Comments on: Harrington confirms he wants out

By: Le

Le — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:50:02 +0000

Harrington/Wright/Belinelli for Gooden & Henrich, I’ll take that. Not sure if salary works out though.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:13:11 +0000

If Al wanted out, is there any way the Warriors trade for Drew Gooden. We needed inside help on rebound and he is really good with offensive board.

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:08:40 +0000

Al got what he asked for last night and we all saw the result at the end of the game….suck it up or get bent Harrington

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:58:52 +0000

The Warriors would miss Al’s shooting. I like Al, but as others have said he’s not the long term guy. But he’s still a good fit this year because he can shoot and the W’s have lost a lot of outside shooters.

But I think Nellie is using him right and I think Wright and Randolph are the future, so I want to see them get playing time without hurting the team while they learn. That means playing Al in the 4th quarter, but having him sit long stretches in between.

I say take advantage this year, then let him go with the best deal he can get based on his production this year.

By: warrick

warrick — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:42:35 +0000

I wonder how he wants to be used. He cant finish inside, he cant rebound, and he doesnt have any face up moves worth mentioning. He cant blow by people like Ellis. He needs to show first that he can do more things than what we see rite now. then the playing time, plays for him, everything else will come. So like everyone else said, just play!

By: eric

eric — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:06:21 +0000

for 9Mil/yr, if my boss told me to file papers all day, i would.

Shut up and play.

By: 61ixty

61ixty — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:54:58 +0000

Suck it up like a man.

By: Ewok

Ewok — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:02:12 +0000

I think this statement is more of a leverage than anything else.

He wants to stay and his using the media to pressure Nellie to change his approach in using him.

Nellie will adjust. But at the end of the day –or the season, if Al still doesnt deliver, then its all business, nothing personal.

By: goingforthemoney.com

goingforthemoney.com — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:44:30 +0000

For all the comments that have been made concerning Al’s state of mind, he is not the long term answer for the W’s anyway. Let try and appreciate Al for what he has contributed to for the W’s and that is a playoff run, and respectability for the organization. Where were we before the brothers united Al BD and StackJack came to the team. The man has a legitimate grip. It’s not about what he can’t do it’s about what he’s not allowed to do. Have a nice day and GO WARRIORS!

By: A.J.

A.J. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:04:14 +0000

I took the liberty of double checking Al’s PPG and RPG 2007-2008 season averages because in my post I put his numbers and I wanted to make sure I was correct because I take pride in what I write on here and I want to be accurate:

Looks like I was pretty close:

Here is his PPG and RPG averages line from last year:

07-08 GSW 5.4 (rpg) 13.6 (ppg)

Again, 14 points and 5 rebounds, I said 14 and 7 in my previous post, I think things could be a lot worse Warriors fans.

Al Harrington’s production is not the reason we did not go to the playoffs last year and he’s not the reason we lost some winnable games last year like the MLK day loss against Minnesota, or the home losses against the Bulls and Bucks.

Basketball teams lose games as a team. We did not have Jackson for the first nine games, we only won 2 of those games. We led the league in 3 point jacks and 3 point makes, we were one of the worst defensive teams in the league. And we can’t score in the 4th quarter to save our lives.

Until the whole team addresses these issues as a team and rectifies it, I am not willing to point fingers at individual players.