THE OFFICIAL SAN JOSE SHARKS SEASON THREAD!! PLAYOFFS VS CHICAGO WCF series 0-1

[paul is on tilt]

Originally Posted by dont be a menace

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

look at this guy. paul trying to throw smokescreens with some injury to al jefferson the night before our draft...i thought you had more class than that...

word, Al Jefferson was my go to guy the past season and here comes Paul trying to throw us all off track from drafting him.

Ulterior motives?

The mind games begin!

 

[acidicality]

Al Jefferson is a wuss. We should let Devean teach that fool a lesson.

 

[paul is on tilt]

[h1]Jackson: I'm Not As Dumb As People Think[/h1]
Oct 19, 2009 4:57 PM EST

Warriors forward Stephen Jackson says that he's smarter than people think.

Jackson made a public demand for a trade this summer and has dominated headlines in the Bay Area leading up to the regular season.

However, he claims that he's ready to shut his lips and focus on playing basketball.

"I'm not as dumb as people think," Jackson told the Oakland Tribune. "I'm a smart guy. Sometimes I might say some things that people don't expect because it was on my mind. But I know what's right and wrong. I know what I need to do to continue to build my reputation in this league as a player and as a man. By keeping my composure, it's going to help me and not take away from me being a great basketball player."

-Q: Any reason for optimism?

-JACKSON: What does optimism mean?

-Q: Hope that things will turn around.

-JACKSON: Yeah, I do.

 

[dont be a menace]

so who's picking up Jackson in the draft?

 

[acidicality]

[h1]Jackson: I'm Not As Dumb As Monta[/h1]
Oct 19, 2009 4:57 PM EST

Warriors forward Stephen Jackson says that he's smarter than people think.

Jackson made a public demand for a trade this summer and has dominated headlines in the Bay Area leading up to the regular season.

However, he claims that he's ready to shut his lips and focus on playing basketball.

"I'm not as dumb as people think," Jackson told the Oakland Tribune. "I'm a smart guy. Sometimes I might say some things that people don't expect because it was on my mind. But I know what's right and wrong. I know what I need to do to continue to build my reputation in this league as a player and as a man. By keeping my composure, it's going to help me and not take away from me being a great basketball player."

fixed

 

[lazyj10]

Clearly he's not dumb..he has a sense of how to take advantage of situations and exploit people (Bobby).

Book smart, well that's another case.

 

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Got my tickets for opening day

. Think I overpaid a little, but they are below face so I guess they're cool.

 

[lazyj10]

Where you at?

I saw an old email from 2001...I used to sit in 105 row 14. I've been all over the lower bowl.

 

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110 row 15. On ticketmaster they are above $110 per ticket. Season ticket price is $75, got them for $110 for the pair. Was going to wait for some sidelineclub, but they were getting too pricey and they are row 21, so its not even worth it.

 

[lazyj10]

I don't mind the wedges, I like them more than sitting behind the bucket typically. Not bad for the pair, let alone for opening night which usuallycommands somewhat of a premium.

 

[daprescription]

Yeah, I really don't like those seats. I sat there a couple times, but the prices were too good to pass up.

 

[ikari xd]

Originally Posted by daprescription

110 row 15. On ticketmaster they are above $110 per ticket. Season ticket price is $75, got them for $110 for the pair. Was going to wait for some sideline club, but they were getting too pricey and they are row 21, so its not even worth it.

make sure to say wassup then! 110 r27. aisle seats.

 

[nothingtol0se]

nice seats DP.


closest i've ever sat there was sec.124 row 6.

 

[boys noize]

Opening night. Section 118 Row 26 aisle!

 

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Originally Posted by NothingToL0se

nice seats DP.


closest i've ever sat there was sec.124 row 6.

Same

. Sat there for the 2nd Lakers game last season.

 

[dont be a menace]

Originally Posted by NothingToL0se

nice seats DP.


closest i've ever sat there was sec.124 row 6.

same

was kinda in the middle of the row too.

i actually prefer wedges, cheaper than seats in the middle and not a sucky view compared to behind the basket. been on almost 4 corners too just need to sit on105 at least once to complete it

 

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[h3]Jackson-Bryant, part deux[/h3]
9:53AM ET

[h5]Stephen Jackson | Warriors[/h5]
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Stephen Jackson promises tonight's game against the Lakers, and specifically his rematch against Kobe Bryant, won't get out of control. If the meeting happened off the court, however, Jackson believes he would punch his point home reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

"I'm going to be me, but I guarantee I won't feed into the nonsense," Jackson said Monday. "If it came down to a real fight, I know what would happen. I'm just going to leave that alone, go out and play basketball and try to help my team win."

 

[mjdalegend]

come on, let the real Stephen Jax comes out and get suspended for the season.

 

[enlightened thought]

damnit paul...i'm actually considering NOT picking al jefferson if he's available late first or earlysecond...

 

[boys noize]

Originally Posted by MJDaLegend


come on, let the real Stephen Jax comes out and get suspended for the season.

Rumble in the Palace Part Deux please

Hopefully Maggettewill play the part of Jermaine O'Neal and Ron Artest will play the part of Ron Artest

 

[presumed]

Originally Posted by MJDaLegend


come on, let the real Stephen Jax comes out and get suspended for the season.

I would actually LOVE to see that

 

[paul is on tilt]

Originally Posted by Enlightened Thought

damnit paul...i'm actually considering NOT picking al jefferson if he's available late first or early second...

Mind games FTW!

 

[paul is on tilt]

[h1]Peterson: Chris Cohan fought for Warriors, then let them rot[/h1]
By Gary Peterson

Bay Area News Group

Posted: 10/19/2009 09:56:24 PM PDT

Updated: 10/20/2009 04:12:05 AM PDT


The hotel room in Pontiac, Mich., was a welcomed sight after a planes-trains-and-automobiles journey from San Francisco. This was back when the Lions used to play their home games 40 miles north of downtown Detroit.

The message light on the phone was blinking as I walked through the door. This was before cell phones became a necessary annoyance in everyday life.

It was the office. "I need you to write something," my editor said. "We just found out that one of the Warriors' minority owners is suing Dan Finnane and Jim Fitzgerald for control of the team."

"Who's that?" I asked.

"A guy named Chris Cohan."

"Who's that?" I repeated.

Few Warriors fans had heard of Cohan in 1994, before the Internet exploded in all its pervasive glory, before the dot-com bubble grew and burst, when the Raiders still were in Los Angeles, before Y2K and 9/11, before hanging chads and the international space station.

It was difficult to know what to write. Looking back, you can see the logic. The Cohan we have come to know has an almost insatiable appetite for litigation. Go to court in an attempt to seize control of the Warriors? Of course.

It also made sense in that the Warriors were hot property. Finnane and Fitzgerald purchased a sleeping giant from Franklin Mieuli, hired a fully engaged Don Nelson and watched the good times roll. At one point their string of sellouts ran well into the 200s - more than five consecutive seasons' worth.

Those Warriors were smartly managed. The team was wildly entertaining. Employees at every level were industrious and tight-knit. The whole scene smelled like fun.

And yet to look back, as is tempting with every new atrocity such as the Stephen Jackson fiasco, is to be confounded. Why would a guy spend so much time, money and effort to acquire something, then just sit on his hands while it rotted in front of him?

This is Cohan's legacy, one of profound neglect. He took over, turned things over to power mongers who gassed loyal staffers and ran the organization based on personal agendas, and disappeared into the shadows.

Here's his report card: Of the 27 teams that were in the NBA when Cohan assumed ownership, only the Los Angeles Clippers, now in their fourth decade as a competitive embarrassment, have a worse winning percentage than the Warriors' .376. No team has made fewer playoff appearances. Of course, that would be a tough assignment, given that the Warriors have made only one.

But ceaseless failure is only half the story. Has any other team had a player choke a coach? Has any other team had a player blatantly blow off a practice to go golfing? Has any other team had a president elbow his way past a successful general manager to issue suspensions and contract extensions? Does any other team have a general manager who insists he isn't the general manager?

Finnane and Fitzgerald built a working environment so convivial that it endures today even without any official structure. Former F&F employees remain close friends. We trust you won't be shocked to learn that some despise Cohan. Whereas Cohan either established, or allowed to be established, a culture where treachery and deceit are the currency of the day.

It's difficult to imagine the Stephen Jackson situation reaching DEFCON 2 under the Warriors' previous ownership - or in any strong organization. For starters, the team president, in this case Robert Rowell, wouldn't have been allowed to unilaterally give Jackson a three-year extension with a year and a half remaining on the current contract. And once Jackson began acting out, he would have been gone, the way a younger Nellie quickly jettisoned problem child Joe Barry Carroll back in the day.

Instead, the Jackson problem festers, with every player and agent throughout the league taking note.

It has been this way since postage stamps cost 29 cents, since before the Harry Potter series, since the 49ers were a Super Bowl team, Tony La Russa managed the A's and the Giants played at Candlestick Park. And in a phenomenon of similar vintage, fans are once again imploring Cohan to sell the team to someone who cares.

As ever, there is no official word regarding Cohan's intentions. Maybe he's still trying to figure out why he went to such great lengths to buy the team in the first place. Or maybe he hasn't finished dragging it through the mud.

 

[chris82790]

i'll be at opening night section 105 row 23

 

[lazyj10]

Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt

But ceaseless failure is only half the story. Has any other team had a player choke a coach? Has any other team had a player blatantly blow off a practice to go golfing? Has any other team had a president elbow his way past a successful general manager to issue suspensions and contract extensions? Does any other team have a general manager who insists he isn't the general manager?

Time out, I don't know if I lived out here for this one...who is he hinting at? Always liked Gary Peterson.