I agree on Damon and he is annoying at times. But, I agree with him on this point. I pointed it out in the game thread, and GSOM, and it seemed like majority of fans backed Nelson's decision, which I think is completely wrong. It was WAY too late to develop your younger players. Its the 81st game of the season. Its too late. You roll with what u have and thats is Baron Davis which is your best player/leader. He took the warriors this far, and I feel Nelson did him dirty. It was shady. It wasn't right. Therefore, I think its more than just his play on the court last night for Nelson's decision.
My counter point is, they didn't do *#@ when he was in. They were losing. Period. So in order to try and win the game, you go with what gotyou the lead.
We don't know if he had ulterior motives, we'll never know, and at this point we're all wrong to continue to speculate. We didn't get in,because we didn't take care of business. Therefore, maybe its for the better since I'd imagine we'll have a whole slew of changes.
edit - I think some of you are going a bit overboard in analysis. We know Nellie's style is somewhat flawed, definitely. But he did adapt somewhat butactually using Kosta against shaq. I would imagine having more wins but not making the playoffs will leave a sour taste in the whole organizations mouth.I'd imagine if we somehow cracked the top 5 and kept the pick, Mullin would damn near require the player to be used. I think some of you are upset at notmaking the playoffs and want to clean the whole house which makes no sense. We won how many games with the likes of this team? A useless Pietrus for 90% ofthe season, a non-existent Barnes, a Jackson who had turf toe the entire season coupled with some of his worst performances at the end of the season, aBiedrins who had an operation, etc. Do I need to go on? All of that with one of the most inconsistent benches in the whole League. Our greatest flaw was notsigning reputable bench players (read: healthy and not injury plagued, and maybe a bit younger). After the first month of the season, and more specifically,during Jackson's suspension, Nellie KNEW he had no bench. Therefore, the starting 5, whomever they would be, were going to be ran into the ground.
I honestly believe if you get this team a useful big man who can fit into the system (a stronger Biedrins) Nellie WOULD use him. POB is not the answer, hellKosta does things that POB doesn't/won't. We need a solid PF and Center with a backup Point Guard. Those are necessities, period. I'd love forus to move Al + the trade exception and get that PF and a serviceable backup PG. I suppose I could live with CJ, but I'd imagine only if we need to sign aguy on the cheap.
As for the trade exception - it usually turns into two separate deals, but the trade exception is used to lure the team into the trade.
For example the Warriors would deal Al to whomever, we'd also trade that team the exception and take a "bad" contract in exchange.
If someone has a better example, feel free.
