Build-Your-Own Warriors "Big 3"
Alright folks,
I'm sick and tired of hearing all of the trade talk that gets us nowhere special.
Can we please talk about your fantasies?
I'm talking, like, video games and fantasy league stuff here. Assuming all bets are off, and starting with our present line-up, who would be your dream Big 3 to see here in the next year or two?
Since they are the biggest story (and the bar against which all future Super teams are measured), let's say that the only rule is that you cannot take any one of the Heat's core 3. Also, just for giggles, let's say that you have to maintain at least 1 guy in the current starting line
For my team, I'm going with...

PG: Steph
SG: Monta (yeah, I'll keep him)
SF: D Wright
PF: Lee
C: Superman
So, my big 3 would be Steph, Lee and D Howard!
game on!!
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Chris Paul
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Durant
David Lee
Dwight Howard
I don’t really get this. Do I win?
Kobe takes shots from KD
that’s no good
Flannelcore
by Reverend_Randy on Aug 30, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait … Monta’s on this so-called “fantasy” team? Is the fantasy just to collect a bunch of guys we like, or to kick the arses of the gosh-darned Heat?
Assuming the latter:
1 Paul
2 Kobe
3 Durant
4 P. Gasol
5 D. Howard
Bring it on, “South Beach.”
There will be no extra point!
ps @JR Repetoire: haha, no, I win. ;-)
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
But wait!
Also, just for giggles, let’s say that you have to maintain at least 1 guy in the current starting line
Funny, otherwise I would’ve picked Pau for my 4-man as well. Great minds? Or possibly just common sense?
Whoops, missed that l’il caveat. You win. ;-)
Alt. teams:
Paul/Curry/Durant/Gasol/Howard
or
Curry/Kobe/Durant/Gasol/Howard
Yeah, pretty much common sense…
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
to clarify; Big 3, not Big 5
I guess I was thinking more about building off what we have now and what we need to make us a legit challenger to the Heat and Lakers (that’s why I didn’t take Pau)
Also, I know we have suspended all the laws of reality here, but let’s assume that your dream team will need to employ a scrub or two…just to avoid assembling an all-NBA team.
For you video gamers out there. Assume you could force any trade, but are still bound by the Salary Cap. Let’s just pretend for a moment that the new owners are willing to go deeeep into the luxury tax
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
ER, OK, so no Heat and no Lakers now?
And now we need one or two scrubs?
Strange, I didn’t see any scrubs on your team. I mean, Monta played like a scrub last season, but he’s paid like a star. To proceed, I think we probably need a working definition of “scrub.” I know it’s just a silly game, but silly games are kind of unfun when the rules are so ill-defined.
The big three: Curry/Durant/Howard
“Scrubs” TBD, pending your definition.
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
no hard rules Sleepy
Just trying to see what people would do with our roster if they could make one or two key additions. Don’t worry, you can still win, since you didn’t DQ
Plus, Monta only makes $11 mil/year…that’s about what Jamal Crawford and Luol Deng make. Granted, those guys are both overpaid, but hardly in the realm of a “star” salary…not even top 30
“Scrub” – (as defined by the good people at the Urban dictionary)
“A scrub is a guy that thinks he’s fly And is also known as a buster”
…do with that what you will
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 30, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha. OK, by that definition, both Monta and Crawfish are pretty good scrub candidates…
As I noted, hard rules are what makes all games, even silly games, fun.
If we can have one addition: Howard.
If we can have two: Howard and Durant.
If we can have three: Howard, Durant and Paul.
If salary is an issue, and we need to dump someone (other than the expiring contracts and Bell): Monta.
If salary is an issue and we need to dump two guys (other than the expiring contracts and Bell): Monta and Biedrins.
I’m with JR Repertoire: other than switching around Durant/Howard/Paul and Monta/Biedrins, I don’t see that much room for interesting debate here…
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I almost called this thread
“All the Warriors need to do is get ________” you fill in the blank
thought this would be a little more fun
It’s not just about naming the top two or three best players… I would hope there is a shred of enjoyment to be had when all of us GSOM heads get to imagine some magic front office moves that would bring a couple of critical peices to the team to play ball with our favorite Dubs
Plus, I’m planning my NBA 2k11 roster
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 30, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
thought this would be a little more fun
Fun FAIL.
On the other hand, I’ve now posted in here like 800 times so you must have done something right… ;-)
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
ha ha
just consider this your fast-food post
not good for you
nothing to be proud of
…but somehow, oddly satisfying
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 30, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
mine.
Steph
Rudy Fernandez
Dorell Wright
David Lee
Marc Gasol
big three: Steph, Lee, Gasol
Not really big, but semi realistic.
Not to be a jerk, but wasn’t the point of this game to create a team that could conceivably beat the Heat? Sorry man, but that ain’t even close.
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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Heck, I’m not even sure that team would beat the Warriors as currently constituted. At their peaks Monta and Biedrins are both better players than Rudy and Marc, respectively.
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Without going off the deep end - semi realistic Add Durant and Marc Gasol
Steph
MonTa
Durant
Lee
Gasol
I would love to watch that team play, at the very least if we add Gasol and pick up a young baller 3 like harrison barnes it would be fun as hell to watch
semi realistic Add Durant
…
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey he’s a bum, lay off the heat!
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 30, 2010 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Derek Fisher
Mike Dunleavy
Troy Murphy
Ike Diogu
Patrick O’Bryant
by Cpt. Jack in the Box on Aug 30, 2010 1:00 PM PDT reply actions
nice one!
the all-washed-up-ex-Warriors team!
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 30, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Man...that team's so bad it couldn't even beat itself! Haha
Geeez Louf*ckingweeez!!!
by scottiepimppen on Aug 30, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Speedy Claxton
off the bench!
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 30, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That may be the strongest position in that starting 5…
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 31, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Big 5
Stephen Curry
Kobe Bryant
Lebron James
Pau Gasol
Dwight Howard
by Babyface Assassin on Aug 30, 2010 1:29 PM PDT reply actions
We’d match up pretty well with the Heat at small forward…
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
In my wildest dreams... (but financially possible!)
Stephen Curry
Reggie Williams
Andre Iguodala
David Lee
Yao Ming
If you do get Iguodala...
why not plug him at the 2, Reggie Williams is so overrated on this blog, he’s a D leaguer, not an NBA starter !!
by Babyface Assassin on Aug 30, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
A D-Leaguer who led the NCAA in scoring, totally lit up the D-League, and then came to the NBA and played like he more than belonged: 17 pts (.588 TS) / 5 reb / 3 ast / 1.3 tov per 36 (in 33 minutes per game).
Honestly, he hasn’t shown much less in the NBA than Dorell Wright has. Both have been pretty impressive in limited minutes. In any case, why do they have to be zero sum? You have 96 minutes at the wings: give 38 minutes or so to Iguodala and let Reggie and Dorell split the remaining 58.
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd take
Steph Curry
Andre Iguodala/Reggie Williams
D Wright/Reggie Williams (or Kevin Durant)
David Lee
Marc Gasol (or obviously Dwight Howard)
by WestCoastWarrior on Aug 30, 2010 2:02 PM PDT reply actions
I dont get this game of sliding rules .....
by Only In Fairfax on Aug 30, 2010 2:26 PM PDT reply actions
Did I mention that all the guys you pick have to have last names that rhyme with orange?
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 30, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
DYNASTY!
PG: Steph
SG: Monta (yeah, I’ll keep him too!)
SF: Melo
PF: Lee
C: D Howard
I kept 3 players..and traded Beans, D Wright, and scraps for Melo… We got to the playoffs this year..second round to be exact..but we needed a bigger C, so Melo convinces Dwight to come to G State, so we could beat not only the HEAT. but the LAKERS!
lesss go! I think this is possible..well maybe not Dwight..I could settle for Marc Gasol, or Aldridge maybe…or McGee from the Wizards..he’s a BEAST on the low..
C – Andris Biedrins
PF – David Lee
SF – Carmelo Anthony
SG – Monta Ellis
PG – Stephen Curry
:)
PFortyy :)
'11 Champs!
Hmmm…..
I’ll keep Curry at PG. Gimme Dwight. Gimme Durant. Just for the sake of adding a little fairness, let’s say I traded Monta for one of them. Curry + Dorrell + Durant in the backcourt, man talk about some awesome rebounding and length. I’ll also trade David Lee and bring in Tim Duncan. Curry, Dorrell, Durant, Duncan, Howard with Reggie Williams, Biedrins, Brandan coming off the bench, and I also decided to trade Ekpe for Ed Davis. I like that rotation. Maybe Lin gets a few minutes here or there, but I see tons of flexibility, a whole lot of defense, shooting, and offense. Yeah, I think my team wins. :)
With my last two active roster spots, I’m signing Rod Benson, aka Boom Tho, and I’ll pick up Theo Robertson while I’m at it.
by Missing Barry on Aug 30, 2010 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Rod Benson deserves a chance. He could be a good player.
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 30, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
you know if we could get a couple of million people together
we could totally buy the Pistons for cheap
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 30, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Rod Benson played very well in the d league for 4 years. He deserves a shot.
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 30, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep Curry at PG. Slide Dorrell to the 2. Get Durant. Get Dwight. Keep Lee. Keep Reggie. Trade Biedrins to OKC for Sefelosha (our lockdown defender), Eric Maynor, and Ibaka (if that’s possible). Ok so rotation.
Curry 38/ Reggie 10
Dorrell 24/ Reggie14/ Thabo 10
KD 38/ Thabo 10
Lee 36/ Ibaka 12
Howard 36/ Ibaka 12
Damn. You got the best interior defender in the league with one of the top 3 perimeter defender’s (along with Dwright).
You have ridiculous rebounding. You have 3 great scorers in Curry, Lee, Durant along with Dwight getting 18-20 on dunks and free throws. This beats Heat-maybe.
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 30, 2010 6:09 PM PDT reply actions
No minutes for Brandan? I do wonder just how much of Dwight’s D will be negated by Lee in that scenario……
(Which is exactly why I went for Duncan, now a Duncan-Dwight tandem would be impressive. Heck, I might just take Duncan over Durant if we’re talking short term here, nobody could stop that size!)
by Missing Barry on Aug 30, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I have Ibaka too. Thats why no minutes for Brandan.
Lee is a bad defender but i think he’s ok even with a center like Biedrins. Lee is amazing on offense and the whole team is very good defenders besides Curry (and maybe Reggie).
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 30, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
And no one will ever get an offensive rebound on that team.
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 30, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
If you take a good look at that lineup, it’s basically the current Thunder squad swapping Westbrook for Curry at the point and adding a pair of very good big men. Scary thought…
Basically the Thunder??? I don’t think adding Dwight Howard and David Lee is that small of a deal considering OKC has no size.
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 30, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Take out Lee and Howard from your fantasy lineup and that’s pretty much the same as what the Thunder have now besides the glaringly obvious Westbrook-Curry switch. The “basically Thunder” part is to emphasize that fact and gives us all some interesting food for thought; once they add a great big man (even just one), they’re going to be pretty damn good.
"This beats Heat maybe"
wow
I just got a chill down my spine
Thinking about how good the Heat are going to be over the next 5 years
Remember:
A Warriors fan with low expectations is a happy Warriors fan
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 30, 2010 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah...
could be pretty scary. Still kind of hard to believe.
Golden State Warriors '10-'11 Season: The Return of ^^^^
one that is possible
steph curry
reggie williams
carmelo anthony
david lee
andris biedrins
by bballinpacisler on Aug 30, 2010 7:36 PM PDT reply actions
PG- Scalabrine
SG- Scalabrine
SF- Scalabrine
PF- Scalabrine
C- Dwight Howard
"It's like Will Smith, remember the Fresh Prince? Get the ball don't let nobody else shoot? That's kinda what the offense can be sometimes, and they're just standing around waiting for Monta to make a play"
-MT2
by golden_solitude on Aug 30, 2010 8:27 PM PDT reply actions
That team probably wins more games than T Wolves this season.
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 30, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
This is a lot like my team
PG- Scalabrine
SG- Adam Morrison
SF- Scalabrine
PF- Matt Boner
C- Dwight Howard
Flannelcore
by Reverend_Randy on Aug 30, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Boner?
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Aug 30, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Having put in a little more thought
I prefer
PG- JJ Barea
SG- Morrison
SF- Scal
PF- Bonner
C- Joke Noah
Flannelcore
by Reverend_Randy on Aug 30, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
We need to win a championship so let's go with
Earl boykins
Bob sura
Brian the custodian cardinal
Danny fortson
Adonal foyle
can i do another one?
Tyreke Evans
Austin Daye
Michael Beasley
Dwight Howard
Greg Oden
Where’s the current Warrior? Greg Oden? Woohoo!
Ah well, at least you took the “scrub rule” seriously with Beasley…
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Aug 31, 2010 3:39 AM PDT up reply actions
i got current Warriors in...
Jeremy Line, Dorell Wright and Ekpe Udoh coming off the bench. Gotta give Steph to PG loving David Khan (Kahn?) to get Beasley. ha ha ha
Curry for Beasley? What kind of “fantasy” is this…?

There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Aug 31, 2010 4:21 AM PDT up reply actions
In all seriousness … you’d take that trade? The cornerstone of our franchise for a knucklehead tweener forward who has totally sucked through two NBA seasons?
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on Aug 31, 2010 5:26 AM PDT up reply actions
i will.
As long I have the first round pick from Minny which will be lottery pick.
I still believe that Beasley, given the chance, could be an offensive juggernaut ala Kevin Durant. He’s big and fast and will cause matchup problems on both forward spots. He made some knucklehead decisions i know, but i’ll take that gamble.
Im not saying he’s better than Steph. They are two way different players to compare i think. But i just think (okay, provided he leans to the good direction) that Beasley will cause more defensive problems on opponents.
And I get a 1st round pick I can use or trade to get another solid player to compliment him.
Yes i don’t mind if you call me “out of my mind.” But i’ll take this trade.
backpedal.
okay I’ll call myself out of my mind before you do. So after a good thought, i’ll backpedal. But not completely. I’ll see what Beasley can do for the next 2-3 years first before I pull this one if they offer it.
I still believe that Beasley, given the chance, could be an offensive juggernaut ala Kevin Durant.
LOL. Beasley’s been given a chance: two NBA seasons, in which he’s shown himself to be an inefficient scorer, poor rebounder, poor passer/playmaker, and poor defender. Alarmingly, in his second season he actually regressed. He’s undersized for his position, not particularly athletic, and plays the one position at which we have an established NBA star. He’s basically a destitute, starving, dying man’s David Lee. His knuckleheadedness may actually be the least of his problems.
Yeah, you could get a solid player to compliment him, but I suspect the last thing that loser needs is his ego stroked.
Edit: OK, I’ll accept your backpedal. I’m pretty sure when the Pacific Standard Time crew wakes up, they’re not going to be overly enthused at the notion of trading Curry for Beasley…
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 31, 2010 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha. Don’t forget the flak jacket and cup… ;-)
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 31, 2010 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah dude
if you were our GM, we would need to stage an intervention to prevent this trade.
The media at large would rip your head off and poo down your neck hole
thankfully, around here, we just say
Curry for Beasley + 1st round pick = FAIL
now, if they wanted Lin for Beasley, or our 2nd round pick for him, we could talk
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 31, 2010 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah Sleepy Freud up there made me realize it.
as was high on hot chocolate. can I use that as an excuse?
yeah man, this is northern Cali...
I assume this was medicinal chocolate
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 31, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
not really.
just a lot of hot chocolate mix that’s gonna expire in a week. drank it all while watching wrestling last night.
he only had two seasons.
He still looked solid last season, but I agree on everything you said (especially the rebounding, he can rebound, but he doesn’t have the mentality and the drive to chase rebounds though.).
But I just thought there’s still a lot of room for him to improve. Especially now that he’s not gonna live in D-Wades shadow and be one, if not the offensive option for Minny. The guy’s still young, he’s got room to grow basketball and maturity wise. So for me I won’t call him a scrub. At least not yet.
But the knuckle headedness though is what made me backpedal. I realized it might be too much of a gamble. I realized it was too moronic to consider Curry for Beasley (right now), I probably had too much hot chocolate.
Yeah, you could get a solid player to compliment him
I bet you could find a pretty crappy player to compliment him, too. Heck, I’d do it if it got me a spot on the roster….
by Missing Barry on Aug 31, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
...
Khan (Kahn?)

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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 31, 2010 4:23 AM PDT up reply actions
haha, thanks for the image to go with my morning coffee
by Duby Dub Dubs on Aug 31, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha. My pleasure.
For the real old school dudes among us, I might as well complete the Montalban trifecta…
Soft Corinthian leather…
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 31, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd substitue Dracula for Count Chocula, but that's just me
We'll miss you Frown-Face Randolph. "You came, you cried, you almost conquered."
FTW! With Bruce Lee at PF we’d be unbeatable…
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by Sleepy Freud on Aug 31, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
was that Bruce Lee?
better get season tickets before its gone then… LOL
(this made my day, thanks Sleepy Freud)
Forealz
Though…
Steph Curry
Bruce Lee
Chuck Norris
Tim Tebow
Biedrins
Godzilla’s cool, and all, but can his tears cure cancer? Were movie producers have to speed up their frame rates to capture his lightening quick moves? Does Godzilla circumcise Filipino boys? Don’t think so.
Trust me, learning english isn’t a waste of time. It is actually sort of useful.
-randolphforpresident
by Dubs fan in Boston on Aug 31, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
give me King Leonidas instead of Tebow...
so Warriors have a defensive stopper.
Sheee-iiitttt
everyone knows Ultraman owned Godzilla!

Why can’t I post this pic?!??!
Anyways:
I’ll take ultraman over godzilla
and the Fonze over Dracula
by Duby Dub Dubs on Sep 1, 2010 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
honestly.
PG – Steph
SG – Russell Westbrook
SF – KD
PF – LBJ
C – Dwight Howard
by we believe in Jamal on Sep 1, 2010 6:50 AM PDT reply actions
Other than Lebron, which is obviously cheating, I honestly think my Curry/Dorell/Durant/Duncan/Howard team is better than that.
by Missing Barry on Sep 2, 2010 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions

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