Warriors Day Off Links: Keith Smart and Don Nelson on KNBR

by IQofaWarrior on Jan 15, 2010 2:09 AM PST in Links

Practice was canceled today, so no major news. Make the jump for Keith Smart and Don Nelson on KNBR, a preview of Curry vs Jennings, and a little Matt Steinmetz stuff.

KNBR mp3s

- Keith Smart on player psychology, frustrating injuries, player consistency, team chemistry, summer free agency. I think the recording skipped in the middle in the section about player consistency.
16:04 min: Keith Smart with Fitz and Brooks

- Don Nelson on dealing with the injuries, Monta, Biedrins, breaking the record, Monta not paying attention in the huddle.
16:11 min: Don Nelson with Ralph and Tom

Stephen Curry vs Brandon Jennings preview

- The last time the Warriors faced the Bucks, Brandon Jennings torched the Warriors for 55, but they only won by 4. Curry himself had a decent game also. The rematch is on tomorrow.
Marcus Thompson II: Warriors rookie Stephen Curry looks forward to rematch with Brandon Jennings
Rusty Simmons: Warriors aim to stop - or slow - Bucks' Jennings

From the Bucks side

- Brandon Jennings expects us to play him differently this time.
Charles F. Gardner: Jennings not expecting 55

Matt Steinmetz

- Unless some better news come along, the Warriors will be back down to 8 guys.
Warriors Down to Eight Players Again

- Matt opens up the email bag for another round of questions.
Emptying the Mailbag

My Notebook

- As of right now, Turiaf, Radman and CJ are all doubtful for the Bucks game, leaving an 8 man roster to face the Bucks: Monta, Curry, Morrow, Maggette, Biedrins, Hunter, George, Cartier.
- The injured list: CJ, Radman, Turiaf, Randolph, Bell, Azubuike, Wright, Speedy, Moore (waived).
- The Bucks are on game 4 of a 6 game road trip. They lost the first 3 to the Lakers, Suns, Blazers.
- Player psychology: Each player has a different mindset, and thinks and see things differently, thus needs to be coached differently.

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Comments

warriors created

jenning’s cold streak and probably hot streak after this game.

who's YOUR favorite warrior bust?

by cabarkapa on Jan 15, 2010 2:46 AM PST reply actions

Ellis is never going to become a superstar. That categorization is reserved for the Kobe Bryants and LeBron James’ of the NBA.

Nailed it. Ellis may very well be an all-star at some point, but he will never be a superstar. You will never see him in a national television advertisement, host Saturday Night Live, or anything like that. He may very well make some all-star teams, be our team’s “star” player, but the superstars in the NBA are right now are restricted to: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Shaq, and Dwight Howard. Not only are they great players that carry their teams and make everyone around them better (though Shaq is on the decline) but they also have the charisma to reach beyond basketball.

by samuraaaaiiiiiii on Jan 15, 2010 3:58 AM PST reply actions

shaq?

lol

by Number22Drew on Jan 15, 2010 8:55 AM PST up reply actions

Shaq is still probably the most famous person in the NBA.

by samuraaaaiiiiiii on Jan 15, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions

i asked that question to steinmetz

so im confused how a knowledgeable source like himself has never heard of usage rate.

Bellineli, Gallinari, and Radman are my heroes!!!
Monta PPG> Monta IQ
Lakers Fans= Terrible
Go C's
Giants need to sign Barry Bonds outta retirement.

by monta.da.boss on Jan 15, 2010 12:41 PM PST up reply actions

WAIT!!!!!

SHAQ!?!?!?!?! are you serious. In what way do you consider him a superstar right now? LeBron of course, kobe of course, wade of course, howard I guess. And Monta is only 24 so there is no way in heck that you can tell right now that he won’t be a superstar. I am not saying he will be, but i am also not saying that he won’t. But there is no way you can say that right now.

by Morrow is wet!!! on Jan 15, 2010 8:00 AM PST reply actions

Everyone that isn’t a basketball fan still knows who Shaq is. The “super” part in my definition of superstar means that they are renowned outside of basketball.

by samuraaaaiiiiiii on Jan 15, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions

The “Monta is only 24” excuse doesn’t fly here.

At 24, Wade and Kobe and Lebron were already superstars. They weren’t just better known and better regarded than Monta, they were in reality more valuable, more productive, better players. Howard too is a superstar. No, he’s not equipped with flashy “skills” but he’s ridiculously good and makes his team much, much better than most players make their team, certainly much better than Monta makes us.

I’d be hard pressed to find a superstar in the last 15-20 years since leaving school early became the rule rather than the exception who hadn’t already shown himself to be a star by 24. Data shows that most players are close to if not already at their peak by 24. It’s time to stop playing the “he’s only 24” card and start living with the “he’s already 24” reality.

Can we say with certainty that he won’t become a superstar (and by this I mean a player good enough to build a legitimate contender threat with)? No, but most likely, he won’t become a superstar. That’s better than safe money.

by jae on Jan 15, 2010 6:13 PM PST up reply actions