Dumped before his age and salary was a liability.  

Refused to play in a "deep" guard rotation for a bad team.

Was a good addition and value all things considered.

{snark} Added just enough wins to push us down to 9th overall in the draft.

Now Mullin will have to lock up MP2 with a fat contract. {/snark}

But neither of those made the list.  And I think I can see why.

Dunleavey still MIGHT reach his potential, which is to be a solid player who plays the game the right way.

Murphy puts up numbers.  He's not maxxed out, and his contract is coming more in line with his value every year.

While I think the Warriors have made some bad moves with contracts, and I agree with Foyle and Fisher on this list, we also might be too hard on Mullin over every detail.

In other words, some of his mistakes weren't as bad as we slam him for.  But to be clear, I think they still were mistakes.

BD trade could still turn out to be the best or worst thing ever in the history of the Warriors.  In a sense, he traded for the worst contract in the league with BD.  But, if BD turns it around this year, it will turn the whole franchise around.  Time will tell.

I say let Mullin keep going.  He has made some mistakes, but he's recovered from them consistently with decent trades, and I would like to see him grow into the job a while longer (2 years) to really be able to evaluate his moves over time.

I think he says too much publicly (The factor becomes Atlanta, There will be sweeping changes, etc) that tip his hand and actually make it easier for other GM's to take advantage of him or, inadverdently insulting the other team you're trying to do the deal with, and killing any hope of getting it done.

See, once he "announced" sweeping changes, then every GM low balled him all summer because they KNEW he'd be under pressure to get something done just for show, even.  I hate to say it, but that made any summer trade either lopsided or impossible.  He doesn need to take a page from Don Nelson's book on misleading the media and using them to your advantage.

I think Mullin learned THAT lesson this year and won't be repeating it.  It was a rookie mistake, one an honest man makes when he speaks his mind during an emotional time.  But there is a reason politicians basically say nothing to the media.  It protects their ability to function without telegraphing every move.  GM is a chess match.  You really have to be thinking years ahead.  You can't let out your plan because your competitor wants that info to use against you to defeat your plan and make you weaker.  Don't show your cards!

I'm glad Mullin passed on Wilcox.  I'm glad we aren't getting Harrington at the price that was asked for.  That was too much.

See, the pattern is one of learning and not repeating mistakes, so I want to give him more time.  He also showed he's willing to openly take personal responsibility, and willing to take heat rather than make a bad move just to fullfill a promise.  He gets high marks for that.

Later, a deal will open up once people realize they can't take him to the cleaners.  Just like the BD deal, we might be suddenly and completely shocked in a positive way.

Unless, of course, that turns out to be the deal that killed the Warriors for a decade of debt over an injured guy that can't play.

Gime him more time.  He's better thant he last two GM's by a mile.

This is very different from what happened with Dunleavy, Murphy and Richardson.  At no time did another team have a shot at any of the three because they have always been under contract here. They were extensions in the true sense that no other team could negotiate with them and if Mullin were wise and had waited, they'd have been restricted free agents at the end of their contracts, where we'd be able to match anyone else's offer.

We don't know.

He was picked third.  He was picked at the low point of the franchise, or just after the Jrich draft when the team couldn't afford a mistake in the draft.  Or felt they couldn't.  If Dun was picked at #9 like POB, we'd be singing his praises because he turned out to be better than average and not a bust like POB might be.  Because he was picked third, and hyped as a great player, he is being judged against expectations specific to his situation and not the "average" of NBA talent.

I'd say Zarko is about average NBA talent.  He is similar to Dunleavey in that he tends to play a bit soft and disappears for stretches in games.  But the fact is that Dunleavey can do more things on the court to help his team win.  He's only average in terms of shooting last year and below average in defense, but he can pass, shoot, drive, take the ball up, rebound, get assists. Most average NBA players can't do ALL of those things. The fact that Dunleavey could improve in shooting and defense, as opposed to players having to add a new skill like ball handling,could take him to the level of very good player.  It's a reasonable possibility.

I thought he was crappy last season most games.  I thought there were stretches where he was really trying to coach on the floor and make passes and get players to do things but that it seemed he was either ignored or the play went over the heads of the other players.  Then, he shot like crap.  He was realy bad for a stretch at the beginning and never really snapped out of it.

He was picked too high for what he's become and he's overpaid.  Unless he really makes his skill set more consistent he'll just be slightly above average because he at least is pretty versatile.

Every NBA team would take Dunleavey at the NBA "Average" pay rate.  Because that would be a deal.  He's better than average.  But how much above the "average" pay scale would he go for?  That's an interesting thought.  Not as high as he is now paid, but where would the right scale be?