..talking about entitled?! How about a young Chris Webber (and i like the older and even still playing older CWeb, understand?) Yet you feel a mature, been around many blocks, savvy vet player, coach and head coach such as Nelson was the one in the wrong, not the impetuous while yes intelligent young Webber?

I’ll remind you Webber was OPENLY upset upon the trade to the Warriors on draft night (they’re all talked to before the draft if they’re in attendance like Webber of course was, to be professionals.) Webber then said he didn’t like being out west so far from his life, family etc. While living here, he mentioned being so afraid of earthquakes that the few times he went to SF he went all the way around through SJ to avoid the bridge.

In those days the rookie contract structure wasn’t what it is today, so Webber USED HIS POWER to leave to basically find some reason to make it seem cool to, so he sold Nelson down the river.

Sure, Nelson isn’t an angel. But this is the F’n NBA man, come on.

I’m sooo tired of this modern tendency of demonizing the mature, correct people in these social situations and making a victim out of the guy who hurt his own career, hurt Nelson’s, RUINED HOOPS FOR ALL OF US for DECADES.

It is revisionist “history.” You, sir, are wrong, straight up wrong, and you’ve allowed yourself over the years to believe it as right, along with others, making you all feel more right in your delusion. Straight. Up. Yes.

And hey, I like Webber. Always have. He’s a thoughtful man (yes, he liked books, but for you to say that was a reason Nelson didn’t like him…laughable man, laughable, more revisionist self serving assumption on your part. He may have used the books thing to motivate, but to honestly think Nelson disrepected Webber for that is again, seriously unlikely and likely just wrong.)

You could, if you are honest, see it all happening while it happened. I was/am shocked to see it somehow painted on Nelson by so many. Again, the coach is prickly, but no one has played and coached in more games than Nelson. He had great plans for that team of Hardaway, Spree, Mullin, and Webber, and Webber was the one to ruin it all by CHOOSING to have his hissy fit. What players do that as rookies? What coaches have been way more annoying? Plenty.

Bottom line, if Webber didn’t have the out in his back pocket that he did, due to different rookie contracts then…he wouldn’t have angled to get out, using his distaste for Nelson (and hundreds of NBA players have not liked their coach as rookies, it’s part of the game, you grow, learn from all of it, not use your power and naive, young sense of entitlement to power your way out of a good thing on the floor.)

Let this be a lesson to all the delusional Webber historic re-enactment fans. Great player, smart guy, good commentator, totally misguided young player who due to many cultural factors related to where he played youth ball, how he felt he needed to identify himself (won’t go into all this here) and likely poor guidance he was getting….all led to the Webber-Nelson fiasco…not Nelson-Webber fiasco, Webber-Nelson fiasco.)

if curry’s ankle didn’t heal during the offseason and long lockout, then it certainly hasn’t healed in the last 11 days. it needs a lot more rest or i fear more sprains are on the horizon. really, even at this early stage of the season, it’s pointless to play him seeing how often he’s re-injured it already. this season is lost. it’s not his fault, talk to larry riley about that one.