Foyle is a decent player who was overpaid. I think his character and actions off the court helped downplay the expectations people had of him with his contract, or at least those few who knew of his off the court activities. But again, people care more for the flash and winning which didn’t occur with Foyle. And in a business setting–which professional sports is basically–he had to go.

1) the guys we gave up, with the exception of J-Rich, really sucked.

2) all of them, with the exception of Diogu, were grossly overpaid, hampering our ability to hold on to Baron, Monta, Andris and any other player that could actually play!

3) The guys we gave up couldn’t play defense or rebound very well either, whereas Jackson is a very good defender, and Harrington is versatile, if not fantastic. Murphy couldn’t guard a barn door. Dunleavy couldn’t guard a fire hydrant. Foyle couldn’t guard anyone because he was always on the bench. Diogu couldn’t guard anybody — and J-Rich was a great hustle guy, and a solid rebounder as you say, but hardly Ron Artest as a defender either. As for Brandan Wright, the jury’s out. But let’s give him a chance before evaluating the swap for J-Rich, who has more-or-less plateau-ed as an excellent transition player who can rebound, play so-so defense, shoots the three with a so-so percentage, can’t shoot free throws very well, and can’t create his own shot.

I mean, you can’t get talent for nothing, but short of landing KG, I’d say Mullin’s moves over the course of the 06-07 season to the present have been a HUGE improvement.

First, we weren’t a good team then. He was signed to be our starting center. He started 269 games for us during his career.

Second, you would have preferred Dampier at $65 million? I think we got the better deal – and Erick is no Nelson center, either.

It’s a disservice to Adonal, lumping him with Brand and JR. He’s not a just a “good guy” because he stayed out of jail, or was nice to people and didn’t kick dogs. His vision and contributions go far beyond that.

I’m glad he was here all those years. I wish him the best of luck – I know he really wants to get on the court. I hope we find a way to bring him back after he retires.

Did you expect Foyle to turn down 8mil a year from Mullin? I doubt he was a threat to hold out if not given a multi-year deal.

Loyalty is not defined on how you negotiate your contract. Loyalty is showing up to practice when he was getting no run in the regular season. Loyalty is running hard for the 10 minutes total you were on the floor in the playoffs. It’s sad that you’re diluted perception of loyalty is associated with dollars and cents, or in this case, millions.

We need more people like him in a league that’s represented to the public by the likes of Ron Artest, Tim Donaghy, and Mark Cuban.

Appreciate all the info. and insight you provide on this blog. I’m honestly a lil disappointed we won’t get to see a full season of B didy, Jrich, Jackson, Harrington, and Biedrins as the starting lineup going into 2007-2008. I always felt this was the Warriors most versatile starting lineup that could go up against any team and style of play. We could play run n gun ball, have 4 legit 3 point threats on the floor at any time, and have Biedrins control the paint and always guarding the other team’s best big man. Specifically, why didn’t Nellie go to this starting lineup in the utah series? I know Al struggled in the dallas series (so he started barnes) and by inserting ellis in the starting linuep at times it gave the warriors another dynamic with the 3 guard look, but with the warriors getting killed on the boards throughout the series, why didn’t nellie go with baron, jrich, jax, al ,and biedrins. This would allow biedrins to guard boozer and contain the boards, al (who doesn’t rebeound well) on okur who mainly plays on the perimeter, and jax on ak47.I just felt the frontline matchups in that series were akward: jax guarding okur, barnes getting manhandled by boozer, and biedrins chasing ak47 around. There’s no doubt boozer is a beast, but I just felt that Biedrins had the best chance to contain Boozer even at the expense of getting into foul trouble. The warriors got hot down the stretch with the 16-5 finish and it all started in the detroit game (baron’s first game back) with that starting lineup. Now with jrich gone, what do you expect from the Warriors this upcoming season? Unfortunately, they lost out on the kg sweepstakes, but do you seem them as a playoff team?

I do have to express my disgust in seeing two of the longest suffering tenured of the Warriors being basically dismissed from the team just when the franchise is on the verge of something great. I guess loyalty only goes as far as the length of your contract. And in this case, not even.