Golden State Of Mind to attend Warriors Tweedia Day

by Poor Man's Commish on Sep 24, 2010 12:17 PM PDT in Events

What do YOU wanna know about the Warriors on Media Day?

Good news. I will be representing Golden State Of Mind at Tweedia/Media Day at the Warriors practice facility next Monday morning. Aside from traditional media, there will be 9 other bloggers there, from what I've learned. (I also heard on Twitter that Tim Kawakami of the SJ Mercury will actually not be there, so that is rather curious.)

I'm not quite sure what to expect, except not any real basketball actually being played, but I did hear that we bloggers would not be able to do one-on-one interviews with players. However, I presume we would be able to gather around and lob some questions in there, as is probably taught in journalism bootcamp.

Should be a fun experience, but I'm here to serve you, folks. In fact, there tends to be a lot of natural competition between blogs/bloggers, even those that root for the same team, but I'm definitely not going to make my experience about that, although at the same time I'm not going to be surprised if other blogs are going to act competitively. I'm not going to hold that against them, either. It's the nature of the beast.

In the comments, let me know what you'd like me to report on, what questions you'd like me to ask and to whom, and I'll try my best. I am your conduit. (Comments from commenters who are obviously trying to be funny at the expense of being real and respectful will be ignored, of course.)

I'll be live-tweeting from my Twitter account @poormanscommish and I think I will also try sync'ing with GSoM's Twitter account, @unstoppablebaby. We'll see how that goes. Pictures? Yes! (I mean, I'll try.)

I will definitely be trying to answer questions real-time on Twitter, too, so don't be afraid to send me a tweet. Then when I get back, a blogpost to summarize.

Again, this is Monday morning from about 10:30am to 1:00pm. Btw, big shout out to Atma Brother ONE, Fantasy Junkie, Raymond Ridder (Warriors Head of PR), Dan Martinez (asst PR), and especially YOU READERS for making this happen!

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Gonna be good fun

Looks like we’ll be re-tweeting all day!

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by RayAlmeda on Sep 24, 2010 12:40 PM PDT reply actions

Ask Biedrins to elaborate on what he's been working on this past off season, how he's been preparing for this coming season

by JustSomeName on Sep 24, 2010 2:29 PM PDT reply actions

How BWright's shoulder is feeling and if he's at 100% yet

by JustSomeName on Sep 24, 2010 2:30 PM PDT reply actions

Ask Monta if he really got the new GSW logo tattooed on his back

by JustSomeName on Sep 24, 2010 2:30 PM PDT reply actions

Ask how come Jeremy Lin hasn't been running scrimmages with the rest of the team

by JustSomeName on Sep 24, 2010 2:31 PM PDT reply actions

Ask Monta how he feels about the new team

And if he feels we can make a run at “WE STILL BELIEVE”

by GSW Fan4Life on Sep 24, 2010 2:48 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Ask the returning players about Smart as being head coach and what they can expect from him

by adoboguy on Sep 24, 2010 2:50 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Or ask Coach Smart what he brings to the table as head coach and what he’s learned as an assistant from Nellie over the past years

by adoboguy on Sep 24, 2010 2:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Please ask

Curry does he think he can average 10 assists a season in his career.

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by GSW9 on Sep 24, 2010 3:21 PM PDT reply actions

If they banned Tim Kawakami – I approve of that action. He’s a cancer.

by keyser_sozey on Sep 24, 2010 3:29 PM PDT reply actions

Ask Keith Smart how will his approach to coaching will be different and similar to Don Nelson's

Also, how he’ll address the defensive end of the ball this season to the team

by JustSomeName on Sep 24, 2010 3:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I'll see you guys there

Should be a fun day and my first in-person stuff for RealGM this season.

by dprodigy19 on Sep 24, 2010 5:10 PM PDT reply actions

10 bloggers? should be more

gee, i’m glad there will be some rep from this blog. i mean, geoff lepper is officially a blogger right? why brand this event tweedia day if they’re only inviting 10 extra members of the press. instead they have a huge amount of applications only to include an extra 10? what’s social media about that? what type of extra buzz will this create?

boo warriors. this is just pure dumb hype. i’m glad they are having you there PMC. it would be shocking if they didn’t as this place has more influence than any of the traditional media outlets.

my only question is will “flunkster dude” be in attendance. i was excited to see a fan fest type of event to drum up season tix sales and other stuff. yes, i feel burned that i even threw my hat in the ring. had i known they were only going to invite 10 bloggers… instead, they opted all of us unwitting applicants into their email marketing plan. no thanks.

by eshock on Sep 24, 2010 5:59 PM PDT reply actions

I think it was important for them to pick the right candidates. There’s going to be a lot of regular media members there too, so it wouldn’t be fair to those guys, who do it for a living, to crowd the area with a bunch of non-qualified, non-media members.

I am familiar with about half of the guys that were picked and I think they’re all very quality bloggers/social media personalities. It’s pretty exciting for these guys to be able to go, so I would lay off the negativity.

I don’t know what the bottom line for the Warriors PR department is, but they are pretty good at what they do, whether it’s Cohan-influenced or not. They’re embracing social media and I think that’s a good thing.

yes, i feel burned that i even threw my hat in the ring. had i known they were only going to invite 10 bloggers… instead, they opted all of us unwitting applicants into their email marketing plan. no thanks.

I did not apply but when I saw who they picked, I thought they didn’t really give “outsiders” a chance. But after knowing who they picked, it makes sense. These bloggers actually do a good job and if anything, it would have been a slap in their faces if normal guys got picked. You need to be an active member of the blogosphere to have been considered (i.e. you need to be someone who’s actually trying to be heard).

Posts on GSoM hardly count.

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by Doctor Kajita on Sep 25, 2010 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions