Comments on: Warriors to Sign Azubuike

By: dareedle

dareedle — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:49:57 +0000

The infamous NBA draft rarely helps franchises in need of an overhaul. There is a stat that 60% of bigs drafted in the lottery end up as stiffs and 80% of the guard or perimeter players are solid contributors. Between the luxury tax, zone defense rule, hand check elimination, and slow development of bigs … drafting bigs is pure Las Vegas gambling. POB only hope is Nellie gets to greedy and burns bridges and gets run out of town. In the mean time, it is only a question of when not if POB gets shipped.

By: manhattanproj

manhattanproj — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:59:34 +0000

he’s basically playing for a rookie 2nd round contract. i dont understand why the w’s didnt sign him to a longer deal. well if bd dont stay healthy and we dont get kg, there’s also oj mayo or derrick rose next year at the lottery.

i never liked POB. never liked tournament wonders. if the w’s wanted a big men, they would have been better off drafting josh boone. or draft the best available talent which would be either marcus williams or sefolosha.

By: itsagreattimeout

itsagreattimeout — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:51:44 +0000

Yeah it’s gonna turn into a one year contract- because he will opt out and cash in when the year is done and he’s averaged 15, 5 and 3.

By: Tisdalefan

Tisdalefan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:25:43 +0000

I wasn’t thinking about using a 5mil slot for a backup pointguard, but what options would really strengthen the team?

By: zeelurker

zeelurker — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:17:20 +0000

I think there is a good chance this will turn into a one year contract. It’s too bad they couldn’t give him more to drop the player option.