Shaun Powell of NBA.com has a Top 10 list of the general managers in the NBA with the most challenging jobs this coming season. Read it here. Not surprisingly, Warriors GM Larry Riley is on the list at No. 4 with this explanation: Could be a front-office casualty, with new ownership [...]
I began responding to a post by Aperacer on Tuesday’s blog entry about Stephen Curry, but the response got so long, I decided to write it as a follow-up entry, instead. Here’s the response from Aperacer: In a way Curry had two seasons last year. The first was a disfunctional [...]
I was reading something on a message board a couple weeks ago about Stephen Curry and what kind of statistical jump Warriors fans expect from him in his second season in the NBA. Many of the predictions were astonishing, somewhere in the neighborhood of 20+ points, 5+ rebounds and 10+ [...]
ESPN's future power rankings (it's an Insider article, but here's the link just in case) rank how NBA teams will fare in upcoming seasons, decided by a formula made up of the following factors: players on the current roster, quality of ownership and management, the financial philosophy of the team, and future draft [...]
In Friday's entry, we explored the possibility that the new ownership of the Warriors might want to trade Monta Ellis. We then looked at the kind of teams that would be most interested in acquiring Ellis and the kind of pieces the Warriors would want back in a trade. Remember, [...]
Are the Warriors going to trade Monta Ellis? Nobody really knows for sure. It seems like dealing Ellis and Andris Biedrins and their large contracts may be a priority for the new owners, but there's no concrete evidence they feel that way. ESPN ran with a reference from Tim Kawakami's [...]
The Warriors, as presently constituted, are not ready for the 2010-11 NBA season. While the team has enough options to field a competitive starting lineup, there are serious depth issues, particularly at the point guard and center position. The Warriors have signed two players in the past week to compete [...]
ESPN's John Hollinger wrote about the teams he considers winners in this NBA offseason. It's an Insider article, so you may not be able to access it, but I'll provide a link to the story just in case. Grouped in with the teams you'd expect to populate such a list [...]
After noticing that Hasheem Thabeet has shown considerable progress in summer league this past week, I decided to revisit the much-debated O.J. Mayo/Thabeet for Monta Ellis trade rumor: Reports surfaced last season that the Warriors turned down a trade offer from the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies, interested in Ellis, offered [...]
The internet is buzzing with rumors of trade talks between the Warriors and New York Knicks centering on two players: Monta Ellis and David Lee. The New York Post reported rumors of talks between three teams, with Ellis going to New York, David Lee to Minnesota and Al Jefferson to [...]
Press Democrat Assistant Sports Editor (and rabid NBA fan) Jared Cowley breaks down the latest on the Golden State Warriors and other news from around the Association.