Official Warriors Off Season Thread

[paul is on tilt]

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

I'm really surprised a lot of you don't like Andy Varejao, I really like him.

Don't be surprised. When the majority of NT doesn't like the guy, why expect us to like him?

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

he's a hustler

You damn right he's a hustler... like how he hustled Ferry into that ridiculous contract.

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

Joe Smith's interior/exterior presence on offense is ridiculous

"Ridiculous"? You're making it sound like Joe Smith is Tim Duncan in the paint

. Maybe, just maybe, but if we don't make themove for Joe Smith, I won't lose any sleep over it. And wouldn't it be funny that last season we pick up Chris Webber and welcome him back with openarms... and next season it would be Joe Smith we're welcoming back? GSW fans might be getting a little soft j/k

. Who's going to be next? MarcJackson? Nick Van Exel's coming out of retirement?

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

Boobie is a great shooter

Oops. I got it mixed up when you said Delonte earlier in being off limits. Anyways, Gibson is a good shooter. He really improved a lot lastseason. How does he and Harrington's contract match up for the trade to get done? One concern though is Gibson's size. We'd prefer a larger PG sothat Monta wouldn't have to be matched up with the opposing 2-guard on defense.

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

Sasha can drive, but is a good perimeter shooter but has length for days.

He's an injury concern. We're not sure he's healthy. Sure he's played once he got back, but that was limited. I want to know howhe'll hold up in an 82 game season and frankly, I'm not willing to take a chance on the guy. That's just me though.

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

I'd listen to offers if I were Mullin, especially if you guys want to unload Harrington. I can see him striving in Cleveland as a secondary scorer to LeBron (the role I think he really strives in, word to Indiana days).

Yeah, I'm willing to unload Harrington but if it means what we're taking back gives us no upside, then I'd rather keep Harrington.THAT RIGHT! I SAID IT! *prepares for backlash*

j/k. But seriously, I doubt that Harrington will have two bad years in a row. I'm hopeful thathe'll play better next season. Harrington also gives us what Anderson Varejao doesn't and that's a scorer off the bench *once again, prepares forbacklash*

. I understand what Anderson Varejao gives us, what we're getting from Al Harrington and their weaknesses. And I'd rather keep AlHarrington over Anderson Varejao.

One way I see this happening though is if we get a third team into the mix so we don't get any of Cleveland's pieces that don't fit. Consider itMullin!!

 

[japanair21]

Fair enough with Andy; I just really appreciate what he does for the Cavaliers.

As for Joe Smith, he's no Tim Duncan or anything, and ridiculous might have been the wrong word to use, but he has a really good mid-range jumper, andhe's good around the basket, his interior game is probably better than any other Warrior.

 

[andrew630]

Originally Posted by Andrew630

Can ya'll Warriors fans and friends do me a favor? I'm trying to win this scholarship, but I gotta place in top 250 for it to be considered first. Do you think you guys can vote for me? I'd really appreciate it. (I'm a poor college student just trying to make it through) Thanks guys!
Please vote for me!

Thanks everyone for voting for me, I'm in top 250 but there is still like 34 days left! Thanks everyone!

 

[jdmfanatic]

RealGM Account finally approved. I had to re-register.

 

[sf savage]

The Jason Thompson bubble: The Warriors like him, but 14 is too high (I think)

Posted by Tim Kawakami on June 20th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
* Update: SI.com's Ian Thomsen is joining the Jason Thompson-to-Warriors party. This is getting more than fascinating. Somebody out there is talking thisup big time.

I probably should've put Rider center Jason Thompson into the whole mix of players the Warriors could be considering, mostly if they move down from the 14slot, but I didn't.

Just couldn't imagine him going anywhere near the 14th slot (more like 24), no matter how much the Warriors and other teams have been following him, andfrankly, I didn't ask Chris Mullin about him (or about trading for a lower pick to draft a guy like Thompson) because I didn't see it.

But now… after hearing that ESPN's Andy Katz talked up Thompson as a late riser, and someone who could go as early as 12 to Sacramento or 14 to theWarriors…

Well, here we are. I guess it's possible. Still don't think it's probable. I believe Joe Alexander, Anthony Randolph or Donte Greene are morelikely, if they're there.

However, I do know that the Warriors have liked Thompson for a while. Not as a lottery guy, necessarily, but as an under-the-radar, high-production versatilebig guy who might sneak up the draft board on draft night or might be worth a look-see if they can trade down into the 20s.

Thompson fits the specialized big-man criteria I've repeated countless times: He has enough offense for Nelson to keep him on the floor with either AndrisBiedrins or Brandan Wright and probably enough bulk and energy to body up Amare Stoudemire or Carlos Boozer, for at least a short period.

(This is convincing me this might be real: I kind of consider Thompson the anti-Patrick O'Bryant in the Warriors' eyes. Full college career ofproduction, blue-collar style with some skill, very happy to be physical, some fire in his eyes. I think POB has been downgraded far too much by Nelson and hisstaff, but oh well. That's not changing. If they see a big man who in their minds is the opposite of POB, they're going to like him.)

Long ago, when I asked one scout to give me a guy out of nowhere he'd guarantee was a first-rounder, his answer: Check out the kid from Rider. He'll bea very good player in any style. That's why I stuck Thompson as No. 20 in my Final Four period/early rankings for the draft. Figured it was way too high,but wanted to toss a new name out there.

Little did I know.

Rider doesn't face regular top competition, but Thompson did just fine against Michael Beasley this season. He's a senior, but won't turn 22 untilJuly. His numbers are very good (20 and 12, 56% FG as a senior), again, matched up against mostly lousy competition.

Yeah, I could see Nelson playing him, mixing and matching Thompson with Wright, Biedrins and Harrington.

So I should've included Thompson yesterday and today. I guess if Alexander is gone, Greene doesn't quite enthrall Mullin and Nelson and Randolph seemstoo risky or is gone at 14, Thompson might be a good compromise choice.

It's very possible that Mullin would take Thompson over JaVale McGee, Robin Lopez, Marreese Speights, Darrell Arthur and Kosta Koufos. That I could gowith.

But still, no matter how much I believe the Warriors are intrigued by him, it's a tough sell to take a guy most project as a 25 to 35 guy with the 14thpick, a guy who supposedly doesn't have a large top end and who may not officially measure out to be much taller than 6-8 or 6-9.

Give me a few days. I can convince myself of anything right now. Mostly: I should've had Thompson's name in there for the Warriors, especially ifthere's a hint that they could either move out of 14 into the 20s or if they can keep 14 and pick up another later pick-get their wing and their big manall at once.

Maybe that TE is going to be very useful, after all.




voted for you andrew

 

[enlightened thought]

i honestly wouldn't mind Thompson at 14. i actually think he'll be gone if we do decide to trade down in the late 20s.

i say if we can somehow pry the 19th from cleveland for Al, we can def. pick up Thompson there.

but all this 'hype' revolving around Thompson could very well be a smokescreen from management to get other teams to take him before us. IF thompsonlands in the top 12, that's just one extra player who will fall into our laps (Alexander, Randolph, etc) leaving us with more options.

 

[paul is on tilt]

Originally Posted by Andrew630

Originally Posted by Andrew630

Can ya'll Warriors fans and friends do me a favor? I'm trying to win this scholarship, but I gotta place in top 250 for it to be considered first. Do you think you guys can vote for me? I'd really appreciate it. (I'm a poor college student just trying to make it through) Thanks guys!
Please vote for me!

Thanks everyone for voting for me, I'm in top 250 but there is still like 34 days left! Thanks everyone!

We can vote once every 24 hours right? If so, then I'll help out more than once.

Originally Posted by JDMFanatic

RealGM Account finally approved. I had to re-register.

So they didn't just activate the account that you signed up with originally? Why?

 

[andrew630]

Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt

Originally Posted by Andrew630

Originally Posted by Andrew630

Can ya'll Warriors fans and friends do me a favor? I'm trying to win this scholarship, but I gotta place in top 250 for it to be considered first. Do you think you guys can vote for me? I'd really appreciate it. (I'm a poor college student just trying to make it through) Thanks guys!
Please vote for me!

Thanks everyone for voting for me, I'm in top 250 but there is still like 34 days left! Thanks everyone!

We can vote once every 24 hours right? If so, then I'll help out more than once.

Originally Posted by JDMFanatic

RealGM Account finally approved. I had to re-register.

So they didn't just activate the account that you signed up with originally? Why?

yea you can vote for me once every 24 hour, thanks paul.

and yea it happened to me on realgm too. before i had monta ellis 08 i had to register with andrew630 but that never got registered, and then i registeredmississipi bullet, but that never went through so i used yi jian lian...weird

 

[jdmfanatic]

They e-mailed me this:

Jose,

I'm afraid that you will have to register your username again. When we upgraded the forum software we purged all inactive accounts with 0 posts, so if youraccount hadn't been activated by last Saturday then it was removed when we did the upgrade. If you register again your account will be activated after ashort time.

 

[andrew630]

You're name is Jose?

 

[paul is on tilt]

Originally Posted by JDMFanatic

They e-mailed me this:

Jose,

I'm afraid that you will have to register your username again. When we upgraded the forum software we purged all inactive accounts with 0 posts, so if your account hadn't been activated by last Saturday then it was removed when we did the upgrade. If you register again your account will be activated after a short time.

I actually remember RealGM going through some upgrading. That sucks.

 

[paul is on tilt]

Oh and Andrew, I voted for you again. Good luck on your journey to the top 250!

 

[jdmfanatic]

Yeah my name is Jose.

 

[TheGodFresco]

are you really 13 years old Jose?

 

[jdmfanatic]

Nah, I'm actually only 10 years old.

 

[sohi 23]

I hate specific team forums.

There is so much homerism it's ridiculous

That's why I like places like NT where different fans can discuss their opinions and such.

 

[daprescription]

Originally Posted by SoHi 23

I hate specific team forums.

you're in the warriors forum.

 

[andrew630]

Originally Posted by SoHi 23

I hate specific team forums.

There is so much homerism it's ridiculous

That's why I like places like NT where different fans can discuss their opinions and such.

we can point out our team's flaws

 

[sohi 23]

Originally Posted by daprescription

Originally Posted by SoHi 23

I hate specific team forums.

you're in the warriors forum.

I'm talking about a whole messageboard dedicated to one team.

You guys shouls see Club Lakers or Lakersground

 

[paul is on tilt]

Originally Posted by SoHi 23

Originally Posted by daprescription

Originally Posted by SoHi 23

I hate specific team forums.

you're in the warriors forum.

I'm talking about a whole messageboard dedicated to one team.

You guys shouls see Club Lakers or Lakersground

Uhh I'd rather not

. I don't feel like getting irritated right now.

 

[franchise3]

Voted for you.

 

[paul is on tilt]

Nice avy dp

.

 

[japanair21]

How old are all of you guys? I thought most of you were in college with a few of you being in HighSchool?

 

[paul is on tilt]

23 y/o.

 

[daprescription]

copied yours

. didnt think of it til I seen yours

. I'm 21 btw.