<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">THE ONE-TIME CHAMPS By Mark Emmons, Mercury News Thirty years ago this week, the Warriors were kings of the basketball world. On May 25, 1975, they completed a four-game sweep of the Washington Bullets to claim the NBA championship. They flew home celebrating with German wine. Because exuberant fans had gotten onto the Oakland Airport runway, the plane was diverted to San Francisco and the Warriors had to be driven back across the bay. "The cab I was in got smashed because there were so many fans on the car," said team star Rick Barry. A fun, delirious time, is how Al Attles remembers it. "Unfortunately, the good times never last as long as the bad times," said Attles, Warriors coach at the time. Few things, other than perhaps the last ice age, have lasted as long as the Warriors' bad times. Aside from rare moments such as a surge of success at the end of this season, the Warriors have provided little reason for senseless violence against taxicabs in the three decades following their only championship since relocating to the Bay Area in 1962. Golden State has been to the playoffs only seven times in the past 30 years. The Warriors went nine seasons in the late 1970s and early '80s without a postseason appearance. They are in the midst of an NBA-leading 11-year playoff drought. They've averaged just 35 victories a season since 1975. In three seasons they failed to win even 20 games. But they do top the league when it comes to infamous coach-choking incidents. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=knig...night&type=lgns </div> I like the cautiously optimistic approach the Warriors brass seem to be conveying. If Baron Davis or Jrich gets hurt, or there's a bad move which upsets the team chemistry or star players, it could be disaster.
Everything definitely has to come together for the Warriors to even get into the playoffs, much less advance. But, experience in any way will help a lot for the Warriors, who are still so young. I think the story also showcases how crazy W's fans can be when there is a winning franchise.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Zhone:</div><div class="quote_post">Everything definitely has to come together for the Warriors to even get into the playoffs, much less advance. But, experience in any way will help a lot for the Warriors, who are still so young. I think the story also showcases how crazy W's fans can be when there is a winning franchise. </div> Well the W's are looking at a lot of college seniors who have knowledge about the game that can be used on any level. Some of them are projected undrafted players that we could sign for the league minimum. Montgomery might try to bring in Stanford's Rob Little because of the need for a big man with footwork that can pass and do the dirty work. I don't know how good he will be, but he's smart and could be suprising. Mainly, I think they want an Stanford player in there to act as a mediator between the coach and the players. Montgomery has the backing of Mullin. It's a partnership and Mullin can't turn around and stab Monty in the back by replacing him with Mario Elie after one year. So maybe they need some former players under Monty to plant in the roster earlier in the season before things become intense and the expectations become super high. The guys Monty coached think the world of him.
