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[h1]Warriors center Andris Biedrins' struggles continue[/h1]
By Marcus Thompson II

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Posted: 02/24/2010 09:24:29 PM PST

Updated: 02/25/2010 09:20:52 AM PST


After the Warriors' loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday, coach Don Nelson said he was "tired of not seeing any life" in center Andris Biedrins, adding "this isn't the first time we haven't seen a light on at home."

Nelson didn't back off his comments after practice Wednesday.

"He needs to light his own fire," Nelson said. "We play every other day. You can't light the fire for him every game. So that's up to him. Give us something.

"I mean, rebounding is one part of the game. You need more than that. Good defensive presence. The running skills. Good pick-setting. Good passing. We need a lot of things from our (centers) other than rebounding."

Nelson said he will give some of Biedrins' minutes to Development League call-up Chris Hunter.

Biedrins didn't argue with Nelson's harsh critique. He said his struggles began with the lower-abdominal injury that forced him to miss 24 games between Nov. 8 and Dec. 28.

"I wouldn't say I've played like I did last year," Biedrins said. "It was kind of a hard time for me to come back from injury, and I was out for such a long time. Now, I think I lost a little part of my confidence."

Once the Warriors' most consistent player and their best chance at All-Star representation, Biedrins has been reduced to a specialist. He hasn't been the same high-energy, play-finishing irritant to opposing teams.

Biedrins is averaging 5.1 points and 7.9 rebounds in 23.5 minutes. He averaged at least 9.5 points and 9.3 rebounds the previous three seasons. About the only statistic on par with his usual production is his field-goal percentage (60.9).

In 10 February games, he is averaging 3.9 points. He played only nine minutes Tuesday night and none in the second half, with Ronny Turiaf and Hunter sharing time at center.

With the Warriors being 24 games under .500, Hunter would get some minutes anyway, even as the third-string center. The Warriors want to track his development as he is under a nonguaranteed contract for next season, and he has shown some life of late.

But Biedrins can't afford to lose playing time. He said he wants to use the remaining games to restore his confidence, which he acknowledged also has waned because of his 13-percent free-throw shooting. Nelson said Biedrins hides on offense to avoid having to shoot free throws.

Biedrins doesn't get as many touches as he did when he ran the pick-and-roll with former Warriors Stephen Jackson and Baron Davis. And Nelson has a much quicker hook than before, with a capable backup in Turiaf available.

Biedrins, though, said it's not the responsibility of Nelson to give him more minutes or of his teammates to find him more.

"It's all on me," he said. "Everybody has tried to help me. But at the end of the day, it just comes to me to fight and start to get to those basic things that I did before to try to get my confidence back. That's all it is. I know the teammates will help me and everything. But at the end of the day, it's me."
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But according to Fitz we're getting great production from the "European Connection" or whatever the $!$$ he calls Beans/Turiaf Center combination. 
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I hope Biedrins gets to the line today. There is this money league I'm playing in, and I'm playing against Biedrins and I'm losing in FT%.
 
Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt

Originally Posted by LazyJ10

Stop playing useless basketball in Lativa and work on your offense Beans....foreign concept?
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According to this interview, Andris is under penalty for one year by the LBA. So whatever that was about, he probably won't be playing for Lativa in the summer.
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Someone should put a bunch of hooray style .gifs now!

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Originally Posted by LazyJ10

Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt

Originally Posted by LazyJ10

Stop playing useless basketball in Lativa and work on your offense Beans....foreign concept?
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According to this interview, Andris is under penalty for one year by the LBA. So whatever that was about, he probably won't be playing for Lativa in the summer.
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Someone should put a bunch of hooray style .gifs now!

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Originally Posted by Yankeephan87

why do the wack warriors have so many fans just root for the lake show
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why are there only new york sports "fans" only fans when their teams are winning? new york fans are the biggest bandwagon fans in the world.
 
some what warrior related, this girl at my school made these shirts for our Playoff game and was selling them today
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Originally Posted by GSDOUBLEU

some what warrior related, this girl at my school made these shirts for our Playoff game and was selling them today
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You know damn well it doesn't have to be Warriors related to be posted in this thread.
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Maybe I should check out the game wearing my "Muck Farshall" t-shirt.

Let me know when/if Lowell plays Mission. That game I would like to see.
 
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