Andris Biedrins has no shot at incentive clauses in his contract unless certain things hapen, certain very playing time-centric things, and he again logged a mere 25 minutes in a home game...
all a set-up.
"Salary Protection" is what makes it possible for a coach to sit his most important player, the key to most of the team's actual on court success by all numbers and clearly in terms of rebounding. On defense, Turiaf has Biedrins beat for man play (unless its Lebron), but Biedrins never has any help anyway and Turiaf can't stop the layup drills our shitwings and Nellie D set up, either. So defensively, Biedrins is measured in terms of Duncan and Shaq (apparently). Not a fair assessment, but Biedrins under Nelson is not exactly having strong defensive philosophies presented to him, either. Oh, right... Russ Turner an' stuff.
Biedrins is not making the All Defensive team, that's no big secret. But he remains the most important Warrior in all ways despite Turiaf's recent hot streak. That C tandem remains the smartest decision Rowell or whoever signs the checks has ever made.
Brief moment of clarity and NBA legitimacy aside...
Biedrins is MULLIN's pick, and Duffy was MULLIN's friend.
But now Biedrins is NELSON's screw job.
Rowell's top paid player this year with the Monta fine and any further salary reductions pending is dropping out of the team's top 5 in minutes if Azubuike plays longer than him Friday night.
The standard storyline in the Nelson Media Love Affair says:
He's screwing with your authority, Rowell. You're such a stooge! Another witless exec falls victim to the Nellie BS Game! Same Team Twice! Thing of Beauty. Genius!!!
But Rowell is all for this turn of events if it is what it looks like.
More money in Cohan's pocket.
Problem.
All variations on a theme.
But the key for Bill Duffy is that the Warriors are screwing with his client. Bigtime. Again.
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Something smart to say for once, congratulations.
ReplyDeleteps. FU
By any and all metrics, Beans is the man. Glad to see someone finally recognize that.
ReplyDeleteAlso notice you've moved KAz down the dead weight list and I agree with that. He's got some game and is a nice piece on the cheap.
You got 2 things right. So what? You're still a blood-sucking, dream-killing disappointer of children.
Fuck you, Cohan.
It's all true...
ReplyDeleteHave always respected Biedrins. Has improved each year (similar to Monta until moped setback). Suns franchise is a mess, just like 3/4ths of the NBA (including Warriors). Dysfunction, greed and ignorance reigns all over the league as ex-jocks try to negotiate multi-million dollar (guaranteed!) contracts for headcase talent.
ReplyDeleteSit back and enjoy for what it is, entertainment, not good basketball. I can't believe you can expend so much energy in such a negative way.
-stackjack
Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteWordb, CC has been giving Biedrins props ALL SEASON LONG, and rightfully so.
Biedrins deserves the opportunity to pursue his incentives.
This front office is such a joke. They used to spout off about "salary protection" all the time. Now the word is taboo in Oracle, but it's too late. "Cheap D-Bag" is branded on their foreheads. I can't wait to see in what context they say "Salary Protection" next. Or if they have half a brain they may try to reword it.
Can you imagine if they had signed BD with all those clauses in his contract and then benched him just for the purposes of "Salary Protection."
BOOM DIZZLE!!!!! (*Flush*) With the first front office balk he would just hurt his tailbone, take whatever cash they guaranteed him, and catch the first flight to Sundance!
Let's not play that game with Biedrins.
I didn't know that Marcus Williams was a Bill Duffy guy too. The plot thickens......
Stackjack-
ReplyDeleteWhat did you think would happen if you kept the fans in the sewers of the NBA for the better part of 20 years?
CC is the Toxic Avenger that grew out of this mess.
Stephen Jackson fucking sucks.
ReplyDeleteOk CC so what would you do if you owned the team... no angry bullshit just real analysis, who would you keep who would go and who your coach?
ReplyDeletenon angry,
ReplyDeleteThis is the standard question folks come up with when they've run out of energy for contrarian irrelevance. That's not meant to be insulting, it's just the facts. Instead of just saying: "You're right, I'm not" and working on their uncritical fan attention span, folks turn that moment into a renewed direct challenge where they think they'll somehow exceed the (correct) critic's purview and expertise wth a real brain buster. In your case, you're accepting your healthy anger but still attempting to keep some sort of division between your own realization- perhaps that you've wasted money on this team this year- and my ongoing refusal to give this shitty ownership any benefit of doubt, monetary or otherwise.
But the whole "what would YOU do, smart guy, and don't be mean about it" routine is a bullshit cop-out. Fuck off unless you're simply going to give up the pipe dreams and accept a reality I am among the foremost experts on: Cohan Rule.
What should have been done was obvious and was not done. Now it's ALL speculation and gimmicky salvation crap, in the Warriors' front office and online.
But to appease you in your time of personal growth, non-angry (and thanks for reading/posting):
Nothing can be done. We just did some good thngs that would have set us up to build a real youth contender THIS offseaons with exceptional value at need postions. Instead, we have Jackson, Maggette, and Crawford chucking the team's next 3-5 years away.
So canning Nelson and cleaning house still leaves all of the decision-making n the hands of deranged incompetents.
No fix.
Go Kings.
And if this is Cohan:
Fucking sell the team and get out of our recreational lives, ass hole. We need a winner these days, not salary protection and gimmicks.