We’re going to keep posting the ridiculousness that comes from the circus that is the Golden State Warriors because it’s ridiculous .
Aside from the news that Monta Ellis and Don Nelson had some sort of verbal altercation today , there was this amazing recap from the Contra Costa Times ‘ “Inside the Warriors” blog of what may or may not have been a fake injury created by Don Nelson yesterday to keep Stephen Jackson on the pine:
Jackson played 17:56 in the loss to Indiana, where he... Read Full Story
Vince Carter scored 21 points and the Orlando Magic remained unbeaten in the preseason with a 117-87 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. The Magic (7-0) play Atlanta on Friday night, hoping to finish off the first undefeated exhibition season in franchise history. Marcin Gortat added 15 points and Brandon Bass had 14 for the Magic. Roy Hibbert scored 14 of his 20 points in the first half for Indiana. Troy Murphy added 15 rebounds for the Pacers, who were without T.J. Ford... Read Full Story
Golden State Warriors
2008-09 Record: 29-53
Anticipated Starting Five
PG- Monta Ellis
SG- Corey Maggette
SF- Stephen Jackson
PF- Anthony Randolph
C- Andris Biedrins
Key Reserves: Stephen Curry, Kelenna Azubuike, Devean George, Anthony Morrow, Ronny Turiaf
Biggest Strength: Young wing talent
Monta Ellis is a nice young talent. They brought in Steph Curry in the backcourt and he will turn out to be a nice player when he adapts to the speed and size of the NBA. And my... Read Full Story
Anthony Randolph
Last year we debuted the “Highs and Lows” system — previewing the NBA season by predicting the respective ceiling and basement for each team. Same theme, different season…
Added: Stephen Curry , Mikki Moore, Devean George, Acie Law, Speedy Claxton
Lost: Jamal Crawford, Marco Belinelli, Rob Kurz
Ceiling: 2nd place, Pacific Division
Three main things working in Golden State’s favor this season: (1) Between them, the Suns, Clippers and Kings, second-place in the... Read Full Story
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Golden State Warriors
2007-08 Record: 48-34
Cool 2007 Stat : Baron Davis, Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson were the first trio to each average 20 ppg for the same team since fellow Warriors Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway and Mitch Ritchmond did it in 1990-91.
Anticipated Starting Five
PG- Monta Ellis (injured to start the season)
SG- Corey Maggette
SF- Stephen Jackson
PF- Al Harrington
C- Andris Biedrins
Key Reserves: Marcus Williams, Kelenna... Read Full Story
Back in the early days of the NBA and even when Your Old Pal New York Vinnie was a teenager the league was ruled by giants. Ever since the early success of George Mikan and the old Minneapolis Lakers having a talented big man on your team was the number one priority for most teams in the league. However over the last few years the game has evolved away from that. In the current NBA there a whole lot more talented guards and small forwards throughout the league than talented centers. When... Read Full Story
As you are most likely aware by now the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday became the fifth NBA team to terminate their head coach since the start of the season. Maurice Cheeks, joins P.J. Carlesimo, Eddie Jordan, Randy Wittman, and Sam Mitchell as former NBA bench bosses. Has the blood letting stopped, or will there still be further victims in the coming days and weeks?
There are of course 30 franchises in the Association, eliminating the five teams that have already fired their coaches... Read Full Story
Monta Ellis
Yesterday must have been unofficial Sh*t-Talking Day around the NBA. With most teams kicking off training camp this week — check out the first installment of Dime’s team-by-team season previews HERE — most teams are having their annual preseason Media Day, and a few guys have been talking reckless. Monta Ellis raised the most eyebrows in Golden State. Ever since the Warriors took Stephen Curry and didn’t trade him to Phoenix, the rookie has been penciled into the starting... Read Full Story
Baron Davis (photo. Tim Tadder)
Unless your name is Monta Ellis , everybody comes to media day with a positive outlook . All the players and coaches say all the right things and deny any issues may lie beneath the surface. And that’s how it was yesterday between Baron Davis and Mike Dunleavy at the Clippers’ media day. Last year, the two had several mini falling outs - stemming on their disagreements on what offense to run. It was no secret Davis wanted Dunleavy out.
The duo are off to... Read Full Story
Even the elite teams are mortals - ask the New Orleans Hornets. Against the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, they had easily one of their worst shooting nights of the season as they shot only 35.9% from the floor; the end result was Golden State holding off New Orleans 91-87 at New Orleans Arena.
The Hornets led 29-19 in the second quarter when West scored on a putback; they were up 40-31 when Golden State’s Stephen Jackson scored on a layup which started a 16-2 run that included a... Read Full Story
