The New Idiots in the Front Office: Warriors waive G Bell under new amnesty provision

completely agree…was open to the new ownership..very optimistic..these moves make me depressed…..perennial winners Orlando Magic amnesty gilbert arenas’ 3 year/63 million dollar deal…..in other news, perennial losers goldenstate warriors amnesty expiring 4 million contract….awesome.

I’m guessing you’re going to say we should have waived Lee.

My guess is he gives us 18/11 this year. I would say you are crazy if you want to waive someone who produces 18/11.

And if you did waive him, what would you do with the money? There are no guarantees out there.

i am prolly wrong, judging by your reactions, but i thought the amnesty clause can be used ONCE A YEAR???

They have 5 days to use the amnesty clause, it’s not an open, ongoing thing you just get to hang on to forever.

The deadline to use it is Dec 16th. They decided to use it instead of just let it go to waste.

In all honesty, if they waived Biedrins without anything else in place I probably would have sounded like a little whiny girl.

My understanding because of the new CBA is that you get a one time amnesty clause option and you have until 12/16 of this year to do so. If you don’t you’re basically saying we like our team and we don’t want to waive anyone. It doesn’t happen every year. Just this year because of the CBA. Does that make sense?
I might have my facts wrong, but I think this is how it is.

Has it all figured out DanielHoll. He should buy the team and bring Howard adn CP3 to the bay.

ok.just making sure….WE CAN OR CANNOT USE THE AMNESTY AGAIN NEXT OFFSEASON?

I agree with a lot of what you say, but I don’t think they should have used the amnesty at all this year unless they had a shot at landing a big time star. There is a chance that Biedrins comes out of his funk this season and the Warriors would have looked like idiots they cut their one legit 7 footer and watched him have a revival with another team. As for Lee, Lacob gave the OK to sign him just a year ago and he would have looked foolish to amnesty just one year later. Also, Lee brings some production to the table and is a fairly solid player. He’s just overpaid and needs a legit center to balance his deficiencies. I thought we should have kept the amnesty in our back pocket to see what Biedrins does this season and use it on him next off-season if he continued him horrible play. It does seem like a waste to use it on Bell when his contract is set to expire and the odds of actually landing Jordan don’t appear to be very good.

He is our biggest and worst contract that will hold us back for years to come.
His contract is backheavy, its going to be tough to trade for a long time! We could have had a ton of cap space…

I would love to see a team by team comparison of how they all used thier amnesty clause.

he was a useless player and clearly a dysfunctional player.

however, i would have saved it for later and use it on dlee. Why? because in case theres a big FA we want to sign in 2012, we can amnesty him. Why not beans? because he is easily tradeable, for atleast a 2nd round pick. Atleast beans has more potential to be a player more than bell could. But that is of opinion of course.

Those who wanted to waive beans clearly are frustrated and have a short fuse, want to rebuild, and scrap this season as nothing. And i agree to some extent. But this team is poised to make some noise and we have to. The waive of lin, amnesty of bell, and rescind of reggie may not be pretty but its a step. Atleast if we fail this season, next season we will have humongous cap.

The W’s were 7-4 with Lee to start last season. Then went 0-11 without him. That was the season right there. Playoffs vs. Not Playoffs. If Lee doesn’t get “The Tooth”, the Warriors might be the 8th seed (and Smart still the coach).

Personally, I think thing worked out for the best because Smart was not the coach of the future, but if they made the playoffs he would have been fire proof. Also, it put the W’s in position to get Klay, who I think is going to be in impact player on the team. Not necessarily ROY, but a solid 2/3 for years to come.

Lee will be a valuable player on the team OR a trade asset. He’ll likely avg 15/11 or better on the points. That’s valuable for a lot of teams.

Bell was a lame use of the Amnesty. The W’s should have waited to use it next season. They would have data about:

- is Biedrins back or a bust?
- is Klay good?
- Does Monte adjust to playing Defense, and playing off the ball?
- Does Udoh improve and what’s his position?

Ultimately, the only player really up for consideration to Amnesty was Biedrins, but considering he’s a 5 that once averaged a double-double, it’s worth waiting to see if can regain form. Then he’s either a valuable asset on you team, or a great trade asset.

If he regains form, then there’s no reason to use the amnesty clause – WHICH IS A GOOD THING!!! But, if Biedrins still sucks, then combined with the data gained above, the team can unload a big contract with knowledge of what the team really needs.

The only way amnestying Bell is a good move is if the W’s get Jordan, or the cap space saved allows them to acquire a big time player – but it better be this season.

For the situation they are in. In other words, they made the right business move. Amnesty doesn’t mean they don’t have to PAY the player they cut. And their players you are talking about cutting would be in serious demand “for nearly free”. And we’d have to sit and watch them light us up a few times a year while knowing we’re paying them for the pleasure. That’s not a good use of money. Beans is an expiring next season, so be patient. Lee’s deal is long enough that inflation will make it a good deal in two years. So you’ve suffered the “overpayment” part of the deal, why trade away the reasonable years in a panic? I doubt we’re going to watch Charlie Bell light us up while still having to pay him. It’s the same as cutting him, which they probably would have done anyway.

So, to me it looks like they made maximum use of the money they have already invested while gaining enough cap space to try for a promising center, even though it’s a long shot.

Thanks for your 1pt game you put in each night

it’s gonna be a long (short) season

I so wish Larry Ellison had bought the team.

It was a stupid waste of the Amnesty, honestly even though Bell is zero production on the court he does have value as an expiring contract. I do not care about saving the Owners money, I care about winning. The Amnesty should have been saved till next offseason. Where most likely it should have been used on Biedrins.

They could have easily signed Kwame like they did on a one year deal. Then they have a ton of Cap Space which they can go after someone big and then resign Curry because you can over the limit with your own players. Lets say your Dwight howard you wouldnt want to play with a core of Curry a long distance shooter that can space the floor for you. Ellis a slashing guard that can be explosive, maybe not efficient but can points up. Wright a solid defender and a great maker of corner 3s. And Lee who can rebound, is smart and can space the floor granted your going to have help him on the defensive end. Thats not even including the bench with Udoh, Amundson, Thompson.

If I am Howard, I get to be the star of the Team in one of the largest markets in the US who has ravenous fan support even though the Warriors have sucked for years.

And sure I am positive I will get some naysayers on here that will say, Howard would have never come here, the warriors are better fighting for the 7th and 8th seed. Thats the loser mentality the Warriors and their fans have had for too long its need to change.

use the amnesty on david lee cuz we all know he is never gonna earn that huge contract we gave him last year (where we blew everyone out of the ballpark) and signed only free agents who wanted one year deals.

yes we would have sucked this year. but that is nothing new for the warriors and nothing they have done this offseason tells me this season will be any different. after basically blowing the team up this year we would have had a high lottery pick (hopefully) in an absolutely loaded draft class with plenty of cap room to sign two really good players next offseason (or sign one max contract guy). add whatever we get to a core of curry, ellis, thompson, udoh, wright. and the future looks bright

i dont care about winning this season. ive dealt with losing warrior teams for far too many years to care about one year. but start thinking about the future. dont sign guys that will improve ur team by a few wins. set ur team up for the future

They have plenty of time to use it, why now with a guy making 4 mil. Typical stupid move by a stupid organization. Bells contract might have been voided by what he did in court showing up drunk. All of these supposed smart new guys in the front office all screwed up on this one.

Lacob makes way too many statements and moves without thinking things through. He needs to shut up. He is looking more the talkative fool, than anything else. He is finding out, that this isn’t the Celtics, one of the elites, but GS one of the bottom feeders. He can’t think like a Celtic here.

and he alone is responsible for the demise of the warriors—and no ownership or management will ever change that.