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Roster thoughts

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A few thoughts about the Golden State roster and potential moves quick hit style:

1) It looks like the Warriors are going to sign Nate Robinson.  Ughh.  I hated the guy at UW. I hated him even more with the Knicks.  He can quickly become a ball hog who is not nearly as good as he thinks he is. I don’t care that he is a 5’9″ slam dunk champion. I don’t care that he has a chip on his shoulder. We don’t need another selfish offensive minded guard.  Boo. I don’t think this is a play-off year so I would rather see what Ish and Jenkins can do.

2) DeMarcus Cousins may be available.  Sounds like the Warriors are not interested, but I certainly am.  I just got done saying the Warriors don’t need another selfish player, but for Cousins talent I would be willing to make an exception.  I want to think that Jackson would have more credibility with Cousins than Westphal does for the reasons of NBA experience, age, and hell I will just say it, maybe even race. I would trade Biedrins and take on Rudy Fernandez’s bad contract for Cousins in a heart beat.  I would think about including Udoh too.  However this would all rely on Jackson being okay with the trade.  If he says no go then I would trust him on this one.

3) TK suggests trading Monta to Chicago for one of their four bigs: Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson, Omer Asik or Luol Deng. I gotta say I am not in love with any of those four guys.  I haven’t liked Noah’s antics since his time at Florida and while Taj Gibson is an interesting player I just think Monta for Gibson straight up is not enough.  Deng … meh … $12M, $13M, $14M over the next three years.  Way too much money for my taste.  Monta is cheaper and better.  I am sure Chicago would jump at a 1 for 1 trade giving away any of those four named.  I would not do it from the Warrior’s end.  I know they need to do something different and trading Monta is probably the best way, but I don’t like the value in any of the above trades.  Also, I am less and less sure that Monta is the guy that has to go rather than Curry.  I am starting to think Curry’s ceiling is no where near a Steve Nash, and probably more around a Monta Ellis (albeit a different player).  Curry has a lot more value on the trade market.  The Warriors need to explore what they could get for Curry, compare that to what they can get for Monta and they may find out that they can get much more for Curry, to the point that they could be a better team with Monta + new additions, than they will be with Curry + worse new additions.

Thoughts?

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  • Anonymous

    On the trade thoughts, I’m starting to think that anything that blows up the backcourt would be a plus at this point, especially if it nets a reliable frontcourt scorer. And if you can score a guy like Cousins for Goose and Udoh, then that works too. Bottom line is they need to get some easier buckets if they want to score consistently and avoid these atrocious dead spells on the offensive end that they’ve been having. Not like any of the Chicago bigs are big scorers, but at least they can defend and create some easy second-chance points.

    The Curry question is an interesting one — I’m with you that it just doesn’t look like he’s going to put it all together (If he can even stay healthy), so getting maximum bang for your buck by trading him right now is starting to sound mighty appealing…

  • http://profiles.google.com/xian400 Christian Naventi

    I dunno, I like Deng an awful lot; dude is just a complete player.

    • Anonymous

      True — maybe they’ll go for the “warriors preferred” option that TK suggested.

  • http://profiles.google.com/kirklandj Jake Kirkland

    Speaking of Curry staying healthy.  Ughh.