Comments on: Did Smart’s Gamble Hurt or Help?; The Dominance of Jeff Adrien; Dorell’s Shiner

By: garrett

garrett — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:07:31 +0000

If smart didn’t rest curry he would have fouled to early. No doubt about it. A tired monta is a useless monta and the same goes for beans although with darrell “shady” arthur as the only big man for the grizz smart coulda at least put in dan gadz for a quick dunk. The game shouldn’t have been that close though our defense was the real issue. The grizzlies as a whole team were gettin off on the dubs. Not just curry but monta and dorrell were gettin smoked. Their bench was even gettin in the action. Young arthur vasquez at times outclassed our bench. Did you see lin’s layup gettin swatted? Painful.our bench just wasn’t as good. They need a player to lead them into some offensive production. Lin could be that one day..

By: Tim1234

Tim1234 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:35:07 +0000

If Nellie had done what Smart did, the Chron would have demanded his resignation on the front page. Smart seems to have a lot of lovers in the press.

By: W's in 2010

W's in 2010 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:36:19 +0000

Keith Smart blew it when rested Monta/Curry and a beasting Biedrins AT THE SAME TIME. He did the same thing against the Pistons in Detroit.

You watch other coaches, Doc Rivers makes sure atleast one of his main guys are in the game at all times. I say about a 8 pt differential lost during that span at the beginning of the 4th.

Keith Smart reminds me of Mike Singletary. Sing puts so much pressure on his defense with the conservative approach he has on offense. We’re not that good where you can expect the starters to come in and save the day.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:20:37 +0000

Adrien’s a keeper, and I think Lin is too. The sooner we can keep Vlad off the court the better. He’s just not an NBA player right now, IMO. It will be really good to get David Lee back; team clearly misses his energy, size, rebounding and attitude.

By: WTF

WTF — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:24:10 +0000

I like the effort and attitude on this team but still lacking talent. I don’t what it is, maybe the team just needs more time to grow. Getting back the big guys will be huge. Biedrins is playing awesome this year, but he needs help. I still think the refs are hosing the dubs again this year. Every team they play seems to double or triple their free throw attempts.

By: Indyboo777

Indyboo777 — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:00:25 +0000

#3 U have got 2 be kidding me. J Lin doesnt do ANYTHING better than Curry and Keith’s smart’s decision to take Curry out again in the final minutes apparently to “prove a point” proved to be a costly mistake. Curry was owning Memphis’s point guard. And the minor mistakes he made when he came back in were understandable considering how long he sat out.

By: Wander7

Wander7 — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:28:13 +0000

I think Adrien should start the game at the 4 spot today. Lee should not come back today; the season is long and shouldn’t risk anything.

By: Alberto

Alberto — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:23:22 +0000

I like the way Smart rest his main players. The game was not lost because the main players rested a bit too much. They lost because their own errors in defense.

J Lin play a lot better defense than Curry. The main problem in the warriors is to reduce 0 stupid fouls. We see those fouls on Vlad, Curry, D Wright.

By: don't trade Monta!

don't trade Monta! — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:15:23 +0000

Nice Article Marcus.
This is a kind of a side note, I just read a rumor that Brandan Wright is on the trading block. If he goes we will have watched these players all come and go over the last 3 to 4 years:

knicks-randolph buike turiaf
lakers -barnes
suns-j rich
clippers-baron
hawks-jamal c
bobcats- stack jack
bulls-cj watson
hornets-bellenelli
bucks-maggette
magic-pietrus
nets-morrow-
twolves-toliver
jazz- raja bell
nuggets -harrington
I like what we are doing with Curry, Ellis, and Lee, But we have gotten rid of a lot of good talent in a short time. Hopefully we are building something to last for the next 5-10 years instead of this constant shuffling of (talented) players.

By: Jai

Jai — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:38:02 +0000

Man,there are so many things wrong with the Warriors. Let’s start with coaching. Smart is making too many poor decisions. From time distribution, drawing up X’s and O’s, etc. For example, Why in the h** is Dorell Wright taking the last shot? I guess since Curry committed a big TO and shot an airball a minute earlier Smart didn’t trust him. When he drew it up he knew they would double Ellis, leaving Curry and Wright open. He chose Wright. Curry saying that he was “too cold coming off the bench” was disappointing. That’s not what you want to hear coming from your PG/Captain of the team. Another problem is, Monta obviously wants to be the PG. When things break down in the half court, he’s the one going to the top to get the ball. A couple of times it looked like he was racing Curry to get there. Maybe like Smart, Ellis is also losing confidence in Curry. Hopefully Lee coming back will mask all of this bull****. It doesn’t look like the chemistry on the team is as good as advertised either