With all that said, I still LIKe the guys much more than the guys we gave up.
GO WARRIORS

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ReginaldLewis wrote:the Warriors still need shooters. The new Warriors are like the old Warriors, they are volume shooters. Although both Jackson and Harrington had a good game, both have glaring holes in their game. Harrington plays below the rim on offense and is a terrible rebounder. Jackson shoots but does nothing else. He is also slow. we still need a good inside big man. Harrington has a good touch fronm the outside but he needs to get his big butt on the boards more.
With all that said, I still LIKe the guys much more than the guys we gave up.
GO WARRIORS
ReginaldLewis wrote:the Warriors still need shooters. The new Warriors are like the old Warriors, they are volume shooters. Although both Jackson and Harrington had a good game, both have glaring holes in their game. Harrington plays below the rim on offense and is a terrible rebounder. Jackson shoots but does nothing else. He is also slow. we still need a good inside big man. Harrington has a good touch fronm the outside but he needs to get his big butt on the boards more.
With all that said, I still LIKe the guys much more than the guys we gave up.
GO WARRIORS
ReginaldLewis wrote:the Warriors still need shooters. The new Warriors are like the old Warriors, they are volume shooters. Although both Jackson and Harrington had a good game, both have glaring holes in their game. Harrington plays below the rim on offense and is a terrible rebounder. Jackson shoots but does nothing else. He is also slow. we still need a good inside big man. Harrington has a good touch fronm the outside but he needs to get his big butt on the boards more.
coltraning wrote:I would move Pietrus yesterday for a quality big...I have been watching the dude for years and I believe what you see is what you get: Tremendous leaping, great speed, streaky shooting, no handles, fitful good D and just really dumb as a basketball player.
coltraning wrote:I would move Pietrus yesterday for a quality big...I have been watching the dude for years and I believe what you see is what you get: Tremendous leaping, great speed, streaky shooting, no handles, fitful good D and just really dumb as a basketball player.
tradedunleavy wrote:but i just gotta say Pietrus IS our best defender and no player brings the energy he brings to the court.
Harringotn is weird. He grabbed 12 boards against the Cavs... and only 1 against the Lakers and 4 vs the Nets?. Weird rebouding lines...
tradedunleavy wrote:You know im still down to move pietrus for a quality big, but i just gotta say Pietrus IS our best defender and no player brings the energy he brings to the court. We play better as a team when hes in. But we might not be able to keep him, so might as well trade him before he walks. Unles we can resign him for like 4-5 million a year.
Cabbage is a great shooter. Even if he didn't look like that the last few games, he's the best shooter of the team... but it's true that we don't really have more good shooters, just players that can score from outside.
ChicagoTom wrote:I do not want to get into a Stephen Jackson vs Mikael Pietrus debate as that is not really the issue at hand. I am not saying that Mikael is dumb at all. In fact, I think he is probably a rather intelligent guy. I just think his basketball IQ is not as high. Not to say it can't get better, but I see a number of things Pietrus struggles with:
1. Fouls - he fould 30 feet out and is constantly hacking at people and going over the back.
2. Passing - rarely, if even do you see Mikael make a great pass to a teammate in a scoring area. In other words, he creates very few scoring opportunities for this teammates.
3. Shot Selection - not that other Warriors are not guilty of this as well, but Mikael is the king of taking shots with his foot on the three-point line or simply just taking ill-advised long shots with plenty of time on the shot clock.
The above three areas are ones I think Mikael struggles with. I think he can and will improve somewhat in those areas, but he seems to be a player to me that just does not have the basketball IQ of Baron Davis, Andris Biedrins, Monta Ellis and a few others. These three players seem to know where their teammates are, how much time is left on the shot clock and game clock as well as having the general overall ability to lead on the court.
Once again, everyone has been bad at times with shot selection, but Mikael not do a better job of knowing where he is on the court and what situation the team is in before he jacks up shots with his foot on the line or something like that.
I am NOT claiming Mikael is an IDIOT or that he is as dumb as a box of rocks, I just think his basketball IQ is a bit lower than others on the team and at times it can hinder the team.
ReginaldLewis wrote:Pietrus is just a versatile forward who can and do guard anyone from a point guard to a power forward (remember Nelly started him on Nowitzki). i think you have to have pretty good baskeball IQ to do that, don't you?
tHe_pEsTiLeNcE wrote:Harringotn is weird. He grabbed 12 boards against the Cavs... and only 1 against the Lakers and 4 vs the Nets?. Weird rebouding lines...
Sounds like murphy.......