Comments on: Warrior Out of Roster Spots, Out of Salary Cap Space (Below Tax); So How Can They Keep McGuire?

By: Turk

Turk — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:56:14 +0000

Trade Jefferson for World Peace or Luke Walton. Buy either of them out and use cap savings to grab sign McGuire (Cleveland is way under the cap and they can use a seasoned veteran SF). Roster will be as follows:

Bogut/Biedrins/Ezeli/Tyler
Lee/Landry/McGuire/Tyler
Barnes/Rush/Green/McGuire
Thompson/Rush/Bazemore
Curry/Jack/Jenkins

Pretty solid and pretty deep.

By: Esquire415

Esquire415 — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:08:02 +0000

I really didn’t see the point of signing Bazemore unless it was a buffer in case Rush didn’t sign with the Warriors. Because his contract is non-guaranteed, then it’s easier to just waive him and re-sign McGuire. Like some has said, McGuire is proven to work well with the Warriors system. Bazemore on the other hand has nothing to prove except for summer league games which are not even close to NBA quality games. I think Warriors would be wise to have McGuire over Bazemore if they want more NBA experience going into the playoffs. Other options are to buy out Biedrins (unlikely that he would agree) or shipped out Tyler (was disappointing at Summer league) for a trade exception.

By: NOder

NOder — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:30:33 +0000

can somebody tell me honestly why they took a chance on kent bazemore? No dis to him, man must have talent to make the NBA team’s roster, but I don’t get what they signed him for? Was it because they might not have gotten Rush? I feel like if they see potential talent down the road developing Tyler and also favor McGuire, then they should waive the non-guaranteed contract of Bazemore.

I mean how many of these guys do we see in the summer, but not in December? You could name Cartier Martin, Reggie Evans, etc a host of SF that come and go, but McGuire can play both 3,4 and is a good defender already familiar with the team.

It is my opinion that you go with the experienced and familiarity of a player with the team for a year, than an undrafted talent who isn’t familiar with the team yet and still has to build up that chemistry and fight for his playing time.

If Bazemore does end up being a solid 2nd tier player on the court with Jenkins, Barnes, Thompson, and Tyler, then mad love to him. Good Luck fellow, I just hope whoever is the 15th player is the most helpful to the Warriors as a team.

Team wins Go GSW (or is it SFW?)

By: thewarriorsrule

thewarriorsrule — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:02:13 +0000

its so simple, with rush resigned, we can now drop bazemore. rush’s defense is solid, i don’t get it. we need jefferson just in case he is rejuvenated and plays outside his mold of poppovich’s system. he’s also the mentor to harrison barnes. watching summer league, i still think barnes has a long way to go. we need biedrins to backup bogut just in case he gets injured. ezeli will get in foul trouble and not ready to be a backup yet. tyler should be sent to the dleague to be developed and called up in the 2nd half.

bazemore is the only redundant guy i see on the roster and he was supposed to be signed as a backup plan if rush didn’t resign.

mcguire can do everything bazemore does but more and better. he’s a proven vet. bazemore is still young and had one good summer league game; he’s not a proven commodity yet

drop bazemore, keep mcguire!

By: petaluman

petaluman — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:16:29 +0000

1) Most likely move Warriors would make to keep McGuire = waive Bazemore
2) Most important piece for salary-matching purposes in the Pau Gasol trade = Kwame Brown. There’s no hurry to dump Biedrins.
3) Think MT’s salary figures may be off. The 67M figure probably included Rush’s 4.4M QO.

By: fotd

fotd — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:23:52 +0000

Keep Mac, buy out Jefferson

Wow. Now THAT would cap a great off season.

By: Harp's Dubs

Harp's Dubs — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:10:18 +0000

As I’ve said before, sign and trade Rush with Biedrins for an expiring contract (Maggette?). I like Rush, but Bazemore will be a better defensive player at the wing position. If we get Maggette, that takes the place of Rush’s scoring off the bench. We should be looking for all ways to get rid of Biedrins and this would be the way. Re-sign McGuire to be the defensive stopper for the tough SFs in the league and for some help defensively at the 4.
Doing this would give us offense and defense at each of the positions on the floor:
Offense: PG – Curry, SG – Thompson, SF – Barnes, Maggette, PF – Lee, Landry, C – Bogut/Tyler
Defense: PG – Jack, SG – Bazemore, SF – McGuire, Jefferson, PF – Green, McGuire, C – Ezeli

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:40:37 +0000

Getting rid of Biedrens would be a big step in the right direction. He will be just an expensive bench warmer.

By: DJP

DJP — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:28:49 +0000

I like McGuire. I would have been happy if he ended up staying here. But if people look at an offseason where we added Jack, Ezeli, Barnes, Green, and Landry, and retained Rush, and they say, “I’m still not happy because we didn’t keep Dom McGuire”, then they just aren’t going to be happy. Get over it.

By: DW

DW — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:00:29 +0000

If DMac is the best defender on the team, why are we even having this discussion? Get rid of Tyler if you have to.