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Going Back to 2006
Rodney Carney is of course a member of the 2006 NBA Draft Class, one that I would rate as one of the worst classes in the modern era of hoops. There aren't many drafts where guys like Andrea Bargnani, Adam Morrison, or Shelden Williams can go in the top 5, but stunningly all 3 of these guys went in the top 5 of this draft. But thinking back to our usual pre-draft madness back then, I was a big champion of Carney to the Dubs with the #9 pick (especially after Rudy Gay went #8 to the Houston Rockets). Several years into his career Carney hasn't even begun to approach what I expected of him, but he's a whole lot better than the notorious one Chris Mullin selected for the Dubs at #9. Come to think of it Carney is a whole lot better than the combination of the Warriors #9 and #38 pick that draft. I'm talking about none other than...
Patrick O'Bryant @ #9
Wait is this photoshopped? I don't remember POB ever actually playing.
From the archives:
- 2k6-2k7 REPORT CARD: Patrick O'Bryant
- A Notorious Comeback?
- Patrick O'Bryant Will Be Jammin' in the D-League for the Rest of the Season
- Warriors Bringing Patrick O'Bryant Back to the NBA
- Patrick O'Bryant aka The Notorious P.O.B. Will Be Jammin' in the D-League
- All about the D-League
From the draft time madness:
- NBA Draft 2006: POB- Everything Warrior Fans ever wanted to know!
- NBA Draft 2006: YOUR GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS TAKE...
- NBA Draft 2006: Patrick O'Bryant is our Newest Warrior
- NBA Draft 2006: Warrior Wrapup!
- Your Grade for the Warriors' 2006 Draft and Why
- NBA Draft 2006: Warriors Nations' Grade for the Warriors
- Warriors Get to Cooking
- NBA Draft 2006: Grading the Warriors
- 2006 Mock Drafts
- Live Blogging the 2006 NBA Draft
Kosta Perovic @ #38
The Zero Threat Position made famous here at GSoM.
GSoM Kosta Archive:
- NBA Draft 2006: With the #38 pick, the Golden State Warriors take...
- NBA Draft 2006: Warrior Wrapup
- NBA Draft 2006: Warriors Nations' Grade for the Warriors
- NBA Draft 2006: Kosta Perovic hype
- Golden State of Mind Q&A with Janny Hu
- Golden State of Mind Q&A with Marcus Thompson
- FIBA 2006: Warriors World Championships
- Yi's a Sure Thing + Coast II Coast Bust
- Rumor: Jason Richardson + #18 pick to Grizzlies, Celtics or Bobcats
- Kosta Perovic Will Be Jammin'
Here's hoping Carney realizes some of that potential I thought I saw back in '06!
Thanks to the GSoM community for the FanShots and great discussion:
- Scott Howard Cooper Tweet: Warriors to sign Rodney Carney (scraider)
- Interview video (iHypeTV)
- OFFICIAL: Rodney Carney Signed By Warriors! (iHypeTV)
- Golden State filling out the roster with Rodney Carney, Jeff Adrien (currysabeast)
- Intervi