Warriors Offseason Update, End of August

The Warriors PR team had it all under control.

Sweet sweet Steph Curry draft-day swipe bull shit (he never wanted to come here, the disappointment on his little over-hyped face was just priceless) fell to summer league suck (oh but they'll say he was magnificent in the shitwing chuck offense Keith Smart ran). Biedrins, Ellis, Jackson, Maggette, pretty much everyone ready to get the fuck out now that they got their money, especially Biedrins probably after Nellie showed that we'll fuck with his minutes and probably a million in incentives every year now. Ellis already had his money taken after Stephen Jackson put him on that motorcycle or whatever happened while they hung out "all last summer."

At any rate, as always, the happy melodies Bob Fitzgerald takes from Ray Ridder and Robert Rowell's greasy shit can and spews all over the Warriors paid-publicity mouthpiece, KNBR, and elsewhere, has of course all come crashing down. Again. As always. And forever.



I'm not sorry. Fuck those assholes.

Big News from the Big Fish: Crawford was a "rotation" player

He logged more minutes than just about anyone else, so that's good to hear.
We sure made good on the Al Harrington-Don Nelson fight.

Latest count, $20 million-ish in direct fan thefts via player salary laundering since the Richardson TPE expired.

Biedrins wants out?

Latvian press running some reportedly "frank" interviews with Andris as he works with the nat'l team.
If you know Latvian, enjoy:



Oh wait, that may not all be in Latvian.

Anyway, track down the real ones and translate, if you dare.
He hates Nelson, hates the Warriors ownership, and is on his way out of town in a stupid salary dump.

Why Blind Media/Agent Bashers Are Idiots and a New Link (Bob Fitzgerald)

Memories....

http://48minutes.net/2008/10/28/harrington-nelson-deny-trade-story/#comment-3800

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2008/10/28/warriors-update-harrington-no-longer-wants-to-play-for-don-nelson/


On Bob and the PR Plant Spam Assault (ongoing)
From Kawakami's TC Firehouse/KNBR poster review.
See side bar. KNBR is all over the forums. They're pushing their Facebook timeshare chat w/Fitz and Roye tonight over on ww.net because no one gives a shit so far.
Also: http://www.ibabuzz.com/warriors/2009/08/04/2009-10-warriors-schedule/

Introducing: The Warrior Files!

First, my muse, this brilliant little diddy on the Nelson/Colangelo Belinelli trade negotiations by MoPete15:



Without further ado,

The Don Nelson Debate

Radio Personalities commenting on Warriors Blog?

Word is Bob Fitzgerald, Warriors on-air "talent," and his midday co-host, 49ers plugman Rod Brooks, are spamming it up over on Marcus Thompson II's Warrior's blog as Airplane Rider and Optimus Prime, respectively. "Road Orange" is another team plant there.

They're still all over the forums and holy shit, are they stooges.
Have a read at your leisure:

http://www.ibabuzz.com/warriors/2009/08/04/2009-10-warriors-schedule/

ESPN: Tease.

"Chatter" about a coaching change after the Cohan sale rumors?????
Bastards. None of it will actually happen.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-43-12/Ten-Summer-Stories-to-Watch.html

Never Forget

2009
Jesus Jr.

2008
Anthony Randolph (A new Hope)
Richard Hendrix

2007 (Blame Mullin!)
[Honorable Mention: Brandan Wright, currently being assassinated by the Warriors after they dumped the heart and soul of We Believe!, Jason Richardson, for him, and never used the resulting $10 million on anything in a playoff race and won't get anything for Wright, either. Nod to Nuck for the mention]
Marco Belinelli
Jermareo Davidson
Stephane Lasme

2006
Patrick O'Bryant
Kosta Perovic

2005
Ike Diogu
Monta Ellis (Hates team, on the block)
Chris Taft

2004
Andris Biedrens (Almost traded every year since drafted)

2003
Mickael Pietrus
Derrick Zimmerman

2002
Mike Dunleavy
Steve Logan

2001
Jason Richardson
Troy Murphy
Gilbert Arenas

2000
Chris Porter

1999
Jeff Foster (Vonteego!)
Tim Young

1998
Vince Carter (Antawn Jamison)

1997
Adonal Foyle
Marc Jackson

1996
Todd Fuller
Marcus Mann

1995
Joe Smith
Andrew DeClerq
Dwayne Whitfield
Martin Lewis
Michael McDonald

1994
Clifford Rozier
Anthony Miller
Dwayne Morton

1993
Anfernee Hardaway (Chris Webber)
Darnell Mee

1992
Latrell Sprewell
Predrag Danilovic (As your father, I beg of you...)
Matt Fish

1991
Chris Gatling
Victor Alexander
Shaun Vandiver
Lamont Strothers

http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftteam.htm?tm=GSW&lg=N

Sham says Mavs screwed D. George out of $200K

and did so as payback for vetoing the first Kidd-Harris swap.
See "The Assassination of Devean George by The Coward Donnie Nelson"
http://www.shamsports.com/content/pages/

Don't Forget: Stephen Jackson COULD have been an expiring contract right now.

But nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Speedy Claxton NOT covered by insurance? Warriors officially announce that Acie Law and Speedy Claxton are better than Marco Belinelli. Garbage Dump.

The Al Harrington-Don Nelson feud landed us Jamal Crawford and these remarks, issued by Chris Mullin:

"We are elated to add a player of Jamal's ability to our team. We think he is an excellent fit for our style and the fact that he can play multiple positions as a combo guard is a big plus."

Then the trumped up Must-Dump-Crawford idiocy landed us Acie Law and Speedy Claxton, a lump of suck the team surely thought would be paid by insurance instead of by them.

But Marcus T. now reports that Claxton wants to play this year. He did play a bit last year. So if he's now a FULL $5.2 million guaranteed and spoken for roster spot, he's also almost certainly NOT. GOING. ANYWHERE anytime soon enough to land help for this season. It's fine, the Warriors don't get anything for their trade assets, anyway. They turn them into non-assets (hello, $10 million Jason Richardson dump TPE, now the Brandan Wright assassination campaign). Crawford's trade value is obviously extremely low. As was Belinelli's. And pretty much everyone the Warriors ever trade. Money in Cohan's pocket, period. I tracked the Belinelli trade showcase back in March and, since then, the take home for fans went from Joey Graham to Devean George and cash (not theirs).

Meanwhile, I got into a cat fight with the CBA dweebs at RealGM because they wanted me to know, teams can do ANYTHING during the Summer months! The Warriors proved their point by dumping Marco Belinelli for cash as soon as the Claxton news hit, circumstantially at least. After waiving Jermareo Davidson. And not signing the best player from their summer squad, Cartier Martin. And putting Acie fucking Law in their promo crap online and elsewhere. God, he was about the worst player in the ENTIRE Summer League! KEEPER! Youngest team (roster) in the league! (Old-ass rotation).

Our grand offseason prize, ladies and gentlemen: Devean George.

Larry Riley was overcome with emotion:

"We're looking forward to adding a veteran... He is obviously a proven winner and has been on several successful teams during his career... youth on our roster... versatile player."

Translation:
Old motherfucker Nellie and I can drink with and Jackson won't shoot. Was present at ring ceremonies while the players who won them were also present. We hate youth and kill it at all costs. He'll play Nellie Power Forward and cost Randolph and Wright more minutes than last year.

The excuse for the move has been officially declared as Too Many Shitwings, Belinelli was in Morrow's way. No.

We landed two guys who shouldn't be in the league, Law and Claxton, can't move them (WON'T- they're silent expiring contracts, as opposed to whiny wannabe Euro-Jordan and his Italian media maven brother), ditched a guy Bob Fitzgerald has lost his wad over live and on air in every single game the kid ever played in, and when the dust settles, when all is said and Don(e)....

Jackson and Maggette are STILL in Morrow's way.

But, so it goes in Warriorland.
Another day, another BS press release to deflect yet another shitty decision.

15 years and counting... for now.