Don't forget to check out Part I of our 2009-2010 Golden State Warriors Preview super blowout special- Micro-Warriornomics

Macro-Warriornomics class is now in session...

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QUESTION:

How does a team go from this:

to this:

in less than a 2 years?

ANSWER: Four words- Chris. Cohan. Robert. Rowell.

Sure the WE SUCK movement is back in full effect for Cohan's Warriors, but that doesn't mean we're not looking forward to the start of the 2009-2010 Golden State Warriors campaign here in Dubs Land.

Jump to find out why WE SUCK is still going to be exciting!

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It's the moment you've all been waiting for...

Actually that's probably a little too dramatic. As far as I know Chris Cohan (aka the worst owner in all of sports) is not selling the Golden State Warriors today.)

Okay it's the next best thing. Ladies and gentlemen get ready for Golden State of Mind's 2009-2010 Golden State Warriors Preview!

(Well at least the first part.)

We about to BUMRUSH the Roaracle on opening night for GSoM Night 7!

You've read the rest. Now it's time for the best.

After the jump we drop science at the university level!

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Dr. Dave Berri (So. Utah University economics professor and co-author on the highly intriguing application of economic theory to sports The Wages of Wins) has turned his attention on our beloved Warriors this week.  In his blog, the "Wages of Wins Journal", the good doctor asks the same question many of us asked for much of the season: why did Nelson so often go with a small ball lineup and did his reliance on small ball cost the Warriors wins?

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NBA owners constantly act and talk like they need to avoid the league's luxury tax like the plague. The hoops media and fans alike seem to have it deeply ingrained in their minds that the luxury tax is an enormous "fine" of some sort. Both parties of non-billionaires routinely make curious excuses for owners who make silly basketball decisions all to avoid the luxury tax. Even funnier is how some of the biggest NBA fanatics and media personnel vicariously live through these billionaire owners and feel like they're the ones opening their wallet or saving money during salary dumps.

So what exactly is the luxury tax? And what exactly was the dollar total gifted to NBA owners who avoided this luxury tax this past season?

via www.legis.state.wi.us

Jump for a look into the NBA's Luxury Tax...

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Whether or not a Stoudemire to GSW deal is or is not on the table, there's been much discussion about what exactly Amar'e brings with him.  We know STAT can score, but will he be up to the task on the glass?  Sending Biedrins out means sending out our best rebounder, one of the best in the league.  Would Stoudemire be able to step up the plate?  Given a difference of more than 5 rebounds per 36 in Andris's favor, it seems like replacing him in the lineup with a lesser rebounder would only exacerbate our Warriors' woes on the glass.  Stoudemire's 7.9 per 36 is extremely underwhelming for a guy expected to man major minutes at either the 4 or 5.  It is also the lowest mark of his career, one where he has shown the ability to be an above average rebounder in the past. What happened?

Conventional wisdom (read: wild speculation) has it that sharing the paint with Shaquille O'Neal caused the radical drop and it was not so much that Stoudemire regressed but that Shaq pulled down rebounds that otherwise Amar'e would have managed to secure.

Conventional wisdom is wrong. 

Amar'e and Shaq shared the court for 1075 minutes last season while Amar'e played 873 minutes with the Gigantic Socrates resting.  With Shaq in the game, Stoudemire managed 7.7 rebounds per 36.  With Shaq on the bench, he improved...to a whopping (still substandard) 8.2 per 36!   Yes, playing alongside O'Neal cost Stoudemire rebounds, about a half a rebound a game, still by far the worst of his career.  The Shaq excuse doesn't fly. 

You're going to have to do better than that in the future Amar'e, wherever you go.

It's time to go dig deep into the basketball reference books like a hoops historian and compare Golden State Warrior rookie Stephen Curry to the all-time great balla extraordinaire Allen Iverson- at age 20 in college that is.

Hoyas jersys circa 1995 are still some of the illest hoops threads even stitched. [via photos.syracuse.com]

Why this comparison? It's quite simple actually. Masala is The Answer! J-U-M-P.

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More photos » by George Nikitin - AP

Anthony Randolph battles for a rebound. Playing the percentages, I'm betting he got it. (AP Photo/George Nikitin)

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I've said it before.  Odds favor me saying it again:  It's rare for players to see substantial improvement in his rebounding over the course of his career.  Here's a preliminary look showing exactly that.

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Sequels are almost never as good as the original, but my agent negotiated for at least two more installments when they greenlighted part I.  So with that, I bring you more basketball myths to bust, debunk and generally scoff at.

Bust, debunk and scoff at the busting as you see fit.

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