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Great videos Viesta, but I can never listen to Monta speak...Sheesh. LOL.
Official Warriors Season Thread
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Don't know if this has been posted yet, but here goes:
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_8249275
Pietrus: 'Trade me now'
Forward makes it clear he wants out
By GEOFF LEPPER/MediaNews Group
Article Launched: 02/13/2008 06:40:47 AM PST
OAKLAND - English is not the first language of Warriors forward Mickael Pietrus, but he had no trouble making himself clearly understood Tuesday:Trade me now.
Pietrus, the Caribbean-born Frenchman whom Golden State drafted 11th overall in 2003, threw down the gauntlet after practice Tuesday, making a very public plea for a change of address prior to the NBA's trade deadline on Feb. 21.
"I want to be moved," said Pietrus, who will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season and has no plans of returning to Oakland. "I want to be moved. I want to be moved. I want to be traded."
The 6-foot-6, 215-pound Pietrus said that he was frustrated at having to play out of position at power forward and even occasionally center, something that's been the case ever since Stephen Jackson took over as the starter at small forward in January 2007.
Before Jackson's arrival, Pietrus was averaging 13.7 points and 5.0 rebounds in 31.1 minutes per game last season. In 93 games since then - a timeframe that bridges the '06-'07 and '07-'08 seasons and includes Golden State's playoff games last spring - those numbers are down to 7.0, 3.4 and 19.7.
"I definitely want to be traded to another team that I can help at the (shooting
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guard or small forward) position," Pietrus said. "I think that it was good to play (power forward and center), but it's not really my primary spot. It's not where I'm so efficient. So I want to move on.
"I think I came here, I worked my %%! off for the team, and now it's good that we have a playoff team. I feel like I need to move on and go somewhere else I can help the team right away."
Pietrus - who used the words "trade" or "move" 20 times in seven minutes' worth of conversation with media members on Tuesday - might have hoped the frank talk would accelerate his departure date. But coach Don Nelson and executive vice president Chris Mullin, both of whom met privately with Pietrus in recent days to discuss the situation, showed no signs of fresh urgency to reach a resolution.
"We're not just going to trade him because he wants to be traded," Nelson said. "If we can get a player for him, we'll trade him, and if we can't, he's gonna stay here. Real simple. It has to be somebody that we like, somebody that can help us. (Pietrus) is an NBA player. I have to get an NBA player back for him that I like."
Pietrus has been anticipating a deal for several months. First, he hoped to find a sign-and-trade accord over the summer. When that didn't materialize, he took the Warriors' one-year, $3.47 million qualifying offer and waited for the league-mandated trading prohibition to end, which it did on Jan. 1.
"If he's not moved, everybody loses," said Bill McCandless, one of Pietrus' agents. "The Warriors get no compensation and Mike stands to lose insofar as the number of teams" interested in his services this summer.
McCandless reiterated Tuesday that the team had been close to dealing Pietrus last week, but that assertion was flatly rejected by Mullin and others in the organization.
The sticking point with any and all potential deals, as it was back in July, remains what constitutes a fair price for Pietrus. While several teams have shown interest - McCandless said that three suitors are still on the hook - the Warriors are loath to take on any player with a contract that goes beyond this season, lest that make it more difficult to keep homegrown talent such as Andris Biedrins and Monta Ellis.
Warriors captain Baron Davis - who arrived in Golden State three years ago after forcing a trade from the New Orleans Hornets - said he has been talking to Pietrus about his unhappiness.
"It is a tough situation, because you're having fun winning, but at the same time, you're not happy with your play or your total feeling towards the team," Davis said. "Sometimes it's just time to move on. It ain't gonna fit all the time. ... At the same time, you're here, so you've got to play. And you might as well play well, because it's only going to help your stock."
Note: The tipoff of tonight's game as been moved up to 6 p.m. to accommodate ESPN's telecast.
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_8249275
Pietrus: 'Trade me now'
Forward makes it clear he wants out
By GEOFF LEPPER/MediaNews Group
Article Launched: 02/13/2008 06:40:47 AM PST
OAKLAND - English is not the first language of Warriors forward Mickael Pietrus, but he had no trouble making himself clearly understood Tuesday:Trade me now.
Pietrus, the Caribbean-born Frenchman whom Golden State drafted 11th overall in 2003, threw down the gauntlet after practice Tuesday, making a very public plea for a change of address prior to the NBA's trade deadline on Feb. 21.
"I want to be moved," said Pietrus, who will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season and has no plans of returning to Oakland. "I want to be moved. I want to be moved. I want to be traded."
The 6-foot-6, 215-pound Pietrus said that he was frustrated at having to play out of position at power forward and even occasionally center, something that's been the case ever since Stephen Jackson took over as the starter at small forward in January 2007.
Before Jackson's arrival, Pietrus was averaging 13.7 points and 5.0 rebounds in 31.1 minutes per game last season. In 93 games since then - a timeframe that bridges the '06-'07 and '07-'08 seasons and includes Golden State's playoff games last spring - those numbers are down to 7.0, 3.4 and 19.7.
"I definitely want to be traded to another team that I can help at the (shooting
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guard or small forward) position," Pietrus said. "I think that it was good to play (power forward and center), but it's not really my primary spot. It's not where I'm so efficient. So I want to move on.
"I think I came here, I worked my %%! off for the team, and now it's good that we have a playoff team. I feel like I need to move on and go somewhere else I can help the team right away."
Pietrus - who used the words "trade" or "move" 20 times in seven minutes' worth of conversation with media members on Tuesday - might have hoped the frank talk would accelerate his departure date. But coach Don Nelson and executive vice president Chris Mullin, both of whom met privately with Pietrus in recent days to discuss the situation, showed no signs of fresh urgency to reach a resolution.
"We're not just going to trade him because he wants to be traded," Nelson said. "If we can get a player for him, we'll trade him, and if we can't, he's gonna stay here. Real simple. It has to be somebody that we like, somebody that can help us. (Pietrus) is an NBA player. I have to get an NBA player back for him that I like."
Pietrus has been anticipating a deal for several months. First, he hoped to find a sign-and-trade accord over the summer. When that didn't materialize, he took the Warriors' one-year, $3.47 million qualifying offer and waited for the league-mandated trading prohibition to end, which it did on Jan. 1.
"If he's not moved, everybody loses," said Bill McCandless, one of Pietrus' agents. "The Warriors get no compensation and Mike stands to lose insofar as the number of teams" interested in his services this summer.
McCandless reiterated Tuesday that the team had been close to dealing Pietrus last week, but that assertion was flatly rejected by Mullin and others in the organization.
The sticking point with any and all potential deals, as it was back in July, remains what constitutes a fair price for Pietrus. While several teams have shown interest - McCandless said that three suitors are still on the hook - the Warriors are loath to take on any player with a contract that goes beyond this season, lest that make it more difficult to keep homegrown talent such as Andris Biedrins and Monta Ellis.
Warriors captain Baron Davis - who arrived in Golden State three years ago after forcing a trade from the New Orleans Hornets - said he has been talking to Pietrus about his unhappiness.
"It is a tough situation, because you're having fun winning, but at the same time, you're not happy with your play or your total feeling towards the team," Davis said. "Sometimes it's just time to move on. It ain't gonna fit all the time. ... At the same time, you're here, so you've got to play. And you might as well play well, because it's only going to help your stock."
Note: The tipoff of tonight's game as been moved up to 6 p.m. to accommodate ESPN's telecast.
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Pietrus and POB for Artest or Mike Miller.
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just give me artest
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keep pietrus to piss him off more, but dont play him cuz i hate seeing him make bonehead mistakes on the court
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I still think we should try to get Chris Wilcox... but Artest isnt gonna make a huge impact on helping our weakness in the paint... except for the defense.
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who the %*@+ does pietrus think he is? we need trade this piece of !!!#....i can't stand mr. air france (or whatever the %*@+ his nickname was....ican't remember haha)
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I don't know why, but I feel like the trade deadline is coming too fast and nothing is going to happen. As much as I'd like to get Artest or Miller, Idon't see us stringing together pieces that are as appealing as what Chicago or Denver might have to offer. However, when I heard about the NJ and Dallastrade a few weeks ago. Someone talked about a possible buyout of Stackhouse if he were to be shipped to NJ. Now that has happen, how would you guys feel if wereceived Stackhouse for a reasonable price? Yes, I know we don't have room right now, but I'm pretty sure we're gonna do some 2 for 1 trade forsome some guy Nellie won't play...
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Air France-- you're right.
Pietrus and POB for Artest or Mike Miller.
just give me artest
Pietrus getting traded for artest or miller isn't going to solve anything.. Artest will probably help defensively.. but that's about it. Artestneeds to get his shots in too.. and I think we can all agree that we already have a lot of questionable shots taken by the Ws.. and Miller, as good as he is,really has no place that I can think of in the starting line-up.
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I still think we should try to get Chris Wilcox...
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/featur...019~3021~2173~1731&teams=25~25~25~9&te=&cash=
This Trade Succeeded! Go back to adjust your trade or start over.
[h2]Golden State Warriors[/h2]
Outgoing Players: Patrick O'Bryant, Mickael Pietrus, Kosta Perovic[th=""]Incoming Players[/th]
Chris Wilcox
Salary: $6,500,000 Years Remaining: 2
PTS: 13.2 REB: 7.4 AST: 1.1 PER: 17.56
[h2]Seattle SuperSonics[/h2]
Outgoing Players: Chris Wilcox[th=""]Incoming Players[/th]
Patrick O'Bryant
Salary: $2,216,400 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 1.6 REB: 1.3 AST: 0.2 PER: 15.80
Mickael Pietrus
Salary: $3,470,771 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 5.7 REB: 2.8 AST: 0.7 PER: 11.33
1-Year Bird Must receive consent to trade players with a 1-year contract, excluding options, who will become Early Bird or Bird free agents at the end of the contract, or players who have accepted a qualifying offer for a 5th season following the 4th option season on the Rookie Scale. If the player consents, he will lose his Bird rights and become a non-Bird free agent at the end of the contract.
Kosta Perovic
Salary: $1,800,000 Years Remaining: 3
PTS: 4.0 REB: 4.0 AST: 0.0 PER: 43.46
even if that DID work.. C-Webb would have to play 5, then wilcox 4
but then Harrington is gonna cry about not starting... and that still leaves Beans on the bench as well.
715 asterisk
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What are you talking about, Harrington will cry about not starting? Al knows that he'll get his 30 minutes a night and he has the freedom to take as many3's as he wants.
And by the way, Wilcox is soft and won't add the bulk we need inside. Regardless, I don't see Seattle taking that trade.
And by the way, Wilcox is soft and won't add the bulk we need inside. Regardless, I don't see Seattle taking that trade.
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Wilcox is garbage.
No offensive game whatsoever (his game doesn't fit our style of play unlike Biedrins) and his defense is mediocre for his position(no that we have anygreat defenders).
No offensive game whatsoever (his game doesn't fit our style of play unlike Biedrins) and his defense is mediocre for his position(no that we have anygreat defenders).
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does anyone have that one pic of pietrus with flowers?
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So Kidd to the West....
The Warriors might have to make 1 more move if we want to make any noise in the playoffs.
The Warriors might have to make 1 more move if we want to make any noise in the playoffs.
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give me kyle lowry....
with the west becoming a retirement home...
warriors = future dynasty
with the west becoming a retirement home...
warriors = future dynasty
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we need to add a rebounder in there (ala david lee)...but it's gonna be hard to find someone who will take the french trainwreck, and maybe POB.
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i still want mike miller.
GIVE ME MIKE MILLER.
GIVE ME MIKE MILLER.
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Warriors win another game! Take that Suns!
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great win! Good way to close out the 1st half.
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great win...
remember how we made posters the last game? well this was my first game back and check out the view i had the whole game..
it must be karma..
remember how we made posters the last game? well this was my first game back and check out the view i had the whole game..
it must be karma..
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Must beOriginally Posted by push kicks
great win...
remember how we made posters the last game? well this was my first game back and check out the view i had the whole game..
it must be karma..
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Originally Posted by push kicks
great win...
remember how we made posters the last game? well this was my first game back and check out the view i had the whole game..
it must be karma..
I would've told them to put that %@%$ down.
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Tied for 7th seed.
Get rested and have fun during All Star Break, get ready for the 2nd half of the season, Warriors.
Baron and Stephen Jax gonna throw some parties.
Get rested and have fun during All Star Break, get ready for the 2nd half of the season, Warriors.
Baron and Stephen Jax gonna throw some parties.
