Instead of all stupid moves, now we have stupid moves mixed with smart moves. It’s not enough. The NBA is an unfair game and we do nothing to give ourselves a shot.

The Cohen Circus.

Is it a great time out? Big Things?

Bleeeeh.

Somehow a prospective owner woos the shit out of everyone and the team ends up being sold to someone who has no business owning a pro sports franchise. That wouldnt be a problem for me usually, this is a free economy/capitalism/all that, but this market deserves a championship caliber team. We support the team at a level that is insane even when they suck, imagine what the bay area would be like with a perennial winner!

The new owners get an F minus so far. I have already stated that I am not going to any games this year, I hope other will follow suit if we continue down this path

Even though we have Mike Malone? And the Raptors are only 4-7?

Dude, Riley said he didn’t even consider Kawhi Leonard. Shows how much you know!!!

Leonard getting his first NBA start tonight, btw. Should be interesting to watch.

Definitely not on the main thread side.

To date, Casey hasn’t done squat with his own team where as Jackson and his coaching staff has gotten the Warriors to play much better defensively than in years past.

“Wasting the amnesty on Bell” was not that much of a waste. It cleared up enough for us to make a serious run at DeAndre Jordan (who is definitely worth the contract he received based on the D he’s playing down for the Clippers). Who were you planning to use it on? Biedrins and his $27 mil contract? Monta and his $33 mil contract? Lee and his ridiculous contract? If you were an owner, and you had to pay someone $27 million anyways (or more in the cases of the other two), would you rather have them play for it or just hand them the money for free?

Saying Kawhi would be the best player on this team is nothing short of crazy, brash, or potentially under the influence of something strong.

Kwame was playing well (as hard as it was for me to say that). He was anchoring the D in a poor man’s Chandler’s type of role. You can’t discredit the effect he’s made by being that big body that clogs up the lane.

And I’m tired of tanking. I’m ready to see this team win! Fu** the fairweather fans!

He’s beasting for the Spurs right now. And it says alot that he’s starting right now because Coach Popovich usually doesn’t start ANY rooks.
Another front office draft day blunder for the Dubs, it looks like. Let’s see if Klay can redeem himself. he has 50+ games to show n prove.

done for this team right now? I don’t get the agonizing look back at why we didn’t draft Leonard.

because the roster is severely flawed…not because the Warriors didn’t draft K Leonard or hired Mark Jackson (even if both were mistakes, which the latter surely was)…the roster is seriously flawed because the Warriors are both unwilling to gut the roster and rebuild and unable to acquire a “superstar” to avoid the rebuild. The new ownership doesn’t want to go through a rebuild, that’s clear. And that might be the problem. It’s too big a hit for him to stomach it seems.

What straw that suddenly broke your back? Was it the Kwame news? Let’s talk about it, big guy…

how a lot of people on this site say they have little to no faith in Lacob and Riley, but somehow think tanking will help us.

You do know, if we tank, those are the two guys with the most say over who we draft, right?

If you hate the Udoh over Monroe pick, and Klay over Kawhi, you’re only going to end up with more of those if we tank. The reason OKC was so successful with that strategy is because they hit on 3 out of 4 top 10 picks in 3 years. They also hit on a 24th pick with Ibaka. On the one top 10 pick you could even suggest they missed on, they traded him for a legitimate NBA center, probably the best individual man-to-man defensive center in the NBA, the perfect guy to combat giants like Andrew Bynum and Dwight Howard.

They make good moves, whether it be drafting, trading, or re-signing.

At the opposite end of the spectrum have been teams like the Timberwolves, Raptors, Clippers, Bobcats, Kings, and Bucks. If you don’t trust our management, why do you think we’ll end up any better than these teams. Clippers hit pure coincidence twice. They won the first overall pick and got Blake Griffin, then had the league shut down a trade sending Chris Paul to the Lakers. With their management, I expect them to end up right back where they were after 1 or 2 playoff appearances. There’s no reason to expect otherwise.

So, if you don’t believe in the management, how is tanking any better of an option?

Even in your current tank outlook Lacob HAS to be better than Cohan was right?

I mean… even if Lacob makes wrong decisions, at least he’s more public/emotional than Cohan was. Or would you argue that somehow Lacob’s strong desire to get this basketball team to the playoffs, compared with Cohan’s absolute indifference to the Warriors on the court hurts the Warriors in the short-run because we need to tank now and not get stranded in the 9-10th place in the Western Conference.

Just think… if we had Cohan we would be tanking and getting those higher draft picks for sure. sarcasm But at least Lacob is giving effort to succeed, although it may not produce good results (and may be backfiring).

isn’t that what the Leonard – envy gets wrapped up in ? SA has competence/excellence in coaching and talent eval, which have brought it unequalled stability and consistent success. A dysfunctional organization , in contrast, will make changes out of insecurity, over-reacting, over-compensating, and never finds stability. SA can make moves that would seem risky for other teams, because they’re confident that Popovich can make things work, or at worst they’ll find a means to rectify the problem. [drafting D.Blair a good example of this]. Leonard will be put into situations that maximize his chance to succeed, and he doesn’t have nearly the pressure when he gets his minutes that Thompson has, simply because he’s part of a successful, confident organization. SA just cut the recently -signed free agent Diogu and replaced him with a d-leaguer.

Lacob’s gang hasn’t met the ‘dysfunctional’ label on its own merits yet, but tries too hard to erase the Cohan legacy, which it can’t really do with the lost first round pick and standing pat with Ellis and Biedrins. Trading for Lee, drafting Udoh were pushed at least in part by overreacting. Insecure about his n.b.a. credibility, Lacob gives West a part of the team to borrow a little bit of the aura of respect, and that led directly to drafting Thompson.

kinda upset now that the Kings didn’t pick him but then again he was one of the few college guys I remotely liked last year so for me it was more about fandom then looking just at the numbers

Why is this on the front page?

What, just because you’re a mod (awarded by merit, no less) that gives you license to put up an “I told you so” as if everyone was acting like you were wrong or as if management cared what you thought? What’s that you say? The Warriors are undermanned and lack talent and the FO blew it with the amnesty? SHOCKER.

More importantly what is it going to do now? I’d like to at least try to enjoy the misfits gelling and pulling some glorious wins out of their asses early in a 66-game season before everybody starts passing judgment, Riley and Lacob be damned. The players and coaching staff know what they’ve been dealt, and even with injuries they’re showing heart and resilience. Can’t we just enjoy that with someone bitching about things they can’t control?

And finally, here’s a suggestion—why don’t you ask them for a job if you’re so brilliant? Snarky quip aside, everybody know you’re a smart guy with quality, sound statistical analysis and knack for knowing what to make of it. Why not, instead of just spending all of this time and energy posting it to a fansite, actually use your talents to help your team out? Before you call this absurd, you’ll never know if you don’t ask. You’re welcome for the advice.

:Waiting unnecessary accusations of being a homer even though I live in SoCal and only follow the team because of Steph in 3….2….1….:

I meant draft. Equally as disastrous though, to be sure.

We’ll use it on the expiring, rarely used Adam Lauridsen. The Warriors way.

Sheesh

I had Alec Burks thinking Kawhi Leonard would be gone. It was Jerry West’s connection with Michael Thompson that made us take Klay instead of BAP :(.

Some #11 picks aren’t even that.