Comments on: Back to Small Ball

By: earl monroe

earl monroe — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:28:34 +0000

Wilson- playing Hunter or Vlad next to Randolph makes too much sense-Nelson doesn’t do anything that may be construed any where near
conventional- he is too smart for that, god forbid that he could not get a small on a big mismatch on the offensive end.
I particularly enjoy watching the mismatches that Maggette gets on bigger players, then takes advantage of the mismatch by settling for a
17 foot fadeaway, then misses it off the front rim. Or the mismatch that Randolph gets at the free throw line and shoots a standstill fadeaway shot when a fadeaway is not necessary, too much common sense to have this kid not fade away or float his body left and instead teach him to
shoot going towards the basket and following his shot? Imagine all the offensive rebounds Randolph could get this way?

Nahhh too conventional-the Warriors coaching staff doesn’t think they can win with these young guys by going conventional.

By: fillmoe mike

fillmoe mike — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:23:29 +0000

we need to be patient and hope monta does not ask to be traded, because against most teams he simply can not be guarded.Randolph needs more playing time..thats the only way he will get better….

i actually see this team as montas and randolphs team in the future with steph playing similar to mo williams just a better passer….

By: Justafan

Justafan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:02:52 +0000

28-54 boycott

By: kobe24

kobe24 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:24:05 +0000

Nellie sucks and should be fired! Merry Christmas to you all.

By: Mountain Jim

Mountain Jim — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:57:37 +0000

LOL at Nellie wondering why his two guard has trouble guarding threes.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:32:20 +0000

Another loss chalked up to second chance points. Randolph had 8 blocks, but unfortunately most of those were rebounded by New Orleans. How much would it have hurt to play Randolph beside Hunter for a little while, just to see? Nelson just seems to be more interested in having the team play his unique brand of genius small ball than he is in doing the intelligent thing. Nothing new. Very depressing.

By: A's in 2010

A's in 2010 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:25:43 +0000

If we add another player then small forward is a bigger need. Please tell me I’m not the only one who cringes watching CJ guard small forwards out there. And besides, we don’t need another big that Nellie won’t play. You got Chris Hunter who put up big time stats in the DLeague and he just racks up DNPs.

By: some guy

some guy — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:35:16 +0000

the reason why vlad was seeing time ahead of AR is simple if you’ve played bball at a high enough level to play under a real coach.

coaches care about how you follow the game plan, whether you’re where you’re supposed to be, do you follow your assignments and whatnot. veterans understand defensive principles better than young players. when to chuck, where to front, where their help is located, when they are allowed to leak. that’s why a rookie like Curry plays while other rookies do not.

i’d love to see AR play more, but remember Bynum only played 21.9 minutes per game in his 2nd year and it would have been much less had Kwame Brown not gotten injured. And this was back when the Fakers were a 40 win team.

btw, Monta actually seems to do better vs. SGs instead of PGs. He doesn’t get abused in the post vs SGs, but most PGs initiate through pick & roll and (though i know it must’ve happened at some point) i can’t remember ever seeing Monta fight through a screen. i only remember Arenas & Jennings pretty much torched him as he trailed them every time.

By: Chris Cohan

Chris Cohan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:50:30 +0000

Jared Cowley coming through in the clutch with the team’s big moves!

By: petaluman

petaluman — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:45:56 +0000

Marcus,

Thanks for the updates on Turiaf and the possible 2nd injury exception.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/warriors/ci_14053529?nclick_check=1

Cartier looked OK in SL, and let’s face it, anyone over 6’4 adds to our team size. However, with Wright out for the year, Moore out for 3 months, and Ronny’s return unknown, I’d still like to see us give another big a chance to stick. Have you heard any other names mentioned as call-up possibilities?