Official Warriors Off Season Thread

[acidicality]

if no NBA team signs him, what a shame

but if that happens, i think he probably wouldn't mind coming back at all. at the very least he can make good food for Nellie.

as far as Redick, I think he's a bust, but I can't say that's a fact because he hasn't got a chance either. already

 

[paul is on tilt]

at JJ Reddick not getting a chance.

POB >>>>>>>> JJ Reddick

 

[acidicality]

i know this pic is mad, mad old; the first time i saw it i was seriously

 

[andrew630]

Originally Posted by acidicality

i know this pic is mad, mad old; the first time i saw it i was seriously

i love that pic, i wish POB just had a chance.

 

[japanair21]

I just always found it ironic because the dude holding the "ly gay," part is fairly suspect looking himself.

 

[acidicality]

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

I just always found it ironic because the dude holding the "ly gay," part is fairly suspect looking himself.

naw, to me he looks like the fat frat dude that'severywhere on campus.

 

[japanair21]

Originally Posted by acidicality

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

I just always found it ironic because the dude holding the "ly gay," part is fairly suspect looking himself.

naw, to me he looks like the fat frat dude that's everywhere on campus.

Fat frat dude, no.


Fat frat dude with the

'est haircut in the history of mankind, yes.


I'd be

if I looked in the mirror every morning to see my hairlike that.

 

[mjdalegend]

[h2]Who the Warriors are allowed to trade before July 9: It's a very short list[/h2]
By Tim Kawakami
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 at 8:09 am in NBA, Warriors.

You run through the available roster and the NBA rules-and then check the fine print three or four more times-and you realize:

* If the Warriors want to make a deal before July 9, and that importantly includes draft night June 26, they have very few players who can be traded.

That's because they have so many who are about to become or can become free agents and by NBA rule, you can't trade players who can or are about to become F/As.

(This also comes into play massively for the Warriors, since their big $9.9M trade exception expires June 30, so all pending F/As on other teams are basically off-limits for trade talk. Huge.)

Thinking realistically, the only players the Warriors can trade before the July 9 player signing/movement date are:

-Brandan Wright;

-Marco Belinelli;

-Al Harrington;

-Stephen Jackson;

-Kosta Perovic (if he has a guaranteed salary for next year, which I believe he does);

And that is it. That isn't much.

-They can also use their $9.9M trade exception through June 30 to take back any salary up to that figure, but they cannot bundle the TE with any other player contract from their own roster.

* Here's who CANNOT be traded until July 9 (with one caveat):

-Baron Davis can't be traded before July 9, unless and until he gives the Warriors written notice that he will not be exercising his opt-out clause-deadline June 30; such early written notice is highly unlikely in Baron's case since he gains almost nothing by doing it;

If Baron does nothing on June 30 (no written notice), the opt-out disappears and his $17.8M contract for next season stays in tact, which is by far the most likely scenario;

The Warriors cannot trade him until July 9, either way, because 1) there's a possibility on draft night that he might have no contract in a matter of days and you can't trade players who have no contract; and 2) the trade window closes after the draft and does not re-open until the July 9 player movement deadline;

-Monta Ellis can't be traded or officially re-signed before July 9, because you can't trade pending restricted free agents;

Ellis could be traded starting July 9 in a sign-and-trade scenario or he can obviously be re-signed by the Warriors officially on July 9 or later;

-Andris Biedrins can't be traded or officially re-signed until July 9, because he's also a pending restricted free agent; same as with Ellis, he could possibly be traded starting July 9 in a sign-and-trade deal or he could be re-signed by the Warriors;

-Mickael Pietrus can't be traded or officially re-signed until July 9, because he's a pending unrestricted free agent;

-Matt Barnes can't be traded or re-signed before July 9, also a pending UFA;

-Kelenna Azubuike, pending RFA;

-Patrick O'Bryant, pending UFA;

-Austin Croshere, pending UFA;

-C.J. Watson, pending UFA;

You get the point. Here's the conclusion, boiled down to its essence:

* If the Warriors want to move up from the 14th slot, and I'd guess they'd have some interest in that, then realistically, their best chance is to offer Wright or Belinelli (Harrington won't get them much in return, Jackson is too much to give up and wouldn't get them a ton, either).

Wright is way too much to trade just to move up? Probably. But on draft night, Wright and Belinelli are basically all they have to deal.

-9:10 a.m UPDATE: I should add that the Warriors could also offer future No. 1 picks to move up.

* Or possibly the $9.9M trade exception. As I detailed in my column yesterday, one imaginary scenario is this:

-Offer to flop 14 for Milwaukee's 8th overall and as the enticement, offer to use the TE to take Bobby Simmons (or maybe Dan Gadzuric) off of the Bucks' hands, which I'm sure would be VERY enticing in Buckland.

That's a path. But it must involve a player already under contract for at least next season. The Warriors could not use the TE to pick up a potentially useful player who is a pending F/A… for instance, Houston's Carl Landry.

I doubt the Rockets want to trade him, but say they did for cap purposes. The Warriors could not use the TE to get him because Landry's a pending RFA and can't be moved until July 9, more than a week after the TE expires.

* Here's another uncomfortable potential conclusion for Warriors fans as everybody hurtles towards draft night and considers what the Warriors might do to restructure their roster:

-Don Nelson and his staff aren't sure at all that Wright and Biedrins can play together long-term-they're both long, skinny current non-shooters who play smart but probably play the same position.

I don't think Chris Mullin agrees with this, but at some point he might. So…

How do you get a better fit? You trade one of them for the chance at a big man who fits better alongside one or the other instead of trying to play them both.

The best time to do that is draft night. The Warriors can't trade Biedrins on draft night, as we just discussed.

So? I'm definitely not campaigning for Wright to be traded. Not after all the hell I put Nelson through this season when he didn't play Wright. and all the hell Don gave back to me for giving him hell.

Not after all the defending I did of the trade that brought him here for Jason Richardson. I think Wright could be quite good and he definitely projects to be more versatile than Biedrins.

I'm just saying the timing is interesting. I'm saying the coaches still are reluctant to play Wright and Biedrins TOGETHER-and Biedrins is about to get paid.

Keep this in mind. I doubt Wright or Belinelli will be traded. But it's worth a thought.

* By the way, here are the highlight players WITH OPT-OUT CLAUSES who can't be traded before July 9 (after the Warriors' trade exception expires) unless and until they provide written notification that they're not exercising their opt-out clause:

-Elton Brand (awww, I know, he was my original TE target-gone, unless he declares early that he's not opting-out);

-Gilbert Arenas;

-Ron Artest;

-Corey Maggette.

NONE OF THEM can be traded to the Warriors using the TE unless they do the written notification thing before the expiration of the TE, but both deadlines are June 30.

* And here's a selected list of other teams' RFAs who, like Ellis and Biedrins, also cannot be signed-and-traded until July 9:

-Josh Smith;

-Josh Childress;

-Luol Deng;

-Ben Gordon;

-Emeka Okafor;

-Andre Igoudala;

-Carl Landry;

-Ronny Turiaf;

-Ryan Gomes;

-Dorell Wright;

-Jose Calderon.

* Here's a list of UNRESTRICTED F/As who cannot be signed or signed-and-traded (using the Warriors' TE or otherwise) before July 9:

-Antawn Jamison;

-Kwame Brown;

-Chris Duhon.

Chances of the Warriors making moves on draft night is slim to none. No deals until after July 9th.

 

[acidicality]

Looks like we'll just have to draft at 14 and no dream scenarios of moving up to get Beasley

 

[dyyhard]

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[h2]One of the craziest playsever...�� [/h2]submitted by BaronDavis� 2 days ago
What up yb, I definitely want to thank everyone for the support. Yesterday me and my college teammate Earl Watson hung out. It's always nice to reminisce about college ball and all the fun we had. I know y'all remember the off the backboard lob he threw me, one of the craziest plays ever! HUH!! It's nice to be in LA, 90 degree weather visiting my family and friends. I know everyone has seen the Zohan commercials, even I laugh at myself when I see them. Adam Sandler is hilarious. Anyway, I'm off to get a tan, jk. I'll holla.


the referenced dunk @ :58 sec I think

 

[srvballer]

Baron is THAT dude.

 

[daprescription]

If only Baron still had that explosiveness now

. He teased us all with the dunk in the playoffs

.

 

[paul is on tilt]

Baron was a straight up beast!!

 

[mjdalegend]

Baron during UCLA days.

 

[TheGodFresco]

Boom looked skinny back then

 

[japanair21]

Damn, that highlight vid is straight-up

And that dunk?

wow.

 

[acidicality]

that behind the back dribble at the end is vicious

too bad baron got fat and lazy

(well, compared to those days)

 

[nothingtol0se]

cotdamn, now only if baron could find the fountain of youth and stay like that foreverrrr.


give him whatever he wants!

 

[paul is on tilt]

Injuries really slowed him down

.

 

[paul is on tilt]

Is there a reason why this poll is even up on RealGM Golden State Warriors?

The results are in favor of Wilcox by a landslide...

Why is this even a question? I voted for Wilcox BTW.

 

[japanair21]

Sure you did.

I didn't know there were team questions like that.

Into the RealGM family yet?

 

[paul is on tilt]

[h1]Source: Baron Davis has made inquiries about Knicks[/h1] BY ALAN HAHN |[email protected] 10:47 PM EDT, May 22, 2008
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There is little doubt that the Knicks will shop for a point guard this summer, but at least one has come shopping for them. According to a person with knowledge of the situation, the Warriors' Baron Davis has made inquiries into the interest of certain teams around the league, including the Knicks.

Davis, 29, has an opt-out clause for this summer that could make him a free agent, but the Warriors don't believe he would walk away from the final year and $17.8 million, which is money the dynamic but oft-injured guard likely wouldn't make on the open market. So Davis' only other play is to see if another team would pursue a sign-and-trade for him.

According to the source, his representation, after a preliminary discussion with the Warriors, has put out feelers to gauge the interest of teams in need of an upgrade at point guard.

With a new regime in place and plans for a major roster overhaul, Stephon Marbury's Knicks future is tenuous. But team president Donnie Walsh won't explore a trade or buyout of the final year and $21 million left on his contract unless he has a replacement in place.

Davis' agent, Todd Ramasar, has said Davis would prefer to remain a Warrior, but initial discussions with executive Chris Mullin have not developed into extension talks. With only seven players under contract at $47 million (counting Davis' salary), Mullin doesn't have much cap space to use for his higher priorities: getting restricted free agents Monta Ellis and Andris Biedrins signed to long-term deals.

Ellis, 22, also might look to explore other options when the July free-agency period begins. A league source told Newsday that the athletic combo guard, who has flourished in Don Nelson's fast-break system, definitely has eyes for Mike D'Antoni's up-tempo style.

The cap-restricted Knicks, however, could give Ellis only an offer sheet at the mid-level exception. The Warriors could match it but wouldn't have much left to give Biedrins a raise above his $3.6-million qualifying offer and add seven more players. Or the Knicks could look to acquire Ellis in a sign-and-trade.

The questions are, of course: Is Walsh willing to use his mid-level exception when he's trying to get under the cap by 2010? What would the Warriors want in return?

Reports have suggested that Denver is shopping Carmelo Anthony and is in exploratory discussions with the Nets about a deal. This would be a situation the Knicks would want to monitor -- if only it were accurate.

According to a league executive, the Nuggets have no plans to move Anthony. The source said the Nets called Denver with a proposal that would involve Anthony going to New Jersey and Richard Jefferson joining the Nuggets. "There is no 'Melo dialogue, has not been and will never be," the source said. "It's a figment of their imagination."

The same apparently goes for the story that Toronto was listening to offers for former No. 1 pick Andreas Bargnani. A different league executive said Bargnani has never been discussed in any conversations with the Nets.



http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-spknix0523,0,1616857.story

 

[paul is on tilt]

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

Into the RealGM family yet?

To be honest, I haven't really checked it out yet. I'm still trying to get through finals. Once that's done, I'm going to try to message oneof the Mods there and ask what's up.

I can't even log in

. I'm frustrated because at least with NT, you can still log in and it tells you that you haven't been accepted yet. WithRealGM, they don't tell you anything. This sucks!


*Edit*
I clicked on the "Forgot My Password" option and typed up my information... this is the page I got after trying to retrieve my password for myaccount...

LAME!!!!! ACCEPT ME ALREADY REALGM!!!!!!

 

[nothingtol0se]

^^ so much for wanting to stay in CA. money talks

 

[japanair21]

I e-Mailed the dudes one day, and within a few days I got accepted, I waited like 4 months without doing anything.