Why Davis is still key

by eshock @ Golden State Of Mind on Oct 3, 2006 11:48 PM PDT

Golden State's only former All-Star is fit, rested and ready after losing 15 pounds since last season. He played just 54 games before missing most of the second half of the Warriors' 12th straight losing campaign with a sprained ankle.
He told the AP that Shaq advised he just focus on having fun and not try and be the leader. Its a counter-intuitive line, but for once, I agree with the Diesel on this one.

Michael Jordan transformed the sports world. There are very few individuals that can take an NBA team on his back and get them to a championship. Yet, that's what we want from our All Stars. Now, an individual's desire to win is mandatory, but in today's NBA, there needs to be an organizational philosophy. That's ironic because one of the main reasons Jordan left the Bulls was that he conflicted with the luckiest man on the planet, GM Jerry Krause, whose ego was so large that he upset Michael and Scottie to pursue Kukoc. Back to the Dubs... Baron has lost 15 lbs. and is saying all the right things to the media. He accepts the role of shooting guard and just wants to contribute. These public comments excuse the horrible shot selection he exhibited last year. It seemed that if Baron gave it his all, we had a chance to win. He was willing to take the big shot, even though he was not the most consistent shooter. He was trying to lead, and teammates like Dunleavy were unwilling to follow. Dun probably felt sorry for Monty and abhorred Baron's mutiny. I just hope that this organization focusses on the goal of improving and let's just see where it goes.

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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Agreed.

I don't think being a leader is something you try to do. There's the old adage "leading by example." If one has desire, discipline, communication, and trust, leadership just follows suit.

A quote I like,
"If you have desire without discipline, all you have is a dream."

by unblinded on Oct 4, 2006 12:15 AM PDT reply actions

So true

I just hope that this organization focusses on the goal of improving and let's just see where it goes.

thats all we can ask for from our consistently underachieving warriors. If we can make it through a season without players and coaches conflicting id be happy. Two reasons why, the first is that I think this team has enough talent to make the playoffs if the chemistry works out, and second, if we dont make the playoffs it should signal to even our incredibly dense management that its time to do something about it, and not something like trade D-Fish for salary dumps. We took a chance on Davis a while back, and if it just took a while for the risk to pay off it doesnt bother me..... much