We'll be kicking off the new decade over here at GSoM with a throw back in appreciation of the "golden years" of suck for tChris Cohan's franchise: 2000-2009. It came, it went, and it amounted to one playoff appearance. 

But man, did the Warriors make an appearance in the playoffs in 2007.

Quite an appearance I must say.

Anyhow we're going to start things off right with the purest form of a fan vote possible. It's time to vote for your favorite Golden State Warriors player of the past decade. Don't waste your time with the stats or wins (those silly little W's we don't care about 'round these parts!). We'll do that on the other All-2k Golden State Warriors polls, but this is one is purely about picking who repped the soul of Dubs fans. Nothing more and definitely nothing less.

For a fanbase that really hasn't had all that much to root for in the past 16 years, but is still ridiculously passionate about Dubs hoops this vote is special.  So my golden friends- the vote is yours but I beg you to promise me that the Warrior you select embodies the "UNSTOPPABLE BABY!" in some major way, shape, or form. Make your case in the comments.

The voting ends on the 2nd day of the new decade a little before midnight, so make to tell your friends to tell their friends to tell their friends to rock the golden vote! Spread the word. Again, this vote is sacred.

JUMP for a little bit about each nominee.

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What if the Warriors had a string of PERFECT drafts with their 1st round picks during the Chris Cohan era of prime suckitude? What if there were no busts and only draft delights for this franchise since Cohan sued his way into owning it back in 1993?

What if this guy never owned the Dubs? [via images.forbes.com]

Why am I so scarred to look up how little my basketball card collection is worth? What can possibly be any better than what lies after the jump?

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What can I say? I'm a real sucka for NBA Draft history. My friend and fellow Dubs fanatic Adam Lauridsen has researched and put together a thought-provoking piece Nelson on Draft Day: An Appreciation over on Fast Break, which examines the 14 drafts Don Nelson has been the head honcho in the front office of the Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks. Unlike Chris Mullin's spotty draft history, it's hard to argue with Nellie's draft and scouting acumen. This is one sharp and shrewd hoops mind.

Nellie and Lucky know NBA Draft. via farm2.static.flickr.com

Make the jump for some foto fun and player highlights.

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The big word around The Town yesterday was that the Golden State Warriors elected to not renew one of their most popular players of all time Chris Mullin as a front office executive and decided to promote Don Nelson's right hand man Larry Riley to the GM spot [Warriors.com]. GSoMers have had a lot to say about the official transition.

For various possible reasons there seems to be a ton of myths about the Mullin front office era, perpetuated by the media at large (most of whom probably didn't know the first thing about the Warriors pre- 2007 NBA Playoffs) and some mostly bandwagon fan analysis plagued by a case of selective memory. Some of it romanticizes the 5 years of Mullin reign and some of it is simply unfair criticism.

Today's topic is the unfounded notion that Chris Mullin made the Warriors a franchise players wanted to join. Jump like you're dunking for some d-bunking.

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With the draft lottery still a little more than a week away, it is too early to really recommend a 'draft strategy', but it is not too early to look at what becomes of various picks. In this multi-part pre-draft assessment, we'll look at various aspects of the draft, including trading picks, drafting for need vs. talent vs. tossing a dart at a board with a bunch of names on it and hoping for the best.

Part 1: Trade up, trade down? A little history on the perils and potential windfalls of swapping picks.

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Unfortunately for Warriors fans there will be no Basketball Hall of Fame inductions to provide a much needed silver lining to this very frustrating 2008-2009 Dubs campaign. As GSoM friend MT reports neither Don Nelson nor Chris Mullin will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame tomorrow.

Use your Hall of Fame quality hops for some thoughts.

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As the Boston Celtics and the Boston Three Party ride into the venue formerly known as the Roaracle tonight, I can't help but ponder- What could have been in the town.

What am I talking about? Kevin Garnett to the Warriors of course.

We Believe 2.0 would've been fresh!

Jump like KG swatting a soft Patrick O'Bryant layup in Celtics' practice last week!

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Nas boldly proclaimed "Hip Hop is Dead" back in 2k6.

In September 2k8 it's time for us all to recognize that We Believe is Dead.

If We Believe should die before I wake
I'll throw on a Warriors Foam Finger and wave it all day
Roll to every game at the Roaracle and don't forget it all started with my boy the Fuzzy DJ
Roll to every game at the Roaracle and don't forget it all started with my boy the Fuzzy DJ 
We Believe just died this mornin'
We Believe just died this mornin'
We Believe just died this mornin'
And she's dead, she dead

We Believe 2.0 coming to a Roaracle near you in 2020!

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