Comments on: Warriors Choke, Fall 91-90 to Memphis Grizzlies

By: MoreauFan2

MoreauFan2 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:15:18 +0000

Not impressed with Coach Jackson at all, sorry to say it, but I liked Coach Smart

By: Playoffbound

Playoffbound — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:01:50 +0000

I think it’s time to blow up this roster. I love Ellis and Curry as players, but neither of them are point guards. We need a real point guard that will control the tempo in the 4th quarter and not turn the ball over. Trade everybody and start over…

By: Grey Warden

Grey Warden — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:27:00 +0000

Curry: “It was poor decisions by the guys who are supposed to be running the offense.”

I’m surprised he put the blame on “the guys” and not take some of that blame himself. He gave up some crucial turnovers and took some bad shots as well.

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Jackson: “We’ve got to learn to keep our foot on the gas pedal at all times.”

Funny he says that, because usually in the 4th quarter they start to slow things down and run half court sets. That’s where they get into trouble and start settling for jumpshots.

Also find it funny that Mike Malone pretty much runs the team and draws up plays, while Jackson seems like he’s just there for moral support. Maybe they should switch job titles.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:56:10 +0000

Its time to trade for some assets. The Dubs need a defensive bruiser, a true rebounder, trading Udoh for a Carl Landry type might work.

The team consistently fails to block out, or run back on offense before actually ensuring the ball has been secured by a team-mate.

AB is totally useless, the guy should be traded for that knucklehead center from Washington Andray Blatche.

Blatche may be alittle ignorant, but as we see a team full of nice guys is not the answer either. At least Blatche can play at a high level, score rebound and defend.

Production of character speculation please !

By: John Starks

John Starks — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:31:35 +0000

“The Warriors have now lost seven games in which they led, tied or were within five points to start the fourth quarter.”

Being conservative and saying they’d only have won half of those, that’s 3 more wins the Dubs could realistically have right now today. If you include last night’s abomination, that means this Warrior team could’ve been 9-7 right now instead of 5-11. That’s still not good enough for the 8th spot but waaaay closer than 5-11.

If they’d won all 7 of those games, the Warriors would be 12-4.

In shorty, this team could and should be better than it is. Closing out games would be among the first steps towards relevance.

Coulda, shoulda, woulda, mighta, outta… doesn’t mean anything unless you get a W. There is no award for potential.

By: Nellielover

Nellielover — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:58:48 +0000

The Warriors would be a winning team if they had a $9 million dollar center instead of the inept Beidrins. His line is always the same, 15 minutes, 4 points (2 putbacks), no assists, 0-0 from the free throw line, 3 fouls. I assume he’s a starter because he’s being showcased for a possible trade. Or, putting him on the bench at the start would destroy his confidence, as Nellie supposedly did by trying to get him to improve his free throw technique.

By: Young

Young — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:36:35 +0000

Ok, so I know the warriors are sucking right now (whats new right) and I actually threw in the towel on this season 5 games ago after the blowout loss to Charlotte for the record…

Mark Jackson had a quote though that, I think has at least a 50-50 chance of being true…

“We are grinding and we’ve been in position to win in eight of our 10 losses and we’ve beaten some of the best in the land. The reality is that we’re very close to being who I am convinced we are.”

He went on to talk about being a principled team, which matters less when you are loosing, but I do actually see what he is talking about. I can’t say the same for the Warriors under Keith Smart, Mike Montgomery, Brian Winters, Gary St. Gean…I did see a difference under Eric Musselmen, think he was fired prematurely (nevertheless, I digress)…

Sorry guys, I know that loss hurt, but Mark Jackson might just be right.

By: deano

deano — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:26:07 +0000

Rather, “Dubstitutes”. Sorry. I’m stuttering this morning.

By: deano

deano — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:24:18 +0000

MT II: I like the name “Dubsitutes”.

By: deano

deano — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:21:36 +0000

The Warriors miss Kwame Brown. He would not have scored many points (neither did Biedrins or Udoh), but he would have prevented at least another 6-8 of Memphis’ points in the paint. That would have been good enough for a win last night, and in several of the other games he’s missed. Unfortunately, this is a problem that cannot be solved this season.