Golden State Warriors Call Up Anthony Tolliver from NBA D-League
by Poor Man's Commish on Jan 16, 2010 11:57 PM PST
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Just got done texting Atma Brother ONE on how to report this breaking, below-the-radar-ish GSW news, especially when we hear it from our fellow blogosphere and no one in GSoM has yet FanShot it. The way this one came up was pretty cool...
- Mellow Saturday night for me, so I flip on my access to @unstoppablebaby (GSoM's Twitter account, in case you didn't know), which is a great source of real-time Twitter news because Atma has followed like every NBA celebrity athlete, every notable NBA blogger and beatwriter.
- Lo and behold, I stumble upon our Northwest friends, @blazersedge. I'm thinking they might be good to follow on my other Twitter account (just looking to lower the pressure on the FIREHOSE that is @unstoppablebaby, haha!), because I like to see in-game tweets real-time during NBA games. One more click to see what kind of stuff they tweet.
- They've retweeted the RidiculousUpside.com story via @RidiculousScott: "Anthony Tolliver to be your newest Golden State Warrior".
So I tell Atma, "Hey this GSoM story's just gonna be a straight link to RU, since I don't really know much about Tolliver and I bet the GSoM community isn't gonna care too much about another random NBDL call-up."
Then it hits me. Tolliver's being called up from the Idaho Stampede and I happen to know assistant coach Joel Abelson, who is from the Bay Area.
Guess what, one text later, we have AN EXCLUSIVE SCOOP on Anthony Tolliver! Here's what Abelson had to say:
He's the most NBA-ready player I've seen in 3 years in the D-League. Not only can he contribute on the basketball court, but he's an insanely hard worker and a tremendous human off the court. All he needs is an opportunity to play and he will be an NBA rotation player for the rest of his career.
Now, perhaps the best story of the NBA this year was Sundiata Gaines hitting that buzzer-beater for the Utah Jazz the other night after also being called up from the Stampede.
So of course I had to ask Abelson the obvious follow-up question: "Wait, then you're saying Tolliver's more NBA-ready than Yatta Gaines, right?"
Abelson's response:
100 percent. Yatta is a gamer with NBA-caliber skills and can develop into a very good NBA player. But today, A.T. is the most NBA-ready player in our league. After bouncing around for 3 years, he now understands what he has to do to be effective every night.
Since I love following the history of the NBA Draft and NBA Summer League, below are Tolliver's college stats, which aren't really that eye-popping. He played for the Creighton Bluejays and went undrafted in 2007. According to Wikipedia, he played two games for the Portland Trail Blazers this past December.
| Year | Team | G | Min | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | ||||||
| 2003-04 | Creighton (20-9) | 27 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 22.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||||||
| 2004-05 | Creighton (23-11) | 34 | 17.1 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 41.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 57.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 4.2 | ||||||
| 2005-06 | Creighton (20-10) | 30 | 28.7 | 4.5 | 8.7 | 51.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 43.2 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 75.3 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 13.2 | ||||||
| 2006-07 | Creighton (22-11) | 33 | 31.6 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 50.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 21.1 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 65.8 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 13.4 | ||||||
| Career | 124 | 21.5 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 46.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 43.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 56.4 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 8.1 |
I tried to add an SBNation widget for Tolliver's stats from Portland, but it came up blank. His NBA stats were pretty barren on Portland's deep roster.
| Date | Opponent | Result | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Season | |||||||||||||||
| Dec 22 | @ DAL | W 85 - 81 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 20 | @ MIA | W 102 - 95 | 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Preseason | |||||||||||||||
| Oct 15 | vs. NOH | W 97 - 81 | 3 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Weird
We got a skinny big…again. His stats suggest he can’t rebound, Uh oh. Let Hunter vs. Tolliver begin
Rookie: "Why did you bench me?"
Nellie: "You're a rookie"
What? his stats are pretty good and he isn't skinny
He’s 6’8 245 lbs. I would say he’s an average weight PF.
2009/10D-Leage Anthony Tolliver
Min37.5 Pts21.4
FG%46.9
2P%58.9
3P%34.9
FTM4.4 FTA5.6 FT%78.5
OFF3.5 DEF7.9 TOTREB11.4
Asts2.5
Stls1.3
Blks1.2
TO’s 3.1
PFs3.4
by bojangles408 on Jan 17, 2010 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks for the update.
Cool. He will average 20pts.20rebs. 7blks a game for us, right?
Morrow comes back 100% healthy by Monday against the Bulls and from now on shoots 97% from FG.
I’m all for it.
Bring us to the 2010 NBA Playoffs. I’m still here! Just like every crazy Warrior fan that exists today.
It’s going to happen. It just will . Just chill and watch.
Romes Mac Mojous
by ROMESdavidWOOD37 on Jan 17, 2010 12:25 AM PST reply actions
Another Anthony and Another D-League Call-Up
Hopefully he can provide a warm body to go to in case we end up with only 3 available players in a game, if nothing else. This season is looking more and more bleak with each new call-up. It makes me sad.
Well since I’m in the mood to overthink things, time for some trivia. Maybe the Warriors are trying to break yet another record: having the most D-League call-ups / undrafted players join the roster in a single season. This year thus far we’ve got Chris Hunter, Cartier Martin, and now Tolliver. We’ve still got holdovers of other previously undrafted gems like Morrow, CJ and Buike.
Also interesting to note: both Raja Bell and Mikki Moore were also undrafted when they entered the league. That makes a grand total of 8 players who went undrafted and ended up on the Warriors this year. Has that ever happened before?
I wish the best for Tolliver, but my guess is that he won’t last more than two 10-day contracts. The same goes for Martin, unless we make a trade where we send out more players than we take back. Cohan probably won’t pay another player for the rest of the year if he doesn’t have to.
by samuraaaaiiiiiii on Jan 17, 2010 12:49 AM PST reply actions
Sigh
we’re becoming the 2008 Miami Heat with all our DLeague call ups.
he'll last
if the injuries last too
this prob means morrow’s out for an extended stay because they had to get an exemption. this makes 18 players on the roster with 3 exemptions.
sad.
The results of Morrow's MRI won't be released until Sunday
but Rusty Simmons guesses it’ll be a sprained MCL, and guess he’ll be out 2-4 weeks. Jim on the air also thought it was going to be an MCL when he saw the replay.
by IQofaWarrior on Jan 17, 2010 2:26 AM PST up reply actions
On the other hand, Morrow's twitter today
Yoyooooo Twitter fam I kno I been MIA, but just wanna let y’all know I’m good knees just a lil sore, thanks for all the prayers and concern
by IQofaWarrior on Jan 17, 2010 2:28 AM PST up reply actions
10 day contracts?
please let’s sign this guy to a mutli-million deal!
by Cpt. Jack in the Box on Jan 17, 2010 1:16 AM PST reply actions
Cheap?
If tolliver is better than Chris Hunter will Cohan eat Hunter’s contract and cut him to make room for Tolliver?
There is no evidence at all that Cohan is cheap to the point of preventing his GM from cutting a rookie minimum salary player. None at all.
Cohan has been a bad owner, making foolish decisions in many cases, usually involving putting the wrong people in charge, but cheap (especially at the level you’re implying) is a pretty empty and lame charge.
by jae on Jan 17, 2010 6:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i hate cohan
but really his only “cheap” move he made as of late was the george/bellinelli trade. besides that he just spends money poorly, not cheaply.
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 17, 2010 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
Except that two of them are busted up, and the third will likely be gone when the others get healthy… :-(
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Jan 17, 2010 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
how is there room for tolliver?
we have like 17 guys on the roster
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.
We have 18 on the roster right now
Bell,Wright, Azubuike, Randolph, Morrow, and CJ are out i believe for significant time. So for every two injured players we can sign one exemption contract IIRC.
So let me get this straight... Maggette is the healthy guy.
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
by Badly Browned on Jan 17, 2010 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I found out why we called him up
7.6 3pt attempts a game in d league. (34.9%)
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Anthony-Tolliver-1279/
lengthy scouting report on him on draftexpress
well that explains everything..
Nellie found his love
by A2mm2o on Jan 17, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
thats a ton of 3 attempts
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.
i think you're right
So I tell Atma, “Hey this GSoM story’s just gonna be a straight (boring) link to RU, since I don’t really know much about Tolliver and I bet the GSoM community isn’t gonna care too much about another random NBDL call-up.”
i dont care too much about our NBDL all star team… what a waste of an NBA season?
aka GOLDENBOYWARRIOR
Yeah our
roster is packed and over half of them are injured. I wish him the best, hopefully he can hold down the 4 for the rest of the year. Too bad I won’t be able to use him on NBA 2K10 online because of all the guys on our team
Golden State Warriors Fan 4 Life!!!
The Golden Future
PF: Anthony Randolph
PG: Stephen Curry
Can't wait until GS wins a championship!!!
I wouldn't be surprised if he stayed on the team after this year
If he can rebound, block shots, and score a bit inside, then I would keep him over Hunter for next year and use him as the utility big man for when the main bigs need a rest.
Azubuike is a better bigman than hunter
lol
he even rebounds better than hunter
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.
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