I really hope we sign Arroyo. He’s a proven veteran PG and is still young.

Kaman is a coordinated scoring, rebounding and shotblocking legit big man. Al Thornton is pretty good and we have to hope he doesn’t get too much better. I like their undersized SG Gordon to go with BD as their Monta.

Just saying. Of course with Brand and maybe Maggette and BD they’d be really really good, but they still have some talent.

That’s not a bad lineup. Ellis needs the occassional relief at PG duties so he can do what he does best, roam freely for open shots. Maybe Jax can handle the ball sometimes but he makes really poor decisions and turns the ball over when he forces the issue. I woulld like to see them sign Doolings (if not trade for Billups). I hear the Pistons are asking for Biedrens.

I say not just keep him but start him at the 4. The Warriors still have enough cap space to get Keyon Dooling or someone else. Maybe take a low cost chance on Shaun Livingston.

Monte Ellis will be as good a PG as Jordan Farmar or Rajon Rondo. Who’s the PG for Houston?

I think we’ll be competitive with the guys we’ve got:

1) Ellis
2) Jax
3) Correy
4) Al
5) Biedrins

and solid rotation guys like Azabuike, Wright, Turriaf and Watson. If we get anything at all out of Bellinelli and Randolph we could certainly be a 45 – 50 win team again with a young core that’ll get better in time.

Anyway if 50 million is what we offered Corey Maggette, so then, I really feel that this is the amount of money we offered Baron which he rejected and termed as “insulting.”

Baron however, miscalculated, he created his own predicament. Without consulting Brand and Maggette, He rushed to the Clippers, “Verbally” to gain a leverage against the Warriors. He bluffed. The Warriors called it.

But Baron isn’t that popular to Maggette and Brand afterall. They left even AFTER he made a statement of joining the Clippers.

Maggette ironically, to the Warriors. Livingston is even a possiblity.

His pride did him in. Terrible.

Baron, at his health condition and age, is back to rebuilding again and he is going to rebuild the team that is the most hardest to build, The Clippers. He will have to deal with the myth, the bad luck, A fan with a bad morale, its Laker clone image, etc.

He will need a voodoo witch to rebuild the Clippers.

And the name really sucks! Clippers!

By rejecting 17 million for one year before renegotiations, That’s a lot of balls! but for what? For naught it seems.

Sure whatever the Warriors offered him for a long term contract is undeservedly small, but the Warriors have six other players to sign and renegotiate! and Mullin is in the pressure cooker to make more of the 48 wins we did.

Baron decided to follow where the money direction is. True enough he ended with money, but he is undeniably alone by his lonesome self.

Just about the best player they have there now is Cutino Mobley. And who’s crazy about joining the Clippers?.

He lost Maggette and Brand. Livingston wont be there. Would he like playing for Dunleavy?

He is now stuck with Kaman, Mobley, and Thomas. And these guys can’t wait for their contracts to expire to play somewhere else. In the history of NBA, Name a Clipper player who is still identified and loyal to the team?

Baron has the talent and demeanor deserving of a legacy but He decided to follow the money trail. So, that’s how he is going to remembered in his career.

Sad. Truly Sad.

The lesson of the story, Championship teams are based not just on talent alone, but sacrifices by its members as well, which could also mean a cut on their bank accounts

So Baron, stop biting your nails about whose going to sign next, use some “Clippers!”

As for Maggette, He will definitely grow in this team. I think he will be a good fit. He has a good back up too in Kelena Azubique. So were solid in this position.