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19
Jan

Mid Season Grades

MTII is asking for midseason grades for the W’s players and front office.

Here are mine with little to no explanation. Feel free to add yours to the comments or blog authors can add them to the end of the post.

PLAYERS

Monta Ellis – A- Making it really hard to leave him off the All-Star team, has become clutch and the assist numbers are up. Is a bit of a volume shooter at times, but who else is going to shoot the rock at times? FT% is lower than it should be

Stephen Curry – B- A/TO ratio is not as good as it needs to be and although it has improved recently he has become less aggressive. Defense is a D

Dorell Wright – B+ He is having a career year and his 3PT% has been spectacular for stretches. A little inconsistent but better than I had hoped for. Very happy he is a Warrior.

David Lee – B I won’t penalize him for being hurt or for his contract but he just disappears too often and rarely changes a game.

Andris Biedrins – D+ Playing better of late but he really needs to be more aggressive. Rebounding is good when he can stay on the court. I am taking his contract into account somewhat with this grade though.

Reggie Williams – C Some A games, some F games = C

Vladimir Radmanovic – B+ Wow. After last year I would have taken a C in a heart beat. Not the most awesomest, but Most Improved on the team? Looks like a guy playing for a contract.

Acie Law – C Pulling this one out of the arse

Lou Amundson – C- Was expecting more but it may not be all his fault.

Dan Gadzuric – D doesn’t get an F because of one or two good games

Ekpe Udoh – INC Just cannot give him a grade yet but he is playing better than I thought he would

Brandan Wright – F Decent game tonight against Indiana but he went from a decent trade asset to worth less than my pup’s coach collar.

Charlie Bell – ?

Jeremy Lin – INC Doesn’t get enough time on the floor to get a grade. Would like to see him play a bit more in the D-league so we could trade Acie Law to NYK for Anthony Randolph and move Lin to the back-up spot.

FRONT OFFICE

Keith Smart – C- I was ready to fire him two weeks ago and still pretty much there but not as strongly as before. The team wins the games they should and loses the ones they should but a good coach should shift that over a little. I don’t mind seeing him finish the year out but I am not sure he is the coach of the future.

Larry Riley – C I was not a fan of the Lee trade, but like it more than I did when it happened. Otherwise no other signing or move has meant a damn thing. Let’s see what happens at the trade deadline.

Joe Lacob – C See above. Really should be an incomplete, but I will give him a C anyways. They have done a decent job of marketing the team and reaching out to the fans and the media. If the rumors are true and Monta gets traded they better get a boatload for him because he is starting to look like a legitimate All-Star. The only moves made so far have been minor, but have been the safe $ move By not having the name Chris Cohan he is not eligible for an F at this point.

Where do you disagree with me or agree with the grade but for different reasons?

Update by Mike:

I think your player ratings are basically right on. I have a bit of sympathy for Gadzuric just because he plays so damn hard whenever he gets on the court, but the production just hasn’t been there. One interesting thing about Biedrins is that he’s actually leading the team in wins produced (I’m planning to post an item on advanced stats at the midway point shortly), though I just can’t shake the impression I get with my own eyes that he’s been a bit of a shell of himself. Still, I’d probably bump him up to a B- on production alone, though the D+ fits in terms of potential.

And Charlie Bell deserves an F — he’s been awful and is a bigger waste of a roster spot than Lin.

I’d differ on the front office, as I think Reilly gets an incomplete until we get to the trade deadline. Several of the offseason moves from the past two years were seemingly crafted with a trade in mind (big expiring salaries for Gadzuric and Radmonovic in particular), and until we see what Reilly does with them I hesitate to judge him. Picking up Law has proven to be a decent move, and while Lee isn’t quite playing like a $13M player, he’s definitely an upgrade over last year and would be considered a steal at, say, $9M per.

I’m also a bit softer on Lacob and would give him an incomplete as well, as I don’t think you can blame him for all that ails the team. There’s no question that they’re rebounding better this year than last (admittedly not a high bar to clear), and while the Amundson move hasn’t paid off much they did get him for a cheap price. Same goes for Lin, who has certainly shown flashes, and if he could get a bit more seasoning he could definitely be found money. Like with Reilly, I think what happens at the trade deadline (and in this first offseason for the new ownership) will be the point where I can really judge.

As for Smart, I just keep going back and forth with him. Sometimes I feel like he gets out-coached, but then he’ll pull a move like he did with Wright last night that shows adjustment and deserves respect. He’s certainly learning on the job, and deserves credit for the incredible team chemistry (along with Lee and Monta). I like that he’s had a firm hand with Curry’s carelessness, though I’d also like to see him give Curry the green light a bit more often so that’s a bit of a wash. So I’d probably give him a C+ at this point.

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13
Jan

Scoring by quarter

When looking at the scoring by quarter data on our revamped Stats page something looked odd to me. Scoring by quarter did not appear to be randomly distributed. With the season approaching the 50% mark I thought I would do some very basic analysis to see if my eyes were lying to me. Short story: maybe, maybe not. There are slight differences in scoring by quarter and we can make some statements about trends but strictly speaking differences are are not significantly significant (p<0.05) although it would have been pretty shocking if they had been.

First, the Warriors’s scoring by quarter in a boxplot. For those unfamiliar there are a few basic things you can take away from a boxplot. The box contains the 50% of the data set. The lower (left) edge of the box represents the 25th percentile and the upper (right) edge of the box represents the 75th percentile. The line in the box is the median, meaning half the data points lie above it and half lie below it. A tighter box means a tighter data set and less variability. A median line off center of the box suggests a bias in the data. The whiskers are 1.5 times the Inter-quartile range and any circles are further outliers.

The Warrior’s points by quarters boxplot through the 1/12/11 Laker’s game:

What does this graph tell us? The 3rd quarter tends to be their most consistent quarter from game to game. Pretty damn tight. The first quarter is their highest scoring quarter by a small margin, but when they suck in the 1st they can suck all the way down the spectrum. Look how skewed the box is in regards to the median. That is a wide range of below median scoring. The 4th quarter may be their most inconsistent quarter, but I imagine it may be that was for a lot of teams especially if you are on either side of a blow out, but that is pure speculation.

What about the Warriors’s defense, looking at opponent scoring by quarter?

The Warriors’s defense is pretty bad in the 1st quarter. It is on the edge of actually being statistically significant from the second quarter when their defense improves (almost significantly!). Interestingly their 3rd quarter defense is the most consistent just like their offense. If only games contained 3rd quarters and nothing else.

Overall their defense is less sporadic than their offense. The Warriors are streaky shooters, but their opponents don’t tend to be, at least when they are playing the Warriors.

UPDATE: Season +/- by quarter below. Their most consistent 3rd quarter is actually their second worst by the +/-, so really they need to play all 2nd quarter games. I guess their defense is just that much better in the second and the key to scoring differential may lie in their defense rather than their offense.

Season Avg -2.3 0.1 -1.7 -0.5
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5
Jan

San Jose Hornets?

Rumors are that Ellison may be interested in buying the NO Hornets from the NBA and moving them to San Jose. The Warriors may have some agreement with the NBA to receive $100M+ if another team moves to the Bay Area.

Forbes reported Wednesday that Ellison, who is worth $27 billion, could buy the Hornets and move the team to San Jose. One reason why Golden State sold for a record NBA price is that the new owners could get from $100-$150 million from an owner bringing a second team to the Bay Area, a source told Forbes.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/warriors/detail?entry_id=80410#ixzz1ADgc7e3Z

This would certainly be an interesting twist for the Warriors and a new Bay Area rivalry, but I think it would depress me to have Ellison own a team in the Bay Area and always wonder what could have been.

2
29
Dec

Injuries and the Draft

My knee surgery
Kevin Pelton at Basketball Prospectus has Festivus grievances. Mainly that NBA GMs are too cautious and worry too much about injuries when it comes to the Draft. The discussion is brought about by Brandon Roy’s knee problems and Kevin McHale’s declaration that Minnesota traded Roy for Foye because they knew Roy’s knees would eventually give out. Roy had surgery on both knees before he was drafted. I am sure the money Minnesota saved by paying the 7th pick rather than the 6th pick had nothing to do with it.

As it turned out, Roy is now dealing with those very knee problems, but only after a highly productive start to his NBA career. Here are the WARP totals through 2009-10 of everyone drafted in the 2006 lottery:

Pk   Tm    Player              WARP

1    TOR   Andrea Bargnani      5.9
2    CHI   LaMarcus Aldridge   18.6
3    CHA   Adam Morrison      - 8.0
4    POR   Tyrus Thomas        11.4
5    ATL   Shelden Williams     1.3
6    MIN   Brandon Roy         37.9
7    BOS   Randy Foye           5.1
8    HOU   Rudy Gay            11.1
9    GSW   Patrick O’Bryant   - 0.5
10   SEA   Mouhamed Sene        0.2
11   ORL   J.J. Redick          5.2
12   NOK   Hilton Armstrong   - 3.5
13   PHI   Thabo Sefolosha      0.9
14   UTA   Ronnie Brewer        9.6

Of the 14 lottery picks, how many of them are likely to match Roy’s current WARP total? LaMarcus Aldridge is likely to get there, and Rudy Gay, who is still young and already has put up 3.0 WARP this year, has a pretty good shot. Tyrus Thomas might do so if he figures things out. And that’s it. So even if we conservatively assume that Roy is entirely finished as an NBA player of value, he is still likely to be at worst the fourth-best player in the lottery. Suffice it to say that Foye, who can’t even get off the bench for one of the league’s worst teams, is not going to make it.

Even in hindsight it is easy to say that picking Roy was the right call for Portland, especially over Foye. As Kevin points out, even if Roy never plays another NBA game he is a lock to be the 4th best player in the 2006 lottery. IF HE NEVER PLAYS AGAIN. With rookie salaries the financial hit of an injury prone player is much less that that of a veteran, so at worst Portland’s mistake was extending Roy, but not drafting him.

On the other side of the coin is Roy’s team mate, Greg Oden. Was Pritchard more of a gambler than the other NBA GMs? Was Oden’s injury easier to see coming? I certainly think that on the scale of injuries to worry about the knees of a “Big Man” are far more worrisome than the knees of a back court player. The guard may rely on speed and with shaky knees be slowed down, but with a slimmer body mass he may just be slowed down rather than stopped. A guard who has lost a step still has something to offer where as an already slow center with bad knees doesn’t have much.

And POB was only the third worst lottery pick of 2006! Good job Warriors.

Photo by Flickr user Bekathwia used under a CC license. Much more intimate ones where that came from.

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3
28
Dec

Game #30: Warriors 110, 76ers 95

76ers 95

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Warriors 110
December 27, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
76ers 30 19 22 24 95
Warriors 25 30 21 34 110
  Net -5 11 -1 10 15
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -2.1 10.2 -0.6 10.1 17.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 47% 65.2% 81% 21 17 10 44 31 9 6 12 6 22 13
Season Avg 46.2% 39.2% 76.1% 20.7 22 11.6 40.5 22.5 9 5 14.1 17.5 42.6 18.6
Difference 0.8% 26% 4.8% 0.3 -5 -1.6 3.5 8.5 0 1 -2.1 5.5 -20.6 -5.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 3.8% 41.7% 6% 1 -2 -8 -10 6 5 3 5 19 -24 -2
Net Season Avg -0.6% 3.5% -1.2% -7 -3.6 -1.2 -4.3 -2.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 2 -2.9 -0.8
Net Difference 4.4% 38.2% 7.2% 8 1.6 -6.8 -5.7 8.2 4.2 2.3 3.8 17 -21.1 -1.2

It is officially a winning streak! Last night’s game was not the prettiest one out there but a win is a win is a win. Watching the second half it almost looked as if both teams were running in slow motion and were not all that interested in winning. The Warrior’s missed way too many easy shots had plenty of sloppy turnovers and the 76ers looked like no one knew which play they were supposed to run.

David Lee outplayed Elton Brand, even with missing a few easy ones (21 & 16 +15 versus 16 & 16 -16) or 0 and -1 in respect to the team +/-. I was personally not feeling any regrets about Brand not being in a The City uniform. Any max big should be getting 15 & 15 on the Warrior’s with their eye’s closed. Add that to fact that Brand was a monster on the boards in the first half but seemed to disappear in the second half and you don’t have a “Winner.”

Jrue Holliday on the other hand played really well and looked fantastic. As Fitz pointed out about a dozen times he looks like a leader out on the court. Did he outplay Curry in this game? Probably but maybe not as much as their point and assist totals will lead you to believe. Holliday went for 23/11 while Curry sported 17/8 while their +/- versus the team were similar +2 versus +3. Holliday certainly has the appearance of having the higher ceiling, but for some reason I just picture him languishing on a bad team not making the other players around him better, where as Curry just seems to scream Playoff PG who makes his team mates better. I have no stats to back this up and it may not even be true, but that is my impression early in their careers.

Monta had an off night but when 20 points scored on 8-19 is an off night I will take it. More importantly maybe was his perfect night, 4-4, from the stripe. Over the last 4 games his FT% has been much better. Hopefully he is turning that corner. Monta also had 12 assists, most if not all of which were very legitimate assists. On a night when his shooting touch was a little off he got his team mates the ball. “He has had at least seven assists in four straight games, a first in his career.”

Udoh showed a few flashes and Admundson seemed to miss shots I could have made.

Who have I left out? Oh yeah D-Wright had a decent game. 25 points 5-7 from behind the arc, 4 assists with 0 TOs, the dude was a beast and really led the 3rd quarter pull away. Overall the Warriors were electric behind the arc going a combined 15-23, 65%. It is pretty easy to win games when you are hitting that many 3s.

Philadelphia 76ers (12-19)
field goals rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
A. Nocioni F 25:22 3-8 0-3 0-1 -17 0 2 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 6
E. Brand F 30:25 7-15 0-0 2-2 -16 7 9 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 16
S. Hawes C 24:00 4-10 0-0 1-2 -3 2 10 12 2 4 1 3 1 0 9
J. Meeks G 43:20 6-15 2-9 5-6 -10 1 2 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 19
J. Holiday G 43:34 8-14 2-3 5-6 -13 0 2 2 11 2 1 7 1 0 23
T. Young 31:41 7-14 0-1 1-2 -7 4 4 8 4 1 0 2 0 1 15
E. Turner 28:30 2-8 0-0 1-1 -2 2 6 8 1 2 0 2 0 3 5
C. Brackins 10:39 1-4 0-1 0-0 -5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
M. Speights 02:29 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Battie DNP – Coach’s Decision
A. Iguodala DND – Tendonitis in Achilles
D. Songaila DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 38-88 4-17 15-20 18 36 54 25 15 4 17 3 6 95
43.2% 23.5% 75.0% team rebs: 3 total to: 17
Golden State Warriors (12-18)
field goals rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 43:19 8-11 5-7 7-8 +15 0 6 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 28
D. Lee F-C 40:40 9-18 0-0 3-4 +15 5 11 16 2 1 0 3 2 0 21
L. Amundson F 12:59 2-6 0-0 0-2 -1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 4
M. Ellis G 43:29 8-19 2-4 4-4 +11 0 1 1 12 1 2 5 0 0 22
S. Curry G 28:20 5-13 4-6 3-3 +18 0 5 5 8 5 1 2 0 1 17
R. Williams 11:44 0-2 0-1 0-0 -7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
V. Radmanovic 25:35 3-4 2-2 0-0 +4 2 4 6 2 1 3 1 1 0 8
E. Udoh 13:33 1-3 0-0 0-0 +3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2
R. Carney 07:53 2-4 2-2 0-0 +9 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
A. Law 12:28 1-3 0-1 0-0 +8 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Wright DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-83 15-23 17-21 10 34 44 31 17 9 12 6 3 110
47.0% 65.2% 81.0% team rebs: 2 total to: 12

inactive

  • 76ers: Kapono, Williams
  • Warriors: Bell, Biedrins, Gadzuric

technical fouls

  • 76ers: Hawes
  • Warriors: –

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 2
  • Times Tied: 8

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #65 Sean Wright, #58 Josh Tiven
  • Attendance: 19208
  • Duration: 2:10
2
23
Dec

Quick Links

Boom Tho

A diagram of the W’s game tying 3 to send the Sacto game to OT. I think the author may be giving Smart et al. too much credit but it worked so credit where credit is due.

Joe Lacob answers a Warrior’s fan’s e-mail.

Despite making choke signs and then choking himself, Demarcus Cousins may be starting to get it.

Rod Benson is back to the blogging thing and publishes his diaries from Indiana Pacers camp.

UPDATE: One more. Warrior’s assistant coach Stephen Silas is the new interim head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats. Cannot really say how big of an impact this will have on the Warriors but it is not usually a good thing to lose an Assistant Coach who is of head-coach quality to another team (although an argument will be made on whether Silas is qualified or got the job out of nepotism, but I don’t know enough to participate in that argument).

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18
Dec

Two ex-Warriors get traded for eachother

In a trade between the Orlando Magic and the Phoenix Suns, Jason Richardson and Mickael Pietrus got traded for each other.

The trade returns former Magic star Hedo Turkoglu, along with Jason Richardson and Earl Clark, to Orlando in exchange for Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus, a 2011 first-round pick and cash considerations.

Orlando, losers of five of its last six games, is also close to acquiring Arenas for Rashard Lewis, sources said.

This trade seems to make Orlando better immediately and Phoenix better in the long-term as they get first round draft pick, and maybe some long-term salary relief, but I am not quite sure on that one yet until the cash considerations are released.

Do you see any trades of current Warriors on the docket?

1
15
Dec

Game #25: Warriors 108, Timberwolves 99

Timberwolves 99

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Warriors 108
December 14, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Timberwolves 25 26 25 23 99
Warriors 17 37 25 29 108
  Net -8 11 0 6 9
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -5.1 10.2 0.4 6.1 11.2
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 50.6% 50% 61.3% 31 20 12 43 21 9 3 17 13 44 15
Season Avg 46.2% 39.2% 76.1% 20.7 22 11.6 40.5 22.5 9 5 14.1 17.5 42.6 18.6
Difference 4.5% 10.8% -14.8% 10.3 -2 0.4 2.5 -1.5 0 -2 2.9 -1.5 1.4 -3.6
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 4.8% 22.2% -5.4% 7 5 -4 -4 -5 2 2 3 5 -6 -6
Net Season Avg -0.6% 3.5% -1.2% -7 -3.6 -1.2 -4.3 -2.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 2 -2.9 -0.8
Net Difference 5.4% 18.7% -4.2% 14 8.6 -2.8 0.3 -2.8 1.2 1.3 1.8 3 -3.1 -5.2

The Warriors got a much needed win last night thanks to the T-wolves which handed the Warriors their last win. So thanks Minnesota. But in all honesty the Warriors should beat Minnesota every time they play and either Monta or Curry is on the court. The Monta-Curry (Williams last night) duo is just so much better than Minnesota’s backcourt. If you are starting Luke Ridnour you are not a very good team. This is still shocking reminder that Minnesota took two point guards in the 2009 draft and have nothing to show for it.

Admunson was a force off the bench and sported an eye-popping +22. But if you watched the game last night you did not need to see that stat to know he was one of the major reasons they Warriors were able to pull away late. And pull away late on the back end of the B2B even if it was at home. This smelled like a trap game so it was great to see them pull it off.

Props obviously have to go to Monta for scoring 30+ points and playing all 48 minutes. Reggie Williams had another good game, including a monster heart stopping dunk. I swear I think he is going to come up short and brick those high flying dunks every time.

David Lee had another double-double 10-11, but was a pathetic -13. I am not sure I believe he is all the way back to 100% yet. At least let’s hope that is the reason otherwise this is going to be a long half a decade paying his salary. But props to him and the rest of the big men for holding Love and Beasley in check.

Minnesota Timberwolves (6-19)
field goals rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
M. Beasley F 34:56 9-16 1-3 0-1 -3 2 5 7 2 6 1 3 0 1 19
K. Love F-C 43:39 6-18 0-3 1-2 -4 4 10 14 3 2 0 2 0 1 13
D. Milicic C 31:34 12-19 0-0 1-1 -15 6 5 11 0 5 1 4 0 1 25
W. Johnson G 20:17 2-5 0-3 0-0 -5 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
L. Ridnour G 31:29 1-9 0-3 3-4 -9 1 2 3 11 3 3 1 0 0 5
N. Pekovic 06:28 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
J. Flynn 16:31 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 3
C. Brewer 28:44 1-6 1-2 8-10 -2 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 11
M. Webster 26:22 6-8 2-2 3-5 -7 0 5 5 2 3 1 5 0 0 17
W. Ellington DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Hayward DNP – Coach’s Decision
S. Telfair DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-85 5-18 16-24 16 31 47 26 25 7 20 1 3 99
45.9% 27.8% 66.7% team rebs: 5 total to: 20
Golden State Warriors (9-16)
field goals rebounds
pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts
D. Wright F 30:10 4-14 2-8 2-3 -1 2 3 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 12
D. Lee F-C 30:15 4-10 0-0 2-2 -13 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 0 0 10
A. Biedrins C 31:47 3-4 0-0 1-4 +13 4 8 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 7
R. Williams F 39:11 8-13 4-7 6-8 +10 0 5 5 2 5 0 1 0 0 26
M. Ellis G 48:00 13-24 3-4 5-7 +9 1 3 4 6 3 1 5 0 1 34
A. Law 21:24 3-4 1-2 2-3 +6 1 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 9
L. Amundson 26:18 3-6 0-0 1-4 +22 1 2 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 7
V. Radmanovic 06:46 1-2 1-1 0-0 +2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3
D. Gadzuric 02:08 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
E. Udoh 04:01 0-0 0-0 0-0 -8 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
C. Bell DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Lin DNP – Coach’s Decision
Total 240 39-77 11-22 19-31 12 31 43 21 20 9 17 3 1 108
50.6% 50.0% 61.3% team rebs: 9 total to: 19

inactive

  • Timberwolves: Gaines, Koufos, Tolliver
  • Warriors: Carney, Curry, Wright

technical fouls

  • Timberwolves: –
  • Warriors: Ellis

scoring

  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Times Tied: 10

arena stats

  • Arena: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Officials: #17 Joe Crawford, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #40 Leon Wood
  • Attendance: 17615
  • Duration: 2:17
1
30
Nov

Game #18: Spurs 118, Warriors 98

Spurs 118

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Warriors 98
November 30, 2010 1 2 3 4 T
Spurs 30 28 33 27 118
Warriors 26 22 25 25 98
  Net -4 -6 -8 -2 -20
  Season Avg -2.9 0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -2.2
  Compare to Season Avg -1.1 -6.8 -7.6 -1.9 -17.8
 Warriors Stats
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Game 47.1% 27.8% 61.1% 18 18 10 44 20 5 4 16 20 46 23
Season Avg 46.2% 39.2% 76.1% 20.7 22 11.6 40.5 22.5 9 5 14.1 17.5 42.6 18.6
Difference 0.9% -11.4% -15% -2.7 -4 -1.6 3.5 -2.5 -4 -1 1.9 -3.5 3.4 4.4
 Net Comparison
  FG% 3P% FT% FTA Fouls OReb TReb Assists Steals Blocks Turns POTurns PIPaint FBPoints
Net Game 1% -5.6% -26% -13 0 -3 -6 -11 -8 1 -5 -4 -2 -7
Net Season Avg -0.6% 3.5% -1.2% -7 -3.6 -1.2 -4.3 -2.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 2 -2.9 -0.8
Net Difference 1.6% -9.1% -24.8% -6 3.6 -1.8 -1.7 -8.8 -8.8 0.3 -6.2 -6 0.9 -6.2

I think this video pretty much sums it up.

4
19
Nov

OJ Mayo

Straight outta Vancouver explores the trade market for OJ Mayo. Mark Travis seems pretty open to the idea of improving them team by shipping OJ Mayo off for some pieces that fit better with the rest of the team.

The problem for O.J. is that he’s on a team with three above average players (Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol, and Zach Randolph) that all need looks and more often than not it seems like Mayo gets the short end of the stick.

On the season, Mayo is averaging the second most field goal attempts a game for the Grizzlies, but minor injuries have slowed the starts of Randolph and Gasol to this point and they will both likely be more aggressive and effective once they are 100% healthy. Additionally, Mike Conley seems like he is going to be shooting the ball a bit more this season based on his play during the first couple of weeks, which only takes more looks away from Mayo.

He offers up a bunch of trade scenarios with multiple teams one of which is our GSWs:

Golden State Warriors Receive: O.J. Mayo, Hasheem Thabeet

Memphis Grizzlies Receive: Monta Ellis

This offer was reportedly made last season but the Warriors turned it down. Ellis has looked a lot better this season, so there is obviously still incentive for the Grizzlies to make this deal, but Conley’s extension means Ellis would be stepping into the same role Mayo was forced into and he’s a lot more assertive than Mayo with his shot attempts, so that may not work out for Memphis. Still, there are few players as talented as Ellis and his ability to create, even though he prefers to shoot, is better than Mayo’s at this point.

I cannot imagine that this trade is even a remote possibility. If the offer was indeed made last season and the Warriors turned it down why in the world does he think it is now a possibility. Ellis is playing much better and more importantly seems to be much happier. The only reason to have even thought about this trade last year was if you thought Ellis and Curry could not play together or that Ellis was just going to Capt. Jack his way out of town. However if you think Ellis and Curry cannot play together what makes you think that Curry and Mayo can play together? Add that to the fact that Biedrins is playing much better this season and when David Lee is healthy and the emergence of Jeff Adrien off the bench I don’t know if Thabeet would even be wearing a uniform most nights. He may be more useful than Gadzuric, but probably not more useful than Vladimir Radmanovic and certainly not more useful than Adrien.

In short: NO DEAL.