Comments on: GM Larry Riley Explains Amnesty Decision

By: slamdunk

slamdunk — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:13:53 +0000

Instead of wasting the amnesty on Charlie Bell, the Warriors should have used it on Larry Riley. Lacob wants this guy to be the club spokesperson??

By: World B. Free

World B. Free — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:46:41 +0000

The Charlie Bell amnesty was like wasting a mulligan on a 2 foot putt. So you miss a two foot putt. Scratch it. Don’t waste a stroke on it.

By: Nigel Tufnel

Nigel Tufnel — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:26:37 +0000

Wow, Riley seems like a really nice guy, but that was just a completely clueless statement. “Amnesty? I mean in all honesty, how important is that?” Are you kidding me? Maybe there’s this thing called a SALARY CAP you’re not aware of, Larry? The question should have been “Why did you use the amnesty to make an offer to a player that you knew was 90% likely to be matched anyway?” There is pretty much no one who ever thought the Clippers wouldn’t match at that level. That shows a serious lack of awareness of the environment.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:14:29 +0000

People need to realize that unless the Dubs had confirmation that a player (Chandler for instance) was willing to sign an offer, that would then trigger who gets amnestied. Since Chandler was not willing to sign the offer, amnestying Biedrins was not an option. Jordan was willing to sign and did sign an offer sheet which forced them to need to amnesty someone in order to make it work. Bell was the sacrificial lamb. Is what it is.

Amnestying Biedrins would have been a big risk with only Amudson n Tyler as your backup (Udoh n Lee can play center for a little bit, but not your starting C).

By: thedubfan

thedubfan — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:03:50 +0000

Madness. I have nothing to say. Wait…yes I do. Let’s amnesty the wrong guy to get involved in a deal we’re not going to get (why why why would Tyson CHandler come here when he can go to NY? Why would DeAndre Jordan come here when he can stay with Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon…at the time?) and then overpay a guy whose MARKET VALUE WAS IN OUR AVAILABLE CAP SPACE? Are you kidding me?

Those of you arguing that this was not a bad move…sorry, I don’t see it. I’d like to see the good or the positive in the W’s situation, but it does not exist. This was AWFUL. No other way around that. BTW: for all of you who are going to come back and tell me that we got a good defensive player…BS. Go look at Kwame’s DRtg…not better than David Lee or Andris Biedrins.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:32:05 +0000

Lacob hired Keith Smart. That tells me everything. Also, Jerry West gave a $35 million contract to Brian Cardinal in Memphis. That too tells me all I need to know.

By: Inside Nine

Inside Nine — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:28:34 +0000

Wonder if he talks to Nellie? It doesn’t really look that way. Nellie is/was a great horse trader and gambler.

By: World B. Free

World B. Free — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:57:52 +0000

I sincerely did not understand what Riley was talking about. It made no sense to me whatsoever.

The Warriors are not better today for having amnestied Charlie Bell. That move did not free up enough space to get a free agent. That move does not set us up to land a free agent 2-3 years from now, does it?

Why does this franchise continally miss? I’m enraged at myself for buying this routine for so long.

By: Fire Bob Fitzgerald

Fire Bob Fitzgerald — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:06:28 +0000

Very well said post number 10.

Riley is a confirmed idiot (multiple time over) yet apparently the Lacob/Guber “brain trust” give credence to his views (“how much is the amnesty really worth” Are you kidding me? You’ve got Biedrins and and especially Lee under contract for years!). That means the “brain trust” are a bunch of idiots too. West must be just renting his name to these jokers.

By: brandonbeard

brandonbeard — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:17:06 +0000

Oh and he talks like he just has it all figured out!
What were the owners thinking here