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GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

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Azubuike - Barnes - Belinelli - Biedrins - Croshere - Davis - Ellis - Harrington - Jackson - O'Bryant - Perovic - Pietrus - Watson - Webber - Wright




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GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

> WE NEVER LEFT<

Azubuike - Barnes - Belinelli - Biedrins - Croshere - Davis - Ellis - Harrington - Jackson - O'Bryant - Perovic - Pietrus - Watson - Webber - Wright
 
Originally Posted by daprescription

If Wright continues to produce the way he has been and gets his minutes cut, then Nelson should be let go.
I see I'm not the only one that thinks that Don Nelson might be hurting the Warriors with his distribution of playing time. I know B.Wright isa rookie but he should be a part of the regular bench rotation especially when Biedrins gets in foul trouble. I'd definitely play him before Croshere andPietrus, but thats just me..
 
Warriors' goal: finish 14-10 or better

It may take 50 wins to reach playoffs

By Geoff Lepper
STAFF WRITER

Article Launched: 03/04/2008 03:00:39 AM PST

OAKLAND -- Warriors coach Don Nelson has a running joke with his staff that requires an update to the punch line after every victory, such as the one Golden State laid on Portland on Sunday evening to achieve a record of 36-22 this season.
"Like I tell the coaches after every game, 'That's 35 more than I thought we'd win,'" Nelson said.

There's no joking about the Western Conference playoff field this season, of course. That's why the Warriors, despite being 14 games over .500 for the first time in 11/2 decades, are shooting for a 14-10 finish or better over their final two dozen games, beginning tonight in Atlanta.

"I thought if we got the same number of wins as we did last year (42), we'd be right in where we want to be, but that's just not true," said Nelson, who has analyzed the schedules of teams caught in the race for seventh and eighth place in the West. "It looks like it's going to be 50 games to get in -- 49, 50, 48. It's going to be a high number."

The Warriors haven't yet graced their locker-room wall with a poster-sized pad of numbers counting down the victories needed to reach 50. But everyone is aware of that target.

"We know that 50 wins is definitely what it's going to take to get in, and we're on pace," Warriors forward Al Harrington said. "So we've just got to find a way to get it done."

Nelson said Golden State's remaining schedule is "as hard as anybody's." It features 14 road games with seven instances of games on consecutive nights.
In five of those situations -- at Orlando, at Phoenix, at the Los Angeles Clippers, home versus Dallas and then in Dallas -- the Warriors will be playing for the second day in a row while the opponent has had a chance to rest.
Add in road games against the Lakers and Spurs -- teams the Warriors haven't beaten outside of Oracle Arena since 2003 and 1997, respectively -- and that's seven conceivable losses right there.

Even if the Warriors capture all nine of their most winnable games -- on the road in Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Memphis and Sacramento, at home for Memphis, Sacramento, Seattle and the Clippers -- they still would be five wins short of 50.

That leaves eight contests in the toss-up column, including a home-and-road series with Denver, their closest competitor for the eighth and final playoff spot. Other games in that group are home dates with Toronto, Houston, Portland and the Lakers, and roadies in New Orleans and Phoenix, their second of two remaining away games against the Suns.

"We're not really counting as far as how many wins, I think we're just trying to make sure we win every game," Warriors swingman Stephen Jackson said. "We can't really just look down the line. I think that's being a little bit too greedy.

"I think the biggest thing for us is we're not the team that we want to be or the team we're capable of being, but the thing we can control is winning and taking every game as it comes."

Notes: Center Chris Webber stayed back from the team charter and underwent an MRI on his sore left knee Monday morning. A Warriors spokesman said no results would be released until this morning but confirmed Webber took a commercial flight to Atlanta to catch up with his teammates. ... Center Andris Biedrins (appendectomy) was on the trip, heightening hopes that he'll be able to play before it ends Saturday. ... The perfect NBA shooting record for rookie center Kosta Perovic -- he went 2-for-2 in his only appearance of the season -- will remain intact for at least a while longer. Golden State assigned Perovic to the NBA Development League on Monday, his second trip this season to the minor leagues.
 
Kawakami: Dealing J-Rich is paying off for Warriors

ENTER ELLIS, WRIGHT FOR THE WARRIORS

By Tim Kawakami
Mercury News Sports Columnist


Article Launched: 03/04/2008 01:37:14 AM PST


What are the two most exciting, significant things that have happened to the Warriors over the past few weeks as they've crept to a 36-22 record? That's easy:

1. Monta Ellis, at 22, tuning up, plugging in and going on a five-week rampage of high-efficiency offensive output that has NBA executives murmuring.

2. Brandan Wright, at 20, finally getting action and blocking shots, running the floor and doing things no young Warriors big man has done in more than a decade.

What's the common thread in those two developments? Neither could've happened if the Warriors had not traded franchise stalwart Jason Richardson for Wright on draft night last June.

• It was a good trade the moment Chris Mullin made it, with some built-in risks. Now, with Ellis starring at Richardson's old off-guard spot and Wright showing that he might fill the Warriors' greatest void, it's looking like an almost-perfect deal.

Not that Richardson's a terrible player. After a slow start in Charlotte he's averaging 20.4 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists and shooting 43.3 percent, all close to his career numbers.

But the trade cleared out the $40 million Richardson is owed over the next three seasons and opened up plenty of cash for the Warriors to pay Ellis, Andris Biedrins and Baron Davis in the coming years. Plus, if the Warriors go for broke, they can use the $10 million trade exception acquired in the deal to go shopping for an available star this summer to try to join the West elite.

• OK, yes, obviously, Ellis has regressed on defense this season - he has trouble staying with his man and huge trouble on the screen-and-roll, a problem Davis avoids because he's big enough to switch over to the screener.

Ellis is too small to switch, and recently has been too slow or too tentative to stay with his man. Opposing teams know it, and they are taking advantage, over and over.

But Ellis' defense is no worse than Richardson's. In fact, Ellis' struggles seem to have little effect on the team's general defense - Warriors opponents score 2.23 points per minute when Ellis is in the game and 2.23 points per minute when he's out.

• On my Webber Meter, I've got Chris Webber at minus-5 (six bad games, one good game, three neutrals). With his left knee sore and test results to come, wouldn't it be better for all involved if Webber just took a pass on the rest of the season?

You know: Good effort, nice to patch old wounds with Don Nelson, better luck next career.

• Let's circle the March 13 game in Phoenix. If the Warriors get hot on this upcoming four-game trip (starting today in Atlanta) and beat Toronto at home March 12, they could be 40-24 heading to Phoenix.

And if Phoenix continues to slide with Shaquille O'Neal on board (2-4 with the Diesel so far), the Suns could go 1-4 between now and March 13. That'd make them also 40-24.

Which would be fascinating.
 
Exactly, now can we get over the fact that JRich is gone? I think we can all agree that his contract was/is bad and that money will be better used forMonta/Biedrins. Now that we've SEEN b-wright play it looks like he's a keeper too.

As I've said time and time again, I understand what JRich meant to fans and he played with heart night in and night out. However, he was the odd man outwith his 1 dimensional game.
 
I think majority of the people in this thread were over the trade. Unless, it was one of the bandwagoners, then no. Seeing MOnta go lights out was all I neededfor assurance. Without trading Richardson, Monta wouldn't be who he is today.
 
I think most of us are already over the trade; it was a great business move and improved our team in so many ways. It just sucks the casualty was J-Rich,that's all.

all of us recognize the trade was GREAT in our favor, but it still sucks that J-Rich is gone. That doesn't mean that the trade is terrible.
 
It didn't seem that way when CHA came to town and you read back some pages and that game thread. That's all I'm saying.
 
^while we're over the trade, that doesn't necessarily mean that we don't like jason as a player and as a person. of course we want him to do wellas long as the warriors win. i'm going to root for him whenever he's not playing against the warriors.

i for one am thoroughly pleased with getting brandon wright because the kid has shown he's got potential and for the same reasons kawakami listed: we getenough cap space to resign monta, beans and baron.
 
three straight games now that nellie's putting the bench to work. BW or not, if he can keep distributing the minutes to everyone like he has, i won'thave a problem with it at all.
Even though i'd love to see wright get more PT, can't complain when the team's playing at a high level
 
Dear Warriors Bench,

Sorry for calling you guys garbage. Please, continue to prove me wrong.


Your Biggest Fan,

GAS BREAK DIP
 
please tell you guys aren't going to have an all-out jrich "we love and miss you appreciation post" again.

also, i'd like BW to get more playing time but I like how Nelson's bringing him along. he's putting BW in game situations where he can succeed andthen takes him out. i'm guessing Nellie does this to keep BW hungry and on his toes.
 

Warriors' Webber could miss four games with knee injury


March 4, 2008
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ATLANTA -- Chris Webber missed Golden State's game against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night with a sore left knee.

Warriors coach Don Nelson said Webber, who left a win Sunday over Portland after eight minutes, plans to stay in Atlanta to rehab and could sit out the final three games of Golden State's current road trip.

Results of an MRI taken Monday in Oakland were negative.

Matt Barnes started in place of Webber, a 14th-year center-forward who is averaging 3.9 points and 3.6 rebounds in nine games. Nelson said Webber has a home in Atlanta and a trainer to help him work out.

The Warriors signed Webber to a free-agent contract on Jan. 29.
 
How does Richardson get kicked out of the game while Nowitzki (for his actions last night against Kirilenko) doesn't?

(Unless J-Rich already had a technical).
 
Well, looks like we can sell peitrus after all... Hes on the "WHOS HOT" list:

1.

Mickael Pietrus GSimage
FG% .600
PTS 14.0
3PTM 1.7
 
Damn acid... you're on a roll
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stephen jackson: hometown hero



the ipod song is straight
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and jackson with waving and dancing with thesignals in the beginning
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Great win for the Warriors tonight, hopefully we can keep winning our games.

Stephen Jackson with the huge 3rd quarter, Baron playing ridiculously well, and Monta being Monta.

AL and Matt Barnes need to start playing better, it's atrocious to watch AL bring the momentum to a stop
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B. Wright definitely needs more playing time as well.

Charlotte tomorrow, seeing J-Rich once again.

Anyone see Adonal Foyle with that crazy posterization dunk on someone on the Raptors?
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^Pretty sure it was Foyle with a dunk haha, but I forgot who it was on.

PS. DOES ANYONE KNOW THE SITE WITH ALL THE HIGH RESOLUTION PICTURES OF NBA GAMES?! GREATLY APPRECIATED IF PROVIDED.

EDIT: Paul, I actually dont. I saw it on ESPN on "Drives of the night (or w/e haha)" and I'm pretty damn sure they said it was Adonal Foyle andit certainly looked nasty. Hopefully it'll show up somewhere...Anyone know the site to high resolution photos of the NBA?
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