Comments on: The Black Falcon Lights It Up in Summer League Debut

By: Jb in Cabo

Jb in Cabo — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:12:03 +0000

Barnes is going to be special. I’ve watched him for two years. North Carolina has always been a team that focuses on using the bigs as offensive pillars, not the guard,forward position. The nba is much more to Barnes liking. He will be a 20ppg player for years to come. He needs to work on his first step. If he does that think of a more athletic Kay Thompson who can get to the line like Dwayne wade.
Don’t expect the warriors to make the playoffs next year, that’s asking a lot. Remember this is the first year many of the core guys have played together. There are health concerns, and the west has gotten better, not worse. Especially in the warriors own division. The following year, Kay is in yr 3 Barnes is in yr 2. And we will know what to expect from bogut. Playoffs are two years away. Realistically. As far as nick names for Barnes goes, call him The Promised One.

By: Fraudy Tom

Fraudy Tom — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:13:11 +0000

how about the dark baller?

By: sperry

sperry — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:24:11 +0000

“The Black Falcon”…. I really hope someone comes up with a better nickname soon.

By: alex in albany

alex in albany — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:49:04 +0000

Observations ;

Good thing we got Jack. Jenkins doesn’t have the traits that a good team needs from a backup PG.

We desperately need to sign one of the offensively skilled. fa bigs. I like ojr rookies as projects, but we dont have a veteran 4/5 that can come in and score.

Barnes is going to be good. Really good.

Steph, Barnes and Klay comprise a toigh matchup for opposing tdams, and it is imperati e that we get another big who can get easy buckets off the help rotations.

Ezeli is a helluva specimen, but if Bogut isn’t healthy he’s gonna be playing way too many minutes. He needs lots of seasoning.

Draymond Green is a rich man’s Custodi.

If either of the above two play major minutes this season, we’re in trouble.

Oir starting five of Steph Klay Barnws Lee Bogut is nice on paper, but without health things could be disastrous.

We need to sign Landry, Jamison.. not Kenyon Martin. Martin is too limited on offense.

A healthy top 7 that includes Jack and Landry/Jamison makes the playoffs.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:06:32 +0000

We can’t get Scola bc we are over the salary cap have to be under to put bid on him. watched the first half of the game Klay was balling but the were scrubs and I agree with him that its good to get a rapport with Barnes, Green and maybe Jenkins will all be needed to get playing time with the Warriors if we want to contend for the playoffs. So them getting extra burn together is only a good thing. Ezeli is def raw on O and saw him miss a D rebound or two but he looks solid. Green I hope he can play the 4 if so he is going o be huge for us. Excited about our prospects this year probablly as much as after the We believe season.

By: whoRu

whoRu — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:03:58 +0000

so who was disappointed with Charles Jenkins?

By: PhillyJ

PhillyJ — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:33:41 +0000

I like Justin Burrell out there. He’s got size and D and great athleticism.

By: Fire Bob Fitzgerald

Fire Bob Fitzgerald — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:21:23 +0000

Tyler is looking like the odd man out to me.

I completely agree re seeing Lee and Jack sitting in the stands together.

By: Dave W

Dave W — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:07:20 +0000

@Harp’s Dubs and others – over the cap teams (like GS) CANNOT put in bids for Scola. In the unlikely event he clears waivers he’d take title contender’s MLE and not ours

By: Harp's Dubs

Harp's Dubs — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:31:21 +0000

After one sumer league game: Thompson’s confidence level is sky-high right now. He’s playing like an NBA all-star among some high school JV kids. Barnes looks very comfortable and has already established a rapport with Klay. Ezeli’s solid in the paint defensively, blessed with good instincts and Green does a little bit of everything well. Jenkins wasn’t impressive and Tyler, outside of two nifty moves, was a non-factor.

Seeing Jarrett Jack sitting with David Lee makes me feel even better about that trade, which was already an absolute fantastic move.

Now, if the Warriors are serious about contending, they MUST put in a bid for Luis Scola. He’d be the perfect back-up to Lee and can play alongside with him or Bogut. Having Scola off the bench at the 4/5 and Jack off the bench at the 1/2 to go along with guys like Rush or McGuire, Ezeli, Green, Jefferson would provide us with the depth we haven’t had since the 70′s. Adding Scola makes us a 4 or 5 seed in the playoffs. If we get Scola, we will have essentially changed everything about our team and organization from last summer.