Comments on: Warriors Settle on Dominic McGuire as Back-Up SF

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:03:58 +0000

Mcquire>>>> James Posey

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:31:23 +0000

Even Cohan wouldn’t have hired Samrt as head coach.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:29:42 +0000

Lacob hired Keith Smart

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:54:50 +0000

Why so pessimistic? This is the first team in years not made up of D league players. Every player on the roster is legit NBA player (big step for this franchise). No Tom Tolberts of Jud Buchlers, J Lynn or Billy Joe Tollivers.

Ish Smith , Dominic McGuire and K Brown are all upgrades from last couple of years bench in a big way and they play defense !!!!. J Tyler , K Thompson and C Jenkins( super sleeper) could all be legit players.

NBA is not like other sports you cannot convince high profile players to sign until you have some momentum. This team already has momentum via top notch ownership front office, improved coaching staff and cohesive NBA skill level roster. They are not going to win the west only an exclusive group is really contending. I am going to just enjoy the improvements top to bottom and see the momentum building (finally). With a ton of flexibility for next year.

By: Jaysohn

Jaysohn — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:43:19 +0000

Scoring has never been the issue for the Warriors, stopping the other team from scoring and grabbing the rebound when they miss has. I’m disappointed in the acquisitions like everyone else but we can’t say the team didn’t try. The guys they wanted didn’t want the Warriors. Chandler wasn’t coming unless grossly overpaid and Jerry West confirmed that CP3 didn’t want to come here so there really wasn’t a trade to be made. The Warriors are in a tough dilemma. Superstars don’t want to come to a team without another top player yet how do you get one if you can’t get one to come. The blown drafts of the past continue to haunt the organization.

By: DubsFan4Life

DubsFan4Life — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:38:24 +0000

I agree with #16 Hoopsfan. Our offseason has been dissapointing to say the least. I wish they would have signed Thornton! At least he has some size, and can post up and score! Who is gonna consistently put the ball in the basket when we go to our bench? Kwame? Amundson? Udoh? McGuire? We are gonna be WAY to reliant on our rookies Jenkins and Thompson to score on our second unit. I know that we have a new commitment to playing defense but you still have to have people that can score!!!! I hope I’m wrong but our bench looks worse than it was last year!!!

By: Yoda

Yoda — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:54:57 +0000

Re 15, they do have an exception though, right?

So playing on the Globetrotters is a plus now?

This is a decent signing if they really do want defense, but they need to tell McGuire no shooting outside of five feet. Hes never had an outside shot worth crap and never will.

As for the wait til next year comment, it’s really dumb to tie up money in long term contracts for bench guys, which is why $7M for Kwame for one years is way better than $12M for two.

By: HoopsFan

HoopsFan — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:50:41 +0000

A very disappointing off-season for Warriors:
No quality players signed.
Overpaid Kwame.
No cap space left
Wasted Amnesty on Bell.

By: Marcus Thompson

Marcus Thompson — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:30:10 +0000

Spencer,

The Warriors don’t have their MLE. You can’t start the offseaosn under the cap, then go over the cap and get to use the MLE

By: Harp's Dubs

Harp's Dubs — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:11:42 +0000

Time for bold moves:
Trade Monta to Atlanta for Josh Smith.
Atlanta gets a young, proven scorer to go along with Hinrich, Joe Johnson, Al Horford. They already have Marvin Williams who can play the 4 when Horford’s playing center. When Horford wants to play PF, the line-up of Hinrich/Monta/Johnson/Horford is sick! We get one of the best defensive SF’s in the league who is apparently in the best shape of his life, according to reports, and is a phenomenal athlete.
We trade Biedrins, Dorell Wright and Udoh for Andre Iguodala.
Sixers get to see who their center will be between Hawes, Speights and Biedrins. They get a young PF who can learn from a classy pro like Elton Brand and they get an extremely low-priced, valuable wing in Dorell Wright to slide in as a starter or bench player. We get another incredibly gifted defender and tremendous athlete in Iggy.
Now, the Warriors line-up looks like this:
PG – Curry
SG – Iguodala
SF – Josh Smith
PF – David Lee
C – Kwame Brown
That’s better than what we currently have AND it puts in a real position to have a chance at Dwight Howard, considering he and Smith are best friends. Amnesty Lee next summer and DH12 might be willing to check us out, as we’d have money from Lee and Brown’s contract ending, plus three excellent players already (Curry, Iggy and Smith).
We gotta do something or else there’s not a chance in hell we even really compete this year in the West. I’m predicting, with this line-up, we are better than only the Wolves and Blazers.