(7 games total):
20/50 FG (.400)
7.9 PPG
10/30 3PT (.333)
5/6 FT (.833)
1.4 REB
.86 AST / 2.14 TO
1.0 STL
1.7 PF
13 MPG
And his numbers not including the first two intersquad exhibition games (last 5 games):
12/29 FG (.414)
5.4 PPG
3/13 3PT (.231)
0 FT
.4 REB (none since China game in NYC)
1.00/1.60 AST/TO [.50/2.00 AST/TO since leaving NYC]
1.4 STL
1.4 PF
10:30 MPG
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Worst FIBA Year Ever and GQ Curry STILL Can't Hang
Well, I called a big game for Stephen Curry vs. Spain- the little shit has a lot to prove to back up the idiotic hype on him- but he failed miserably. Really let me down and made me look foolish for predicting any sort of success against a pretty soft guard core. In return for this personal affront, I'll retaliate by angrily and vindictively posting his actual stats from all of his terrible play this summer. Because I'm such a hate-ah.
These numbers really don't do him justice. He's looked completely out of place, mistake-prone, chuck-happy, and defense/rebound-phobic among even the B and C line of real USA Basketballers in this, perhaps the weakest international competition in the history of FIBA basketball. But homerz gonna home, and some of these shooting numbers after two garbage time gifts vs. Lithuania and a quick yank from the Spain game before he could continue chucking moronically should help their cause while they skip all of these games and hope no one will talk about how their annual New Centerpiece of Greatness is falling flat on his face.
You're welcome, Kirk.
Curry's numbers this summer, including the two intersquad exhibition games in New York:
18/40 FG (.450)
8.5 PPG
10/26 3PT (.385)
5/6 FT (.833)
1.7 REB
1 AST / 1.83 TO
.83 STL
1.5 PF
12:26 MPG
And his numbers NOT including those two intersquad chuck fests
(ONE total assist and SEVEN total turnovers, 8/19 overall FG, 7/17 from 3 in about 19 MPG in those two, by the way- CHUCKER):
10/21 FG (.476)
5.75 PPG
3/9 3PT (.333)
0 FT
.5 REB (none since China game in NYC)
1.25/1 AST/TO... but .67/1.33 AST/TO since leaving NYC
Point guard my ass. He makes more shitty passes than anyone on the team and the offense just dies when he "runs point" for USA. If the +/- stats were available to the general public on these games, it wouldn't be pretty for li'l GQ.
And Westbrook and Gordon would look simply incredible.
1.25 STL
1 PF
9:07 MPG
Thank god for free roster spots via Carolina connections and generally idiotic league-wide super hype on a glorified 6th man skillset. His ankle is 100% fine. He was already too slow to keep up with legit point guard speed and he was already to skinny to hang with legit NBA size/strength/toughness but Ricky Rubio and co. have simply demolished the Golden Boy this summer despite USA basketball's best attempts to protect and coddle the little spoiled brat.
Folks, he's an old man among sophomores now and he's played international ball before and is a well-traveled legacy brat who supposedly makes love to pressure. Or at least a shooting specialist off the bench at 13th man. Hitting three pointers at .333 thus far against international competition. Breathtaking. He's supposed to be your franchise savior, ready to lead a team to the playoffs in the West this season if only the roster were strong enough around him, right Homers?
But roll out those excuses...
These numbers really don't do him justice. He's looked completely out of place, mistake-prone, chuck-happy, and defense/rebound-phobic among even the B and C line of real USA Basketballers in this, perhaps the weakest international competition in the history of FIBA basketball. But homerz gonna home, and some of these shooting numbers after two garbage time gifts vs. Lithuania and a quick yank from the Spain game before he could continue chucking moronically should help their cause while they skip all of these games and hope no one will talk about how their annual New Centerpiece of Greatness is falling flat on his face.
You're welcome, Kirk.
Curry's numbers this summer, including the two intersquad exhibition games in New York:
18/40 FG (.450)
8.5 PPG
10/26 3PT (.385)
5/6 FT (.833)
1.7 REB
1 AST / 1.83 TO
.83 STL
1.5 PF
12:26 MPG
And his numbers NOT including those two intersquad chuck fests
(ONE total assist and SEVEN total turnovers, 8/19 overall FG, 7/17 from 3 in about 19 MPG in those two, by the way- CHUCKER):
10/21 FG (.476)
5.75 PPG
3/9 3PT (.333)
0 FT
.5 REB (none since China game in NYC)
1.25/1 AST/TO... but .67/1.33 AST/TO since leaving NYC
Point guard my ass. He makes more shitty passes than anyone on the team and the offense just dies when he "runs point" for USA. If the +/- stats were available to the general public on these games, it wouldn't be pretty for li'l GQ.
And Westbrook and Gordon would look simply incredible.
1.25 STL
1 PF
9:07 MPG
Thank god for free roster spots via Carolina connections and generally idiotic league-wide super hype on a glorified 6th man skillset. His ankle is 100% fine. He was already too slow to keep up with legit point guard speed and he was already to skinny to hang with legit NBA size/strength/toughness but Ricky Rubio and co. have simply demolished the Golden Boy this summer despite USA basketball's best attempts to protect and coddle the little spoiled brat.
Folks, he's an old man among sophomores now and he's played international ball before and is a well-traveled legacy brat who supposedly makes love to pressure. Or at least a shooting specialist off the bench at 13th man. Hitting three pointers at .333 thus far against international competition. Breathtaking. He's supposed to be your franchise savior, ready to lead a team to the playoffs in the West this season if only the roster were strong enough around him, right Homers?
But roll out those excuses...
Saturday, August 21, 2010
What Does Kirk Lacob Know About Basketball?
Joe Lacob's son Kirk has apparently been shadowing his father in official Warriors meetings lately, including a meet and greet with associates and San Jose Mercury writer Tim Kawakami before the excellent and revealing three part interview you can find starting here:
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2010/08/17/joe-lacob-interview-part-1-on-finalizing-the-buying-group-and-on-rowell-and-a-possible-backlash-if-theres-no-instant-housecleaning/
In the interview, Father Lacob is quick to assert his son's Peninsula Point Guard Prowess against recent Kirk-pal signing, Jeremy Lin (currently ranked as the 15th best starting PG in the West in my expert rankings, below). But Li'l Lacob has an even more interesting basketball background than that, as it turns out. Kirk Lacob was recently a PR Intern for the Boston Celtics. Joe Lacob is of course still a, what, 10% owner of the Celtics? Let us know when you get that moved, JoJo. But to the man of the hour: Kirk is a burgeoning young captain of industry in the textbook rental business (Chegg.com) and he's just waiting for an opportunity to show the world what he can do on the big business stage.
Like, say, in a significant management role with his new family asset, YOUR Golden State Warriors.
What are your thoughts on motion offense, son?
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2010/08/17/joe-lacob-interview-part-1-on-finalizing-the-buying-group-and-on-rowell-and-a-possible-backlash-if-theres-no-instant-housecleaning/
In the interview, Father Lacob is quick to assert his son's Peninsula Point Guard Prowess against recent Kirk-pal signing, Jeremy Lin (currently ranked as the 15th best starting PG in the West in my expert rankings, below). But Li'l Lacob has an even more interesting basketball background than that, as it turns out. Kirk Lacob was recently a PR Intern for the Boston Celtics. Joe Lacob is of course still a, what, 10% owner of the Celtics? Let us know when you get that moved, JoJo. But to the man of the hour: Kirk is a burgeoning young captain of industry in the textbook rental business (Chegg.com) and he's just waiting for an opportunity to show the world what he can do on the big business stage.
Like, say, in a significant management role with his new family asset, YOUR Golden State Warriors.
What are your thoughts on motion offense, son?
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Peter Guber is a Lakers Fan and Other NBA Team Sales Business
Per Warriors PR Guy Dan Martinez's cogent suggestion, I'm running this entry on Peter Guber's Lakers passion and general LA Sports fixation, Joe Lacob's potential Anaheim or Las Vegas entry, and leaguewide team sales trend in a supposedly down economic time for CBA negotiations.
Lacob, the supposed basketball "brains" of this operation, tried to buy the LA Dodgers with Goober not too long ago. That failure (not Goober's first Rodeo Failure!) resulted in the uncomfortable photo you see in the upper left hand corner of this page. Until Goober the Fox News correspondent and Tony Robbins mentor weirdo removes it like the Warriors removed the Chris Webber Debut (2008) press skin not too long ago.
Oh yeah, about Dan Martinez: he's the PR guy who magically ascended as soon as ONLY Ray Ridder's Flunkster Dude work was outed in the fan forums. And he's not getting fired under the "new" ownership because he's working the new media appendages so well, apparently. Buy your Jeremy Lin jersey today before the new Bay Bridge falls over again.
Anyway, some bits on general NBA sales trends and etc.:
Tim Kawakami suggested via Twitter that the Magic Johnson Pistons (Las Vegas?) interest means he's out on the Warriors. Johnson had been linked to Mark Mastrov, the shell bid cover up for Cohan's even BETTER friend, Joe Lacob, and his years-long inside track on buying and possibly relocating the Warriors to Vegas or Anaheim once league approval went through.
Las Vegas has SOME NBA team under contract already so the reactionary "no, not THAT Mandalay, moron!" talk about Vegas being an unlikely NBA market/destination is over and done with. As quickly as Dan Martinez, Howard Kushlan, and co. dreamed it up. Some have said the Warriors are the most likely candidate for that move under Guber and Lacob. This was mostly in relation to Guber's extensive Las Vegas minor league ties (NHL and MLB). His fervent and frequent failed bids on LA pro teams in every sport is a glaring red flag to Warriors fans operating under any semblance of the Bill Simmons localist/religious fan passion model. And it's an even more alarming warning sign to any fan of winning basketball. NellieBall slop is clearly the agenda in Lacob-Goober Land. Score score score, run run run, lose lose lose. As long as you were entertained! Vegas or Disneyland obviously fit his openly broadcast entertainment-dollar-first business philosophy. Joe Lacob, on the other hand, really doesn't seem to care WHAT he owns as long as he owns something. Right now. Impatience is not a virtue. He tried to buy his hometown Dodgers with Guber the Hollywood Douche Bag not so long ago. He just wants to vastly overpay and presumably to take a shot at the next Big Market (international). I freely and honestly acknowledge that this Vegas Warriors talk has no on-the-record support to this point so don't get up in arms about that. But Vegas is the top entertainment destination city in play for a Pacific Rim market team after..... Disneyland. Oh wait. Anaheim.
We'd ALL like to know which mystery team is under contract with Vegas, either way. I think it's the Pistons.
And I think a Chinese bid will win a team very soon if it has not already.
It's not surprising but at least a little weird that some new mystery investors are involved with George Postolos on the Pistons vs. Magic Johnsons's desire to get in on a team- any team- NOW in this CBA-crippling season of team sales. I think the Vegas team gets set by New Year's and it's looking like the NBA is handing out easy credit to ambiguous and unformed ownership "groups" left and right while bad owners, per the reports, wait their turn to bail out and sell.
More on Guber's Hollywood Scheisterism:
No idea why we haven't talked about this yet. Well, ONE idea. But this guy tried to buy FOUR different pro LA teams (Lakers, Ducks, Kings, Dodgers- with Lacob the LA guy on the last one) and has weird ideas about de-localizing "location-based entertainment" (that means sports, sports fans). He was also an LA-established "hit man" of sorts for the MASSIVELY OVERPAID Japanese Sony entry into the US film industry. Familiar refrain- whatever happened to that mysterious "Chinese" investment group on the Warriors?
We're dollar signs to this weasel. Period. Same as it ever was.
No interest in winning, only in earning.
There's a book written about his reign of terror/destruction at Sony Pictures. Check out the first two pages and his bit on stealing an Oscar statuette for photo ops of himself to take credit for work on films he was contractually banned from the set of: http://bit.ly/9m0xrE
http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/37245
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/15/sports/la-sp-warriors-peter-guber-20100716
Lacob, the supposed basketball "brains" of this operation, tried to buy the LA Dodgers with Goober not too long ago. That failure (not Goober's first Rodeo Failure!) resulted in the uncomfortable photo you see in the upper left hand corner of this page. Until Goober the Fox News correspondent and Tony Robbins mentor weirdo removes it like the Warriors removed the Chris Webber Debut (2008) press skin not too long ago.
Oh yeah, about Dan Martinez: he's the PR guy who magically ascended as soon as ONLY Ray Ridder's Flunkster Dude work was outed in the fan forums. And he's not getting fired under the "new" ownership because he's working the new media appendages so well, apparently. Buy your Jeremy Lin jersey today before the new Bay Bridge falls over again.
Anyway, some bits on general NBA sales trends and etc.:
Tim Kawakami suggested via Twitter that the Magic Johnson Pistons (Las Vegas?) interest means he's out on the Warriors. Johnson had been linked to Mark Mastrov, the shell bid cover up for Cohan's even BETTER friend, Joe Lacob, and his years-long inside track on buying and possibly relocating the Warriors to Vegas or Anaheim once league approval went through.
Las Vegas has SOME NBA team under contract already so the reactionary "no, not THAT Mandalay, moron!" talk about Vegas being an unlikely NBA market/destination is over and done with. As quickly as Dan Martinez, Howard Kushlan, and co. dreamed it up. Some have said the Warriors are the most likely candidate for that move under Guber and Lacob. This was mostly in relation to Guber's extensive Las Vegas minor league ties (NHL and MLB). His fervent and frequent failed bids on LA pro teams in every sport is a glaring red flag to Warriors fans operating under any semblance of the Bill Simmons localist/religious fan passion model. And it's an even more alarming warning sign to any fan of winning basketball. NellieBall slop is clearly the agenda in Lacob-Goober Land. Score score score, run run run, lose lose lose. As long as you were entertained! Vegas or Disneyland obviously fit his openly broadcast entertainment-dollar-first business philosophy. Joe Lacob, on the other hand, really doesn't seem to care WHAT he owns as long as he owns something. Right now. Impatience is not a virtue. He tried to buy his hometown Dodgers with Guber the Hollywood Douche Bag not so long ago. He just wants to vastly overpay and presumably to take a shot at the next Big Market (international). I freely and honestly acknowledge that this Vegas Warriors talk has no on-the-record support to this point so don't get up in arms about that. But Vegas is the top entertainment destination city in play for a Pacific Rim market team after..... Disneyland. Oh wait. Anaheim.
We'd ALL like to know which mystery team is under contract with Vegas, either way. I think it's the Pistons.
And I think a Chinese bid will win a team very soon if it has not already.
It's not surprising but at least a little weird that some new mystery investors are involved with George Postolos on the Pistons vs. Magic Johnsons's desire to get in on a team- any team- NOW in this CBA-crippling season of team sales. I think the Vegas team gets set by New Year's and it's looking like the NBA is handing out easy credit to ambiguous and unformed ownership "groups" left and right while bad owners, per the reports, wait their turn to bail out and sell.
More on Guber's Hollywood Scheisterism:
No idea why we haven't talked about this yet. Well, ONE idea. But this guy tried to buy FOUR different pro LA teams (Lakers, Ducks, Kings, Dodgers- with Lacob the LA guy on the last one) and has weird ideas about de-localizing "location-based entertainment" (that means sports, sports fans). He was also an LA-established "hit man" of sorts for the MASSIVELY OVERPAID Japanese Sony entry into the US film industry. Familiar refrain- whatever happened to that mysterious "Chinese" investment group on the Warriors?
We're dollar signs to this weasel. Period. Same as it ever was.
No interest in winning, only in earning.
There's a book written about his reign of terror/destruction at Sony Pictures. Check out the first two pages and his bit on stealing an Oscar statuette for photo ops of himself to take credit for work on films he was contractually banned from the set of: http://bit.ly/9m0xrE
http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/37245
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/15/sports/la-sp-warriors-peter-guber-20100716
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Western Conference Positional Starter Rankings Preview
These rankings are meticulously, arduously calculated by my freaking brainjuice. Don't ask for an explanation. You couldn't possibly comprehend the depth of my basketball intellect or the clear sobriety of my reason.
Point Guard
1. Steve Nash
2. Chris Paul (what a fucker, right?)
3. Deron Williams
4. Jason Kidd
5. Russell Westbrook
6. Tyreke Evans (I guess he's sort of a point guard)
7. Chauncey Billups
8. Aaron Brooks
9. Baron Davis. Is fat.
10. Johnny Flynn
11. Derek Fisher
12. Andre Miller
13. George Hill
14. Mike Conley
15. Jeremy Lin
Shooting Guard
1. Kobe Bryant
2. Brandon Roy
3. Monta Ellis
4. Jason Richardson
5. Kevin Martin
6. Manu Ginobili
7. Eric Gordon (SMOKIN in int'l ball)
8. Wesley Matthews
9. James Harden
10. Marcus Thornton
11. Arron Afflalo
12. Jason Terry
13. OJ Mayo
14. Corey Brewer
15. Francisco Garcia
Small Forward
1. Kevin Durant
2. Carmelo Anthony
3. Rudy Gay
4. Trevor Ariza
5. Grant Hill
6. Ron Artest
7. Richard Jefferson
8. Caron Butler
9. Shane Battier
10. Nic Batum (looking great in int'l play)
11. Omri Casspi (also great int'l this summer- Sac using him properly?)
12. Gordon Hayward
13. Jared Dudley (non-starter but awesome and cheap taboot)
14. Ryan Gomes/Al-Farouq Aminu
15. Wesley Johnson
Power Forward
1. Pau Gasol
2. Dirk Nowitzki (I guess he's a power forward)
3. Tim Duncan
4. Blake Griffin
5. Zach Randolph (Got a weird feeling he'll be incredible this year)
6. David West
7. LaMarcus Aldridge
8. Al Jefferson
9. Luis Scola
10. Kevin Love
11. Carl Landry
12. Jeff Green
13. Hedo Turkoglu
14. Al Harrington
15. David Lee
Center
1. Greg Oden
2. DeMarcus Cousins
3. Chris Kaman
4. Andrew Bynum
5. Marc Gasol
6. Robin Lopez
7. Andris Biedrins (um... if he's still in the Western Conference anyway)
8. Brendan Haywood
9. Nene
10. Yao Ming
11. Mehmet Okur
12. Emeka Okafor
13. Darko Milicic
14. Nenad Krstic
15. Antonio McDyess
Point Guard
1. Steve Nash
2. Chris Paul (what a fucker, right?)
3. Deron Williams
4. Jason Kidd
5. Russell Westbrook
6. Tyreke Evans (I guess he's sort of a point guard)
7. Chauncey Billups
8. Aaron Brooks
9. Baron Davis. Is fat.
10. Johnny Flynn
11. Derek Fisher
12. Andre Miller
13. George Hill
14. Mike Conley
15. Jeremy Lin
Shooting Guard
1. Kobe Bryant
2. Brandon Roy
3. Monta Ellis
4. Jason Richardson
5. Kevin Martin
6. Manu Ginobili
7. Eric Gordon (SMOKIN in int'l ball)
8. Wesley Matthews
9. James Harden
10. Marcus Thornton
11. Arron Afflalo
12. Jason Terry
13. OJ Mayo
14. Corey Brewer
15. Francisco Garcia
Small Forward
1. Kevin Durant
2. Carmelo Anthony
3. Rudy Gay
4. Trevor Ariza
5. Grant Hill
6. Ron Artest
7. Richard Jefferson
8. Caron Butler
9. Shane Battier
10. Nic Batum (looking great in int'l play)
11. Omri Casspi (also great int'l this summer- Sac using him properly?)
12. Gordon Hayward
13. Jared Dudley (non-starter but awesome and cheap taboot)
14. Ryan Gomes/Al-Farouq Aminu
15. Wesley Johnson
Power Forward
1. Pau Gasol
2. Dirk Nowitzki (I guess he's a power forward)
3. Tim Duncan
4. Blake Griffin
5. Zach Randolph (Got a weird feeling he'll be incredible this year)
6. David West
7. LaMarcus Aldridge
8. Al Jefferson
9. Luis Scola
10. Kevin Love
11. Carl Landry
12. Jeff Green
13. Hedo Turkoglu
14. Al Harrington
15. David Lee
Center
1. Greg Oden
2. DeMarcus Cousins
3. Chris Kaman
4. Andrew Bynum
5. Marc Gasol
6. Robin Lopez
7. Andris Biedrins (um... if he's still in the Western Conference anyway)
8. Brendan Haywood
9. Nene
10. Yao Ming
11. Mehmet Okur
12. Emeka Okafor
13. Darko Milicic
14. Nenad Krstic
15. Antonio McDyess
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Larry Ellison Still In The Game??? We Believe!!!
News breaking that at least one Warriors minority owner has already told Joe Lacob he's not interested in joining the new ownership group. His precise criticism: "Lacob will run it like a corporation." The former minority owner allegedly considers the investment unwise relative to other, presumably similar, minority NBA team ownership opportunities.
The whole zero hour nobody-you'd-ever-heard-of "winning" bid business and hasty, snarky anti-Ellison smearing suggests Cohan's PR tentacles (Rowell, Dan Martinez, Ray Ridder, etc.) are still firing on all cylinders through the transition. The news of Lacob having a personal relationship with Cohan and of two previous deal back-outs with Ellison paints an ugly picture as some apparently pre-ordained record price tag is magically met (and now predictably struggled to actually be paid) after the entire NBA-connected world was positive Ellison's bid was highest. Apparently the minority owners are not happy with how they were done on this. Doubt they have the guts to challenge the "sale" in any way though, especially not if they can get in on another team and San Francisco or San Jose with Ellison. And Galatioto seems unlikely to suffer any major penalty for anything. But the whole deal stinks and the sudden media and contract lock down in "Oakland" (Palo Alto, Hollywood, China) starts to stink even worse.
Know what that all means?
That means one "bidder" didn't have to bid like the rest did.
That means the process was illegitimate.
That means the purchase agreement may not be valid due to collusion, etc.
That means we Warriors fans might still have a shot at Ellison and real change.
Keep Hope Alive.
We Believe!
The whole zero hour nobody-you'd-ever-heard-of "winning" bid business and hasty, snarky anti-Ellison smearing suggests Cohan's PR tentacles (Rowell, Dan Martinez, Ray Ridder, etc.) are still firing on all cylinders through the transition. The news of Lacob having a personal relationship with Cohan and of two previous deal back-outs with Ellison paints an ugly picture as some apparently pre-ordained record price tag is magically met (and now predictably struggled to actually be paid) after the entire NBA-connected world was positive Ellison's bid was highest. Apparently the minority owners are not happy with how they were done on this. Doubt they have the guts to challenge the "sale" in any way though, especially not if they can get in on another team and San Francisco or San Jose with Ellison. And Galatioto seems unlikely to suffer any major penalty for anything. But the whole deal stinks and the sudden media and contract lock down in "Oakland" (Palo Alto, Hollywood, China) starts to stink even worse.
Know what that all means?
That means one "bidder" didn't have to bid like the rest did.
That means the process was illegitimate.
That means the purchase agreement may not be valid due to collusion, etc.
That means we Warriors fans might still have a shot at Ellison and real change.
Keep Hope Alive.
We Believe!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Cohan Conundrum: Specters of Incompetence
Same PR dweebs still trying to prop up bullshit management moves like letting all the bench and specialists walk for no good reason, WAY overpaying for the right to overpay David Lee, signing a gimmick jersey sales guy like Jeremy Lin, etc. Meanwhile, the Aussie PR firm guys and local dipshits working on the new website denigrate anyone with a rational criticism of Lacob-Rowell movement. Apparently, per their snark, they knew the team was being sold to Lacob months ago, and thus that their jobs were safe as hell. Logo redesign was part of pre-sale PR campaign and media freeze out is still in full effect. Only hand-picked TeamSpeak-friendly media allowed to talk to anyone in the organization, JUST LIKE COHAN. Just a different phone number to call to get blacklist treatment now. Dan Martinez, Ray Ridder, Robert Rowell, et al.
This is a problem:
If the team's worst public contact points and procedures are the same for the Fox News Hollywood Wannabe ownership as they were for Dipshit, when do I get to retire dammit?!?!
Funniest talk point fail of the Lacob-Goober ownership preview: WE NEED A SMALL FORWARD! Overplaying that phantom "need" (uh... Richardson, Barnes, Pietrus, Jackson, Maggette, Azubuike, Morrow, Reggie Williams... Anthony Randolph?) was a very effective distraction for the yokels, who refuse to acknowledge the glaring weaknesses of everything else about the team. Beautiful idiocy so far. Just fucking beautiful. I'm the first to note the flaws of any of these guys. But the "dime a dozen" wing player talk point response to the latest failure to achieve maximum fantasy league contentment with big money 2/3 signings (Ellis on the way) is characteristic of the guys staying on with their pal/seat buddy Lacob-the-Walking-MaxAnte-Sucker. Bargain basement shopping in general plus the customary overhyped excessive contract to a guy like David Lee (Maggette and/or Antawn Jamison all over again) all looks like a carbon copy of Robert Rowell or Garry St. Jean's finest hours. Really?! THIS is our salvation?!
Oh yeah and they paid Dorell Wright over $1 million more than Tolliver got and are paying Charlie Bell more than Anthony Morrow got. Don't dislike Wright, in theory. Won't overhype him now like the rest, though, and he's no major find worth crowing about while major difference makers like Wes Matthews and Ronnie Brewer don't even pick up the phone for the Warriors' calls. Want to laugh at Utah for letting those folks go? Go ahead. I dare you. They finish ahead of the Warriors in the standings yet again this season, count on it, while the douche bag snark Warriors PR team talks about David Lee's.... passing skills? If and when supposed talent scouting guru Travis Schlenk is named an assistant coach with John Murray (the dynamite strength and conditioning coach for the most injured team in the world and head practice drill runner) and even Larry Riley's brother, you can all come to me with your apologies first. I'll be waiting. And holy christ, if some triangle knock off like Brian Shaw is the pick and Lacob called in on the Cleveland hire to block it.... Buddha help us all. Holy shit what a nightmare that would be.
Lacob can't have much left over after his big overpay on the team and now he's directing the release of great role players like Morrow and useful bench guys like Tolliver, Watson. Because they're too expensive, apparently. That's the tone you want to set in the wake of your friend Cohan's collusive cash in. Precisely the tone: we're cheap bastards who expect you to lap up PR speak and buy Jeremy Lin jerseys and ask no questions. Brilliant "basketball" minds in there.
This refrain should sound VERY familiar to lifelong Warriors fans (Go San Jose Kings!):
Patience. Wait until NEXT year! Just look at all these SWEET trade assets we've stockpiled!
The Jason Richardson TPE and Speedy Claxton say hello.
I always liked Lee when he was cheap and before he cashed in on his max production while being 100% free to sign for any decent team wisely refusing to overpay and fall all over itself to offer a 6th year on second tier guys. Now he looks like a completely crippling disaster of a Nellie Ball Center signing with the customary "hey he was an All Star that one time!" talk point instantly attached to "he REALLY wanted to play in Oakland!" self-delusion we haven't heard since the Baron Davis trade, which took years to pay off, did not until Mullin got Nelson off the beach, and cratered as soon as Rowell and Nelson (Lacob's seeming incumbents) conspired against Mullin out of jealousy.... and was approximately 450 million times smarter and more relevant to winning basketball games than this one was despite my documented hatred of Baron Davis' fat lazy contract pushing Hollywood chucking. Mullin smelling like a fucking rose still despite all the best snark efforts of Lacob and co. to date.
Raises the interesting question: when will Chris Mullin's jersey be retired at "Oracle" if the same assholes who bagged him are in cahoots with the "new" ownership that was so quick to bash Larry Ellison the Loser as soon as their back room deal went through?
Uh huh. Business as usual in Oakland. Business as fucking usual.
Oh wait. I guess the business is in Palo Alto now. Or Hollywood.
Lee's contract year was pretty good though, in fairness.
So is Cohan one of the "new" ownership's minority owners?
Looks, indeed, like No Sale.
This is a problem:
If the team's worst public contact points and procedures are the same for the Fox News Hollywood Wannabe ownership as they were for Dipshit, when do I get to retire dammit?!?!
Funniest talk point fail of the Lacob-Goober ownership preview: WE NEED A SMALL FORWARD! Overplaying that phantom "need" (uh... Richardson, Barnes, Pietrus, Jackson, Maggette, Azubuike, Morrow, Reggie Williams... Anthony Randolph?) was a very effective distraction for the yokels, who refuse to acknowledge the glaring weaknesses of everything else about the team. Beautiful idiocy so far. Just fucking beautiful. I'm the first to note the flaws of any of these guys. But the "dime a dozen" wing player talk point response to the latest failure to achieve maximum fantasy league contentment with big money 2/3 signings (Ellis on the way) is characteristic of the guys staying on with their pal/seat buddy Lacob-the-Walking-MaxAnte-Sucker. Bargain basement shopping in general plus the customary overhyped excessive contract to a guy like David Lee (Maggette and/or Antawn Jamison all over again) all looks like a carbon copy of Robert Rowell or Garry St. Jean's finest hours. Really?! THIS is our salvation?!
Oh yeah and they paid Dorell Wright over $1 million more than Tolliver got and are paying Charlie Bell more than Anthony Morrow got. Don't dislike Wright, in theory. Won't overhype him now like the rest, though, and he's no major find worth crowing about while major difference makers like Wes Matthews and Ronnie Brewer don't even pick up the phone for the Warriors' calls. Want to laugh at Utah for letting those folks go? Go ahead. I dare you. They finish ahead of the Warriors in the standings yet again this season, count on it, while the douche bag snark Warriors PR team talks about David Lee's.... passing skills? If and when supposed talent scouting guru Travis Schlenk is named an assistant coach with John Murray (the dynamite strength and conditioning coach for the most injured team in the world and head practice drill runner) and even Larry Riley's brother, you can all come to me with your apologies first. I'll be waiting. And holy christ, if some triangle knock off like Brian Shaw is the pick and Lacob called in on the Cleveland hire to block it.... Buddha help us all. Holy shit what a nightmare that would be.
Lacob can't have much left over after his big overpay on the team and now he's directing the release of great role players like Morrow and useful bench guys like Tolliver, Watson. Because they're too expensive, apparently. That's the tone you want to set in the wake of your friend Cohan's collusive cash in. Precisely the tone: we're cheap bastards who expect you to lap up PR speak and buy Jeremy Lin jerseys and ask no questions. Brilliant "basketball" minds in there.
This refrain should sound VERY familiar to lifelong Warriors fans (Go San Jose Kings!):
Patience. Wait until NEXT year! Just look at all these SWEET trade assets we've stockpiled!
The Jason Richardson TPE and Speedy Claxton say hello.
I always liked Lee when he was cheap and before he cashed in on his max production while being 100% free to sign for any decent team wisely refusing to overpay and fall all over itself to offer a 6th year on second tier guys. Now he looks like a completely crippling disaster of a Nellie Ball Center signing with the customary "hey he was an All Star that one time!" talk point instantly attached to "he REALLY wanted to play in Oakland!" self-delusion we haven't heard since the Baron Davis trade, which took years to pay off, did not until Mullin got Nelson off the beach, and cratered as soon as Rowell and Nelson (Lacob's seeming incumbents) conspired against Mullin out of jealousy.... and was approximately 450 million times smarter and more relevant to winning basketball games than this one was despite my documented hatred of Baron Davis' fat lazy contract pushing Hollywood chucking. Mullin smelling like a fucking rose still despite all the best snark efforts of Lacob and co. to date.
Raises the interesting question: when will Chris Mullin's jersey be retired at "Oracle" if the same assholes who bagged him are in cahoots with the "new" ownership that was so quick to bash Larry Ellison the Loser as soon as their back room deal went through?
Uh huh. Business as usual in Oakland. Business as fucking usual.
Oh wait. I guess the business is in Palo Alto now. Or Hollywood.
Lee's contract year was pretty good though, in fairness.
So is Cohan one of the "new" ownership's minority owners?
Looks, indeed, like No Sale.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Cohan Lives.
When the hell is this sale going through?
I'm in semi-limbo on the site kill.
Definitely a Kings fan until the lockout.
These dipshit douche bag Fox News Scientologist wannabe Goober-Lackey freaks are worse than Cohan. Only an agenda-freak imbecile and/or collusive Shit-Owner (see: shitwing, Nellie Ball application thereof, et al) would pay a record price for the Cohan outhouse under those shady bid-rush circumstances. They shot their wad and their bankbook on the purchase just like Cohan did way back when. Par. Whatever they meant to prove, they... did.
And congratulations on being an egregious pander market, Jeremy Lin investment crowd.
Cue Jared Cowley and the associated moron snarks.
Back to the Great Outdoors.
PS, written brilliant brilliant bits for publication in the real world during my hiatus. Life is beautiful. Also got a puppy and new joint checking account with the future-wifey. Considering new hair style.
As you were.
I'm in semi-limbo on the site kill.
Definitely a Kings fan until the lockout.
These dipshit douche bag Fox News Scientologist wannabe Goober-Lackey freaks are worse than Cohan. Only an agenda-freak imbecile and/or collusive Shit-Owner (see: shitwing, Nellie Ball application thereof, et al) would pay a record price for the Cohan outhouse under those shady bid-rush circumstances. They shot their wad and their bankbook on the purchase just like Cohan did way back when. Par. Whatever they meant to prove, they... did.
When I was in Dallas for All-Star Weekend, I asked an extremely wealthy person the following question: "Why haven't you bought an NBA team yet?"http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/100224
His answer: "Because they're still overvalued. Anyone who buys in right now is doing it for ego only. That's why the league grabbed the Russian's [Mikhail Prokhorov's] money [for the New Jersey Nets] so quickly. He has a big ego and deep pockets, and he didn't know any better. He just wanted in. The pool of American buyers who fit that mold has dwindled. Look at [Oracle CEO] Larry Ellison. Five years ago, he would have jumped on the Warriors like Cuban jumped on the Mavericks. Now he's being much more cautious. He doesn't think they're worth more than $325 [million] and they aren't. Not with the current revenue system, not without a new arena, and not with a lockout coming. It's a dumb investment."
And congratulations on being an egregious pander market, Jeremy Lin investment crowd.
Cue Jared Cowley and the associated moron snarks.
Back to the Great Outdoors.
PS, written brilliant brilliant bits for publication in the real world during my hiatus. Life is beautiful. Also got a puppy and new joint checking account with the future-wifey. Considering new hair style.
As you were.
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