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2009 NBA Draft Q&A: Aran Smith of NBADraft.net (Part 3 of 3)

Don't forget to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this trilogy with Aran Smith from NBADraft.net

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How high would AR go in this draft? [via www.nba.com]

We get right down to business in this part. Do the same by J-U-M-P-ing!

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Would Golden State Warriors sophomore forward Anthony Randolph go #2 overall in the 2009 NBA Draft?

  704 votes | Results

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2009 NBA Draft Q&A: Aran Smith of NBADraft.net (Part 2 of 3)

Here's the second installment in our interview with NBADraft.net's Aran Smith. Head on over to the first part for some broader thoughts on the 2009 NBA Draft.

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Will they both be gone?

In this segment we look at whether Tyler Hansbrough will fare better than Brandan Wright in the NBA when it's all said and done. We also look at Marco Belinelli's NBA career thus far and the Jason Richardson - Brandan Wright swap almost 2 years after we first touched based with Aran.

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Is it crazy to think that 2008 Wooden/ Naismith National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough will have a better NBA career than his former UNC teammate and current Golden State Warrior Brandan Wright?

  757 votes | Results

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2009 NBA Draft Q&A: Aran Smith of NBADraft.net (Part 1 of 3)

The 2009 NBA Draft is just a few short days away. This time of the year is especially busy for GSoM friend Aran Smith from the mighty NBADraft.net, but we were lucky enough to mic him up for the 3 part Q&A.

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After the jump we've got Aran's thoughts on how good this draft class is and his biggest sleeper/ bust.

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How do you think we'll look at the 2009 NBA Draft Class 10 years from now?
LEGENDARY: One of the greatest of all time
32 votes
GOOD
127 votes
AVERAGE
441 votes
BAD
193 votes
HORRIFIC: One of the worst of all time
84 votes

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Q&A: Ridiculous Upside (Part 3 of 3)

It's time for the final part of our mega-trilogy with Ridiculous Scott from Ridiculous Upside.

If you thought Part 1 and Part 2 were ridiculous, wait till you see what happens after the jump...

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The 2008-2009 Golden State Warriors gave up the most points in the NBA at 112.3 ppg. How many points would they surrender if they faced NBDL teams nightly instead?
LESS. Are you kidding? It's the NBDL.
156 votes
It'd be about the SAME. There's no D in "Golen State"
86 votes
They'd give up MORE points: "Unstoppable Baby!"
50 votes

292 votes | Poll has closed

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Warriors Conference Call with Season Ticket Holders: ROUGH Notes UNCUT

UPDATE (6:59 pm): A page with the audio clips of the phone conference is now up over at Warriors.com.

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As you already know the Golden State Warriors just held a phone conference with season ticket holders and team president Robert Rowell and GM Larry Riley with play-by-play man Bob Fitzgerald moderating. There were 1,000 season ticket holders on the call and as you can imagine not all questions were answered. For instance my critical question wasn't answered even though it was an obvious softball: 

I know the new OKC team is named the Thunder, but can the Warriors please bring back Thunder? It's just not the same without him, inflatable Thunder, and mini Thunder! If not, are there plans to bring in a new mascot?

As you can see Rowell really dodged the tough questions.

Just kidding. We appreciate the invitation to the call.

After the jump we've got some rough (repeat: ROUGH) notes from the call.

DISCLAIMER: I guarantee no accuracy in what follows because 1) these notes were taken while the call was going on, 2) I'm a terible typr, and 3) I'm a terrible typer. Still it's the golden web and GSoMers want and expect things fast. I'll update this post with a link to the actual audio file from Warriors.com when available. Until then enjoy these rough notes- that is if you can make any sense of my digital chicken scratch.

Jump for notes from the 1st Warriors Conference Call with Season Ticket Holders-- UNCUT! 

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Warriors Conference Call with Season Ticket Holders: What would you ask Robert Rowell and Larry Riley?

Yesterday my highly esteemed colleague Fantasy Junkie got a personal call from Warriors play-by-play man Bob Fitzgerald (okay, it was just a recording) inviting the GSoM Crew to participate in the the season ticket holder conference call with the head of Warriors (mis)management Robert Rowell and new GM Larry Riley this Thursday afternoon.

After word broke out by GSoMer bojangles408 that this conference call was happening several days ago and we didn't receive an invitation I figured we just weren't invited even though we're season ticket holders. I mean can you really blame them? We don't sugar coat The Suck here at GSoM and we've been telling it like it is when it comes to how inept owner Chris Cohan, Rowell, and company are since 2005.

I obviously don't think too highly of the "work" Cohan and Rowell have done here in the Bay Area running the Warriors, nor their resumes and unprofessional business tactics, but I must say I really do appreciate the kind invitation.

As you can probably imagine my partners in golden-ness and I have wasted way too much time today brainstorming what questions to ask. A few of our ideas after the jump.

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Are the Golden State Warriors absolutely nuts for inviting the GSoM Crew to this conference call?
YES: What are they thinking?
119 votes
NO: Big deal, they ARE screening the questions
229 votes

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Q&A: Ridiculous Upside (Part 2 of 3)

If you thought we were ridiculous in Part 1 wait till you see what we've got here.

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Would Patrick O'Bryant be a much better player if the Warriors didn't send him down the D-League several times?
YES: The Notorious P.O.B. would be a much better player if he wasn't sent down
65 votes
NO: He's a bust, moving on...
365 votes

430 votes | Poll has closed

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Q&A: Tim Kawakami (Mercury)- End of 2008-2009 GSW Season (Part 2 of 2)

If you missed the first part of this Q&A with Tim Kawakami, then what are you waiting for? Click and roll over!


Bay Area sports with no offseason.

Make the jump for the second installment of our interview.

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