Trade Curry and Biedrins to the Hornets for Jarrett Jack and a signed-and-traded Chris Kaman.

The Hornets do it to have a starting backcourt of former NBA players (Rivers and Curry), whose talents and skills sets actually perfectly complement one another. One can play the point while the other plays the 2, interchangeably. Curry’s a better shooter and Rivers and better slasher.

If we can get Kaman to re-sign for 2 years at around 8 million each, we’ve essentially traded a garbage Biedrins for a starting caliber center who can back-up Bogut, take his spot if injured or play alongside him for another version of the twin towers.

People love Curry, but I actually prefer Jack. Plus he’ll be on the last year of his contract, meaning we won’t have to make a decision on wheterh to give Curry and his gimpy ankles and extension we might later regret.
Jack’s numbers last year: 15.6 pts, 6.3 assists and 3.9 rebounds
Curry’s numbers last year: 14.7 points, 5.3 assists and 3.4 rebounds
Jack’s a veteran that Jenkins can learn from. He’s tougher than Curry, plays better D and he’s a natural PG, unlike Steph.

New Orleans is building a team and they probably want guys who want to be part of that. Curry’s dad, Dell, was Mr. Hornet, so Steph might be interested in being part of building that team back up, with the help of Rivers and, of course, Anthony Davis.

All that being said, I’d still love us to sign Brandon Roy, in order to back-up Thompson and Jack, re-sign McGuire and maybe sign and trade Rush to Utah for our draft pick back next year.
Warriors starters: Jack, Thompson, Barnes, Lee, Bogut.
Warriors bench: Roy, Jenkins, McGuire (hopefully), Kaman, Tyler, Green, Ezeli, DWright.

If you don’t have a big, tough, athletic defender who can guard the perimeter, you don’t have a chance of gong far in the POs.

McGuire is that guy.

Secondly, people who say he is one-dimensional are just wrong.

Yes, he is a great defender, but he can do plenty else.

He can play EVERY position. That flexibility is so valuable.

He can handle the ball. We saw him playing point forward and distributing towards the end of the season.

He can rebound very well, especially when he is playing the back-court positions.

He brings a toughness that few other players have. You can see the unspoken respect he gets from opposing players, the way that the league knows a guy like Udonis Haslem is a “real tough guy.” The league knows Dom is a real tough guy.

He doesn’t need the ball to help. He is one of the few players who willingly concedes that he will do whatever needed. He doesn’t seem to have an ego.

He has a motor. He will get those 50-50 balls, as stated earlier. He will make life tough for opposing players, simply but getting up in their grills the whole game. He changes the vibe on the floor just by being out there.

He can shoot a little bit. What? Yes. He started showing he can hit midrange jumpers towards the end of the season. He shot 45% from the field, but the other really nice number (especially when he’s playing in the frontcourt)… He shot 74% from the FT line.

McGuire’s versatility makes him indispensable to me. I’d take a chance and give him decent money if that’s what it takes…

ANY QUESTIONS ????