CJ Watson Extended for Rest of Season: KBLX Booming in Ya Speakers!
The Warriors have officially inked CJ Watson for the rest of the season [Warriors.com]. Congrats to CJ! Lucky #100. Hit Read More for the rest.

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered!

CJ isn't that pass-first PG that the Warriors would probably like to have backing up Baron Davis, but Nellie seems to trust him. Nellie actually plays KBLX (not just on the FM dial!) unlike Patrick O'Bryant, Brandan Wright, Marco Belinelli, and Kosta Perovic, which is key. He also seems to enjoy going uber-small with BD, Monta Ellis, and CJ for significant portions of the game for some unknown reason. Hey, in Nellie we trust.
Watson hasn't done anything really spectacular or eye-popping in his 10 games thus far with the Dubs (including 2 DNP's), but hanging onto him for the rest of the season seems well worth the gamble. It's a low risk, potentially decent reward type of move. Here's his game log thus far [Yahoo! Sports]:

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Did the Warriors make the right move holding onto CJ? Think this means Gary Payton to the Dubs is over?
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Nice!
Ballin
by ballin on
Jan 28, 2008 5:45 PM PST
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Good News
by philsmith75 on
Jan 28, 2008 5:55 PM PST
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this is great news
He hasn't been spectacular, but he has been so solid and has had great stretches of minutes. normally back up points aren't going to be spectacular nor do we need them to be. I really like his quickness, and he has nice hands and pretty good length on defense. He is a very good shooter and freethrow shooter. he is a perfect fit with this team in my opinion.
by Proof on
Jan 28, 2008 6:07 PM PST
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Darn it
by warriorgirl on
Jan 28, 2008 6:08 PM PST
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Definitely a good move
by Calamity on
Jan 28, 2008 6:32 PM PST
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When I read this
by fryan on
Jan 28, 2008 6:41 PM PST
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how
good job watson!
by jdmsir20 on
Jan 28, 2008 7:34 PM PST
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yes!
by ViveAirFrance on
Jan 28, 2008 7:49 PM PST
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AWW YEAH
by gswLLBatman on
Jan 28, 2008 11:14 PM PST
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congrats to CJ
he deserves it
build a team & destroy the roof
by Lat We N Trash on
Jan 28, 2008 11:46 PM PST
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I'm happy for CJ
We're going to win with a D-League bench.
by warriordean on
Jan 29, 2008 1:31 AM PST
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cj watson
go watson
hope you prosper and become a great warrior!
whoo ohooo
by itzlilgx23 on
Jan 29, 2008 5:05 AM PST
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solid signing
But something in me still believes that when (if) we make the postseason, I'm going to wish we had signed Gary Payton. I can't imagine Nelson trusting CJ enough to give him those crunch time minutes in the playoffs, but he would play Gary Payton.
Azubuike got only a few minutes of PT in the playoffs last year even when Monta disappeared and was awful. Sure he was 3rd on the depth chart for SG, but he never even really got a chance to play.
CJ is definitely going to give Baron some much needed rest during the regular season. But I'm afraid that, come the postseason, Baron's gonna go back to playing 40+ minutes every game and get worn down again.
by jlagace on
Jan 29, 2008 6:51 AM PST
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ideally
Gary Payton could be paired on the court with Baron, Monta, and CJ too because he's 6'4". He may even better suited to guarding second-string shooting guards instead of those quick little point guards.
Maybe I'm just spinning my wheels here.. but I think our backcourt is still lacking something. And that something is big-game, crunch time veteran composure (other than Baron Davis).
by jlagace on
Jan 29, 2008 6:56 AM PST
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one more thought
PG Baron / Watson / Payton
SG Ellis / Buke / Belinelli
SF SJax / Barnes
PF Harrington / *PF / Wright / Croshere
C Biedrins / Webber / Perovic
That's one deep squad, with a good mix of youth and playoff experience. We'd have alot of players Nelson could give minutes too, lots of mismatch possibilities, and, most importantly, lots of opportunities for Baron and SJax to rest with the Dubs still having veterans on the court. Our style of play just NEEDS a deep team like this.
by jlagace on
Jan 29, 2008 7:16 AM PST
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That depth chart
by danielholl on
Jan 29, 2008 8:24 AM PST
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doubtful
by montystefy on
Jan 29, 2008 11:10 AM PST
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Beli and CJ
Belinelli has shot 30% from the floor and 29% from behind the arc. He's got more turnovers than assists (and fewer assists than Watson, despite more minutes played). He has shown no ability to get to the line, so what he shoots from the line is more or less completely and totally irrelevant.
by jae on
Jan 29, 2008 12:07 PM PST
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Thank you
http://www.nba.com/media/warriors/WatsonRelease_011808_250.jpg
by czechwonder on
Jan 29, 2008 12:31 PM PST
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