Recap #37: Golden State Warriors 91 @ LA Clippers 105 - I Want My Afternoon Back

I agree with pretty much everything you said. We will see if Lacob has the guts to trade a fan favorite (whether it be Monta, Curry, or Biedrins) if the team does not play significantly better by the trade deadline.

the first one was 14 seconds into it.. I WAS LIKE F********!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KNOCK IT OFF .. EITHER foul hard or dont foul at all.. it was a long day for me… luckily i was able to work on my sail boat, (only commititing two carpenter like fouls during the process, which i was able to just re do, unlike b ball) we missed half our F******************* FREETHROWS. SLOPPY SLOPPY GAME… who wants to push griff around now?? (i do i do. plus beans, for good measure)

if you are going to foul someone DONT let them get/ or take a f’n SHOT. (please look at the period coz that is the last thing said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

i think i need to see an EPIC FAIL or a couple wth’s in order to change me stance.

that we should at least get our moneys worth? (reflect back on the foul curry endured during our victory over the cavs) WHOS FAULT IS THIS NOW????

Lacbo’s officially been owner for what, 4 months now? As much fun as it is to think it’s possible to just go out and make great moves for your team whenever you feel like it…there are realities to deal with, like other teams not wanting what we’re willing to offer in a trade enough to make it happen….have some patience. Sometimes it takes years to rebuild a team.

Well, yea it would on Smart’s part but not Lacob’s. If you remember, the sale didn’t go through until late in the offseason. Not many coaching options available. If anything blame Riley for firing Nellie. That was stupid, should’ve brought him back for one year. But that’s all hindsight now.

They’ve only owned the team for about 2-3 mos. now. You’re expecting him to turn water int wine with what we have. As has been mentioned already there are a ton of factors leading as to why we haven’t made moves. The right ones haven’t surfaced, other teams aren’t willing, something seems off etc. I’m sure they’ll pull the trigger when they feel like it gives them the best shot. If anything he wants to sell tickets, how do you sell tickets with a bad team? People are jumping the gun awfully early on Lacob, I’ve liked what I’ve seen so far, and you can only hope to see something by Feb. Hold your early reservations, they are unneeded panic at this point.

Fire the whole coaching staff. Start anew. Depending on the moves Riley makes, keep him. But if a better fit for Lacob’s style comes along I wouldn’t mind them going that way.

We need a major shakeup. The roster as is just smacks of same ol’ same ol’.

Smoking buddies

so far this year, Steph hasn’t been consistent and durable. Those are two things I would want to see in a guy before I decide to build my team around him.
if we traded Monta for a better defender, and relied on Curry to provide more offense, our win column would probably be cut in half. unless the goal is tanking for the lottery, with hopes of a Griff type pick… You guys are putting way too much stock in #30
I’m a Curry fan, but he’s got a long way to go before we can feel confident that he’s developed his game as more than a knockdown shooter …and honestly, straight up …without Monta, this team is pretty terrible.
It’s just a guess, but I think if Curry were put in the position of needing to carry this team offensively (as you guys seem to wish for), it would set him back in his progress, and his subsequent failures would probably have the fans calling for a trade. Heck, you guys are already calling for a trade on our best player. It might be good to know what we’ve got before dumping all of our players that we know have talent. (anyone recall any recent trades of good players who are still playing at a high level elsewhere, while we tried to over-think what type of team we wanted to build?)

and I’m not claiming my analysis is 100% accurate. But it WOULD explain why Smart doesn’t want to play him.

Sitting out and watching aren’t exactly the best time to learn that stuff. It takes reps for that stuff to become second nature.

When it comes to psychological roadblocks, there’s only so much a friend/colleague/manager/coach/whoever can do to try to help that person get over the roadblock. In the end, it’s up to that person to face his own roadblock, identify the root cause, and resolve it himself.

So as far as encouraging Biedrins, I think Smart DOES try to encourage Biedrins, just as he tries to encourage Reggie Williams to be more aggressive, according to a recent Rusty article. But the problem is that Biedrins simply can’t get over his own mental roadblock. Remember, Biedrins went to see a psychologist over the summer, so his roadblock is pretty serious. That makes Biedrins a “delicate” person to work with, mentally speaking. So I think Smart doesn’t want to overpush Biedrins out of his comfort zone and make him lose confidence in himself. He wants everyone to play together in a functioning system as a cohesive team, so he has to be careful with Biedrins. That’s “nice” of Keith Smart to be gentle with Biedrins, but that makes Biedrins a psychological weak link on the team.

And remember what we saw from last season: When Nellie tried to get Biedrins to do more, Biedrins reacted by not playing offense, thereby protecting himself from going to the FT line and embarrassing himself. Nellie pointed out that Biedrins would “hide” in a pick and roll. Also, Monta showed hints of frustration with Biedrins by saying that he just “needs to play basketball”, implying to me that Biedrins isn’t reacting properly to the plays that Monta tried to set up. While it hasn’t been anywhere near that bad this season, there are subtle hints that he’s still afraid of the FT line, and it’s therefore possible that he is subtly taking himself out of the offense once again. If that’s the case, that could explain why the guards aren’t getting the ball to Biedrins in plays that you think they could have. Personally, I haven’t noticed plays where Biedrins had a scoring opportunity and the guards ignore it, but I haven’t been looking for that either.

As for Biedrins “struggling” in Smart’s offense, my only guess is that Smart’s offense works better with a traditional center, and Biedrins is not a traditional center. I don’t know anything about offensive schemes, so that’s all I can guess.

As for BWright, the same thing I said above applies to BWright. Ultimately, the only person that can get over his tentativeness is himself. BWright has been tentative even during the Nellie days, so it’s not like something Smart did to make him this way, and it’s not likely that Smart will be able to make him change.

As for Smart’s approach with the players, the fact that this team is playing better than earlier in the season and that they’re still practicing hard and lively (at least according to Smart) tells me that Smart’s doing SOMETHING right with regards to handling the players.

I want to remind you that we gave away JRich for BWright. He is 9th pick overall in draft. You would think that management would do everything to make him a success – Not in Warriors. They did not pickup the option for the next year. Just watch BWright’s body language – he lost. He plays well one game – no consequences for the next one. They should make him think that he is their next star. They should try to give him every possible moment to play. The same for Udoh of course. Not in Warriors. Following Nelson’s playbook we are trying to steal games for any price and with these young players this is the price of having real future success