Comments on: Should Curry Start?

By: toneranger

toneranger — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:49:55 +0000

All this fantasy trade talk is meaningless babble. We have 10 good players. We need to let them play together while emphasizing unselfishness. Monta can blow by anyone. If he would occasionally drop the ball off to Randolph or Biedrins when he is doubled it would be wonderful. He could also kick it back to Morrow or Buike or Curry for open threes. Curry could do the same. Winning teams pass to the open man. If this simple concept could become the Warrior’s mantra, things would be so different here. The outside shooting on this team may be the best in the league. Just share the ball people. Hello…

By: earl monroe

earl monroe — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:46:39 +0000

Deano-

I say what the hell-(its not like the other alternatives are so great)
let him start and lets see what we have right away,
its not that serious a deal. Nelson will go with a freaky lineup anyway,
and the one quality I like about Curry is that he definitely has basketball IQ.
He will not have to generate his own shot as much as he did in summer league,
so once he gives it up, he may get it back for some open looks.

The only issue with Curry is on the defensive end-(like Nelson cares anyway)
Maybe we just play more zone.

We should bring in Paul Westhead and let him run the same offense he ran at
Loyola Marymount with Kimble and Gathers. Now that would be fun.

By: Perry

Perry — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:13:52 +0000

“Deano”…….you’re absolutely right……the Billups move was the move to make.

The 3 moves of the century are:

1. P. Gasol
2. Garnett
3. Billups

Few acquisitions have had bigger impacts than those guys.

By: Perry

Perry — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:38:19 +0000

Great work as usual, “Harp”……..great work…….you like the same type of players I like:

T-Mac
Josh Smith
Travis Outlaw (great suggestion)
Al Jefferson

I like the starting squads you’ve proposed throughout your blogging career.

By: Harp's Dubs

Harp's Dubs — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:17:38 +0000

August 25th is right around the corner – the day both Law and Claxton can be traded. Let’s hope to God that Riley can package Speedy’s sizeable contract with some other player(s) to get some help.
The three biggest problems for the Warriors team (not front office) are (in no particular order):
1) Mega-contracts given to Jackson and Maggette
2) Unsure position of Monta Ellis
3) Questions about two skinny, but good and promising players (Randolph and Biedrins) next to each other. Their games simply don’t complement eachother.
Solutions:
Trade Monta, Speedy and Jackson to Houston for McGrady and Aaron Brooks.
Trade Curry, Randolph (gulp) and Maggette to the Timberwolves for Al Jefferson and the rights to Ricky Rubio (only if there’s a guarantee he’ll play for us this year).
Trade Azubuike and Watson to Portland for Travis Outlaw.

Warriors in 09-10:
PG – Rubio/Brooks/Law
SG – McGrady/Morrow
SF – Outlaw/George/Cartier Martin
PF – Jefferson/Wright
C – Biedrins/Turiaf/Jamal Sampson

I really hate parting with Randolph, but Minnesota may be willing to make that trade based on the Rubio situation and that Love and Jefferson don’t have compatible games. Love and Randolph would be a great tandem as would Biedrins and Jefferson. Minnesota gets that small forward they need and can pair Flynn with Curry in the backcourt.

I hate losing Monta to Houston, but as I mentioned before, his game poses lots of questions. Jackson goes back home to Houston. We get McGrady’s huge contract for one year, then get tons of cap relief next summer.

Watson and Azubuike are great players to have off the bench for Portland, as they continue to build an awesome team (my second favorite in the league). They prefer Batum starting to Outlaw, so they go ahead and make that trade, though it gives them a bevy of PGs now with Miller in the fold.

Perry – I know you like to explore what people consider unexplorable, and these moves gets you one of your studs (Jefferson), along with considerable cap relief for future moves next summer.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:12:35 +0000

Let’s wait and see whether Curry can play at this level. I know we are all looking for stuff to talk about during the offseason, but we don’t have nearly enough information yet. Was his bad shooting in summer league a temporary phenomenon, or a permanent problem? He appears to be an excellent ball handler, but is he fast enough to penetrate against NBA defenders? Y’all have fun discussing this, but I’ll wait until I have some real data.

By: deano

deano — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:27:01 +0000

Perry: You know the bloggers very well. With regard to your post @ #27, I think that it is Curry, not Morrow, who is the “specialist” and who will get the short minutes.

I think that Morrow is rapidly becoming a great, all-around player. In addition to being a great shooter, he is fast, active and scrappy. He streaks in and out of the lane and collects rebounds and loose balls. By the end of this next season, I think he’ll be the Warriors best SG and a force on defense as well as offense.

RE Andre Miller, I think he’ll do very well with the Blazers. As for point guards who might help the Warriors, I don’t know who we could get. Until Ramon Sessions is signed, he is still a possibility. I think it is a lot more likely that he becomes a quality point guard than Ellis, Curry or CJ. I love Baron for what he did for the Warrors, but the contract he signed with the Clippers is for too much and for too long.

One guard I’ll try to follow is Ty Lawson. The smart guys in Denver, who made the trade for Billups that regenerated the franchise last season, gave up a future #1 pick for Lawson. I wish the Warriors had taken him. He would have helped the team more than Curry, since we already had Ellis and Morrow.

By: D W

D W — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:05:01 +0000

No rookie stereotypes, please, Nellie. If Curry has a great camp, he should be treated like any other player. If he deserves to start, then do so. Not only would team’s on-court play improve, but the team’s off-court reputation might become less laughable. Won’t hold my breath on the latter, MT-II.

By: Perry

Perry — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:46:11 +0000

I agree, “Deano”…..he shouldn’t start…… I agree that he could play either back-court position as a back-up……..I know you want him as 3rd string PG. I think you might be right about Nelson going with Watson to back-up Ellis at the 1, then leaving Curry as the insurance…….just based on Nelson’s coaching and personnel management history.

I know you like Jackson at the 3.

What I’m looking at is:

1. Ellis
2. Jackson
3. Maggette
4. Randolph
5. Biedrins

2nd:

1. Curry/Watson
2. Morrow/Curry
3. Azubuike
4. Wright
5. Turiaf

Thing is, Morrow is odd man out in this debacle……..balancing the PT between so many hybrid guards leaves Anthony Morrow as the popular, perimeter shooting, undrafted guy that everybody loves, but may not play that much.

A lot of times in this league, specialist players like 3 point shooters who may not have been drafted, don’t get a lot of PT. The Lakers had a player named Mike Penberthy, a former UPS driver, who helped them win the 2000 NBA Championship in Jackson’s first year.

Penberthy was discovered in Santa Barbara at the Lakers practice facility. He was a 3 point specialist. He got some significant PT in the Finals, but his number was not consistenly called in the rotation, for obvious reasons.

But when you look at specialists like Steve Kerr, John Paxson, Jason Kapono, ……..Kapono and Kerr both came from Division I schools and were drafted, Kapono got a good size contract and all 3 were consistent rotation players.

The stigma of being undrafted stays with players, in my opinion, and may hurt Morrow.

I know you like the 2nd unit to look like this, “Deano”:

1. Watson
2. Morrow/Azubuike
3. Maggette
4. Wright
5. Turiaf

“Deano”…….I know you’ve always called for a traditional PG for this squad………

How do you think your guy, Andre Miller, will fare in Portland?

Also, who do you think would be best suited to play PG outside of our current players?

Guys like Jameer Nelson? Randy Foye? Raymond Felton?

Or would you go with more proven talent like B. Davis?

Hypothetically speaking.

By: deano

deano — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:45:19 +0000

Perry and Earl: Where would you have Curry start? At PG or SG? Either way, if Curry starts, Morrow or Ellis or Buike sits; and I think that those three players are, at least now, far better than Curry. Starting Curry puts too much pressure on a completely untested rookie, and would be an insult to the veteran who would be benched. Curry deserve minutes at both PG and SG, but only as a reserve.