Bay Area fans are getting violated year after year, because we just love basketball THAT much.  Places like L.A. and Sacramento?  Well, they wouldn't pay for losing.  Nope.  If they lost, their teams would go bankrupt, and it's just sad that our loyalty and humbleness is what causes us to accept all the Dunleavy's in this world.

Cohan must go. A new owner is needed desparately. Mr Ellison is a cutthroat artist biz man but he will clean house plus Ellison will not tolerate failures.

A good GM/VP would/should have cleaned house after Saint was canned but Mullin failed to recognize what needed to be done. Instead, Mullin re-signed all players Saint drafted. That was a WTF moment if there ever was one.

I think there is not much Mullin and Higgins can do now except for waiting for the bad contracts to expire. Nobody will take Murphy, Dumbleavy, Foyle, JR and BD. NOBODY would be stupid nuff to do that. BTW, I would get rid of Baron Davis anyday if possible.

Lets all hope to gawd that Ellis and Biedrins are for the real and I am not convinced yet. Ellis is too casual for me and Biedrins is still too light to play inside.

Please God stop punishing us fans.

he also mentioned we are playing for rashard lewis, possible murphy and dunleavy again, he said nelli is high on nick collison and might like him in the deal

hopefully its true, it would awesome

i believe it was marc jackson who said it, i missed the little bars at the bottom that say who they are

One thing I'd like to point out from an outsider's perspective is that the franchise has struggled to maintain any real direction for a sustained amount of time. The easiest thing to point to would be the - what is it now .. seven? - coaches since the turn of the century. When you talk to these players and ask them what they need to really take their game to the next level, the overwhelming response is to grow in a system because they believe their individual skills aren't going to get much better. A lot of these guys want to learn a system so they really master it and establish chemistry in the way the Spurs, Pistons, and GASP the Bobcats have done. Hehe. Bobcats are funny.

With that kind of turnover, it really is hard to have any continuity. Without a plan or direction, it's difficult to Tim Gunn it - you know .. "make it work." Dang, wifey makes me watch that fashion show too much.

The team started turning things around under Musselman and there were many around the league taking notice that Musselman was starting to build something. Maybe you guys didn't feel that way because the Ls were still piling up, but I know for a fact that two teams were starting to keep him on their short list of possible coaches. Muss isn't doing so hot in Sacramento, but dude works harder than most in this league. His teams are always ready .. they just don't execute.

Anyway, I'm digressing. I know you're upset about ticket rates going up and stuff like that, but y'all have got to understand that even the Clippers raised taxes during the worst of their times. That was before they moved to STAPLES and played in the hellhole that was the LA Sports Arena. And Sterling didn't even have the excuse of having to pay big contracts because he didn't hand those out until like two years ago. Prices have gone up leaguewide for nine straight years - it is a product of the league becoming less and less about the fans and more and more about making money.

With all of that being said, this was the year that the Warriors were supposed to turn it all around. At least that's what they expected from themselves.

Injuries are always an excuse, but the organization had a methodical approach to setting up their direction for the next few seasons. Nellie was instrumental to their plans - from everyone I've spoken to leaguewide, Nellie's sole purpose is to teach these guys how to win. He has the attention of the players, which is a big change from the last .. oh .. six coaches the Warriors have had.

After acquiring Baron, Mullin believed he had his team assembled. He believed in Monta as a SG over the offseason and added a glue guy by unloading Fisher and adding McLeod, a defensively trained guard who, again, has battled injuries this year. The Fisher trade should have clued us all into one thing - Mullin is willing to accept his mistakes and correct them. Monty was a mistake and so was the contract to Fish - both are gone.

In discussions with people around the league, they don't think Murphy has a contract that is too much. He is one of .. maybe nine or ten guys around the league that were in double-double figures nightly. I think only Nash averaged a double-double with points and assists, the rest being premier big men with their rebounding - guys like Dwight Howard, Tim Duncan, Shawn Marion, Elton Brand, and Kevin Garnett. Murphy isn't at that level, obviously, because he doesn't play a low-post game, but his numbers put him there.

With respect to how much some of them are paid, executives I've spoken to feel Murph is paid reasonably. A deal involving him can still get done. Chicago rumors surfaced a few weeks ago, were shot down by a Chicago source, and then came up again. There were whispers of other teams, but I haven't substantiated them and don't want to be a rumor monger.

Foyle is immovable. Doubt he moves anywhere despite the Warriors' best efforts. Dunleavy can still be moved, too, but a lot of people still think he can do better in this system, unlike Murph who looks lost and is in a bad mood.

There are other players that can be moved as well, specifically Ike and Pietrus. Doubt Nellie wants Pietrus moved, though.

I guess all I'm trying to say is that things are looking a lot better for this team than in year's past. The injuries are catching up to them right now and Baron's offcourt stuff is definitely affecting him, but this team's max effort is being put out there. POB was a solid draft pick and both Barnes and Azubuike look like they can contribute on this team for a long while.

And the team is looking to make a deal - dude above me wrote about the Sonics being a possible partner (they do need a big), but that's one of those things I haven't been able to substantiate myself. The Charlotte stuff - I've written about it in the past, about how the Warriors can make a play for Ely and unload a contract, but the Bobcats are rumored to take every bad contract in the league.

Keep an eye on what's happening in New Jersey, because rumors are swirling of that band being broken up soon. I'll leave it to you guys to speculate the possibilities :)

Mismanagement isn't the whole problem, but as with most things, is just piece of a very complicated puzzle. Mullin is a good guy who is trying to fix this .. give it time, I guess?

Barnes is unpredictable game to game and I don't know if continued playing time will make him more consistent. If so, he's a plus. But tradeable. Murphy's tradeable, but does a decent job when healthy. He's not a monster on the boards, but does have a nose for the ball and picks up a lot of easy ones. Has a good touch, although not in previous years' form yet. Tradeable. I'm not ready to give up on Ike. He can shoot and rebounds well for his height. Whether or not he fits into Nellie's style is the big question, I think. Tradeable, though, as he may never pick up Nellieball. Azubuike is a keeper. I say no trade. Petrius is still developing and still has a lot of upside. No stupid trade, but packaged with someone else in return for an impact player, I say go ahead.

Dunleavy, Foyle and McLeod: trade 'em in a heartbeat, if possible, which it probably isn't.

POB? Who knows, but at this point in time, package him if someone wants him. It doesn't seem like he has a whole lot of natural talent just waiting to be developed.

So, to me, the core looks like BD, Monta, Biedrins and Azubuike. All the rest can go, but we'd better get something really good if JRich and Petrius are involved.