Comments on: From Jamal’s Craw

By: skeet frum da street

skeet frum da street — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:32:19 +0000

good job brah…u always got the best news for the warriors

By: JustPuked

JustPuked — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:31:11 +0000

Belinelli should be a knock down shooter (but he’s had stage fright), he’s an above average passer, and his one-on-one defense has improved from the stand point of staying in front of his man. Theoretically, there should be a place for this kid to be in someone’s eight or nine player rotation as an off the bench shooter and offense facilitator.

The drawbacks remain, he’s not knocking down his shots, he still misses too many of his defensive assignments in regards to team D and help rotations, and he remains a sub-par rebounder. Until he improves in these areas, he’s not going to get a ton of playing time under Nellie.

-Anthony Morrow has proven, in just a few months, to be better than Belinelli at providing exactly the things that Marco was supposed to bring to the team.-

We all saw Randolph had game early in the season, but he didn’t get minutes until he proved he could do it in practice. I expect the same will prove true with Marco. Until he shows it to Nellie, he won’t be getting minutes.

If MB gets traded it will be because Marco failed to do what he was asked to do in practice and Morrow emerged by out playing him on a daily basis in practice and when he got his opportunities on the court. You can’t blame anyone for that but Marco. Considering POB, Lasme, Diogu etc., that doesn’t bode well for Marco’s abilities.

I had high hopes for the kid, and I’ve got nothing against him, but he hasn’t delivered. If he’s got potential, hopefully Nellie will keep him. But from what I’ve seen so far and considering the logjam in front of him keeps growing, I’d trading him for value while we still can. That’s a tough final analysis, from a guy that bought a Belinelli jersey from the Italian National Team two summer’s ago.

PS, how did Belinelli hijack a Crawford Post? I can’t wait to see what Jamal brings tonight!

By: jlight

jlight — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:26:49 +0000

A couple of summer leagues ago i think just about every warrior fan was hailing marco as the next great thing, even playing him ahead of Monta. No one said anything about his lack of defense then or lack of anything for that matter. As it goes for a lot of nba players, if you can score the basket, teams will find a spot for you. T think in Marcos case, just like we have seen from Marrow these last two games, your shot is not always gonna fall, so you will have to be able to contribute in other ways. So what has Marco shown us in his 5 miutes every other game. He moves without the ball pretty good, he seems to be a good passer, has his defense really been as horrible as nellie would have us believe? Somewhere along the line I think he lost much of his confidence in himself, as it appeares his teammates have (dont seem to look for him) All I’m saying is two years in the league, well really one (not counting this year) I would like him to get a real chance, before we give up on him.

By: potty

potty — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:19:46 +0000

He’s playin on old wheels.

By: potty

potty — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:19:10 +0000

Vince cant jump any more!!!!

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:19:29 +0000

No.9&10; now hear this. BELINELLI sux and should not get any significant minutes. Belinelli is not an NBA caliber player.

As for getting his confidence back. He’s never had any. The guy takes off balanced 3′s even when he’s unguarded. Belinelli is a Euro star, who cannot keep up in the big league

Belinelli is garbage ! Can’t trade him because no team wants him.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:34:24 +0000

Im a knick fan and I can honestly say you have to take complaints from them with a grain of salt as a great many of us suffer from ” the grass is greener on the other side” syndrome.

In situations like this I say dont look at what the fans say but how a players coach and teammates talk about him.All of his coaches have loved him and his teammates as well. Hes a team player player to the utmost and as someone who had high hopes for him when we traded for him I feel kinda sorry for him.

He was on a bulls squad for 4 years that management had no intersst in winning .They just lived off the jordan money for years and told everyone how they would just let there young talent develop but yet they dumped Brand and Artest. They also had Marcus Fizer,Jay Williams ,Tyson Chandler,Eddy Curry and it was never about winning just the draft pick .

He then gets traded to the knicks and Marbury basically blows up the franchise and Crawford gets labeled for not making the playoffs but those are some helluva odds to overcome without a superstar on the team and a constant rotation of coaches .

I hope he does well and helps the warriors to the playoffs he deserves it.

By: commish

commish — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:18:55 +0000

I want to start the trade Maggette train right now, even without knowing how Monta will be when he returns. Get a big expiring contract for him and break up the logjam of swingmen. Maggette is about as advertised before we got him but doesn’t bring that extra zing our team needs to win in close games or close out a game where we are ahead by a little. And in case you haven’t noticed, virtually all of our games are close at the end because we can’t defend worth a damn. I don’t know if Maggette is worth $10M a year; that seemed to be a knee jerk reaction to Baron leaving, but it was a lot better than getting Arenas and watching him be on the injured reserved. That would have been a nightmare. Anyway, it would be great to clear some salary cap space by moving Maggette. I’m not interested in another player of equal value (within reason) because I’d like to make sure our young core develops. Nelson won’t sit a $10M year player to give our young and restless their chances. Hey, I know this isn’t going to happen right away, but I do hope it happens sooner than later.

By: NotaNelsonfan

NotaNelsonfan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:03:01 +0000

Get rid of Randolph? Yeah right, 19 years of age 6’10, projected to be a Lamar Odom/Bosh type player.
How many guys that height can bring up the ball like him. He will develop a 15-18 foot jumper, give him time. He’s gonna make mistakes at his age, but I see lots of promise in him for the future.

Warriors aren’t doing well now, because:

1. Nellie over plays Jax too much. Jax turns the ball over far too much, and does even stupider turnovers when he’s tired. So much for promising not to “Burn out his star players”., like he did to Jax and Baron last year.

2. Maggette won’t be worth much at all if he keeps bombing three pointers and missing. Remember C.M is BEST when he goes to the basket and scores and draws fouls.
That’s why he was useless in the Philly game. Too worried about throwing up three’s. Again that was the negative about signing CM, he can be a gunner.

3. CJ frickn cannot even inbound the damn ball properly, and can’t finish a layup. He at best off the bench.

4. Finally, why the W’s won’t get far:
DON NELSON. Signing him to an extension was the biggest mistake of all.
Watch teams like the Suns, Lakers, and Celtics. They are constantly moving the ball around, and not standing around.
Nelson offense is to isolate two guys on one side and the other three on the other side. Basically the three on the other side does NOTHING but look at the other two. Granted once in a while one of the three will cut to the paint, but rarely.

It’s about gunning long shots throughout the game and occassionally involving the entire five players on the team.
Just ask Charles Barkley. He feels the same. Sorry guys, but our W’s really got some good players, and we could be even better and possibly a sixth or seventh seed, but NOT with Nelson. Warrior fans deserve far better than Don Nelson basketball.

By: 558755

558755 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:46:25 +0000

Trade Maggette (when he is eligible) for a legitimate PF banger a.k.a. Drew Gooden. Send Maggette home back to Chicago and bring Gooden back home.