Tim Duncan spent the summer trying to improve his jump shots. It showed Sunday night as the two-time MVP and 13-time All-Star scored 24 points, many on jumpers, to lead the Spurs to a 102-91 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, keeping the Spurs perfect at home.
Yup, but the warriors in all their genius, pass up the pick they should have gotten that could help them out at the 5. I really did think we would go after Greg Monroe and we didn't and wound up with Udoh. That decision still bothers me even during this season. Good news is we are now at two road wins thanks to tonight's Cavs game. David Lee just owns.
I'm still mad at Larry Riley for drafting Udoh over Monroe. He now says Udoh must show more growth. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/nba...anager-larry-riley-is-looking-for-more-growth Larry Riley also did the Ghost of Marcus Williams trade with the 2011 pick, so he could trade it, but did nothing. Instead of top 13 protected in 2011, it changed to top 7 protected in 2012. We would still have picked #6 in 2011 and have top 7 protection in 2012 with one extra year off the deal if Riley did nothing. "Under the original trade, the first pick that could go to the Nets was the Warriors’ 2011 first rounder, lottery protected. But then in September 2009, the team sent its 2011 second round pick to the Nets to bump the first potential year for the trade back a year to 2012 (with lower lottery restrictions). Because of the NBA’s rule requiring teams to have a first round pick in at least every other draft, the second trade freed the team up to swap its 2010 pick. Had the NJ pick come due in 2011, the 2010 pick could not have been traded. Of course, despite the “win now” objective motivating the second NJ deal, Larry Riley sat on his hands last trade deadline and ended up keeping the 2010 pick. So the flexibility purchased with the second round pick ended up being wasted, like so many assets collected during the Cohan era. But the saga of the conditional pick still wasn’t over. Under the new deal, the Warriors are committed to sending the 2012 pick to NJ if it’s not in the top 7. If it is, the 2013 pick comes due, top 6 protected. If that pick doesn’t get moved, the 2014 pick goes, also top 6 protected. If the Warriors don’t ship that pick, then New Jersey gets the Warriors’ second rounders in 2014 and 2016." http://blogs.mercurynews.com/warriors/2011/02/08/the-ghost-of-marcus-williams/
Yup, we basically got owned thanks to the smart management in Oakland. That's why the fans suffer. If the owners can break the cycle of stupidity in warriorland, they know what to fix... just like the owners did in the SF 49ers organization. At some point I think Riley stopped making moves because he was too afraid to do a dumb, risky move again and not because there was no move.
And the bright, young, energetic, business men that bought our team thought that it was a good idea to keep him around and bring in an Agent who has never managed a team to learn from him so he can step in and be the next guy. Honestly, what have we done to deserve this???