.

He should have sought a one year deal elsewhere and signed. GSW would have matched (or not) and he’d have either more money or gotten out of this crazy franchise.

by Noe_Valley on Sep 9, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Watson did seek contracts elsewhere, but no one had the cash to make an appealing deal.

by jae on Sep 9, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions

CJ

with a new look

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by disguy on Sep 9, 2009 9:06 PM PDT reply actions

Haha, I didn't believe a word he said

about being excited to be back with the Warriors, knowing that he tried to sign with the Magic, and knowing that he turned down the 2 year + 1 year player option for the 1 year deal.

by IQofaWarrior on Sep 9, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions