1 year in college, and because he’s 7′ tall, he carves out a nice end-of-the-bench career in the NBA, and he’s done what? NOTHING.

Is this a great country or what?

We better still have some bigger plans.

Our roster is now good enough to win 38 games with everyone healthy. That should mean a 9th or 10th place finish and missing the playoffs for the 3rd consecutive year.

Pinning your hopes on a 1st year player, a 2nd year player that works out 3 times a day, a brand new GM with no legitimate track record, an 80 year old, stubborn coach with no real defensive or offensive philosophy and an ownership group known for letting it’s fan base down is not exactly a recipe for success in the National Basketball Association and especially the grueling Western Conference.

I mean there are still teams out there with 2 or 3 legitimate All-Star players……we’re not even on the same planet.

L.A.: # 24; Gasol; Odom
Denver: Anthony; Billups…..no more All-Stars but tough players like J.R. Smith, Nene……
Houston: T-Mac, Ming’s out, Scola, Artest….this roster is injury prone and may change, but they are still a tough team and with Aaron Brooks with 1/2 year of starting PG experience under his belt,…they may have found their starting PG, although I don’t know if Brooks is a 42 minute a game player
San Antonio: Duncan: Ginobili; Parker; Jefferson
Dallas: Nowitzki; Kidd
New Orleans: Paul; West
Utah: Williams: Boozer,tough players like Okur…
Portland: Roy; Aldridge…..great role players like Outlaw…….Oden is a below average player

There’s 8 right there…….I didn’t even mention Phoenix, even with a dessimated roster, Phoenix is about 5 times better than us.

Where does that leave us?

Standing in the wind with our nutsack in our hands…that’s where….

I always see “Steve” posting on this blog with statements like, “I like what we have,” or “Wait till we’re healthy.”………..

We still have a lot of work to do, ladies…..don’t kid yourselves……we’re Warrior fans for Christ sake.

BTW, Kurz is getting some love from Mike Moreau:

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=13160

They are trying to add a backup PF. We have a really good one already B. Wright. AR should start @ PF ad B. Wright should come off the bench. Whoever we add will be a hinderance if they take mins away from AR.

Regardless, AR has definitely moved past him in the depth chart. Maybe Randolph does successfully move to SF. If not, Wright becomes expendable, and an attractive trade piece.

Love your enthusiasm. Wright is an interesting case. On the one hand, he scores effortlessly in the paint, he’s a natural as a finisher and he’s shown improvement with his jumper (although he’s not consistent enough yet). He’s in the top 50 of Hollinger’s PER index and he’s a willing shot-blocker.

On the other hand, due to injuries his durability is questionable, he gets pushed around at both ends, often gets caught in no man’s land on defense (not sure to help or stay), and often fails to run the floor. While his motor isn’t as bad as O’Bryant’s, one has to wonder…what’s the problem? Nelson, despite his idiosyncrasies, has a pretty good track record at accessing talent. Nellie’s reluctance to play Wright is worrisome.

Is Wright another flame-out or is Nellie really missing the boat on this guy? Unlike with O’Bryant, Hendrix, and Diogu, all of whom never seemed like more than bench warmers to me, Wright is the one guy Nellie’s benched that seems capable of blossoming into a real player. Granted his defense and rebounding are still sub-par, his ability to score in the low post is an element missing from the Warriors and unless we’re picking up a long term piece like Chris Bosh, it seems extremely short sighted to sell him off before we know what we have.

When he was drafted, the concensus was, it would take 2-3 years for him to be a player. Year 3 is nigh. All we’ve seen are flashes. That doesn’t bode well. Nellie seems sure he’s another also-ran. If he’s right, he’s doing the correct thing trying to trade Brandan before everyone else figures out the flashes are false gold. I’m just not sure Nellie’s got this kids number. If he stays, let’s hope he finally blossoms. At the very least, a competitive Wright will only push Randolph to stardom that much faster.